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This paper presents TapMeIn, an eyes-free, two-factor authentication method for smartwatches. It allows users to tap a memorable melody (tap-password) of their choice anywhere on the touchscreen to unlock their watch. A user is verified…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Toan Nguyen , Nasir Memon

In this paper, we show that the tap gesture, performed when a user 'taps' a smartwatch onto an NFC-enabled terminal to make a payment, is a biometric capable of implicitly authenticating the user and simultaneously recognising…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Jack Sturgess , Simon Eberz , Ivo Sluganovic , Ivan Martinovic

Surface electromyography (sEMG) records muscle activity during hand movement and can be decoded to recover detailed hand articulation. EMG and egocentric vision are complementary for hand sensing: EMG captures fine-grained finger…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Ziheng Xi , Jiayi Yu , Yitao Wang , Yanbo Duan , Jianjiang Feng , Jie Zhou

Passwords remain a widely-used authentication mechanism, despite their well-known security and usability limitations. To improve on this situation, next-generation authentication mechanisms, based on behavioral biometric factors such as eye…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Matin Fallahi , Patricia Arias Cabarcos , Thorsten Strufe

Wearable robotic hand rehabilitation devices can allow greater freedom and flexibility than their workstation-like counterparts. However, the field is generally lacking effective methods by which the user can operate the device: such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-14 Sangwoo Park , Cassie Meeker , Lynne M. Weber , Lauri Bishop , Joel Stein , Matei Ciocarlie

Self-touch gestures (e.g., nuanced facial touches and subtle finger scratches) provide rich insights into human behaviors, from hygiene practices to health monitoring. However, existing approaches fall short in detecting such micro gestures…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Siyuan Wang , Ke Li , Jingyuan Huang , Jike Wang , Cheng Zhang , Alanson Sample , Dongyao Chen

Voice interfaces are increasingly used in high stakes domains such as mobile banking, smart home security, and hands free healthcare. Meanwhile, modern generative models have made high quality voice forgeries inexpensive and easy to create,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Ynes Ineza , Muhammad A. Ullah , Abdul Serwadda , Aurore Munyaneza

Wearable biosensor technology enables real-time, convenient, and continuous monitoring of users behavioral signals. Such include signals relative to body motion, body temperature, biological or biochemical markers, and individual grip…

With an exponential increase in number of users switching to mobile banking, various countries are adopting biometric solutions as security measures. The main reason for biometric technologies becoming more common in the everyday lives of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-22 Farhana Javed Zareen , Kashish Ara Shakil , Mansaf Alam , Suraiya Jabin

Surface electromyography (EMG) serves as a pivotal tool in hand gesture recognition and human-computer interaction, offering a non-invasive means of signal acquisition. This study presents a novel methodology for classifying hand gestures…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-07 Abu Saleh Musa Miah , Najmul Hassan , Md. Maniruzzaman , Nobuyoshi Asai , Jungpil Shin

Engagement measurement finds application in healthcare, education, services. The use of physiological and behavioral features is viable, but the impracticality of traditional physiological measurement arises due to the need for contact…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Alexander Vedernikov , Zhaodong Sun , Virpi-Liisa Kykyri , Mikko Pohjola , Miriam Nokia , Xiaobai Li

Behavioral biometrics based on smartphone motion sensors are growing in popularity for authentication purposes. In this study, AirSignatureDB is presented: a new publicly accessible dataset of in-air signatures collected from 108…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Marta Robledo-Moreno , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez , Ruben Tolosana , Javier Ortega-Garcia , Andres Huergo , Julian Fierrez

The growing trend of using wearable devices for context-aware computing and pervasive sensing systems has raised its potentials for quick and reliable authentication techniques. Since personal writing habitats differ from each other, it is…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Qi Lyu , Zhifeng Kong , Chao Shen , Tianwei Yue

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic heart disease affecting approximately 1 in 500 people and is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Current diagnostic methods -- cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR),…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-15 Jiachen Li , Hanyu Zhu , Edward Kim , Shihao Li , Katherine Cavanaugh , Arpan Patel , Sovik De Sirkar , Mauricio Hong , Wei Li , Dongmei Chen

Wearable Internet of Things (IoT) devices are gaining ground for continuous physiological data acquisition and health monitoring. These physiological signals can be used for security applications to achieve continuous authentication and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-10 Guoxin Wang , Shreejith Shanker , Avishek Nag , Yong Lian , Deepu John

As the advancement of information security, human recognition as its core technology, has absorbed an increasing amount of attention in the past few years. A myriad of biometric features including fingerprint, face, iris, have been applied…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-14 Zihan Wang , Yaoguang Li , Wei Cui

With the advancement of technologies, market wearables are becoming increasingly popular with a range of services, including providing access to bank accounts, accessing cars, monitoring patients remotely, among several others. However,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Alexa Muratyan , William Cheung , Sayanton V. Dibbo , Sudip Vhaduri

Online fraud often involves identity theft. Since most security measures are weak or can be spoofed, we investigate a more nuanced and less explored avenue: behavioral biometrics via handwriting movements. This kind of data can be used to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Luis A. Leiva , Moises Diaz , Miguel A. Ferrer , Réjean Plamondon

Wearable photoplethysmography (WPPG) has recently become a common technology in heart rate (HR) monitoring. General observation is that the motion artifacts change the statistics of the acquired PPG signal. Consequently, estimation of HR…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-10-18 Harishchandra Dubey , Ramdas Kumaresan , Kunal Mankodiya

Biometric techniques are often used as an extra security factor in authenticating human users. Numerous biometrics have been proposed and evaluated, each with its own set of benefits and pitfalls. Static biometrics (such as fingerprints)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Tyler Kaczmarek , Ercan Ozturk , Gene Tsudik