Provided is a personal authentication device capable of simply securing security with little psychological and physical burden of a user to be authenticated. Personal authentication device includes: storage that stores first and second identification information for identifying a user; analysis unit that analyzes information inputted to a user and generates the first identification information; transmission unit that transmits a first acoustic signal to a part of a user's head; observation unit that observes a second acoustic signal; calculation unit that calculates acoustic characteristics from the first and the second acoustic signal; extraction unit that extracts an acoustic feature amount from the acoustic characteristics as second identification information; and determination unit that determines the user to be identical when first identification information registered and the first identification information generated coincide with each other and second identification information registered and the second identification information extracted coincide with each other.

The method and system for access control, comprising detecting, by the electronic lock a tactile action by a body on a tactile sensor. The electronic lock transmitting a first signal using very low frequency band in response to said detection of tactile action through said body. The electronic key fob receives the first electromagnetic signal, where the first signal is transmitted through a body in contact with a transmitter of said first electromagnetic signal i.e. the electronic lock. Further, the electronic key fob transmits a second electromagnetic signal in response to receipt of said first electromagnetic signal. The electronic lock receives the second signal in response to said first signal and disengages or engages a lock in response to said received second signal.

Systems and methods are provided for providing access to secure-access facilities based on pairing of the secure-access facilities with a user device such as a wearable device. A pairable secure-access facility may be a public storage facility or device such as a locker that includes communications circuitry for pairing with the user device. Once paired with the user device, the locker may operate a locking mechanism to lock the locker when the user device is away from the locker and to unlock the locker when the user device is in the vicinity of the locker. The locker may include a beacon for detecting and pairing with the user devices. Pairing the user device and the locker may include entering a locker identifier into the user device to ensure that the intended user device is paired with the intended locker.

A system, apparatus and method utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities, including unlocking a locked device. The method includes the steps of providing an RF microdevice having an electronic identification code and attaching the microdevice to a person. An RF lock system is provided to the subject locked device, including an electronically powered lock, an RF reader and a processor. The user brings the microdevice near the reader, whereby the reader communicates with the microdevice via RF signals, and the reader signals the processor to corroborate the identification code. If the processor corroborates the identification code, the processor signals the powered lock to actuate and unlock. If the processor does not corroborate the identification code, the powered lock remains unactuated and locked.

Techniques are described for user authentication based on a signal that is transmitted through an individual's body, and detected using device(s) in physical contact with the individual. A signal, such as an electrical signal or a vibrational signal, may be transmitted from a first device and received by a second device that is in physical contact with the individual. The received signal may be employed to determine a body signature for the individual. The body signature may identify the individual among a population of individuals, given the particular alterations to the propagating signal caused by the individual's physiology. Accordingly, the body signature may be employed as a form of biometric data that is useable to authenticate the individual to access a secure area, log in to a device or an application, or for other purposes.

A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first verification unit has verified that the terminal device matches the vehicle, and transmits a signal according to the instruction to the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a second verification unit that communicates with the first identification unit and verify whether with the vehicle matches the terminal device, and an operation controller that receives the signal from the operation instruction unit and executes the predetermined operation according to the signal.

A communication device (10) comprises a conductor (11), a transceiver (12) coupled to the conductor (11) and a data processing unit (13) that is coupled to the transceiver (12). The communication device (10) is configured to determine a strength signal (ST) depending on a receiver signal (SR) received via the conductor (11) and to determine a proximity signal (SP) depending on a proximity of a body to the communication device (10). The data processing unit (13) is configured to generate a disable signal (STO) depending on at least a value of the strength signal (ST) and on at least a value of the proximity signal (SP).

A system, apparatus and method utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities. Such micro devices may also be embedded in, incorporated into, or otherwise attached to articles, devices, structures or things to track, manage or monitor such articles, devices, structures or things for geo-location or other tracking, monitoring or management services. The microelectronic devices may be used for geo-location services for agencies responsible for monitoring such person's whereabouts with respect to branches and agencies such judicial and law enforcement agencies. Lastly, the microelectronic devices may be implanted in or worn or carried by humans for using biometric sensors or transducers to authenticate and transmit vital signs and other health information to clinic or other facility personnel. The micro electronic devices may be communicatively connected to a mobile device and the micro electronic devices utilize features of the mobile device such as user interface services, programming services, data processing and storage services, telecommunication services, location services, sensor/transducer services, camera services, clock services, and/or temperature, weather and other services. This also enables tracking, monitoring, inventorying, and management of people and things for medical, legal, business, governmental and various other purposes.

A method for controlling a screen of a terminal, includes: determining a real-time state of the screen as a first state; generating a first electromagnetic signal corresponding to the first state, and sending the first electromagnetic signal to a metal structure on a surface of the terminal through a first human body communication component, such that the first electromagnetic signal is transmitted via a skin of a user; receiving, by the first human body communication component via the metal structure, a second electromagnetic signal sent by a wearable device associated with the terminal, the second electromagnetic signal being generated by the wearable device according to the first electromagnetic signal; and if the second electromagnetic signal includes state switching information regarding the screen, switching the real-time state of the screen from the first state to a second state.

Systems and methods are provided for providing access to secure-access facilities based on pairing of the secure-access facilities with a user device such as a wearable device. A pairable secure-access facility may be a public storage facility or device such as a locker that includes communications circuitry for pairing with the user device. Once paired with the user device, the locker may operate a locking mechanism to lock the locker when the user device is away from the locker and to unlock the locker when the user device is in the vicinity of the locker. The locker may include a beacon for detecting and pairing with the user devices. Pairing the user device and the locker may include entering a locker identifier into the user device to ensure that the intended user device is paired with the intended locker.