Method and an apparatus for electronically compressing a transaction with a human signature
First Claim
1. A method for electronically processing a transaction having a human signature for verification of said transaction, said method comprising the steps of:
- electronically capturing said transaction at said point of transaction to form a transaction signal;
electronically capturing said human signature at said point of transaction to form a signature signal;
compressing said signature signal to form a compressed signature signal;
dividing said signature signal into a plurality of signature segment signals;
encoding each signature segment signal by selecting N rings sized by the Fibonacci series of
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Abstract
In the present invention a method of compressing a signature signal is disclosed. The signature signal is divided into a plurality of signature segment signals where each segment is encoded by using a modified ring-encoding method, such that the total number of grid points along the perimeter of all the rings can be stored in an 8-bit byte. In one embodiment of the method of the present invention, a Fibonacci series is used to determine the relative spacing of the rings. The present invention also discloses a method and apparatus for electronically processing a POS transaction with a human signature for verification of the transaction, as well as for request of extension of credit by a credit company. The signature is electronically captured, compressed and combined with a transaction signal which is representative of the transaction. The record signal is then processed by the credit company for verification of the transaction or for requesting extension of credit.
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5 Claims
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1. A method for electronically processing a transaction having a human signature for verification of said transaction, said method comprising the steps of:
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electronically capturing said transaction at said point of transaction to form a transaction signal; electronically capturing said human signature at said point of transaction to form a signature signal; compressing said signature signal to form a compressed signature signal; dividing said signature signal into a plurality of signature segment signals; encoding each signature segment signal by selecting N rings sized by the Fibonacci series of
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in a Modified Ring Encoding Method with each ring having a number of grid points, and where the total number of grid points is less than or equal to 256; -
combining said compressed signature signal with said transaction signal to form a record signal; and processing said record signal.
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3. A method for electronically processing a transaction having a human signature for verification of said transaction, said method comprising the steps of:
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electronically capturing said transaction at said point of transaction to form a transaction signal; electronically capturing said human signature at said point of transaction to form a signature signal; compressing said signature signal by a first compressing method to form a first compressed signature signal; compressing said signature signal by a second compressing method different from said first method to form a second compressed signature signal; comparing said first compressed signature signal to said second compressed signature signal; selecting the smaller size of the two first and second compressed signature signal as the compressed signature signal and using an additional bit to distinguish the two methods; combining said compressed signature signal with said transaction signal to form a record signal; and processing said record signal.
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4. An apparatus for electronically processing a transaction having a human signature for verification of said transaction, said apparatus comprising:
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means for electronically capturing said transaction at said point of transaction to form a transaction signal; means for electronically capturing said human signature at said point of transaction to form a signature signal; means for dividing said signature signal into a plurality of signature segment signals; means for encoding each signature segment signal by selecting N rings sized by the Fibonacci series of 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 in a Modified Ring Encoding Method with each ring having a number of grid points along its perimeter, and where the total number of grid points in less than or equal to 256; means for combining said compressed signature signal with said transaction signal to form a record signal; and means for processing said record signal.
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5. An apparatus for electronically processing a transaction having a human signature for verification of said transaction, said apparatus comprising:
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means for electronically capturing said transaction at said point of transaction to form a transaction signal; means for electronically capturing said human signature at said point of transaction to form a signature signal; means for compressing said signature signal by a first compressing method to form a first compressed signature signal; means for compressing said signature signal by a second compressing method to form a second compressed signature signal; means for comparing said first compressed signature signal to said second compressed signature signal; means for selecting the smaller size of the two first and second compressed signature signal as the compressed signature signal and using an additional bit to distinguish the two methods; means for combining said compressed signature signal with said transaction signal to form a record signal; and means for processing said record signal.
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