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7135980 Physiomagnetometric inspection and surveillance system and method  
A passive biometric surveillance system capable of controlling access to a secure area or holding area for further interrogation or detainment. The system or apparatus passively measures a...
7133575 Architecture for processing fingerprint images  
Embodiments of an architecture for processing gray-level images is disclosed.
7133542 Fingerprint verification device and fingerprint verification method  
The present invention provides technologies for narrowing down fingerprints images, which will be used for identity determination, without extracting auxiliary information such as a fingerprint...
7133541 Method for analyzing fingerprint images  
A method for analyzing fingerprint images includes picking up a sequence of images at very short time intervals, while a finger is being placed onto an electronic fingerprint sensor. A criterion...
7129926 Navigation tool  
This invention relates to a navigation tool for connecting to a display device, comprising at least two sensor elements having known positions relative to each other, each sensor element being...
7130455 Capacitive microsensor  
A capacitive microsensor formed on a wafer, including a conductive detection area arranged on a first surface or front surface of the wafer; a conductive via crossing the wafer and emerging on said...
7127106 Fingerprinting and recognition of data  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for fingerprinting a first and second image and using the fingerprints of the first and second image to determine if the second image is derived from the first...
7127089 Electrostatic capacitance detection device  
The invention provides a superior electrostatic capacitance detection device. An electrostatic capacitance detection device includes an M number of individual power-supply lines and an N number of...
7127088 Method of authenticating proper access to secured site and device for implementation thereof  
Apparatus and method of verifying personal identity of an authorized user and providing information necessary to gain access to one or more secure sites in response to such verification. The...
7123755 Image input apparatus, subject identification system, subject verification system and image input method  
The present invention provides high-accuracy image input capable of correcting for uneven lighting due to the shape of the subject, its reflectivity, its positioning and ambient light conditions,...
7120280 Fingerprint template generation, verification and identification system  
A system to generate a template of a fingerprint input image is described. The system provides for smoothing the input image, forming a binary image from it, and further processing the binary image...
7116806 Systems and methods relating to AFIS recognition, extraction, and 3-D analysis strategies  
Systems, methods, etc., that assist a print examiner to thoroughly search and compare a print or substantial portion thereof against a known print database contained within an AFIS system. In...
7116805 Fingerprint verification device  
A fingerprint verification device includes a fingerprint sensor including an imaging surface. The fingerprint sensor is configured to capture images of a user's finger when the finger is swiped...
7113621 Fingerprint verifying apparatus of small size and method of operating the same  
A fingerprint verifying apparatus includes first and second light emitting devices, an imaging unit, a fingerprint verifying circuit and a drive switch. The first light emitting device emits first...
7113622 Swipe imager with improved sensing control features  
A fingerprint sensing device and recognition system includes a capacitive array of sense elements. A plurality of images is combined to form a composite image having an area that is greater than...
7113071 Intelligent locking system  
A method of using an electronic locking system to access one of a plurality of lockers includes programming the system by recording at least one biometric characteristic of a user, storing the...
7110579 Image synthesizing apparatus which switches between a first and second mode of reading different number of pixels  
An image input apparatus for sequentially obtaining a plurality of partial images which are portions of an image of an object, by relatively moving the object and a sensor having a plurality of...
7110580 Distributed biometric access control method and apparatus  
The present invention is directed to an access control apparatus and method. Enrollment is conducted at a centralized server and enrollment data, such as identification data is downloaded to plural...
7110577 Method and apparatus for measuring structures in a fingerprint  
Method and apparatus for the measuring of structures in a fingerprint or the like, comprising the measuring of chosen characteristics of the surface of the fingerprint, e.g. by measuring...
7110581 Wavelet-enhanced automated fingerprint identification system  
A method and system for performing automated biological identification. The system including a preprocessing module with a histogram transform for locally and globally enhancing biological data...
7110578 Electronic device with user authentication and instruction for function settings with fingertip manipulation of user  
An electronic device stores a plurality of user's fingerprints in such a manner that each of a plurality of functions is stored in correspondence to any one of the fingerprints. Every time before...
7109726 Object sensing  
A combined passive and active object sensing system ( 30; 50; 70 ) employing electric field sensing is described. An electric field sensing transmission electrode ( 2 ) generates a first electric...
7103201 Methods for capturing fingerprint images using a moving platen  
A method and apparatus whereby a fingerprint verifier has a mechanism to slide a prism over an imaged area of a camera. The position of the prism being determined by a binary absolute linear code...
7103581 System and method for pricing print jobs  
A system and method are disclosed for estimating the amount of ink required for a specific print job. For example, the amount of ink for a particular color for a specific print job may be...
7099498 Minutiae matching system and method  
A system and a method for minutiae record matching is claimed that includes the processing a first plurality of ordered minutiae match values with weighting values corresponding to a function of at...
7099497 Capacitive fingerprint sensor  
A capacitive fingerprint sensor includes a plurality of capacitive sensing members arranged in a 2D array. A charge-sharing principle is utilized to read signals in the capacitive sensing member....
7099496 Swiped aperture capacitive fingerprint sensing systems and methods  
A fingerprint sensing system includes an image sensor, a rate sensor and a sensor circuit. The image sensor includes a linear array of capacitive sensors for capacitive sensing of ridge peaks and...
7095880 Method and apparatus for rolled fingerprint capture  
A method and apparatus for rolled fingerprint capture is described. The start of a fingerprint roll is detected. A plurality of fingerprint image frames are captured. A centroid window...
7085403 Automatic fingerprint identification method  
The invention relates to an automatic fingerprint identification method. In the method according to the invention, identification is executed in three phases. In coarse alignment ( 32 ),...
7084415 Fingerprint reading method using compared monochromatic images and fingerprint reading apparatus  
A red LED which emits red light and a green LED which emits green light are provided as light sources to emit detection beams onto a fingerprint collation surface. With a finger tip pressed against...
7082213 Method for identity verification  
The method for identity verification employs biometric technology. Positioned at the center of the system is a stylus with any of a number of biometric properties or their combination or with one...
7082214 Authentication device, authentication system, and sensor  
The present invention relates to an authentication device for authentication, and performs authentication by using both physical characteristics and behavioral characteristics in a comprehensive...
7079007 Systems and methods utilizing biometric data  
Systems and methods perform access control and mobile identity verification utilizing a memory, maybe on a handheld device, that stores at least biometric data, such as minutia. The handheld device...
7079670 Apparatus and method for authenticating a user by employing feature points of a fingerprint image of the user  
In an apparatus for authenticating a user by employing feature points of a fingerprint image of the user, a fingerprint image input circuit scans a fingerprint of a user to be registered to provide...
7079671 Authentication method, and program and apparatus therefor  
Section images of a human body part are continuously input by relative movement with respect to a read unit in an image input step, a living body section image including a character shape from an...
7075316 Capacitance detector circuit, capacitance detection method, and fingerprint sensor using the same  
A capacitance detecting circuit of a capacitive sensor having a plurality of column lines and a row line intersecting the column lines detects a change in capacitance at an intersection of a column...
7076089 Fingerprint sensor having enhanced ESD protection and associated methods  
A fingerprint sensor may include a plurality of electrostatic discharge (ESD) electrodes carried by a dielectric layer of a fingerprint sensing portion. The fingerprint sensing portion is for...
7072523 System and method for fingerprint image enhancement using partitioned least-squared filters  
In an automatic fingerprint authentication or identification system, the fingerprint image acquisition is severely effected by the limitations of the acquisition process. The two modes of input,...
7072496 Slap print segmentation system and method  
A system and a method for segmenting slap fingerprints is described. The method includes providing a print image, optionally pre-processing the print image, detecting at least a plurality of image...
7068145 Method and device for controlling household appliances  
A method, a device, and a control system for inputting control information into an appliance, whereby a biometric recognition of a respective user is performed with the aid of a fingerprint. For...
7068823 Fingerprinting of data  
A fingerprinting apparatus, comprising: a plurality of receiving units to receive a plurality of input datasets, each of the plurality of input datasets divided into a plurality of input segments,...
7068822 System and method for sending a packet with position address and line scan data over an interface cable  
A system and method for sending a packet with a position address and line scan data from a first device over a 1394 interface to a second device. The present invention loads a camera, an...
7064743 Finger movement detection method and apparatus  
A fingerprint area and a barycentric position of the area are obtained for a current sensor image, and an area near the barycentric position is divided into a plurality of small blocks. An image...
7062075 Surface shape recognition sensor device  
A calibration mode signal line to which sensor cells are commonly connected is arranged. In a calibration mode, a calibration mode signal is supplied to the sensor cells through the calibration...
7058238 Image pick-up apparatus and image picking-up method  
A current frame portion ( 21 ) stores therein the most recent information of an image of those fingerprint images input from an inputted unit ( 1 ), while a previous frame portion ( 22 ) stores...
7054469 Passivation layer structure  
A conductor layer is patterned into flat portions, for example of a fingerprint sensor that effects capacitive measurement. The conductor layer is fragmented in a lattice-like manner by cutouts so...
7054470 System and method for distortion characterization in fingerprint and palm-print image sequences and using this distortion as a behavioral biometrics  
This invention uses a novel biometrics, called resultant fingerprints and palm-prints, for authentication. The novel biometrics are consecutive traditional print images where the subject physically...
7053633 Capacitance detection device and drive method thereof, fingerprint sensor, and biometrics authentication device  
The object of the present invention is to provide a high-precision fingerprint sensor. In order to achieve this object, the fingerprint sensor of the present invention comprises a matrix portion in...
7050686 Fiber optic article with inner region  
A fiber optic article can comprise a core, an inner region disposed about the core and a cladding disposed about the inner region. The index of refraction of the cladding can be less than that of...
7050609 Biometric data acceptance method  
A biometric data acceptance method allowing input biometric data obtained by an incorrect input operation not to be accepted. At least one reference biometric image is stored in a memory. A degree...