PRIVATE/PUBLIC GESTURE SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20140006794A1
• Filed: 12/17/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Odessky, Adam, Gay, Julian
• Granted Patent: US 9,202,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/182
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/65 using means for sensing the user's hand
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A secure communication method including: obtaining sensor information of at least one user, the sensor information including one or more of image information or depth information; recognizing at least one gesture in accordance with the sensor information of the at least one user; determining whether each of the recognized at least one gesture is a public gesture or a private gesture in accordance with a zone where the gesture was performed, the zone being selected from a plurality of zones; and authorizing access to a resource when it is determined that the at least one gesture is determined to be the public gesture or the private gesture.

Claims

1. A secure communication method, the method comprising acts which are performed by a processor, the acts comprising:

obtaining sensor information of at least one user, the sensor information comprising one or more of image information or depth information;

recognizing, with the processor, at least one gesture in accordance with the sensor information of the at least one user;

determining, with the processor, whether each of the recognized at least one gesture is a public gesture or a private gesture in accordance with a zone where the gesture was performed, the zone being selected from a plurality of zones; and

authorizing access to a resource when the processor that the at least one gesture is determined to be the public gesture or the private gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising an act of determining locations of each of the plurality of zones relative to a body frame of the at least one user, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones is a public zone or a private zone.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising an act of determining that the first gesture is a public gesture when the processor determines that the first gesture was performed in the public zone.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising an act of determining that the second gesture is a private gesture when the processor determines that the second gesture was performed in the private zone.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of authorizing access to a resource comprises an act of authorizing a secure video call or an act of authorizing the at least one user to access a resource comprising a database, a computer application, or content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising an act of obtaining at least one of a public encryption key corresponding to the public gesture or a private encryption key corresponding to the private gesture in response to the recognized at least one gesture.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising acts of associating the public encryption key with the public gesture and associating the private encryption key with the private gesture.

8. A secure communication system comprising:

a processor;

a memory comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising

instructions that configure the processor to obtain sensor information of at least one user, the sensor information comprising one or more of image information or depth information;

instructions that configure the processor to recognize at least one gesture in accordance with the sensor information of the at least one user;

instructions that configure the processor to determine whether the recognized at least one gesture is a public gesture or a private gesture in accordance with a zone where the gesture was performed, the zone being selected from a plurality of zones; and

instructions that configure the processor to authorize access to a resource when the processor determines that the at least one gesture is determined to be the public gesture or the private gesture.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured by the instructions to determine locations of each of the plurality of zones relative to a body frame of the at least one user, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones is a public zone or a private zone.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured by the instructions to determine that the first gesture is a public gesture when the processor determines that the first gesture was performed in the public zone.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured by the instructions to determine that the second gesture is a private gesture when the processor determines that the second gesture was performed in the private zone.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein when the processor authorizes access to a resource, the processor authorizes a secure video call or authorizes the at least one user to access a resource comprising a database, a computer application, or content.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured by the instructions to obtain at least one of a public encryption key corresponding to the public gesture and a private encryption key corresponding to the private gesture in response to the recognized at least one gesture.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is configured by the instructions to associate the public encryption key with the public gesture and associating the private encryption key with the private gesture.

15. A computer readable non-transitory memory medium comprising a computer program stored thereon, the computer program being configured to perform a secure communication process, the computer program comprising a program portion configured to:

configure the processor to obtain sensor information of at least one user, the sensor information comprising one or more of image information or depth information;

configure the processor to recognize at least one gesture in accordance with the sensor information of the at least one user;

configure the processor to determine whether the recognized at least one gesture is a public gesture or a private gesture in accordance with a zone where the gesture was performed, the zone being selected from a plurality of zones; and

configure the processor to authorize access to a resource when the processor determines that the at least one gesture is determined to be the public gesture or the private gesture.

16. The computer program of claim 15, wherein the program portion is further configured to determine locations of each of the one plurality of zones relative to a body frame of the at least one user, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones is a public zone or a private zone.

17. The computer program of claim 16, wherein the program portion is further configured to determine that the first gesture is a public gesture when it is determined that the first gesture was performed in the public zone.

18. The computer program of claim 16, wherein the program portion is further configured to determine that the second gesture is a private gesture when it is determined that the second gesture was performed in the private zone.

19. The computer program of claim 15, wherein when the program portion authorizes access to a resource, the program portion is further configured to authorize a secure video call or authorize the at least one user to access a resource comprising a database, a computer application, or content.

20. The computer program of claim 15, wherein the program portion is further configured to obtain at least one of a public encryption key corresponding to the public gesture and a private encryption key corresponding to the private gesture in response to the recognized at least one gesture.