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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127296 | FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION METHOD A fingerprint authentication apparatus and a fingerprint authentication are provided. The fingerprint authentication apparatus is configured to prevent infection from viruses or bacteria and quickly and accurately perform fingerprint authentication. The fingerprint auth... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120070043 | DETERMINATION DEVICE, FINGERPRINT INPUT DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND DETERMINATION PROGRAM A device is not able to detect the forgery of a finger with high accuracy by the comparison of a reflected light image and a transmitted light image that are obtained from the same finger. A determination device is provided with an input element for receiving the reflec... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A GESTURE BASED BIOMETRIC SYSTEM An apparatus and method for detecting a finger are provided. The method includes capturing an image of a finger, generating a likelihood image of the finger from the captured image, localizing the finger within the likelihood image, determining a boundary of the finger,... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120014568 | Speech Recognition, and Related Systems In one arrangement, information useful in understanding the content of user speech (e.g., phonemes identified by a speech recognition algorithm, data indicating the gender of the speaker, etc.) is determined at an apparatus (e.g., a cell phone), and accompanies speech d... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014570 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD A biometric authentication device includes: a biometric information acquiring unit which acquires a user's biometric information and generates a biometric image representing the biometric information; a storage unit which stores data concerning registered biometric info... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLIM TYPE FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION DEVICE A mobile slim type fingerprint recognition device has a hand held housing and a light emitting sensor operatively connected to the housing. The light emitting sensor has a transparent insulating layer. A transparent electrode layer overlays the transparent insulating la... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110317886 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a housing, a fingerprint sensor, a finger detecting module, an authenticating module, and an activating module. The fingerprint sensor is provided in a top surface of the housing and configured to... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317882 | BIOMETRIC MATCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS A biometric matching apparatus comprising, an output, an input for acquiring items of biometric data, a memory and a processor, the memory comprises, a template database in which is stored a plurality of templates of items of biometric data, each template comprising a t... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320352 | BIOMETRICALLY SECURED USER INPUT FOR FORMS Systems and methods for collecting biometrically secured financial form data from a user are described. A user input device may receive biometric data from the user. The user may be presented with a visual medium. The visual medium may contain a plurality of fields for ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110299744 | System and method for fingerprint recognition and collection at points-of-sale and points-of-entry A method of apprehending a criminal, including scanning fingerprint images from a contact area of at least one item at a point-of-sale (POS) location and/or point-of-entry (POE) location and transmitting the fingerprint images to a local or remote electronic device to i... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110286640 | ROLLED FINGERPRINT ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING START AND END OF REGISTRATION AND SYNTHESIS Provided are a rolled fingerprint acquisition apparatus and method for automatically detecting the start and end of registration and synthesis to acquire an accurate fingerprint. The rolled fingerprint acquisition apparatus compares at least one of fingerprint character... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110286641 | Sensor System Having A Platen With A Dome-Shaped Contact Surface A sensor system and a method for collecting information about a surface of an object are disclosed. The sensor has a plurality of detectors and a platen. The platen has a contact surface, at least part of which is dome-shaped. When the surface of an object is in contact... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110286639 | FINGERPRINT SCANNING WITH A CAMERA A photography subsystem is configured to be operated in fingerprint scanning mode and a normal mode. An autofocus module may be initialized to control a lens with an initial focal length set according to received instructions indicating one of the modes of operation. An... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279664 | Ultrasonic Area-Array Sensor With Area-Image Merging A method and device for using a small area-array sensor to produce a larger image of a biological object is disclosed. In a method according to the invention, the presence of a biological object is detected, and images of the biological object are collected using the ar... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273289 | KEYBOARD A keyboard includes a fingerprint input unit, a storage unit, a switch unit, and a control unit. The fingerprint input unit receives fingerprint information of a user. The storage unit stores a fingerprint model. The control unit is connected to the fingerprint input un... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110268324 | METHODS FOR STIMULATING THE EFFECT OF DISTORTION ON REPRESENTATIONS OF MARKERS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING REPRESENTATIONS OF MARKERS USING SIMULATIONS OF DISTORTION A method of simulating the effect of distortion on a representation of a marker, such as a fingerprint is provided. The method is useful for generating data for use in various processes concerned with fingerprints and particularly avoids the need to manually generate an... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267445 | FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION METHOD A fingerprint authentication apparatus and a fingerprint authentication are provided. The fingerprint authentication apparatus is configured to prevent infection from viruses or bacteria and quickly and accurately perform fingerprint authentication. The fingerprint auth... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110257546 | Biometric Sensor And Heart Function Monitoring Apparatus A heartbeat monitoring circuit shares one electrode with another device, such as a biometric sensor, and a second electrode that may be a dedicated element or form a part of the case of the apparatus in which the circuit is housed. When operated as an electrode for the ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249873 | FINGER/PALM-PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, FINGER/PALM-PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH FINGER/PALM-PRINT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECORDED A finger/palm-print image processing apparatus comprises: an image converting means that converts finger/palm-print images to conversion images consisting of first and second sets of elements; and an area detecting means that detects, from the conversion images as conve... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110243400 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM According to the present invention, authenticities of paper fingerprint information and of document information are collectively determined through formation of an original that is given an encoded image in which both paper fingerprint information and document informati... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235872 | CONTACTLESS MULTISPECTRAL BIOMETRIC CAPTURE A number of biometric systems and methods are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes an illumination subsystem, an imaging subsystem, and an analyzer. The illumination subsystem is disposed to illuminate a target space. The imaging subsystem is configu... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235871 | TEXTURED PATTERN SENSING USING PARTIAL-COHERENCE SPECKLE INTERFEROMETRY A system for imaging a textured surface includes a light source that is configured to project an electromagnetic radiation beam onto the textured surface, wherein the projected beam generates first radiation reflected from a first portion of the textured surface to form... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110215484 | Integrally Molded Die And Bezel Structure For Fingerprint Sensors And The Like A biometric sensor device, such as a fingerprint sensor, comprises a substrate to which is mounted a die on which is formed a sensor array and at least one conductive bezel. The die and the bezel are encased in a unitary encapsulation structure to protect those elements... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110200236 | System for Logging Biometric Data A system for gathering and storing biometric data relating to a portable biometric device that is configured to scan and save the footprint image of an infant, while also automatically compartmentalizing the footprint image into a designated file that also includes an e... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110200237 | PATTERN MATCHING DEVICE AND PATTERN MATCHING METHOD A pattern matching device 1 includes an image obtaining unit 101 that obtains an image of a subject containing plural types of biometric patterns. Further, the pattern matching device 1 includes a separation-and-extraction unit 102 that separ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110188714 | System and Method for Hyperspectral Imaging of Treated Fingerprints The present disclosure provides for a method for analyzing treated fingerprints on a document. A sample document is provided. A digital image of the sample document is obtained. The sample document is treated with a reagent and a hyperspectral image of the document is o... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110182486 | SEQUENTIAL IMAGE ALIGNMENT A method for reading fingerprints is disclosed. The method comprises acquiring images of a fingerprint from a finger upon relative movement between the finger and an image sensor; selecting lines from said acquired images representing a new area of said fingerprint; det... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110182487 | Apparatus and Method of Input and Fingerprint Recognition on a Handheld Electronic Device An apparatus for input and fingerprint recognition comprises a touch surface, a processor coupled to the touch surface, and instructions stored on the apparatus. The touch surface comprises a first region and a second region. The first region has a first sensor resoluti... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110184757 | INTERACTIVE MEDICAL CARD AND METHOD OF PROCESSING MEDICAL INFORMATION STORED THEREON The present disclosure relates generally to an apparatus, system and method, and more specifically to a portable electronic interactive medical card, which includes a cardholder's medical information for which access is authenticated by biometric verification means.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110182488 | SURFACE SENSOR The invention relates to a sensor for measuring structures in a surface, e.g. a fingerprint sensor comprising a chosen number of sensor elements at chosen positions for coupling to a finger surface having a size less or comparable to the size of the structures in the fi... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110175822 | USING A GESTURE TO TRANSFER AN OBJECT ACROSS MULTIPLE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES In an example embodiment, predefined gestures are used to provide an intuitive way to transfer objects between multi-touch devices. A first gesture, such as a pinching motion is used to select an object to transfer from a source device. A second gesture, such as a de-pi... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170750 | Pulse-Rate Detection Using a Fingerprint Sensor Provided is a fingerprint sensor configured for detecting a pulse of a human or other mammal. A time series of fingerprint images is analyzed to identify time-based variations in spatial location and/or pressure from ridges of a finger, where the variations result from ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110153497 | SECURE TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION A secure transaction system and method based on biometric identification. One or more biometric sensors (e.g., a fingerprint sensor) can be electronically connected to an input device having one or more operable keys, wherein the input device communicates with the secur... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110150303 | STANDOFF AND MOBILE FINGERPRINT COLLECTION A method, a biometric identifier collection device, and a set of instructions are disclosed. A memory 208 may store a digital image having a biometric identifier. A processor 204 may execute a lighting compensation to remove a lighting effect from the biom... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110150304 | PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL A personal authentication apparatus, being small/thin and also enabling to position a vital body with high accuracy, comprises: a first light source and a second light source, each of which is configured to irradiate infrared rays; and detector portion, which is configu... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110129128 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD A biometric authentication apparatus for performing user authentication based on finger/palm print information representing a biological characteristic of fingerprint or palm print and vein information representing a biological characteristic of vein, comprises: 06/02/2011 | |
| 20110103585 | Mobile Content Magnet Methods and apparatus for a Mobile Content Magnet are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention is a miniature electronic device, which functions as a fully-powered personal computer, which stores digital files and content, and which communicates wirelessly wit... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110096961 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION DETECTION USING SWEEP-TYPE IMAGER A fingerprint recognition system in which a user's finger (3) is scanned over a strip sensor (1) until it is determined that sufficient image data samples have been obtained, then an indication is provided that the scanning operation is complete.... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096962 | Method for Identifying Fingerprint Image A method for identifying a fingerprint image includes inputting a fingerprint image captured by an electronic device, calculating an amount of valid ridge pixels in an amount of total ridge pixels of the fingerprint image to generate a first ratio, calculating an amount... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110085711 | 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 affected by a difference, if any, in an external environment. A personal identif... | 04/14/2011 |
