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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2004
Jong-ha Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Eui-hyeon Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong-ha Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Eui-hyeon Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A user authentication method includes varying a threshold value for human body recognition depending on the extent to which an input graphical password matches with a registered graphical password and determining whether to authenticate a user or not based on a result of comparing the user's human body recognition information with registered human body recognition information. Thus, it is possible to improve convenience, reliability, and security of user authentication based on a graphical password in a device, such as a PDA or other portable electronic device, not having a key manipulation unit. In addition, a biometrics unit that used to provide authentication functions and to carry out user authentication may be improved by lowering both FAR and FRR by variably setting a threshold value for biometrics depending on the result of user authentication using a graphical password.