Storage device capable of fingerprint identification
AssigneeImage Match Design Inc.
InventorsCHENG-TAO HO, CHENG MIN CHEN
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Abstract
A storage device capable of fingerprint identification includes a first storage, a first controller and a second storage. The first storage is configured to store a registered fingerprint. The first controller is configured to compare the registered fingerprint with an input fingerprint, wherein the input fingerprint is obtained in response to a touch event. The second storage is configured to store a data. The data is, in response to a fingerprint comparison result, selectively allowed to be accessible or prohibited from being accessible to a host.
Claims20
A storage device capable of fingerprint identification, comprising:
- a first storage, configured to store a registered fingerprint;
- a first controller, configured to compare the registered fingerprint with an input fingerprint, wherein the input fingerprint is obtained in response to a touch event;
- and
- a second storage, configured to store a data, wherein the data is, in response to a fingerprint comparison result, selectively allowed to be accessible or prohibited from being accessible to a host.
A method for protecting data, comprising:
- receiving a fingerprint as a registered fingerprint in a fingerprint registered procedure;
- obtaining an input fingerprint in response to a touch event;
- determining whether the obtained input fingerprint is identical with the registered fingerprint by a storage device capable of fingerprint identification;
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- selectively allowing data stored in a storage of the storage device to be accessible or prohibiting the data from being accessible to a host, which is external to the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.