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Challenge to build non-contact ear acoustics authentication trusted from cyber society

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K22851
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 60:Information science, computer engineering, and related fields
Research InstitutionNagaoka National College of Technology

Principal Investigator

Shouhei Yano  長岡工業高等専門学校, 電気電子システム工学科, 教授 (90332006)

Project Period (FY) 2019-06-28 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywordsバイオメトリクス / 耳音響認証 / インパルス応答 / 識別器 / サポートベクトル / 等誤り率 / 認証精度 / 波面合成 / 音響インパルス応答 / アレースピーカ / アレーマイクロホン
Outline of Research at the Start

常時個人を認証可能な仕組みが、ネットワーク社会の健全な成長とトラスト (信頼性)を確保に必要である。イヤホンから音波信号を送出し、耳の反響音を収音する耳音響認証を考案した。これは常時認証を可能とし「なりすまし」等の詐称を防ぐことが可能とした。本研究において認証装置を耳にかざすだけで個人認証を可能とするノンコンタクトな耳音響認証の実現に挑戦する。耳近傍における認証装置との幾何学的位置の変動は高次数の関数となり解析は困難である。波面合成を用いて低次元化処理を行いAIと機械学習により、幾何学的位置変動と音響特性との関係を見つけ出す。これにより、耳近傍でのノンコンタクト耳音響認証の実現を目指す

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We devised an otoacoustic authentication system that sends out sound from earphones and always authenticates by the echo sound from the ear. While wearing earphones is expected to be accepted by the younger generation without discomfort, it is also expected to have adverse effects such as making conversation difficult and making it difficult to hear external warning sounds due to the blockage of external sounds by wearing earphones. In this study, we proposed an acoustic transmissive earphone device for personal authentication without blocking the ears, and experimentally examined the accuracy of otoacoustic authentication using this device on a subject. As a result, an equal error rate (EER) of 2.53%, which indicates the authentication accuracy, was obtained, which is a practical level of authentication accuracy.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

コロナ禍での働き方の大きな変化として、ネットワーク越しの会議や決算が増加した。インターネット社会において、本人を証明するための方法としてバイオメトリクス認証技術は今後ますます発展していくことが予想される。その中でも、常時認証を可能とする耳音響認証への注目はさらに増大すると予測される。耳音響認証の弱点であった耳をイヤホンによりブロックすることに対して本研究では、透過型イヤホンを用いることで解決した。本研究のあたえる社会的意義は大きいと言える。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (24 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 13 results) Funded Workshop (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Bilateral Ear Acoustic Authentication: A Biometric Authentication System Using Both Ears and a Special Earphone2022

    • Author(s)
      Yasuhara Masaki、Nambu Isao、Yano Shohei
    • Journal Title

      Applied Sciences

      Volume: 12 Issue: 6 Pages: 3167-3167

    • DOI

      10.3390/app12063167

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] ディープラーニングによる耳音響認証の起源の可視化2022

    • Author(s)
      田中 俊祐, 和久井 直樹, 矢野 昌平
    • Organizer
      第27回高専シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Study on the relationship between the geometrical shapes and the biometrical acoustic characteristics of human ear canal2021

    • Author(s)
      Shunsuke Tanaka, Riki Kimura, Naoki Wakui, Naoki Kodama, Shohei Yano
    • Organizer
      SmaSys2021,THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Statistical Evaluation of ASMR Activation by Natural Environmental Sounds2021

    • Author(s)
      Rui Fujitsuka, Shohei Yano
    • Organizer
      SmaSys2021,THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Study on Human Detection by Room Transmission Characteristics2021

    • Author(s)
      Koki Sakurai, Shohei Yano
    • Organizer
      SmaSys2021,THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Discriminating between left and right ears using linear and nonlinear dimensionality reduction2021

    • Author(s)
      Rei Ominato, Naoki Wakui, Shinnosuke Takamichi, Shohei Yano
    • Organizer
      SmaSys2021,THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A study of the relationship between the number of images and anomaly detection accuracy2021

    • Author(s)
      矢野夏海, 山田彰吾
    • Organizer
      SmaSys2021,THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Study on Intelligible Voice Reproduction with CycleGAN-VC22021

    • Author(s)
      Masashi Yamasaka, Shohei Yano, Naoki Wakui, Shinnosuke Takamichi
    • Organizer
      SmaSys2021,THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Verification of the Relation between Clustering of Environmental Sounds and Accuracy in Ear Acoustic Authentication2020

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Yuki, Shohei Yano, Naoki Wakui
    • Organizer
      THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Verification of ear canal obstruction in ear acoustic authentication2020

    • Author(s)
      Pham The Thao, Takayuki Arakawa, Takafuki Koshinaka, Shohei Yano, Naoki Wakui
    • Organizer
      THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A study on extraction of ear canal shape using MRI2020

    • Author(s)
      Shunsuke Tanaka, Shohei Yano, Naoki, Wakui, Naoki Kodama
    • Organizer
      THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Analysis of Ear Hole Acoustic Feature by Method of Spreading Measurement Errors over a Wide Frequency Range2020

    • Author(s)
      Kousuke Ibaraki, Shohei Yano, Naoki Wakui
    • Organizer
      THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Relationship between Separation and Slice Interval in Similarity Comparison of Ear Canal2020

    • Author(s)
      Riki Kimura, Shohei Yano, Naoki Wakui, Yoshitaka Ito
    • Organizer
      THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 聴覚印象を考慮したインパルス応答測定信号設計2020

    • Author(s)
      聴覚印象を考慮したインパルス応答測定信号設計
    • Organizer
      情報処理学会研究報告 音声言語情報処理
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 外耳道形状の個人性の比較に関する研究2020

    • Author(s)
      木村 里輝, 矢野昌平, 藤塚瑠偉, 和久井直樹, 荒川隆行, 越仲孝文
    • Organizer
      オーディオエンジニアリングソサイエティ
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] T-SNEを用いた、耳音響特徴の個人性に関する検討2020

    • Author(s)
      大港 零, 矢野昌平, 和久井直樹, 高道慎之介
    • Organizer
      オーディオエンジニアリングソサイエティ
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 大規模主観評価と周波数分析による 心地よいインパルス応答測定信号の設計2020

    • Author(s)
      高橋 勇希(長岡高専), 小口 純矢, 高道慎之介(東大院・情報理工), 矢野 昌平(長岡高専), 猿渡 洋(東大院・情報理工)
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会2020年春季研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] WFSを用いたノンコンタクト耳認証の実現2019

    • Author(s)
      若林永遠, 矢野昌平, 和久井直樹(長岡高専), 荒川隆行, 越仲隆文(NEC).
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] イヤホンの周波数特性と耳穴音響特徴量との関係2019

    • Author(s)
      茨木康佑(長岡高専), 荒川隆行, 越仲孝文(NEC), 和久井直樹, 矢野昌平
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ドップラーセンサ・室内音響伝達特性による人体検知に関する検討2019

    • Author(s)
      櫻井康貴, 和久井直樹, 矢野昌平(長岡高専)
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 楽音を用いた耳音響認証の検証2019

    • Author(s)
      高橋勇希(長岡高専), 増田拓人(長岡技科大), 荒川隆行, 越仲孝文(NEC), 和久井直樹, 矢野昌平(長岡高専)
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 音響類似度を用いた個人性比較に関する検討2019

    • Author(s)
      大港澪, 和久井 直樹(長岡高専), 荒川 隆行, 越仲孝文, 矢野昌平(長岡高専)
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Between-class特徴を用いた耳音響認証精度向上に関する一検討2019

    • Author(s)
      安原雅貴(長岡高専), 荒川隆行, 越仲孝文(NEC), 和久井直樹, 矢野昌平(長岡高専)
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 耳音響認証における環境音混入時の性能評価2019

    • Author(s)
      結城遼(長岡高専), 荒川隆行, 越仲孝文(NEC), 和久井直樹, 矢野昌平(長岡高専) 1
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Consideration Regarding Accuracy of Ear Acoustic Authentication by Atmospheric Variation2019

    • Author(s)
      Pham The Thao,Shouhei Yano, Naoki Wakui, Takayuki Arakawa, Takafumi Koshinaka.
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会信越支部大会 IEEE session
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Audio Engineering Society2020

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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