Systems and methods utilizing biometric data

• US 20030197593A1
• Filed: 04/19/2002
• Published: 10/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HID Global Corporation (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: Cross Match Technologies Incorporated (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Cannon, Greg L., Siegel, William G., Fernandez, Frank E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,079,007 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.52
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

Systems and methods perform access control and mobile identity verification utilizing a memory, maybe on a handheld device, that stores at least biometric data, such as minutia. The handheld device may also store other data, such as a threshold value and Wiegand data. The data may be stored in a memory, a magnetic strip, a code, a bar code, or in all of these devices associated with the handheld device. The handheld device may be a SmartCard or the like. The threshold value may be a required value or parameter generated from input criteria based on biometric data read and extracted by an extracting system during an enrolling process. The threshold value is used during extracting, matching, or both, to most accurately determine the identity and characteristics of an individual wanting access to an accessed system or being questioned by law enforcement in the field.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an enrollment system that controls storing of biometric data;

an access control system that reads said stored biometric data;

an extracting system coupled to said access control system that extracts live biometric data;

a matching system coupled to said access control system that compares said stored biometric data to said live read biometric data to generate a matching result that is transmitted to said access control system; and

an accessed system coupled to the access control system into which admittance is either allowed or denied based on said matching result.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said stored biometric data is stored in a handheld device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said stored biometric data is stored in a SmartCard device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said stored biometric data is stored in a database.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said enrolling system comprises:

a biometric reader that reads said biometric data;

a first controller that processes and sends said read biometric data to a service; and

a second controller that controls storing of said stored biometric data based on a control signal from said service.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said enrolling system further comprises a database that stores said biometric data.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein said enrolling system further comprises a handheld device that stores said biometric data.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein said enrolling system further comprises:

a threshold controller; and

an input system coupled to said threshold controller;

wherein said threshold controller determines and generates a threshold value for each enrollee based on criteria input via said input system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said threshold value is stored in a handheld device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said threshold value is stored as a code on a handheld device.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said threshold value is stored as a two-dimensional bar code in a handheld device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein said threshold value is stored in a database storage.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising a mobile verification system.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said stored biometric data is stored in a handheld device and said mobile verification system reads said stored biometric data on said handheld device, performs a live read of biometric data, and transmits said live read biometric data and said stored biometric data to a verification system.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said access control system comprises:

an access control reader coupled to said extracting system and said matching system, said access control reader reading said live biometric data; and

a Wiegand panel coupled to said access control reader and said accessed system.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said access control system further comprises an input device that accesses said stored biometric data.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said access control system further comprises a input device that correlates entered data with said stored biometric data stored in a database.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said access control system further comprises a handheld device reader that reads said stored biometric data stored on a handheld device.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein said access control system further comprises a SmartCard reader that reads said stored biometric data stored on a SmartCard.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein said access control system further comprises a archiving and logging system couple d to said access control reader.

21. The system of claim 1, further comprising an archiving and logging system coupled to said extracting system.

22. The system of claim 1, further comprising an archiving and logging system coupled to said access control system.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein said access control system comprises:

an access control panel coupled to said extracting system, said matching system, and said accessed system, said access control panel including,

a input device that accesses said stored biometric data, and

a live biometric reader that performs said live reading.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said input device is a key system that correlates entered characters to said stored biometric data stored in a database.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein said input device is a handheld device reader that reads said stored biometric data stored in a handheld device.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein said input device is a SmartCard reader that reads said stored biometric data stored in a SmartCard.

27. The system of claim 23, further comprising an archiving and logging system coupled to said access control panel.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein said extracting system is remotely coupled to said access control system via a network.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein said matching system is remotely coupled to said access control system via a network.

30. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a system administrator;

wherein said access control system, said extracting system, said matching system, said accessed system, and said system administrator are all remotely coupled to each other via a network.

31. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a threshold logic system, which includes a threshold logic controller and an input device, said threshold logic system being coupled between said enrolling system and said access control system, wherein said threshold logic system determines a threshold value based on criteria input via said input device, and wherein said threshold value is stored along with said stored biometric data.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein said threshold value is accessed by said access control system and transmitted to said extracting system before it performs extraction.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein said threshold value is accessed by said access control system and transmitted to said matching system before it performs matching.

34. A method comprising the steps of:

enrolling enrollees and storing their biometric data;

performing a live read of one of said enrollees using a reader in an access control system;

extracting live biometric data during said live read in an extracting system;

comparing said extracted live biometric data with said stored biometric data in a matching system and outputting a matching result; and

performing access control based on said matching result.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein said biometric data is stored in a database.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein said biometric data is stored in a handheld device.

37. The method of claim 34, wherein said biometric data is stored in a SmartCard.

38. The method of claim 34, wherein said enrolling step comprises the steps of:

reading and extracting said biometric data of said user;

transmitting said biometric data to a service;

receiving data from said service;

determining if said user is acceptable based on said data from said service; and

storing said biometric data if said user is acceptable.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein said enrolling step further comprises the steps of:

running a threshold operation on said biometric data based on input criteria to generate a threshold value; and

storing said threshold value.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein said threshold value is stored in a database.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein said threshold value is stored in a handheld device.

42. The method of claim 39, wherein said threshold value is stored in a SmartCard.

43. The method of claim 34, further comprising the steps of:

storing said stored biometric data on a handheld device;

accessing said stored biometric data from said handheld device via a reader in a mobile system;

reading live biometric data with said reader;

transmitting said accessed stored biometric data and said live read biometric data to from the reader to a verification system via a network; and

receiving an output from said verification system via said network.

44. The method of claim 34, further comprising the steps of:

storing said stored biometric data on a SmartCard;

accessing said stored biometric data from said SmartCard via a reader in a mobile system;

reading live biometric data with said reader;

transmitting said accessed stored biometric data and said live read biometric data from said reader to a verification system via a network; and

receiving an output from said verification system via said network.

45. The method of claim 34, wherein said enrolling step comprises the steps of:

determining a threshold value based on said biometric data and input criteria;

generating said threshold value; and

storing said threshold value.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein said threshold value is stored as a code.

47. The method of claim 45, wherein said threshold value is stored as a bar code.

48. The method of claim 45, wherein said handheld device is a SmartCard.

49. The method of claim 34, wherein said extracting step comprises the steps of:

accessing extraction parameters from said access control system;

extracting said live biometric data based on said extraction parameters; and

transmitted said extracted live biometric data to said access control system.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein said extraction parameters include a threshold value determined and generated during a threshold operation performed on said stored biometric data during said enrolling step.

51. The method of claim 34, wherein said comparing step comprises:

accessing comparing parameters from said access control system; and

performing said comparing based on said accessed comparing parameters.

52. The method of claim 51, wherein said comparing parameters include a threshold value determined and generated during a threshold operation performed on said stored biometric data during said enrolling step.

53. The method of claim 34, wherein said access control step comprises the steps of:

receiving said matching result;

outputting an access control signal to a Wiegand interface based on said matching result; and

outputting a Wiegand control signal to an accessed system based on said access control signal.

54. The method of claim 34, wherein said access control step comprises the steps of:

receiving said matching result; and

outputting a control signal to an accessed system based on said matching result.

55. The method of claim 34, further comprising the steps of:

positioning said extracting system remote from said access control system; and

coupling said extracting system to said access control system via a network.

56. The method of claim 34, further comprising the steps of:

positioning said matching system remotely from said access control system; and

coupling said matching system to said access control system via a network.

57. The method of claim 34, further comprising the steps of:

positioning said extracting system remotely from said access control system;

positioning said matching system remotely from said access control system;

positioning said reader remotely from said access control system; and

coupling said reader, said extracting system, said matching system, and said access control system together via a network and remotely controlling all said systems with a system administrator coupled to said network.

58. A system comprising:

an enrollment system, including,

a biometric reader,

a background check system,

a storage control system, and

a memory that stores biometric data.

59. The system of claim 58, wherein said enrollment system further comprises:

a handheld device controller in said storage control system; and

a handheld device having said memory.

60. The system of claim 59, wherein said handheld device is a SmartCard.

61. The system of claim 58, further comprising:

a threshold controller; and

an input system coupled to said threshold controller;

wherein said threshold controller generates a threshold value based on criteria input via said input system and said biometric data.

62. The system of claim 58, wherein said background check system includes an electronic fingerprint template service.

63. An mobile verification system comprising:

a reading system including,

a reader that reads biometric data stored on a handheld device during an enrolling operation, and

a live biometric reader that reads and extracts live biometric data, and

a matching system coupled to said mobile reading system, wherein said matching system compares said stored biometric data and said live biometric data to generate a matching result.

64. The remote system of claim 63, wherein said reader reads data stored in a code on said handheld device.

65. The remote system of claim 63, wherein said reader reads data stored in a magnetic strip on said handheld device.

66. An access control system comprising:

an input device that reads stored biometric data from a memory on a handheld device;

a live access control reader coupled to said input device that reads live biometric data;

an extracting system coupled to said live access control reader;

a matching system coupled to said live access control reader; and

an accessed system coupled to said live access control reader.

67. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said input device is a handheld device reader.

68. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said handheld device is a SmartCard and said input device is a SmartCard reader.

69. The access control system of claim 66, further comprising:

a second input device that reads biometric data stored in a memory in a database, wherein said second input device is a key system that correlates entered characters with said stored biometric data stored in said memory in said database.

70. The access control system of claim 66, further comprising:

a Wiegand panel coupled between said access control reader and said accessed system.

71. The access control system of claim 66, further comprising an archive and log system coupled to said extracting system.

72. The access control system of claim 66, further comprising an archive and log system coupled to said access control reader.

73. The access control system of claim 66, further comprising:

a first archive and log system coupled to said access control reader; and

a second archive and log system coupled to said extracting system.

74. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said extracting system is remotely coupled to said access control reader via a network.

75. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said matching system is remotely coupled to said access control reader via a network.

76. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said matching system and said extracting system are both remotely coupled to said access control reader via a network.

77. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said extracting system utilizes a threshold value stored in said memory along with said stored biometric data.

78. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said matching system utilizes a threshold value that is stored in said memory along with said stored biometric data.

79. The access control system of claim 66, wherein said matching system and said extracting system utilize a threshold value that is stored in said memory along with said stored biometric data.

80. An access control system comprising:

an access control panel;

an input device coupled to said access control panel, said input device reading biometric data stored in a memory;

a live biometric reader coupled to said access control panel;

an extracting system coupled to said access control panel;

a matching system coupled to said access control panel; and

an accessed system coupled to said access control panel.

81. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said input device is a handheld device reader that reads said stored biometric data from said memory on a handheld device.

82. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said input device is a SmartCard reader that reads said stored biometric data from said memory on a SmartCard.

83. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said input device is a key system that correlates entered characters with said stored biometric data stored in said memory in a database.

84. The access control system of claim 80, further comprising an archive and log system coupled to said extracting system.

85. The access control system of claim 80, further comprising an archive and log system coupled to said access control panel.

86. The access control system of claim 80, further comprising:

a first archive and log system coupled to said access control panel; and

a second archive and log system coupled to said extracting system.

87. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said extracting system is remotely coupled to said access control panel via a network.

88. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said matching system is remotely coupled to said access control panel via a network.

89. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said matching system and said extracting system are both remotely coupled to said access control panel via a network.

90. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said extracting system utilizes a threshold value that is stored in said memory along with said stored biometric data.

91. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said matching system utilizes a threshold value that is stored in said memory along with said stored biometric data.

92. The access control system of claim 80, wherein said extracting system and said matching system utilize a threshold value that is stored in said memory along with said stored biometric data.

93. A method for remote management of an accessed system, the method comprising the steps of:

storing biometric data during an enrolling process;

detecting an object and transmitting a signal via a network to a system administrator;

reading live biometric from said object and transmitting it to an extracting system via said network;

performing extraction in said extracting system and transmitting extracted live biometric data via said network to said system administrator;

transmitting said stored biometric data and said live biometric data to a matching system via said network;

performing matching in said matching system and transmitting a matching result to said system administrator via said network; and

controlling access of said accessed system based on said matching result.

94. The method of claim 93, further comprising the steps of:

generating and storing a threshold value during said enrolling step; and

transmitting said threshold value to said extracting system before said extracting step to control said extracting step.

95. The method of claim 93, further comprising the steps of:

generating and storing a threshold value during said enrolling step; and

transmitting said threshold value to said matching system before said matching step to control said matching step.

96. The method of claim 93, further comprising the steps of:

generating and storing a threshold value during said enrolling step;

transmitting said threshold value to said extracting system before said extracting step to control said extracting step; and

transmitting said threshold value to said matching system before said matching step to control said matching step.

97. A method for remote management of an accessed system, the method comprising the steps of:

configure, initializing, and updating an access control system that controls said accessed system via a network;

receiving information from said access control system via said network; and

transmitting commands to said access control system based on said information via said network.