Sitting Postures & Electrocardiograms: A Method for Continuous and Unobtrusive Driver Authentication

Andreas Riener

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Abstract

Travelling by car is the preferred method of everyday transportation by most of the people in the world. Individuals from different age groups (at least exceeding the minimum age limit of 16 or 18 years) and health condition (meeting safe mental and physiological requirements) are traveling by car more often and increasingly by themselves. With a rising number of assistance systems and increasing complexity of information to be presented, drivers demand the automatic operation of driver assistance systems. One of the main interaction mediums between a driver and a car is the driver seat. Given that the seat is occupied all the time while driving, it can be a possible solution for unobtrusive recording of personal characteristics to be used for continuous driver authentication. In this work we focus on a discussion of design and implementation issues for authenticating a driver based on his/her sitting profile and/or contactless collected electrocardiogram data using in-seat electrodes. This approach is novel in terms of “participation” – the driver has neither to operate something nor to attach a device. Furthermore he/she must not be aware of the continuous collection of his/her personal profile at all.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContinuous Authentication based on Biometrics: Data, Models, and Metrics
Editors Issa Traore and Ahmed Awad E. Ahmed
Place of Publication701 E. Chocolate Ave. Hershey, PA 17033, USA
PublisherIGI Global
Number of pages30
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2011

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102001 Artificial intelligence
  • 102018 Artificial neural networks

JKU Focus areas

  • Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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