Biometrics with mental/physical state determination methods and systems

• US 8,598,980 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2010
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leidos Innovations Technology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Inventors: Evans, Scott Charles, Chan, Michael Tin-Lung, Bhotika, Rahul, Hagan, David W., Turner, Ken R., Brown, Rebecca, Chukka, Srinivas
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alizada, Omeed
• Application Number:
  US12/838,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20120016827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,233 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/5.52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

Methods and systems for determining whether a particular individual is to be granted, among other things, access to information, access to a particular room or other space, or permission to perform a given act or transaction are disclosed. For example, disclosed is an exemplary method that includes performing multiple biometrics tests on the individual to retrieve multiple biometrics test results, performing at least a first data fusion operation on the multiple biometrics test results to determine an identity result, performing at least one biological state test to determine one or more biological state test results of the individual, and conditionally granting authority to the individual based on the identity result and the one or more biological state results.

Claims

1. A method determining whether a particular individual is to be granted authority, comprising:

performing multiple biometrics tests on the individual to retrieve multiple biometrics test results;

performing at least a first data fusion operation on the multiple biometrics test results to determine an identity result, wherein the first data fusion operation includes weighting the multiple biometrics test results and applying a threshold to the weighted test results to determine the identity result;

performing at least one biological state test to determine one or more biological state test results of the individual; and

conditionally granting authority to the individual based on the identity result and the one or more biological state results.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data fusion operation further includes at least one of processing multiple biometrics test results using an artificial neural network, processing multiple biometrics test results using an artificial intelligence program, and processing multiple biometrics test results using an expert system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein weighting the multiple biometrics test results and applying the threshold to the weighted test results includes weighting results of each of the multiple biometric tests, summing each of the weighted results to create a weighted sum, and applying the weighted sum to the threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one biometrics test is based on an adaptive system capable of accounting for physiological changes of the individual due to aging.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one biometrics test is one of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis, a voice recognition analysis, a face recognition analysis, an iris pattern analysis, a blood-vessel pattern analysis, a fingerprint analysis, a palm-print analysis, and an analysis of bone structure.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one biometrics test is based on an adaptive system capable of accounting for an environment of the at least one biometrics test.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one biological state test is customized based on pre-stored normal physiological information of an individual identified by the identity result.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a first biological state test operates under a minimum description length paradigm.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one biological state test is adapted to a macro environment condition affecting the individual.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of performing at least one biological state test includes performing a plurality of biological state tests to determine one or more biological states of the individual.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising performing a data fusion operation using data from at least two biological state tests to determine a first biological state test result, wherein the step of conditionally granting authority to the individual is based on the first biological state result.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one biological state test is one of a polygraph, a facial expression analysis, a voice stress analysis, a speech analysis, a body motion analysis, and electrocardiography (EKG) analysis, an electroencephalography (EEG) analysis, a blood content analysis, a urine content analysis, a breath content analysis, a hair content analysis, and a heart-rate analysis.

13. A system for determining whether a particular individual is to be granted authority, comprising:

identity sensing circuitry configured to perform multiple biometrics tests on the individual to retrieve multiple biometrics test results;

identity fusion circuitry configured to perform at least a first data fusion operation on the multiple biometrics test results to determine an identity result, wherein the first data fusion operation includes weighting the multiple biometrics test results and applying a threshold to the weighted test results to determine the identity result;

biological state sensing circuitry configured to perform at least one biological state test;

biological state processing circuitry configured to determine one or more biological state test results of the individual based on the at least one biological state test; and

decision circuitry configured to grant authority to the individual based on the identity result and the one or more biological state results.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one biometrics test is based on an adaptive system capable of accounting for physiological changes of the individual due to aging.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one biological state test is customized based on pre-stored normal physiological information of an individual identified by the identity result.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein a first biological state test is customized based on a biological state test result of a second biological state test.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one biological state test is adapted to a macro environment condition affecting the individual.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the decision circuitry is adaptable to a macro environment condition affecting the individual.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the biological state processing circuitry is capable of performing a data fusion operation using data from at least two biological state tests to determine a first biological state test result, and wherein the decision circuitry is configured to grant authority to the individual based on the first biological state result.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein a second biological state result of a second biological state test is interpreted differently based on a first biological state test result of a first biological state test.

21. A system for determining whether a particular individual is to be granted authority, comprising:

a biometrics test means for performing multiple biometrics tests on the individual to retrieve multiple biometrics test results;

a biometrics processing means for performing at least a first data fusion operation on the multiple biometrics test results to determine an identity result, wherein the first data fusion operation includes weighting the multiple biometrics test results and applying a threshold to the weighted test results to determine the identity result;

a biological state test means for performing at least one biological state test;

a biological state processing means for determining one or more biological state test results of the individual based on the at least one biological state test; and

a decision means for conditionally granting authority to the individual based on the identity result and the one or more biological state results.