US 11,836,232 B1
Secure biometric-based smart card activation method and system
Ravi Durairaj, San Antonio, TX (US); Gregory Brian Meyer, San Antonio, TX (US); Oscar Roberto Tijerina, San Antonio, TX (US); Sean Carl Mitchem, San Antonio, TX (US); Stacy Callaway Huggar, San Antonio, TX (US); Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US); Nathan Lee Post, Rockport, TX (US); Mark Anthony Lopez, Helotes, TX (US); and Nolan Serrao, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,140.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/002,900, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/32 (2013.01) [G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06V 40/162 (2022.01); G06V 40/175 (2022.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of activating a smart card, the method comprising:
receiving, via an image sensor of the smart card, first image data corresponding to a first facial signature;
comparing the first facial signature to a first facial model stored in a memory of the smart card;
determining the first facial signature and the first facial model match; and
activating, in response to determining the first facial signature and the first facial model match, the smart card for a first period of time, wherein activating the smart card comprises closing a circuit, thereby causing power to flow from a battery of the smart card to a control module of the smart card and, after the first period of time, opening the circuit, thereby preventing power from flowing from the battery to the control module.