Finger ID based actions in interactive user interface

• US 20060101281A1
• Filed: 04/20/2005
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Jian, Zhang, Chunhui
• Application Number:
  US11/110,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20060101281A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 5/107 Hollow-waveguide/strip-line transitions

Abstract

A system and method for using biometric images is disclosed. In an embodiment, a plurality of biometric images belonging to an individual are scanned and associated with one or more functions. The user can cause different biometric images to be scanned so that different functions within the user interface can be actuated. Thus, a biometric sensor can be used to provide additional functionality as compared to system where a single biometric image is used to provide access.

Claims

1. A system for providing user control, comprising:

a memory module including a plurality of stored biometric data sets associated with a plurality of commands;

an input device, the input device including a biometric sensor for providing a scanned biometric data set; and

a processing unit programmed with computer executable instructions to perform the steps of;

receiving the scanned biometric data set;

comparing the scanned biometric data set with the plurality of stored biometric data sets; and

executing the associated command if the scanned biometric data set matches one of the plurality of stored biometric data sets.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric sensor is a capacitive array sensor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the biometric sensor is an optical sweep sensor.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of stored biometric data sets represent a different fingerprint belonging to an individual.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory module comprises a plurality of memory elements and at least one of the plurality of memory elements is located remotely.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of stored biometric data sets is associated with a different command.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of commands is associated with a predefined sequence of stored biometric data sets.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of stored biometric data sets includes a first biometric data set associated with a command to launch a first application and a second biometric data set associated with a command to close the first application.

9. A method of controlling a program module, comprising the steps of:

receiving a biometric data set from a biometric sensor;

comparing the biometric data set to a plurality of stored biometric data sets associated with one or more instructions for the program module; and

performing the associated instruction if the biometric data set matches at least one of the plurality of stored biometric data sets.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of storing the plurality of biometric data sets, the step of storing the plurality of biometric data sets comprising the steps of:

scanning in a plurality of biometric images belonging to an individual;

generating the plurality of biometric data sets representing the plurality of biometric images; and

associating the one or more instructions with the plurality of biometric data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of generating the plurality of biometric data sets comprises the step of determining a ROI for each of the plurality of biometric images.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the biometric data set comprises a set of minutiae representing a fingerprint.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of performing the associated instruction comprises actuating a program module.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein a predetermined sequence of the plurality of stored biometric data sets is associated with the instruction to actuate the program module and the step of receiving comprises:

receiving a plurality of biometric data sets in an order that matches the predetermined sequence of stored biometric data sets.

15. A media containing software for performing the steps of:

receiving a first scanned data set from a biometric sensor, the first scanned data set representative of a first fingerprint of an individual;

comparing the first scanned data set to a plurality of stored data sets, the plurality of stored data sets associated with a plurality of computer executable instructions; and

performing the associated computer executable instruction if the first scanned data set matches a first stored data set of the plurality of stored data sets.

16. The media containing software of claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a second scanned data set from the biometric sensor, the second scanned data set representative of a second fingerprint of the individual;

comparing the second scanned data set to the plurality of stored data sets; and

performing the associated computer executable instruction if the second scanned data set matches one of the plurality of stored data sets

17. The media containing software of claim 16, wherein one of the plurality of computer executable instructions is associated with a predetermined sequence of data sets, the predetermined sequence comprising the first scanned data set and the second scanned data set.

18. The media containing software of claim 15, wherein the step of receiving the scanned data set comprises the steps of:

scanning in a fingerprint images belonging to an authorized user; and

generating the scanned data set representative of the fingerprint image.

19. The media containing software of claim 18, wherein the step of generating the scanned data set includes a step of determining a ROI.

20. The media containing software of claim 18, wherein the step of scanning in the fingerprint image is performed by a sweep sensor.