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7620761 Multi-functional storage apparatus and control method thereof  
A multi-functional storage apparatus and a control method thereof for executing the steps of: receiving a first command outputted from an operation system through a driver and responding to the...
7620219 Pattern-based interchange format  
An approach for the compression of images such as fingerprints may involve a resolution reduction of an image before forming a cellular representation of the resulting resolution-reduced image. A...
7616819 Detecting device and authentication device  
A detecting device includes: multiple sensors composed with a plurality of sensor circuits arrayed on a plane, each of which generates at least one detected signal that corresponds to a distance...
7616788 System and method for fast biometric pattern matching  
A method and system for matching two biometric images including receiving an input biometric image; generating an index table for the input biometric image, wherein the index table includes a...
7616787 Methods for finger biometric processing and associated finger biometric sensors  
A method is for processing a plurality of finger biometric enrollment data sets that accounts for uncertainty in alignment between finger biometric enrollment data sets. The method may include...
7616786 Finger biometric sensor with sensor electronics distributed over thin film and monocrystalline substrates and related methods  
A finger biometric sensor may include a thin film substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) layer on the thin film substrate, and an array of electric field sensing electrodes adjacent the TFT layer...
7613334 Method and arrangement for electronic recording of rolled fingerprints  
The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for the optoelectronic recording of a moving object, particularly for recording a finger that is rolled on a support surface. It is the...
7612354 Image reading apparatus and drive control method thereof  
There is provided an image reading apparatus which reads an image pattern of a medium placed on a detection surface of a sensor array ( 100 ). In a waiting state, electrical connection between the...
7609866 Image connection method, and program and apparatus therefor  
Fingerprint section images of a finger are continuously input by relative movement with respect to a fingerprint sensor, and characteristic shapes such as ridge shapes, edge lines, and portions...
7609865 3D fingerprint and palm print data model and capture devices using multi structured lights and cameras  
A method and system for biometric identification utilizes structured light (e.g., fine grid) that is projected to the target objects (fingers and palm). The image with structured light on the...
7609864 Finger identification method and apparatus  
An image pickup scheme capable of always providing an optimum quality of a blood vessel pattern, in image pickup of a blood vessel pattern of a finger using transmitted light, without being...
7609863 Identify authentication device  
An identity authentication device is stylus-shaped. A processor is disposed within the device. The stylus-shaped device includes a scanner-type device component for capturing within the processor...
7609862 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...
7609861 Determination of the orientation of the ridges of a fingerprint  
A method and a circuit for determining the orientation of ridges of a digital image representing a fingerprint or the like, including for each image pixel, calculating a quantity taking into...
7606440 Linear image sensing device with image matching function  
In a linear image sensing device with image matching function, a linear sensors array senses a finger, which is moving over it, to obtain fragment image analog signals, which are amplified, by a...
7606401 System and method for processing tokenless biometric electronic transmissions using an electronic rule module clearinghouse  
Herein is described a tokenless biometric method for processing electronic transmissions, using at least one user biometric sample, an electronic identicator and an electronic rule module...
7606400 Arrangement for authentication of a person  
A capacitive fingerprint sensor is fabricated on a plastic substrate ( 363 ) with an embedded integrated circuit chip ( 380 ). The invention describes a way to create two or three dimensional forms...
7606399 Surface shape recognizing sensor device  
A sensor cell includes a sensor electrode ( 101 ) formed on a substrate ( 100 ), a signal output unit ( 16 ) which outputs a signal corresponding to a capacitance (Cf) formed between the sensor...
7606398 Sensor for measurement for wet and dry fingers  
A sensor device for performing measurements on an at least partially conductive surface includes a number of conductive structures at or directly below the sensor surface. The conductive structures...
7605805 Electrical touch sensor and human interface device using the same  
An electrical touch sensor is provided. The electrical touch sensor includes: a touch detection part having at least one touch pad and generating a first signal having a same delay time regardless...
7599532 Finger sensing with enhanced mounting and associated methods  
A finger sensor may include a finger sensing integrated circuit (IC) having a finger sensing area, an IC carrier having a cavity receiving the finger sensing IC therein and having at least one...
7599531 Method and arrangement for optical recording of biometric finger data  
A method for acquiring biometric data of a finger a surface to be imaged includes touchlessly and simultaneously imaging a finger surface to be imaged along at least three different directions into...
7599530 Methods for matching ridge orientation characteristic maps and associated finger biometric sensor  
A method for comparing a finger biometric verify ridge orientation characteristic map to a finger biometric enrollment ridge orientation characteristic map may include generating a first...
7599529 Organism characteristic data acquiring apparatus, authentication apparatus, organism characteristic data acquiring method, organism characteristic data acquiring program and computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded  
The invention provides an apparatus by which organism characteristic data included in an entire image can be acquired without producing the entire image from a plurality of partial images. The...
7599523 Personal identification device and method  
The invention aims at providing personal identification in environments where non-contact is required, with high accuracy even though using a finger vein pattern images unclear and susceptible to...
7598483 Optical element and optical measurement device using the optical element  
Provided is an optical element in which a groove for a sample to make contact can be formed without machining or etching a material for an optical element, and in which the scattering of a light at...
7596248 Method for identification of person by recognition of a digital fingerprint  
The invention relates to a method for identification of a person by recognition of a digital fingerprint, whereby the characteristic points on a digitized image of a digital fingerprint (E) are...
7596245 Process of storage of biometric features  
The invention discloses a process of recoding biometric features in recordable medium comprising several steps. Raw biometrics feature such as finger prints, palm prints, iris image, retina image...
7593733 Fingerprint identification, location finder communication system  
Fingerprint signal, location and navigation signal and user generated signal processing and transmission. Global Positioning System (GPS) signals processed with fingerprint signals and Global...
7593553 Image connection method, and program and apparatus therefor  
Fingerprint section images of a finger are continuously input by relative movement with respect to a fingerprint sensor, and characteristic shapes such as ridge shapes, edge lines, and portions...
7590269 Integrated control for navigation, authentication, power on and rotation  
A device includes a control configured to provide 5-way navigation. The control includes a fingerprint sensor with a platen that is coupled to an actuation sensor. A user can navigate by sliding a...
7587610 Biometric identification or authentication system  
The invention concerns a biometric identification or authentication system, comprising several matching units associated with biometric data storage units, data units for updating the biometric...
7587072 System for and method of generating rotational inputs  
A system for and method of obtaining rotation information is disclosed. The method comprises capturing a plurality of patterned images from a plurality of locations, correlating the plurality of...
7587071 Method and device for recognition of natural skin during contact-free biometric identification of a person  
The invention relates to a method for the recognition of natural skin ( 5 ), wherein the skin surface ( 4 ) is illuminated at an irradiation point ( 1 ) with light from the visible spectrum or the...
7586591 Light wedge for illuminating a platen in a print scanner  
Light wedges that reflect light internally and produce diffuse light for uniformly illuminating a platen in a print scanner are presented. In one example, a light wedge has a first surface that...
7583877 Optical fiber, optical fiber connection structure and optical connector  
An optical fiber includes a core, a clad having a plurality of air holes at a periphery of the core, and a hardening resin filled in a sealed portion at an end of the plurality of air holes. The...
7583826 Image reading apparatus and its driving method  
An image reading apparatus for reading an image pattern of a detecting object comprises a detecting surface on which a detecting object is placed, a sensor array having a plurality of sensors...
7583822 Method for identifying persons and system for carrying out said method  
The present invention provides a process and system for identifying a person. According to the inventive method, and with the aid of the system, a sensor is used to capture biometric...
7581114 Image processing system, scanner, and terminal apparatus  
For example, fingerprint information read by a scanner is collated with fingerprint information read by a terminal apparatus used by an operator, so that on the basis of the collation result, the...
7577279 Identity verification apparatus and fingerprint image pickup method  
An identity verification apparatus includes a light source for applying light that can pass through an object to be detected and having a fingerprints to the object to be detected, an image pickup...
7577278 Method of filtering an image with bar-shaped structures  
In a method of filtering an image with bar-shaped structures by means of Gabor filters, which are formed in the spatial domain by a two-dimensional Gaussian bell-shaped curve on which a cosine...
7577277 Method of binarizing images containing linear structures  
In a method of binarizing images containing linear structures, and particularly images of prints from the skin, areas are determined that are each distinguished by a preset approximate direction of...
7577276 Fingerprint matching device and method, recording medium, and program  
The present invention relates to a fingerprint collation apparatus and method, a recording medium and a program, which can increase the throughput of fingerprint collation and decrease a data...
7574734 System and method for sequentially processing a biometric sample  
This invention provides for progressive processing of biometric samples to facilitate verification of an authorized user. The initial processing is performed by a security token. Due to storage...
7574609 Method, device and computer program for detecting point correspondences in sets of points  
A method, device and computer program for detecting point correspondences in sets of points and in particular for fingerprint verification. Points of note on fingerprint lines in a scanned...
7574427 Neutral sales consultant  
An expert system is provided for answering questions provided by a potential purchaser of goods or services using a neutral sales consultant in which a question sentence entered by the purchaser is...
7574023 Fingerprint image pickup device  
A fingerprint image pickup device includes a light source that emits a light for transmission through a fingertip portion having a fingerprint to be photographed, an image pickup unit that picks up...
7574022 Secure system and method of creating and processing partial finger images  
Apparatus, system, method, computer program, and computer program product that provide a security in creating and processing fingerprint images obtained from a fingerprint sensor by generating a...
7570789 Charge detecting circuit and fingerprint sensor using the same  
A capacitance detecting circuit detects the variations of capacitances at intersections of a plurality of column lines and a plurality of row lines opposite to the column lines and then converts...
7568391 Ultrasonic imaging scanner  
The invention includes a system and a method of scanning fingerprints. A system may include an imaging surface, an ultrasound transducer, a probe arm joined to the transducer, a driver capable of...