Biometric access control identification card
OwnerAlexis Brooke Ehrlichinventor
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Abstract
An access control apparatus includes a sensor that detects biometric data regarding a user and an authentication circuit coupled to the sensor. The authentication circuit stores predetermined biometric data corresponding to the user and credential data corresponding to the user. The authentication circuit compares the detected biometric data to the predetermined biometric data and outputs the credential data based on the comparison indicating that the detected biometric data matches the predetermined biometric data.
Claims20
An access control apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor that detects biometric data regarding a user;
- and
- an authentication circuit coupled to the sensor, the authentication circuit storing predetermined biometric data corresponding to the user and credential data corresponding to the user, the authentication circuit compares the detected biometric data to the predetermined biometric data and outputs the credential data based on the comparison indicating that the detected biometric data matches the predetermined biometric data.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor, biometric data regarding a user;
- comparing, by an authentication circuit coupled to the sensor, the detected biometric data to predetermined biometric data regarding the user stored by the authentication circuit;
- and
- outputting, by the authentication circuit for receipt by an access controller, credential data corresponding to the user based on the comparison indicating that the detected biometric data matches the predetermined biometric data.
An access control apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor that detects biometric data regarding a user;
- and
- an authentication circuit coupled to the sensor, the authentication circuit storing credential data corresponding to the user, the authentication circuit transmits the biometric data and the credential data to an access controller responsive to receiving a request signal from the access controller.
An access control system, comprising:
- an access control apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor that detects biometric data regarding a user;
- and
- an authentication circuit coupled to the sensor, the authenticating circuit storing credential data corresponding to the user, the authentication circuit transmits an authentication signal including the biometric data and the credential data responsive to receiving a request signal;
- and
- an access controller, comprising:
- a communications circuit that transmits the request signal to the access control apparatus to request the credential data from the access control apparatus;
- and
- a control circuit that receives the authentication signal from the access control device, extracts the biometric data from the authentication signal, extracts the credential data from the authentication signal, compares the biometric data to predetermined biometric data corresponding to the user, compares the credential data to predetermined credential data corresponding to the user, and outputs an access command responsive to the biometric data matching the predetermined biometric data and the credential data matching the predetermined credential data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.