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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116540 | Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuits An apparatus for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuits is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a fingerprint sensing area onto which a user can apply a fingerprint. An analog front end is coupled to the fingerprint sensing area and is c... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111882 | Method for verifying a fingerprint The invention relates to a method for testing a fingerprint whose reference data are stored in a portable data carrier. The reference data contain at least positions and orientations of minutiae and pores and an orientation vector. According to the invention it is p... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107692 | Fingerprinted circuits and methods of making and identifying the same A circuit having a fingerprint for identification of a particular instantiation of the circuit is disclosed. The circuit may include a plurality of digital circuits or gates. Each of the digital circuits or gates is responsive to a configuration voltage applied to i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103063 | Method and apparatus for searching biometric image data A method for matching biometric data is disclosed. A biometric information source is sensed to provide an image thereof. The image is then analysed to extract features therefrom. A feature is selected as a first feature and a plurality of polygons are generated with... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103064 | 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 ide... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098906 | Regional fingerprint liveness detection systems and methods Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for fingerprint liveness detection. In one embodiment, a method for determining fingerprint liveness is provided that comprises receiving a fingerprint image; extracting a regi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090162 | Using biometrics as an encryption key An image of an biometric part is used as encryption or decryption key. The biometric part image is obtained, and items within the biometric part are analyzed. Relationships between those parts are determined, (e.g. ratios) between different parameters of different p... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085998 | Finger sensor including enhanced ESD protection and associated methods A finger sensor may include a finger sensing integrated circuit (IC) having a finger sensing area and at least one bond pad adjacent thereto, and a flexible circuit coupled to the IC finger sensor. More particularly, the flexible circuit may include a flexible layer... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081805 | Finger sensing device with multiple correlators and associated methods A finger sensing device may include a finger sensing area to receive a user's finger moved in a sliding motion, and a controller cooperating with the finger sensing area for generating successive image samples. Moreover, the controller may also generate the displace... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077933 | Matching prints with feature collections In one embodiment, biometric authentication, using fingerprints, handprints, retinal scans and voice recognition, may be used as a means of granting access to an individual, for example, to use a device or gain entry to a building, car, computer, airport, website, a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077934 | Low power fingerprint capture system, apparatus, and method The present invention provides a large format fingerprint capture apparatus, system and method that is low power, compact, and lightweight and has a platen area greater than 3.0 square inches. The present system is typically powered, controlled, and exchanges data o... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073209 | Biometric imaging system and method A system and method for obtaining a biometric image such as a ten-print fingerprint impression is provided. The system and method can include a live scanner having a platen and a finger guide coupled to the platen. The finger guide can be used to guide positioning o... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068646 | System and method for implementing algorithmic correction of image distortion within a fingerprint imaging system A software implemented system for algorithmic correction of systematic image distortions within fingerprint imaging systems. The system may implement a three dimensional geometric model of a fingerprint imaging system to discover where a configuration prescribed by ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064657 | Cleaning device for fingerprint authentication apparatus, cleaning method, and fingerprint authentication system using the same A cleaning device for a fingerprint authentication apparatus, include a shutter which is opened or closed in order to expose or cover a surface of a scan plate for carrying out a finger authentication by said fingerprint authentication apparatus; a cleaner which cle... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064658 | Foster care monitoring and verification device, method and system In some embodiments, system, devices and methods for monitoring and verifying foster care placement and processes are provided, the system and devices including a fingerprint scanner having a capability to associate fingerprint images within categories including cli... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055032 | Digital camera with fingerprint identification function A digital camera includes a fingerprint input interface, a fingerprint sensor, a fingerprint information storage unit, and a fingerprint identification module. The fingerprint input interface is for a current user to input the current user's fingerprint. The fingerp... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055031 | Authentication device An authentication device enabling access from multiple directions, comprises a biometric information acquirer that acquires biometric information from a biometric target; a detector that detects direction of access by the biometric target; a memory that stores in ad... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050467 | Package, packaging method and substrate thereof for sliding type thin fingerprint sensor A sliding type thin fingerprint sensor package mainly comprises a substrate and a fingerprint sensor chip. The chip defined as a sliding region and a conductive portion comprises a dielectric layer, a circuit layer and a passivation layer. The circuit layer has a pl... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045768 | Method and device for recognition of natural skin The invention relates to a method for the recognition of natural skin (5), wherein the skin surface (4) is illuminated at an irradiation point (1) with light from the visible spectrum or the adjacent spectrum, wherein that part of the light ente... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045767 | Fingerprint image reconstruction based on motion estimate across a narrow fringerprint sensor A method for reconstructing a fingerprint image from a plurality of frames captured from swipe fingerprint sensor is disclosed. The method is based on a motion estimation between consecutive fingerprint frames. Only a portion of each frame is used to obtain the moti... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041083 | Fingerprint sensing circuit A fingerprint sensing circuit for detecting a fingerprint of a user, including a signal source, at least a sensing unit, a resistor, an electrode, and a detecting circuit. The signal source provides a reference signal. The electrode is coupled to a reference level. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8019131 | Authentication apparatus and method, and electronic device using the same An authentication apparatus is for authenticating a fingerprint to power up an electronic device. The authentication apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor, and a power manager. The fingerprint sensor includes a memory for storing predetermined fingerprints, a samp... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019130 | Collectable fingerprinted apparatus and methods Collectable fingerprinted items, and methods of making such fingerprinted items, including original and simulated fingerprints for application to an item to create a collectable item. The processes may be used to create a variety of collectable items, such as instru... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019132 | System for recognizing fingerprint image, method and program for the same A fingerprint recognition system for extracting minutiae from a fingerprint image. The fingerprint recognition system generates a corrected image from the input fingerprint image by: eliminating incipient ridges/pores from the fingerprint image by using the density ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014574 | Character noise eliminating apparatus, character noise eliminating method, and character noise eliminating program To provide a noise eliminating apparatus and the like that can eliminate an atypical shaped background noise. A character noise eliminating apparatus includes a character noise area detecting device for detecting a character noise area which is an area corresponding... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009881 | Digitization of a papillary structure A method and apparatus is described for recording and digitizing intensity profiles (IP) of the papillary structure of the skin with high intensity resolution using sensors S with low intensity resolution. For this purpose, a plurality of digital image signals (DS, ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005276 | Apparatus and method for reducing parasitic capacitive coupling and noise in fingerprint sensing circuits A fingerprint sensing circuit for reducing noise and parasitic capacitive coupling is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a plurality of transmitting elements to sequentially emit a probing signal. A digital ground is provided to ground digital... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005275 | Pointer tool This invention relates to a pointer tool for connecting to a display device, comprising a number of sensors elements being positioned on a two dimensional surface, for measuring a predetermined parameter at a surface, the measured quantity being sampled at a chosen ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000506 | Fingerprint detecting wireless device A wireless device, such as a remote control unit, may include an internal fingerprint identification unit. The fingerprint identification unit may be arranged to capture the user's fingerprint when the user's finger is positioned over a button that is substantially ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995808 | 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 con... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991204 | Threshold determining device, method and program, and personal authentication system Provided is a threshold determining device for determining a threshold, at which the false matching rate of each data to become less than a required value becomes a required assurance value or more. The threshold determining device comprises an individual threshold ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991206 | Surrogate heuristic identification Surrogate heuristic identification is described, including selecting a portion of video content, wherein the portion is standardized, identifying a characteristic associated with the video content, using the characteristic to generate a data representation, the data... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991205 | Biometrics device A device includes a supporting mechanism which movably supports a living body, light sources which emit near infrared rays, an imaging unit which picks up venous images of the living body with light emitted from the light sources and an image processing unit which p... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986820 | Method for comparing features extracted from images of fingerprints Features are extracted from a test and reference image to generate a test and reference record. Each feature has a location, and orientation, and furthermore, the features of the reference records also have associated weights. The features of the test record are app... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978884 | Fingerprint sensor and interface A fingerprint sensor interface that connects to a standard camera interface and minimizes input and output signals to reduce sensor die area and cost. The sensor can connect to a standard camera interface of a cellular telephone baseband processor or other device in... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974448 | Personal authentication system using biometrics information A personal authentication system using biometrics information, which identifies or authenticates an individual by verifying to-be-verified biometrics characteristic data against previously registered biometrics characteristic data. The system includes a biometrics i... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974449 | System and method for recording handwritten notes A system for recording handwritten notes includes a feature information obtaining section that obtains feature information of a user who is holding a handwriting tool, a handwritten notes obtaining section that obtains notes handwritten with the handwriting tool, an... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970185 | Apparatus and methods for capturing a fingerprint An apparatus and methods for capturing a fingerprint are provided. In a first example method, first fingerprint image may be obtained in a guard region within a captured image, the guard region including less than all of the captured image. A fingerprint region may ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965877 | Fingerprint sensing device using pulse processing A fingerprint sensing device that measures the capacitance between an array of electrode plates and finger skin using pulse processing, in which pulse width rather than voltage level, is used for capacitance measurement and digital signal conversion. A pulse, the wi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961917 | Method for identity verification The method for identity verification employs biometric technology. Positioned at the center of the system is a stylus with any of a number of biometric properties or their combination or with one or more metric sensors, while the customer uses the stylus to sign his... | 06/14/2011 |
