Biometric cabinet lock
US7899219B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/13
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A biometric locking system, including a biometric validation module for receiving a biometric profile and asserting a control signal responsive to a biometric evaluation of the biometric profile; an outer cylindrical housing; an inner housing, telescopingly coupled to the outer cylindrical housing, for operating in both an operational mode and a storage mode, the operational mode having the inner housing telescoped out from the outer cylindrical housing and the storage mode having the inner housing telescoped into the outer cylindrical housing wherein the operational mode reveals a biometric scanner coupled to the biometric validation module for creation of the biometric profile by a user and wherein the storage mode covers the biometric scanner.
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