Eye gaze authentication
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSyed S. Azam, James R. Waldron, Kent E. Biggs, Richard E. Hodges
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Abstract
According to an example of the present disclosure, an image collection is loaded. At least one image property of the image collection is randomized, and the image collection is displayed. A registered sequence of images is accessed. At least one eye gaze and at least one eye gaze time interval are captured. A selection sequence of images in the randomized image collection is determined based on the at least one eye gaze and the at least one eye gaze time interval, and a further determination is made as to whether the selection sequence of the images in the randomized image collection matches the registered sequence of images.
Claims15
A method of user authentication based on eye gaze comprising:
- loading, using a processor, an image collection from a memory;
- randomizing, using the processor, at least one property of the image collection;
- displaying, using a display, the randomized image collection;
- accessing, using the processor, a registered sequence of images;
- capturing, using a camera coupled to the display, at least one eye gaze and at least one eye gaze time interval;
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- determining, using the processor, a selection sequence of images in the randomized image collection based on the at least one eye gaze and the at least one eye gaze time interval, and further determining when the selection sequence of the images in the randomized image collection matches the registered sequence of images.
A system for user authentication, comprising:
- a display;
- a sensor to detect a user and a user eye gaze;
- and
- a processing resource communicatively coupled to the sensor;
- wherein the display is to display a combination of images in an image collage,
- wherein the sensor is to capture a user eye gaze path corresponding to a user selection of at least two images from the combination of images in the image collage, and
- wherein the processing resource is to randomize a size and a location of the combination of images in the image collage, load a registered combination of images, compare the registered combination of images to the user selection, and prompt the user for a second form of authentication.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for user authentication, said computer program comprising a set of instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to:
- load an image collage;
- alter a size of at least one image in the image collage;
- alter a position of at least one image in the image collage;
- display the image collage;
- track, with a sensor, an eye gaze of a user toward at least two images in the image collage;
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- permit access to a computer system in response to a determination that the tracked eye gaze of the user toward the image collage matches a stored combination of images and a eye gaze count is not exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.