# US 7,817,821 B2 · Integrated portable identification and verification device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,817,821 B2 - Document ID: US7817821B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/366,782 - Filed: 2009-02-06 - Published: 2009-06-04 - Granted: 2010-10-19 - Earliest claimed: 2003-08-07 - Assignees: InteliTrac, Inc. - Inventors: Donald A. Milne; Tianlong Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7817821B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00236: {using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer (image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209)} - G06F 18/256: {of results relating to different input data, e.g. multimodal recognition} - H04N 1/32101: {Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title} - H04N 2201/3205: of identification information, e.g. name or ID code (H04N2201/3209 takes precedence) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An portable integrated identification and verification system is disclosed. The station includes multiple devices integrated for identifying or verifying the identity of a person. The multiple devices, which may include a camera, a document scanner, and a fingerprint scanner, are mounted in a housing along with a computing device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An identification system comprising: a portable housing, a document scanner mounted in said portable housing and connected to a computing device; a camera mounted in said portable housing and connected to said computing device; and a fingerprint scanner mounted in said housing and connected to said computing device; wherein said document scanner scans documents and supplies encoded information of said documents to said computing device, said camera supplies facial images to said computing device, and said fingerprint scanner scans a fingerprint and supplies a template of said fingerprint to said computing device; and wherein said computing device performs a comparison of a facial image supplied by said camera to a facial image scanned from a document scanned by said document scanner and a comparison of said facial image supplied by said camera to a database of facial images. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An identification system according to claim 1 wherein said encoded information comprises a bar code. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An identification system according to claim 1, wherein said computing device is removably mounted in said portable housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) An identification system according to claim 1, further comprising a rechargeable battery in said housing, where said rechargeable battery provides power to said document scanner and said fingerprint scanner. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) An identification system according to claim 1 further comprising: a physical identification device mounted in said housing and connected to said computing device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) An identification system according to claim 5 wherein said physical identification device comprises a fingerprint scanner. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) An identification system according to claim 5 wherein said physical identification device comprises an eye scanner. ### Claim 8 An identification system comprising: a portable housing; a passport scanner mounted in said housing and connected to a computing device; and a camera mounted in said housing and connected to said computing device; wherein said housing comprises: an outer shell; a first compartment for housing said passport scanner; and a second compartment for housing said camera; and wherein said passport scanner supplies information from said passport to said computing device and said camera supplies at least one facial image to said computing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An identification system according to claim 8 further comprising: a physical identification device mounted in said housing and connected to said computing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) An identification system according to claim 9 wherein said physical identification device comprises a fingerprint scanner; wherein said housing further comprises a third compartment for housing said fingerprint scanner. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) An identification system according to claim 10, wherein said computing device performs a comparison of a fingerprint template supplied by said fingerprint scanner to biometric data from a passport scanned by said passport scanner and a comparison of said fingerprint template to a database of fingerprint templates. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) An identification system according to claim 9 wherein said physical identification device comprises an eye scanner. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) An identification system according to claim 8 wherein said information from said passport comprises encoded information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) An identification system according to claim 8 wherein said information from said passport comprises a bar code. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) An identification system according to claim 8, wherein said computing device performs a comparison of a facial image supplied by said camera to a facial image from a passport scanned by said passport scanner and a comparison of said facial image supplied by said camera to a database of facial images. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) An identification system according to claim 8, further comprising a rechargeable battery in said housing, where said rechargeable battery provides power to said passport scanner and said camera.