Abstract:
A method and apparatus for verifying the identity of a person by first establishing and storing in a storage unit (116) a reference vector based upon predetermined characteristics derived from a number of handwritten signature samples. In the verification mode, a person whose identity is to be verified enters an identification number on a keyboard (144) thereby selecting his reference vector from the storage unit (116). The person then writes his signature on a signature pad (108), the written signature generating an analog waveform which is digitized, the digitized representation then being compressed. Thereafter, parameters dependent on Haar coefficients and on physical features are computed to provide a vector which is compared with the reference vector utilizing a comparison threshold which has been predetermined for that person.
Abstract:
In order to compensate for drift of the null point of a measuring device (12), particularly a signature verification device, an analog measurement signal on line (16) is compared in an operational amplifier (18) with a compensating signal from a digital to analog converter (32) to provide a comparison output signal on line (22), which represents a signal compensated for drift. The comparison output signal is fed via an analog to digital converter (24) to a microcomputer (28) for further processing. The microcomputer is arranged to compute a value of compensating signal which accurately compensates for drift of the null point of the measuring device, and to this end stores a prior value of the comparison output signal with the measuring device in a null point condition and compares this with the current value of the comparison output signal with the measuring device in a null point condition. Depending on the result of such comparison, the stored value is modified. This operation is repeated until the comparison output signal attains a zero value, the stored value then representing a compensating value which is applied to the digital to analog converter (32) for providing a compensating signal for subsequent use of the measuring device (12).