Portable biometric lighter
AssigneeJohn Gibson Enterprises INC
InventorsJohn Gibson, Adam Olcott, Mark Zand, Chan Leung
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Abstract
A portable biometric lighter device (100) generally involving a control unit (210), a biometric sensor, such as a fingerprint sensor (140), wherein the biometric sensor is configured to scan a biometric data of a user and is operably coupled to the control unit (210), and an ignition element, wherein the ignition element is activated by the control unit (210) upon a match of the scanned biometric data of the user and a biometric data of an authorized user that is stored in a memory device.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A portable biometric lighter, comprising:
- a body;
- a control unit located in the lighter body;
- a memory device including at least one stored fingerprint of at least one authorized user;
- a fingerprint sensor operably connected to the control unit and configured to scan a new fingerprint of a user;
- a set switch operably connected to the control unit, the set switch being configured, upon actuation by the user, to activate the control unit;
- wherein the control unit, when activated by the set switch, is configured to activate the fingerprint sensor to accept the new fingerprint of the user;
- and
- wherein the memory device is configured to receive and store the new fingerprint of the user.
A method for controlling flame emission of a portable lighter, the method comprising:
- providing a portable lighter including a body, a control unit located in the lighter body;
- a memory device including at least one stored fingerprint of at least one authorized user;
- a fingerprint sensor operably connected to the control unit and configured to scan a new fingerprint of a user;
- and a set switch operably connected to the control unit;
- activating the set switch in response to actuation by a user;
- in response to activation of the set switch, activating the control unit;
- in response to activation of the control unit, activating the to the fingerprint sensor via the control unit to accept the new fingerprint of the user;
- and
- receiving and storing the new fingerprint of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.