Biometric authentication

摘要

A tool for determining whether to grant a current person access to a protected resource. A computer receives a plurality of touches performed by a current person on a touch screen. Each touch in the plurality of touches includes a location of the touch on the touch screen and a surface area measurement of the touch screen impacted by the current person. The computer determines whether each touch in the plurality of touches received matches a predetermined touch performed by a person authorized to access the protected resource. If each touch in the set of touches received matches a stored touch performed by a person authorized to access the protected resource the current person will be granted access to the protected resource.

主权项

1. A method for determining whether to grant a current person access to a protected resource, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer receiving identifications of a plurality of locations of a respective plurality of sequential touches by the current person on a touch screen; the computer receiving a plurality of surface area measurements corresponding to the respective plurality of sequential touches sensed by the touch screen during the respective plurality of sequential touches; the computer determining whether the touch sequence of the plurality of locations approximately match a predetermined sequence of touch locations for an authorized person to access the protected resource and whether the plurality of surface area measurements corresponding to the respective plurality of sequential touches approximately match a predetermined sequence of surface area measurements for the plurality of sequential touches, respectively, for the authorized person to access the protected resource, and if so, the computer granting the current person access to the protected resource, and if not, the computer not granting the current person access to the protected resource pursuant to the plurality of sequential touches by the current person.