Patent ID: 8181031

Claim:
A biometric authentication device, comprising: an input device that one of generates a signal and completes a circuit when said input device is actuated by a user's touch, said input device comprising an actuation portion configured to be actuated by a user's touch; a biometric reader integrally disposed on said actuation portion of the input device such that the biometric reader reads a biometric of a user as the user actuates said actuation portion of said input device to one of generate said signal and complete said circuit; an authentication function that authenticates said read biometric to generate one of a data access allowance function based on authentication of said read biometric and a data access prevention function based on non-authentication of said read biometric; a decryption section that decrypts data in a data storage device when said authentication function generates said data access allowance function for said user to access decrypted data; and an encryption section that encrypts said data of said data storage device when said authentication function generates said data access prevention function thereby preventing a user from accessing said data, wherein data access is determined solely on authentication of the biometric of the user.