Distinctive user identification and authentication for multiple user access to display devices
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsDavid Sanchez Sanchez, Heribert Baldus, Karin Klabunde
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Abstract
A user interface (20, 20′, 20″, 20′″ for providing authenticated access to medical equipment, data, or records includes a dynamic display (30, 30′″) that selectively shows user options. A touchscreen overlay (40) aligned with the dynamic display identifies a touch location on, in, or adjacent the dynamic display. A fingerprint reader (50, 50′, 50″, 50′″ is triggered by the touchscreen overlay and acquires a fingerprint at the touch location. User authentication, access control and logging are performed based on identifying and authenticating the fingerprint.
Claims18
A user interface for providing user identification and authentication of users accessing to medical equipment, data, or records, the user interface comprising:
- a dynamic display comprising a two-dimensional arrangement of pixels and selectively showing user options;
- a touchscreen overlay aligned with the dynamic display and disposed over a front of the dynamic display to identify a touch location on the front of the dynamic display;
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- a fingerprint reader disposed behind the dynamic display, the fingerprint reader triggered by the touchscreen overlay to acquire a fingerprint at the touch location on the front of the dynamic display.
An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to provide identification and authentication of a user performing an operation via the user interface, the user interface including a thin-screen display comprising a two-dimensional arrangement of pixels configured to display a selection input via which a user selects to perform the operation, a touchscreen overlay disposed over a front of the thin-screen display and configured to identify a user touching the thin-screen display at a touch location effective to activate the selection input, and a fingerprint reader disposed behind the thin-screen display and configured to acquire a fingerprint at the touch location on the front of the thin-screen display;
- a fingerprint authenticator configured to match the acquired fingerprint with a fingerprint contained in a fingerprint database;
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- an access controller configured to authorize performing the operation conditional upon the fingerprint authenticator matching the acquired fingerprint with a user who is authorized to perform the operation.
A user interface comprising:
- a dynamic display comprising a two-dimensional arrangement of pixels and selectively showing user options;
- a touchscreen overlay aligned with the dynamic display and disposed over a front of the dynamic display to identify a touch screen input comprising a touch location on the dynamic display;
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- a fingerprint reader disposed behind the dynamic display, the fingerprint reader configured to acquire a fingerprint at the touch location on the front of the dynamic display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.