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Title: Radar-Based Non-Contact Continuous Identity Authentication
Non-contact vital signs monitoring using microwave Doppler radar has shown great promise in healthcare applications. Recently, this unobtrusive form of physiological sensing has also been gaining attention for its potential for continuous identity authentication, which can reduce the vulnerability of traditional one-pass validation authentication systems. Physiological Doppler radar is an attractive approach for continuous identity authentication as it requires neither contact nor line-of-sight and does not give rise to privacy concerns associated with video imaging. This paper presents a review of recent advances in radar-based identity authentication systems. It includes an evaluation of the applicability of different research efforts in authentication using respiratory patterns and heart-based dynamics. It also identifies aspects of future research required to address remaining challenges in applying unobtrusive respiration-based or heart-based identity authentication to practical systems. With the advancement of machine learning and artificial intelligence, radar-based continuous authentication can grow to serve a wide range of valuable functions in society.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1915738
NSF-PAR ID:
10201701
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Remote Sensing
Volume:
12
Issue:
14
ISSN:
2072-4292
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2279
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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