Smart card for passport, electronic passport, and method, system, and apparatus for authenticating person holding smart card or electronic passport

摘要

A smart card authenticates a cardholder. The smart card includes a substrate, a sensor module, a wireless transceiver module, and a power circuit. The sensor module includes (a) a biometric sensor adapted to detect biometric information from a person's body, (b) a processor unit adapted to authenticate the person in response to the detected biometric information and generate an authentication signal representing an authentication result, and (c) a memory adapted to store biometric information of a specific individual associated with the smart card. The wireless transceiver module transmits signals received from the processor unit and receives a wirelessly-transmitted power signal. The power circuit generates at least one supply voltage from the received power signal and provides the supply voltage to the sensor module. An electronic passport is embedded with the smart card, and a terminal module is used for wirelessly transmitting power to and receiving signals from the electronic passport.

主权项

1. A smart card for authenticating a person holding the smart card, the smart card comprising:
a substrate; a sensor module provided on the substrate, the sensor module including:
a biometric sensor that detects biometric information from the person's body and coincidentally confirms whether the person holding the smart card is alive;
a processor unit that is coupled to the biometric sensor and authenticates the person in response to the detected biometric information and coincidentally confirming the person holding the smart card is alive, generates an authentication signal representing an authentication result, and encrypts the authentication signal; anda memory that is coupled to the processor unit and stores biometric information of a specific individual associated with the smart card; a wireless transceiver module coupled to the processor unit, the wireless transceiver module comprising:
a signal antenna that is coupled to the processor unit and wirelessly transmits the encrypted authentication signal received from the processor unit; anda power antenna that is coupled to a power circuit and receives a wirelessly-transmitted power signal; and the power circuit that is provided on the substrate and generates at least one supply voltage from the received power signal and provides the supply voltage to the sensor module.