Abstract: Virtual sensor technology, in which a camera is controlled to capture at least one configuration image of an area monitored by a monitoring system and input is received that defines one or more characteristics of the at least one configuration image that enable sensing of an event in the area. Based on the received input, configuration data used in sensing the event is generated and stored. After storage of the configuration data, the camera is controlled to capture one or more images of the area, the one or more images are analyzed based on the configuration data, and occurrence of the event is detected based on the analysis of the one or more images. Based on detecting occurrence of the event, a transmitting device is controlled to send, to a controller of the monitoring system, a signal that indicates the detection of the occurrence of the event.

Abstract: A verification device provides an approach to identification and authorization by requiring an authorized presence before permitting the input of a sequence of signals. Furthermore, the device may be configured to recognize incorrect inputs, and to respond by transmitting an alert code while providing limited functionality to convince an authorized user that access has been granted until a location of the device has been determined.

Abstract: An image forming control method is applied to an image forming device. The image forming device includes a communication port. The communication port includes a USB port, a wired network port, and a wireless network port. The method includes performing a forced disconnection event for the communication port in response to a satisfaction of a preset condition. The forced disconnection event includes disconnecting power supply of at least one part of components of a wireless network module, disconnecting power supply of at least one part of components of a wired network module, and force-disconnecting the USB port.

Abstract: Among information regarding a sensing device (IoT device), only particular content (attribute information) is disclosed. A communication terminal includes a packet-signal reception unit, an attribute-information extraction unit, and an attribute-information transmission unit. The packet-signal reception unit receives a packet signal transmitted from a sensing device around the communication terminal. The attribute-information extraction unit extracts attribute information on the sensing device from the packet signal transmitted from the sensing device around the communication terminal. The attribute-information transmission unit transmits the attribute information that has been extracted to a server.

Abstract: A method for enrolling users in an access control system, the method including sending a notification to a device of a user, instructing the user to capture an image with the device; generating a first representation of a face of the user using a first image of the user; generating a second representation of a face of the user using a second image of the user captured with the device; determining a likelihood of a match between the first and second representations; and if the likelihood of a match meets a threshold, using the second image as an enrollment photo for the access control system.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus 1 includes: a detecting unit 11 that detects an iris area IA including an iris from a person image IMG1 in which at least an eye of the target person is included; an image processing unit 12 that converts the person image to a protected image IMG2 in which an iris information relating to a pattern of the iris is not obtainable by performing an image processing on at least a part of the iris area of the person image; and an adding unit 13 that adds meta data indicating that the image processing is performed on at least a part of the iris area to the protected image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a face verification method and apparatus. A mobile device may include one or more processors configured to obtain one or more images for a user, ascertain whether any of the one or more images correspond to respective user distances, from the user to the mobile device, outside of a threshold range of distances, and selectively, based on a result of the ascertaining, perform verification using a first verification threshold for any of the one or more images ascertained to correspond to the respective user distances that are outside the threshold range of distances, and perform verification using a less strict second verification threshold for any of the one or more images that have been ascertained to not correspond to the respective user distances that are outside the threshold range of distances.

Abstract: An authentication device authenticates a user using biometric information. The authentication device including: a storage unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a controller, an authentication processing unit, and an update processing unit. When the first acquisition unit acquires identification information, and a combination for which the number of successes for the acquired identification information is greater than or equal to a predetermined number is present in combination information, the controller sets a threshold such that a false acceptance rate for erroneously authenticating a person other than a registered user becomes lower than when the combination is not present.

Abstract: A secure authentication system, computer program recording medium and method enable secure transaction with authentication to eradicate fraud. A customer is authenticated via a customer application executed on a communication device. A customer-paced communication session is enabled between the customer application and a transaction system via a network connection. A customer continuity factor is monitored in maintaining the communication session. In response to receiving a customer request via the customer application, a level of trust in current authentication of the customer is determined based on the user continuity factor. In response to the level of trust being below a trust threshold, the customer is directed via the customer application to provide a customer request comprising a customer-supplied image having a specified contextual element. The communication session is re-authenticated to process the user input by the transaction system based on verification of the received user-supplied image.

Abstract: A vehicular driver assist system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle and a display disposed at the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a processor for processing sensor data captured by the sensor to detect presence of objects in the field of view of the sensor. The vehicular driver assist system, responsive to processing by the processor of sensor data captured by the sensor, determines presence of a driver of the vehicle and determines a position of the driver's head. The vehicular driver assist system, responsive to determining the position of the driver's head, adjusts an orientation of the display based on the determined position of the driver's head to increase visibility of the display for the driver.

Abstract: A method carried out by a smart card including a fingerprint sensor, the method including an authentication phase including: acquiring a sequence of object prints from objects detected over time by the fingerprint sensor; comparing the sequence of object prints with reference data defining a reference sequence of object prints according to at least two different print types; and determining that the authentication phase is successful if the sequence of object prints coincides with the reference data. During a digital enrollment phase, the smart card generates, from at least one fingerprint, called enrollment fingerprint, digital enrollment data; and records these digital enrollment data so as to allow subsequent digital authentication from said digital enrollment data.

Abstract: An antioxidant sensor according to an aspect of the disclosure includes: a touch sensor; a light source configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength onto an object touching the touch sensor; a light receiver configured to receive light returning from the object; and a processor configured to extract an image of a contact surface of the object based on a sensor value of the touch sensor, to analyze the extracted image of the contact surface, and to obtain an antioxidant signal of the object by driving the light source based on a result of analyzing the image of the contact surface.

Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying users in connection with transactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes, based on the payment card device being presented at a terminal, initiating, by a security chip of the payment card device, a timer and then based on the timer being unexpired, capturing, by a biometric sensor of the payment card device, a biometric image and verifying, by the security chip, the captured biometric image against reference biometric data stored the payment card device. The method also includes, based on the captured biometric image being verified, cooperating, by the security chip, with the terminal, to initiate a transaction to an account using a first account number specific to a biometric application of the payment card device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods that enable authentication of a user via an authentication application that is different than a wallet application that is being used to process a transaction. The wallet application may contain payment devices and/additional wallet applications.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for under-display fingerprint sensor timing control are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by fingerprint sensor control circuitry, an indication to activate a fingerprint sensor that is located under a display panel of a computing device, the fingerprint sensor attached with respect to the display panel such that the fingerprint sensor is exposed to light produced by the display panel and reflected off a finger placed over the display panel at a location of the fingerprint sensor; outputting, for receipt by the fingerprint sensor, a start-sensing trigger signal at a start time synchronized with a display panel timing signal that is provided to the display panel to control emission of the display panel; and outputting, for receipt by the fingerprint sensor, a stop-sensing trigger signal at a stop time synchronized with the display panel timing signal.

Abstract: A face recognition system, a face recognition method, and a storage medium that can perform face matching smoothly in a short time are provided. The face recognition system includes: a face detection unit that detects a face image from an image including an authentication subject as a detected face image; a storage unit stores identification information identifying the authentication subject and a registered face image of the authentication subject in association with each other; and a face matching unit that, in response to acquisition of the identification information identifying the authentication subject, matches, against the registered face image corresponding to the acquired identification information, the detected face image detected by the face detection unit from an image captured before the acquisition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating between devices using short-range communication links. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating access-right data between devices for verification or transfer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for improved SSD implementations and methods of using the same. Example embodiments utilize any of a myriad of wireless networking mechanisms for enabling access to a solid state storage drive. Some example embodiments include security mechanisms, such as biometric security, software-based authentication, and/or the like, for ensuring accurate user authentication before providing access to the storage. Some example embodiments provide indicators regarding executing functionality to further improve overall device security. Some example embodiments include a touch-adaptive display that provides various renderings associated with accessing the storage, performing storage functionality, configuring one or more aspects of the embodiment, and/or otherwise operating the storage in a manner desired by the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing and analyzing data collected in connection with online examinations are described herein. The methods may be implemented by one or more computing devices and may include flagging one or more proctoring events indicated by data that was obtained in connection with an exam session of a test taker, the one or more flagged proctoring events being potentially associated with one or more exam rule violations. A point value may be assigned to each of the one or more flagged proctoring events. The point value of at least one of the one or more flagged proctoring events may be adjusted with a weight, the weight being obtained based on data other than mere occurrence of the one or more flagged proctoring events.

Abstract: A biometric sensor device system including a biometric sensor device, and a prediction computer. The biometric sensor device includes at least one camera, and a biometric sensor device processor configured to record a time synchronized communicative interaction between participants, by controlling at least one camera to record the participants over a time period, and transfer the recorded communicative interaction to the prediction computer. The prediction computer including a prediction computer processor configured to extract, from the recorded communicative interaction, a physical characteristic of each of the participants over the time period, compare the physical characteristic of at least one of the participants with the physical characteristic of at least another one of the participants over the time period, and classify or score at least one of the participants according to a predetermined classification or dimensional scoring scheme based on the comparison.

Abstract: An embodiment device for controlling a user authentication transmission includes a user authentication device configured to perform user authentication of a user authorized to operate a vehicle and a controller disposed in the vehicle. The controller is configured to unlock a transmission of the vehicle based on a result of the user authentication. An embodiment method for controlling a user authentication transmission includes performing user authentication of a user authorized to operate a vehicle and unlocking a transmission of the vehicle based on a result of the user authentication.

Abstract: A driving assistance system and method for a driver including a sensor that senses a state in front of a vehicle corresponding to a driver's field of vision through a vehicle windshield; a detector that photographs the driver's face and detects an illumination distribution of the face or a state of the driver based on a photographed image of the driver; and a processor that determines whether or not the driver's glare occurs based on the state in front of the vehicle sensed by the sensor and the illumination distribution of the face or the state of the driver detected by the detector are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for storing data on a storage entity (SE) includes: computing a file identifier for a file to be stored on the SE; checking if the file has already been stored using the file identifier; generating a user-specific private and public identifier, wherein generating the user-specific private identifier is based on using an oblivious key generation protocol between the client and a trusted entity, and wherein the user-specific private identifier is a deterministic private identifier; updating or computing tags of the file by the client such that the updating or computing is homomorphic in the user-specific private identifier and in parts of the file; and providing the user-specific public identifier, the updated tags and a proof of possession of the secret identifier to the SE to enable the SE to store information associated with the file.

Abstract: In some examples, a computing device can receive information about different gestures and output different application pages of an application, depending on the type of gesture associated with the information received. The different pages can provide different functional features for the application. Mappings can be used to determine the application page to output a command to display, based on the gesture.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an identity recognition system for a terminal. The system includes: an obtaining device configured to obtain pre-stored biometric information corresponding to a user within a preset range of the terminal; a biometric library configured to maintain the obtained pre-stored biometric information; a collection device configured to collect first biometric information of the user; and a recognition device configured to recognize the first biometric information in the biometric library, and decide to enable or disable one or more functions or components of the terminal according to a recognition result. The present disclosure further provides an identity recognition method, a computer storage medium and a terminal.

Abstract: An image processing method includes the steps of: extracting a first two-dimensional feature point from a two-dimensional face image; on the basis of a geometric model of a standard face, deriving a three-dimensional feature point set including a first three-dimensional feature point corresponding to the first two-dimensional feature point; generating a three-dimensional face model including the three-dimensional feature point set; estimating an input pose of the two-dimensional face image to determine whether to update the three-dimensional feature point set; updating the three-dimensional feature point set by relocating the first three-dimensional feature point according to the first two-dimensional feature point, on the basis of the determination on whether to update the three-dimensional feature point set; and projecting the three-dimensional face model onto the two-dimensional face image.

Abstract: A control system may comprise a plurality of audio output devices (e.g., controllable speakers), and a remote control device having at least one button for selecting a preset, where the preset defines different commands for at least two of the audio output devices. The at least two audio output devices may be configured to be controlled according to the different commands (e.g., starting, pausing, or stopping playback, adjusting volume, etc.) in response to an actuation of the button of the remote control device. The control system may also comprise a load control device, such as a dimmer configured to control an intensity of a lighting load to a predetermined intensity in response to the actuation of the button of the remote control device to select the preset. The audio output device may be configured to play a feedback signal indicating an operational characteristic of the dimmer.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling access to an interior of an object by way of static and/or dynamic characteristics of a hand of a user. In an embodiment, a method includes obtain first measurements that are based upon contact of the hand with a handle located on an exterior of an object over a first time period as the hand applies first force to the handle. The method includes identify the user as being authorized to access an interior of the object based upon the first measurements and second measurements, where the second measurements are based upon contact of the hand with the handle over a second time period as the hand applies second force to the handle. The method includes grant the user access to the interior of the object based on the user being authorized.

Abstract: A fingerprint scanning device having a sensing area that includes a plurality of row electrodes and a plurality of column electrodes. The row electrodes and column electrodes are separated by a dielectric material and arranged in a crossing pattern in the sensing area. A plurality of drive-sense circuits drive sensor signals on the electrodes. In an embodiment, each of the drive-sense circuits is configured, when enabled, to drive a sensor signal on at least one electrode of the plurality of column electrodes or the plurality of row electrodes, the sensor signal including a drive signal component and a receive signal component. Each of the drive-sense circuits is further configured to generate, based on the receive signal component, a sensed signal representative of an impedance of the at least one electrode.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating a secret key for encrypted communication using a synchronized neural network, which includes: generating initial codewords based on a bit string of weight values of the synchronized neural network and transmitting a first partial codeword of the initial codewords to a device of another party; receiving a second partial codeword generated by the device of the other party and combining final codewords based on the second partial codeword received from the device of the party and the bit string of the weight values; performing an error correction on the combined final codewords and transmitting first restoration success information according to the error correction to the device of the other party; and receiving second restoration success information from the device of the other party and generating the secret key based on the restoration success information of the device of the other party, are provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided to authenticate objects based on surface patterns on the object. In the approach, a pressure pattern is measured between a sensor array surface of a pressure mapping sensor array accessible by the processor and one of the object's surfaces. A set of characteristics of the object surface is extracted based on the pressure pattern resulting from the measuring. These characteristics are compared to a set of expected characteristics with the object being authenticated based on the comparison.

Abstract: A system and method for unlocking devices associated with a carrying bag are provided. In example embodiments, biometric information of a user from a biometric reader is received by an authentication system. The biometric reader is located on a pull mechanism of a sliding fastening device for a carrying bag. The user is authenticated by verifying the validity of the biometric information. The authenticated user is associated with the carrying bag. Based on a set of pre-defined permissions, one or more devices associated with the carrying bag are unlocked.

Abstract: A method includes accessing a structured content item from a first database and event data from a second database, the event data including sets of event attributes in a multi-dimensional namespace and associated with a respective point in time; determining a relevancy profile characterizing a metric of relevancy of the structured content item over a respective time interval, the metric of relevancy including a distance in the multi-dimensional namespace between attributes associated with the structured content and the sets of event attributes; generating, using the relevancy profile, second digital content including a subset of the structured content item; and providing the second digital content for rendering on a device. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include a display, a touch sensor operatively coupled with the display, and a fingerprint sensor disposed below the display and operatively coupled with the touch sensor. The fingerprint sensor may be configured to obtain at least one image for calibrating a fingerprint image, receive a signal indicating detection of a touch input from the touch sensor while obtaining the at least one image, and cease to obtain the at least one image, based on the reception of the signal.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to detecting palm liveness. When an image is received with visual information claimed to represent a palm of a person, an initial region of interests (ROI) is identified from the image that corresponds to the palm and an initial dimension thereof is determined. When the initial dimension is smaller than a specified dimension, the initial ROI is extended in some respective directions to some expansion region with certain expansion dimension to generate an ROI using the visual information in the ROI from the image. A plurality of decisions are obtained with respect to the ROI, each of which is made individually on whether the ROI represents a specific type of fake palm. The decisions are then combined to derive a liveness detection decision on whether the palm captured in the image is live.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a receiving unit for receiving face image data of a student, who takes a class in a classroom, a plurality of times during the class from a camera provided in the classroom; a control unit for comparing the face image data with registered face image data of the student and count the number of times the student of the registered face image data is photographed by the camera during the class; and a transmission unit for transmitting the number of times of photographing to a terminal device used by a teacher who teaches the class.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for authenticating a user in connection with a network transaction by the user, based on a biometric combination for the user. One exemplary method includes receiving an authorization request for a network transaction by a user where the authorization request includes biometric data representing at least first and second biometrics of the user. The method also includes converting the biometric data to a personal identification number (PIN) specific to the biometric data, where the first biometric is converted to a first character of the PIN and the second biometric is converted to a second character of the PIN. The method further includes appending the PIN to the authorization request and transmitting the authorization request to an issuer, thereby permitting the issuer to approve or decline the network transaction based, at least in part, on the PIN included in the authorization request.

Abstract: Disclosed in a wireless power transmission apparatus based on cavity-resonance including a transmission cavity leaking electromagnetic waves to a reception cavity through cavity-resonance with the reception cavity, and a nonlinear feedback circuit formed on a feedback path including the transmission cavity and configured to adaptively control an operating frequency in response to a change in a system resonance frequency according to the cavity-resonance.

Abstract: Various apparatuses for use in a wireless network are disclosed. A first apparatus comprises two antennae oriented orthogonally, a biosensor capable of reading a user's fingerprint, and a housing comprising a groove for guiding a user's finger, the groove physically separating the antennae, effectively creating a radome for each antenna. A second apparatus comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) a port, a shell enclosing the PCB, and at least one horseshoe gasket, the shell and gasket creating a waterproof seal isolating the port and the external environment from the rest of the PCB. A third apparatus comprising a bracket for attaching a housing to a building material, an aiming annulus for aiming the housing and the housing. Wherein two or more of the bracket, aiming annulus and housing may be joined in order to mount and aim the housing using one or more structures on the components.

Abstract: A facial recognition method comprises obtaining an image to be recognized, determining whether the image to be recognized belongs to one of image groups of at least one user, determining whether an image number of a determined image group is less than a preset number when the image to be recognized belongs to the determined image group in the image groups, deleting one of facial images in the determined image group according to time parameters of the facial images in the determined image group and performing an image group updating procedure when the image number of the determined image group is not less than the preset number, and performing the image group updating procedure when the image number of the determined image group is less than the preset number.

Abstract: A face recognition system, a face recognition method, and a storage medium that can perform face matching smoothly in a short time are provided. The face recognition system includes: a face detection unit that detects a face image from an image including an authentication subject as a detected face image; a storage unit stores identification information identifying the authentication subject and a registered face image of the authentication subject in association with each other; and a face matching unit that, in response to acquisition of the identification information identifying the authentication subject, matches, against the registered face image corresponding to the acquired identification information, the detected face image detected by the face detection unit from an image captured before the acquisition.

Abstract: A system for maintaining individual immunization records. The system includes a tracking vehicle storing a first instance of a user record a terminal including an electronic processor and a memory. The electronic processor is configured to communicate with the tracking vehicle, obtain a second instance of the user record stored in the memory of the terminal and determine whether immunization data in the first instance or the second instance is more recent. When the first instance of the user record from the tracking vehicle includes more recent immunization data than the second instance of the user record stored in the memory, the electronic processor is configured to update the user record stored in the memory of the terminal with the more recent immunization data in the first instance of the user record of the tracking vehicle.

Abstract: An example embodiment includes: a determination unit that, based on an image including an eye of a recognition subject, determines whether or not a colored contact lens is worn; and a processing unit that, when it is determined by the determination unit that the colored contact lens is worn, performs a process of improving accuracy of iris matching on the recognition subject.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using a sensor of an information handling device, a change in a magnetic field associated with the information handling device; determining, using a processor, whether the change in the magnetic field corresponds to a known command; and performing, responsive to determining that the change in the magnetic field corresponds to the known command, a function dictated by the known command. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system for checking a vein pattern. The sensor system comprises a first light source that is configured to emit during operation across the entire surface electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the near infrared range, which are absorbed by hemoglobin. Furthermore, the sensor system comprises a second light source that is configured to emit during operation across the entire surface electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the range of visible light. Furthermore, the sensor system comprises a camera with a first camera chip that is configured to record reflected electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the near infrared range and to convert them into a corresponding infrared image, and with a second camera chip that is configured to record reflected electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the range of visible light and to convert them into a corresponding photographic image.

Abstract: An authentication device includes a last session information storage portion that stores data of a first registered person successfully authenticated in the last session, an input unit to which information of a second registered person successfully authenticated by another authentication device is input, an information acquisition unit that acquires identification information of a user via an information sensor, a registered person information storage portion that stores registered person information in which a plurality of registered persons including the first and second registered persons are associated with their registration identification information, an authentication order information storage portion that stores information about an authentication order of the registered persons, and an authentication unit that authenticates the user by comparing the identification information acquired from the information acquisition unit with the registration identification information stored in the registered perso

Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying users in connection with transactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes, in response to a payment device being inserted at a terminal, initiating, by a security chip of the payment device, a timer and capturing, by a biometric sensor of the payment device, a fingerprint while the timer is unexpired. The method also includes verifying, by the security chip, the captured fingerprint against reference fingerprint data stored in memory in the payment device and, in response to the captured fingerprint being verified, while the timer is unexpired, initiating, by the security chip, with the terminal, a transaction to an account using an account number specific to a biometric application of the payment device. An issuer can recognize verification of a user associated with the fingerprint based on the account number in an authorization request, instead of a different account number for the account.

Abstract: Storage medium and electronic device are provided in the instant application. An executable computer program is stored in the storage medium. The executable computer program is executed by a processor, including: receive and store a default identification information in an electronic device. Receive an identification request and a to-be-authorized identification information collected by the electronic device. Receive the default identification information from the electronic device. Compare the to-be-authorized identification information with default identification information. if they are determined to be matched, the to-be-authorized identification information being true, otherwise the to-be-authorized identification information being false. When identification information is authenticated, the identification information can be collected real-time because the default identification information is stored in the electronic device in advance.

Abstract: A method for performing a card-to-card direct contactless transaction between a first active stored-value smart card (“SVSC”) and a second active SVSC, each comprising an active near-field communication (“NFC”) reader. The method may include activating the first active SVSC by receiving input of a personal identification number (“PIN”) on a keypad located on the first active SVSC, verifying the PIN and further receiving input of a transaction amount on the keypad. The method may further include initiating a wireless NFC communication to perform the transaction by positioning the first active SVSC within a pre-determined distance to the second active SVSC and confirming accuracy of each of the first and second active SVSC using the active NFC reader to retrieve card ID data and confirm accuracy. Following confirming, the method may include directly completing the transaction between the first active SVSC and the second active SVSC.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calculating authenticity of a human user. One method comprises receiving, via a network, an electronic request from a user device, instantiating a video connection with the user device; generating, using a database of questions, a first question; providing, via the network, the generated question to the user device; analyzing video and audio data received via the connection to extract facial expressions, calculating, using convolutional neural networks, first data and second data corresponding predetermined emotions based on facial expressions and audio data; generating candidate emotion data using the first and second data; determining whether the candidate emotion data predicts a predetermined emotion, and generating a second question to collect additional data for aggregating with the first and second data or determining the authenticity of the user and using the determined authenticity to decide on the user request.