Gesture-Based Room Presence Authentication for Meeting Start
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Solution Overview
Problem
In online meetings, unauthorized users can initiate sessions from locations they are not physically present, leading to potential unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Innovation Solution
A presence detection algorithm using image capture apparatuses to identify a predetermined gesture by users in a room, ensuring only physically present individuals can initiate meetings, and associating the camera with the meeting application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users can initiate online meetings from any location, then ease of operation is improved, but security is worsened as unauthorized users can access sensitive information
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary presence verification through gesture detection before allowing meeting initiation. The image capture apparatus captures images and detects predetermined gestures (such as hand waves or specific body movements) to confirm the user is physically present in the meeting location before enabling the start of an online meeting, thus preventing unauthorized access while maintaining operational ease for legitimate users
2Reliability
If presence verification through gesture detection is implemented, then security is improved, but device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an existing image capture apparatus (camera) already present in the meeting device for its primary function of capturing video during meetings. This same apparatus is leveraged for the additional function of presence verification through gesture detection, eliminating the need for separate dedicated hardware and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining security
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the user's own body movements and gestures as the verification mechanism, requiring no external accessories or additional user equipment. The predetermined gestures are performed by the user themselves using their hands or body, making the verification process self-contained and avoiding additional device requirements
Data Source
AI summary
A server is provided and comprises one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to receive a series of images including at least one user captured by an image capture apparatus and provide a user interface that enables initiation of an online meeting in response to detecting, in the received series of images, that one of the at least one users has performed a predetermined gesture indicative of the user being physically present in a particular space.