Abstract: A biometric authentication system includes a biometric device and a security authentication device, wherein the biometric device includes a digital image sensor configured to capture one or more images of human vasculature and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the one or more images to the security authentication device, and the security authentication device is configured to return an authentication true message if a first vascular map retrieved from a database matches a second vascular map generated from the set of images.

Abstract: A biometric authentication system includes a biometric device and a security authentication device, wherein the biometric device includes a digital image sensor configured to capture one or more images of human vasculature and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the one or more images to the security authentication device, and the security authentication device is configured to return an authentication true message if a first vascular map retrieved from a database matches a second vascular map generated from the set of images.

Abstract: A modular electronic system includes network modules and network processors connected in a network topology. At least one embodiment is object-oriented, and one embodiment is a modular television. Each network module has a respective function module. Each network processor communicates with one or more network modules via respective serial or parallel interfaces. Each network processor has a data switch, a local memory and an object indexing engine. Data is moved among the network modules, the data switch, the local memory and the network processors. The network modules and network processors include electronic circuits, which may be integrated circuits. At least one of the network modules or network processors is individually removable from the modular electronic system for replacement or upgrading. Further network modules or further network processors can be added to the modular electronic system. The television embodiment includes display, memory, interface, communication, CPU and power modules.