Identification and individual recognition system

• US 20030206644A1
• Filed: 07/15/2002
• Published: 11/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kulite Semiconductor Products Inc
• Original Assignee: Kulite Semiconductor Products Inc
• Inventors: Kurtz, Anthony D.
• Application Number:
  US10/195,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20030206644A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/006 Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals identification systems for access to feeding pens A01K1/0209; ear tags with electronic identification means A01K11/004
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

There is disclosed an embedded chip which contains data indicative of a person, which chip is embedded on the body of a person and therefore cannot easily be removed. In any event, the chip contains data, which is intimately associated with the individual, such as the individual'"'"'s voice print, retina scan, fingerprint, ear print or heart sounds. The chip can also include data concerning the name of the person and other pertinent data, such as social security numbers, personal medical data and so on. The fact that the chip is embedded enables it to be scanned by many devices and therefore, to obtain a visual or other read-out of the person'"'"'s identification indicia, such as the voiceprint or retina scan and so on. The actual, the physical indicia is compared with the stored indicia on the chip. This is done by a computer using a comparison algorithm or some other data comparator which is quite well known. If the data compares, then a positive identity of the person has been made.

Claims

1. A system for positive identification of an animal of a given species, said animal having predetermined characteristics capable of distinguishing any given animal from any other animal of said same species, comprising:

a biocompatible chip biologically coupled to said animal and containing stored data on said chip indicative of at least one predetermined characteristic of said animal capable of distinguishing said animal from other animals of said species,

means for reading said data on said chip to provide a replica of said characteristics and means for comparing said replica with the actual data characteristic of said animal as obtained from said animal in real-time to positively identify said animal by a favorable comparison of said chip data with said actual data.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said animal is a human of homosapien species.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said data includes at least one of the following:

at least one voice print, at least one retina scan, at least one fingerprint, at least one earprint, at least one heart sound and a social security number.

4. The system according to claim 3 wherein said data may also include information indicative of the person'"'"'s name, age, photograph, credit rating and medical history.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said means for reading said data includes an x-ray, ultrasound and magnetic resonance.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said means for reading includes means for obtaining a real-time actual representation of said characteristic from said animal at a given identification location for comparing said actual representation with said replica indicative of stored data.

7. The system according to claim 1 wherein said chip is embedded beneath the animal'"'"'s skin.

8. The system according to claim 1 wherein said stored data is stored at least in one of the following formats:

as binary ones and zeros, in a coded format, bar code, analog information, a coded pattern and pixel patterns.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said biocompatible material is selected from stainless steel, tantalum, semiconductor material and ceramic.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said means for accessing includes at least one of the following:

x-ray scan, ultrasound scan or infrared scan.

15. The system according to claim 1 wherein said means for comparing is implemented at said website.

10. The apparatus for positive identification of a person at a security location by accessing a characteristic of said person for comparison with a characteristic uniquely identifying said person, comprising:

a biocompatible chip embedded within said person and containing stored data indicative of said characteristic,

means at said location for accessing said stored data and providing output indicia indicative of said stored data,

means at said location for accessing said actual data as indicative of said characteristic from said person,

means for comparing said actual data with said stored data at said location for validating the identity of said person upon a favorable comparison.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said characteristic includes at least one of the following:

at least one fingerprint, one voice print, one ear print, one heart sound, one retina scan, a social security number, a pin number or combinations of the above.

13. A system for positive identification of a human at a security site by accessing a unique characteristic of said human which distinguishes said human from other humans having the same characteristic and which characteristic uniquely identifies said human, comprising:

a biocompatible chip embedded within said human and containing stored data indicative of said characteristic,

means at said site for accessing said stored data to provide output indicia indicative of said stored data,

means responsive to said output indicia for accessing a remote database according to said stored data, said remote database containing stored information indicative of at least one other unique characteristic of said human,

means for transmitting said other stored unique characteristic for said database to said site,

means for accessing said human to provide said actual unique characteristic at said site,

means for comparing said actual characteristic with said other unique characteristic to validate the identity of said person upon a favorable comparison.

14. The system according to claim 13 wherein said database is accessed at an Internet website.

16. The system according to claim 14 wherein said stored data on said chip is selected from at least said human'"'"'s social security member, an individual pin number or a personal individual code.

17. The system according to claim 16 wherein said stored data is inputted at said site to access said Internet website.

18. The system according to claim 17 wherein said data transmitted between said site and said website is encrypted.

19. The system according to claim 13 wherein said means for accessing stored data includes at least one of the following:

x-ray, ultrasound NMR, infrared or a combination of the above.

20. A method for the positive identification of a human by accessing at least one of a number of unique characteristics of said human where each characteristic uniquely identifies said human as compared to other humans, comprising the steps of:

implanting a biocompatible chip within said human, said chip containing stored data indicative of at least one of said unique characteristics,

accessing said stored data at a security site,

checking said unique characteristic from said human at said site,

comparing said stored data with said derived data for positively identifying said human upon favorable comparison.

21. The method according to claim 20 wherein said unique characteristic includes at least one of the following:

a finger print, a voiceprint, a retina scan, heart sounds, ear print or a combination of the above.

22. The method according to claim 20 wherein said stored data includes at least one of the following:

a personal identification number (PIN) or a social security number.

23. The method according to claim 22 further including the steps of:

accessing said stored member at said site,

transmitting said stored member to a remote database having shared therein unique characteristics of said human,

transmitting at least one of said unique characteristics to said site, and

comparing said transmitted characteristics to said derived data for positively identifying said human.

24. The method according to claim 23 further including the steps of:

providing a website accessible via a network for containing said remote database.

25. The method according to claim 24 wherein said network is the Internet.

26. The method according to claim 25 wherein said transmission to and from said remote database is encrypted.

27. A system for recognizing the identity of an individual comprising:

a module embedded on the body of an individual, which contains information associated with the individual,

a means for acquiring the information from the module,

a means for collecting information from the individual regarding actual physical characteristics of the individual, and

a means for comparing the two forms of information to identify the individual.

28. A method of recognizing the identity of an individual comprising:

embedding on the body of the individual a module containing information associated with the individual;

acquiring the information from the module;

collecting information from the individual regarding actual physical characteristics of the individual; and

comparing the two forms of information to identify the individual.

29. An identification module comprising:

a device that can be embedded on the body of an individual and data associated with the individual which is stored on the device, which data can be acquired from the device for a comparison with actual physical data gathered from the individual, in order to identify the individual.