Wearable retina/iris scan authentication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9747500-B2
Application number	US-201615005805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2016
Priority date	Jan 30, 2015
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A wearable retina/iris authentication system includes: a frame; a retina/iris scanner mounted to the frame for capturing images of a retina and/or an iris of a user; a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device including a memory for storing information about the user; a position determining device coupled to the mobile computing device for continuously determining a location of the user and providing the location to the mobile computing device; a display mounted to the frame and coupled to the mobile computing device for displaying information received from the mobile computing device; a database for storing information about one or more of a plurality of retina images and a plurality of iris images for matching with the captured images of one or more of the retina and the iris of the user; and a communication interface for comminuting with external systems remote to the wearable system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable retina/iris authentication system comprising:
a frame mountable on a head of a user;
a retina/iris scanner mounted to the frame for capturing images of one or more of a retina and an iris of the user;
a mobile computing device wearable by the user and electrically coupled to the retina/iris scanner, the mobile computing device including a memory for storing information about the user;
a position determining device coupled to the mobile computing device for continuously determining a location of the user and providing the location to the mobile computing device;
a display mounted to the frame and coupled to the mobile computing device for displaying information received from the mobile computing device;
a database for storing information about one or more of a plurality of retina images and a plurality of iris images for matching with the captured images of one or more of the retina and the iris of the user and information about access privilege levels of a plurality of users; and
a communication interface for comminuting with external systems remote to the wearable system, wherein
the mobile computing device continuously authenticates the user to access certain information or certain portal based on the captured images of one or more of the retina and the iris of the user and the stored information in the database at an authentication frequency, wherein
the authentication frequency is dependent on a sensitivity of the certain information or a type of the certain portal being accessed by the user, and wherein
when the user is authenticated by the mobile device, the access privilege level of the user is determined from the database, a remote database remote from the user is accessed based on the user access privilege level, and limited information is retrieved from the remote database based on the user access privilege level and displayed in the display.

2. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the frame is one or more of the group consisting of a helmet, an eye glasses and a goggle.

3. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the display is one or more of the group consisting of a flip down optical element, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a goggle and a pico-display.

4. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is one or more of the group consisting of a wired interface and a wireless interface.

5. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the stored information about the user include one or more of a behavior pattern of the user, identity and access privileges of the user, and a fatigue level of the user.

6. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the retina/iris scanner obtains biometric data about the user and the mobile computing device utilizes said biometric data to determine a level of fatigue of the user.

7. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the database is remote from the user and accessible via the communication interface.

8. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device increases a level of the authentication, based on the stored information about the user, the location of the user, the sensitivity of the certain information or the type of the certain portal.

9. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device increases a level of the authentication by performing a voice authentication of the user, based on the stored information about the user, the location of the user, the sensitivity of the certain information or the type of the certain portal.

10. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the certain portal is a vehicle and wherein the mobile computing device increases the authentication frequency for a smaller vehicle and decreases the authentication frequency for a larger vehicle.

11. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the certain portal is an area, and wherein the mobile computing device decreases the authentication frequency for a smaller area and increases the authentication frequency for a larger area.

12. A wearable retina/iris authentication system comprising:
a helmet wearable on a head of a user;
a retina/iris scanner mounted to the helmet for capturing images of one or more of a retina and an iris of the user;
a mobile computing device wearable by the user and electrically coupled to the retina/iris scanner, the mobile computing device including a memory for storing information about the user;
a display mounted to the helmet and coupled to the mobile computing device for displaying information received from the mobile computing device;
a database for storing information about one or more of a plurality of retina images and a plurality of iris images for matching with the captured images of one or more of the retina and the iris of the user; and
a wireless communication interface for comminuting with external systems remote to the wearable system, wherein
the mobile computing device continuously authenticates the user to be able to operate an equipment based on the captured images of one or more of the retina and the iris of the user and the stored information in the database at an authentication frequency, wherein
the authentication frequency is dependent on a type of the equipment being accessed by the user, wherein upon a positive authentication of the user, the wireless communication interface communicates with an external system to grant the user access to said equipment, and wherein when the user starts operating the equipment, the authentication frequency is reduced.

13. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 12 , wherein the stored information about the user include one or more of a behavior pattern of the user, identity and access privileges of the user, and a fatigue level of the user.

14. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 12 , wherein the retina/iris scanner obtains biometric data about the user and the mobile computing device utilizes said biometric data to determine a level of fatigue of the user.

15. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 12 , wherein the mobile computing device determines access privilege for the user based on said authentication of the user, obtains information from external systems via the communication interface and displays said information on the display, according to said determined access privilege for the user.

16. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 1 , wherein the database is remote from the user and accessible via the communication interface.

17. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 12 , wherein the mobile computing device increases a level of the authentication, based on the stored information about the user, the location of the user, the sensitivity of the certain information or the type of the certain portal.

18. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 12 , wherein the mobile computing device increases a level of the authentication by performing a voice authentication of the user, based on the stored information about the user, the location of the user, the sensitivity of the certain information or the type of the certain portal.

19. The wearable retina/iris authentication system of claim 12 , wherein the certain portal is a vehicle and wherein the mobile computing dev

Assignees

• Raytheon Co

Inventors

• Andersen Michael L
• Stephens Thomas J
• Lovell Todd

Classifications

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• H04L63/0861

  using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0138

  comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title