BIOMETRIC TERMINALS

• US 20120138680A1
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HID Global Corporation (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: Lumidigm Incorporated (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Rowe, Robert K., Litz, Alexander A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,840,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382.5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1095 the scanner comprising adaptations for scanning a record carrier that is displayed on a display-screen or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00841 by a portable device
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

Biometric terminals are disclosed that include a biometric reader, an input device, and a processor coupled with the biometric reader and the input device. The processor has instructions to read a biometric measure from a user with the biometric reader. It also has instructions to receive an encoded signal from a handheld device with the input device, the encoded signal including an instruction to update a biometric access system. Instructions are included to decode the encoded signal and to modify biometric access by the user to the biometric access system in accordance with the instruction to update the biometric access system. Update of the biometric access system is acknowledged.

Claims

1. A biometric terminal comprising:

a biometric reader;

an input device; and

a processor in communication with the biometric reader and the input device, the processor having;

instructions to read a biometric measure from a user with the biometric reader;

instructions to receive an encoded signal from a handheld device with the input device, the encoded signal including an instruction to update a biometric access system;

instructions to decode the encoded signal;

instructions to modify biometric access by the user to the biometric access system in accordance with the instruction to update the biometric access system; and

instructions to acknowledge the biometric access system has been updated.

2. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 wherein the update comprises enrollment of the user into the biometric access system.

3. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 wherein the update comprises deletion of authorization for the user from the biometric access system.

4. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 wherein the update comprises changing an access level for the user within the biometric access system.

5. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 wherein:

the update comprises a change in service level with the biometric access system, wherein the change in service level comprises a change in the number of users permitted to be authorized by the biometric access system or a change in a time period over which access is permitted to be authorized by the biometric access system; and

the processor further has;

instructions for transmitting a request for payment from the handheld device to a payment processor over the network; and

instructions for receiving an approval from the payment processor over the network before generating the encoded signal.

6. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 wherein:

the input device consists of an optical reader; and

the encoded signal comprises an image displayed on a display of the handheld device and readable by the optical reader.

7. The biometric terminal recited in claim 6 wherein the image having a size that is periodically modulated on the display while maintaining internal relative dimensions within the image.

8. The biometric terminal recited in claim 6 wherein:

the image changes over time; and

the instructions to receive the encoded signal comprise instructions to read a plurality of images from the display.

9. The biometric terminal recited in claim 6 wherein the image comprises a barcode.

10. The biometric terminal recited in claim 9 wherein the barcode comprises a two-dimensional barcode.

11. The biometric terminal recited in claim 9 wherein the barcode comprises a color barcode.

12. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 wherein the biometric reader comprises an optical biometric reader configured to image a skin site of the user.

13. The biometric terminal recited in claim 12 wherein the optical biometric reader comprises:

an illumination source disposed to provide light to illuminate the skin site; and

an imaging system disposed to receive light scattered from the skin site.

14. The biometric terminal recited in claim 13 wherein the optical biometric reader comprises optics to generate multispectral images detected by the imaging system.

15. The biometric terminal recited in claim 13 wherein the input device consists of the optical biometric reader.

16. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 further comprising a signal generator in communication with the processor, wherein the instructions to acknowledge comprise instructions to generate an acknowledgment signal with the signal generator to the handheld device after the biometric access system has been updated.

17. The biometric terminal recited in claim 1 wherein the signal generator comprises an acoustic signal generator.

18. A biometric terminal comprising:

an input device consisting of an optical reader;

a signal generator; and

a processor coupled with the optical reader and the signal generator, the processor having;

instructions to read a biometric measure from a skin site of a user with the optical reader;

instructions to receive an encoded signal from a handheld device with the optical reader, the encoded signal comprising an image displayed on a display of the handheld device;

instructions to decode the encoded signal; and

instructions to transmit an acknowledgment signal with the signal generator to the handheld device after the encoded signal has been decoded.

19. The biometric terminal recited in claim 18 wherein the image has a size that is periodically modulated on the display while maintaining internal relative dimensions within the image.

20. The biometric terminal recited in claim 18 wherein:

the image changes over time; and

the instructions to receive the encoded signal comprise instructions to read a plurality of images from the display.

21. The biometric terminal recited in claim 18 wherein the image comprises a barcode.

22. The biometric terminal recited in claim 21 wherein the barcode comprises a two-dimensional barcode.

23. The biometric terminal recited in claim 21 wherein the barcode comprises a color barcode.

24. The biometric terminal recited in claim 18 wherein the signal generator comprises an acoustic signal generator.

25. The biometric terminal recited in claim 18 wherein the optical reader comprises:

an illumination source disposed to provide light to illuminate the skin site of the user; and

an imaging system disposed to receive light scattered from the skin site or from the display of the handheld device.

26. The biometric terminal recited in claim 25 wherein the optical reader comprises optics to generate multispectral images detected by the imaging system.