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US 2014/0351926 A1Published application
Athentication of device users by gaze
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorScott McCloskey
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining a gaze feature of a user of a device, wherein the device has already been unlocked using a second feature, the gaze feature being based on images of a pupil relative to a display screen of the device, comparing the obtained gaze feature to known gaze features of an authorized user of the device, and determining whether or not the user is authorized to use the device based on the comparison.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a device having a processor, a memory, and a display screen;
- a gaze sensor supported by the device and facing toward a user of the device to provide gaze tracking information to the processor;
- programming stored on the memory, the programming adapted to cause the processor to:
- identify a gaze feature of the user;
- compare the identified gaze feature of the user to known gaze features of the user;
- and
- confirm whether or not the user is the user that is authorized and has passed a separate security check to use the device.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining a gaze feature of a user of a device, wherein the device has already been unlocked using a second feature, the gaze feature being based on gaze tracking information relative to a display screen of the device;
- comparing the obtained gaze feature to known gaze features of an authorized user of the device;
- and
- determining whether or not the user is authorized to use the device based on the comparison.
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A computer readable storage device having instructions to cause a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- obtaining a gaze feature of a user of a device, wherein the device has already been unlocked using a second feature, the gaze feature being based on gaze tracking information relative to a display screen of the device;
- comparing the obtained gaze feature to known gaze features of an authorized user of the device;
- and
- determining whether or not the user is authorized to use the device based on the comparison.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.