JP2007213409A - Login method and login system - Google Patents

Abstract

[Object] The present invention relates to a login method and a login system when logging in to a system, and an object thereof is to further strengthen authentication by authenticating and logging in based on an orientation known only by a user.
[Configuration] When logging in to the system, the user ID and password are input as necessary and captured, and the orientation of the electronic compass built in when capturing, or when a predetermined key is pressed or a predetermined operation is performed When login is permitted or does not match when matching with a pre-registered table based on the step of importing and the direction of the user ID, password, and electronic compass entered as necessary And disabling login.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a login method and a login system when logging in to a system.

  Conventionally, when logging in to a computer system or the like, a user ID and a password are input, and when the ID and password of the user registered in advance are checked and matched, the login is permitted.

Further, in order to perform higher authentication of a non-contact IC card, when the non-contact card is held over a reader / writer constituting a communication device, the direction is detected by two antennas and the direction is authenticated. There is a technique to be used (Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-341702 A

  The former described above has a problem that sufficient security cannot be secured because authentication is performed with a user ID and a password at the time of login.

  In the latter case, authentication can be improved by detecting the orientation of the contactless card held over the reader / writer of the communication device and using this orientation for authentication. There was a problem that.

  In order to solve these problems, the present invention allows a terminal to be equipped with a direction sensor and allows login when the direction sensor included in the terminal faces a predetermined direction in addition to or instead of the user ID and password at the time of login. Like to do.

  The present invention provides a terminal with a direction sensor and allows only a user by logging in when the direction sensor included in the terminal faces a predetermined direction in addition to or instead of the user ID and password at the time of login. It is possible to further strengthen the authentication by authenticating and logging in based on the azimuth known.

  The present invention provides a terminal with an orientation sensor, and allows login only when the orientation sensor of the terminal is facing a predetermined orientation in addition to or instead of the user ID and password when logging in. By authenticating and logging in based on the azimuth, the authentication was further strengthened.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a terminal 1 is a portable terminal possessed by a user, and here, an authentication check means 2, an electronic compass display means 3, a password table 4, and various inputs, a password input 5, an electronic compass output OK. It consists of a range setting 6, an electronic compass input 7, a user operation 8, and the like. Although not shown, the terminal 1 installs and logs in various application programs, logs in to a network by wire or wireless (not shown), logs in to a computer system via the network, and further They log in to various application programs that run on the system.

  The authentication check means 2 checks the authentication, and checks the authentication by referring to the password table 4 based on the input user ID, password, and direction of the electronic compass (FIG. 2 to FIG. 2). 4).

  The electronic compass display means 3 displays the orientation of an electronic compass (not shown) built in the terminal 1 on the screen (see FIGS. 2 to 5).

  The password table 4 is a table in which user IDs, passwords, and directions and widths of electronic compass are registered in advance (see FIGS. 2 to 4).

The password input 5 is for the user to input a password on the screen of the terminal 1.
The electronic compass output OK range setting 6 is for registering (setting) the password in the password table 4 by inputting the direction of the electronic compass and the width of the electronic compass, which is determined to be login permission when the direction of the electronic compass is OK.

The electronic compass input 7 is an instruction for taking in the direction of the electronic compass.
The user operation 8 is an operation from various users. Here, the user presses a specific key to instruct the electronic compass display means 3 and displays the current direction of the electronic compass built in the terminal 1 on the screen for a predetermined time. It is displayed for confirmation only during the period (see FIGS. 2 to 5).

Next, the operation of the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail according to the order of the flowchart of FIG.
FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention.

  2A is a flowchart for explaining the overall operation, and FIG. 2B is a flowchart for displaying an electronic compass.

  In FIG. 2A, S1 turns on the power. This turns on the power of the terminal 1 of FIG.

  In S2, a password input screen is displayed. This displays the password input screen of FIG. 4 and prompts the user to input a login password.

  In S3, a password is input. In this case, the user inputs a password for logging in to the terminal 1 of FIG. 1 (presses a numeric key or the like to input the password) on the password input screen of FIG. 4 displayed in S2.

  In S4, it is determined whether the password is OK. For this, the authentication check means 2 refers to the password table 4 for the password input by the user in S3, and determines whether it matches the password registered in advance. If YES, the process proceeds to S5. If NO, return to S2 and repeat.

  In S5, it is determined whether the direction check is OK. This obtains the direction of an electronic compass (not shown) built in the terminal 1 of FIG. 1 between S1 and S4, and the direction of the electronic compass. It is determined whether it is within the range of azimuth and width registered in advance in the password table 4 of FIG. In the case of YES, the direction of the electronic compass built in the terminal 1 of FIG. 1 (that is, the direction of the terminal 1) is within the range of the direction and its width registered in the password table 4 in advance, and the authentication is OK. To determine. If yes, allow login. If NO, the process returns to S2 and is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 3 times). If NO, the lock is made so that login is not possible for a predetermined time.

  As described above, after the user turns on the terminal 1 in FIG. 1 (for example, in the case of the openable portable terminal 1, the user turns on and automatically turns on the power) and then enters the password on the screen, the password is changed. When it matches the one registered in the password table 4 in advance, it is determined that the authentication is OK, and further, the orientation of the electronic compass (not shown) built in the terminal 1 of FIG. 1 when the power is turned on (or the latest) is acquired. If the acquired orientation is within the range of the orientation registered in the password table 4 and its width, it is determined that the orientation is OK, and login is permitted when both the password and the orientation authentication are OK. It becomes possible to do. Accordingly, authentication can be further strengthened by determining authentication based on the direction of the electronic compass and permitting login in addition to or without a password.

  In FIG. 2B, S11 determines whether the specific button has been pressed. This is to determine whether a predetermined button (for example, a specific button known only to the user) for displaying the electronic compass has been pressed. If YES, the process proceeds to S12. If NO, repeat S11 and wait.

S12 displays an electronic compass.
In step S13, it is determined whether the set time has been exceeded. In the case of YES, the electronic compass is erased in S14, and the process returns to S11. If NO, the process returns to S12 and an electronic compass is displayed.

  As described above, the user presses a specific button that only the user knows the direction of the electronic compass built in the terminal 1 of FIG. 1 to display the electronic compass, and the displayed electronic compass is displayed in the password table 4. Rotate the terminal 1 so that it is within the range determined by the azimuth and its width, and then align the azimuth, and then enter the password for the electronic compass in the password table 4 by entering a specific button or password for S3 It is possible to input that it is within the range determined by the width.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a password input screen according to the present invention. The password input screen shown in the figure is an example of the screen displayed in S2 of FIG. 2A described above, and the user inputs the password on the screen (the password is input by sequentially pressing a numeric key or the like). To do).

  FIG. 5 shows an example of an electronic compass screen of the present invention. The illustrated electronic compass screen example shows an example of the electronic compass screen displayed in S12 of FIG. 2B described above.

  FIG. 5A shows an example of the screen 1 displayed with marks having four orientations (one is N direction) as shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 5B is a screen displaying N directions with an arrow mark. An example of 2 is shown. In the case of the screen 2, it is devised not to let others know that the electronic compass is displayed.

In addition, although the above embodiment demonstrated the case where it logs in to the terminal 1 of FIG. 1 which a user possesses, it is not restricted to this,
(1) When the user logs in to the terminal 1 in FIG. 1 and then logs in to an application program (for example, an e-mail program) installed in the terminal 1, the flowchart in FIG. Then, the password (further user ID) and the direction of the electronic compass are authenticated, and login is permitted when OK.

  (2) When logging in from a terminal 1 to a network not shown in the figure by wire or wirelessly, the password (and user ID) and the direction of the electronic compass are similarly authenticated according to the flowchart of FIG. Allow login when OK.

  (3) After logging in to the network in (2), when logging in to the computer system connected to the network, the password (further, user ID), Authenticate the direction of the electronic compass and allow login when OK.

  (4) Further, when logging in to the computer system in (3) and then logging in to an application program (for example, a database search program) installed in the computer system, the flowchart in FIG. Authenticate the password (further user ID) and the direction of the electronic compass, and permit login when OK.

  The present invention provides a terminal with an orientation sensor, and allows login only when the orientation sensor of the terminal is facing a predetermined orientation in addition to or instead of the user ID and password when logging in. The present invention relates to a login method and a login system for further strengthening authentication by authenticating and logging in based on a direction.

It is a system configuration diagram of the present invention. It is an operation | movement explanatory flowchart of this invention. It is an example of the password table of this invention. It is an example of the password input screen of this invention. It is an example of the electronic compass screen of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: Terminal 2: Authentication check means 3: Electronic compass display means 4: Password table

Claims (5)

In the login method when logging into the system,
When logging in to the system, the user ID and password are entered as necessary and captured;
Capturing the orientation of the electronic compass built in when the capturing is performed, or when a predetermined key is pressed or a predetermined operation is performed;
Based on the user ID, password, and electronic compass direction entered as necessary, the login is permitted or not permitted when the table matches with a pre-registered table. A login method comprising the step of allowing.   2. The log-in method according to claim 1, wherein when the direction of the electronic compass is within the range of the direction determined by the direction and the width of the electronic compass registered in the table, the log-in method is determined.   The log-in system may be a mobile terminal that the user possesses, a log-in application program that performs a predetermined task installed in the mobile terminal possessed by the user, a network that logs in from the mobile terminal possessed by the user, or the user The login method according to claim 1, wherein the login method is a computer system connected via a network from a portable terminal possessed by the user, or an application program for login that operates on the computer system.   The login method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an orientation of the built-in electronic compass is displayed on a screen when a predetermined key is operated. In the login system when logging into the system,
Means to input and capture the user ID and password as necessary when logging into the system;
Means for taking in the direction of the electronic compass built in when taking in or when a predetermined key is pressed or a predetermined operation is performed;
Based on the user ID, password, and electronic compass direction entered as necessary, the login is permitted or not permitted when the table matches with a pre-registered table. A login system comprising: a permission means.

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