Combination breathalyzer and eye-sensor

• US 20020089660A1
• Filed: 01/08/2001
• Published: 07/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ronald Weiss
• Original Assignee: Ronald Weiss
• Inventors: Weiss, Ronald
• Granted Patent: US 6,433,863 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 356/72
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/18 for vehicle drivers or machine operators
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/257 Voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4972 Determining alcohol content for vehicle safety devices B60K28/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/18 Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris

Abstract

Positioning, by the use of a unitary construction, a breathalyzer and retina/eye-scanner a distance apart from each other that corresponds to the typical distance separating an individual'"'"'s mouth and eyes, so that there can be positioned only one individual'"'"'s face adjacent the unitary construction preparatory to the use thereof, which minimizes the use of two individuals, one to provide a sober breath to the breathalyzer and the other to provide a bogus retina scan of the identification of the individual using the breathalyzer.

Claims

1. In an administration of a breathalyzer test to a motor vehicle operator, a method of verifying the identity of the individual being tested, said method comprising the steps of arranging for the placement of a breathalyzer in breath-receiving relation in an operative position adjacent a mouth of an individual, arranging for the placement of an eye-sensor in eye-sensing relation in an operative position adjacent a pair of eyes of an individual, and using to achieve said arranging a unitary construction embodying said breathalyzer and said eye-sensor in a selected close distance from each other, said selected distance being of an extent typically approximating the distance between an individual'"'"'s eyes and mouth, whereby said operative position of said breathalyzer and said operative position of said eye-sensor is in the same relation to each other separated by said selected distance as that of a pair of eyes and a mouth also separated by said selected distance, to thereby contribute to contemporaneous use of said breathalyzer and of said eye-sensor by only one individual whose identity is verified by said eye-sensor.

2. A method of verifying the identity of an individual providing a breath alcohol test comprising the steps of arranging for the placement of a breathalyzer in breath-receiving relation in an operative position adjacent a mouth of an individual, arranging for the placement of an eye-sensor in eye-sensing relation in an operative position adjacent a pair of eyes of an individual, and using to achieve said arranging a unitary construction embodying said breathalyzer and said eye-sensor in a selected close distance from each other, said selected distance being of an extent typically approximating the distance between an individual'"'"'s eyes and mouth, whereby said operative position of said breathalyzer and said operative position of said eye-sensor is in the same relation to each other separated by said selected distance as that of a pair of eyes and a mouth also separated by said selected distance, to thereby contribute to contemporaneous use of said breathalyzer and of said eye-sensor by only one individual whose identity is verified by said eye-sensor.