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How Unique do we Move?: Understanding the Human Body and Context Factors for User Identification

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Publication date3/09/2023
Host publicationProceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023
EditorsMarkus Stolze, Frieder Loch, Matthias Baldauf, Florian Alt, Christina Schneegass, Thomas Kosch, Teresa Hirzle, Shadan Sadeghian, Fiona Draxler, Kenan Bektas, Katrin Lohan, Pascal Knierim
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Pages127-137
Number of pages11
ISBN (electronic)9798400707711
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventMuC '23:: Mensch und Computer 2023 - Rapperswil, Switzerland
Duration: 3/09/20236/09/2023

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ConferenceMuC '23:
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityRapperswil
Period3/09/236/09/23

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NameMensch und Computer 2023
PublisherACM

Conference

ConferenceMuC '23:
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityRapperswil
Period3/09/236/09/23

Abstract

Past work showed great promise in biometric user identification and authentication through exploiting specific features of specific body parts. We investigate human motion across the whole body, to explore what parts of the body exhibit more unique movement patterns, and are more suitable to identify users in general. We collect and analyze full-body motion data across various activities (e.g., sitting, standing), handheld objects (uni- or bimanual), and tasks (e.g., watching TV or walking). Our analysis shows, e.g., that gait as a strong feature amplifies when carrying items, game activity elicits more unique behaviors than texting on a smartphone, and motion features are robust across body parts whereas posture features are more robust across tasks. Our work provides a holistic reference on how context affects human motion to identify us across a variety of factors, useful to inform researchers and practitioners of behavioral biometric systems on a large scale.