Audio-Image Authentication Using Altered User Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing authentication methods require complex password management or specific sensors, making them difficult to implement and remember, and may not effectively utilize human recognition capabilities for secure access.
Innovation Solution
A method using audio and image sequences, where data associated with a user account is altered by adding or modifying elements, and the user is authenticated based on recognizing these altered data elements presented on an electronic device's interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication methods (passwords, dual authentication, facial/fingerprint recognition) are used, then security reliability is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to requiring specific sensors and complex implementation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/sensor-based authentication systems (fingerprint sensors, facial recognition cameras, physical security tokens) with an audio-based authentication system that uses sound waves and human voice characteristics. This substitution eliminates the need for complex hardware sensors while maintaining security through voice biometrics and audio pattern recognition.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates audio copies or representations of user voice patterns and stores them for authentication comparison. Instead of requiring the original physical presence or biometric data, the system uses audio recordings and voice prints as copies that can be stored, transmitted, and compared digitally, simplifying the authentication mechanism.
2Reliability
If traditional authentication methods (complex passwords) are used, then security reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring significant memory effort from users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the human cognitive system (memory and recall of complex passwords) with an audio-based recognition system. Instead of users needing to remember complex password sequences, the system uses voice patterns and audio characteristics that are naturally easier for humans to recall and reproduce, thereby reducing the memory burden while maintaining security.
3Ease of operation
If audio and image sequences with altered data are used for authentication, then ease of operation is improved by leveraging human recognition capabilities, but measurement precision may deteriorate due to data alteration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms authentication data into different parameter forms (audio sequences, image sequences) while maintaining the essential identifying characteristics. By changing the representation parameters (from text passwords to voice patterns, from static images to video sequences), the system improves usability through natural human recognition while preserving the precision needed for accurate authentication through pattern matching algorithms.
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AI summary
A method including: providing, on an output user interface of an electronic device, data including an audio sequence and/or an image, the provided data including a first and a second datum, the provided first datum being obtained by altering a third datum associated with a user account, the provided second datum being an unaltered datum or portion of a datum associated with the user account; designating one of the provided data via an input user interface; authenticating access to the user account from the electronic device based on a proximity between the designated datum and the provided first and/or second datum. A related electronic device, computer program product and corresponding medium.