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Conjunctival scans for personal identification

Patent 7327860 Issued on February 5, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 2, 2026. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 11416052 filed on 05/02/2006

US Classes:

382/117, Using a characteristic of the eye351/206, Including eye photography382/128, Biomedical applications348/239Camera and video special effects (e.g., subtitling, fading, or merging)

Examiners

Primary: Johns, Andrew W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06K 9/00

Abstract

Conjunctival vascular images are obtained from individual's eye for purposes of creating a multi-dimension, non-iris based biometric. The biometric can be used for identification or authentication purposes. Multi-dimensional correlation processing can be used to evaluate pairs of biometrics.

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