Patent ID: 6532298
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A01K,A61B,G06K,G07C,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A system for providing access to a vehicle or other asset, comprising:an imager comprising: iris acquisition means having a front surface for obtaining an image of an iris of an eye; a lens having an image plane disposed in front of the front surface of the iris acquisition means; a mirror disposed on a side of the lens opposite the iris acquisition means; an illuminator disposed along a side of the mirror; a first memory for storing an iris image obtained by the iris acquisition means; a processor for extracting a template from the stored iris image; and a communications interface for transmitting the template to the controller system; and a controller system comprising: communications interface for receiving the template from the imager; a second memory for storing at least one template of at least one image of an iris of at least one person's eye; a processor for comparing the received template with the at least one template in the second memory to identify the person; and a lock interface coupled to the processor for receiving a command from the processor responsive to the results of the comparison.