Method for controlling an apparatus
AssigneeThales Dis France SAS
InventorsFrédéric Martinez, Laurent Leloup, Valentin Favreau, Richard Oung
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Abstract
Provided is a method for controlling an apparatus configured to perform a plurality of actions. The method comprises the step of establishing a communication channel between the apparatus and a smart card embedding a biometric sensor, the step of retrieving, through the communication channel, a value reflecting a non-biometric data captured by the biometric sensor, and the step of identifying and performing, by the apparatus, one action of said plurality of actions depending on said value. Other embodiments disclosed.
Claims13
A method for controlling a card reader configured to perform a plurality of actions, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a communication channel between the card reader and a smart card embedding a biometric sensor, wherein the biometric sensor is a fingerprint sensor;
- sending by the card reader to the smart card a user input request aiming at tracking action of a user on the biometric sensor;
- retrieving, by the card reader, in response to said user input request, through the communication channel, a value reflecting non-biometric data captured by the biometric sensor, wherein the non-biometric data are data which are not intrinsic to the nature of a user's body but correspond to an action of the user on the biometric sensor and reflect a detection of a predefined movement on the biometric sensor, a duration of an interaction between the user and the biometric sensor, an activation of a specific part of the biometric sensor by the user, a frequency of an interaction between the user and the biometric sensor, or a number of interactions between the user and the biometric sensor;
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- identifying and performing, by the card reader, one action of said plurality of actions depending on said value.
A system comprising a card reader configured to perform a plurality of actions,
- the system further comprising a smart card embedding a biometric sensor, wherein the biometric sensor is a fingerprint sensor, the card reader being adapted to establish a communication channel with the smart card, to send through the communication channel to the smart card a user input request aiming at tracking action of a user on the biometric sensor, to retrieve in response to said user input request, through the communication channel, a value reflecting a non-biometric data captured by the biometric sensor, and to identify and perform one action of said plurality of actions depending on the value, wherein the non-biometric data are data which are not intrinsic to the nature of a user's body but correspond to an action of a user on the biometric sensor and reflect a detection of a predefined movement on the biometric sensor, a duration of an interaction between the user and the biometric sensor, an activation of a specific part of the biometric sensor by the user, a frequency of an interaction between the user and the biometric sensor, or a number of interactions between the user and the biometric sensor.
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