Identification system

• US 5,793,881 A
• Filed: 08/31/1995
• Issued: 08/11/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Edge Biometrics, Inc., Advanced Biometrics, Inc. (Tesla Vision Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Dwight C. Peterson, John A. Stiver
• Inventors: Stiver, John A., Peterson, Dwight C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Couso, Jose L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Do, Anh Hong
• Application Number:
  US08/521,796
• Time in Patent Office: 1,076 Days
• Field of Search: 382/115, 382/124, 382/126, 382/127, 382/116
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 1/0015 Knobs or handles which do not operate the bolt or lock, e.g. non-movable; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/77 comprising sensors detecting the presence of the hand of a user
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/10 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/11 Hand-related biometrics; Hand pose recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A system for identifying an individual by having the person grasp an object which contains a means for detecting the structure and other characteristics of the hand and comparing these unique characteristics with those previously recorded and stored in memory.

Claims

1. A security device including a preprogrammed identifying means wherein the input comprises a device to be grasped by the hand of the person to be identified, said device comprising an elongated transparent cylindrical exterior shell, a source of infrared light mounted within the shell of sufficient intensity to penetrate at least the surface of the skin of a person grasping the shell, a scanning device including at least one fiber optic strand within the shell to scan the hand grasping the device recording the internal structure and transmitting the data to the identifying means to confirm or deny identity.

2. A security device as in claim 1 wherein the scanning device includes a plurality of fiber optic strands mounted in a row within the exterior shell along its longer dimension, said row adapted to rotate about the axis of the shell to scan the hand grasping the shell.

3. A security device as in claim 1 wherein the scanning device comprises a plurality of radially mounted fiber optic strands such that the scan may be made instantaneously.

4. A security device as in claim 1, wherein the strand moves along the long dimension of the shell while simultaneously rotating about an axis of the shell to scan the hand grasping the shell.

5. A security device including a preprogrammed identifying means wherein the input comprises a device grasped by the hand of a person to be identified and wherein the grasped device is a rigid elongated shell, is transparent and includes a light source emitting a light beam capable of penetrating at least the skin of the hand grasping the device;

and

scanning means to scan the hand grasping the device, recording the subcutaneous structure of the hand, and transmitting the data to the identifying means to process the data and compare it with data previously stored to confirm or deny identity.

6. A security device as in claim 5, wherein the grasped device is substantially cylindrical.