Man-machine interface for controlling access to electronic devices
First Claim
1. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:
- receive a biometric input from a first user at a location of a touch screen, the location of the touch screen being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function;
determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the first user;
permit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user permits access to that function;
receive a biometric input from a second user at the location of the touch screen;
determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the second user; and
inhibit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user does not permit access to that function.
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Abstract
The invention disclosed herein describes a man-machine interface device for controlling access to electronic devices. The man-machine interface device comprises an electronic display unit including a transparent finger touch sensor region that is seated above the display apparatus, which is responsible for determining the presence and absence of a finger and for generating fingerprint images when a finger is detected. The man-machine interface device also includes a controller unit that is coupled to the display apparatus, the finger touch sensor region, and at least one electronic device. The method of the invention describes a process for authenticating individuals and verifying their security privileges to access sensitive data, based on a finger-touch selection of an icon presented on the display apparatus of the man-machine interface device.
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37 Claims
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1. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:
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receive a biometric input from a first user at a location of a touch screen, the location of the touch screen being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function;
determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the first user;
permit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the first user permits access to that function;
receive a biometric input from a second user at the location of the touch screen;
determine a security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user based collectively on the icon and the biometric input of the second user; and
inhibit access to the function associated with the icon when the security privilege uniquely associated with the icon and the biometric input of the second user does not permit access to that function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 31, 32)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory configured to store a plurality of biometric templates, each biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates being associated with a security privilege from a plurality of security privileges, each security privilege from the plurality of security privileges being associated with a function from a plurality of functions;
a touch screen having a biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input at a location within the touch screen, the touch screen configured to display a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being associated with a function from the plurality of functions; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the biometric sensor, the processor configured to permit access to a function associated with an icon from the plurality of icons when biometric input is received at a location within the touch screen associated with that icon and when the security privilege for that icon and for the biometric template from the plurality of biometric templates associated with the biometric input permits access to that icon. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 33, 34)
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16. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:
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receive a biometric input at a location of a touch screen from a user, the location of the touch screen being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function;
determine a security privilege of the user for that function based on the icon associated with the function and a biometric template that matches the biometric input of the user, the biometric template being from a plurality of biometric templates, the security privilege of the user for that function being from a plurality of security privileges; and
permit access to the function associated with the icon based on the security privilege of the user for that function. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 35, 36)
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23. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:
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receive a biometric input from a user at a location of a touch screen, the location being associated with an icon, the icon being associated with a function;
determine whether the biometric input of the user is authentic based on at least one biometric template from a plurality of biometric templates; and
determine a security privilege of the user for the function from a plurality of security privileges based on the icon associated with the function and the biometric input of the user when the biometric input of the user is authentic, the security privilege being uniquely associated with the icon and that biometric template. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37)
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