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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105199 | Validating Sensor Data at a Community Sensor-Coordinating Entity In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from a source associated with a person; comparing the sensor data against a sensor information model of the person that includes a description of the person, a description of a sensor associated with the person,... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105201 | Validating Sensor Data at a Property Sensor-Coordinating Entity In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data with preamble information from a sensor at a property associated with a person. The preamble information includes user-identification (ID) information identifying the person; sensor-type information identifying ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120007713 | HANDHELD COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTER AND COMMAND RECOGNITION RELATED TO HUMAN MOVEMENTS Systems and methods for human hand gesture recognition through a training mode and a recognition mode are disclosed. In the training mode, a user can move a handheld device with a hand gesture intended to represent a command. Sensors within the handheld device can recor... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110248822 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO ADAPTIVELY CONTROL CONTROLLABLE SYSTEMS A system can include a presence apparatus, an identification apparatus, an interaction apparatus, and a controlling apparatus.... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110221568 | PROXIMITY-BASED SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OR DATA ACCESS AND ITEM TRACKING A system and method provide automatic access to applications or data. A portable physical device, referred to herein as a Personal Digital Key or “PDK”, stores one or more profiles in memory, including a biometric profile acquired in a secure trusted process and uni... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110215902 | CUSTOMER RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM Disclosed embodiments describe a customer recognition method and system. The customer recognition system has an acknowledgment server that carries out the customer recognition method. The customer recognition method may include storing customer profile data related to a... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110187499 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE In a method for operating a motor vehicle (1) an identification identifier (2) for a driver of the motor vehicle (1) is determined depending on the time lag between at least two events.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181413 | AUTOMATED VAULT MAPPING AND SECURITY SYSTEM A system and method to enhance vault security and management. An identity of a user is electronically validated. A floor plan of the vault and associated location of an authorized resource is retrieved in access computer. The user is then signaled a location of the reso... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110173081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING POINT-OF-SALE CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION System and method for automatically providing tailored customer services at a point-of-sale location. An identity of a customer approaching the point-of-sale location is automatically determined using an auto-identifying technology. Stored customer activity data corresp... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110156867 | Gesture-based signature authentication Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums for implementing gesture-based signature authentication. In one embodiment, a method may involve recording a first gesture-based signature and storing the reco... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110102140 | Universal validation module for access control systems A validation module provides for the upgrading of a physical access control system (PACS) to full HSPD-12 compliance without requiring modification or replacement of the existing PACS. The validation module may contain all of the validation functionality required by fed... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100321155 | OBJECT AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM A system employing enrollment information and the quality of the enrollment information. The enrollment information includes data unique to the identification of a person. The system also stores biometric sensor quality information. When a person seeks to authenticate h... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100305982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING, SELECTING AND PURCHASING SERVICES The system comprises a user interface (3) and middleware (5) which, in turn, comprises control software (7), a database (9) and application programming interfaces (API) (6 and 11a 11d). The middleware (5<... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302001 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED FOLDING PARTITION SYSTEM WITH BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION An electrically operated folding operable wall is provided which is controlled by an electrical operation circuit of the type having at least one control station at each end of the folding operable wall, an extend control switch, a stack control switch, control relays a... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100265036 | Personalized device owner identifier One aspect of the disclosure relates to obtaining an identifiable aspect of a supposed owner of a personalized device; and determining whether the supposed owner of the personalized device is a true owner of the personalized device based at least in part on the obtainin... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100234987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AGE VERIFICATION FOR SELLING AGE-RESTRICTED GOODS FROM A VENDING MACHINE The invention relates to a method of vending and authorizing age-restricted goods from a vending system. The vending system comprises a vending machine and a video camera, or equivalent means, for capturing an image of a person desiring purchasing of an age-restricted g... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100217991 | SURGERY ROBOT SYSTEM OF SERVER AND CLIENT TYPE A server-client type surgical robot system is disclosed. One aspect of the present invention provides a surgical robot system that includes a plurality of control clients, which generate control signals, and a surgical server, which is manipulated in correspondence with... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100196831 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD An exposure apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with a host computer; an input-output device for an operator to execute a manual operation of the apparatus; a storage device; and a processor. The apparatus exposes a substrate to radiant e... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100134244 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM The present invention is intended to improve operability of an operation panel in case of using a function imposed a limitation on use in an image processing device. In order to achieve this, an image processing device 1 having an operation panel 4 on whic... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100117792 | DEVICE INCLUDING AUTHENTICATION GLYPH A device used in an authentication process. The device includes a processor, a display coupled to the processor, and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor. The computer readable medium includes (i) code for displaying a first authentication image including... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100117793 | PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND METHOD OF THE SAME, AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS An imaging control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus that presents presentation information and captures an image of a person, the imaging control apparatus includes: an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information; a... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100102929 | PROTECTION, SECURITY AND DISPLACEMENT TRACKING LUMINOUS BADGE SYSTEM The invention relates to an equipment comprising at least one badge (40) provided with a power source (41), at least one energy radiation source (42) and an actuation member (43) for said source connected to a computer memory (45), an ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100090829 | METHOD FOR MONITORING AUTHORIZED AND UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS WITHIN A SECURITY PERIMETER AROUND AN APPARATUS The invention relates to the automatic detection of the presence of non-authorized persons in the vicinity of an apparatus of the aircraft type. To this end, the invention comprises equipping persons with radio transmitters for identifying them as authorized personnel. ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100052851 | Security System Utilizing Gesture Recognition Systems and methods are provided for restricting access to an item of interest. A normalization component resamples an input trajectory to produce a resampled trajectory having a standard size. A reference point generator reduces the resampled trajectory to respective v... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090328197 | USER VALIDATION USING IMAGES A method of validating a user, includes: —storing for a user data representative of a validation code for the user including a combination of symbols from a set of symbols; presenting a displayed image including a plurality of designatable areas in which the set of sy... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090316960 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECURITY PROTECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method of protecting security of a mobile electronic includes capturing one or more images by a camera of the mobile electronic device and storing the one or more images into a memory system of the mobile electronic device. The system and method further inc... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090309694 | REMOTE IDENTIFICATION EQUIPPED SELF-SERVICE MONETARY ITEM HANDLING DEVICE An electronic process to capture, track and monitor unique identifying information regarding automated teller machine (ATM) deposits. ATMs equipped with radio-frequency identification (RFID) or other remote identification technology may enable the electronic transfer of... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090303085 | IMMOBILIZER RECEIVER FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR An immobilizer receiver for an outboard motor includes a control unit that is housed in a liquid-tight case and arranged to receive an authentication code, an antenna wire arranged to receive the authentication code, and an answer-back buzzer arranged to provide an indi... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090284347 | IDENTITY VERIFICATION BADGE AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING SAME IN A SECURITY SYSTEM An identification and verification security badge is disclosed. The badge includes a keypad that allows the entry of user information that is monitored and verified by a processor within the badge. The processor compares an inputted personal identification number with o... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090278657 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME A disclosed image display device includes a display part; a user identifying part configured to perform personal identification to identify personal identification information; a detecting part configured to detect whether the image display device is held by hand; and a... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090273438 | Remote monitoring, interrogation and control apparatus for stationary and mobile systems A wireless control apparatus includes a function control device adapted to control a function and a nomadic device. The nomadic device and the function control device communicate by a long-range communication network to control functions on the function control device i... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090254109 | OPERATION SYSTEM An operation system has a controller controlling a plurality of medical devices and a footswitch, the footswitch having a selection unit capable of selecting a medical device to be used and an output of the medical device; and a first and second pedals capable of instru... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090243874 | Electronic device, computer-readable medium storing program to control electronic device, and remote control giving instructions to electronic device An electronic device that accepts instructions from remote controls includes a user identification information obtaining device, a remote control user storage device, and an association device. The user identification information obtaining device obtains user identifica... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090219135 | DIGITAL OVER-THE-AIR KEYING SYSTEM A system for providing operational access to equipment or vehicles is disclosed wherein digital access codes are assigned and transported over-the-air governing a vehicle's or equipment's use. The access codes can be generated in connection with comparison of entered an... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090212908 | METHODS FOR INITIATING OPERATING VOLTAGES FOR SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY CARDS AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING THE SAME A system for initiating operating voltages for subscriber identity cards is provided. The system includes a first subscriber identity card, a second subscriber identity card, an RF module, a controller and a Baseband unit. The controller initiates a first operating volt... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212909 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a user authenticator and a transponder. The transponder is permitted to emit a wireless signal representing information stored in the apparatus in response to a wireless interrogation signal after the user authenticator has auth... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090202153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING PRESSURE INFORMATION FOR IMPROVED COMPUTER CONTROLLED HANDWRITING RECOGNITION DATA ENTRY AND USER AUTHENTICATION A method and system utilizing both (x, y) coordinate (“spatial”) stroke data and associated pressure information for improved handwriting recognition. The method and system can also be applied to all types of handwriting-based data entry applications and also to use... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090189736 | Authentication System [Problems] To provide an authentication system improving authentication accuracy of existence of a registered person and easily find an unauthorized act to improve the security in a system by performing authentication using coincidence/non-coincidence of biometrics info... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090189759 | HYGIENE MONITORING SYSTEM A method is provided for monitoring hygiene compliance.... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090178135 | LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT LOGIN METHOD AND SYSTEM The present invention prevents illegitimate access to a user computing machine. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: setting an authentication routine in the user computing machine; generating a virtual keyboard on the user computing machine; entering a u... | 07/09/2009 |
