Patent ID: 7819329

Claim:
A method of activating a fingerprint identification process of a contactless smart card according to a given condition, wherein the method comprises the steps of: 1) setting a conditional value for activating the fingerprint identification process of the smart card; 2) reading a command from a card reader by the smart card; 3) determining by the smart card whether the command obtained in step 2) from the card reader is a command for activating the fingerprint identification process, according to the conditional value obtained in step 1) for activating the fingerprint identification process of the smart card; 4) accordingly, activating the fingerprint identification process of the smart card for verifying a fingerprint input of a user to authenticate the user if the fingerprint identification process of the smart card is determined in the step 3), and executing the command obtained in the step 2) from a card reader if the user is a legitimate user, or rendering an error message if the user is not a legitimate user; or executing the command obtained in the step 2) from a card reader directly if the fingerprint identification process of the smart card is not determined in the step 3), the verification process for the fingerprint information input by the user is performed within the smart card.