US 10,769,512 B2 · Device and method to facilitate enrollment of a biometric template

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods facilitate enrollment of authenticating biometric data for authenticating an authorized user via a biometric sensor. Included devices transmit power to a sensor-enabled device that does not have an independent power source without transmitting data to or from the device. Data input devices coupled to the biometric sensor enable user input of non-biometric data, such as an activation code, via the biometric sensor. For biometric sensors comprising fingerprint sensors, finger guides position a finger to contact the sensor at a desired orientation. Systems and methods allow for enrollment of one or more authenticating biometric data templates with or without requiring input of non-biometric authentication data, such as an activation code.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A device to facilitate enrollment of a verification template of biometric data in a biometric sensor-enabled smart card, the device comprising:

a non-data transmitting power source comprising a receptacle configured to be removably coupled to the smart card and a power element supported on the receptacle that provides power to a smart card to which the receptacle is coupled;
at least one status indicator located on the receptacle and configured to indicate a state of an enrollment process;
and
a detector circuit configured to detect a signal in the smart card and to activate the status indicator according to the detected signal.

1 more element

A system for enrolling a verification template of biometric data in a biometric-enabled smart card, the system comprising:

a non-data transmitting enrollment power source comprising a receptacle configured to be removably coupled to the smart card and a power element supported on the receptacle that provides power to a smart card to which the receptacle is coupled;
at least one status indicator located on the receptacle and configured to indicate a state of an enrollment process;
a detector circuit configured to detect a signal in the smart card and to activate the status indicator according to the detected signal;
and
a biometric sensor assembly comprising one or more sensor elements and associated circuitry for controlling operation of the one or more sensor elements and for processing signals from the one or more sensor elements,
wherein the biometric sensor assembly is configured to be installed in the smart card whereby power is transmitted to the biometric sensor assembly when the receptacle of the enrollment power source is coupled to the smart card, and
wherein the biometric sensor assembly is configured to operate in an enrollment mode when power is transmitted to the biometric sensor assembly by the enrollment power source.

4 more elements

A method for enrolling a verification template of biometric data in a biometric sensor-enabled smart card, the method comprising:

transmitting power to the smart card from a non-data transmitting power source removably coupled to the smart card, the power source including a power element that provides power to the smart card to which the power source is coupled;
detecting a signal in the smart card;
and
activating a status indicator on the power source according to the detected signal to indicate a state of an enrollment process.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/222,388Filed 17 Dec 2018 · continuation

Priority

23 Mar 2017

Published

US 2019/0122089 A125 Apr 2019

Granted

8 Sep 2020

Term ends

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Classification17 codes

G06K 19/07354
By activating or deactivating at least a part of the circuit on the record carrier, e.g. ON/OFF switches: by biometrically sensitive means, e.g.…
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06F 21/45
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: structures or tools for the administration of authentication
G06K 19/0707
At least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for power management: the arrangement being capable of collecting energy…

Family

Application62/475,550Us provisional application · filed 23 Mar 2017

Application62/525,475Us provisional application · filed 27 Jun 2017

Application62/580,171Us provisional application · filed 1 Nov 2017

Application62/597,674Us provisional application · filed 12 Dec 2017

Application62/627,398Us provisional application · filed 7 Feb 2018

Application15/921,297Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Mar 2018

US 2019/0122089 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Apr 2019

US 10,282,651 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2018/0276518 A1Published application

US 10,769,512 B2This patent

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Device and method to facilitate enrollment of a biometric template

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