Match Document Document Title
7325923 Ophthalmic examination and treatment system  
An ophthalmic examination and treatment system including ophthalmic medical instruments, wireless imaging devices mounted on the ophthalmic medical instruments, and one or more display devices for...
7327505 Method for providing affective information in an imaging system  
A method for collecting and associating affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes displaying a digital image for viewing by a particular user; automatically...
7324667 Data converter  
A data converter is provided, which data converter includes a data conversion unit, a timer unit which counts time, and a lock system which locks a data conversion function of the data conversion...
7321668 Object detection apparatus, object detection method and computer program product  
An object detection apparatus is provided that detects a target object correctly without decreasing a process speed so much even if there is a change in a shooting environment. The human body...
7319565 Silicone rubber surfaces for biometric print TIR prisms  
Molded silicone rubber sheets with optical quality surfaces and methods for making the same. The silicone rubber sheets are made by molding liquid silicone rubber in a mold. In embodiments, the...
7317814 Authentication system and method  
An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input with a reference wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures, preferably...
7318050 Biometric certifying authorities  
A biometric certifying authority (BCA) management system and method provide and maintain a hierarchical relationship among biometric certifying authorities in the issuance of biometric...
7317817 Robot apparatus, face identification method, image discriminating method and apparatus  
A robot apparatus includes face includes a face tracking module (M 2 ) for tracking a face in an image photographed by a CCD camera, a face detecting module (M 1 ) for detecting face data of the...
7310133 Finger identification apparatus  
An identification apparatus that keeps the conditions for imaging uniform among successive identifications and requires a user to perform only a series of simple maneuvers. An identification...
7310432 Ported system for personal identity verification  
A biometric based system with advanced security and privacy characteristics for the verification of a person's identity using neural net engine simulation software code and neural net weights...
7305559 Software method for improved password entry  
A software method of authentication is described that uses both relative and absolute values of inter-keystroke intervals measured during entry of a unique identifier. Both the relative and...
7305089 Picture taking apparatus and method of controlling same  
The camera includes a sensor for sensing the photographer's iris image and registering the image in advance. The iris image is recorded in the image of a subject by a digital MCU at a timing...
7298931 Image retrieval method and apparatus using iterative matching  
An image retrieval method and apparatus using iterative matching are provided. The method comprises: (a) extracting K similar images in order of matching rank by retrieving N reference images...
7298872 Electronic identification system for form location, organization, and endorsment  
Disclosed is a secure system of authentication including a means for retrieving information about an authenticated individual (i.e., citizens, customers, employees, patients, and subjects). More...
7297062 Modular entertainment and gaming systems configured to consume and provide network services  
A secure and modular architecture for monitoring and controlling clusters of pay entertainment and gaming devices. The architecture allows flexible and secure use of state-of-the-art multimedia and...
7298871 System and method for adapting the ambience of a local environment according to the location and personal preferences of people in the local environment  
A system and method for automatically controlling systems and devices in a local environment, such as a home. The system comprises a control unit that receives images associated with one or more...
7295685 Personal authentication apparatus and locking apparatus  
A locking apparatus has a biometric information input unit, a biometric information register for biometric information input, an ID code input unit, an ID code register, an indexer to provide an...
7289938 Method and a device for detecting discontinuities in a medium  
A method and a device for detecting discontinuities in a medium by detecting maxima, e.g. in an echo signal of an ultrasound excitation of the media, with maxima corresponding to a given...
7289959 Biometric identification method, portable electronic device and electronic device acquiring biometric data therefor  
A biometric identification method includes the steps of acquiring biometric data, analysing the data to produce a current signature, and comparing the current signature with a reference signature....
7286691 Devices and methods for biometric authentication  
The present invention relates to devices and a method for biometric authentication by means of reference data stored in a memory of a portable data carrier. For biometric authentication methods to...
7280679 System for and method of determining pressure on a finger sensor  
The present invention discloses a system for and method of calculating pressure differences using a finger sensor. A finger sensor system in accordance with the present invention comprises a finger...
7278027 Biomedical recognizing system comprising image diagnosis workstation and method therefor  
A biomedical recognition system includes diagnostic image information obtained by taking an image of a patient, a workstation storing the diagnostic image information, and a display device for...
7277562 Biometric imaging capture system and method  
A method of reliably capturing biometric print images includes determining the print quality of a scanned image, detecting prints in the scanned image, and determining whether the scanned image is...
7274804 Method and apparatus for hashing data  
A method of hashing biometric data for generation of a public template is disclosed. According to the method, a hash function is provided for hashing of feature data the hash function a function of...
7272246 Personal identification method and apparatus  
A processor ( 10 ) utilizes information regarding one or more physical dimensions of an individual ( 14 ) to better inform a personal identification process. In one embodiment, the measured...
7272245 Method of biometric authentication  
The present invention is a method of biometric authentication. The first step is taking a series of measurements of the biometric. The second step is averaging those measurements to create a valid...
7269275 Physical objects and validation of physical objects  
The present invention relates generally to validating and providing physical objects. In one implementation, a physical object includes a first digital watermark carried thereon. The first digital...
7263213 Methods and systems for estimation of personal characteristics from biometric measurements  
Methods and apparatus are provided for estimating a personal characteristic of an individual. A biometric data measurement is collected from the individual. The personal characteristic is...
7260237 Method and system for generating data of an application with a picture  
A method for generating data of an application with a picture, has the steps of authenticating that a person who makes picture-attached application data is an applicant, acquiring private...
7257714 Electronic data storage medium with fingerprint verification capability  
In an electronic data storage medium accessed by a data terminal, a fingerprint sensor scans a fingerprint of a user of the electronic data storage medium and generals fingerprint scan data. A...
7254255 Biometric sensor apparatus and methods  
The optical biometric sensor apparatus and methods for analyzing images of biometric features such as fingerprints are adapted to distinguish between live body members and inanimate objects, and to...
7248151 Virtual keypad for vehicle entry control  
Method and apparatus are provided for vehicle entry control using an imaged keypad. The apparatus includes a virtual interface for entry control of a vehicle having an imaging surface that defines...
7248720 Method and system for generating a combined retina/iris pattern biometric  
A method and system generates correlated biometric information by capturing an image of a retinal vessel pattern and simultaneously capturing an image of an iris minutia pattern. Retinal biometric...
7245745 Personal authentication device  
A compact authentication device that prevents user from feeling pressure and is strong against external light, when capturing an image of a finger blood vessel pattern with transmitted light. The...
7239723 Method for verifying the identity of a passenger  
A conveyance boarding pass includes a human-cognizable image of a passenger as well as the travel itinerary details. The human-cognizable image is collected using a device capable of generating an...
7239724 Security identification system and method  
An identification system ( 10 ) of the present invention is used at airport terminals, bus stations, government buildings, and the like. The identification system ( 10 ) includes a controller ( 26...
7236614 Device, system, and method for identifying living bodies and renewing registration data  
There are provided a living body collating device, a living body collating system and a living body collating method, which is equipped with optimization candidate data extracting means 35 for...
7231067 Method for printing and verifying authentication documents  
A system and method for printing images for use in an authentication document from a plurality of different printers and/or capture devices. Each of the plurality of different printers and/or...
7228011 System and method for issuing a security unit after determining eligibility by image recognition  
Methods and systems for issuing a security unit to an individual, after determining the eligibility of the individual by image recognition, are disclosed. The security unit, such as a security pass...
7224835 Three-dimensional object recognizing apparatus, method and computer program product  
An object recognizing apparatus can execute accurate object recognition based on dictionaries each created from a predetermined number of patterns, by computing a similarity between a subspace in...
7215796 Method and apparatus for registering palm pattern impression  
A method detecting a rectangle enclosed by a pair of parallel horizontal lines that are demarcation lines between the palm pattern impression and the background in wrist-side and fingertip-side,...
7212658 System for fingerprint image reconstruction based on motion estimate across a narrow fingerprint sensor  
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an efficient and accurate system and method are described for detecting a fingerprint from swipe sensor system. A swipe sensor module is...
7212659 Apparatus for measuring biological data and exercise machines  
An apparatus for measuring biological data such as blood pressure of a user has a pulse detector for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal from the user's body such as a...
7209883 Factorial hidden markov model for audiovisual speech recognition  
A speech recognition method includes use of synchronous or asynchronous audio and a video data to enhance speech recognition probabilities. A two stream factorial hidden Markov model is trained and...
7205776 Capacitance measuring apparatus and method, and program  
Whether a human body is touching or not is detected highly accurately at high speed. Switch SW 1 is turned on to charge condenser Ca by power supply Vcc. The switch SW 1 is turned off to transfer...
7203343 System and method for determining likely identity in a biometric database  
A system and method for finding one or more target biometric samples that are similar to or match a query biometric sample. A query feature vector is generated from a query biometric vector. The...
7203345 Apparatus and method for identification of individuals by near-infrared spectrum  
Methods and apparatus for non-invasively verifying human identities using near-infrared spectroscopy. Near-infrared tissue spectra can be obtained by projecting near-infrared radiation into skin on...
7200249 Robot device and face identifying method, and image identifying device and image identifying method  
A robot apparatus includes face includes a face tracking module (M 2 ) for tracking a face in an image photographed by a CCD camera, a face detecting module (M 1 ) for detecting face data of the...
7200755 Method and system for providing gated access for a third party to a secure entity or service  
A security system for providing gated access for a third party to a secure entity or service and a method for operating the same is disclosed. The security system comprises a portable biometric...
7194113 Capacitive biometric sensor  
In a capacitive biometric sensor, in particular, a fingerprint sensor, to determine the maximum contrast that can actually be achieved in that application in the gray scale values, in particular,...