Biometric authentication of individuals utilizing characteristics of bone and blood vessel structures
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US-11368455-B2
Publication Date
2022-06-21
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Abstract
Biometric authentication of a subject utilizing bone and/or blood vessel (vein or artery) structures is provided. A vertice profile is generated from a non-invasive, multi-dimensional image scan of a subject or a portion thereof. The vertice profile is generated by identifying relative locations of divots and peaks on a surface of a bone structure or by identifying branch intersections and traversals of blood vessels. Additional variation techniques can be used for proof of life (verification of human subject). If authenticated, access to physical or digital/virtual assets is allowed.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for granting access at a TSA access point to a specific living user over a data communication network. Access is granted utilizing biometric authentication enhanced with non-invasive vascular vessel matching internal to and unique to the specific living user, in response to an access request received and processed by an authentication server.
The method includes scanning, with an external device, internal characteristics of the surface of vascular vessels of a living body part to generate an anatomical multi-dimensional image internal to the specific living user. From the generated anatomical multi-dimensional image, a vertices profile of the vascular vessels unique to the living body part is generated and treated as a basis for identifying the specific living user.
The method further determines whether the generated vertices profile and a database stored vertices profile for the specific living user meet a pre-determined threshold of accuracy through comparison. Responsive to a determination that the generated vertices profile and the database stored vertices profile meet the pre-determined threshold of accuracy, the access request is granted to the specific living user at the TSA access point.
Claims Coverage
Independent claim clm-00001 defines an end-to-end access-granting method with five inventive features: non-invasive vascular vessel matching, external scanning to generate an anatomical multi-dimensional image, generating a vertices profile, comparing the generated profile to a stored profile against a pre-determined accuracy threshold, and granting access when the threshold is met.
TSA access grant using living-user vascular biometric authentication over a data communication network
A computer-implemented method for granting access at a TSA access point to a specific living user over a data communication network, wherein access is granted utilizing biometric authentication enhanced with non-invasive vascular vessel matching internal to and unique to the specific living user.
External scanning to generate internal anatomical multi-dimensional image of vascular vessel surface characteristics
Scanning with an external device internal characteristics of the surface of vascular vessels of a living body part to generate an anatomical multi-dimensional image internal to the specific living user in response to the access request.
Generating a vertices profile of vascular vessels unique to the living body part
Generating a vertices profile of the vascular vessels unique to the living body part based on the generated anatomical multi-dimensional image.
Threshold accuracy comparison between generated and stored vertices profiles via authentication server
Determining via transmission from a network interface to the processor and memory of the authentication server over the data communication network if the generated vertices profile and a database stored vertices profile for the specific living user meet a pre-determined threshold of accuracy through comparison.
Granting access responsive to accuracy-threshold match of vertices profiles
Responsive to a determination that the generated vertices profile and the database stored vertices profile meet a pre-determined threshold of accuracy, granting the access request to the specific living user.
The claim coverage is centered on non-invasive vascular vessel matching internal to and unique to the living user, where an external device generates an anatomical multi-dimensional image, a vertices profile is generated, the profile is compared to a stored vertices profile in an authentication server, and access is granted when the comparison meets a pre-determined accuracy threshold.
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