Patent ID: 8036431
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of real-time identification and verification of the identity of a person comprising the following steps: capturing an image of a fingerprint of the person at a portable handheld device, said device comprising a housing including a handle portion having a distal end and a proximal end and a user interface portion at the distal end of the handle portion, while the handle portion of the portable handheld device is grasped by a single hand of an operator of the portable handheld device and the apparatus is operated via the user interface during image capture of the fingerprint; processing the captured fingerprint image at the portable handheld device to determine if the fingerprint image meets a predetermined quality level; storing fingerprint images that satisfy the predetermined fingerprint quality level in temporary data storage of the portable handheld device; enhancing the fingerprint image at the portable handheld device; after enhancing the fingerprint image, transmitting fingerprint images that satisfy the predetermined fingerprint quality level to a central processor for processing; processing the transmitted fingerprint images to determine if there is matching fingerprint information in central data storage; receiving data from the central processor relating to the processed fingerprint images at the portable handheld device; and displaying the data received on a display of the portable handheld device.