Systems, apparatus, and methods for using eyewear, or other wearable item, to confirm the identity of an individual

• US 9,649,052 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Company Limited (ByteDance Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Vision Service Plan (VSP Global, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sales, Jay William, Klosinski, Jr., Richard Chester, Workman, Matthew Allen, Murphy, Meghan Kathleen, Steen, Matthew David
• Primary Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG XUAN
• Application Number:
  US14/588,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20160070121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: 351158, 351 41, 715236, 345 7, 345 8, 345633, 382117
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Abstract

Eyewear, according to various embodiments, comprises at least one biometric sensor that is adapted for taking a biometric reading from the wearer when the wearer is operatively wearing the eyewear and for transmitting the results of the biometric reading to one or more computer processors for use in determining whether the wearer is a particular individual. The one or more processors may be embodied within the eyewear, and the eyewear may also include a wireless communications device for transmitting a signal (e.g., to a remote computing device) that confirms the identity of the wearer as the particular individual. A remote computing device, or other device, or individual, may then, based at least in part on receiving the signal, grant wearer access to a computer program, computing system, and/or a particular physical space.

Claims

1. Eyewear for confirming the identity of a wearer of the eyewear, the eyewear comprising:

a frame portion having a first lateral side, a second lateral side, an upper surface and a lower surface, the frame portion comprising;

a first lens retaining portion that is adapted to support a first lens adjacent a first eye of the wearer when the wearer is operatively wearing the eyewear;

a second lens retaining portion that is adapted to support a second lens adjacent a second eye of the wearer when the wearer is operatively wearing the eyewear; and

a first temple that is attached adjacent the frame'"'"'s first lateral side and that is adapted to extend between the first lateral side and an upper portion of a first ear of the wearer when the wearer is operatively wearing the eyewear;

at least one biometric sensor that is adapted for;

taking a biometric reading from the wearer when the wearer is operatively wearing the eyewear; and

transmitting the results of the biometric reading to one or more computer processors for use in determining whether the wearer is a particular individual; and

one or more computer processors adapted for;

at least partially in response to determining that the wearer is the particular individual, facilitating the transmission of at least one signal to a remote computer indicating that the wearer is the particular individual, wherein the signal enables the wearer to gain access to the remote computer.

2. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein the eyewear further comprises a second temple that is attached adjacent the frame'"'"'s second lateral side and that is adapted to extend between the second lateral side and an upper portion of a second ear of the wearer when the wearer is operatively wearing the eyewear.

3. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more computer processors are adapted to, alone or collectively, execute the step of determining whether the individual is the particular individual by;

receiving the results of the biometric reading;

comparing the results of the biometric reading with biometric data that is associated with the particular individual; and

at least partially in response to the results of the biometric reading at least partially matching the biometric data, determining that the wearer is the particular individual.

4. The eyewear of claim 3, wherein:

the eyewear further comprises a wireless communications device; and

the step of facilitating the transmission of at least one signal to the remote computer comprises facilitating the transmission of the at least one signal by the wireless communications device.

5. The eyewear of claim 4, wherein the wireless communications device is a Bluetooth device.

6. The eyewear of claim 4, wherein the sensor is an eye scanner that is adapted for facilitating identifying a person by one or more biometric readings of at least one of the person'"'"'s eyes.

7. The eyewear of claim 6, wherein the sensor is sensor that is selected from a group consisting of:

a retinal recognition device and an iris recognition device.

8. The eyewear of claim 7, wherein the sensor is an iris scanner.

9. The eyewear of claim 4, wherein the sensor is a microphone and the one or more processors are adapted for confirming that the wearer is the particular individual by comparing a voice signal received via the microphone with speech data associated with the particular individual.

10. The eyewear of claim 4, wherein the sensor is a fingerprint scanner and the one or more processors are adapted for confirming that the wearer is the particular individual by comparing fingerprint information received via the fingerprint scanner with fingerprint data associated with the particular individual.

11. The eyewear of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured for transmitting a wireless signal confirming the identity of the user on a substantially continuous basis.

12. The eyewear of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured for transmitting a wireless signal confirming the identity of the user in response to receiving a request from the user to transmit the signal.

13. The eyewear of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured for transmitting a wireless signal confirming the identity of the user in response to receiving a request from a remote computer to verify the wearer'"'"'s identity.

14. The eyewear of the claim 4, wherein the signal communicates a code associated with the individual.

15. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer processors are adapted to, alone or collectively, execute the step of determining whether the individual is the particular individual by:

receiving the results of the biometric reading;

comparing the results of the biometric reading with biometric data that is associated with the particular individual; and

at least partially in response to the results of the biometric reading at least partially matching the biometric data, determining that the wearer is the particular individual.

16. The eyewear of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more computer processors are located in a computing device that is remote from the eyewear;

the one or more computer processors are adapted to, alone or collectively, execute the step of determining whether the individual is the particular individual by;

receiving the results of the biometric reading;

comparing the results of the biometric reading with biometric data that is associated with the particular individual; and

at least partially in response to the results of the biometric reading at least partially matching the biometric data, determining that the wearer is the particular individual.