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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2011
James Allen Hymel, Kitchener, CA;
Jean Philippe Bouchard, Waterloo, CA;
Jeffery Erhard Lindner, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Allen Hymel, Kitchener, CA;
Jean Philippe Bouchard, Waterloo, CA;
Jeffery Erhard Lindner, Los Gatos, CA (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A communications system may include at least one first near field communication (NFC) device associated with an object, and a mobile wireless communications device. The mobile wireless communications device may include a second NFC device configured to communicate with the at least one first NFC device based upon proximity thereto, an image sensor, and a controller coupled to the second NFC device and the image sensor. The controller may be configured to determine at least one archive image of the object based upon NFC communication between the second NFC device and the at least one first NFC device, determine a sensed image of the object from the image sensor, and perform image comparison between the at least one archive image and the sensed image.