Mobile handheld code reader and print scanner system and method

• US 20040016811A1
• Filed: 04/21/2003
• Published: 01/29/2004
• 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: Siegel, William G., Fernandez, Frank E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,073,711 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners

Abstract

A scanner section of a reader/scanner device that scans and stores biometric data of an individual with a biometric scanner section. A reader section reads and stores machine readable code data with a code reading section. The machine readable code can be associated with a handheld device held by the individual having their biometric data scanned. The reader/scanner device then decodes the code data and stores decoded data. The biometric data is extracted, either within the reader/scanner device or remotely after being transmitted to a remote device. The extracted biometric data is compared to the decoded data, either within the reader/scanner device or remotely after the decoded data is transmitted to a remote device, to determine if the individual is the person listed on the handheld device. If not, the biometric data can be used to determine their identity if they are in a main database.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a handheld device including a code; and

a reader/scanner device, said reader/scanner device including,

a code reader that reads said code, and

a biometric reader that captures a biometric image of an individual holding said handheld device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said code is machine readable code.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said code is one-dimensional bar code.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said code is two-dimensional bar code.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said code corresponds to biometric data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said biometric image corresponds to a fingerprint of said individual.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said handheld device is an identification device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said handheld device is a smartcard.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said code reader reads machine readable code.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said code reader is a bar code reader.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the reader/scanner device further comprises:

a CODE input device that activates the code reader.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the reader/scanner device further comprises:

a FINGER input device that activates the finger reader.

13. A method comprising the steps of:

reading and storing live biometric data of an individual;

reading code data associated with a handheld device held by said individual;

storing said read code data;

decoding said code data and storing said decoded data;

extracting live biometric data from said stored live biometric data; and

determining whether said extracted live biometric data matches with said decoded data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said reading live biometric data and said reading code data are done with one device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein said code is machine readable code.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein said code is one-dimensional bar code.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein said code is two-dimensional bar code.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein said code corresponds to biometric data.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein said biometric image corresponds to a fingerprint of said individual.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein said handheld device is a identification device.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein said handheld device is a smartcard.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein said code reader reads machine readable code.

23. The method of claim 13, wherein said code reader is a bar code reader.

24. The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

performing said extracting step after transmitting said stored live biometric data to a remote device; and

performing said determining step in said remote device.

25. The method of claim 13, wherein if said determining step fails, further comprising the step of comparing said extracted live biometric data to all data in a database to determine if it matches with any of said data in said database.

26. A method of confirming an identity of an individual using a reader/scanner device comprising the steps of:

reading fingerprint data of the individual;

extracting minutia from said fingerprint data and saving said minutia in a memory;

reading a bar code on a handheld device held by the individual and storing said bar code data in said memory;

converting said code data into decoded data, and storing said decoded data in said memory; and

determining whether said minutia matches with said decoded data.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising performing said extracting and said determining steps in a remote device.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein if said determining step fails further comprising the steps of comparing said extracted live biometric data to all data in a database to determine if it matches with any of said data in said database.

29. A mobile handheld biometric security device comprising:

a code reader that reads a code representation of biometric data provided on a handheld device;

a biometric reader that captures biometric images of an individual holding the handheld device.

30. The mobile security device of claim 29, further comprising:

an indicator that provides an indication of whether biometric data read by the code reader matches biometric data obtained from the biometric image captured by the biometric reader.

31. The mobile security device of claim 30, wherein:

said code reader comprises a window in a same wall as the indicator; and

said biometric reader comprises a window in another wall.

32. The mobile security device of claim 30, wherein:

said coder reader comprises a window in a wall opposite a wall having the indicator; and

said biometric reader comprises a window on a wall located between the wall with the indicator and the wall with the coder reader.