An authentication device includes: a wearing position determination unit that determines a wearing position, the wearing position being a position at which a wearable article comprising a sensor is being worn on a body; and an authentication unit that performs authentication by using biometric information of the body, the biometric information being detected by the sensor at the wearing position.

A method for use in a biometric process, comprising: with a headset in a known acoustic environment, applying an acoustic stimulus at a first transducer of the headset; receiving a response signal at a second transducer of the headset, the response signal comprising a component of the acoustic stimulus reflected at an obstacle in the acoustic path of the first transducer; determining a condition of the headset based on the response signal; and performing the biometric process based on the determined condition.

A method for use in a biometric process, comprising: with a headset in a known acoustic environment, applying an acoustic stimulus at a first transducer of the headset; receiving a response signal at a second transducer of the headset, the response signal comprising a component of the acoustic stimulus reflected at an obstacle in the acoustic path of the first transducer; determining a condition of the headset based on the response signal; and performing the biometric process based on the determined condition.

Systems and methods for the of use information from application programming interfaces on wearable devices in third party applications are provided. A system comprising a user device, data storage, an application programming interface and an application is provided. In this system, there is a user device that includes a health monitor. The health monitor includes sensors and associated software that enable it to obtain health information about the wearer of the user device. In this system, there is data storage on the user device that stores the health information as user health data. In this system, there is an application programming interface on the user device that enables the health monitor to share the user health data with other applications executing on the user device.

According to an example embodiment, there is provided a method in a device (110) that comprises a sensor portion (119) for deriving, on basis of one or more sensor signals that are descriptive of respective physical characteristic pertaining to a user, at least one measurement signal that is descriptive of a characteristic pertaining to the user, the method comprising obtaining first measurement data that comprises one or more values indicated by the at least one measurement signal and transferring the first measurement data to a server device (150) over a first wireless link (104), receiving, from the server device (150), device information that comprises at least a device identifier and access information for another device that is capable of providing second measurement data that is descriptive of one or more characteristics pertaining to the same user, in response to receiving said device information, detecting presence of said another device (130) and establishing a second wireless link (106) with said another device (130) using said device information, and receiving the second measurement data from said another device (130) via the second wireless link (106) and transferring the second measurement data to the server device (150) via the first wireless link (104).

According to an example embodiment, there is provided a method in a device (110) that comprises a sensor portion (119) for deriving, on basis of one or more sensor signals that are descriptive of respective physical characteristic pertaining to a user, at least one measurement signal that is descriptive of a characteristic pertaining to the user, the method comprising obtaining first measurement data that comprises one or more values indicated by the at least one measurement signal and transferring the first measurement data to a server device (150) over a first wireless link (104), receiving, from the server device (150), device information that comprises at least a device identifier and access information for another device that is capable of providing second measurement data that is descriptive of one or more characteristics pertaining to the same user, in response to receiving said device information, detecting presence of said another device (130) and establishing a second wireless link (106) with said another device (130) using said device information, and receiving the second measurement data from said another device (130) via the second wireless link (106) and transferring the second measurement data to the server device (150) via the first wireless link (104).

A method for user authentication is disclosed including capturing involuntary eye movement of an eyeball of a user; generating a unique pattern to identify the user in response to the involuntary eye movement; storing the unique pattern into a secured non-volatile memory device; and authenticating the user with an electronic device in response to the stored unique pattern.

A method for user authentication is disclosed including capturing involuntary eye movement of an eyeball of a user; generating a unique pattern to identify the user in response to the involuntary eye movement; storing the unique pattern into a secured non-volatile memory device; and authenticating the user with an electronic device in response to the stored unique pattern.

A method for controlling access of users to desktops, comprising: 1. a user enters a login; 2. an organization server verifies if the user is authorized to access the desktop, and returns a pseudo of the user; 3. the user scans a pattern of fingerveins of one finger with a biometric scanner comprising cameras at different angles; 4. a file corresponding to said images is encrypted by said biometric scanner (B) with a public key of a biometric server and signed with a private key of said biometric scanner, and sent to the desktop; 5. the desktop forwards said file to said biometric server; 6. the biometric server decrypts the file, verifies the signature of the biometric scanner, and matches the received images with reference images associated with said pseudo; 7. the biometric server decides if the recognition succeeded, failed, or if an additional scan is needed.

A biological pattern information processing device includes: a biological pattern information acquisition unit that acquires biological pattern information indicating a biological pattern; and a singular region detection unit that detects a singular region including damage, from the biological pattern indicated by the acquired biological pattern information.