SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHORIZATION UTILIZING CONFORMABLE ELECTRONICS

• US 20180047229A1
• Filed: 01/26/2017
• Published: 02/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., McKnight, Gary L., Petroski, Robert C., Sweeney, Elizabeth A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,019,859 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• 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 5/6813 Specially adapted to be attached to a specific body part A61B5/6802 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6833 Adhesive patches
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/12 characterised by using adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07762 the adhering arrangement making the record carrier wearable, e.g. having the form of a ring, watch, glove or bracelet record carriers for insertion in the human body for medical purposes A61B90/00; record carriers adapted for attachment to animals A01K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/15 Biometric patterns based on physiological signals, e.g. heartbeat, blood flow
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

An identification device includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate configured to conform to a skin surface of a body portion of an individual subject; a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including one or more identity sensors configured to generate one or more identity sense signals associated with at least one physical characteristic of the individual subject; circuitry configured to compare the one or more identity sense signals generated by the sensor assembly to reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with an identity; circuitry configured to compare at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity with one or more authorization parameters; and a reporter operably coupled to the circuitry and configured to generate one or more communication signals associated with the comparison with the one or more authorization parameters.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a deformable substrate configured to conform to a skin surface of a body portion of an individual subject;

a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including one or more identity sensors configured to generate one or more identity sense signals associated with at least one physical characteristic of the individual subject;

circuitry operably coupled to the sensor assembly and configured to receive the one or more identity sense signals associated with the at least one physical characteristic of the individual subject, the circuitry including an identity comparison module configured to compare the one or more identity sense signals generated by the sensor assembly to reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with an identity of at least one individual to determine whether the one or more identity sense signals correspond to the identity of the at least one individual, the circuitry including an authorization comparison module configured to compare at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with one or more authorization parameters; and

a reporter operably coupled to the circuitry and configured to generate one or more communication signals responsive to instruction by the circuitry, the one or more communication signals associated with a comparison of at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters, wherein the one or more authorization parameters include at least one scheduled parameter, the circuitry configured to disable a power connection to at least one of the sensor assembly or the reporter responsive to a correspondence between the one or more identity sense signals and the one or more physical characteristics associated with the identity of the at least one individual being below a threshold correspondence.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more communication signals correspond to one of (i) authorization for the individual subject to operate an external device responsive to a correspondence between at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters being at least at a threshold correspondence, or (ii) a lack of authorization for the individual subject to operate the external device responsive to a correspondence between at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters being below a threshold correspondence.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more communication signals correspond to authorization for the individual subject to operate an external device responsive to both of (i) a correspondence between the one or more identity sense signals and the reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with the identity of the at least one individual being at least at a threshold correspondence and (ii) a correspondence between at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters being at least at a threshold correspondence.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one scheduled parameter includes a list of identities of one or more individuals scheduled to undergo a procedure.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one scheduled parameter includes a list of identities of one or more individuals scheduled to operate an external device.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one scheduled parameter is associated with at least one of a treatment schedule, a recovery schedule, a rehabilitation schedule, a pre-operative schedule, a post-operative schedule, or a discharge schedule.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more authorization parameters include a list of reference physical characteristics for one or more individuals authorized to operate an external device.

17. The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry further includes a comparison module configured to compare the one or more identity sense signals generated by the sensor assembly to reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with a physical state of the individual to determine whether the individual subject is authorized to operate an external device.

20. The device of claim 1, wherein the reporter includes an antenna structure configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device.

72. The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes a logging module configured to store at least one activity state of the individual subject.

73. The device of claim 72, wherein the reporter is further configured to generate one or more communication signals associated with the at least one activity state of the individual subject.

74. The device of claim 1, wherein the reporter is configured to transmit the one or more communication signals associated with the comparison of the at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters to an information system.

75. The device of claim 74, wherein the information system includes at least one of an electronic health records system, a billing system, a scheduling system, an inventory management system, a claim processing system, or an administrative system.

76. The device of claim 74, wherein the reporter is configured to transmit the one or more communication signals associated with the comparison of the at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters to the information system to identify the individual subject to the information system.

79. The device of claim 74, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive the one or more authorization parameters from the information system.

122. The device of claim 17, wherein the reference data includes one or more physical characteristics associated with presence of a chemical substance.

123. The device of claim 122, wherein the circuitry is configured to prevent authorization of the individual subject to operate at least a portion of the external device responsive to a correspondence between the one or more identity sense signals and the reference data being above a functional threshold correspondence.

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85. A method, comprising:

generating one or more identity sense signals corresponding to an individual subject via an identification device having a deformable substrate configured to conform to a skin surface of a body portion of the individual subject and having one or more identity sensors coupled to the deformable substrate, the one or more identity sense signals associated with at least one physical characteristic of the individual subject;

comparing via circuitry the one or more identity sense signals to reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with an identity of at least one individual to determine whether the one or more identity sense signals correspond to the identity of the at least one individual;

comparing via circuitry at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with one or more authorization parameters;

reporting to an external device one or more communication signals associated with a comparison of at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters, wherein the one or more authorization parameters include at least one scheduled parameter; and

disabling a power connection to at least a portion of the identification device responsive to a correspondence between the one or more identity sense signals and the reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with an identity of at least one individual being below a threshold correspondence.

92. The method of claim 85, wherein the one or more communication signals correspond to authorization for the individual subject to operate an external device responsive to both of (i) a correspondence between the one or more identity sense signals and the reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with the identity of the at least one individual being at least at a threshold correspondence and (ii) a correspondence between at least one of the one or more identity sense signals or the identity of the at least one individual with the one or more authorization parameters being at least at a threshold correspondence.

100. The method of claim 85, wherein the at least one scheduled parameter is associated with at least one of a treatment schedule, a recovery schedule, a rehabilitation schedule, a pre-operative schedule, a post-operative schedule, or a discharge schedule.

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