# Data Component Method Based on Dual-Factor Ownership Identification with Multimodal Feature Fusion

**Authors:** Shenghao Nie, Jin Shi, Xiaoyang Zhou, Mingxin Lu

PMC · DOI: 10.3390/s25216632 · Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025-10-29

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a new method to identify ownership of multimodal IoT data using unique fingerprints and digital signatures, enabling secure and traceable data sharing.

## Contribution

A dual-factor ownership identification system for IoT data using multimodal feature fusion and blockchain-based traceability.

## Key findings

- The dual-factor system effectively confirms ownership of multimodal IoT data.
- The method achieves robust anti-tampering and cross-domain traceability.
- It supports marketization of data elements in IoT ecosystems.

## Abstract

In the booming digital economy, data circulation—particularly for massive multimodal data generated by IoT sensor networks—faces critical challenges: ambiguous ownership and broken cross-domain traceability. Traditional property rights theory, ill-suited to data’s non-rivalrous nature, leads to ownership fuzziness after multi-source fusion and traceability gaps in cross-organizational flows, hindering marketization. This study aims to establish native ownership confirmation capabilities in trusted IoT-driven data ecosystems. The approach involves a dual-factor system: the collaborative extraction of text (from sensor-generated inspection reports), numerical (from industrial sensor measurements), visual (from 3D scanning sensors), and spatio-temporal features (from GPS and IoT device logs) generates unique SHA-256 fingerprints (first factor), while RSA/ECDSA private key signatures (linked to sensor node identities) bind ownership (second factor). An intermediate state integrates these with metadata, supported by blockchain (consortium chain + IPFS) and cross-domain protocols optimized for IoT environments to ensure full-link traceability. This scheme, tailored to the characteristics of IoT sensor networks, breaks traditional ownership confirmation bottlenecks in multi-source fusion, demonstrating strong performance in ownership recognition, anti-tampering robustness, cross-domain traceability and encryption performance. It offers technical and theoretical support for standardized data components and the marketization of data elements within IoT ecosystems.

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