Interactive biometric touch scanner
AssigneesThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Orchid Sound Technologies LLC
InventorsButrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Morten Fischer Rasmussen, Gerard Touma, John N. Irwin, III
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Abstract
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a biometric sensing device that combines sensing with an actuator for two way communication between a finger on a surface and the device. The sensor can also function as an actuator. A finger can be authenticated based on an image of the finger generated by the sensor and also based on a response to energy delivered to the finger by the actuator. Two way communication can provide more robust authentication than fingerprint sensing alone.
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A method of authenticating a user, the method comprising:
- generating, using a sensor, biometric image data associated with a user;
- delivering energy to a body part of the user;
- receiving an indication of a response by the user to the energy delivered to the body part of the user, wherein the response engages a brain of the user;
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- authenticating the user based at least in part on the biometric image data and the indication of the response.
An interactive biometric authentication system comprising:
- means for delivering energy to a body part of a user to enable interactive authentication between the interactive biometric authentication system and the user;
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- a processor in communication with the means for delivering energy, the processor configured to authenticate the user based at least in part on (i) an indication of a response of the user to energy delivered by the means for delivering energy and (ii) biometric image data associated with the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.