Mobile issuance of official documents with biometric information encoded thereon

Abstract

A system for automatically obtaining a printable photographic image of an object for a document, particularly adaptable to police traffic-ticket dispensing situations is described. A tablet computer with a stylus input display device has a video camera device associated with it that points at the object of the document, in the preferred example the object of the document being the suspect or perpetrator of the offense. Wireless communication with a printer affiliated with another computer in the police car makes printing of the ticket easy, and additional wireless connections to remote databases provides the officer at the scene with confirmation of the object's identity and additional information. The end result is a ticket or document that is self proving and can be used to confirm the identity of the holder of the document when presented. This system can also be used in transportation, commercial, and medical settings. Many additional applications for authenticating transactions of various types are described, and electronically transferable documents may be used in place of printed documents in some embodiments.

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         30 . An integrated tablet-computer system for producing a traffic ticket with an image thereon of a traffic-ticket recipient, comprising:
 a tablet computer, the tablet computer comprising a display;   a reversible camera integrated with the tablet computer, the camera being capable of being pointed at a traffic ticket recipient while data is entered into the tablet computer display, the camera further being capable of obtaining a biometrically relevant feature of the traffic ticket recipient at a time and vicinity in which the traffic ticket is produced;   a program for automatically associating the biometrically-relevant feature of the traffic ticket recipient with the data and storing the biometrically-relevant feature and the data on the tablet computer; and,   a printer, the printer being integrated with the tablet computer and capable of printing a traffic ticket at the time and vicinity in which the traffic ticket is produced, the traffic ticket comprising the data and the obtained biometrically-relevant feature.   
     
     
         31 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 30 , wherein the biometrically-relevant feature includes at least one of: and image of the traffic ticket recipient taken at the time and vicinity the traffic ticket is produced; and scan of at least one eye of the traffic ticket recipient, the scan being taken at the time and vicinity in which the traffic ticket is produced. 
     
     
         32 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 32 , the scan of at least one eye of the traffic ticket recipient comprising a scan of the traffic ticket recipient's iris. 
     
     
         33 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 31 , the biometrically-relevant feature being encoded on the traffic ticket. 
     
     
         34 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 34 , the encoding comprising a scanable field. 
     
     
         35 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 35 , the scanable field comprising a 2 dimensional barcode. 
     
     
         36 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 31 , the reversible camera being removable from the tablet computer. 
     
     
         37 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 37 , the reversible camera being in wireless communication with the tablet computer. 
     
     
         38 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 31 , the display comprising a touch screen display. 
     
     
         39 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 31 , the printer being removable from the tablet computer. 
     
     
         40 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 40 , the printer being in wireless communication with the tablet computer. 
     
     
         41 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 31 , the program further facilitating the capture of a signature provided by the traffic ticket recipient. 
     
     
         42 . The tablet-computer system of  claim 42 , the program associating the captured signature with at least one of the biometrically-relevant feature and the data.