Patent ID: 8489901

Claim:
A sensor data acquisition module for use in a system for identifying a person, comprising: a sensor for obtaining information representing an identification characteristic of a person, and wherein said identification characteristic includes a fingerprint; a first memory; a key module comprising a one-time programmable (OTP) memory, being a second memory, for storing information representing a key, and wherein said key has a value that is cryptographically random; and an encryption module configured for employing said key for encrypting said information representing said identification characteristic of a person prior to storing said information into said first memory; and wherein said storing of said key is preserved by circuitry including a first plurality of fuses, and wherein at least a subset of said first plurality of fuses, being a second plurality of fuses, are at least partially blown during manufacture of said key module; and wherein each of said second plurality of fuses retains an amount of charge to maintain integrity of said information storing said key prior to a package containing the second memory being breached after manufacture, and wherein upon said package being breached after manufacture, said information storing said key is at least partially destroyed.