SUPPLEMENTING BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION WITH DEVICE IDENTIFICATION

摘要

A computer may identify an individual according to one or more biometrics based on various physiological aspects of the individual, such as metrics of various features of the face, gait, fingerprint, or voice of the individual. However, biometrics are often computationally intensive to compute, inaccurate, and unable to scale to identify an individual among a large set of known individuals. Therefore, the biometric identification of an individual may be supplemented by identifying one or more devices associated with the individual (e.g., a mobile phone, a vehicle driven by the individual, or an implanted medical device). When an individual is registered for identification, various device identifiers of devices associated with the individual may be stored along with the biometrics of the individual. Individuals may then be identified using both biometrics and detected device identifiers, thereby improving the efficiency, speed, accuracy, and scalability of the identification.

主权项

1. A method of identifying individuals using a computer having a processor, a data store, a biometric detector, and a camera, the method comprising:
executing on the processor instructions that cause the computer to:
for respective individuals, store in the data store an individual profile of an individual identity, the individual profile comprising, as individual identifiers that establish the identity of the individual:
an established biometric measurement exhibited by the individual; anda representation of a visual feature of a device that is associated with the individual; andduring a presence of an individual in possession of an individual device, identify the individual by:
using the biometric detector, detecting a detected biometric measurement exhibited by the individual;matching the detected biometric measurement with the established biometric measurement in the individual profile;using the camera, capturing an image of the individual device;matching the image with the representation of the visual feature of the device associated with the individual in the individual profile; anddetermining that matching the detected biometric measurement with the established biometric measurement, and matching the image of the individual device with the visual feature of the device, together establish the individual identity of the individual; andresponsive to establishing the individual identity of the individual, interact with the individual according to the individual identity.