Authentication based on body movement

• US 10,013,540 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2015
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Waltermann, Rod David, VanBlon, Russell Speight, Peterson, Nathan J., Weksler, Arnold S., Mese, John Carl
• Primary Examiner(s): Shiferaw, Eleni
• Assistant Examiner(s): SONG, HEE K
• Application Number:
  US14/643,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20160267265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,211 Days
• Field of Search: 726 7, 726 19, 713161
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a processor and memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input from at least one electromyograph, and based at least in part on the input, determine whether a user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least one function.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

receive first input from at least one electromyograph;

based at least in part on the first input, determine whether a user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least a first function;

in response to a determination that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function, permit manipulation of the device to execute at least the first function;

subsequent to permission to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function and during a single session in which the permission is granted based at least in part on receipt of the first input, receive second input from at least one electromyograph; and

based at least in part on the second input, determine whether the second input is one or more of;

associated with the user, and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function.

2. The device of claim 1, comprising the electromyograph.

3. The device of claim 1, comprising a network interface, wherein the first input is wirelessly received from an electromyograph at least in part using the network interface.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function at least in part based on identification of the first input as being associated with the user.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the first input is identified as being associated with the user based at least in part on receipt of the first input and identification of the first input as being associated with an identifier associated with the user.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the identifier is established at the device at least in part based on third input received at the device prior to receipt of the first input, the third input being received from an electromyograph which senses electrical activity of at least one muscle.

7. The device of claim 4, wherein the device is a first device, and wherein the first input is identified as being associated with the user based at least in part on receipt of the first input and identification of the first input as being from a second device associated with the user, the second device being different from the first device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function at least in part based on identification of the first input as being indicative of user performance of a particular gesture.

9. The device of claim 1, where in the instructions are executable by the processor to:

in response to a determination that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function, permit use of an operating system at the device.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the first input is received from a mouse.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

based at least in part on the second input, determine that the second input is not one or more of associated with the user and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function; and

in response to the determination that the second input is not one or more of associated with the user and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function, prevent execution of at least the first function.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

based at least in part on the second input, determine that the second input is not one or more of associated with the user and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function; and

in response to the determination that the second input is not one or more of associated with the user and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function, end the single session.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

based at least in part on the second input, determine that the second input is not one or more of associated with the user and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function; and

in response to the determination that the second input is not one or more of associated with the user and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function, request input from one or more of the user and another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a device, first input from at least one electromyograph;

determining, based at least in part on the first input, whether a user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least a first function;

permitting, in response to determining that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function, manipulation of the device to execute at least the first function;

receiving, subsequent to permission to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function and during a single session in which the permission is granted based at least in part on receipt of the first input, second input from at least one electromyograph; and

determining, based at least in part on the second input, whether the second input is one or more of;

associated with the user, and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising:

determining that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function at least in part based on identification of the first input as being associated with the user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the device is a first device, and wherein the first input is identified as being associated with the user based at least in part on receipt of the first input and identification of the first input as being from a second device associated with the user, the second device being different from the first device.

17. The method of claim 14, comprising:

determining that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function at least in part based on identification of the first input as being indicative of user performance of a particular gesture.

18. A computer readable storage medium (CRMS) that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:

receive first input from at least one electromyograph;

based at least in part on the first input, determine whether a user is authorized to manipulate a device to execute at least a first function;

in response to a determination that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function, permit manipulation of the device to execute at least the first function;

subsequent to permission to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function and during a single session in which the permission is granted based at least in part on receipt of the first input, receive second input from at least one electromyograph; and

based at least in part on the second input, determine whether the second input is one or more of;

associated with the user, and associated with another person authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function.

19. The CRSM of claim 18, wherein the device is a first device, and wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

determine that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function at least in part based on identification of the first input as being associated with the user, wherein the first input is identified as being associated with the user based at least in part on receipt of the first input and identification of the first input as being from a second device associated with the user, the second device being different from the first device.

20. The CRSM of claim 18, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

determine that the user is authorized to manipulate the device to execute at least the first function at least in part based on identification of the first input as being indicative of user performance of a particular gesture.