Abstract:
A system is provided for authenticating a user's signature as electronically inputted into the system by a mouse or other manual input device. The system extracts angle and distance data relating different parts of the user's signature and stores corresponding data relating to a reference signature captured during a training procedure. The extracted data is then compared with the reference data to provide a basis for authentication. Such a system provides an on-line dynamic biometric verification system that can be customized to multiple Internet based applications requiring secure authentication.
Abstract:
A sensor grid system (10), and a method of operating a sensor grid system, having a first array of inductors (14a) and a second array of inductors (14b). The first and the second arrays are each responsive to a moveable coil (18) that transmits an electromagnetic signal for having adetectable signal induced therein. The method includes a first step of determining an expected position of the coil relative to an array of inductors. A next step selects a pair of inductors that are located near to the expected position. A third step measures the signals induced into the pair of inductors, and a fourth step, based on the measurement step, determines any additionalinductors from which measurements are required to interpolate the actual position of the coil. A fifth step measures the signals induced into the determined ones of the additional inductors, and a sixth step computes and reports the actual position of the coil based on the results of the first and the second steps of measuring. Significantly, the pair of inductors and the additional inductors include all inductors that are required to compute the actual position of the coil, and includes no inductors that are not required to compute the actual position of the coil.
Abstract:
A sensor grid system (10), and a method of operating a sensor grid system, having a first array of inductors (14a) and a second array of inductors (14b). The first and the second arrays are each responsive to a moveable coil (18) that transmits an electromagnetic signal for having adetectable signal induced therein. The method includes a first step of determining an expected position of the coil relative to an array of inductors. A next step selects a pair of inductors that are located near to the expected position. A third step measures the signals induced into the pair of inductors, and a fourth step, based on the measurement step, determines any additionalinductors from which measurements are required to interpolate the actual position of the coil. A fifth step measures the signals induced into the determined ones of the additional inductors, and a sixth step computes and reports the actual position of the coil based on the results of the first and the second steps of measuring. Significantly, the pair of inductors and the additional inductors include all inductors that are required to compute the actual position of the coil, and includes no inductors that are not required to compute the actual position of the coil.