Mobile issuance of official documents with biometric information encoded thereon
First Claim
1. An integrated tablet-computer system for producing a traffic ticket with a biometrically-relevant feature of a traffic-ticket recipient thereon, comprising:
- a tablet computer, the tablet computer comprising a display;
a camera integrated with the tablet computer, the camera being pointed at a traffic ticket recipient while data is entered into the tablet computer display, the camera further obtaining the biometrically relevant feature of the traffic ticket recipient at a time and vicinity in which the traffic ticket is produced;
a program for automatically associating the biometrically-relevant feature of the traffic ticket recipient with the data and storing the biometrically-relevant feature and the data on the tablet computer; and
,a printer, the printer being integrated with the tablet computer and printing a traffic ticket at the time and vicinity in which the traffic ticket is produced, the traffic ticket comprising the data and the obtained biometrically-relevant feature,wherein the biometrically-relevant feature includes an image of the traffic ticket recipient taken at the time and vicinity the traffic ticket is produced and an image of at least one eye of the traffic ticket recipient.
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Abstract
A system for automatically obtaining a printable photographic image of an object for a document, particularly adaptable to police traffic-ticket dispensing situations is described. A tablet computer with a stylus input display device has a video camera device associated with it that points at the object of the document, in the preferred example the object of the document being the suspect or perpetrator of the offense. Wireless communication with a printer affiliated with another computer in the police car makes printing of the ticket easy, and additional wireless connections to remote databases provides the officer at the scene with confirmation of the object'"'"'s identity and additional information. The end result is a ticket or document that is self proving and can be used to confirm the identity of the holder of the document when presented. This system can also be used in transportation, commercial, and medical settings. Many additional applications for authenticating transactions of various types are described, and electronically transferable documents may be used in place of printed documents in some embodiments.
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1. An integrated tablet-computer system for producing a traffic ticket with a biometrically-relevant feature of a traffic-ticket recipient thereon, comprising:
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a tablet computer, the tablet computer comprising a display; a camera integrated with the tablet computer, the camera being pointed at a traffic ticket recipient while data is entered into the tablet computer display, the camera further obtaining the biometrically relevant feature of the traffic ticket recipient at a time and vicinity in which the traffic ticket is produced; a program for automatically associating the biometrically-relevant feature of the traffic ticket recipient with the data and storing the biometrically-relevant feature and the data on the tablet computer; and
,a printer, the printer being integrated with the tablet computer and printing a traffic ticket at the time and vicinity in which the traffic ticket is produced, the traffic ticket comprising the data and the obtained biometrically-relevant feature, wherein the biometrically-relevant feature includes an image of the traffic ticket recipient taken at the time and vicinity the traffic ticket is produced and an image of at least one eye of the traffic ticket recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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