Personal identification system
US6484260B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07C2009/00769
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A portable, hand-held personal identification device for providing secure access to a host facility includes a biometric sensor system capable of sensing a biometric trait of a user that is unique to the user and providing a biometric signal indicative of the sensed biometric trait. A processing unit responsive to the biometric signal is adapted to compare the biometric signal with stored biometric data representative of the biometric trait of an enrolled person that is unique to the enrolled person, and to provide a verification signal only if the biometric signal corresponds sufficiently to the biometric data to verify that the user is the enrolled person. The verification signal includes information indicative of the enrolled person or the device. A communication unit, including a transmitting circuit, is adapted to transmit the verification signal to a host system.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.