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US 2002/0163506 A1Published application
System and method for selecting functions based on a finger-type-mechanism feature such as a fingerprint
AssigneeMultiDigit, Inc.
InventorAlec Matusis
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Abstract
A system for selecting functions based on a finger-type-mechanism feature comprises a finger-type-mechanism features database storing finger-type-mechanism features and corresponding functions. The system further comprises a finger-type-mechanism feature sensor, an identification engine and a response engine. The sensor measures a finger-type-mechanism features. The identification engine matches the feature with stored features. The response engine then identifies a function in the table corresponding to a matched feature. The response engine can then forward an instruction corresponding to the identified function to a device for execution.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- receiving a finger-type-mechanism feature from a sensor;
- comparing the received feature against a stored set of at least two stored finger-type-mechanism features corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user;
- and
- selecting a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type feature.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving coordinate data and finger-type-mechanism feature data from a sensor;
- matching the received coordinate data and received finger-type-mechanism feature data with a stored coordinate dataset and stored finger-type-mechanism feature, respectively, in a finger-type-mechanism feature memory, the memory including stored coordinate datasets, at least two stored finger-type-mechanism features corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user, and corresponding functions;
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- selecting a function in the memory corresponding to a matched finger-type-mechanism feature and matched coordinate data.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving motion data and finger-type-mechanism feature data from a sensor;
- matching the received motion data and received finger-type-mechanism feature data with a stored motion dataset and a stored finger-type-mechanism feature, respectively, in a finger-type-mechanism feature memory, the memory including stored motion datasets, at least two stored finger-type-mechanism features corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user, and corresponding functions;
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- selecting a function in the memory corresponding to a matched finger-type-mechanism feature and a matched motion dataset.
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A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to:
- receive a finger-type-mechanism feature from a sensor;
- compare the received feature against a stored set of at least two stored finger-type-mechanism features corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user;
- and
- select a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type feature.
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A system, comprising:
- means for receiving a finger-type-mechanism feature from a sensor;
- means for comparing the received feature against a stored set of at least two stored finger-type-mechanism features corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user;
- and
- means for selecting a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type feature.
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A system, comprising:
- a finger-type-mechanism feature sensor capable of reading a finger-type-mechanism feature;
- memory storing at least two finger-type-mechanism features corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user, and corresponding functions;
- a finger-type-mechanism feature identification engine communicatively coupled to the sensor capable of comparing a finger-type-mechanism feature read by the sensor against a finger-type-mechanism feature stored in the memory;
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- a response engine communicatively coupled to the identification engine capable of selecting a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type-mechanism feature.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a finger-type-mechanism feature from a sensor;
- identifying a finger characteristic from the received feature;
- comparing the identified characteristic against a stored set of at least two stored finger-type-mechanism characteristics corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user;
- and
- selecting a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type-mechanism characteristic.
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A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to:
- receive a finger-type-mechanism feature from a sensor;
- identify a finger characteristic from the received feature;
- compare the identified characteristic against a stored set of at least two stored finger-type-mechanism characteristics corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user;
- and
- select a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type-mechanism characteristic.
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A system, comprising:
- means for receiving a finger-type-mechanism feature from a sensor;
- means for identifying a finger characteristic from the received feature;
- means for comparing the identified characteristic against a stored set of at least two stored finger-type-mechanism characteristics corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms of a single user;
- and
- means for selecting a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type characteristic.
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A system, comprising:
- a finger-type-mechanism feature sensor capable of reading a finger-type-mechanism feature;
- memory storing at least two finger-type-mechanism characteristics corresponding to at least two different finger-type-mechanisms from a single user, and corresponding functions;
- a finger-type-mechanism feature identification engine communicatively coupled to the sensor capable of identifying a characteristic from a received feature, comparing a characteristic identified from the received feature with stored characteristics;
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- a response engine communicatively coupled to the identification engine capable of selecting a function corresponding to a matching stored finger-type-mechanism characteristic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.