A User Authentication Enabled Piezoelectric Force Touch System for the Internet of Things

In Internet of Things (IoT) applications, secure access to smart systems, e.g., smartphones, is important for protecting private information. Among various authentication techniques, keystroke authentication methods based on touch behavior of the user have received increasing attention. This is due to the unique benefits, such as no additional hardware component and the ease of use in most smart systems. In this paper, we present a technique for obtaining high user authentication accuracy by utilizing a user’s touch time and force information, which are obtained from a piezoelectric touch panel. After combining artificial neural networks with the user’s touch features, an equal error rate (EER) of 1.09% is achieved, validating the feasibility of the proposed technique for achieving highly secure user authentication, hence advancing the development of security techniques potentially deployable in the field of IoT.