GB2309110A - Identification system - Google Patents

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GB2309110A
GB2309110A GB9600359A GB9600359A GB2309110A GB 2309110 A GB2309110 A GB 2309110A GB 9600359 A GB9600359 A GB 9600359A GB 9600359 A GB9600359 A GB 9600359A GB 2309110 A GB2309110 A GB 2309110A
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Personal Biometric Encoders Ltd
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Priority to EP97900313A priority patent/EP0873553A1/en
Priority to JP9524990A priority patent/JP2000503824A/en
Priority to RU98115002/09A priority patent/RU2213998C2/en
Priority to PCT/GB1997/000064 priority patent/WO1997025691A1/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/10—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means together with a coded signal, e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
    • G07F7/1008—Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/30—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks
    • G06Q20/34—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
    • G06Q20/341—Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/38—Payment protocols; Details thereof
    • G06Q20/40—Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
    • G06Q20/401—Transaction verification
    • G06Q20/4014—Identity check for transactions
    • G06Q20/40145—Biometric identity checks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
    • G07C9/22—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
    • G07C9/25—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
    • G07C9/22—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
    • G07C9/25—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
    • G07C9/26—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass

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Abstract

A first party at a first telephone 7 confirms their identity to a second person at a second telephone 8. The fingerprint of the first person is read and compared to a stored fingerprint pattern. If the stored and sensor fingerprint patterns match, the first telephone 7 transmits a signal to the second telephone 8 which controls a display 9 on the second telephone to display an image of the first person.

Description

IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM This invention relates to an identification system for verifying the identify of a person.
It is often necessary to confirm that someone instructing a transaction is who they claim to be or that they are authorised to carry out a particular transaction.
Identification cards carrying a photograph of authorised personnel are well known as are cards, eg bank cards, having a magnetic strip containing details of a four digit code which can be compared to a code inputted by the carrier of a card into a card receiving machine.
Identification cards of the first type having a photograph on their surface which is always visible may be tampered with. For example, the photograph may be removed and replaced with another. Furthermore, such cards cannot be used for a remote identification as they cannot be used to generate an identification signal which may be transmitted to a location remote from the card carrier and the card.
This means that the card is not suitable for identification of someone authorising the transaction over, for example, the telephone.
The magnetic strip type of identification card results in a 'yes' or a 'no' signal. The strip merely stores a code corresponding to the authorised card user's input code and does not produce an identification signal which can be transmitted to a remote display to generate a display characteristic of the carrier of the card and readily identifiable therewith.
The invention is defined in claims 1 or 4 to which reference should now be made.
The invention of claims 1 and 4 allows one to generate a signal which can be transmitted to a remote display to produce a display readily identifiable with a particular user by someone monitoring the display.
Preferably, the second memory stores a bit map corresponding to an image of the face of the carrier of the card which is transmitted to a remote display to generate an image of the carrier of the card. This results in an identification signal which is difficult to replicate by a forger and yet which can be easily generated and transmitted by the user of the card.
Preferred features of the invention are described in the claims appendant on claims 1 and 5 to which reference should now be made.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying figures in which: Figure 1 illustrates (not to scale) a remote identification system; and Figure 2 is a block diagram of the flow of information corresponding to the system in figure 1.
Figure 1 illustrates a remote identification system for verifying the identity of a card carrier at the location remote from an operator processing a transaction. The embodiment is particularly suitable, eg, for verifying the identify of the person giving telephone instructions for banking, stock broking, or dealing transactions.
A card 1, for example a PCMCIA card, has an in-built fingerprint sensor 2 and on-card memory 3 and data processing means 4. The card construction is as described in International Patent application no. PCT/GB94/00900.
A card reader having a card receiving slot 6 is incorporated in a first telephone 7, for use for example, by a first person for instructing a second person to carry out a transaction. A second telephone 8 in communication with the first telephone 7 for use by second person being instructed to carry out the transaction incorporates a display system 9 and/or is connected to an external display system 9a.
When the card carrier using the first telephone 7 to instruct a transaction wishes to identify himself, he inserts the card 1 in the slot 6 and presses down on the fingerprint sensor 2 with the tip of one of his fingers.
As described in more detail below, the sensed fingerprint pattern is compared with a stored fingerprint pattern corresponding to the authorised carrier of the card. This stored pattern is held in an on-card memory 3.
If the sensed and stored fingerprint patterns correspond, a signal representing an image of the face of the authorised card carrier is transmitted down the telephone line connecting the two telephones to the second telephone 8. The identification display system 9 or 9a includes a screen or visual display unit 10 or 10a and data processing means 11. The data processing means 11 receives the transmitted image signal and causes the image of the authorised card carrier represented by the image signal to be displayed on the screen 10.
Referring to Figure 2, the on-card memory means 3 includes a first memory 12 for storing a signal representing the finger print pattern of the authorised carrier of the card, and a second memory 13 storing in digital form, i.e.
as a bit map, an image of the face of the authorised carrier of the card. The on-card data processing means 4 includes a comparison means 14 for comparing the fingerprint pattern signal generated by the fingerprint sensor 2 and its associated data processing circuitry with the stored signal in the first memory 12. A comparison means 14 generates a coincidence signal when the stored and generated signals match.
The coincidence signal is then used to address the second memory 13 and an image signal is transmitted by the image signal generating means 15 via a telephone connection 16 (either a radio or fixed line) to the second telephone 8.
The second telephone set 8 is connected to data processing means 11 which convert the image generated in the first telephone set 7 from the bit map stored in the second memory 13 into a visual display of the image of the, say, face of the authorised carrier of the card for display on a screen 10.
As shown in Figure 1, the two telephones 7 and 8 may be of similar construction so that each participant in a telephone conversation can verify the identity of the other participant.

Claims (10)

1. An identification method including the steps of generating a signal corresponding to a fingerprint pattern, comparing the generated signal to a stored fingerprint signal, generating a coincidence signal when the stored and generated fingerprint signals match, and using the coincidence signal to generate a display of a stored image characteristic of a pre-determined person.
3. An identification method according to claim 1 wherein the coincidence signal is used to address a memory storing in digital form an image signal representing the characteristic image.
3. An identification method according to any preceding claim including the step of transmitting the image signal to a location remote from that where the fingerprint pattern is sensed, and generating the display at the remote location.
4. An identification device including fingerprint sensing means for sensing a fingerprint pattern, data processing means for producing a signal representing a sensed fingerprint pattern, a first memory for storing a signal representing a selected fingerprint pattern of a pre-determined person, signal comparison means for comparing a signal generated by the data processing means from a sensed fingerprint pattern with the stored fingerprint pattern and generating a coincidence signal when the two match, second memory means for storing an image signal representing an image characteristic of the pre-determined person, addressing means for retrieving the characteristic signal from the second memory when a coincidence signal is generated by the comparison means, and display means for converting the image signal into a characteristic display.
5. An identification device according to claim 4, wherein the second memory means stores an image of at least a portion of the pre-determined person whose fingerprint pattern is stored in the first memory means.
6. An identification device according to claim 5 wherein the second memory stores the image signal in digital form.
7. An identification device according to any of claims 4 to 6 wherein the display means is remote from the fingerprint sensor.
8. An identification device according to claim 7 wherein the portion of the device in the same location as the sensor is connected by a telephone link to the portion of the device at the remote location with the display.
9. An identification method substantially as herein described, with reference to the accompanying figures.
10. An identification device substantially as herein described, with reference to the accompanying figures.
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GB9600359A GB2309110B (en) 1996-01-09 1996-01-09 Identification system
PCT/GB1997/000064 WO1997025691A1 (en) 1996-01-09 1997-01-09 Identification system
JP9524990A JP2000503824A (en) 1996-01-09 1997-01-09 Identification system
RU98115002/09A RU2213998C2 (en) 1996-01-09 1997-01-09 Identification system
EP97900313A EP0873553A1 (en) 1996-01-09 1997-01-09 Identification system
AU13901/97A AU1390197A (en) 1996-01-09 1997-01-09 Identification system
US09/834,356 US20010013546A1 (en) 1996-01-09 2001-04-13 Identification system
US10/298,757 US6695206B2 (en) 1996-01-09 2002-11-18 Identification system displaying a user image at a remote location

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