Recoverable biometric identity system and method
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Abstract
A method for identifying persons based on biometric data achieves enhanced security and increased accuracy compared with other systems by distorting one or more biometrics prior to detection and recognition. The method includes detecting a distorted biometric for input into an identification system, comparing the distorted biometric to one or more distortion patterns, and determining an identity of the person based on results of the comparison. The biometric may be an eye pattern, a fingerprint or palm print, a voice print, a handwriting sample, a DNA sample, a facial image, or any other type of characteristic or behavioral attribute of a person. The biometric may be distorted in any one of a variety of ways for comparison to previously enrolled biometrics which have been distorted using the same or similar element. A system and program embodied within a computer-readable medium performs the steps of the method.
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110 Claims
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91. An identification device, comprising:
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a biometric input device for receiving distorted biometric information to determine an identity of a person; and a distortion element imposed on an actual biometric of the person and configured to modify the actual biometric to generate the distorted biometric information before entering the information into the biometric input device and modification of the actual biometric prevents entry of raw data representing the actual biometric of the person into the biometric input device. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93)
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94. An identification device, comprising:
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a biometric input device for receiving distorted biometric information to determine an identity of a person; and a distortion element imposed on an actual biometric of the person and configured to modify the actual biometric to generate the distorted biometric information before entering the information into the biometric input device and wherein inputting raw data representing the actual biometric of the person into the biometric input device causes a failed recognition of the identity of the person.
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95. An identification method, comprising:
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receiving distorted biometric data representing multiple degrees of uniqueness into a biometric input device to determine an identity of a person; imposing a distortion element on an actual biometric of the person to modify the actual actual biometric to generate the distorted biometric data by combining multiple unique attributes before entering the data into the biometric input device and to prevent entry of raw data representing the actual biometric of the person into the biometric input device; generating the distorted biometric data by combining at least one unique personal biometric data in a non-linear manner with at least one non-biometric data wherein each biometric data and non-biometric data is associated with a unique attribute; and preventing identity theft of the raw data of the actual biometric of the person when a system compromise occurs by providing reversibility of the combined multiple unique attributes into separate and distinct unique attributes such that the non-biometric data associated with each unique attribute can subsequently be modified and recombined non-linearly with the at least one unique personal biometric data for generating a revised distorted biometric data for re-entry into the biometric input device. - View Dependent Claims (96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)
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