Authentication through tissue-conducted sound
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJohn C. Weast, Glen J. Anderson, Giuseppe Raffa, Daniel S. Lake, Kathy Yuen, Lenitra M. Durham
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Abstract
Systems and methods may provide for sending a sound wave signal and measuring a body conduction characteristic of the sound wave signal. Additionally, a user authentication may be performed based at least in part on the body conduction characteristic. In one example, the body conduction characteristic includes one or more of a timing, a frequency or an amplitude of the sound wave signal after passing through one or more of bone or tissue.
Claims18
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed, cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:
- sending a first audio signal for presentation of a sound wave to an ear of a user;
- receiving a second audio signal based on propagation of the sound wave;
- and
- performing authentication of the user based at least in part on body conduction characteristics as detected from the sound wave conducted through a human tissue, wherein the first and second audio signals are communicated using one or more devices located in a wearable enclosure for placement within a predefined proximity of the user, wherein the authentication enables passive user authentication for additional user authentication based on one or more additional factors including one or more of voice input, gesture input, or textual input, wherein the passive user authentication is performed without the user being aware of the passive user authentication.
An apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry coupled to a memory, the processing circuitry to:
- send a first audio signal for presentation of a sound wave to an ear of a user;
- receive a second audio signal based on propagation of the sound wave;
- and
- perform authentication of the user based at least in part on body conduction characteristics as detected from the sound wave conducted through a human tissue, wherein the first and second audio signals are communicated using one or more devices located in a wearable enclosure for placement within a predefined proximity of the user, wherein the authentication enables passive user authentication for additional user authentication based on one or more additional factors including one or more of voice input, gesture input, or textual input, wherein the passive user authentication is performed without the user being aware of the passive user authentication.
A method comprising:
- sending a first audio signal for presentation of a sound wave to an ear of a user;
- receiving a second audio signal based on propagation of the sound wave;
- and
- performing authentication of the user based at least in part on body conduction characteristics as detected from the sound wave conducted through a human tissue, wherein the first and second audio signals are communicated using one or more devices located in a wearable enclosure for placement within a predefined proximity of the user, wherein the authentication enables passive user authentication for additional user authentication based on one or more additional factors including one or more of voice input, gesture input, or textual input, wherein the passive user authentication is performed without the user being aware of the passive user authentication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.