| 摘要 |
A mobile, wireless biometric identification system includes a biometric capture device, associated software and processes which enable a commercially available wireless communication device, such as a smartphone, using a commercially established wireless communication networks, to capture a digital image of a human biometric (iris, fingerprint, etc.) for transmission via a secure connection to a central server. The capture device is designed to focus on the difficult task of capturing the highest possible quality image for encoding and comparison, while the overall system is designed to leverage the existing cellular communication network. At the server level, the server system receives the image, encodes the image to a biometric template, and compares the encoded template to a plurality of reference templates stored in a database to identify the individual. Identification data is then transmitted back to the smartphone device and displayed. |
| 主权项 |
1. A biometric processing and communication system comprising:
a handheld wireless communication device comprising
a housing,a central processing unit,a battery power source,a touch screen display,a wireless communication transceiver andan input/output (I/O) connector; a biometric processing device comprising
a housing having
an interior cavity contoured to receive said housing of said handheld wireless communication device,a docking port including an input/output (I/O) connector within said interior cavity, anda window in a front surface thereof in communication with said interior cavity,said handheld wireless communication device being seated within said interior cavity of said housingwherein said I/O connector of said handheld wireless communication device is mated with said I/O connector of said biometric processing device,and further wherein touch screen display of said handheld communication device is accessible through said window of said housing of said biometric capture device, said biometric processing device further comprising
a biometric capture module,a central processing unit,a software application running on said central processing unit operative for
sending data to and receiving data from said wireless communication device through said mated I/O connectors,controlling said biometric capture module to capture an image of a biometric attribute of a person to be identified,qualifying said captured image as being of acceptable quality,transferring said qualified image to said wireless communication device, anda battery power source; and a software application running on said central processing unit of said handheld wireless communication device operative for providing a graphical user interface on said touch screen display for control of said biometric processing device and said wireless communication device, said software application
receiving control input from a user through said touch screen display,communicating said control input to said central processing unit of said biometric processing device through said mated I/O connectors,receiving said qualified image from said biometric processing device,controlling communication with a communication network through said wireless communication transceiver,controlling communication with a remote computer network connected to said communication network,transmitting said qualified image over said communication network to said computer network for identification,identifying said person based on said qualified image,receiving identification data from said computer network over said communication network, anddisplaying said identification data on said touch screen display, wherein said biometric attribute comprises an iris, and wherein said biometric capture module comprises a digital video camera capable of generating a stream of video images of said iris, said central processing unit of said biometric processing device comprising a digital signal processor which acquires and analyzes each of said video images for quality until a qualified image is identified. |
