Eyewear with biometrics to protect displayed data
First Claim
1. An eyewear display system for presenting data from at least one signal feed source, comprising:
- an eyeglasses frame;
a biometric authentication module coupled to said eyeglasses frame for biometrically authenticating a user;
at least one lens mounted within said eyeglasses frame;
at least one of a display screen coupled to said at least one lens;
at least one electrical power source for providing electrical power; and
a communications link for receiving signals from said at least one signal feed source and for relaying received signals to said at least one display screen after said user has been authenticated.
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Abstract
The invention disclosed provides a mobile, portable, secure, eyewear display system with an attached or embedded miniaturized display, with user access controlled by biometric (or other) identity credentials. Effectively, the invention detects users “coming and going”, ensuring users only display and access data they have privileges to access. Users initially provide biometric (fingerprints, iris, retina, voice, etc.) and/or non-biometric identity credentials to enroll in (and subsequently authenticate themselves to) the eyewear display system. The system also detects when a user physically exits the system, using one or more “presence detection” devices (e.g., optical, acoustic, iris, or retinal presence sensors), thereby ensuring every user is authenticated prior to each session. One or more display screens can be embedded in (and/or attached onto) one or both lenses in the eyewear display system. An external identity credential interface subsystem is also disclosed, which permits use of externally-provided (biometric and/or non-biometric) identity credentials.
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25 Claims
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1. An eyewear display system for presenting data from at least one signal feed source, comprising:
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an eyeglasses frame;
a biometric authentication module coupled to said eyeglasses frame for biometrically authenticating a user;
at least one lens mounted within said eyeglasses frame;
at least one of a display screen coupled to said at least one lens;
at least one electrical power source for providing electrical power; and
a communications link for receiving signals from said at least one signal feed source and for relaying received signals to said at least one display screen after said user has been authenticated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25)
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19. A method for providing biometric authentication of at least one enrolled authorized user of an eyewear display system, comprising the steps of:
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enrolling said user into a biometric authentication module attached to an eyeglasses frame of said eyewear display system;
controlling access of said user to said eyewear display system by requiring said user to biometrically authenticate themselves with said attached biometric authentication module; and
allowing said user to access data for which they have access privileges after successful biometric authentication of said user.
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20. An apparatus adapted for viewing data by at least one biometrically-authenticated user, comprising:
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an eyeglasses frame having at least one biometric authentication module for authenticating said at least one user;
at least one lens mounted within said eyeglasses frame, wherein said lens is adapted for at least one of embedding a miniaturized display screen therewithin and for externally attaching an add-on display screen thereupon;
at least one signal feed source for communicating viewable data from a signal feed source to said display screen after successful biometric authentication of said user by said biometric authentication module; and
at least one electrical power source.
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23. An external credential interface subsystem for authenticating and relaying externally-provided user identity credentials to an eyewear display system, comprising:
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said external credential interface subsystem; and
at least one of a wired connection and a wireless connection for relaying said externally-provided user identity credentials to said eyewear display system. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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