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US 2009/0214087 A1Published application
Method and computer system using a webcam for protecing digital data
AssigneeSilicon Motion, Inc.
InventorLe-Shan HSUEH
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Abstract
A method and computer system for digital data protection by using a webcam, comprising: generating a user's biometric feature image; comparing the biometric feature image with identification data; concealing specific data in the computer when the biometric feature image does not conform to the identification data.
Claims19
A method for protecting digital data in a computer by using a webcam, comprising:
- generating a user's biometric feature image from the webcam;
- comparing the biometric feature image with an identification data;
- and
- concealing specific data in the computer when the biometric feature image does not conform to the identification data.
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A computer system for protecting digital data, comprising:
- a webcam for generating a user's biometric feature image
- a storage device for storing identification data;
- and
- a control device for comparing the biometric feature image with the identification data and concealing specific data in the computer when the biometric feature image does not conform to the identification data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.