US 8,708,230 B2Granted

Biometric identification device with smartcard capabilities

OwnerCharles Cannon, Thomas Reigleinventors

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Abstract

A smartcard-enabled BPID Security Device integrates a smartcard reader with a biometric authentication component to provide secured access to electronic systems. The device allows for an individual to insert a smartcard into an aperture in the physical enclosure of the BPID Security Device, allowing the smartcard and the BPID Security Device to electronically communicate with each other. The BPID Security Device is based on a custom application specific integrated circuit that incorporates smartcard terminals, such that the BPID Security Device can communicate directly with an inserted smartcard. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the BPID Security Device is based on a commercial off-the-shelf microprocessor, and may communicate with a commercial off-the-shelf microprocessor smartcard receiver using a serial, USB, or other type of communication protocol. The device allows for enrolling a user's credentials onto the BPID Security Device and for authenticating an individual using the BPID Security Device.

Claims26

Dependent claims

An apparatus including:

a housing defining an aperture configured to receive therein a removable card having an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit storing electronic data including a first user identification credential;
a biometric sensor at least partially disposed in the housing, the biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input;
a memory disposed in the housing, the memory configured to store a plurality of identification credentials;
a processor disposed within the housing, the processor configured to determine whether the first user identification credential of the integrated circuit matches a first identification credential from the plurality of identification credentials;
and
a transceiver coupled to and at least partially disposed in the housing, the transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit the first identification credential from the plurality of identification credentials to an external device when (1) the card is received in the aperture of the housing, (2) the processor determined that the first user identification credential of the integrated circuit matches the first identification credential from the plurality of identification credentials, and (3) at least one of the card or the processor has determined that the biometric input matches a stored biometric input.

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Facts

Application: 13/482,206Filed 29 May 2012 · continuation
Priority: 24 Mar 2005
Published: US 2013/0026230 A131 Jan 2013
Granted: 29 Apr 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06K 7/0008
Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns: general problems related to the reading of electronic memory…
G06K 7/0013
Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns: by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant…
G06K 7/006
Housing of the card connector: the housing being a portable casing

Family

Application60/665,043Us provisional application · filed 24 Mar 2005
Application11/389,387Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Mar 2006
Application12/251,131Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Oct 2008
US 2013/0026230 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Jan 2013
US 8,186,580 B2Parent of this continuation
US 7,481,364 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2006/0213982 A1Published application
US 2009/0095810 A1Published application
US 8,708,230 B2This patent

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