IP Library Granted Patent US 10,345,902
Granted Patent B1
US 10,345,902 · App. 15/961,657 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Method and apparatus for maintaining a secure head-mounted display session

Inventors: Yagiz C. Yildiz (Austin, TX); Lawrence E. Knepper (Leander, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products, LP
G06F3/015G02B27/0093G02B27/0172G02B27/0176G06K9/00617
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Patent No.
US 10,345,902
App. No.
15/961,657
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method of routing the display of secure content to a head mounted display device via a host information handling system may comprise receiving, via a processor, a request to initiate a new user session from a user, measuring, via a brain wave detection controller, a brain wave pattern signal across a plurality of brain wave detection sensors mounted with a head mounted display device, if the brain wave pattern signal is identified as a brain wave pattern, prompting the user for valid user credentials, receiving, via the processor, user credentials from the user, and if the user credentials match credential records stored in a memory associated with an authenticated user, granting the user access to the head mounted display device.

Claims (46)

1. An information handling system operating an head-mounted display secure session maintenance system comprising:

a head mounted display device mounted within a wearable headset;

a plurality of brain wave detection sensor mounted within the wearable headset such that the plurality of brain wave detection sensors make contact with a wearer's scalp upon placement of the wearable headset on the wearer's head;

a processor receiving a user input positively identifying the user as an authenticated user;

a brain wave detection controller measuring a first difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors;

the brain wave detection controller measuring a first brain wave pattern signal across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors if the first difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors meets or exceeds five microvolts; and

a head mounted display of the head mounted display device displaying three-dimensional images of data content if the measured first brain wave pattern signal is identified as a brain wave pattern.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

the brain wave detection controller measuring a second difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors after a preset time period elapses; and

the head mounted display of the head mounted display device ceasing display of three-dimensional images of data content if the measurement of the second difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors does not meet or exceed five microvolts.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the identified brain wave pattern is a beta brain wave pattern that is a sinusoidal signal having a frequency between 13 and 30 Hz.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the identified brain wave pattern is a beta brain wave pattern that is a sinusoidal signal having an amplitude between five and ten microvolts.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

the head mounted display displaying a message that the user has been denied access to the head mounted display if the measurement of the first difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors does not meet the preset voltage difference threshold.

6. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the user input positively identifying the user as an authenticated user is an iris scan.

7. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the user input positively identifying the user as an authenticated user is a fingerprint scan.

8. A method of routing the display of secure content to a head mounted display device via a host information handling system comprising:

measuring, via a brain wave detection controller, a first difference in voltage across a plurality of brain wave detection sensors mounted with a head mounted display device;

measuring, via the brain wave detection controller, a first brain wave pattern signal across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors if the first difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors meets or exceeds five microvolts;

if the first brain wave pattern signal is identified as a beta brain wave pattern, prompting the user for valid user credentials via a processor;

receiving, via the processor, user credentials from the user; and

if the user credentials match credential records stored in a memory associated with an authenticated user, granting the user access to the head mounted display device.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

continuously measuring a second brain wave pattern signal across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors via the brain wave detection controller after granting the user access to the head mounted display device; and

ceasing display of three-dimensional images of data content via a head mounted display of the head mounted display device if the second brain wave pattern signal is not the beta brain wave pattern.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the beta brain wave pattern is a sinusoidal signal having a frequency between 13 and 30 Hz.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the beta brain wave pattern is a sinusoidal signal having an amplitude between five and ten microvolts.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

denying the user access to the head mounted display device if the user credentials do not match credential records stored in a memory associated with an authenticated user.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user credentials include a correct password.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user credentials include a retinal scan.

15. An information handling system operating an head-mounted display secure session maintenance system comprising:

a head mounted display device mounted within a wearable headset;

a plurality of brain wave detection sensor mounted within the wearable headset such that the plurality of brain wave detection sensors make contact with a wearer's scalp upon placement of the wearable headset on the wearer's head;

a processor receiving a user input positively identifying the user as an authenticated user;

a brain wave detection controller measuring a first difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors;

the brain wave detection controller measuring a first brain wave pattern signal across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors if the first difference in voltage across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors meets or exceeds five microvolts;

a head mounted display of the head mounted display device displaying three-dimensional images of data content if the first brain wave pattern signal is identified as a brain wave pattern; and

the head mounted display denying the user access to the head mounted display if the first brain wave pattern is not identified as the brain wave pattern.

16. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

the brain wave detection controller continuously measuring a second brain wave pattern signal across the plurality of brain wave detection sensors via the brain wave detection controller after granting the user access to the head mounted display device; and

the head mounted display of the head mounted display device ceasing display of three-dimensional images of data content via a head mounted display of the head mounted display device if the second brain wave pattern signal is not the brain wave pattern.

17. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the brain wave pattern is a beta brain wave pattern that is a sinusoidal signal having a frequency between 13 and 30 Hz.

18. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the brain wave pattern is a beta brain wave pattern that is a sinusoidal signal having an amplitude between five and ten microvolts.

19. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the user input positively identifying the user as an authenticated user is an iris scan.

20. The information handling system of claim 15 , wherein the user input positively identifying the user as an authenticated user is a fingerprint scan.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (046366/0014) Recorded May 20, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 060450/0306 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 046286 FRAME 0653 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 058298/0093 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049452/0223 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (CREDIT) Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 046286/0653 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 046366/0014 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2018
From: YILDIZ, YAGIZ C.; KNEPPER, LAWRENCE E.
To: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
Reel/Frame 045626/0724 →
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