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.
Claims11
1-20 (canceled)
A portable biometric lighter device, comprising:
- a control unit operably coupled to an igniter, the igniter coupled to a flammable power source wherein the flammable power source is ignited upon operation of the igniter;
- a memory device storing biometric data including at least one fingerprint of at least one authorized user;
- a body having a cover and including a biometric sensor, the cover configured to move between a closed position and an open position and to activate the biometric sensor and a gas lever when the movable cover is moved toward the open position, the biometric sensor being operably connected to the control unit and configured to scan a fingerprint of a user;
- a light source configured to provide status of the biometric sensor and to indicate, to the user, that the biometric sensor is ready to scan biometric data of the user;
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- an igniter operably coupled to the control unit and configured to ignite the flammable power source to produce a flame in response to being activated by the control unit upon a determination by the control unit that the fingerprint of the user scanned by the biometric sensor matches the biometric data of the authorized user stored in a memory device.
A method for lighting a portable biometric lighter device, the method comprising:
- providing a control unit operably coupled to an igniter, the igniter coupled to a flammable power source wherein the flammable power source is ignited upon operation of the igniter;
- providing a memory device storing biometric data including at least one fingerprint of at least one authorized user;
- providing a body having a cover and including a biometric sensor, the cover configured to move between a closed position and an open position and to activate the biometric sensor and a gas lever when the movable cover is moved toward the open position, the biometric sensor being operably connected to the control unit and configured to scan a fingerprint of a user;
- providing a light source configured to provide status of the biometric sensor and to indicate, to the user, that the biometric sensor is ready to scan biometric data of the user;
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- providing an igniter operably coupled to the control unit and configured to ignite the flammable power source to produce a flame in response to being activated by the control unit;
- scanning biometric data of the user via the biometric sensor activated after the cover is moved to the open position;
- determining, via the control unit that the fingerprint of the user scanned by the biometric sensor matches the biometric data of the authorized user stored in a memory device;
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- activating, via the control unit, the igniter in order to ignite the flammable power source via the activated igniter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.