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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6587577 | On-line signature verification A method of determining whether a test sample belongs to the same individual as a plurality of reference samples. The method includes providing respective values of one or more identifying features from the test sample and the plurality of reference sampl... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6475023 | Surface mount holding feature An electrical connector having a metal plate which is mounted under the housing with hot riveting. Location pegs are made so that low mounting force is possible. A wafer which is black in color or has another contrasting color makes it possible for a vide... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6434254 | Method and apparatus for image-based object detection and tracking A method and apparatus for detecting objects from a sequence of images of a scene containing an object by using two distinct methods for object detection. One is suited for well-lit scenes (e.g., daytime), while the other is suitable for poorly-lit scenes... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6393138 | Method of creating registration signature data for computerized signature collation scheme A method of creating registration signature data for a computerized signature collation scheme. A plurality of signature data sets are averaged in order to calculate a candidate set of registration signature data. The candidate set of registration signatu... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6270374 | Electrical connector with wafer for video positioning and surface mount holding feature An electrical connector having a metal plate which is mounted under the housing with hot riveting. Location pegs are made so that low mounting force is possible. A wafer which is black in color or has another contrasting color makes it possible for a vide... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271535 | Copy substrate edge electronic registration system for a reprographic system A system and method electronically determines an edge of a copy substrate to be printed on. A copy substrate is inserted between a linear light source array and a linear sensor array and a light segment of the linear light source array is illuminated. An ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6176835 | Biopsy method and device This invention relates to a method of performing accurate biopsies, particularly core breast biopsies, and a device for facilitating the accuracy of the taking of biopsies. The device involves the provision of guiding members or wing-type projections on a... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6157731 | Signature verification method using hidden markov models A signature verification method involves segmenting a smoothed and normalized signature and, for each segment, evaluating at least one local feature, thereby to obtain a feature-value vector. The method further includes computing the likelihood that the s... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5940534 | On-line handwritten character recognition using affine transformation to maximize overlapping of corresponding input and reference pattern strokes Reference patterns and an input pattern are expressed by the position coordinates of feature points obtained by approximating strokes by a predetermined points in advance. One-to-one stroke correspondences whose stroke-numbers are made equal to each other... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5909500 | Method and apparatus for detecting forged signatures The present invention provides a method for reducing the variations attendant to free-form execution of a signature by providing a delimiting area in which a signature string, and/or portions of a signature string, is/are to be constrainedly transcribed. ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5889879 | Object recognizer An object recognizer includes a computer system, a spatial division sensing device including a first sensor, a second sensor, and a first polarizer. An object feature generator is attached to an object and includes a plurality of object feature correspond... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5884042 | Data identification in an intelligent video information management system Video data storage apparatus stores on a hard disk plural fields of video data and header data associated with each field of video data. The video data is reproduced from the hard disk and the reproduced video data is processed by an image analysis algori... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5857029 | Method and apparatus for non-contact signature imaging A portable, hand-held apparatus for capturing a gray scale image of a signature within a box having fiducial marks in the corners. Portions of the image outside the box are trimmed away and the box is oriented and scaled to a standard size and shape. Sign... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5251265 | Automatic signature verification A method and apparatus for automatically verifying a signature of an individual is described. The apparatus digitizes an image of the signature and provides a grey scale representation of each pixel. Next, the apparatus determines parameters of this digit... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5109426 | Methods and apparatus for signature verification A major problem in automatic signature verification is the rejection of true signatures. One way of capturing a signature is to use a special pen 10 to write on an area 13 having horizontal lines, the pen being constructed to pass a signal to a computer 1... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5107541 | Method and apparatus for capturing information in drawing or writing Obtaining data for signature recognition or data entry are relatively expensive because the apparatus used at each entry point is fairly complex. The present invention employs a relatively inexpensive pen which may be a ball pen with a transparent ball, a... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5091975 | Method and an apparatus for electronically compressing a transaction with a human signature In the present invention a method of compressing a signature signal is disclosed. The signature signal is divided into a plurality of signature segment signals where each segment is encoded by using a modified ring-encoding method, such that the total num... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5042073 | Signature verification method and system with optimization of static parameters A system embodying the invention for verifying signatures appended to bank checks comprises a check feed stand, a CMC7 code reader, a video camera and a control equipment. The checks are conveyed across the stand and are read in turn by the code reader an... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5040222 | Pattern generation method for registering handwriting A pattern generation method for registering handwriting and a method for updating same that facilitates the obtaining of a registration pattern that reflects accurately the characteristics of an individual handwritten signature. Dynamic programming matchi... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4856077 | Method of signature verification and device for carrying out the method A method and a device for signature verification, where an electric pulse train individual for every person in question is caused to be generated in that said person is allowed to move a pen comprising at its nib a light-emitting member and a light-sensit... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4680801 | Sign verification A method of determining whether the writer of a sign is the same as the writer of a previously written sign at least one characteristic feature of which has been prerecorded comprises: (a) detecting at least one characteristic feature of the written sign;... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4495644 | Apparatus for signature verification A method for real-time signature verification uses a transducer pad in which the pressure of a stylus causes contact to be made between two resistive films. Such a transducer is energized by current pulses to sample pairs of X and Y coordinates every 5 mi... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4433436 | Signature verification system In a system for verifying a person's handwritten signature on a travelers check or the like by comparing the signature with a signature previously written by the person whose name is signed, both signatures are written on signature fields on the face of t... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4369431 | Apparatus and methods for recognizing handwritten signs Signature recognition by electronics requires large storage capacity and has rates of rejections of true signatures and acceptances of false signatures which are not entirely satisfactory. An apparatus for signature recognition is described in which signa... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4308522 | Identity verification apparatus and method A method and apparatus are provided for verifying the identity of a person by establishing and storing a standard vector for said person based upon predetermined characteristics derived from a number of handwriting samples, and then comparing said standar... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4286255 | Signature verification method and apparatus A method and apparatus for determining whether a newly-signed signature and a previously recorded signature were made by the same person. The method and apparatus include the steps of and apparatus for scanning a document containing the newly-signed signa... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4190820 | Signal train verification system using landmarks When trains of signals, derived from a written template signature, are to be compared directly with trains of signals, derived from a written specimen signature, because no two written signatures are identical, there is a requirement for providing a certa... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4086567 | Handwriting verification system using landmarks When signals derived from a template signature are to be compared directly with signals derived from a specimen signature, because no two signatures are alike, there is a requirement for providing a certain degree of "rubberiness" between the specimen and... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4028674 | Automated signature verification system Signature verification where an image mosaic for a signature to be verified is stored in a memory and wherein a prototype feature set for said signature is stored in memory. Binary signals representative of the location and magnitude of positive and negat... | 06/07/1977 |
