TWM535841U - Fingerprint enrollment system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a fingerprint enrollment system which includes a card apparatus and a mobile hand-held apparatus. The card apparatus includes: a fingerprint sensing unit for capturing at least one enrollment fingerprint image according to an enrollment procedure, a control unit, for converting the at least one enrollment fingerprint image to an enrollment fingerprint template, a memory unit which is coupled to the control unit, for saving the enrollment fingerprint template, and a first wireless transmission unit which is coupled to the control unit. The mobile hand-held apparatus includes: a second wireless transmission unit for communicating with the first wireless transmission unit through a wireless transmission method, wherein the control unit controls the first wireless transmission unit to transmit the enrollment procedure to the second wireless transmission unit, and a display panel unit which is coupled to the second wireless transmission unit, for prompting an operation instruction to guide a user to execute the enrollment procedure for capturing the at least one enrollment fingerprint image on the fingerprint sensing unit.

Description

Fingerprint login system

The present invention relates to a fingerprint registration system, and more particularly to a fingerprint registration system for guiding a user to register a fingerprint on a card device by using a mobile handheld device.

1 shows a prior art card device (card device 5) having a fingerprint registration function. The card device 5 includes a circuit chip unit 51 and a fingerprint capture unit 52. When the user uses the card device 5, the fingerprint can be transmitted. The capture unit 52 performs a fingerprint input operation to perform verification of the identity.

The prior art shown in FIG. 1 has the disadvantage that when the fingerprint registration phase (ie, the user sets the fingerprint for the first time), it is usually required to imprint the fingerprint according to one or more fingerprint registration steps on the fingerprint capture unit 52. Different ranges, and the prior art of Fig. 1 does not have a corresponding display mode to prompt the user, so the user is quite inconvenient.

Figure 2 discloses a prior art card device (card device 6) having a fingerprint registration function. The card device 6 includes an indicator light 53 (e.g., a light-emitting diode LED) and a fingerprint capture unit 52 for logging in at the user's fingerprint. In the stage, the indicator number 53 may be lighted or flashed to prompt the fingerprint registration step instruction to guide the user to perform a fingerprint input operation on the fingerprint capturing unit 52 (for example, according to one or more of the fingerprint capturing unit 52) The fingerprint registration step 52 is used to capture a fingerprint of the user according to the fingerprint input operation, and the fingerprint is used as a fingerprint template, and the fingerprint template can be used for subsequent fingerprint matching. Used as identification for identity.

The prior art shown in FIG. 2 has the disadvantage that the user must understand the message displayed by the indicator number 53 according to the manual. The type of the message that the indicator number 53 can display is also very limited, making the fingerprint registration difficult. And easy to make mistakes.

Compared with the prior art of FIG. 1 , the present invention has the advantages of low power consumption, thin thickness and light weight, and has the function of clearly displaying the fingerprint registration step, which is easy to operate and difficult to compare with the prior art of FIG. 2 . The advantage of making mistakes.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a fingerprint registration system including a card device and a mobile handheld device, wherein the card device includes: a fingerprint sensing unit for capturing at least one login according to a fingerprint registration step a fingerprint image, and converting the at least one login fingerprint image into a login fingerprint template; a memory unit coupled to the fingerprint sensing unit for storing the login fingerprint template; and a first wireless transmission unit, and the fingerprint sense The mobile unit includes: a second wireless transmission unit configured to communicate with the first wireless transmission unit in a wireless transmission manner, wherein the first wireless transmission unit transmits the fingerprint registration step to the a second wireless transmission unit; and a display panel unit coupled to the second wireless transmission unit for displaying an operation prompt according to the fingerprint registration step for guiding a user to the fingerprint sensing unit according to the The fingerprint registration step is performed to prompt the at least one login fingerprint image.

In a preferred embodiment, the display panel unit displays the operation prompt according to the fingerprint registration step, and is used to guide the user to perform the fingerprint registration step according to the operation prompt to delete the fingerprint sensing unit. At least one of the memory units is registered with the fingerprint template.

In a preferred embodiment, the first wireless transmission unit and the second wireless transmission unit respectively comprise a near field communication transceiver, and the wireless transmission mode is Near Field Corrumunication (NFC). ).

In a preferred embodiment, the wireless transmission mode is Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID).

In a preferred embodiment, the first wireless transmission unit includes a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag), and the second wireless transmission unit includes an RFID reader.

In a preferred embodiment, the display panel unit includes a display panel for displaying the operation prompt.

In a preferred embodiment, the display panel is a color display panel.

In a preferred embodiment, the mobile handset further includes an application for controlling the display panel unit to display the operation prompt according to the fingerprint login step.

In a preferred embodiment, the card device is an identification card for identifying an identity, wherein the card device further includes a third wireless transmission unit; wherein the fingerprint sensing unit further captures an identification fingerprint And the control unit further performs fingerprint feature comparison according to the fingerprint image and the login fingerprint template to generate an identity recognition output; when the identity recognition output represents that the fingerprint image matches the fingerprint feature of the login fingerprint template, The third wireless transmission unit wirelessly communicates with a card server.

In a preferred embodiment, the card device is an identification card for identifying an identity, wherein the card device further includes a contact transmission unit, wherein the contact transmission unit and a card server The physical sensing unit is coupled to the fingerprint sensing unit, wherein the fingerprint sensing unit further captures an identification fingerprint image, and the control unit performs fingerprint feature comparison according to the identification fingerprint image and the login fingerprint template to generate an identity recognition output; The identity recognition output represents a fingerprint image and When the fingerprint feature of the login fingerprint template matches, the contact transmission unit communicates with the card server.

In a preferred embodiment, the card device is a credit card or a debit card.

In a preferred embodiment, the mobile handset is a smart mobile phone or a tablet computer.

In a preferred embodiment, the fingerprint sensing unit includes a push-type fingerprint sensing unit or a sliding fingerprint sensing unit for sensing and capturing the at least one login according to the push-sensing mode or the sliding sensing mode. Fingerprint image.

In a preferred embodiment, the fingerprint sensing unit includes a push-type fingerprint sensing unit or a sliding fingerprint sensing unit for sensing and capturing the at least one login according to the push-sensing mode or the sliding sensing mode. Fingerprint image or the fingerprint image.

The details of the creation, the technical content, the features and the effects achieved by the present invention are more easily explained by the detailed description of the specific embodiments.

1,2,3‧‧‧Finger login system

10‧‧‧ card device

14‧‧‧Contact transmission unit

15‧‧‧Finger sensing unit

151‧‧‧Push-type fingerprint sensing unit

152‧‧‧Sliding fingerprint sensing unit

16‧‧‧Memory unit

17,17’,17”‧‧‧First wireless transmission unit

171,211‧‧‧ Near Field Communication Transceiver Unit

172‧‧‧RF tags

18‧‧‧Control unit

19‧‧‧ Third wireless transmission unit

20‧‧‧Mobile handheld devices

21, 21’, 21” ‧ ‧ second wireless transmission unit

212‧‧‧RF Reader

22‧‧‧Display panel unit

30‧‧‧Card Server

40,41‧‧‧Wireless field

5,6‧‧‧ card device

51‧‧‧ circuit chip unit

52‧‧‧Finger capture unit

53‧‧‧ indicator number

IDO‧‧‧identity identification output

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a prior art card device having a fingerprint login function.

Figure 2 shows a block diagram of a prior art card device with a fingerprint login function.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the fingerprint registration system of the present invention.

Figure 4 shows the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, wherein the wireless transmission mode is a block diagram of one embodiment of near field communication.

Figure 5 shows the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, wherein the wireless transmission mode is a block diagram of one embodiment of radio frequency identification.

Figures 6A and 6B show the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, wherein the card device is a block diagram of an embodiment of the identity recognition card.

Figure 7 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a fingerprint registration system of the present invention.

Figure 8 shows a fingerprint registration system of the present invention, in which a block diagram of one embodiment of the fingerprint sensing unit.

When using the identification card with fingerprint identification function (such as, but not limited to, a credit card, a financial card, an identity card, a smart card, etc.), the user's fingerprint needs to be registered as an enrollment fingerprint template before use. For subsequent fingerprint comparison, to confirm the user's identity, and to carry out subsequent operations related to identity identification cards (such as but not limited to operations such as payment); in order to improve the accuracy and security of fingerprint identification, log in to the user In the fingerprint, one or a plurality of fingerprint images may be retrieved, and the one or more fingerprint images are converted into one or a plurality of fingerprint characteristics, and the identification card is further determined according to the fingerprint image. The one or more fingerprint features are generated to generate the foregoing login fingerprint template, and are stored in the identity identification card. When the identity recognition card is used later, one or more identification fingerprint images and corresponding identification fingerprint features may be captured. And compare it with the login fingerprint template stored earlier for identity identification.

Since fingerprints may need to capture a plurality of fingerprint images, it is necessary to prompt the user to perform fingerprint image capture in one or more steps (for example, but not limited to pressing multiple fingerprints, or capturing multiple angles) Fingerprint), in order to overcome the shortcomings of the aforementioned prior art, the meaning of this creation The pattern registration system can effectively prompt the user to perform the fingerprint registration step, and has the advantages of reducing the thickness and weight of the card, and the details will be detailed later.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which shows an embodiment of the fingerprint registration system of the present invention (fingerprint registration system 1). The fingerprint registration system 1 includes a card device 10 and a mobile handset 20, wherein the card device 10 includes a The fingerprint sensing unit 15 is configured to capture at least one fingerprint image according to a fingerprint registration step, and a control unit 18 converts the at least one login fingerprint image into a login fingerprint template. The memory unit 16 is coupled to the control unit 18 for storing the login fingerprint template, wherein the login fingerprint template is used as a later fingerprint comparison to confirm the identity; and the first wireless transmission unit 17 The control unit 18 is coupled to have a wireless communication function and can communicate with the mobile handset 20; the mobile handset 20 includes a second wireless transmission unit 21 for communicating with the first wireless transmission unit 17 The wireless field 40 communicates with each other in a wireless transmission mode, wherein the control unit 18 controls the first wireless transmission unit 17 such as, but not limited to, the fingerprint registration step The second wireless transmission unit 21 is coupled to the second wireless transmission unit 21, and is coupled to the second wireless transmission unit 21 for displaying an operation prompt according to the fingerprint registration step for guiding the user to the fingerprint. The sensing unit 15 performs the fingerprint registration step according to the operation prompt to capture the at least one login fingerprint image.

In addition, in the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, in an embodiment, the display panel unit 22 can also display the operation prompt according to the fingerprint registration step for guiding the user to the fingerprint sensing unit 15 according to the operation. The fingerprint registration step is performed to prompt to delete at least one login fingerprint template in the memory unit 16.

In an embodiment, in the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, the mobile handset 20 can be, for example, but not limited to, a mobile smartphone, or a tablet computer; in an embodiment, the foregoing The display panel unit 22 can be a monochrome or color display panel (such as, but not limited to, a liquid crystal display panel LCD panel or an organic light emitting diode display panel OLED). In the embodiment, the display panel prompts the user to perform the fingerprint registration step, the display message is clear, the user is easy to operate, and the error is not easy to make mistakes, and the display panel is included in the mobile device 20, so the card device 10 is not needed. By supplying power, the size and weight of the card device 10 can be reduced.

In an embodiment, the mobile device 20 can be configured to apply an application (such as but not limited to an APP of a smart mobile phone, not shown). When the user logs in the fingerprint, the application is started to be used according to the second wireless. The fingerprint registration step received by the transmission unit 21 displays the foregoing operation prompt for guiding the user, and the fingerprint sensing unit 15 performs the fingerprint registration step according to the operation prompt to capture the at least one login fingerprint image. .

In one embodiment, in the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, the wireless transmission mode used by the card device 10 and the mobile handset 20 to communicate with each other may be, for example but not limited to, Near Field Communication (NFC). Referring to FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, the first wireless transmission unit 17' (corresponding to, for example, but not limited to, the fingerprint registration system 1 of FIG. 3, wherein the first wireless transmission unit 17) and the second wireless transmission unit 21' (corresponding to, for example, but not limited to, the fingerprint registration system 1 of FIG. 3, wherein the second wireless transmission unit 21) includes near field communication transceivers 171 and 211 (near field communication transceiver), respectively, for near field communication (NFC) ) Agreement for wireless data transmission.

In an embodiment, in the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, the wireless transmission mode of the card device 10 and the mobile device 20 for communicating with each other may be, for example, but not limited to, Radio Frequency ID (RFID); Referring to FIG. 5, in the embodiment, the first wireless transmission unit 17" (corresponding to, for example, but not limited to, the fingerprint registration system 1 of FIG. 3, wherein the first wireless transmission unit 17) includes, for example, but not limited to, a radio frequency Identification tag (RFID tag) 172, and second wireless transmission unit 21" (corresponding to, for example, but not limited to, fingerprint registration system 1 of FIG. 3, wherein the second wireless transmission unit 21) includes, for example, but not limited to, a radio frequency identification read An RFID reader 212 performs wireless data transmission with each other using a radio frequency identification protocol.

In an embodiment, in the fingerprint registration system of the present invention, the card device 10 may be, for example, but not limited to, a card for payment use (such as but not limited to a credit card or a financial card), and the user can hold the action by using the mobile phone before use. The prompt of the device 20 first performs the fingerprint registration step as described above, and the login fingerprint template of the user is registered in the card device 10, and the subsequent user in the transaction place causes the card to capture the fingerprint of the user, and earlier After the login fingerprint template is compared and the identity is confirmed, subsequent transaction operations are performed.

Referring to FIG. 6A, in the embodiment, the card device 10 further includes a contact transmission unit 14. When the user uses the card device 10, the card device 10 and the card server 30 are connected by the contact transmission unit 14 ( For example, but not limited to, a card reader of a credit card or a financial card is coupled (for example, but not limited to, a physical contact such as a contact contact), the fingerprint sensing unit 15 further captures an identification fingerprint image, wherein the control unit 18 is further based on The identification fingerprint image and the login fingerprint template perform fingerprint feature comparison, and generate an identity recognition output IDO to identify the user identity. When the identity recognition output IDO indicates that the identification fingerprint image and the fingerprint feature of the login fingerprint template match each other This means that the identity of the user has been confirmed. At this time, the contact type transmission unit 14 can communicate with the card server 30 and perform other operations such as, but not limited to, payment, etc.; when the identity recognition output IDO indicates the identification fingerprint image If the fingerprint features of the login fingerprint template do not match each other, it means that the identity of the user cannot be confirmed, and the relevant follow-up can be performed at this time. For example, but not limited to, one or more of the following: the card device 10 can cut off part of the power of the card device 10; the contact transfer unit 14 can not communicate with the card server 30, and does not perform subsequent payment and the like; Or send out interference signals or warnings.

Referring to FIG. 6B, in the embodiment, the card device 10 further includes a third wireless transmission unit 19. When the card device 10 is in use, the fingerprint sensing unit 15 further captures an identification fingerprint image, wherein the control unit 18 further Identifying the fingerprint image and the login fingerprint template to perform fingerprint feature comparison, and generating an identity recognition output IDO to identify the user identity, and when the identity recognition output IDO indicates the identification finger The fingerprint image and the fingerprint feature of the login fingerprint template coincide with each other, which means that the user's identity has been confirmed, and the third wireless transmission unit 19 and a card server 30 (such as but not limited to a credit card or a financial card credit card machine), Wireless communication can be performed by a wireless field 41, and other subsequent operations, such as but not limited to payment, etc.; when the identity identification output IDO indicates that the fingerprint image of the identification fingerprint image does not coincide with the fingerprint feature of the login fingerprint template, Confirming the identity of the user, the relevant subsequent actions may be performed at this time, such as but not limited to one or more of the following: the card device 10 may cut off part of the power of the card device 10; the third wireless transmission unit 19 may not be associated with the card. The server 30 performs wireless communication, does not perform subsequent payment operations, or issues an interference signal or a warning.

In general, fingerprint sensing methods for capturing fingerprint images include push-type sensing and sliding sensing. Referring to FIG. 7 , in an embodiment, the fingerprint sensing unit 15 of the fingerprint registration system of the present invention may include, for example, but not limited to, a pressing fingerprint sensing unit 151 for sensing and pressing according to the pressing sensing manner. Taking at least one login fingerprint image or identifying the fingerprint image. Referring to FIG. 8 , in an embodiment, the fingerprint sensing unit 15 of the fingerprint registration system of the present invention may include, for example, but not limited to, a sliding fingerprint sensing unit 152 for sensing and capturing according to the sliding sensing manner. The at least one login fingerprint image or the identification fingerprint image. The present invention has been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments, and the above description is only for the purpose of making the present invention easy to understand the content of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The respective embodiments described are not limited to separate applications, and may be combined. For example, the "first wireless transmission unit" and the "third wireless transmission unit" may be shared. In addition, in the same spirit of the present invention, those skilled in the art can think of various equivalent changes and various combinations. For example, in the foregoing embodiments, only NFC or RFID is taken as an example, as a card device and a mobile handheld device. For example, a wireless transmission method may be used, but other wireless transmission methods such as Bluetooth or WiFi may also be applied to the wireless transmission method of the present invention. For example, this creation is called "based on a certain news. The processing or calculation or the generation of an output result is not limited to the signal itself, but is also included when necessary, the signal is subjected to voltage-current conversion, current-voltage conversion, and/or proportional conversion, etc., and then according to the converted The signal is processed or operated to produce an output result. Therefore, in the same spirit of the present creation, those skilled in the art can think of various equivalent changes and various combinations, and there are many combinations thereof, and the descriptions are not enumerated here. Therefore, the scope of this creation should cover all of the above and all other equivalent changes.

1‧‧‧Finger login system

10‧‧‧ card device

15‧‧‧Finger sensing unit

16‧‧‧Memory unit

17‧‧‧First wireless transmission unit

18‧‧‧Control unit

20‧‧‧Mobile handheld devices

21‧‧‧Second wireless transmission unit

22‧‧‧Display panel unit

40‧‧‧Wireless field

Claims (14)

A fingerprint registration system, comprising a card device and a mobile handheld device, wherein the card device comprises: a fingerprint sensing unit configured to capture at least one login fingerprint image according to a fingerprint registration step; a control unit, the at least The first fingerprint transmission module is coupled to the control unit; The second wireless transmission unit is configured to communicate with the first wireless transmission unit in a wireless transmission manner, wherein the control unit controls the first wireless transmission unit to transmit the fingerprint registration step to the second wireless transmission unit; a display panel unit coupled to the second wireless transmission unit for displaying an operation prompt according to the fingerprint registration step for guiding a user to perform the fingerprint login according to the operation prompt Steps to capture the at least one login fingerprint image. The fingerprint registration system of claim 1, wherein the display panel unit displays the operation prompt according to the fingerprint registration step, to guide the user, and the fingerprint sensing unit performs the operation according to the operation prompt. The fingerprint registration step is to delete at least one login fingerprint template in the memory unit. The fingerprint registration system according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the first wireless transmission unit and the second wireless transmission unit respectively comprise a near field communication transceiver (near field) Communication transceiver), the wireless transmission mode is Near Field Communication (NFC). The fingerprint registration system according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the wireless transmission method is Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID). The fingerprint registration system of claim 4, wherein the first wireless transmission unit comprises a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag), and the second wireless transmission unit comprises an RFID reader. The fingerprint registration system of any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the display panel unit comprises a display panel for displaying the operation prompt. The fingerprint registration system of claim 6, wherein the display panel is a color display panel. The fingerprint registration system of any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the mobile handset further comprises an application for controlling the display panel unit to display the operation prompt according to the fingerprint registration step. The fingerprint registration system of claim 1, wherein the card device is an identification card for identifying an identity, wherein the card device further comprises a third wireless transmission unit; wherein the fingerprint sensing The unit further captures an identification fingerprint image, and the control unit performs fingerprint feature comparison according to the identification fingerprint image and the login fingerprint template to generate an identity recognition output; when the identity recognition output represents the fingerprint image and the login fingerprint template The fingerprint feature is consistent, and the third wireless transmission unit performs wireless communication with a card server. The fingerprint registration system of claim 1, wherein the card device is an identification card for identifying an identity, wherein the card device further comprises a contact transmission unit, wherein the contact transmission The unit is coupled to a card server in a physical contact manner; wherein the fingerprint sensing unit further captures an identification fingerprint image, and the control unit performs fingerprint feature comparison according to the identification fingerprint image and the login fingerprint template. Generating an identity recognition output; when the identity recognition output represents that the fingerprint image matches the fingerprint feature of the login fingerprint template, the contact transmission unit communicates with the card server. The fingerprint registration system according to any one of claims 9 to 10, wherein the card device is a credit card or a debit card. The fingerprint registration system according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the mobile handset is a mobile smartphone or a tablet computer. The fingerprint registration system of claim 1, wherein the fingerprint sensing unit comprises a pressing fingerprint sensing unit or a sliding fingerprint sensing unit for sensing according to a push-type sensing method or a sliding sensing method. And capturing the at least one login fingerprint image. The fingerprint registration system of any one of the claims 9 to 10, wherein the fingerprint sensing unit comprises a pressing fingerprint sensing unit or a sliding fingerprint sensing unit for pressing or sliding according to the pressing method. Inductively sensing and capturing the at least one login fingerprint image or the identification fingerprint image.