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Method and system for biometric recognition based on electric and/or magnetic characteristics

  • US 6,898,299 B1
  • Filed: 09/15/1999
  • Issued: 05/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for authenticating a specific individual, by including means for measuring unique, internal electric or magnetic or acoustic properties of a plurality of different body parts of said specific individual, and means for calculating a ratio of said measurements to generate a present biometric signature, and means for comparing said present biometric signature with at least one known biometric signature, said apparatus including a card having a plurality of electrodes for engagement with said body parts to generate said present biometric signature, a reader for reading the present biometric signature generated by the card, and a comparator for comparing the present and known biometric signatures to authenticate the individual if the biometric signatures match.

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