Mobile wireless hand-held biometric identification system

• US 10,068,080 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BI2 Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: BI2 Technologies LLC
• Inventors: Mullin, Sean
• Primary Examiner(s): Lagor, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US15/695,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 364 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4972 Determining alcohol content for vehicle safety devices B60K28/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/993 Evaluation of the quality of the acquired pattern
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/13 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile, wireless biometric identification system includes a biometric capture device which enables a smartphone, using a commercially established wireless communication networks, to capture a digital image of a human biometric (iris, fingerprint, etc.) for transmission to a central server. The biometric capture device captures a high quality image for encoding and comparison, while the overall system leverages the existing cellular communication network. The device can be used as an interface to medical databases and devices used to diagnose and treat patients.

Claims

1. An identification system comprising:

a handheld wireless communication device comprising

a housing,

a central processing unit,

a touch screen display,

a wireless communication transceiver and

an input/output (I/O) connector;

a processing device comprising

a housing having

an interior cavity configured to receive said housing of said handheld wireless communication device,

a docking port including an input/output (I/O) connector within said interior cavity, said handheld wireless communication device being seated within said interior cavity of said housing

wherein said I/O connector of said handheld wireless communication device is mated with said I/O connector of said processing device,

and further wherein said touch screen display of said handheld communication device is accessible through a window of said housing of said processing device,

said processing device further comprising

a biometric capture module,

a data capture module,

a central processing unit, and

a first software application running on said central processing unit of said processing device operative for

sending data to and receiving data from said wireless communication device through said mated I/O connectors,

controlling said biometric capture module to capture an image of a biometric attribute of a person to be identified, and

controlling said data capture module to capture data from an identification credential, and

a second software application running on said central processing unit of said handheld wireless communication device operative for providing a graphical user interface on said touch screen display for control of said processing device and said wireless communication device, said second software application

receiving biometric capture control input,

communicating said control inputs to said central processing unit of said processing device through said mated I/O connectors,

receiving output data from said processing device,

controlling communication with a communication network through said wireless communication transceiver,

controlling communication with a remote computer network connected to said communication network,

transmitting said output data over said communication network to said remote computer network for identification,

receiving identification data from said remote computer network over said communication network, and

displaying said identification data on said touch screen display.

2. The identification system of claim 1 further comprising a second biometric capture module for capturing a second biometric attribute of said individual to be identified, said second biometric attribute comprising a fingerprint, said second biometric capture module comprising a fingerprint capture module.

3. The identification system of claim 1, wherein said wireless communication device includes a digital camera having a lens, said housing of said processing device having a camera window in communication with said interior cavity, said lens being located within said camera window of said housing when said wireless communication device is seated within said interior cavity.

4. The identification system of claim 1, wherein said data capture module is selected from the group consisting of:

barcode scanner, smart card reader, magnetic stripe reader, machine reader zone (MRZ) reader, HID reader, RFID reader, and signature capture device.

5. The identification system of claim 1, further comprising a second remote computer network housing healthcare data, said second software application

controlling communication with said second remote computer network connected to said communication network,

transmitting said identification data over said communication network to said second remote computer network for retrieving healthcare data,

receiving said healthcare data from said second remote computer network over said communication network, and

displaying said healthcare data on said touch screen display.

6. The identification system of claim 5, further comprising a secure medical device, said second software application

controlling communication with said secure medical device connected to said communication network,

transmitting said identification data over said communication network to said secure medical device for allowing access, and

displaying access permission on said touch screen display.

7. An identification system comprising:

a wireless communication network;

a computer network in communication with said communications network;

a first network accessible database storing a plurality of database records, each database record including biometric data associated with an individual;

a second network accessible database storing a plurality of database records, each database record including personal data associated with an individual;

a third network accessible database storing a plurality of healthcare database records, each healthcare database record including healthcare data associated with an individual;

a first computer server in communication with said computer network,

first server software on said first computer server for comparing obtained biometric data to stored biometric data;

a second computer server in communication with said computer network;

second server software on said second computer server for comparing captured data to stored personal data;

a third computer server in communication with said computer network;

third computer server software on said third computer server for serving healthcare data for an identified individual;

a handheld wireless communication device comprising

a housing,

a central processing unit,

a touch screen display,

a wireless communication transceiver and

an input/output (I/O) connector;

a processing device comprising

a housing having

an interior cavity configured to receive said housing of said handheld wireless communication device

a docking port including an input/output (I/O) connector within said interior cavity, said handheld wireless communication device being seated within said interior cavity of said housing

wherein electrical I/O connector of said handheld communication device is mated with said I/O connector of said processing device,

and further wherein said touch screen display of said handheld communication device is accessible through said window of said housing of said processing device,

said processing device further comprising

a biometric capture module,

a data capture module,

a central processing unit,

a first software application running on said central processing unit of said processing device operative for

sending data to and receiving data from said wireless communication device through said mated I/O connectors,

controlling said biometric capture module to capture an image of a biometric attribute of a person to be identified,

controlling said data capture module to capture data from an identification document, and

a second software application running on said central processing unit of said handheld wireless communication device operative for providing a graphical user interface on said touch screen display for control of said processing device and said wireless communication device, said software application

receiving biometric capture control input, and data capture control input

communicating said control inputs to said central processing unit of said processing device through said mated I/O connectors,

receiving output data from said processing device,

controlling communication with said communication network through said wireless communication transceiver,

controlling communication with said computer network connected to said communication network,

transmitting said output over said communication network to said first computer server for identification,

receiving identification data from said first computer server through said computer network and said communication network responsive to said comparison, and

displaying said identification data on said touch screen display.

8. The identification system of claim 7 further comprising a second biometric capture module for capturing a second biometric attribute of said individual to be identified, said second biometric attribute comprising a fingerprint, said second biometric capture module comprising a fingerprint capture module.

9. The identification system of claim 7, wherein said wireless communication device includes a digital camera having a lens, said housing of said processing device having a camera window in communication with said interior cavity, said lens being located within said camera window of said housing when said wireless communication device is seated within said interior cavity.

10. The identification system of claim 7, wherein said data capture module is selected from the group consisting of:

barcode scanner, smart card reader, magnetic stripe reader, machine reader zone (MRZ) reader, HID reader, RFID reader, and signature capture device.

11. The identification system of claim 7, wherein said second software application is operative for

controlling communication with said third computer server;

transmitting said identification data over said communication network to said third computer server for retrieving healthcare data for said identified individual,

receiving said healthcare data from said third computer database over said communication network, and

displaying said healthcare data on said touch screen display.

12. The identification system of claim 11, further comprising a secure medical device, said second software application

controlling communication with said secure medical device connected to said communication network,

transmitting said identification data over said communication network to said secure medical device for allowing access, and

displaying access permission on said touch screen display.