Method and apparatus for controlling access and presence information using ear biometrics

A method and apparatus control the operations of an audio device by obtaining by the audio device biometric information about an ear of a user; identifying the user by processing the biometric information; and controlling the operation of the audio device in response to the identification of the use...

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Hauptverfasser:	COUGHLAN, MARC WILLIAM JOSEPH, GANNON, CIARAN, WARTA, RALPH, FORBES, ALEXANDER QUENTIN, MICHAELIS, PAUL ROLLER, RUNCIE, PETER DONALD
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE CHECKING-DEVICES GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS PHYSICS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	A method and apparatus control the operations of an audio device by obtaining by the audio device biometric information about an ear of a user; identifying the user by processing the biometric information; and controlling the operation of the audio device in response to the identification of the user. Also, a method and apparatus control the operations of an external database by receiving biometric information about the ear of a user from an audio device; identifying the user by processing the biometric information; and transmitting a control message to another system.