Patent ID: 6970583
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. An identity authentication device having the general shape of a stylus, the stylus having a stylus tip, the identity authentication device comprising: a sensor disposed within the grip of the stylus, the sensor enabling the capture of a fingerprint or a thumbprint as the stylus is generating text images upon a surface, either the fingerprint or thumbprint enabling identity authentication of the person doing the writing, the text images being a signature or non-signature images; and a processor having memory, the memory being disposed within the stylus, the stylus including means for determining the position of the tip of the stylus upon the surface, the text images being captured in processor memory as the writing is generated by the stylus, the processor memory retaining the text images generated by the stylus upon the surface; whereby identity authentication is based upon a comparison of either the captured fingerprint or thumbprint against a reference print, such identity authentication being independent of the text images; and whereby the text images generated by the stylus are downloadable from the scanned text images retained in the processor memory within the stylus.