User authorization system containing a user image

• US 20050040226A1
• Filed: 07/26/2004
• Published: 02/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Victor H. Shear
• Original Assignee: Victor H. Shear
• Inventors: Al-Sheikh, Zaher
• Application Number:
  US10/898,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20050040226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2035/06 Picture of the user
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/20 characterised by a particular use or purpose
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/313 Fingerprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/253 visually
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person

Abstract

A user authorization system includes a bracelet having a band extending from a printable surface, the band adapted to secure about a human limb. The bracelet has printed thereon a human cognizable image. Human verification of the user is provided by comparison between the bracelet image and a user. Machine verification is provided by incorporating into the bracelet a fingerprint image associated with the user, a radiofrequency identification tag or smart card.

Claims

1. A user authorization system comprising:

a human cognizable digital image associated with a user directly printed onto a bracelet.

2. The user authorization system of claim 1 wherein said image is that of a newborn baby of the user.

3. The user authorization system of claim 1 wherein said image is of a parent of the user.

4. The user authorization system of claim 1 wherein said image is that of the user and said user data file is a hospital chart.

5. The user authorization system of claim 1 wherein said image is reproduced on a label affixed to a laboratory sample or medication bottle.

6. The user authorization system of claim 1 wherein said image is a dye sublimation image.

7. A user authorization system comprising:

a fingerprint image associated with said user printed onto said bracelet.

8. The user authorization system of claim 7 further comprising a fingerprint scanner.

9. The user authorization system of claim 8 further comprising an electronic database receiving an output from said scanner.

10. The user authorization system of claim 7 wherein said fingerprint is a dye sublimation image.

11. The user authorization system of claim 7 further comprising a human cognizable digital image associated with said user.

12. A user authorization system comprising:

a bracelet having a band extending from opposite sides of a surface, the band adapted to secure about a human limb;

a human cognizable digital image associated with a user printed onto the bracelet surface; and

a radiofrequency identification tag or smart card affixed to said bracelet.

13. The user authorization system of claim 12 wherein said image is a dye sublimation image.

14. The user authorization system of claim 12 further comprising a radiofrequency transponder communicative with said radiofrequency identification tag.

15. The user authorization system of claim 14 further comprising a computer database receiving an output from said transponder.

16. The user authorization system of claim 12 further comprising a fingerprint image associated with said user printed onto said bracelet.

17. The user authorization system of claim 12 wherein said image is that of a newborn baby of the user.

18. The user authorization system of claim 12 wherein said image is of a parent of the user.

19. The user authorization system of claim 12 wherein said image is that of the user and said user data file is a hospital chart.

20. A user authorization system comprising:

a bracelet having a machine readable datum selected from the group consisting of;

a fingerprint, an RFID tag or smart card;

a human cognizable user image associated with a user paper or electronic file; and

a human cognizable image of the user recalled from a computer database onto a display in response to the reading of said datum. 21. The user authorization system of claim 20 further comprising a digital camera collecting a point user image at the time of the reading, said point user image being processed through a facial program and compared to a human cognizable image of the user recalled from a computer database onto a display in response to the reading of said datum.