US 2020/0345307 A1 · INFORMATION AND PASSIVE BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Abstract

Information and passive biometric capture systems and methods. The information system includes a housing having a cavity configured to receive tangible items therein. A transparent, touch-sensitive display device is positioned over the cavity and configured such that in response to pixels of the display being black, the tangible items behind the black pixels are visible through the transparent display. A controller is programmed to receive from a remote server an alarm signal, and in response thereto, cause the display to change its state to indicate an alarm condition on the display. In response to receiving an input from the touch-sensitive display, a keypad is displayed, and inputs thereon are communicated to the remote server. The display can also display personal photographs stored in the memory device. A passive biometric capture system includes a chair with pressure-sensitive sensors embedded within areas contacted by a person sitting in the chair to form a unique passive biometric signature for each person and thereby differentiate among different people who sit in the same chair.

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Dependent claims

An information system, comprising:

a housing having a cavity configured to receive tangible items therein;
a transparent, touch-sensitive organic light emitting device (OLED) display positioned over the cavity and configured such that in response to pixels of the OLED display being black, the tangible items behind the black pixels are visible through the transparent OLED display;
a communications module;
a memory device;
an electronic controller coupled to the OLED device and to the communications module, the controller being programmed to:
receive via the communications module from a remote server an alarm signal, and in response thereto, cause the OLED display to change its state to indicate an alarm condition on the OLED display;
in response to receiving an input from the touch-sensitive OLED display, cause the OLED display to display a keypad and to communicate inputs from the touch-sensitive areas of the OLED display corresponding to the keypad to the remote server via the communications module;
and
cause the OLED display to display a sequence of images stored in the memory device.

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A passive biometric capture system, comprising:

a plurality of arrays of pressure-sensitive sensors configured to be positioned in a chair back of a chair, in a chair seat of the chair, in a left armrest of the chair, and in a right armrest of the chair;
a communications module in the chair;
a memory device in the chair;
one or more controllers programmed to:
create a plurality of distinct pressure patterns detected from the plurality of arrays of pressure-sensitive sensors and store the pressure patterns in the memory device, each of the pressure patterns being indicative of seating position of each of a plurality of persons who sit on the chair;
determine, based on an output from at least one of the pressure-sensitive sensors, a weight of each of the persons;
communicate from the communications module the detected pressure patterns and the weights to a remote server and a unique identifier associated with the chair;
and
identify which of the persons is sitting in the chair based on a comparison between (a) the pressure pattern detected by the pressure-sensitive sensors and the determined weight and (b) the stored pressure patterns and the determined weights.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information and passive biometric systems and methods

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