Method and apparatus for subcutaneous identification

• US 6,330,346 B1
• Filed: 08/10/1998
• Issued: 12/11/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Advanced Biometrics, Inc. (Tesla Vision Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Advanced Biometrics, Inc. (Tesla Vision Corp.)
• Inventors: Jackson, Donald W., Stiver, John A., Peterson, Dwight C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Couso, Jose L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Do, Anh Hong
• Application Number:
  US09/132,027
• Time in Patent Office: 1,219 Days
• Field of Search: 382/115, 382/129, 382/124, 340/825.34, 606/185
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 1/0015 Knobs or handles which do not operate the bolt or lock, e.g. non-movable; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/77 comprising sensors detecting the presence of the hand of a user
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/10 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• 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 40/11 Hand-related biometrics; Hand pose recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

Apparatus for non-invasive reading of subcutaneous material, including in one package light emitters of a wavelength capable of illuminating subcutaneous material, light detecting elements responsive to the illuminated material and prerecorded material, whereby the apparatus makes a comparison between the currently illuminated material and the prerecorded material.

Claims

1. An identification system for determining an individual'"'"'s identity, comprising:

a hollow, elongated, transparent element capable of being grasped as a unit by the human hand;

a plurality of light sources within the transparent element emitting a light passing through the transparent element capable of illuminating subcutaneous material;

a plurality of devices within the transparent element capable of reading the material illuminated; and

means interconnected with the reading devices for comparing the current reading with a pre-recorded standard.

2. A device for non-invasive reading of subcutaneous material of a living organism, comprising:

a flexible mat of a predetermined size to which are secured;

a grid of light-emitting elements of a wavelength capable of penetrating the skin of the organism;

a grid of light-detecting elements capable of reading the objects illuminated by the grid of light-emitting elements; and

means interconnected with the light-detecting elements to record that which is illuminated.

3. A device as in claim 2, wherein the light-emitting elements and the light-detecting elements are located on separate layers of a multilayered mat.

4. A device as in claim 2, and further including means to prevent cross-reading of the illuminated images.

5. A device as in claim 2, wherein the data recorded is compared to prerecorded and stored data for identification.

6. An identification system for determining an individual'"'"'s identity, comprising:

an elongated, transparent object capable of being grasped by the human hand;

a plurality of light sources within the transparent object emitting a light capable of illuminating subcutaneous material;

a plurality of devices within the transparent object capable of reading the material illuminated wherein the light sources and reading devices are alternately placed along a strip inserted into the transparent device; and

means interconnected with the reading devices for comparing a current reading with a prerecorded standard.

7. An identification system as in claim 6, wherein the light sources and reading devices are located along a plurality of strips within the transparent device.