Fingerprint verification system utilizing a facial image-based heuristic search method

摘要

A fingerprint verification system utilizing a facial image-based heuristic search method which includes a first computer-based device having stored thereon encoded first human fingerprint biometric data representative of an authorized human user, an integrated circuit-based or optically-based fingerprint sensor for gathering said first fingerprint data, a control device with display and keyboard for enrolling said authorized human user, a second computer-based device located remotely from said first computer-based device for providing verification of said authorized human user, a network for communicating data between said first computer-based device and said second computer-based device, a receptacle or the like associated with said second computer-based device having embedded therein an integrated circuit-based or optically-based fingerprint sensor for real-time gathering of second human fingerprint biometric data, a video camera and digitizer associated with said second computer-based device for real-time gathering of human facial image data, and software resident within said second computer-based device, which can include minutiae analysis, principal component analysis, neural networks or other equivalent algorithms, for comparing said first human biometric data with said second human biometric data and producing an output signal therefrom for use in the verification of said human user. The apparatus may optionally include an electronic interface for controlling a security system which can be enabled or disabled based on whether or not said human user's biometric data is verified by said biometric verification algorithms.