System and method for providing an automated biometric enrollment workflow

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9774453-B2
Application number	US-201514676468-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2015
Priority date	Apr 1, 2015
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed are automated biometric enrollment workflow (ABEW) systems and method implemented on a mobile communications device that includes a processor, memory and a display. The method is executed by the processor and includes opening of ABEW user interface (UI), initiating automated biometric enrollment workflow in which first biometric mode of the automated biometric enrollment workflow is started, a biometric sensor/scanner connected to mobile communications device scanning or reading a first biometric, wherein the first biometric is associated with the first biometric mode, analyzing the quality of the read/scanned first biometric, determining if the quality is sufficient, if the quality is insufficient, repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the first biometric until the quality of the first biometric is sufficient and if the quality is sufficient, storing the first biometric.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automated biometric enrollment workflow (ABEW) method implemented on a mobile communications device that includes a processor, memory and a display, the method executed by the processor and comprising:
opening of an ABEW user interface (UI);
initiating automated biometric enrollment workflow in which first biometric mode of the automated biometric enrollment workflow is started;
displaying on a display a live view of a first biometric;
a biometric sensor/scanner connected to mobile communications device scanning or reading the first biometric, wherein the first biometric is associated with the first biometric mode;
providing audio instructions, the audio instructions including a current biometric capture desired, a state of the current biometric capture, and contextual directions;
analyzing the quality of the read/scanned first biometric;
determining if the quality is sufficient;
if the quality is insufficient, repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the first biometric until the quality of the first biometric is sufficient; and
if the quality is sufficient, storing the first biometric,
wherein if the quality of the first biometric remains insufficient after repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining over a period of time, the quality required to be sufficient is incrementally reduced and the method further comprises repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the first biometric, and
wherein the incremental reduction results in multiple permissible reduced-quality degrees that include at least one automatically captured reduced-quality degree and at least one manually captured reduced-quality degree.

2. The ABEW method of claim 1 wherein storing the first biometric completes the first biometric mode, the method further comprising determining if there are additional biometric modes in the automated biometric enrollment workflow.

3. The ABEW method of claim 2 wherein if there are additional biometric modes, the method further comprising:
a biometric sensor/scanner connected to mobile communications device scanning or reading a second biometric, wherein the second biometric is associated with a second biometric mode;
analyzing the quality of the read/scanned second biometric;
determining if the quality is sufficient;
if the quality is insufficient, repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the second biometric until the quality of the second biometric until the quality is sufficient; and
if the quality is sufficient, storing the second biometric.

4. The ABEW method of claim 3 wherein storing the second biometric completes the second biometric mode, the method further comprising determining if there are additional biometric modes in the automated biometric enrollment workflow.

5. The ABEW method of claim 4 wherein if there are additional biometric modes, the method further comprising:
a biometric sensor/scanner connected to mobile communications device scanning or reading a third biometric, wherein the third biometric is associated with a third biometric mode;
analyzing the quality of the read/scanned third biometric;
determining if the quality is sufficient;
if the quality is insufficient, repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the third biometric until the quality of the third biometric until the quality is sufficient; and
if the quality is sufficient, storing the third biometric.

6. The ABEW method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the scanned/read first biometric on the display of the mobile communications device.

7. The ABEW method of claim 1 further comprising updating a workflow status display on the display of the mobile communications device.

8. The ABEW method of claim 1 further comprising activating a biometric sensor/scanner connected to mobile communications device, wherein the activated biometric sensor/scanner is associated with first biometric to be read during first biometric mode.

9. The ABEW method of claim 1 further comprising instructing the scanning/reading of the first biometric.

10. A system implementing an automated biometric enrollment workflow (ABEW) comprising:
a mobile communications device that includes a processor, memory and a display; and
one or more biometric sensor/scanners connected to the mobile communications device and configured to scan or read biometrics, wherein each biometric is associated with a biometric mode of the ABEW;
wherein the memory includes instructions for execution by the processor to perform the ABEW by:
opening of an ABEW user interface (UI) on the display of the mobile communications device;
initiating automated biometric enrollment workflow in which first biometric mode of the automated biometric enrollment workflow is started;
displaying on a display a live view of a first biometric;
a first biometric sensor/scanner of the one or more biometric sensor/scanners connected to mobile communications device scanning or reading the first biometric, wherein the first biometric is associated with the first biometric mode;
providing audio instructions, the audio instructions including a current biometric capture desired, a state of the current biometric capture, and contextual directions;
analyzing the quality of the read/scanned first biometric;
determining if the quality is sufficient;
if the quality is insufficient, repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the first biometric until the quality of the first biometric is sufficient; and
if the quality is sufficient, storing the first biometric,

wherein if the quality of the first biometric remains insufficient after repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining over a period of time, the quality required to be sufficient is incrementally reduced and the instructions further comprises instructions for repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the first biometric, and
wherein the incremental reduction results in multiple permissible reduced-quality degrees that include at least one automatically captured reduced-quality degree and at least one manually captured reduced-quality degree.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein storing the first biometric completes the first biometric mode, the memory further including instructions for determining if there are additional biometric modes in the automated biometric enrollment workflow.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein if there are additional biometric modes the one or more biometric sensor/scanners include a second biometric sensor/scanner connected to mobile communications device configured to scan or read a second biometric, wherein the second biometric is associated with a second biometric mode, and the memory further includes instructions for:
analyzing the quality of the read/scanned second biometric;
determining if the quality is sufficient;
if the quality is insufficient, repeating the scanning/reading, analyzing and determining for the second biometric until the quality of the second biometric until the quality is sufficient; and
if the quality is sufficient, storing the second biometric.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein storing the second biometric completes the second biometric mode, the memory further including instructions for determining if there are additional biometric modes in the automated biometric enrollment workflow.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein if there are additional biometric modes, wherein if there are additional biometric modes the one or more biometric sensor/scanners include a third biometric sensor/scanner connected to m

Assignees

• Northrop Grumman Systems Corp

Inventors

• Baldwin Taylor D
• Zarroli Gregory T

Classifications

• G06V40/67 Primary

  by interactive indications to the user · CPC title

• H04L9/3231 Primary

  Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861) · CPC title

• G06V10/993

  Evaluation of the quality of the acquired pattern · CPC title

• G06K9/00926

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K9/00912

  Physics · mapped topic