Apparatus, system, and method for real-time identification of finger impressions for multiple users

• US 8,938,101 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2011
• Issued: 01/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Uy, Ricky
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jayesh A
• Application Number:
  US13/094,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20120274598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,365 Days
• Field of Search: 382115-116, 382/124, 382/190, 382/224, 345/173
• US Class Current: 382/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/248 involving plural approaches, e.g. verification by template match; Resolving confusion among similar patterns, e.g. "O" versus "Q" G06V30/242 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints

Abstract

Described herein are an apparatus, system, and method for real-time identification of finger impressions for multiple users on a platform. The apparatus comprises a first logic unit to register finger impressions of corresponding multiple users, and to store the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a storage unit, wherein the finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users are received by a platform; and a second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants according to the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users, wherein the active participants are participants of an executing application.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a storage unit;

an interactive computer platform to receive finger impressions of corresponding multiple users when the multiple users press their fingers on the interactive computer platform;

a first logic unit coupled to the interactive computer platform to register the finger impressions of corresponding multiple users, and to store the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in the storage unit;

an in-memory to store a copy, from the storage unit, of the stored, registered finger impressions; and

a second logic unit coupled to the storage unit to identify in real-time active participants according to the copy of the stored, registered finger impressions via a comparison logic unit which is to compare a finger impression of an active participant from the active participants with the copy of the stored, registered finger impressions in the in-memory, wherein the comparison logic unit is to compare the finger impression of the active participant with at least three categories of information of the registered finger impressions, comprising;

a first category of information having types of patterns of the finger impressions;

a second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions, wherein the second category of information is compared with the finger impression of the active participant in response to no match being found in the first category of information; and

a third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions, wherein the third category of information is compared with the finger impression of the active participant in response to no match being found in the second category of information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first logic unit to register the received finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users by categorizing information about the finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a hierarchical view of the first category, the second category, and the third category.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interactive computer platform comprise a touch pad to receive the finger impression via sensors, the sensors being one of or a combination of:

optical sensors;

ultrasonic sensors;

passive capacitance sensors; and

active capacitance sensors.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interactive computer platform comprises a touch pad and is to take a photographic image of each finger impression of the finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the finger impressions being one of or a combination of:

fingerprints of the corresponding multiple users;

texture of a covering on fingers of the corresponding multiple users;

color of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users; and

temperature of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users.

6. A method comprising:

receiving, by an interactive computer platform, finger impressions of corresponding multiple users when the users press their fingers on the interactive computer platform;

registering the received finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users;

storing the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a storage unit;

storing a copy of the stored, registered finger impressions to an in-memory; and

identifying in real-time active participants according to the stored, registered finger impressions, wherein identifying in real-time the active participants comprises comparing a finger impression of an active participant from the active participants with a copy of the finger impressions in the in-memory, and wherein comparing the finger impression of the active participant with the copy of the finger impressions in the in-memory comprises;

comparing the finger impression of the active participant with a first category of information of the registered finger impression, the first category having types of patterns of the finger impressions;

comparing the finger impression of the active participant with a second category of information of the registered finger impression in response to no match being found in the first category of information, the second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions; and

comparing the finger impression of the active participant with a third category of information of the registered finger impression in response to no match being found in the second category of information, the third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein registering the received finger impressions comprises categorizing information about the finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a hierarchical view.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein categorizing the information comprises:

generating a first category of information having types of patterns of the finger impressions;

generating a second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions; and

generating a third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the finger impressions being one of or a combination of:

fingerprints of the corresponding multiple users;

texture of a covering on fingers of the corresponding multiple users;

color of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users; and

temperature of the fingers of the corresponding multiple users.

10. A system comprising:

a touch pad to receive finger impressions of corresponding multiple users when the multiple users press their fingers on the touch pad;

a processor, coupled to the touch pad comprising;

a first logic unit to register the received finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users; and

a second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants according to the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users; and

a storage unit to store the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users;

an in-memory to store a copy, from the storage unit, of the stored, registered finger impressions; and

wherein the second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants via a comparison logic unit which is to compare a finger impression of an active participant from the active participants with the copy of the stored, registered finger impressions in the in-memory, wherein the comparison logic unit is to compare the finger impression of the active participant with at least three categories of information of the registered finger impressions, comprising;

a first category of information having types of patterns of the finger impressions;

a second category of information having unique features of the types of patterns of the finger impressions, wherein the second category of information is compared with the finger impression of the active participant in response to no match being found in the first category of information; and

a third category of information having complete photographic images of the finger impressions, wherein the third category of information is compared with the finger impression of the active participant in response to no match being found in the second category of information.