APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF FINGER IMPRESSIONS FOR MULTIPLE USERS

• US 20120274598A1
• Filed: 04/26/2011
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Uy, Ricky
• Granted Patent: US 8,938,101 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/248 involving plural approaches, e.g. verification by template match; Resolving confusion among similar patterns, e.g. "O" versus "Q" G06V30/242 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints

Abstract

Described herein are an apparatus, system, and method for real-time identification of finger impressions for multiple users on a platform. The apparatus comprises a first logic unit to register finger impressions of corresponding multiple users, and to store the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a storage unit, wherein the finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users are received by a platform; and a second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants according to the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users, wherein the active participants are participants of an executing application.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first logic unit to register finger impressions of corresponding multiple users, and to store the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a storage unit, wherein the finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users are received by a platform; and

a second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants according to the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users, wherein the active participants are participants of an executing application.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprises an in-memory to store a copy, from the storage unit, of the finger impressions of the active participants.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants via a comparison logic unit which is operable to compare a finger impression of an active participant with a copy of the finger impressions of the active participants in the in-memory.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the comparison logic unit is operable to compare the finger impression of the active participant with one or more categories of information comprising:

a first category of information having types of patterns of the active finger impressions;

a second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions, the second category of information is compared with the finger impression in response to no match being found in the first category of information; and

a third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions, the third category of information is compared with the finger impression in response to no match being found in the second category of information, the third category.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first logic unit to register the received finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users by categorizing information about the finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a hierarchical view.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the categorized information comprises:

a first category of information having types of patterns of the finger impressions;

a second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions; and

a third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the platform comprises a touch pad to receive the finger impressions via sensors, the sensors being one of or a combination of:

optical sensors;

ultrasonic sensors;

passive capacitance sensors; and

active capacitance sensors.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the platform comprises a touch pad and is operable to take a photographic image of each finger impression of the finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the finger impressions being one of or a combination of:

fingerprints of the corresponding multiple users;

texture of a covering on fingers of the corresponding multiple users;

color of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users; and

temperature of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, by a platform, finger impressions of corresponding multiple users;

registering the received finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users;

storing the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a storage unit; and

identifying in real-time active participants according to the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users, wherein the active participants are participants of an executing application.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprises storing a copy of the finger impressions of the active participants to an in-memory.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying in real-time the active participants comprises comparing a finger impression of an active participant with a copy of the finger impressions of the active participants in the in-memory.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein comparing the finger impression of the active participant with the copy of the finger impressions of the active participants in the in-memory comprises:

comparing the finger impression of the active participant with a first category of information having types of patterns of the active finger impressions;

comparing the finger impression of the active participant with a second category of information in response to no match being found in the first category of information, the second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions; and

comparing the finger impression of the active participant with a third category of information in response to no match being found in the second category of information, the third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein registering the received finger impressions comprises categorizing information about the finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a hierarchical view.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein categorizing the information comprises:

generating a first category of information having types of patterns of the finger impressions;

generating a second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions; and

generating a third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the finger impressions being one of or a combination of:

fingerprints of the corresponding multiple users;

texture of a covering on fingers of the corresponding multiple users;

color of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users; and

temperature of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users.

17. A system comprising:

a touch pad to receive finger impressions of corresponding multiple users;

a storage unit to store the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users; and

a processor, coupled to the touch pad and the storage unit, the processor comprising;

a first logic unit to register the received finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users; and

a second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants according to the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users, wherein the active participants are participants of an executing application.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is coupled to an in-memory which is operable to store a copy, from the storage unit, of the finger impressions of the active participants.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants via a comparison logic unit which is operable to compare a finger impression of an active participant with a copy of the finger impressions of the active participants in the in-memory.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the comparison logic unit is operable to compare the finger impression of the active participant with one or more categories of information comprising:

a first category of information having types of patterns of the active finger impressions;

a second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions, the second category of information is compared with the finger impression in response to no match being found in the first category of information; and

a third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions, the third category of information is compared with the finger impression in response to no match being found in the second category of information.