Patent ID: 6421943
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: F41A,G07C

Abstract:
A system for programming a biometric authorization system in a first firearm utilized to discriminate between an authorized user of the first firearm and unauthorized users of the first firearm, comprising:a) means for collecting and storing a large number of unauthorized user web prints by having the unauthorized users grasp a firearm; b) means for collecting and storing at least one authorized user web print by having the authorized user grasp a firearm; c) means for training one or more discriminants for the at least one authorized user web print and at least some of the unauthorized user web prints; d) means for computing one or more discriminant thresholds based on the step of training the discriminants; and e) means for transmitting to the first firearm the one or more trained discriminants and one or more discriminant thresholds.