Biometrics System, Biologic Information Storage, and Portable Device

• US 20070177771A1
• Filed: 01/27/2007
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NL Giken, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NL Giken, Inc.
• Inventors: Tanaka, Masahide, Matsui, Tohru
• Granted Patent: US 8,224,034 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/14 Vascular patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/45 Detection of the body part being alive
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

In a biometrics system for a building entrance unlocking or a bank account authentication, reference information registered under administration by the system is transmitted to a room or mobile-phone for private storage, with the original reference information deleted from the system. Biologic information gotten upon authentication is transmitted through wireless system to the room or mobile-phone for comparison with the reference, the result being returned to the system. Or, the reference is tentatively sent back to the system for comparison with the gotten biologic information. The biologic information sent to mobile-phone also includes health control information for storage and display. Mobile-phone also can receive blood pressure information at a waiting lounge of medical institution though wireless local communication even if the main power shut down. The communication between the biometrics system and the mobile-phone is encrypted. The system includes sensor unit and protection unit, the abnormality thereof being separately checked.

Claims

1. A biometrics system for attaining an object by means of authenticating a person through a comparison between biologic information gotten by the person and registered reference biologic information of the person comprising:

an administrator arranged to administrate the registration of the reference biologic information of the person; and

a transmitter arranged to transmit the registered reference biologic information to an outside device under private control by the person to have the outside device store the registered reference biologic information.

2. The biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising a controller arranged to delete the registered reference biologic information from the biometrics system after the transmission of the registered reference biologic information to the outside device.

3. The biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising a second transmitter arranged to transmit to the outside device a biologic information gotten from a person, a receiver arranged to receive a result of comparison between the transmitted biologic information and the registered reference biologic information from the outside device, and function part arranged to attain the object in accordance with the result of comparison received by the receiver.

4. The biometrics system according to claim 3, wherein the function part includes a lock control system for an entrance door commonly utilized by a plurality of persons, and wherein the outside device is under individual control of one of the persons utilizing the entrance.

5. The biometrics system according to claim 3, wherein the first part is a bank system for authenticating a customer of the bank, and wherein the outside device is a portable device carried by the customer.

6. The biometrics system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter includes a wireless local communication apparatus.

7. The biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising a receiver arranged to temporarily receive the registered reference biologic information from the outside device, a comparator arranged to compare a biologic information gotten from a person and the registered reference biologic information, and function part arranged to attain the object in accordance with the result of comparison by the comparator.

8. The biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising an encryption system utilized by the administrator in administrating the registration of the reference biologic information of the person, the encrypted reference biologic information being transmitted to and stored by the outside device, and a biologic information sensor arranged to sense biologic information of the person to be authenticated, wherein the transmitter is further arranged to transmit to the outside device the biologic information sensed by the sensor with the encryption system utilized, whereby the encrypted biologic information gotten form the person and the encrypted reference biologic information are compared at the outside device.

9. The biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising a biologic information storage as the outside device including:

a receiver arranged to receive the reference biologic information from the transmitter;

a storage part arranged to store the received reference biologic information; and

a communicator for utilizing the reference information upon authentication for attaining the object.

10. A biometrics system for attaining an object by means of authenticating a person through a comparison between biologic information gotten by the person and registered reference biologic information of the person comprising:

a biologic information sensor arranged to sense biologic information including biometrics information and health control information; and

a transmitter arranged to transmit the biologic information sensed by the sensor to an outside device to have the outside device store the biologic information as the health control information.

11. The biometrics system according to claim 10, wherein the transmitter includes a wireless local communication apparatus.

12. The biometrics system according to claim 10, wherein the outside device is under control of a medical institution.

13. The biometrics system according to claim 10, wherein the outside device is a portable device under private control by the person.

14. The biometrics system according to claim 10, wherein the level of sufficiency of the biologic information differs between a case for authentication by the biometrics system and a case for storage by the outside device.

15. The biometrics system according to claim 10, wherein the transmitter is arranged to transmit the biologic information to the outside device when the biometrics system succeeds in authenticating the person on the basis of the biologic information sensed by the sensor.

16. The biometrics system according to claim 15, wherein the transmitter is arranged to transmit the biologic information to the outside device under private control by the person authenticated through the biologic information.

17. The biometrics system according to claim 10, wherein the biologic information sensor include:

a sensor unit arranged to sense biologic information of the person;

a protection unit separable from the sensor unit arranged to prevent the sensor unit from being damaged; and

a controller arranged to separately check the sensor unit and protection unit, respectively, for detecting abnormal condition thereof.

18. A portable device for storing health control information of a person carrying the potable device comprising:

a receiver arranged to receive the health control information from an outside biologic information sensor;

a storage part arranged to store the received health control information; and

a display arranged to display health control information on the basis of the storage part.

19. The portable device according to claim 18, wherein the receiver includes a wireless local communication apparatus.

20. The portable device according to claim 19, wherein the portable device is a mobile-phone including mobile-phone communication apparatus, and wherein the wireless local communication apparatus is activated even if the mobile-phone communication apparatus is deactivated.