Wireless digital image capture device with biometric readers
First Claim
1. A digital image capture device comprising:
- a housing (20);
a digital image capture system (22);
a biometric reader (70) adapted to sense biometric data of a user;
a wireless communication circuit (54) adapted to transmit wireless signals to a remote database and to receive authorization signals from the remote database;
a processor (26) adapted to control and enable operation of the digital image capture system (22), the wireless communication circuit (54) and the biometric reader (70), wherein the processor (26);
is adapted to cause biometric data to be read from a user, and wirelessly transmitted to a remote database so that the remote database can compare the sensed biometric data to stored biometric data and will transmit an authorization signal when the sensed biometric data corresponds to stored biometric data, said processor further being adapted to determine a set of authorized actions for a user of the digital image capture device based upon an authorization signal transmitted by the remote database;
with said processor further being adapted to execute actions as requested by the user when the requested actions are within the set of authorized actions.
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Abstract
A digital image capture device and method for operating the same are provided. The digital image capture device has a digital image capture device comprising: a housing (20); a digital image capture system (22); a biometric reader (70) adapted to sense biometric data of a user; a wireless communication circuit (54) adapted to transmit wireless signals to a remote database and to receive authorization signals from the remote database; a processor (26) adapted to control and enable operation of the digital image capture system (22), the wireless communication circuit (54) and the biometric reader (70), wherein the processor (26): is adapted to cause biometric data to be read from a user, and wirelessly transmitted to a remote database so that the remote database can compare the sensed biometric data to stored biometric data and will transmit an authorization signal when the sensed biometric data corresponds to stored biometric data, said processor further being adapted to determine a set of authorized actions for a user of the digital image capture device based upon an authorization signal transmitted by the remote database; with said processor further being adapted to execute actions as requested by the user when the requested actions are within the set of authorized actions.
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21 Claims
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1. A digital image capture device comprising:
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a housing (20);
a digital image capture system (22);
a biometric reader (70) adapted to sense biometric data of a user;
a wireless communication circuit (54) adapted to transmit wireless signals to a remote database and to receive authorization signals from the remote database;
a processor (26) adapted to control and enable operation of the digital image capture system (22), the wireless communication circuit (54) and the biometric reader (70), wherein the processor (26);
is adapted to cause biometric data to be read from a user, and wirelessly transmitted to a remote database so that the remote database can compare the sensed biometric data to stored biometric data and will transmit an authorization signal when the sensed biometric data corresponds to stored biometric data, said processor further being adapted to determine a set of authorized actions for a user of the digital image capture device based upon an authorization signal transmitted by the remote database;
with said processor further being adapted to execute actions as requested by the user when the requested actions are within the set of authorized actions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for operating a digital image capture device comprising the steps of:
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obtaining biometric data from at least one user, entering the biometric data in a database;
reading biometric data from the user of the device;
transmitting the biometric data to the database wirelessly;
determining a set of authorized actions based upon the biometric data, and wirelessly enabling the device to perform the set of authorized actions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An image capture device comprising:
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an image capture means for capturing an image of a scene;
a biometric reading means for sensing a biometric characteristic of a user of the image capture device;
a wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving wireless data signals;
an authorization means for causing the sensed biometric reading means to sense a biometric characteristic of a user, to convert the sensed biometric characteristic into sensed biometric data, and to cause the wireless communication means to transmit a wireless signal containing said biometric data to a remote database, said remote database sending an authorization signal when the sensed biometric data is similar to stored biometric data of an authorized user, with said authorization means further being adapted to determine a set of authorized actions based upon the authorization signal; and
an action execution means for enabling the image capture device to execute the authorized actions.
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