Two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus and the method thereof and identification system using the same

• US 20030103030A1
• Filed: 01/16/2002
• Published: 06/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Desun System Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Desun System Incorporated
• Inventors: Wu, Wei-Jyei
• Application Number:
  US10/046,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20030103030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/13 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor

Abstract

The present invention provides a two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus and the method thereof. Said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus has the ability of displaying images, and capturing images, and comprises:

a flat display panel 2, which is non-transparent when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images and is transparent when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images (the image of the user can pass through said flat display panel 2);

a background light source module 4 located at the backside of said flat display panel 2, which is turned on when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images and is turned off when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images;

a flat display controller 14, which is used to receive image files from a main controller 8 and display said image files on said flat display panel 2;

an image capturer 6 located at the backside of said flat display panel 2, which is turned off when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images and is activated to capture image of the user when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images; and

a main controller 8 used to control the image display and image capture of said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus, which transmits pre-stored image files to said flat display controller 14 and controls said background light source module 4 to open when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images and turns on said background light source module 4 and activates said image capturer 6 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images.

Claims

1. A two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus, comprising:

a flat display panel 2 which is non-transparent when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images, and which is transparent when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images;

a background light module 4 located behind said flat display panel 2, being turned on when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images, and being turned off when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images;

a flat display controller 14 which is used to receive image files from a main controller 8 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images and displays said image files on said flat display panel 2;

an image capturer 6 located behind said flat display panel 2, being turned off when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images, and being turned on when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images; and

a main controller 8 which is used to control the image display and image capture of said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus, said main controller 8 transmitting pre-recorded image files to said flat display controller 14 and turning on said background light module 4 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images, and turning off said background light module 4 and turning on said image capturer 6 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images.

2. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 1, further comprises:

a background controller 16 which is used to turn on said background light module 4 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images, and which is used to turn off said background light module 4 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images.

3. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 2, further comprises:

a display memory device 22 which is used to store pre-stored image files and transmit said pre-stored image files to said flat display controller 14 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images.

4. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 3, further comprises:

an image capture controller 12 which is used to turn off said image capturer 6 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images, and which is used to turn on said image capturer 6 and transmit image files transmitted from said image capturer 6 to a image storage apparatus 20 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images.

5. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 4, further comprises:

a image storage apparatus 20 which is used to store image files transmitted from said image capture controller 12.

6. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 5, further comprises:

a two-in-one controller 10 which is used to control said background light controller 16 and said image capture controller 12, said two-in-one controller 10 turning on said background light module 4 through said background light controller 16 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus displays images, and turning on said image capturer 6 through said image capture controller 12 when said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus captures images.

7. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 1, wherein said flat display panel 2 is selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal display (LCD), organic electro-luminescence display (OELD) and field emission display (FED).

8. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 2, wherein said flat display panel 2 is selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal display (LCD), organic electro-luminescence display (OELD) and field emission display (FED).

9. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 3, wherein said flat display panel 2 is selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal display (LCD), organic electro-luminescence display (OELD) and field emission display (FED).

10. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 4, wherein said flat display panel 2 is selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal display (LCD), organic electro-luminescence display (OELD) and field emission display (FED).

11. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 5, wherein said flat display panel 2 is selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal display (LCD), organic electro-luminescence display (OELD) and field emission display (FED).

12. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 6, wherein said flat display panel 2 is selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal display (LCD), organic electro-luminescence display (OELD) and field emission display (FED).

13. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 1, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 located at different spots behind said flat display panel 2 in order to generate 3-dimentional (3D) images of the user.

14. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 2, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 located at different spots behind said flat display panel 2 in order to generate 3D images of the user.

15. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 3, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 located at different spots behind said flat display panel 2 in order to generate 3D images of the user.

16. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 4, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 located at different spots behind said flat display panel 2 in order to generate 3D images of the user.

17. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 5, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 located at different spots behind said flat display panel 2 in order to generate 3D images of the user.

18. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 6, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 located at different spots behind said flat display panel 2 in order to generate 3D images of the user.

19. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 1, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 behind said flat display panel 2 to capture images at different angles so that the user will have no place to hide.

20. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 2, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 behind said flat display panel 2 to capture images at different angles so that the user will have no place to hide.

21. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 3, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 behind said flat display panel 2 to capture images at different angles so that the user will have no place to hide.

22. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 4, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 behind said flat display panel 2 to capture images at different angles so that the user will have no to hide.

23. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 5, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 behind said flat display panel 2 to capture images at different angles so that the user will have no to hide at.

24. The two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus of claim 6, wherein said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturer 6 behind said flat display panel 2 to capture images at different angles so that the user will have no place to hide.

25. A method of using a two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus to form an electrical signature by recording operational display images and user images crossly, said method comprises the steps of:

(1) using said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus to display the n-th of the totally m pre-stored image files on said flat display panel 2, said n-th pre-stored image file instructing the user to input the demanded data, wherein m≧

1 and the pre-set value of n is 1 (when n is not reset);

(2) using said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus to store the n-th pre-stored image file displayed on flat display panel 2;

the user inputting the demanded data based on the n-th pre-stored image file;

(3) using said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus to store the image of the user through flat display panel 2 as user image files;

(4) using the two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus to check the relation of n and m, resetting n as n+1 and repeating the previous steps when n<

m, resetting n as 1 when n=m and said two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus ending the electrical signature formed by storing the pre-stored image files and user image files crossly and returning back to step 1 to stand by.

26. An identification system using a two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus, comprises:

a two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus which comprises a region that instructs the user to corporate to capture image files for biological identification from, the region comprising at least one image capturer 6;

a database which is used to store a plurality of image files for biological identification; and

a processor which has an identification program, the processor is used to execute the identification program to compare the image files captures by the two-in-one image display/image capture apparatus with a plurality of image files stored in said database.

27. The identification system of claim 26, wherein said image files for identification is selected from the group consisting of irides files, fingerprint files and visage files.