Eye Recognition Authentication System for Mobile Security
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current user authentication methods lack enhanced security, particularly in mobile applications, where traditional methods like passwords can be vulnerable to unauthorized access.
Innovation Solution
An eye recognition-based authentication system and method that registers eye information through a pre-registration process, verifies web login requests, and performs eye recognition to authenticate users securely on electronic devices and servers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional authentication methods like passwords are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but security reliability is insufficient and vulnerable to unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/password-based authentication systems with a biometric recognition system using eye information. The authentication processor extracts and compares eye characteristics (iris, retina, or ocular morphology) to verify user identity, substituting the manual password entry mechanism with automated biological feature recognition, thereby enhancing security while maintaining user convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the authentication parameter from artificial memorized data (passwords) to inherent biological parameters (eye characteristics). By capturing and processing optical parameters of the eye through imaging devices and comparing them against stored templates, the system transforms the authentication basis from user-provided secrets to immutable biological traits, improving reliability without compromising ease of operation
2Reliability
If eye recognition technology is implemented, then authentication security is enhanced, but device complexity increases due to additional processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates eye recognition functionality into existing authentication systems, allowing the same authentication processor to handle both traditional and biometric authentication methods. The imaging device and processing unit serve multiple purposes: capturing eye information for authentication, processing the visual data, and comparing it against stored templates, thereby reducing the need for entirely separate dedicated hardware and minimizing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an authentication processor as an intermediary component that mediates between the imaging device and the database. This processor extracts eye information from captured images, compares it with stored templates, and makes authentication decisions, thereby simplifying the system architecture by centralizing the complex processing logic in a single dedicated unit rather than distributing it across multiple components
3Reliability
If multiple authentication steps are performed, then security is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary extraction and storage of eye information characteristics during the authentication process. By pre-processing the eye image to extract key features (iris patterns, retinal structures, or ocular morphology) and storing them as compact templates, the system reduces the computational burden during actual authentication, allowing for rapid comparison and verification without requiring extensive real-time processing
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates simplified copies of eye information in the form of digital templates stored in the database. Instead of storing and processing full-resolution eye images during authentication, the system captures the essential biometric characteristics and stores them as compressed template data, enabling rapid comparison against new eye scans while maintaining high security accuracy, thus reducing authentication processing time
Data Source
AI summary
An authentication method and system with an enhanced security based on eye recognition includes registering eye information extracted from an input image through a pre-registration process; receiving an eye recognition request; verifying whether a web login request associated with login information that is mapped to the eye information is present in response to receiving an eye recognition request; and performing an eye recognition in response to the web login request associated with the login information being verified to be present.