METHOD FOR BABY-PARENT IDENTIFICATION

摘要

A method for baby-parent identification within a maternity facility is disclosed wherein a baby's unique identify is verifiable as a fusion of biometric data from the baby, one of its parent, and optionally another parent or a guardian. The method comprises enrolling the parent's biometric data at first pre-natal visit to the facility, verifying the parent's identity based on the parent's biometric data at each subsequent visits or admissions to the first facility, enrolling the baby's biometric data upon birth and associating or correlating same with the parent's identity based on the parent's biometric data; and verifying the baby's identity and/or parent's identity prior to allowing each post-natal activity within the facility. The biometric data may be any one or combination of footprint, palm print, fingerprint, iris pattern, birthmark, external congenital deformity or abnormality, ear shape, voiceprint, and face recognition. When the method is embodied in a system, suitable electronic sensing devices may be deployed to capture image or data according to requisite intrinsic feature.