三星智能手錶之掃描靜脈驗證身份專利

人：三星(Samsung)

事：讓智能手錶通過掃描靜脈識別穿戴者的身份

時：2016/2

地：SIPO、USPTO、EPO、WIPO

物：當用戶對三星智能手錶進行初始設置時，其內置的紅外感測器能掃描捕獲靜脈圖像並進行存儲，藉此辨識用戶身份。

摘要：

智能穿戴越來越受歡迎，但日前不少智能手錶都很容易遭受黑客的攻擊。當用戶對三星智能手錶進行初始設置時，其內置的紅外感測器能掃描捕獲靜脈圖像並進行存儲。當用戶需要驗證身份時，可通過一感測器掃描一張全新的靜脈圖像並與之前儲存的那張進行對比，來確認用戶是否被允許使用某些特定的功能。

Note:

The international company as Samsung has a plurality of patents for wearable device. The litigation for wearable device patent will be the next battleground.

PS.

WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

EP2980678A1

摘要

Disclosed are a wearable device and a method of controlling the wearable device. The wearable device includes a sensor unit configured to detect at least one movement of the wearable device, and a control unit configured to determine a state of the wearable device based on the at least one detected movement, and to control, based on the determined state, the wearable device to operate in a first mode of performing a preset function of the wearable device or in a second mode of not performing the preset function. 

User authentication based on a wrist veinpattern
US 20140196131 A1

ABSTRACT

Technology is described for authenticating a user based on a wrist vein pattern. A wrist contact sensor device detects a wrist vein pattern. The wrist contact sensor device may be wearable by being positioned by a wearable support structure like a wristband. One or more pattern recognition techniques may be used to identify whether a match exists between a wrist vein pattern being detected by the sensors and data representing a stored wrist vein pattern. A user may be authenticated based on whether a match is identified satisfying matching criteria.

Original Data:

http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20160207/16137326.html

EPC

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