Patents by Inventor Jan Edward van der Laan

Jan Edward van der Laan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for automatically acquiring facial, ocular, and iris images from moving subjects at long-range
    Patent number: 10178290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for long-range facial and ocular acquisition. One embodiment of a system for acquiring an image of a subject's facial feature(s) includes a steerable telescope configured to acquire the image of the facial feature(s), a first computational imaging element configured to minimize the effect of defocus in the image of the facial feature(s), and a second computational imaging element configured to minimize the effects of motion blur. In one embodiment, the detecting, the acquiring, the minimizing the effect of the motion, and the minimizing the effect of the defocus are performed automatically without a human input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: David Stoker, Cregg Cowan, Motilal Agrawal, Jan Edward van der Laan, John Brian Burns
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRING FACIAL, OCULAR, AND IRIS IMAGES FROM MOVING SUBJECTS AT LONG-RANGE
    Publication number: 20120154536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for long-range facial and ocular acquisition. One embodiment of a system for acquiring an image of a subject's facial feature(s) includes a steerable telescope configured to acquire the image of the facial feature(s), a first computational imaging element configured to minimize the effect of defocus in the image of the facial feature(s), and a second computational imaging element configured to minimize the effects of motion blur. In one embodiment, the detecting, the acquiring, the minimizing the effect of the motion, and the minimizing the effect of the defocus are performed automatically without a human input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: David Stoker, Cregg Cowan, Motilal Agrawal, Jan Edward van der Laan, John Brian Burns