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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Esra Vural, Potsdam, NY (US);

Mark W Van Order, Corvailis, OR (US);

Peter S Nyholm, Austin, TX (US);

Stephanie Schuckers, Canton, NY (US);

Inventors:

Esra Vural, Potsdam, NY (US);

Mark W Van Order, Corvailis, OR (US);

Peter S Nyholm, Austin, TX (US);

Stephanie Schuckers, Canton, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 1/68 (2006.01); H04M 3/16 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); A61B 5/117 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/0051 (2013.01); A61B 5/117 (2013.01); A61B 5/6898 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); A61B 5/4869 (2013.01);
Abstract

A signal may be emitted by an emitter or transducer. The signal may be sensed by a sensor, such as an accelerometer. Features of a body part or portion may be one of detected, extracted, or constructed from the sensed signal. It may be determined whether the body part or portion matches that of a user, such as an authorized user, based on the features.


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