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Biometric electronic key with build in proximity detector and infrared communication as dual verification

  • US 20030200778A1
  • Filed: 04/23/2003
  • Published: 10/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electronic key for operating an electronic lock comprising:

  • a key blade that is configured to be insertable into a keyway of said electronic lock; and

    a key handle connected with said key blade and adapted to be gripped by a user of the electronic key, and containing said electronic circuitry including an on-board microprocessor and fingerprint identification memory for storing an electronic representation of a fingerprint of said user, and a communication port unit for transmitting and receiving communication signals with an associated communication port unit of said electronic lock, said key handle further including a fingerprint sensor arranged to be touched by said user in the course of said user gripping said key handle and being operative to generate an electronic output representative of a sensed fingerprint of said user, and wherein said electronic circuitry is operative to compare said electronic output representative of said sensed fingerprint of said user with said electronic representation of a fingerprint of said user as stored in said fingerprint identification memory and, in response thereto, to control the ability of said key to operate said lock.

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