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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7606396 | Multimodal biometric platform A multimodal biometric identification or authentication system includes a plurality of biometric clients. Each of the biometric clients may include devices for capturing biometric images of a plurality of types. The system includes a router in communication with the... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602947 | Facial-recognition vehicle security system A movable-vehicle security system includes a facial-recognition system including a scanner such as a television or infrared camera directed at the face of a person in the driver's seat, which system produces output control signals that are applied to enable or disab... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7587067 | Method and system for monitoring individuals A portable device for monitoring a user's geographic location, substantially a time of the geographic location measurement, verification status of the user's identity is provided. The portable device includes, a biometric verification module (“BVM”) that verifie... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7526106 | Method of tracking images captured with a digital camera A method of tracking images captured by a digital camera includes inputting a profile marker to a profile information database in the digital camera, establishing a profile ratio for captured images. The profile ratio sets a number of captured images required to con... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7505610 | Integrated portable identification and verification device An portable integrated identification and verification system is disclosed. The station includes multiple devices integrated for identifying or verifying the identity of a person. The multiple devices, which may include a camera, a document scanner, and a fingerprin... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7492925 | Biometric identification data protection Embodiments of the present invention can combine biometric identification data with additional information, or knowledge, to form a new type of security measure. One embodiment of the present invention obtains biometric identification data for accessing a particular... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7483552 | Preventing signature repudiation in paper documents using smart pens The present disclosure is directed to a method for preventing signature repudiation. This method receives the user's fingerprint and embeds special markings on the document being signed. The method then transmits the information regarding the signing of the document... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7444159 | Data input device, systems using the device, and methods for operating such systems A data storage device 5 having a storage capacity of at least 8 Mbyte is surrounded by a housing including a stylus portion 23, having a tip 25 for indicating a position. The stylus permits the data storage device 5 to be used for data en... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444007 | Iris-based biometric identification A method includes forming a feature vector associated with an iris of an individual using a transform operation including converting an iris image into a log-polar image, scaling one or more samples in the log-polar image according to a Fourier-Mellin transform, and... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440929 | Multimodal authorization method, system and device The invention includes methods, systems and devices for authenticating transactions. A method may begin by enrolling at least two biometric specimens to a database. A false acceptance ratio (“FAR”) is determined for each of the specimens, and authorization optio... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7421096 | Input mechanism for fingerprint-based internet search A targeted search in the form of a fingerprint is generated utilizing audio-visual representations of the search parameters in a master plan so as to present the user with hypothetical vision parameters arrayed in a cascaded manner corresponding to the process indiv... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418160 | Method and device for processing of information Device for processing of information, which device comprises a processor and, connected to the processor, a reading unit for electronic reading of information on a surface, which is provided with a position code which codes a plurality of positions on the surface. T... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415139 | Living-tissue pattern detecting method, living-tissue pattern detecting device, biometric authentication method, and biometric authentication device The present invention enables permanent biometric authentication without the risk of forgery or the like. The present invention enables living-tissue discrimination as well as biometric authentication. The roughness distribution pattern of deep-layer tissue o... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7398549 | Biometric authentication with security against eavesdropping The invention relates to systems and methods for using a template in the authentication process using biometric data. In one embodiment, a module modifies a template of the reference set of biometric data with the candidate set of biometric data when the user is aut... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391886 | Digital camera with image tracking system A digital camera system includes an input member for selecting at least one of an individual profile and a group profile and a memory operatively coupled to the input member. The memory includes digital images captured by the digital camera system and a profile info... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386151 | System and method for assessing suspicious behaviors Identity and biometric data are collected from individuals. The collected data is used to form biometric data packages, each of which contains information about one biometric feature and identity data associated with the corresponding individual. Each biometric data... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372979 | Method and system for adaptively varying templates to accommodate changes in biometric information A method and apparatus for authenticating a user In dependence upon biometric Input information is disclosed. According to the method when a user is identified, their biometric information or data derived therefrom is automatically stored. The data is then used in s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372980 | Information terminal apparatus with collation function According to this invention, a fingerprint sensor is mounted for fingerprint collation, and a movable protection unit which coverts the fingerprint sensor is arranged. In fingerprint authentication, the protection unit moves to expose the fingerprint sensor. Along w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373511 | Identification device, identification system, and card issuing device and system needing identification The device and system of present invention identify the person to be identified according to a result given from certification bureau. These device or system mainly comprises a condition inputting section to input identification condition, a certification inputting ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369759 | Eye image pickup apparatus, iris authentication apparatus and portable terminal device having iris authentication function An iris authentication apparatus includes a camera for obtaining the image of an eye; a display panel arranged on the same plane as where the lens of the camera is arranged; and guide character generation means, wherein a guide character is displayed on a display pa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370195 | Moving principals across security boundaries without service interruption An improved network architecture employs a super authority having an identity catalog to direct login authentication tasks to appropriate authorities. Authentication tasks may be performed by authorities across namespace boundaries if so directed by the super author... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369690 | Apparatus for recognizing an image In a fingerprint recognition apparatus, a first recognition section is formed on a center portion of a transparent substrate and a second recognition section is formed on the transparent substrate adjacent to the first recognition section. The first recognition sect... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365750 | User identity authentication system and user identity authentication method and mobile telephonic device It is an object to provide an user identity authentication system and an user identity authentication method with the Internet and a mobile information communication device. The mobile information communication device includes a liquid crystal device with a built-in... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366328 | Method and device for preventing false acceptance of latent fingerprint images Disclosed is a method for detecting a latent fingerprint image provided to a biometric input device of a fingerprint based security system. First and second images of the fingerprint are captured during a time period interval Δt. At least one of the first and secon... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366338 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366329 | Authentication apparatus The invention matches a countenance of a user during authentication to a countenance of the user's head shot held in advance. An authentication apparatus for certifying the user using a picture registered in memory, includes an image pickup unit taking the picture o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362884 | Multimodal biometric analysis A biometric system that uses readings from a plurality of biometrics of a user is disclosed. The biometric system includes a first and second biometric readers, a first and second biometric matching engines and a processor. The first biometric reader producing a fir... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361919 | Multi-biometric finger sensor having different selectivities and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor may sense different biometric characteristics that have different matching selectivities and that have at least a known spatial relationship. The sensor may include an integrated circuit substrate for receiving a user's finger adjacen... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363023 | 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. A V-shaped groove is provided adjacent an operation panel, the V-shaped groove containing a first slope s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363505 | Security authentication method and system This identity authentication system is used in commercial transactions at a point-of-sale terminal. The system comprises a device for capturing a customer signature (signature pad or a smart pen), a sensor for capturing a biometric property of the customer during th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362891 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362973 | Protecting secret data entry from infrared and audio eavesdropping A method for protecting a data entry device from eavesdropping includes masking a signature of entry resulting from entry of data by a user of the data entry device so as to reduce the detectability of the signature by eavesdropping. The signature may include a temp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359553 | Image identification system Methods and procedures for improving the performance and reliability of image analysis within an image identification system include a series of image qualification functions designed to quickly process a fraction of available image data and to provide feedback to a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358515 | Multi-biometric finger sensor including electric field sensing pixels and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor includes a plurality of electric field fingerprint sensing pixels on an integrated circuit substrate for sensing an image of the user's finger, and at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor on the integrated circuit su... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359532 | Fingerprint minutiae matching using scoring techniques Disclosed is a method and apparatus to provide for fingerprint minutiae matching using scoring techniques. A plurality of minutiae in a fingerprint image is defined. A score associated with each minutia corresponding to the validity of each minutia is estimated. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358514 | Multi-biometric finger sensor apparatus and associated methods A multi-biometric finger sensor may include infrared sensing pixels on an integrated circuit substrate for sensing infrared radiation emitted from the user's finger, and at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor on the integrated circuit substrate fo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356705 | Biometric authentication for remote initiation of actions and services In one aspect, the invention relates to generating a trusted communication channel with a client. An agent module is provided at the client along with a task set including one or more tasks. One or more client components needed to complete each of the tasks of the t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356706 | Personal authentication method and apparatus sensing user vicinity A security device restricting access to various machines, places or data, using a security device that is kept in close proximity to a portion of the body of a person and is activated to provide access to those machines, places or data to that person only when that ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351076 | Cover for PCI express connector A parallelepiped-shaped plastic cover for a PCI express ×16 connector array has a top defining a window. Some but not all of the connector array elements are blocked by the top when the cover is positioned over the connector array, so that in the event that the ass... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349566 | Image processing network An image processing network for processing image files and coupled to an outside data communication network comprising a plurality of remote image capture units, the units scanning documents and creating a plurality of image files of said documents; the image proces... | 03/25/2008 |