Biometrics system, biologic information storage, and portable device

• US 8,224,034 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2007
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NL Giken, Inc.
• Original Assignee: NL Giken, Inc.
• Inventors: Tanaka, Masahide, Matsui, Tohru
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jayesh A
• Application Number:
  US11/627,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20070177771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,998 Days
• Field of Search: 382115-119, 382124-125, 382/128
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/14 Vascular patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/45 Detection of the body part being alive
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

In a biometrics system for a building entrance unlocking or a bank account authentication, reference information registered under administration by the system is transmitted to a room or mobile-phone for private storage, with the original reference information deleted from the system. Biologic information gotten upon authentication is transmitted through wireless system to the room or mobile-phone for comparison with the reference, the result being returned to the system. Or, the reference is tentatively sent back to the system for comparison with the gotten biologic information. The biologic information sent to mobile-phone also includes health control information for storage and display. Mobile-phone also can receive blood pressure information at a waiting lounge of medical institution though wireless local communication even if the main power shut down. The communication between the biometrics system and the mobile-phone is encrypted. The system includes sensor unit and protection unit, the abnormality thereof being separately checked.

Claims

1. A building entrance biometrics system commonly utilized by predetermined persons, for authenticating a person to access the building entrance through a comparison between biologic information gotten from the person and registered reference biologic information of the person comprising:

a biologic information sensor, which is provided in the building entrance biometrics system, arranged to sense the biologic information of the person to be authenticated;

an administrator, which is provided in the building entrance biometrics system, arranged to administrate registration of the reference biologic information of the person sensed by the sensor in the building entrance biometrics system, the registered reference biologic information being used in comparison with the biologic information sensed by the biologic information sensor upon authenticating the person to access the building entrance;

a transmitter, which is provided in the building entrance biometrics system, arranged to transmit the registered reference biologic information obtained from the biologic information sensor in the building entrance biometrics system, to a portable device which is configured to operate independently and separately outside the building entrance biometrics system and which is carried by the person to have the portable device store the registered reference biologic information separately from the building entrance biometrics system,

whereby the registered reference biologic information comes to belong to the person under his/her private control within the portable device, a controller arranged to delete the registered reference biologic information to be used in coming authentication from the building entrance biometrics system after the transmission of the registered reference biologic information to the portable device, whereby the registered reference biologic information to be used in coming authentication is isolated from the biometrics system, wherein the portable device is a mobile-phone.

2. The building entrance biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising a second transmitter arranged to transmit, to the portable device, biologic information gotten from the person to be authenticated by means of the sensor, and a receiver arranged to receive a result of comparison between the transmitted biologic information and the registered reference biologic information from the portable device.

3. The building entrance biometrics system according to claim 2 further comprising a lock control system for an entrance door commonly utilized by the predetermined persons, and wherein the portable device is under individual control of each of the persons utilizing the entrance.

4. The building entrance biometrics system according to claim 2 further comprising a bank system for authenticating a customer of a bank.

5. The building entrance biometrics system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter includes a wireless local communication apparatus.

6. The building entrance biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising a receiver arranged to temporarily receive the registered reference biologic information from the portable device, and a comparator arranged to compare biologic information gotten from a person by means of the sensor and the registered reference biologic information with each other.

7. The building entrance biometrics system according to claim 1 further comprising an encryption system utilized by the administrator in administrating the registration of the reference biologic information of the person to form an encrypted reference biologic information, the encrypted reference biologic information being transmitted to and stored by the portable device, wherein the transmitter is further arranged to transmit to the portable device the biologic information sensed by the sensor with the encryption system utilized to form an encrypted biologic information, whereby the encrypted biologic information gotten form the person and the encrypted reference biologic information are compared with each other at the portable device.

8. The building entrance biometric system according to claim 1, wherein the portable device further comprising:

a receiver arranged to receive the reference biologic information from the transmitter;

a storage part arranged to store the received reference biologic information; and

a communicator arranged to communicate with the building entrance biometric system upon authentication.

14. The building entrance biometrics system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a protection unit including a transparent cover arranged to prevent the sensor unit from being damaged wherein the biologic information of the person is sensed through the protection unit by the sensor unit, and the protection unit is arranged to be separable from the sensor unit; and

a controller arranged to separately check both the sensor unit and protection unit for detecting abnormal condition thereof, respectively, the controller checking the protection unit whether or not the transparent cover is vandalized or tainted.

9. A bank biometrics system for authenticating a customer of the bank through a comparison between biologic information gotten from the customer and registered reference biologic information of the customer, the customer carrying a portable device comprising:

a biologic information sensor arranged to sense biologic information of the customer, the biologic information having a nature both as his/her own biometrics information and as his/her own health condition information; and

a bank security system, which is provided inside the bank biometrics system and arranged to conduct authentication through a comparison between the biometrics information gotten by the biologic information sensor and the registered reference biologic information of the customer,

a transmitter, which is provided inside the bank biometrics system and arranged to transmit the biologic information, which is gotten by the biologic information sensor on the occasion of authentication of the customer to the portable device as information of his/her own health condition,

whereby the authenticated customer is capable of privately knowing his/her own current health condition by means of the biologic information to be transmitted by the bank biometrics system on the occasion of authentication for the customer of the bank security system in the bank biometrics system, a controller arranged to delete the registered reference biologic information to be used in coming authentication from the bank biometrics system after the transmission of the registered reference biologic information to the portable device, whereby the registered reference biologic information to be used in coming authentication is isolated from the bank biometrics system, wherein the portable device is a mobile-phone.

10. The bank biometrics system according to claim 9, wherein the transmitter includes a wireless local communication apparatus.

12. The bank biometrics system according to claim 9, wherein the transmitter is arranged to transmit the biologic information to the portable device when the biometrics system succeeds in authenticating the customer on the basis of the biologic information sensed by the sensor.

13. The bank biometrics system according to claim 12, wherein the transmitter is arranged to transmit the biologic information to the portable device under private control by the customer authenticated through the biologic information.

15. The bank biometrics system according to claim 9, wherein the mobile-phone further comprising a mobile phone communication apparatus;

a wireless local communication apparatus arranged to communicate with the bank biometrics system and configured to wirelessly receive his/her own health condition information from the biologic information sensor of the bank biometrics system upon authentication conducted by the bank biometrics system.

16. The bank biometrics system according to claim 15, wherein the bank biometrics system is of a bank requiring authentication of the customer upon deposit withdrawal, and wherein the mobile phone is arranged to communicate with the bank through the wireless local communication apparatus upon the deposit withdrawal.

17. The bank biometrics system according to claim 15, wherein the mobile-phone communication apparatus and the wireless local communication apparatus are arranged to be physically inseparable from each other, and wherein the wireless local communication apparatus is activated for receiving the health condition information even if the mobile-phone communication apparatus is deactivated.

11. A biometrics system for authenticating a person through a comparison between biologic information gotten from the person and registered reference biologic information of the person comprising:

a biologic information sensor arranged to sense biologic information of the person including his/her own biometrics information and his/her own health condition information upon authentication; and

a transmitter arranged to transmit the biologic information sensed by the sensor to an outside device to have the outside device store the biologic information as the health condition information which is used independently from the authentication,

wherein a level of sufficiency of the biologic information in case of storage by the outside device as the health condition information which is used independently from the authentication differs from that in case of the authentication by the biometrics system so that the biometrics system may complete authentication even if the level of the biologic information is insufficient to store in the outside device and wherein the outside device is a mobile-phone.