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7369685 Vision-based operating method and system  
A vision-based operating system is provided in which a computer-based system accepts visual inputs and takes appropriate actions in a wide variety of environments. One environment is a security...
7305122 Method and computer program product for identifying and correcting systematic noise in a pattern recognition system  
The present invention recites a method and computer program product for identifying and correcting systematic noise in a pattern recognition classifier. A plurality of input patterns that have been...
7305108 Security identification system  
This is a security and identification system designed to obtain improved images for use by real-time facial recognition and identification systems for screening individuals passing through secure...
7284201 User attention-based adaptation of quality level to improve the management of real-time multi-media content delivery and distribution  
A method for transmitting a stream of multi-media content from provider server to a user device includes transmitting multi-media content from the provider server to the user device via a...
7266225 Face direction estimation using a single gray-level image  
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for estimating face direction using a single gray-level image ( 110, 150 ) of a face are described. Given the single image ( 110, 150 ), a face...
7248719 Tokenless electronic transaction system  
The invention as described provides a method and system for tokenless authorization of commercial transactions between a buyer and a seller using a computer system. The method comprises the steps...
7242988 Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore  
The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote...
7203337 Adjusted filters  
A method in image processing for detection of a change in the scene in an area. The method comprises the steps of recording a digital image of the area using a sensor and transforming the recorded...
7181017 System and method for secure three-party communications  
A system and method for communicating information between a first party and a second party, comprising identifying desired information, negotiating, through an intermediary, a comprehension...
7027617 Method and system for preventing fraud in the biometric detection of persons  
The invention relates to a method and system of securing forgery in biometrical identification of persons, wherein at least one biological characteristic of a person is recorded and transformed...
6996257 Method for lighting- and view -angle-invariant face description with first- and second-order eigenfeatures  
This invention provides a method to interpret and recognize huma faces. The 2 nd -order eigenfeatures are used for lighting-invariant face description and both the 1 st -order and 2 nd -order...
6944318 Fast matching systems and methods for personal identification  
Systems and methods for personal identification, preferably based on iris identification, include a camera for acquiring a presented image of a presented individual and a computer device for...
6928189 Automatic extraction of linear features from digital imagery  
A method and system for the extraction of linear features from digital imagery is described herein. The proposed methodology is based on the tridimensional Radon transformation and on the...
6920435 Tokenless biometric electronic transactions using an audio signature to identify the transaction processor  
The invention discloses a tokenless biometric identification computer system, comprising at least a database containing registered biometric samples of users. A comparator compares a bid biometric...
6707933 Face direction estimation using a single gray-level image  
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for estimating face direction using a single gray-level image ( 110, 150 ) of a face are described. Given the single image ( 110, 150 ), a face...
6694054 Pattern recognition process  
A pattern recognition process including a pattern detection step, a characterization step of the pattern obtained in the detection step, and a recognition step of the pattern obtained in the...
6662166 Tokenless biometric electronic debit and credit transactions  
A method and device for tokenless authorization of an electronic payment between a payor and a payee using an electronic identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample. The method...
6640145 Media recording device with packet data interface  
An intelligent media device, comprising a packet data communications interface; a media communication interface for receiving audio and/or video data; a digital memory for persistently storing...
6636619 Computer based method and apparatus for object recognition  
A computer-based method and apparatus for recognition of objects which uses a novel subspace morphing theory, thereby obviating the need for normalization of scales prior to identification.
6628834 Template matching system for images  
This disclosure provides a system for classifying images, used in image detection, image recognition, or other computer vision. The system processes directory images to obtain eigenvectors and...
6593956 Locating an audio source  
A system, such as a video conferencing system, is provided which includes an image pickup device, an audio pickup device, and an audio source locator. The image pickup device generates image...
6581042 Tokenless biometric electronic check transactions  
A tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample is described. The method comprises a payor...
6501857 Method and system for detecting and classifying objects in an image  
This disclosure provides a system for classifying images, used in image detection, image recognition, or other computer vision. The system processes directory images to obtain eigenvectors and...
6498970 Automatic access to an automobile via biometrics  
A system and method for identifying persons who are authorized to activate one or more vehicle mechanisms uses both an implicit identification of a face and an explicit identification of speech or...
6418424 Ergonomic man-machine interface incorporating adaptive pattern recognition based control system  
An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function, based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus receives an input from...
6400996 Adaptive pattern recognition based control system and method  
An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function, based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus receives an input from...
6397198 Tokenless biometric electronic transactions using an audio signature to identify the transaction processor  
The invention discloses a tokenless biometric identification computer system, comprising at least a database containing registered biometric samples of users. A comparator compares a bid biometric...
6396954 Apparatus and method for recognition and apparatus and method for learning  
Different types of data including voice data of a user, image data produced by picturing the mouth of the user, and ambient noise data are provided through an input unit 10. Those data are...
6345110 Identifying images using a tree structure  
To identify an image characteristic, a tree structured code having coding representing each of a plurality of training images is stored in a memory. Coding representing a sample image, not included...
6332139 Information communication system  
In information interchange between a first station and a second station, the second station changes and recognizes the semantic contents of information transmitted from the first station on the...
6332041 Feature-region extraction method and feature-region extraction circuit  
The present invention is intended to exactly extract a feature-region along its contour line without erroneously extracting any moving object other than the feature-region. An extraction signal...
6269348 Tokenless biometric electronic debit and credit transactions  
The invention satisfies these needs by providing a method and device for tokenless authorization of an electronic payment between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and...
6230148 Tokenless biometric electric check transaction  
A tokenless authorization of an electronic check between a payor and a payee using an electronic third party identicator and at least one payor bid biometric sample is described. The method...
6215471 Vision pointer method and apparatus  
A system has an information display and a camera for visually observing an observer of the information display. The information display and camera may be part of personal computer equipped for...
6154879 Tokenless biometric ATM access system  
The present invention provides a method for tokenless biometric access to financial accounts at an institution using an automated teller machine. This method comprises a user registration step,...
6130956 Continuous microbiotal recognition method  
A method to continuously identify and recognize microbiota in water comprises random sampling of a water source, directing the sample to an optical plane where microscopic CCD/video images are...
6128397 Method for finding all frontal faces in arbitrarily complex visual scenes  
A method for detecting a face in an image includes the steps of applying the image to a first classification tool that determines a rotational angle for rotating the image that makes the image most...
6122408 Light normalization method for machine vision  
A method for normalizing the lighting changes in an input image made up of an X and Y array of pixels having various illuminating intensities, wherein the lighting changes having an additive effect...
6111517 Continuous video monitoring using face recognition for access control  
A continuous monitoring system for regulating access to a computer system or other restricted environment is disclosed. The system employs real-time face recognition to initially detect the...
6072894 Biometric face recognition for applicant screening  
Biometric facial comparison is deployed in a novel way to improve screening of applicants across multiple branch locations, preventing common forms of application fraud. The biometric facial...
EP0962894A2 A vehicle entry/exit control system  
A vehicle entry/exit control system 10 comprises a camera 14 arranged to view the face of a driver and a computer which compares the viewed image of the driver with a store of images of authorised...
5995639 Apparatus for identifying person  
The present invention inputs a face image through an image input section, extracts feature points of face components such as an eye, nose, mouth from the input face image, and divides the face...
5901238 Iris identification system and iris identification method  
The iris identification system, which uses an iris pattern to identify a customer, extracts the matching bits between previously-registered iris data and obtained iris data and, compares the...
5850470 Neural network for locating and recognizing a deformable object  
A system for automatically detecting and recognizing the identity of a deformable object such as a human face, within an arbitrary image scene. The system comprises an object detector implemented...
5715325 Apparatus and method for detecting a face in a video image  
A detection system identifies a person by rapidly analyzing an image frame from a video camera for the presence of a face by reducing the image in resolution and normalizing the image to compensate...
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