Image-Based Access Control Using Line Intersection Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital resource access control methods, such as passwords, are vulnerable to breaches and can be difficult for users to remember, posing security risks and usability challenges.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize images with specific line characteristics, where the intersection points of alignment lines with base lines determine access to digital resources, providing a more secure and memorable access control mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If passwords are used for access control, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to vulnerability to breaches and difficulty in remembering complex passwords
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional password-based access control system with an image-based system. Instead of relying on alphanumeric passwords that are vulnerable to breaches and hard to remember, the system uses images with geometric features (lines, shapes, intersections) that are easier to visualize and recall, while providing enhanced security through complex image analysis and verification algorithms.
2Reliability
If complex passwords are used to improve security, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in remembering passwords
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the fundamental parameter of access control from alphanumeric characters to visual image features. The system analyzes geometric parameters within images (line intersections, shapes, patterns) to create verification challenges. This parameter change allows for high security through complex image processing while maintaining ease of operation through human visual recognition capabilities.
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AI summary
A method and/or apparatus controls access to a digital resource. An image of a plurality of images is allowed to be selected, each of the images including one or more base lines, each of the base lines having a) non-linear sections, b) sections extending in multiple directions, or c) both non-linear sections and sections extending in multiple directions. Locations are determined where an alignment line intersects the one or more base lines in the selected image. Access to the digital resource is permitted if the locations are determined to be predetermined locations in the image associated with the digital resource prior to the determining.