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5859930 Fast pattern recognizer utilizing dispersive delay line  
A fast pattern recognition system includes a combination of digital and analog processing circuitry which allows the system to achieve super computing processing speeds within an open personal...
5848175 View point detecting device  
A disclosed device detects an observer's visual axis bi-directionally, comprising a light receiver for receiving light from the observer's eyeball via multiple photoelectric transfer element...
5841886 Security system for photographic identification  
Security of photographic identification documents is enhanced by embedding within the photographic image encoded information that may be correlated to other information pertaining to the individual...
5838812 Tokenless biometric transaction authorization system  
A tokenless identification system and method for authorization of transactions and transmissions is described. The tokenless system and method are principally based on a correlative comparison of a...
5838814 Security check method and apparatus  
A check permitting confirmation that a check was drawn by an authorized maker at the time of transaction is disclosed. Such check includes a picture of the authorized maker and an...
5835616 Face detection using templates  
Disclosed is a two step process for automatically finding a human face in an electronically digitized image (for example, taken by handheld digital cameras and digital video-cameras such as...
5832102 Apparatus for extracting fingerprint features  
In order to extract position and direction of the first joint line of a fingerprint for stable pattern positioning in fingerprint comparison, an apparatus for extracting fingerprint features...
5818954 Method of detecting eye fixation using image processing  
The inventive method calculates a position of the center of the eyeball as a fixed displacement from an origin of a facial coordinate system established by detection of three points on the face,...
5818955 Document and signature verification system and method  
A computer-based method and system for capturing and verifying a handwritten signature. The handwritten signature may relate to a document, such as an electronically stored document. An image of...
5815252 Biometric identification process and system utilizing multiple parameters scans for reduction of false negatives  
A system for verifying that a card possessor is the authorized card owner compares scanned fingerprint data with fingerprint data encoded on an optical card. More than one of the person's...
5805718 Clothing amount measuring apparatus and method using image processing  
In order to measure in a non-contact manner a clothing amount of a human being in a state in which the human body is clothed, a camera captures a subject including the human being. An image...
5805719 Tokenless identification of individuals  
A tokenless identification system and method for authorization of transactions and transmissions. The tokenless system and method are principally based on a correlative comparison of a unique...
5802208 Face recognition using DCT-based feature vectors  
A method and apparatus for recognition of objects such as faces in images using signal compression techniques (i.e., coding techniques) in which a portion of the image which includes the object to...
5802199 Use sensitive identification system  
The system includes a master computer having a master computer comparator. The master computer comparator further having a master user biometric database which contains or stores the biometric...
5793882 System and method for accounting for personnel at a site and system and method for providing personnel with information about an emergency site  
A personnel accountability system accounting for personnel reporting to a site. The personnel accountability system includes an information receiving device, a processor, and a display. The...
5793881 Identification system  
A system for identifying an individual by having the person grasp an object which contains a means for detecting the structure and other characteristics of the hand and comparing these unique...
5790674 System and method of providing system integrity and positive audit capabilities to a positive identification system  
The present invention is a system and method of providing system integrity and positive audit capabilities to a positive identification system. The use of access authority information units to gain...
5787187 Systems and methods for biometric identification using the acoustic properties of the ear canal  
The present invention teaches systems and methods for verifying or recognizing a person's identity based on measurements of the acoustic response of the individual's ear canal. The system comprises...
5787185 Biometric identification of individuals by use of subcutaneous vein patterns  
A method of verifying the identity of an individual comprises capturing an image of the subcutaneous vein pattern at a predetermined region of the individual, converting the captured image to a...
5787186 Biometric security process for authenticating identity and credit cards, visas, passports and facial recognition  
A biometric security procedure for manufacturing an identity document, such as an identity card, credit card, visa or passport, which includes the steps of: providing a nucleus of the identity...
5781665 Apparatus and method for cropping an image  
A method and apparatus for cropping an image in digital form. The image to be cropped is represented as a first digital array which is operated on by an edge enhancement transformation to generate...
5764790 Method of storing and retrieving images of people, for example, in photographic archives and for the construction of identikit images  
In a method of storing and retrieving images of people, for example, in photographic archives and for the construction of identikit images, each characteristic (or feature) of the images to be...
5754675 Identity checking system having card-bearer biometrical features-stored in codified form  
In a checking system, notably for checking the identity of persons, the person to be checked is the bearer of a chip card containing a limited series of information elements constituting a codified...
5751835 Method and apparatus for the automated identification of individuals by the nail beds of their fingernails  
A system for encoding and recognizing individuals by the unique characteristics of their fingernails or other body part employs a master oscillator (430) which controls a plurality of monochromatic...
5748763 Image steganography system featuring perceptually adaptive and globally scalable signal embedding  
An identification code signal is hidden in a carrier signal (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be discerned. The...
5748755 Picture checks  
A method and apparatus for composing documents such as bank checks with a picture of an account holder on each check comprising the steps of a) capturing a real time video image of the account...
5737439 Anti-fraud biometric scanner that accurately detects blood flow  
The invention discloses an anti-fraud biometric scanner that determines whether an object exhibits characteristics of blood flow consistent with that of a live human. The anti-fraud biometric...
5729619 Operator identity, intoxication and drowsiness monitoring system and method  
An integrated vehicle operator monitoring system for a vehicle including a device for monitoring operator identity to ensure a vehicle operator is authorized to operate the vehicle, a device for...
5721765 Personal identification number security system incorporating a time dimension  
The security system includes a time dimension in an alpha-numeric personal identification number (PIN) security system to enhance its security yet maintain the familiar and simple to use PIN...
5719950 Biometric, personal authentication system  
A personal, biometric authentication system is disclosed. The system can be used for controlling access to equipment or physical facilities. The system employs the combination of a unique,...
5668874 Identification card verification system and method  
A self-verifying identification card having an image area which may contain a portrait, a finger print, a retinal image, or all of these together with an image signature which is derived from...
5666106 Accessway with grounding sensor  
An electronically controlled accessway includes a touch pad mounted to or immediately in front of, a door panel. A step plate is positioned immediately in front of the door. A user stands on the...
5657389 Positive identification system and method  
The present invention is a system and method of positively identifying individuals. The system comprises a point of identity verification terminal having a means for inputting data presented by a...
5642160 Digital image capture system for photo identification cards  
A digital image capture system for a photo identification card wherein a housing contains a video camera and a tray that selectively moves through a formed slot in the housing between a first fully...
5642431 Network-based system and method for detection of faces and the like  
A face detection system (100) includes an imaging device, a computer having a pattern prototype synthesizer and an image classifier, and an output display device. Face and non-face pattern...
5636292 Steganography methods employing embedded calibration data  
An identification code signal is impressed on a carrier to be identified (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be...
5625704 Speaker recognition using spatiotemporal cues  
A speaker recognition method uses visual image representations of mouth movements associated with the generation of an acoustic utterance by a speaker that is the person to be recognized. No...
5615277 Tokenless security system for authorizing access to a secured computer system  
A tokenless security system and method for preventing unauthorized access to one or more secured computer systems is shown. The security system and method are principally based on a correlative...
5594806 Knuckle profile indentity verification system  
A method and apparatus for verifying/identifying a person based on contour of the knuckles of at least one hand, e.g. a digitized waveform unique to each individual. At an Enrollment Station a...
5557686 Method and apparatus for verification of a computer user's identification, based on keystroke characteristics  
A method and apparatus for determining whether a user of a system is an authorized user or an imposter by examining the keystroke characteristics of the user. The authorized user initially enters a...
5553155 Low cost method employing time slots for thwarting fraud in the periodic issuance of food stamps, unemployment benefits or other governmental human services  
Upon monthly revalidation of a benefit, the client's pin is read off of the client's benefit card and a PC produces a time slot assigned to the client who receives a food benefit allocation for the...
5548667 Image processing system and method thereof in which three dimensional shape is reproduced from two dimensional image data  
The image processing system has a unit for photographing an object in two dimensions, a feature extraction unit for extracting features from the two-dimensional image data from the photographing...
5528355 Electro-optic palm scanner system employing a non-planar platen  
An electro-optic palm scanner system employing a non-planar platen for obtaining high quality palmprints and heelprints. The platen includes an upper contact surface having a convex portion for...
5526436 Image detecting apparatus for an individual identifying system  
An image detecting apparatus is used to detect an image of a pattern of lines on a palm. The image detecting apparatus has an optical transparent block which has a refractive index greater than...
5483601 Apparatus and method for biometric identification using silhouette and displacement images of a portion of a person's hand  
Biometric measuring apparatus for recognizing a person's identity based on measurements performed on the person's hand. An arrangement for producing and storing a silhouette image of at least a...
5479528 Intelligent work surfaces  
Methods and apparatus for implementing intelligent work surfaces are provided. Work surfaces, such as desktops and floors, are covered with a tactile sensing array to provide tactile data to a...
5469506 Apparatus for verifying an identification card and identifying a person by means of a biometric characteristic  
A biometric is a substantially stable physical or behavioral characteristics of a person which can be automatically measured and characterized for comparison. In accordance with the subject...
5466918 Method and apparatus for image compression, storage, and retrieval on magnetic transaction cards  
A transaction card is described in which data representing an identifiable image can be stored in a limited amount of storage space. The image to be stored is converted to an associated matrix of...
5430809 Human face tracking system  
A video camera system with autonomous target tracking sets a measuring frame on an object with high accuracy using a hue signal and a brightness signal without being affected by intensity and...
5412738 Recognition system, particularly for recognising people  
An integrated, multisensory recognition (identification and verification) system is described. Acoustic features and visual features are integrated in order to identify people or to verify their...