Identification system
First Claim
1. A secure control system for use in controlling the operation of a device having a plurality of functions, the secure control system comprising inputting biometric data relating to a biometric characteristic of an individual, comparing the biometric data with stored biometric data to identify and audit the individual whose biometric data has been input and to identify to which of the individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics the biometric data relates and referencing the identified biometric characteristic to a function, and controlling and auditing the operation of the device in response to the data representative of the identity both of the individual and of the biometric characteristic to perform a selected one of the plurality of functions.
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Abstract
An identification system for use in controlling the operation of a device comprises comparing fingerprint data with stored data to identify both an individual and which of the individual'"'"'s fingerprints has been input, and using the identity of the individual and the finger in controlling the operation of the device.
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41 Claims
- 1. A secure control system for use in controlling the operation of a device having a plurality of functions, the secure control system comprising inputting biometric data relating to a biometric characteristic of an individual, comparing the biometric data with stored biometric data to identify and audit the individual whose biometric data has been input and to identify to which of the individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics the biometric data relates and referencing the identified biometric characteristic to a function, and controlling and auditing the operation of the device in response to the data representative of the identity both of the individual and of the biometric characteristic to perform a selected one of the plurality of functions.
- 6. A secure control system for use in controlling the operation of a device having a plurality of functions, the secure control system comprises inputting biometric data relating to two or more biometric characteristics, comparing the input biometric data with stored biometric data to identify and audit the individual whose biometric data has been input and to identify to which of the individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics the biometric data relates and referencing the sequence of entry of the identified biometric characteristics to a function, and controlling and auditing the operation of the device in response to the data representative of the identity both of the individual and of the referenced sequence to perform a selected one of the plurality of functions.
- 11. A secure control system for use in controlling the operation of a device having a plurality of functions, the secure control system comprising inputting biometric data relating to two or more biometric characteristics simultaneously, comparing the input biometric data with stored biometric data to identify and audit the individual whose biometric data has been input and to identify to which of the individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics the input biometric data relates and referencing the combination of the identified biometric characteristics to a function, and controlling and auditing the operation of the device in response to the data representative of the identity both of the individual and of the combination of biometric characteristics entered to perform a selected one of the plurality of functions.
- 16. A secure control system for use in controlling the operation of a device having a plurality of functions, the secure control system comprising inputting biometric data relating to two or more biometric characteristics with timing pauses between each entry, comparing the input biometric data with stored biometric data to identify and audit the individual whose biometric data has been input and to identify to which of the individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics the biometric data relates and referencing the timing pauses between entry of the biometric data to a function, and controlling and auditing the operation of the device in response to the data representative of the identity both of the individual and of the referenced timing pauses to perform a selected one of the plurality of functions.
- 21. A secure control system for use in controlling the operation of a device having a plurality of functions, the secure control system comprising inputting biometric data relating to two or more biometric characteristics and/or a sequence and/or combination entry and/or with timing pauses between each entry, comparing the input biometric data with stored biometric data to identify and audit the individual whose biometric data has been input and to identify to which of the individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics the input biometric data relates and referencing the sequence and/or the combination entry and/or the timing entry of the identified biometric characteristics to a function, and controlling and auditing the operation of the device in response to the data representative of the identity both of the individual and of the sequence and/or combination entry and/or timing entry to perform a selected one of the plurality of functions.
- 26. An identification method comprising entering first and second pieces of biometric information, comparing data representative of the first piece of biometric information with stored data held in a first data store, comparing data representative of the second piece of biometric information with stored data held in a second data store, and identifying the individual and operating a device using the results of the two comparisons.
- 39. A secure data entry system comprising assigning a data character to each of a plurality of an individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics, inputting biometric data relating to one of the biometric characteristics of the individual, and comparing the input biometric data with stored biometric data to identify the individual whose biometric data has been input and to identify to which of the individual'"'"'s biometric characteristics the biometric data relates to determine which data character has been input.
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