Fingerprinting apparatus, system, and method
First Claim
1. A surreptitious biometric acquisition apparatus, comprisinga sensor configured to produce an electrical signal corresponding to a biometric signature of a subject, wherein the sensor is surreptitiously mounted to a surface to prevent detection of a location and presence of the sensor, wherein the surface comprises a law enforcement vehicle;
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for surreptitious biometric acquisition are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor is configured to produce an electrical signal corresponding to a biometric signature of a subject. The sensor is configured to be surreptitiously mounted to a surface. Various sensors are disclosed as being operative with the surreptitious biometric acquisition apparatus. A vehicle with a surreptitiously mounted biometric acquisition apparatus is disclosed. A method for surreptitious identification of suspects is also disclosed.
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24 Claims
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1. A surreptitious biometric acquisition apparatus, comprising
a sensor configured to produce an electrical signal corresponding to a biometric signature of a subject, wherein the sensor is surreptitiously mounted to a surface to prevent detection of a location and presence of the sensor, wherein the surface comprises a law enforcement vehicle; - and
a signal processing module configured to convert the electrical signal to a digital signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22)
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20. A law enforcement vehicle comprising a surreptitious biometric acquisition apparatus, the vehicle comprising:
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a surreptitious biometric acquisition module comprising; a sensor configured to produce an electrical signal corresponding to a biometric signature of a subject, wherein the sensor is formed integrally with the law enforcement vehicle to prevent detection of a location and presence of the sensor; a signal processing module configured to convert the electrical signal to a digital signal; and a communication module coupled to the signal processing module and configured to communicate with a first processing node; the first processing node comprising; a processor configured to process the signal from the communication module; and a wireless communication module coupled to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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21. A method for surreptitiously identifying a subject, comprising
obtaining, via a biometric sensor, an analog signal representing biometric data of the subject, wherein the biometric sensor is surreptitiously mounted to a surface to prevent detection of a location and presence of the biometric sensor, wherein the surface comprises an outer surface of a law enforcement vehicle; -
converting, via a signal processing module, the analog signal into a digital signal; transmitting, via a first communication module, the digital signal to a first processing node; processing, via the first processing node, the digital signal; transmitting, via a second communication module, the digital signal to a second processing node; comparing, via the second processing node, the biometric data of the subject to a database of known biometric information; transmitting, via a third communication module, identifying information of the subject; receiving, via the second communication node, the identifying information for the subject. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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