Michael Alistair Stone

US Patent:

20060266823, Nov 30, 2006

Filed:

May 30, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/442214

Inventors:

Selvin Passen - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Kevin Baker - Severn MD, US
Michael Stone - Pinebrook NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 7/08

US Classification:

235381000

Abstract:

An identity authentication method authenticates valid purchases of restricted products or services such as alcoholic beverages from unattended vending machines. The authentication method is designed to comply with all 50 States' requirements, as the equipment includes a field-programmable age requirement verification mechanism. The process consists of two primary steps: 1) Registration, a one-time procedure where a Patron's age is verified, fingerprint enrolled and information entered into an electronic tag, as well as a central database (if applicable); and 2) Purchase, which occurs each time a product is purchased, where the Patron presents the electronic tag to a tag reader (located on the front of the vending machine), authenticates his/her Identification by placing the appropriate finger onto a fingerprint scanner (also located on the front of the vending machine), then proceeds to purchase the product via cash, credit card, or whatever other method is applicable to that particular location.

US Patent:

20080021322, Jan 24, 2008

Filed:

May 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/440565

Inventors:

Michael Benjamin Stone - Oakland CA, US
Samuel Rascher Brooks - Brooklyn NY, US

International Classification:

A61B 8/00

US Classification:

600443

Abstract:

A hand-held ultrasonic imaging apparatus having an integrated display and transducer. The transducer and display are relatively configured so that an operator may look directly down at the patient and, at the same time visualize images of the patient's internal body structures on the display. The apparatus may be used to facilitate placement and insertion of a needle or catheter into a patient. Images displayed on the screen (e.g., the tip of the needle or catheter and an intended internal target body structure) and the actual needle or catheter itself may be maintained within the same visual axis of the operator, thereby avoiding any need to look away from the needle or catheter in order to visualize images on the display. The apparatus may also include an integrated transducer control and signal processing circuit, which together with the integrated display and transducer, provide a complete integrated ultrasonic imaging solution.