<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> We propose a new method of authentication for smartphones and similar devices based on gestures made by user with the device itself. The main advantage of our method is that it combines subtle biometric properties of the gesture (something you are) with a secret information that can be freely chosen by the user (something you know). Our prototype implementation shows that the scheme is feasible in practice. Further development, testing and fine tuning of parameters is required for deployment in the real world.</p></abstract>

We propose a new method of authentication for smartphones and similar devices based on gestures made by user with the device itself. The main advantage of our method is that it combines subtle biometric properties of the gesture (something you are) with a secret information that can be freely chosen by the user (something you know). Our prototype implementation shows that the scheme is feasible in practice. Further development, testing and fine tuning of parameters is required for deployment in the real world.

Authentication based on gestures with smartphone in hand

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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We propose a new method of authentication for smartphones and similar devices based on gestures made by user with the device itself. The main advantage of our...

Authentication based on gestures with smartphone in hand

Published Online: Sep 13, 2017

Page range: 256 - 266

Received: Mar 31, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0037

Keywords
smartphone, accelerometer, gestures, gyroscope, access control

© Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Authentication based on gestures with smartphone in hand

Published Online: Sep 13, 2017

Page range: 256 - 266

Received: Mar 31, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0037

Keywordssmartphone, accelerometer, gestures, gyroscope, access control

© Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
smartphone, accelerometer, gestures, gyroscope, access control