Finger verification system

• US 6,144,756 A
• Filed: 01/21/1998
• Issued: 11/07/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kimura, Takuji, Takahashi, Yasuo, Aizawa, Masami
• Primary Examiner(s): MEHTA, BHAVESH M
• Application Number:
  US09/010,026
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 382/115, 382/124-127, 340/825.3, 340/825.31, 340/825.34
• US Class Current: 382/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1306 non-optical, e.g. ultrasonic or capacitive sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1335 Combining adjacent partial images (e.g. slices) to create a composite input or reference pattern; Tracking a sweeping finger movement
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/15 Biometric patterns based on physiological signals, e.g. heartbeat, blood flow
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

Two grooves are provided on a rear face of the remote control transmission apparatus and a plurality of electrodes are arranged in the grooves in substantially the same direction as an extension direction thereof. The plurality of the electrodes are connected to a conversion device. The conversion device measures an impedance between each of the electrodes and the finger placed in the groove, codes that impedance distribution pattern and transmits it to a recognition device. The recognition device determines whether or not he is a particular registered person by verifying with a preliminarily stored registration pattern and controls availability of a pay channel according to the determination result.

Claims

1. A finger verification system comprising:

a case having two grooves disposed on a rear face thereof, said grooves being located on said rear face so as to correspond to a natural position and contour of fingers clutching said case, and an angle formed by said grooves being 5 degrees to 30 degrees;

electrode faces which are provided in each of said grooves and formed with electrodes arranged in the same direction as an extension direction of said grooves; and

a recognition means for, when a finger makes a contact with any of said electrode faces, recognizing a particular person related to said finger according to an impedance distribution pattern group obtained by measurement based on said electrodes.

2. A finger verification system comprising:

a case having a plurality of grooves disposed on a rear face thereof;

a plurality of electrode faces which are provided in each of said plurality of the grooves and formed with a plurality of electrodes arranged in the same direction as an extension direction of said plurality of the grooves; and

a recognition means for, when a finger makes a contact with any of said plurality of the electrode faces, recognizing a particular person related to said finger according to an impedance distribution pattern group obtained by measurement based on said plurality of the electrodes, wherein said case is provided with said plurality of the grooves on the rear face thereof and contains a rotary body rotatable around a shaft vertical to the rear face.

3. A finger verification system according to claim 2 further comprising a spring-back mechanism which positions said rotary body at a predetermined position under no load condition and when a load is applied in any direction of normal and reverse directions, rotates said rotary body in the direction of said load from said predetermined position and when said load is removed, returns said rotary body to said predetermined position.

4. A finger verification system comprising:

a case having two grooves disposed on a rear face thereof, an angle formed by said grooves being 5 degrees to 30 degrees;

electrode faces which are provided in each of said grooves and formed with electrodes arranged in the same direction as an extension direction of said grooves; and

a recognition means for, when a finger makes a contact with any of said electrode faces, recognizing a particular person related to said finger according to an impedance distribution pattern group obtained by measurement based on said electrodes,

wherein said case is provided with said grooves on the rear face thereof and contains a rotary body rotatable around a shaft vertical to the rear face.

5. A finger verification system according to claim 4, further comprising a spring-back mechanism which positions said rotary body at a predetermined position under no load condition and when a load is applied in any direction of normal and reverse directions, rotates said rotary body in the direction of said load from said predetermined position and when said load is removed, returns said rotary body to said predetermined position.

6. A finger verification system comprising:

a case having a plurality of grooves disposed on a rear face thereof, said grooves being located on said rear face so as to correspond to a natural position and contour of fingers clutching said case, angles formed by said plurality of the grooves being 5 degrees to 30 degrees;

electrode faces which are provided in each of said plurality of the grooves and formed with electrodes arranged in the same direction as an extension direction of said plurality of the grooves; and

a recognition means for, when a finger makes a contact with any of said electrode faces, recognizing a particular person related to said finger according to an impedance distribution pattern group obtained by measurement based on said electrodes.

7. A finger verification system comprising:

a case having a plurality of grooves disposed on a rear face thereof, angles formed by said plurality of the grooves being 5 degrees to 30 degrees;

electrode faces which are provided in each of said plurality of the grooves and formed with electrodes arranged in the same direction as an extension direction of said plurality of the grooves; and

a recognition means for, when a finger makes a contact with any of said electrode faces, recognizing a particular person related to said finger according to an impedance distribution pattern group obtained by measurement based on said electrodes,

wherein said case is provided with said plurality of the grooves on the rear face thereof and contains a rotary body rotatable around a shaft vertical to the rear face.

8. A finger verification system comprising:

a case having a plurality of grooves disposed on a rear face thereof, angles formed by said plurality of the grooves being 5 degrees to 30 degrees, wherein said case contains a rotary body rotatable around a shaft vertical to the rear face;

electrode faces which are provided in each of said plurality of the grooves and formed with electrodes arranged in the same direction, as an extension direction of said plurality of the grooves;

a recognition means for, when a finger makes a contact with any of said electrode faces, recognizing a particular person related to said finger according to an impedance distribution pattern group obtained by measurement based on said electrodes; and

a spring-back mechanism which positions said rotary body at a predetermined position under no load condition and when a load is applied in any direction of normal and reverse directions, rotates said rotary body in the direction of said load from said predetermined position and when said load is removed, returns said rotary body to said predetermined position.

9. A finger verification system comprising:

a case having a plurality of grooves disposed on a rear face thereof, said grooves being located on said rear face so as to correspond to a natural position and contour of fingers clutching said case;

electrode faces which are provided in each of said plurality of the grooves and formed with electrodes arranged in the same direction as an extension direction of said plurality of the grooves; and

a recognition means for, when a finger makes a contact with any of said plurality of the electrode faces, recognizing a particular person related to said finger according to an impedance distribution pattern group obtained by measurement based on said electrodes.