Apparatus and method for verifying the identity of an author and a person receiving information

• US 10,592,741 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2018
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey A. Matos
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey A. Matos
• Inventors: Matos, Jeffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Strege, John B
• Application Number:
  US15/953,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20180260625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/193 Preprocessing; Feature extraction
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/197 Matching; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/40 Spoof detection, e.g. liveness detection
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

Apparatus for identifying a person who wishes to receive information, where identifying information for each of a plurality of registered individuals is stored in a database, calls for capturing images of an individual requesting information, and determining whether this individual is the same as one of the registered individuals. The stored identifying information includes images of a unique, observable biologic identifier on a body portion of each registered individual. The specificity of the identification process is enhanced by storing registered examples of altered biological information in the database, by allowing the information provider to induce an alteration in a biologic identifier of a requesting person at the time of the request, and by comparing the altered requesting person information to stored information. Further identification enhancement is obtained by rapidly altering the visual environment of the requesting person, and by providing the requested information to the retina of the requesting person.

Claims

1. A method for identifying the presence of a particular human, the method comprising:

a) storing, in a database, a first digital file including (i) information representing a plurality of registered images of an iris of an eye of a registered human, said images obtained coincident with a plurality of physiologic states of said iris, and (ii) alphanumeric information pertaining to said registered human;

b) receiving, by a processor, a request to identify a putative human as the registered human;

c) based on receiving the request, generating, by the processor, at least one prompt signal and providing said signal to a prompt producing device;

d) receiving, by the prompt producing device, the prompt signal;

e) in response to the received prompt signal, producing, by the prompt producing device, a prompt, and applying the prompt to the putative human, wherein the prompt induces a change in the physiologic state of an iris of an eye of the putative human;

f) capturing, by a digital camera, a plurality of images of the of the putative human following the application of the prompt and providing a representation of said images to said processor;

g) comparing, by the processor, (1) the information representing the images of the putative human iris with (2) the stored information representing the registered human iris, and determining a match between the stored information and the inputted information; and

h) generating, by the processor, an output indicating a result of said comparing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the change in physiologic state of the registered human iris is accompanied by a change in the anatomic configuration of said iris, and wherein said change in anatomic configuration results in a change in the appearance of said iris.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the change in physiologic state of the putative human iris is accompanied by a change in the anatomic configuration of said iris, and wherein the change in anatomic configuration results in a change in the appearance of said iris.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said prompt is an application of light to the putative human iris.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said prompt is command calling for a voluntary action by the putative human.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said voluntary action is a change direction of gaze of the putative human.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (f) further comprises capturing pre-prompt images of the putative human iris prior to the application of the prompt, and

wherein said step (g) further comprises comparing the pre-prompt images with the stored information representing the registered human iris.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (g) further comprises determining a likelihood of a match between the stored information and the inputted information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (h) further comprises retrieving, by said processor, secure information from a digital memory and providing said information based on a determination of the match.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said providing is limited to a period of time following the determination of said match.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein said step (c) comprises repeatedly generating prompt signals, wherein steps (d) through (h) are each repeatedly performed following each successive prompt, and wherein said information providing is halted upon a failure of a determination of a match.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (c) comprises repeatedly generating prompt signals, wherein steps (d) through (h) are each repeatedly performed following each successive prompt.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein, said step (f) further comprises providing alphanumeric information pertaining to said putative human.

15. The method of claim 4 wherein-said step (c) comprises generating prompts of variable intensity.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said generated prompts have a pseudorandom basis.

17. The method. of claim 1, wherein said step (g) further comprises utilizing, by said processor, information pertaining to said prompt for determining said match.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (g) further comprises generating, by said processor, information representing calculated registered images, based on the stored registered image information.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing a comparison of an additional biologic identifier of each of a registered human and a putative human to determine the match, wherein:

said step (a) further comprises storing additional information pertaining to said second identifier;

said step (c) further comprises generating at least one additional prompt signal representing an additional prompt and providing said signal to an additional prompt producing device;

said step (d) further comprises receiving, by the additional prompt producing device, the additional prompt signal;

said step (e) further comprises producing the additional prompt by the additional prompt device in response to the additional prompt signal;

said step (f) further comprises inputting, by an input mechanism, additional biologic information pertaining to the putative human following the application of the additional prompt; and

said step (g) further comprises comparing, by the processor, the inputted additional biologic information pertaining to the putative human with the stored additional information pertaining to the second identifier.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the match of said step (g) is determined upon both the iris information and the additional biologic information of the putative human both matching the respective stored information of a registered human.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the match of said step (g) is determined upon either one of the iris information or the additional biologic information of the putative human matches the respective stored information of a registered human.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (h) further comprises providing access, by said processor, to a digital memory based on a determination of the match, wherein said access comprises observing at least a portion of the content of said memory.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (h)further comprises providing access, by said processor, to a digital memory based on a determination of the match, wherein said access comprises inputting information to said memory.

7. The method of clams 5, wherein said voluntary action is a change in the focus of the putative human.