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Traditional methods of authenticating a user, including password, a Personal Identification Number (PIN), or a more secure PIN entry method (A PIN entry method resilient against shoulder surfing [14]), can be stolen or accessed easily and, therefore, make the authentication unsecure. In this work, we present the usability of our multi-sensor based and standalone finger ring called Pingu in providing a highly secure access system. Specifically, Pingu allows users to make a 3D signature and record the temporal pattern of the signature via an advanced set of sensors. As a result, the user creates a 3D signature in air using his finger. Our approach has two main contributions: (1) Compared to other wearable devices, a finger ring is more socially acceptable, and (2) signatures created via a finger in the air or on a surface leaves no visible track and, thus, are extremely hard to forge. In other words, a 3D signature allows much higher flexibility in choosing a safe signature. Our experiment shows that the proposed hardware and methodology could result in a very high level of user authentication/identification performance.
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Roshandel, M., Munjal, A., Moghadam, P., Tajik, S., Ketabdar, H. (2014). Multi-sensor Finger Ring for Authentication Based on 3D Signatures. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques. HCI 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8511. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07230-2_13
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