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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337979 | Card case, IC card, and IC card unit A card case, which encases an IC card having a functional section that contains a biometric information-acquiring portion for acquiring biometric information and carries out communication with an outer part of the card when the biometric information acquired at the ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340080 | Fingerprint verification method and apparatus based on global ridgeline This invention refers to a fingerprint verification method and apparatus based on global ridgeline. Firstly, the invention search base point pair between the stored fingerprint template and the fingerprint template to be matched. The said base point pair is the posi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340271 | Dual input mobile communication device A dual input mobile communication device. The mobile communication device can include a housing having an exterior, the exterior including a first face side and a second face side, the second face side located on an opposite side of the housing from the first face s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337469 | Method and system for unlocking doorway An unlock system does not use a key that might be copied so that only a correct person can unlock a door and security is enhanced. Unlock records of door-lock are stored in a limited memory capacity in volume. Fingerprint data input to a fingerprint input sec... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337326 | Apparatus and method for effecting secure physical and commercial transactions in a contactless manner using biometric identity validation Provided is an apparatus and method for effecting secure transactions in a contactless manner using biometric identity validation. The apparatus may include, for example, a biometric sensor that is operable to detect biometric information associated with a user of t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336808 | Optical sensor Photodetector 1 is equipped with photodiodes PDn, integrating circuits 10n, CDS circuits 20n, and hold circuits 30n. Each integrating circuit 10n includes an amplifier 11n, a capacitor C, a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337079 | Time-frequency domain reflectometry apparatus and method An apparatus and method for high-resolution reflectometry that operates simultaneously in both the time and frequency domains, utilizing time-frequency signal analysis and a chirp signal multiplied by a Gaussian time envelope. The Gaussian envelope provides time loc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336841 | Fingerprinting digital video for rights management in networks Systems and methods generate video fingerprints for video data streams. A collection of sub-fingerprints constitute a fingerprint block. The size and temporal position of the block is chosen to represent the video that is being served. The video server has prior inf... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333638 | Minutiae fingerprint transactions Minutiae based fingerprint transactions are validated and authenticated over wireless based communications systems, such as over a Bluetooth wireless based communication system. Minutiae points are unique identification points on a fingerprint where a ridge in the f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333639 | Method and apparatus for measuring structures in a fingerprint A plurality of images of portions of a fingerprint surface is generated by measuring structural features the portions of the surface with a sensor array as the surface is moved relative to the array. A two-dimensional image of the fingerprint surface is constructed ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333641 | Method and apparatus for analyzing streaked pattern image A streaked pattern image analyzing apparatus for use in an analysis of a fingerprint and the like for aiding in the identification as to whether or not an applied first streaked pattern image matches a second streaked pattern image. The apparatus comprises an image ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333798 | Telecommunication call management and monitoring system A secure telephone call management system is provided for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users of the telephone call management system is accomplished by using a personal identification number, biometri... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333637 | Biometric identity check A portable data carrier comprises a communication means and a memory with a biometric template which is intended to be compared with a biometric sample for identity check. The biometric template is divided into a private part which is adapted to be exclusively used ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332717 | Infrared sensor and infrared sensor array An infrared sensor includes a series capacitor element and a reference capacitor element each exhibiting a predetermined capacitance value; an infrared-detecting capacitor element whose capacitance value varies depending on an intensity of infrared light incident on... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330570 | Face collation apparatus and biometrics data collation apparatus The invention provides a highly-reliable face collation apparatus and biometrics data collation apparatus in both of which when a person is to be identified, even at the time of a collation in which characteristic data on the person approximates to characteristic da... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330572 | Fingerprint authentication method, program and device capable of judging inexpensively whether input image is proper or not A fingerprint authentication device comprises input finger characteristic judging portion 13. The input finger characteristic judging portion 13 judges whether the input data is proper or not on the basis of spatial frequency analysis of an fingerprint... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329186 | Gaming system with rewritable display card and LCD input display for reading same Systems and methods for conducting cashless gaming or player tracking within a gaming environment are disclosed. Players with associated player accounts are provided player tracking instruments having rewriteable displays. Also provided are gaming devices or machine... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330571 | Device and method for biometric verification and registration of a persons identity by means of fingerprint information The invention relates to a device for biometric verification of an individual's identity by means of fingerprint information, comprising controller and memory means, means for consecutively reading, and storing in said memory means, fingerprint information from part... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330818 | Health and life expectancy management system A life expectancy management system which comprises: a storage means which is capable of storing data, such as genetic data, birth data, lifestyle data, pediatric health data, and adulthood health data; a means for altering the data based upon the occurrence of at l... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328850 | Financial and similar identification cards and methods relating thereto Apparatuses forming portable identification cards and associated methods are described. A preferred apparatus includes an input device adapted for a consumer to enter authentication data, a memory for storing reference data, a processor configured to compare the aut... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328170 | Multi-device supervisor support for self-checkout systems A customer self-checkout system includes one or more checkout stations and multiple supervisor terminals. The supervisor terminals provide support to, and control over, the self-checkout system and checkout stations. The supervisory terminals may be wireless termina... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327861 | Organism authenticating apparatus The organism authenticating apparatus 71 of this invention comprises a means that fixes the position of a hand or a finger of a hand, an infrared ray radiating means 97 that radiates infrared rays, an infrared ray image input means 91 that is pl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327859 | Methods and systems for automated fingerprint recognition A method of identifying a donor of a fingerprint image exhibiting a pattern of minutiae. The method comprises deriving a donor index code and a donor match code associated with the donor fingerprint image. A database of records is accessed—each record being associ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326912 | Contact image-sensing module having fingerprint scanning function A contact image-sensing module having fingerprint-scanning function is described. The image-sensing module has a flex/rigid composite substrate having a first rigid circuit substrate, a second rigid circuit substrate, a third rigid circuit substrate, and at least on... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325724 | Method for registering a biometric for use with a smartcard The present invention discloses a method for registering biometric information for use in a smartcard-reader system. The method comprises the steps of contacting an authorized sample receiver and submitting a biometric to a sensor to facilitates the sensor in obtain... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323766 | Sensor module A sensor module, in particular for measuring an acceleration or rotational speed, having a housing base body made of a plastic material, a lead frame extending through the housing base body and having leads which have connector pins for attachment to a circuit board... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324672 | Input device, information device, and control information generation method An input device which generates control information by moving an object to be detected, having an image capture section which captures an image of the object to be detected, a feature point extraction section which extracts a feature point of the image captured by t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324807 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324667 | Data converter A data converter is provided, which data converter includes a data conversion unit, a timer unit which counts time, and a lock system which locks a data conversion function of the data conversion unit in a disabled state based on the time counted by the timer unit. | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324670 | Face image processing apparatus and method A face image processing apparatus, includes: a face region detecting unit configured to detect a face feature point of a person from a plurality of images picked up by a plurality of imaging units respectively, to detect a face region; a face feature extracting unit... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325205 | Use unit for bank note processing machines The invention relates to an apparatus and method for processing bank notes, in particular for singling, counting, sorting and testing the authenticity of bank notes or papers of value, which can be operated in a plurality of operating modes and wherein a display dev... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324665 | Method of multi-resolution adaptive correlation processing A method of multi-resolution adaptive correlation processing of images, such as seeded fluid flow images, to efficiently increase the spatial resolution and dynamic range of detecting particle image displacements in the images. The technique takes full advantage of ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321760 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321759 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel, a V-shaped groove is provided which contains a first slope stretching awa... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321757 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321758 | Information processing unit An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321672 | Image reading apparatus and image reading system equipped with the image reading apparatus An image reading system comprising a display panel with an image display area formed by a plurality of display pixels which emits display light and displays an image in a viewing field side corresponding to a display signal from the image display area; a transparent... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321671 | System and method for generating a preview display in a print capturing system using a non-planar prism A system and method is provided for generating a preview display of a captured print image from a non-planar platen and for generating a high resolution display of a user-selected area of the preview display. The display processing system comprises a preview generat... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321701 | Infrared biometric finger sensor and associated methods A finger sensor apparatus may include an integrated circuit substrate for receiving a user's finger adjacent thereto, and a plurality of infrared sensing pixels on the integrated circuit substrate. The infrared sensing pixels are for sensing infrared radiation natur... | 01/22/2008 |
