Patent ID: 6163616
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: G06F,G06K,G07C

Abstract:
A system for verifying the identity of a person based on a relationship between anatomic structures of a hand of said person when said person is holding and operating a computer mouse with said hand while in contact with a surface of a touch-sensitive screen of a computer across which said person is moving said computer mouse, said system comprising:a) a touch-sensitive screen means, coupled to a computer means, for sensing and determining an angular relationship between anatomic structures of a hand of a person when said hand is in contact with a surface of said touch-sensitive screen means and said person is moving a computer mouse, coupled to said computer, across said touch-sensitive screen means while holding said computer mouse in said hand;b) a comparitor means for comparing said angular relationship between said related anatomic structures of said hand sensed and determined by contact with said surface of said touch-sensitive screen means with a previously established standard for said angular relationship between said anatomic structures of said hand of said person.