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6591001 Image-input device  
An image-input device includes a camera for capturing an iris pattern, and a personal computer for displaying the captured iris image. The computer has software for registering iris data and for...
6583864 Self service terminal  
A self service terminal ( 10 ) including a human iris identification system is described. The iris identification system comprises a camera ( 30 ) for recording an image of a human iris via a lens...
6580819 Methods of producing security documents having digitally encoded data and documents employing same  
Machine readable data is digitally watermarked into banknotes by slight alterations to ink color, density, distribution, etc., or by texturing the microtopology of the banknote surface. Such...
6573983 Apparatus and method for processing bank notes and other documents in an automated banking machine  
An apparatus and method for determining a type and/or a condition of a note passing through the apparatus includes a note transport ( 12 ) which moves the note past sensing assemblies ( 18 ). Each...
6570648 Machine-detectable security marking with an increased level of proof against forgery, production of the security marking, and security system comprising this security marking  
The invention relates to a security marking whose level of proof against forgery is increased relative to known security markings, comprising liquid-crystalline material with chiral phase, wherein...
6567539 Method for producing an image using a portable object  
The invention relates to a method for producing a predetermined image by means of a device ( 40 ) and a portable object ( 8 ), the device including data processing means, data memorizing means, and...
6567159 System for recognizing a gaming chip and method of use  
A system ( 20 ) for recognizing gaming chips ( 500 ) includes pairs of light emitting devices P 1 through P n , each pair emitting light ( 28 ) of a different color. The light ( 28 ) is reflected...
6560352 Apparatus and method of biometric identification or verification of individuals using optical spectroscopy  
Methods and apparatus for performing biometric identification or verification of identities using optical spectroscopy of tissue. Tissue optical spectra can be obtained by projecting optical...
6556302 Apparatus for and method of determining information record medium  
An apparatus for determining an information record medium is provided. The apparatus includes an emitting device, a light receiving device and a determining device. The emitting device respectively...
6552781 Device for counting and/or sorting coins  
A device for counting and/or sorting coins ( 1 ) being fed in an regular sequence on a guiding track ( 4 ), with their borders ( 2 ) resting against a guiding edge ( 3 ), with a coin identification...
6542622 Methods and articles for determining invisible ink print quality  
A test target having N invisible test data encodements ( 66 0 -66 N , 74 0 -74 N , 74′ 0 -74′ N ) each comprising test data printed over the surface of test print media media in a defined...
6542629 Digital imaging method and apparatus for detection of document security marks  
A method and apparatus for preventing or inhibiting effective reproduction of documents such as currency, checks, stock certificates, and any other printed document including a pre-defined security...
6529269 Paper sheet identification method and device  
Disclosed are a method and a device capable of high-precision identification of a color-copied paper sheet without increasing the amount of data extracted from the paper sheet. The method and...
6525329 Method and device for detecting currency  
The invention is a multi-sensor device which generates a signal comprised of one or more electromagnetic waveforms, that are transmitted against a first target material, such as a wall, whereupon...
6522399 Signature mark recognition systems  
A signature recognition system for identifying an article with a distinctive diffraction element (or elements) and verifying the presence of that element or elements comprising: an article with one...
6496251 Apparatus for detecting properties of sheet material  
The apparatus has an imaging device which converts light emitted by an illuminating device into a substantially parallel light pencil which illuminates a line in a line plane parallel to the sheet...
6490030 Portable product authentication device  
A portable product authentication device and method for analyzing key ingredients and the relative amounts of key ingredients in products which in turn enables authentication and monitoring...
6483576 Counterfeit detection system  
A method for associating source information with a substrate includes providing at least one latent marking agent that emits a signal at an emission wavelength in response to being irradiated with...
6463166 Fingerprint input apparatus  
A fingerprint input apparatus includes a prism, a light source, a pinhole, and an imaging plane. The prism is placed such that a surface in one direction serves as a fingerprint collection surface....
6453061 Method of controlling banknotes  
A method of controlling banknotes provides for acquiring a first image of a banknote having two successive prints; determining a relative deviation of the prints; determining deformation of the...
6449032 Sheet recognition system  
A system within a self-service deposit terminal is arranged to recognize different denominations of bank notes. The system scans each side of a deposited note and produces a diffraction pattern of...
6441891 System for detecting a foreign object attached to a bill passing through a bill validator  
A bill validator for detecting the presence of a bill comprising a bill passageway having a first side and a second side, a light source positioned at the first side, the light source for emitting...
6429927 Imaging device, especially for optical fingerprinting  
An optical imaging device such as a fingerprint imager has a prism or another light transmitting element, a light source for illuminating a finger placed on the prism, and a CCD image sensor for...
6426509 Optical paper sheet checking apparatus having an automatic adjustment function  
In quantitatively detecting light permeated through or reflected from a paper sheet in order to detect optical characteristics of the paper sheet, an optical paper sheet checking apparatus detects...
6426837 Diffractive selectively polarizing beam splitter and beam routing prisms produced thereby  
A diffractive having a grating period that exhibits significant polarization selectivity is used as a polarizing beamsplitter for obliquely incident polarized light. The grating is preferably a...
6415246 Method for limit checking  
A device and method is provided for automatically validating test measurements of an optical entity in an optical transmission network. The method includes creating an object in a database that...
6414749 Uneven-pattern reading apparatus  
An uneven-pattern reading apparatus includes a detecting prism having a detecting surface on which an uneven pattern is placed, an incident surface upon which an incident light beam for...
6407804 Assembly for detecting the superficial structures of fingers and/or palms  
An arrangement for detecting the surface structures of fingers, palms or other parts of the skin placed on an image scanning surface, wherein the image scanning surface is formed at a scanning...
6404904 System for the touchless recognition of hand and finger lines  
A process for reproducing hand and/or finger lines with a camera works without skin contact with the recording device. By using linearly or circularly polarized light in the paths of the...
6382416 Medicine safety storage system  
A medicine safety storage system restricts access to medicines to authorized persons who have pre-programmed a microprocessor to recognize their unique fingerprint. The system includes a housing...
6373573 Apparatus for measuring optical characteristics of a substrate and pigments applied thereto  
Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced...
6373973 Method and device for controlling valuable or security items, in particular banknotes  
A method of controlling printed items, in particular banknotes, involving two printing stages, the method including the steps of acquiring a controlled-item image; acquiring from the...
6365907 Device for recognizing diffraction optical markings  
The invention relates to a device for the simultaneous machine recognition of Q diffraction optical markings ( 11 ) of a security element ( 4 ), which devices comprises a light source ( 1 ) for...
6356649 “Systems and methods with identity verification by streamlined comparison and interpretation of fingerprints and the like”  
Preferably a sensor receives a print image from an authorized person to form a template, and from a candidate to form test data. Power spectral density (PSD) data for the template and candidate are...
6353472 Device for authenticating a person on the basis of his fingerprints  
A device for the authentication of a person by his fingerprints prior to an authorization of operations includes a housing having a track for sliding the finger and a sensor having a dimension less...
6344895 Paper money identification device  
A surface of an optical sensor which faces on a paper money transport path is covered by transparent antistatic covers in order to prevent to as great an extent as possible the adhering of dust and...
6343140 Method and apparatus for shooting using biometric recognition  
An apparatus for shooting. The apparatus includes a gun. The apparatus includes a controller connected to the gun which controls whether the gun can fire. The apparatus includes a mechanism for...
6341028 Jitter mechanism for a real time fingerprint sensor and verification system  
A real time fingerprint verification system includes a recording device and a verification device each having a fingerprint scanner for generating a flat, dimensionally undistorted, high contrast,...
6327376 Electronic apparatus comprising fingerprint sensing devices  
An electronic apparatus comprising a fingerprint sensing device (10) having an array of sensing elements (12) carried on a transparent substrate (35) for sensing capacitively the ridge pattern of a...
6324020 Method and apparatus for reduction of trapezoidal distortion and improvement of image sharpness in an optical image capturing system  
An apparatus and method for acquiring an image of a patterned object such as a fingerprint including a light refracting device, a focusing lens, and a light source. The light refracting device can,...
6324310 Method and apparatus for scanning a fingerprint using a linear sensor  
A method and apparatus for scanning a fingerprint using a linear optical sensor. A finger or palm is rolled over a transparent roller. A light source directs light through the roller to illuminate...
6323972 Real-time analog creation of holographic fourier transform matched filters  
A method is disclosed by which filters are created optically in real time--and tested. This technique is made possible by recent advances in Charge Couple Detector (CCD) detector array technology....
6317544 Distributed mobile biometric identification system with a centralized server and mobile workstations  
A distributed biometric identification system incorporates highly mobile workstations. The system generally includes a plurality of mobile workstations and a file server remotely located from the...
6310683 Apparatus for reading fingerprint  
A light beam emitted by a surface illuminant reaches the surface of a transparent base layer of a recess/projection detection optical element. A light beam emitted almost vertically is emitted to...
6301047 System for optically identifying an object  
The object to be identified is affixed with an identification medium comprising a reflective layer consisting of a reflective hologram or diffraction grating. The high polymer cholesteric liquid...
6292576 Method and apparatus for distinguishing a human finger from a reproduction of a fingerprint  
A method and apparatus for distinguishing a human finger from a reproduction of a fingerprint. A finger is placed on a transparent platen having a prism or microprism array attached. A first light...
6288779 Close-up imaging device using a CMOS photosensitive element  
A close-up imaging device may take advantage of the pinhole effect that may be achieved with complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging arrays. In particular, a high magnification optical lens...
6269169 Secure document reader and method therefor  
Apparatus and a method are disclosed for reading documents, such as identity documents, including passports, and documents of value, to obtain and verify information recorded thereon, and to read...
6266433 System and method for determining ridge counts in fingerprint image processing  
A computer based image processing system uses an extraction process to include a pressure invariant feature for measuring distances between minutiae. The feature extraction process identifies one...
6259108 Fingerprint image optical input apparatus  
A fingerprint optical input apparatus comprises a contact image sensor for viewing a moving finger and providing a high contrast image. A narrow strip of the fingerprint touching a transparent...