Systems and methods for controlling access to media content by detecting one or more user fingerprints

摘要

A system includes a media content processing subsystem and user input device having a plurality of control surfaces each configured to cause the input device to transmit at least one command to the media content processing subsystem. The input device is configured to acquire an image of a fingerprint of a finger touching the control surface and cause the processing subsystem to execute the command in accordance with a user profile that corresponds to the acquired fingerprint image.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a media content processing subsystem; and an input device having a plurality of control surfaces, each of said plurality of control surfaces configured to cause said input device to transmit at least one command to said processing subsystem, wherein said input device is configured to acquire an image of a fingerprint of a finger touching a first control surface of said plurality of control surfaces and cause said processing subsystem to execute a command corresponding to said first control surface in accordance with a user profile that matches to said acquired fingerprint image; a fingerprint scanning subsystem having a plurality of lenses and an image sensor in communication with said plurality of lenses, each of said plurality of lenses corresponding to one of said plurality of control surfaces, the fingerprint scanning subsystem configured to acquire said image of said fingerprint, analyze a quality of said acquired fingerprint image based at least in part on whether said quality is acceptable for a particular application associated with said control surface through which said fingerprint image was acquired to determine whether said acquired image is acceptable for further processing, the fingerprint subsystem being further configured to adjust settings on the fingerprint subsystem and to reacquire a revised fingerprint image if said acquired fingerprint image is unacceptable for said further processing.