SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANONYMOUS BIOMETRICS ANALYSIS

• US 20130016883A1
• Filed: 07/13/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Whillock, Rand P., Determan, Gary Edward, Jacobson, Vincent, Venkatesha, Sharath, Davalos, Pedro
• Granted Patent: US 9,020,208 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands

Abstract

A system receives an identification number from a subject. The system retrieves a biometric measurement from a database using the identification number. The database includes biometric measurements of a plurality of subjects. Each biometric measurement is determined from a location of a particular subject'"'"'s body, each biometric measurement is associated with a particular identification number, and each particular identification number is associated with a particular subject. When the use of the identification number results in a retrieval of a biometric measurement from the biometric database, the system searches a plurality of locations on the subject and takes biometric measurements at the locations, compares the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database with the biometric measurements of the subject, and indicates that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database matches one or more of the biometric measurements from the subject or that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database does not match any of the biometric measurements from the subject. In an embodiment, the system is used for verification purposes, not identification purposes.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer processor configured to;

receive an identification number from a subject;

retrieve a biometric measurement from a database using the identification number, wherein the database comprises biometric measurements of a plurality of subjects, wherein each biometric measurement is determined from a location of a particular subject'"'"'s body, wherein each biometric measurement is associated with a particular identification number, and wherein each particular identification number is associated with a particular subject; and

when the use of the identification number results in a retrieval of a biometric measurement from the biometric database;

search a plurality of locations on the subject and take biometric measurements at the locations;

compare the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database with the biometric measurements of the subject; and

indicate that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database matches one or more of the biometric measurements from the subject or that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database does not match any of the biometric measurements from the subject.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising:

a computer processor configured to;

create the identification number for the subject;

select a body location on the subject to take a biometric measurement of the subject;

make one or more biometric measurements at the location; and

store the biometric measurement in the database indexed by the identification number.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein a body location for the biometric measurement from the biometric database is randomly selected from a plurality of locations at a time that the biometric measurement is entered into the biometric database.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the biometric measurement taken of the subject is randomly selected from a plurality of biometric measurements at a time that the biometric measurement is entered into the biometric database.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein a body location for the biometric measurement from the biometric database is selected based on a quality measure from a plurality of biometric measurements at a time that the biometric measurement is entered into the biometric database.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the biometric measurement of the subject comprises a single biometric measurement of a specific area of the subject'"'"'s body.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the biometric measurement of the subject comprises multiple biometric measurements of a specific area of the subject'"'"'s body.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication of a match results in a verification of the identity of the subject.

9. The system of claim 1, configured to not retrieve biometric measurements from the subject when the use of the identification number for the subject fails to retrieve a biometric measurement from the biometric database or to retrieve biometric data from the biometric database.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the location on the subject comprises a skin texture of a patch of skin.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the skin texture of a patch of skin comprises a facial patch of skin.

12. The system of claim 2, wherein the system is configured to execute on different processors sharing a common database or copies of the same database.

13. A process comprising:

receiving an identification number from a subject;

retrieving a biometric measurement from a database using the identification number, wherein the database comprises biometric measurements of a plurality of subjects, wherein each biometric measurement is determined from a location of a particular subject'"'"'s body, wherein each biometric measurement is associated with a particular identification number, and wherein each particular identification number is associated with a particular subject; and

when the use of the identification number results in a retrieval of a biometric measurement from the biometric database;

searching a plurality of locations on the subject and taking biometric measurements at the locations;

comparing the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database with the biometric measurements of the subject; and

indicating that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database matches one or more of the biometric measurements from the subject or that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database does not match any of the biometric measurements from the subject.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising:

creating the identification number for the subject;

selecting a body location on the subject to take a biometric measurement of the subject;

making one or more biometric measurements at the location; and

storing the biometric measurement in the database indexed by the identification number.

15. The process of claim 13, wherein the indication of a match results in a verification of the identity of the subject.

16. The process of claim 13, comprising not retrieving biometric measurements from the subject when the use of the identification number for the subject fails to retrieve a biometric measurement from the biometric database or to retrieve biometric data from the biometric database.

17. The process of claim 13, wherein the location on the subject comprises a skin texture of a patch of skin.

18. The process of claim 13, wherein the skin texture of a patch of skin comprises a facial patch of skin.

19. A computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor execute a process comprising:

receiving an identification number from a subject;

retrieving a biometric measurement from a database using the identification number, wherein the database comprises biometric measurements of a plurality of subjects, wherein each biometric measurement is determined from a location of a particular subject'"'"'s body, wherein each biometric measurement is associated with a particular identification number, and wherein each particular identification number is associated with a particular subject; and

when the use of the identification number results in a retrieval of a biometric measurement from the biometric database;

searching a plurality of locations on the subject and taking biometric measurements at the locations;

comparing the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database with the biometric measurements of the subject; and

indicating that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database matches one or more of the biometric measurements from the subject or that the retrieved biometric measurement from the biometric database does not match any of the biometric measurements from the subject.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, comprising instructions for:

creating the identification number for the subject;

selecting a body location on the subject to take a biometric measurement of the subject;

making one or more biometric measurements at the location; and

storing the biometric measurement in the database indexed by the identification number.