Systems and methods for non-contact biometric sensing

US9167972B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Jonathan M. Saint Clair · Seattle, US
• David C. Soreide · Seattle, US
• Robert P. Higgins · Seattle, US
• Gary A. Ray · Issaquah, US
• Tyler M. Anderson · Kent, US
• Donald Allen Spurgeon · Port Orchard, US
• Mitchell D. Voth · Sumner, US
• Paul F. Sjoholm · Renton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2560/0431
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A non-contact biometric sensing device is described. The device includes a processing device, a user interface communicatively coupled to the processing device, a display communicatively coupled to the processing device, a laser doppler vibrometer sensor communicatively coupled to the processing device, and an infrared camera communicatively coupled to the processing device. The processing device is programmed to utilize mechanical motion data received from the laser doppler vibrometer sensor and thermal distributions data from the infrared camera to calculate biometric data, when signals originating from the laser doppler vibrometer sensor and the infrared camera are reflected back towards the device from a target.