Patents by Inventor Cathryn E. Goodman

Cathryn E. Goodman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fingerprint based smartcard
    Patent number: 7028893
    Abstract: A smartcard device 1200 that includes a single embedded IC chip 1222 that includes smart card circuitry that includes a processor device and memory that is shared with a fingerprint capture device (10) that has a plurality of charge storage devices (12), i.e., the shared memory, that couple through conductive surfaces (22) to conductive spheres (21) that are disposed within an epoxy that comprises a fingerprint contact surface (13). When raised portions of an object (26) appropriately contact certain conductive spheres (21), the corresponding charge storage device (12) will discharge through a separate conductive sphere which is connected to a grounded conductive surface. This discharging serves both to simultaneously sense the asperity features of the object and to store that sensed information as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Cathryn E. Goodman, Mark Lill, Behnam Bavarian
  • Method and apparatus for asperity sensing and storage
    Patent number: 6941004
    Abstract: A fingerprint capture device (10) has a plurality of charge storage devices (12) that couple through conductive surfaces (22) to conductive spheres (21) that are disposed within an epoxy that comprises a fingerprint contact surface (13). When raised portions of an object (26) appropriately contact certain conductive spheres (21), the corresponding charge storage device (12) will discharge. This discharging serves both to simultaneously sense the asperity features of the object and to store that sensed information as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Cathryn E. Goodman, Mark P. Lill
  • Method and apparatus for asperity sensing and storage
    Publication number: 20030108226
    Abstract: A fingerprint capture device (10) has a plurality of charge storage devices (12) that couple through conductive surfaces (22) to conductive spheres (21) that are disposed within an epoxy that comprises a fingerprint contact surface (13). When raised portions of an object (26) appropriately contact certain conductive spheres (21), the corresponding charge storage device (12) will discharge. This discharging serves both to simultaneously sense the asperity features of the object and to store that sensed information as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Cathryn E. Goodman, Mark P. Lill