Haptic Authentication System Using Biometric Fingerprints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security systems for electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are cumbersome, vulnerable to social engineering and brute force attacks, and lack effective context-aware authentication methods.
Innovation Solution
A haptic-based identification system utilizing simultaneous, sequential, or combined measurements from haptic-based biometric sensory inputs, including body temperature, pressure, and capacitance, to authenticate users and provide context-aware authorization, creating a unique biometric signature for secure access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If pass code entry on number pad is used for security, then security protection is provided, but user operation becomes cumbersome and time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical key-pad entry with voice recognition technology, allowing users to authenticate through spoken commands rather than physical button pressing. This substitution eliminates the cumbersome manual entry process while maintaining security through voice-based biometric verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces voice as an intermediary medium between the user and the authentication system. Instead of direct manual input, the user's voice serves as the mediator that carries biometric information for verification, simplifying the interaction while enhancing security through unique voice patterns.
2Ease of operation
If simple swipe or slide to open function is used, then ease of operation is improved, but security protection is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the simplicity of swipe gestures with voice recognition authentication. The system combines tactile gesture input with vocal biometric verification, maintaining the ease of swiping while adding a layer of security that prevents unauthorized access through simple gestures alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system dynamically adapts by accepting multiple input modalities - users can authenticate through voice commands, swipes, or combinations thereof. This dynamic approach allows the system to adjust the authentication method based on context, maintaining both ease of operation and security.
3Reliability
If voice recognition technology is used for authentication, then security protection is enhanced, but vulnerability to external noise and social engineering increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a multi-functional authentication system that can operate through multiple channels - voice recognition, tactile gesture recognition, and their combinations. This universality allows the system to switch between or combine authentication methods depending on environmental conditions, reducing vulnerability to noise interference while maintaining security.
4Reliability
If facial recognition is used for device access, then security is enhanced, but device complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential biometric verification function from complex facial recognition systems and implements it through simpler voice and tactile gesture recognition. By taking out only the core biometric authentication capability and implementing it through more straightforward sensors and processing, the system achieves comparable security with reduced device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This system simplifies user identification and authorization, enhances security by distinguishing known and unknown users, and provides context-aware access control, preventing unauthorized access while allowing seamless use by authorized users.
Implementation Method 1
simultaneous, sequential, or combinations of simultaneous and sequential measurements from haptic-based biometric sensory inputs... body temperature, pressure, and capacitance
Implementation Method 2
haptic-based biometric sensory inputs... pressure
Implementation Method 3
haptic-based biometric sensory inputs... capacitance
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AI summary
A haptic-based identification, authentication, authorization, and context aware authorization system usable with a touch-enabled device having a touch screen haptic interface, touch-enabled device receiving a plurality of inputs during interaction with a user which includes a storage space to store a first plurality of inputs corresponding to an authenticated user and a central processing unit (CPU) in communication with the storage space and the touch-enabled device to compare the first plurality of inputs with a second plurality of inputs inputted by the user, wherein the CPU authenticates the user to the touch-enabled device when the inputted second plurality of inputs is determined to be similar to the first plurality of inputs.