Abstract: A server-side biometric authentication system is disclosed that can split data knowledge and processes, so that extensive collusion would be required in order for a fraudster to compromise the system. Biometric data provided by a user during authentication can be matched with a combination of pieces of a biometric template stored across two or more server(s), rather than on a consumer device as is typically done. More specifically, at the time of enrollment, a biometric template can be split into two or more fragments. Each of the fragments can be encrypted and stored on a template storage server. At a later point in time, during authentication, biometric data provided by a user (e.g., from a fingerprint) can be compared against a reconstructed version of the biometric template where each fragment of the template is retrieved from a matcher computer and combined together.

Abstract: A method includes displaying a first image including a living body on a display apparatus, accepting specifying of a first area on the first image, extracting a first feature point group from an area in the first image, the area being located in a distance more than a threshold from the first area, acquiring a second image including the living body, the second image being captured at different timing from the first image, extracting a second feature point group corresponding to the first feature point group, from the second image, generating, by a processor, transformation information based on a positional relationship between the first feature point group and the second feature point group, for carrying out an image registration between the second image and the first image, executing transformation processing by applying the transformation information to the second image, and displaying a third image generated by the transformation processing.

Abstract: The disclosure features dendritic tags, and methods and systems for fabricating and using such tags. The methods can include obtaining at least one image of a dendritic tag attached to an article, analyzing the at least one image to identify a set of features associated with the dendritic tag, and comparing the set of features to stored information to identify the article.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: computing difference values between a boundary equivalent to an outer edge of a synthesis target region of an Nth frame of a video image, and a boundary equivalent to an outer edge of a synthesis target region of an N?1th frame of the video image; generating a difference image such that whilst pixel values at a boundary of the difference image maintain the difference values, a region inside the boundary of the difference image matches a specific gradient condition; and deriving, an image that is the generated difference image added to the synthesized result image derived for the N?1th frame that is equivalent to a result of synthesizing a synthesis image onto the synthesis target region in the N?1th frame, and substituting the synthesized result image derived for the Nth frame for an image of the synthesis target region in the Nth frame.

Abstract: Secure communications are provided between a user computing device and a server computing device. An enrollment request is received from a user computing device that is configured via a distributed client software application, and is processed. The enrollment request is usable to enroll the user computing device in a network and includes an encrypted partial initial biometric vector associated with a user. An authentication request is processed that is subsequently received that includes an encrypted partial second biometric vector and that is associated with a user of the user computing device. A comparison of the encrypted partial initial biometric vector and the encrypted partial second biometric vector is performed, and a value representing the comparison is generated and transmitted to the user computing device. The user computing device is authenticated where the value is above a minimum threshold.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing a biometric measurement signal using a computing device, including receiving biometric measurement records associated with a first biometric measurement generated by contact with a single individual, extracting, for each of the biometric measurement records, feature data including periodic features extracted from the biometric measurement records, determining, pairing data comprising candidate pairs between the feature data and defined profiles associated with a known individual, wherein a candidate pair is associated with one of the periodic features and one of the defined profiles associated with the known individual, determining, for the candidate pair, a similarity value based on the one of the periodic features and the one of the defined profiles associated with the known individual, and determining whether a match exists between the single individual and the known individual based on a combination of the similarity values determined for the candidate pairs.

Abstract: An optical module includes a housing with a lighting mechanism, an aperture formed therein, and a window that frames a transparent surface adapted to contact a skin surface of a person, for example, a fingertip. The lighting mechanism provides light to illuminate the skin surface placed upon the transparent surface. A prism has a first side facing the lighting mechanism, a second side at the window, and a third side through which a dactylographic image exits the prism. One or more light reflecting surfaces are disposed within the housing to reflect the dactylographic image towards the housing aperture. The optical module is coupled to a mobile device having a camera, with the aperture of the housing aligning with a lens of the camera. The camera acquires the dactylographic image, and the mobile device adjusts this dactylographic image to produce a dactylographic image suitable for biometric matching.

Abstract: When authorized, a user of a computing device, such as a smart phone, may select an originating phone number to initiate a voice call that is different from the telephone number that is assigned to the computing device. The telephone number that is selected as the originating number may be a number that is assigned to another computing device and/or a different user. In response to receiving a request to place an outgoing call using the selected destination number, the network returns a temporary routing number to the computing device. The computing device places a call to the temporary routing number. After receiving the call at the temporary routing number, the network places the outgoing call using the selected originating number. The outgoing call appears to a called party to originate from the selected originating number instead of from the phone number assigned to the computing device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an identity authentication system includes a detecting unit that detects an identity theft by determining whether a photographing target is a living body or a non-living body, a collating unit that performs identity collation based on a photographed image, and a control unit that controls execution timing of a detection process performed by the detecting unit and an identity collating processing performed by the collating unit and, in a case where the detection performed by the detecting unit is performed for a first number of times, performs the collation process performed by the collating unit, wherein the first number of times is set in consideration of a tradeoff between a required intensity of security and convenience of a user using the identity authentication system.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for forming a fingerprint using a fingerprint sensing system, and specifically to the possibility of allowing the formation of a fingerprint when only separated portions of the fingerprint is available. The invention also relates to the corresponding fingerprint sensing system and to a computer program product.

Abstract: The present invention provides an eye-controlled password input apparatus, which comprises a display device to display a password menu, an image capturing device to capture an user's eye region image, a memory unit to store at least one preset password and a corresponding account number, a control unit to generate the password menu according to the preset password, and an image processing unit. The image processing unit obtains a plurality of reference objects from the eye image so as to recognize the eye movement direction and to confirm password input. After input a character of the password, the display device generates another password selection menu for the user to input another password character until the password input program is completed.

Abstract: A method and system for managing temporal aspects of accounts and entitlements in target systems in an organization is provided. In an embodiment, an identity management system may receive request to create an account on a target system of the organization. In some embodiments, the identity management system may cause, in co-operation with the target system, the account to be created in the target system, at a first time. In some aspects, the identity management system may associate a second time with the account. In some examples, the second time may correspond to an activation time of the account. In some embodiments, the identity management system may cause in co-operation with the target system, the account to be activated on the target system, at the second time.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for logging in to a location-specific user account on a host system. An example method includes sending, by a user device, as part of a login request, an authentication image. The method further includes receiving an authentication response from the host system based on determining whether the login request is sent from an authorized login-location, which is based on a comparison of the authentication image with a reference image captured at the authorized login-location. The method further includes, in response to the authentication image matching the reference image within a predetermined threshold range, receiving access to the user account based on the authentication response.

Abstract: A method for allowing a computer to boot from a user trusted device is provided. The computer includes a long-term data storage device storing operating system (OS) services. The user trusted device is connectable to the computer and stores a boot loader detectable and executable by a firmware of the computer, an OS loader designed to load an OS of the computer, and one or more crypto drivers designed for allowing access to the OS and data stored encrypted on the data storage device. The method comprises letting the boot loader be executed to cause to transfer the OS loader from the user trusted device to the computer and executing the transferred OS loader to cause to execute the one or more crypto drivers for the OS and the data stored encrypted on the data storage device to start the OS services and complete booting of the computer.

Abstract: Facial recognition method comprises generating an average three-dimensional model from a series of two-dimensional, consecutive, captured video frames and rotating that three-dimensional model to a frontal view. The three-dimensional model may be reduced to a two-dimensional model in order to create a mean reference map. Next, the method includes accessing a facial database to compare the mean reference map to a series of previously-stored reference maps, one for each individual in the database, each of the previously-stored reference maps including a set of previously-stored reference points. Finally, an individual whose previously-stored reference map most closely matches the mean reference map is identified as a match.

Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying, to a user interface, categories of items for the user to select from for querying the system, in order to enable the system to return to the user images of items of the style desired by the user for possible purchase. The categories of items can be presented to the user interface visually in silhouette form so that the user can select brand and the silhouette image of the style of item desired. Upon selection of the silhouette image, a query is sent to the system and images of the desired style of item are returned to the user interface for presentation to the user, along with certain attributes of the style of the item.

Abstract: A method of biometric recognition is provided. Multiple images of the face or other non-iris image and iris of an individual are acquired. If the multiple images are determined to form an expected sequence of images, the face and iris images are associated together. A single camera preferably acquires both the iris and face images by changing at least one of the zoom, position, or dynamic range of the camera. The dynamic range can be adjusted by at least one of adjusting the gain settings of the camera, adjusting the exposure time, and/or adjusting the illuminator brightness. The expected sequence determination can be made by determining if the accumulated motion vectors of the multiple images is consistent with an expected set of motion vectors and/or ensuring that the iris remains in the field of view of all of the multiple images.

Abstract: A model of a human subject's head may be generated to assist in a therapeutic and/or diagnostic procedure. A treatment and/or diagnostic system may generate a fitted head model using a predetermined head model and a plurality of points. The plurality of points may include facial feature information and may be determined using a sensor, which may include an IR sensor. One or more anatomical landmarks may be determined and registered in association with the fitted head model using the facial feature information, for example, without the use of additional image information, such as an MRI image. The fitted head model may include visual aids, for example, anatomical landmarks, reference points, marking of the human subject's MT location, and/or marking of the human subject's treatment location. The visual aids may assist a technician to perform the therapeutic and/or diagnostic procedure of the human subject. The fitted head model may be stored.

Abstract: In various embodiments, training objects are classified by human annotators, psychometric data characterizing the annotation of the training objects is acquired, a human-weighted loss function based at least in part on the classification data and the psychometric data is computationally derived, and one or more features of a query object are computationally classified based at least in part on the human-weighted loss function.

Abstract: A method for extracting a representation from an image includes inputting an image to a pre-trained neural network. The gradient of a loss function is computed with respect to parameters of the neural network, for the image. A gradient representation is extracted for the image based on the computed gradients, which can be used, for example, for classification or retrieval.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing biometric information in an electronic device including a processor that operates at a normal mode or at a secure mode, the method comprising, detecting a biometric input event from a biometric sensor module at normal mode, creating biometric data based on sensed data from the biometric sensor module at the secure mode, performing biometric registration or biometric authentication based on the created biometric data at the secure mode, and providing result information of biometric registration or biometric authentication at the normal mode.

Abstract: A method, performed in an electronic device, for assigning a target keyword to a function is disclosed. In this method, a list of a plurality of target keywords is received at the electronic device via a communication network, and a particular target keyword is selected from the list of target keywords. Further, the method may include receiving a keyword model for the particular target keyword via the communication network. In this method, the particular target keyword is assigned to a function of the electronic device such that the function is performed in response to detecting the particular target keyword based on the keyword model in an input sound received at the electronic device.

Abstract: A method and system may allow for authenticating a computing device. A computing device may send an authentication request over a network to an authentication computing device. The authentication request may include a user name and a password. The user name may include a credential and the password may be a digitally signed version of the user name. The authentication computing device may authenticate the requesting computing device by decrypting the password and comparing the received user name to the decrypted password.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fingerprint recognition method, a fingerprint recognition device and an electronic device, wherein the fingerprint recognition method comprises: an obtaining step of obtaining a capacitance detection value corresponding to each sensing electrode in a sensing electrode array; a calculation step of calculating a difference value between a first capacitance detection value corresponding to a first sensing electrode and a second capacitance detection value corresponding to a second sensing electrode, wherein the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode are adjacent to each other in the sensing electrode array; a type determination step of determining a fingerprint type detection result of the first sensing electrode and a fingerprint type detection result of the second sensing electrode according to the difference value; and a recognition step of recognizing the fingerprint according to the fingerprint type detection results.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for authenticating an online user. Authentication involves sending a code from a server to a user device equipped with a source of illumination and a camera capable of capturing video imagery of the online user. The user device receives the code, modulates the source of illumination in accordance with the code, and captures video imagery of the user while the source of illumination is being modulated according to the code. The captured video imagery of the online user is sent to the server where it is analyzed to detect evidence of changes in illumination that correspond to the code. If good correspondence is found, the user may be authenticated. Similar methods may be applied to other biometric data. Applications of the authentication include identify validation, pseudonym verification, and distinguishing human from non human access attempts.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. An electronic apparatus comprises a housing, a press switch, a push button, and a cable. The press switch is located in the housing. The push button is a button for pressing the press switch. The cable connects a first electronic part located in the push button to a second electronic part located closer to the inside than the first electronic part and located in the housing. The cable has a fixed portion that is part of the cable between the first electronic part and the second electronic part and that is fixed to the housing. The push button does not face the fixed portion in a direction in which the push button moves by being pushed.

Abstract: A method includes aligning a transmitter and receiver to transmit signals through a body part of a person and transmitting, by the transmitter and through the body part, analog signals of known transmission signal strengths. The method also includes receiving, by the receiver, the analog signals after the analog signals have passed through the body part, and identifying the received signal strengths of the analog signals at the receiver. The method calculates attenuation values between the transmission signal strengths and the received signal strengths to generate an identity signature based on biometry.

Abstract: An image correction apparatus includes a correction amount calculating unit which calculates, in response to a position of a hand on an image, a correction amount for placing the hand to face an imaging unit included in an image acquiring unit for generating the image; and a correcting unit which corrects an estimated coordinate representing a position of a point in a real space corresponding to each pixel included in a region in which the hand is captured in the image in accordance with the correction amount, and projects each of the points after the correction on a corrected image to generate the corrected image.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an application information acquisition unit which acquires a position of a window on a display screen, and a control unit which terminates an application of a window whose position acquired by the application information acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A fused image of the person's hand is accessed, the fused image having been generated using a segmented graylevel image and a segmented color image. The hand in the fused image is identified. One or more finger tips and one or more finger valleys in the fused image are identified. One or more fingers of the hand are segmented, based on the identified finger tips and finger valleys. The one or more fingers of the hand are labeled. One or more features for each finger of the hand are determined.

Abstract: A communication system 10 including a host device 14 in communication with an external device 40 through a pair of interfaces 48/50. The external device has an application code image module 42 therein. The host device 14 includes an application execution area 66 and a resource application programming interface (API) 60. The host device 14 stores the application code image in the application execution area 66. The application code image controls a function in the host device 14 using the resource application interface. When the function is performed, the application code image may be removed from the host device 14.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing a patient based on analysis of multimedia content is provided. The method includes receiving at least one multimedia content element respective of the patient from a user device; generating at least one signature for the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one identifier respective of the at least one multimedia content element using the at least one generated signature; searching a plurality of data sources for possible diagnoses respective of the one or more identifiers; and providing at least one possible diagnoses respective of the at least one multimedia content element to the user device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing method, including the calculation of one function between a datum to be compared and a reference datum. The function can be written in the form of a sum of: a term that depends on the datum to be compared, a term that depends on the reference datum, and a polynomial, such that all the monomials of the polynomial include at least one coordinate of each datum. The method includes an initialization step including: generating masking data; scrambling reference data by means of a server unit on the basis of said masking data; and calculating, by means of a client unit, the term of the function that depends on the datum to be compared.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for determining two or more user-specific parameters that can be measured or obtained using various methods, and using values of the two or more user-specific parameters to uniquely identify or authenticate an individual. Examples of the user-specific parameters may include biometric parameters, textual-based parameters, a combination of biometric parameters and textual-based parameters, and the like.

Abstract: A system determines what regions in a scene captured by a camera include highly reflective (specular) surfaces. The system illuminates the scene by outputting images to a display screen such as a television screen so as to illuminate the scene from different angles. Images of the scene are captured by the camera under the different illuminations. The images are analyzed to determine which regions in the scene exhibit changes in reflected luminance that correspond to the changes in illumination, indicating a specular surface. Regions containing diffuse surfaces are also identified based on such regions exhibiting a reflected luminance that is substantially independent of the changes in illumination.

Abstract: A method for providing evidential data is disclosed. The method includes establishing one or more first secret tokens with a server; obtaining one or more data items from one or more sensors; modifying the one or more data items with at least one of the one or more first secret tokens to provide one or more modified data items; generating a respective first hash value for each of the one or more modified data items; generating a second hash value for a data set including each of the one or more data items; and transmitting the one or more data items, the one or more first hash values, and the second hash value to the server.

Abstract: In a method for rotating photos, an orientation flag value of a photo is obtained when the photo is viewed by a user of the electronic device. A rotational value of the photo is determined according to the obtained orientation flag value. The photo is rotated according to the determined rotational value when the photo is displayed on a display screen of the electronic device.

Abstract: The invention is about an identification process of an individual or object, in a system comprising a control server and a management server of a database comprising N indexed data of N stored individuals, in which, to identify the individual or object, its datum is compared to each of the N data of the base.

Abstract: There is provided an authentication control system including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information detected by a sensor, an evaluation unit configured to evaluate suitability for use of each of one or more sensors in environmental conditions indicated by the information, and an authentication mode selection unit configured to select an authentication mode from among a plurality of authentication modes based on an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit, each of the authentication modes using any one of the one or more sensors.

Abstract: A vehicle can be configured to attempt to awaken a sleeping occupant when certain wake-up events have occurred. It can be determined whether a wake-up event has occurred. In one or more arrangements, the wake-up event can relate to the refueling of the vehicle (e.g., fuel level or recharge level). Sensor data relating to a vehicle occupant can be acquired. Based on the acquired sensor data, it can be determined whether the vehicle occupant is sleeping. Responsive to determining that the vehicle occupant is sleeping, the vehicle can cause a wake-up alert to be presented within the vehicle. The wake-up alert can be a visual, audial, and/or haptic wake-up alert.

Abstract: A capability for managing a representation of a smart environment is presented herein. The capability for managing a representation of a smart environment is configured to support augmented reality (AR)-based management of a representation of a smart environment, which may include AR-based generation of a representation of the smart environment, AR-based alignment of the representation of the smart environment with the physical reality of the smart environment, and the like.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for obtaining a biometric image is disclosed, which may comprise: providing a biometric image sensor which may comprise one of a one dimensional swiped sensor array, a two dimensional swiped sensor array and a two dimensional placement sensor array, each of which may comprise a capacitive gap sensor measuring a change in a transmitted signal received as a received signal, based upon changes in the transmitted signal passing through a biometric, the biometric image sensor may be one of mounted on a host device or cooperating with the host device; providing a biometric placement positioning prompt on a display on the host device, which prompt may indicate whether a current positioning of the biometric is proper for initiating biometric imaging by the biometric image sensor, e.g., indicating a current positioning of the biometric and the desired positioning of the biometric.

Abstract: A user identification method and a user identification electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining user state information of a user; determining available user identification modes based on the user state information; determining user identification accuracy information corresponding to each of the available user identification modes; determining a selected user identification mode, based on a service requiring user identification and the user identification accuracy information; and performing user identification in the selected user identification mode. With the method or the electronic device, the user can be identified based on various types of information, thus an application range of the user identification method is expanded, and robustness of the user identification method is improved.

Abstract: An image correction apparatus includes a correction amount calculating unit which calculates, in response to a position of a hand on an image, a correction amount for placing the hand to face an imaging unit included in an image acquiring unit for generating the image; and a correcting unit which corrects an estimated coordinate representing a position of a point in a real space corresponding to each pixel included in a region in which the hand is captured in the image in accordance with the correction amount, and projects each of the points after the correction on a corrected image to generate the corrected image.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method that may provide security using complex biometric information are provided. The electronic device includes a sensor module configured to sense two or more pieces of biometric information and a controller configured to execute a command corresponding to biometric combination information when the biometric combination information corresponding to the two or more pieces of biometric information sensed through the sensor module exist. As described above, through use of the complex biometric information combined of two or more pieces of biometric information, more strengthened security may be provided to various objects in the electronic device.

Abstract: Methods and systems to facilitate eye tracking control calibration are provided. One or more objects are displayed on a display of a device, where the one or more objects are associated with a function unrelated to a calculation of one or more calibration parameters. The one or more calibration parameters relate to a calibration of a calculation of gaze information of a user of the device, where the gaze information indicates where the user is looking. While the one or more objects are displayed, eye movement information associated with the user is determined, which indicates eye movement of one or more eye features associated with at least one eye of the user. The eye movement information is associated with a first object location of the one or more objects. The one or more calibration parameters are calculated based on the first object location being associated with the eye movement information.

Abstract: A user interface method is disclosed. For a particular interface, such as a touch input device, the method involves defining an enablement protocol for a function and recording and retaining the enablement protocol of said function, such that a user enables the function by substantially reproducing the enablement protocol in the absence of spatial or temporal indication of at least a portion of the enablement protocol.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch panel, an operation position detecting unit that detects an operation position, in a locked state, at which a touch operation has been made on the touch panel, an ear pinna determining unit that determines whether the touch operation has been made by a user's ear pinna, according to the detected operation position, and an ear pinna operation accepting unit that, if the touch operation is determined to have been made by the user's ear pinna, accepts an operation input made by the touch operation by the ear pinna.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a method for a health scanning system is disclosed. The method includes receiving at least one electrical physiological data signal (PDS); suppressing a Direct Current (DC) signal component of the PDS to emphasize the Alternating Current (AC) signal component of the PDS; isolating the signal noise in the AC signal component of the PDS; and extracting a noise signature from the signal noise in the PDS. The noise signature, after calibration, can be used to uniquely identify a known user from other users.

Abstract: A method of classifying images includes extracting parameters from each of the images. The parameters of each image is quantized. Once the quantization data of each image is obtained, each image is classified according to quantization data.