Image-Based Authentication System Using One-Way Transform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user authentication methods, including password, biometric, and psychometric systems, are vulnerable to identity theft and are not commercially viable for mass market adoption due to high costs and the need for periodic renewal of biometric signatures.
Innovation Solution
An authentication system leveraging human image recognition capabilities by using a one-way image transform engine, image storage, and image display engine to recognize transformed images, which are difficult for computers to reverse, thereby providing a secure and cost-effective solution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If biometric authentication methods are used, then authentication reliability is improved, but system cost and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses captured biometric images as copies of the user's biological signature, transforming them into authenticated tokens. Instead of requiring expensive specialized biometric sensors, the system captures standard images and applies computational transformations, replacing hardware complexity with software-based image processing while maintaining authentication reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical biometric sensing systems with a software-based image transformation system. Instead of using specialized sensors for fingerprints, iris, or facial heat detection, the system uses standard image capture devices combined with computational transformation algorithms, substituting mechanical complexity with information processing
2Device complexity
If password authentication is used, then system cost is reduced, but security against identity theft deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms static password strings into dynamic image-based authentication tokens. By changing the authentication parameter from text-based passwords to visually complex transformed images, the system maintains low cost while dramatically increasing security against identity theft, as transformed images are much harder to steal, replay, or brute-force
3Reliability
If biometric samples are stored periodically, then authentication reliability is maintained, but user burden and time loss increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary image capture and transformation during the authentication process itself, rather than requiring separate periodic updates. The transformed image serves as both the authentication token and the stored reference, eliminating the need for separate periodic renewal actions and reducing user time burden while maintaining reliability
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple passwords are required for different accounts, then access control is improved, but user operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal image-based authentication system that can serve multiple accounts and purposes. A single biometric image can be transformed into different authentication tokens for different accounts, eliminating the need for users to remember multiple passwords while maintaining versatile access control across different secure resources
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AI summary
An authentication system combining human image recognition capability to recognize transformed images, image transform element (41), and image storage element (38), and image display element (40), is implemented to enable user (32) to access a secure resource (31). Said authentication system provides a mass market solution that does not require expensive capital to implement and cannot be compromised as other authentication methods in prior art.