Local user authentication with neuro and neuro-mechanical fingerprints
First Claim
1. A method to locally authenticate an authorized user and control access to an electronic device, the method comprising:
- generating a neuro-mechanical fingerprint for a user in response to a micro-motion signal sensed at a body part of the user using a sensor of the electronic device;
generating a match percentage of the neuro-mechanical fingerprint in response to authorized user calibration parameters;
controlling user access to the electronic device in response to the match percentage;
in response to the match percentage being greater than or equal to an access match level, identifying the user as an authorized user and granting the authorized user access to the electronic device; and
in response to the match percentage being less than a predetermined level, recalibrating the authorized user calibration parameters.
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Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, a method for locally verifying the identification of a user with an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes regenerating a neuro-mechanical fingerprint (NFP) in response to a micro-motion signal sensed at a body part. In response to a plurality of authorized user calibration parameters, a match percentage of the neuro-mechanical fingerprint is determined. The match percentage is determined without the use of a calibration NFP that was previously used to generate the user calibration parameters. Access to the electronic device and its software applications is then controlled by the match percentage. If the match percentage is greater than or equal to an access match level, access to the electronic device is granted. If the match percentage is less than the access match level, access is denied. Subsequent access requires further regeneration of the NFP and a determination of its match percentage in response.
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19 Claims
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1. A method to locally authenticate an authorized user and control access to an electronic device, the method comprising:
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generating a neuro-mechanical fingerprint for a user in response to a micro-motion signal sensed at a body part of the user using a sensor of the electronic device; generating a match percentage of the neuro-mechanical fingerprint in response to authorized user calibration parameters; controlling user access to the electronic device in response to the match percentage; in response to the match percentage being greater than or equal to an access match level, identifying the user as an authorized user and granting the authorized user access to the electronic device; and in response to the match percentage being less than a predetermined level, recalibrating the authorized user calibration parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method to locally authenticate an authorized user and control access to an electronic device, the method comprising:
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generating a neuro-mechanical fingerprint for a user in response to a micro-motion signal sensed at a body part of the user using a sensor of the electronic device; generating a match percentage of the neuro-mechanical fingerprint in response to authorized user calibration parameters; controlling user access to the electronic device in response to the match percentage; in response to the match percentage being greater than or equal to an access match level, the user is as an authorized user and granted access to the electronic device; and informing the authorized user to voluntarily recalibrate the authorized user calibration parameters in response to the match percentage being less than or equal to a voluntary recalibration level. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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with a sensor, extracting a first neuro-mechanical fingerprint (NFP) associated with an authorized user, generating authorized user calibration parameters associated with the authorized user in response to the first neuro-mechanical fingerprint; with a sensor, extracting a second neuro-mechanical fingerprint associated with an unknown user or the authorized user; determining a match percentage of the second neuro-mechanical fingerprint in response to the authorized user calibration parameters; controlling access to an electronic device in response to the match percentage being greater than or equal to an access match level; and in response to the match percentage being less than a predetermined level, regenerating the authorized user calibration parameters. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A physiological authentication controller to control access to an electronic device, the physiological authentication controller comprising:
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a signal processing module to generate a neuro-mechanical fingerprint for a user; an authentication classifier module coupled in communication with the signal processing module, the authentication classifier module to generate a match percentage in response to the neuro-mechanical fingerprint and authorized user calibration parameters; and an authentication controller module coupled in communication with the authentication classifier module, the authentication controller module to control access to the electronic device in response to the match percentage and an access match level, the authentication controller module further causes an authorized user to recalibrate the authentication classifier module with updated authorized user calibration parameters in response to the match percentage being less than a predetermined level. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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