Apparatus and method for expandable biometric searching
First Claim
1. An apparatus for expandable biometric searching, the apparatus comprising:
- a database having a plurality of biometric data groups, each of the plurality of biometric data groups including a plurality of biometric records stored therein, each of the biometric records including at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index; and
a plurality of biometric searching engines, each of the plurality of biometric searching engines comprising data group managing means connected to said plurality of biometric data groups for managing the plurality of data groups, said data group managing means including multi-dimensional search space constructing means for constructing a multi-dimensional search space and internal map constructing means for constructing internal maps for each data group being managed.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for expandable biometric searching are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a database having a plurality of biometric data groups. Each of the plurality of biometric data groups includes a plurality of biometric records stored therein, and each of the biometric records includes at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index. The apparatus also includes a plurality of biometric searching engines. Each of the plurality of biometric searching engines preferably include a data group manager connected to the plurality of biometric data groups for managing the plurality of data groups. The data group manager includes multi-dimensional search space constructing means for constructing a multi-dimensional search space and internal map constructing means for constructing internal maps for each data group being managed. A method of expandably storing and searching biometric data preferably includes assigning each of a plurality of data groups to a plurality of biometric searching engines for performing a search of biometric data from the plurality of biometric data groups so that each of the plurality of biometric data groups is assigned only one of the plurality of biometric searching engines and controlling the plurality of data groups so as to construct a multi-dimensional search space and to construct internal maps for each data group being controlled.
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1. An apparatus for expandable biometric searching, the apparatus comprising:
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a database having a plurality of biometric data groups, each of the plurality of biometric data groups including a plurality of biometric records stored therein, each of the biometric records including at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index; and a plurality of biometric searching engines, each of the plurality of biometric searching engines comprising data group managing means connected to said plurality of biometric data groups for managing the plurality of data groups, said data group managing means including multi-dimensional search space constructing means for constructing a multi-dimensional search space and internal map constructing means for constructing internal maps for each data group being managed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for expandable biometric searching, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of biometric data groups for storing the plurality of biometric records, each of the plurality of biometric data groups including at least one biometric record having at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index; and a plurality of biometric searching engines, the plurality of biometric searching engines comprising data groups for managing the plurality of data groups, said data group managing means including multi-dimensional search space constructing means for constructing a multi-dimensional search space and internal map constructing means for constructing internal maps for each data group being managed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus for expandable biometric searching, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one client computer having biometric recording means associated therewith for recording at least one biometric records, the at least one biometric record including at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index; a data communications network connected to the client computer; and at least one server computer connected to the data communications network, the server computer including a database having a plurality of biometric data groups, each of the plurality of biometric data groups including a plurality of biometric records stored therein, each of the biometric records including at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index, and a plurality of biometric searching engines, each of the plurality of biometric searching engines comprising data group managing means connected to said plurality of biometric data groups for managing the plurality of data groups, said data group managing means including multi-dimensional search space constructing means for constructing a multi-dimensional search space and internal map constructing means for constructing internal maps for each data group being managed. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of expandably storing and searching biometric data, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of biometric data groups, each of the plurality of biometric data groups having a plurality of biometric records stored therein, each of the plurality of biometric records including at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index; assigning each of the plurality of data groups to a plurality of biometric searching engines for performing a search of biometric data from the plurality of separate biometric data groups so that each of the plurality of biometric data groups is assigned only one of the plurality of biometric searching engines; and controlling the plurality of data groups so as to construct a multi-dimensional search space and to construct internal maps for each data group being controlled. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method for expandably storing and searching biometric data, the method comprising the step of:
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assigning a plurality of biometric records to each of the plurality of biometric data groups, each of the plurality of biometric records including at least one biometric index and biometric data associated with the at least one biometric index; assigning each of plurality of data groups to a plurality of biometric searching engines for performing a search of biometric data from the plurality of biometric data groups so that each of the plurality of biometric data groups is assigned only one of the plurality of biometric searching engines; and controlling the plurality of data groups so as to construct the multi-dimensional search space and to construct internal maps for each data group being controlled. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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