Patent ID: 6212290
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G06K,G07C

Abstract:
A method of verifying the identity of a person comprising the steps of:a) obtaining a fingerprint of a person to be identified provided via the use of an inkless material which when touched by a finger of said person causes immediate development of an image of the fingerprint of said finger in a black and white appearance,b) providing a portable personnel identification, personal to said person, having recorded therewith a non-minutiae numerical identifier which identifies the fingerprint of the said finger of said person,c) electronically reading said numerical identifier recorded on said portable personnel identification, and electronically storing in memory the said numerical identifier,d) video scanning said image of said fingerprint provided by said inkless means to produce fingerprint image data, electronically storing in digital form in an addressable memory said fingerprint image data, and digitizing, electronically, on a non-minutiae basis, the said fingerprint image data to produce a non-minutiae digitized numerical identifier indicative of said fingerprint,e) comparing the numerical identifier of said identification stored in said memory with said non-minutiae digitized numerical identifier stored in said addressable memory, to verify the identity of said person.