Biometric control of equipment
OwnerBrian Miller, Jack Vaughan +1inventors
InventorsBrian Miller, Jack Vaughan, Oscar Ladriere
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Abstract
An apparatus for allowing operation of equipment by an authorized operator comprises a biometric scanner 20 receiving a biometric input from an authorized operator, and transmitting an authorization signal as long as the biometric input is received from the authorized operator. The apparatus further includes an equipment control system 18 that allows the equipment to operate substantially only while the equipment control system receives the authorization signal from the biometric scanner 20, and that prevents the equipment from operating shortly after the authorization signal is no longer received from the biometric scanner.
Claims13
An apparatus for allowing operation of equipment by an authorized operator, the apparatus comprising:
- a biometric scanner, the biometric scanner transmitting an authorization signal while a biometric input is received from the authorized operator;
- and
- an equipment control system allowing the equipment to operate while the equipment control system receives the authorization signal from the biometric scanner, the equipment control system preventing the equipment from operating shortly after the authorization signal is no longer received from the biometric scanner.
A process for allowing operation of equipment by an authorized operator, the process comprising:
- receiving a biometric input from an operator;
- determining if the biometric input is from the authorized operator;
- transmitting an authorization signal as long as the biometric input is provided by the authorized operator;
- operating the equipment only while the authorization signal is transmitted;
- and
- disabling the equipment shortly after the authorization signal is terminated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.