Patent ID: 7190817

Claim:
A fingerprint identification and security system comprising: (a) a portable fingerprint scanner which can be carried on a person and which includes a time of day clock and a port for data communication to and from the scanner; (b) a plurality of docking stations at locations where inspections are to be performed, each of the docking stations being in the form of a receptacle for receiving the scanner, each docking station having a microprocessor and a unique code identification, there being bidirectional data communication between the docking station and the scanner received therein; and (c) a supervisory docking station in the form of a receptacle for receiving the scanner for downloading fingerprint images, times of day and docking station identifications from the scanner received therein; and whereby when a security person makes a round when he reaches each inspection location he operates the scanner to image his fingerprint and then inserts the scanner into the docking station at that location and a record is made of the time of day, unique identification of the docking station and fingerprint image of the security person which is stored in the scanner and then at the end of the round the security person inserts the scanner into the supervisory docking station which downloads the fingerprint images and times of day correlated with the docking station identification codes.