Patents Assigned to Aware, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9626548
    Abstract: A ridge flow based fingerprint image quality determination can be achieved independent of image resolution, can be processed in real-time and includes segmentation, such as fingertip segmentation, therefore providing image quality assessment for individual fingertips within a four finger flat, dual thumb, or whole hand image. A fingerprint quality module receives from one or more scan devices ridge-flow-containing imagery which can then be assessed for one or more of quality, handedness, historical information analysis and the assignment of bounding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Maurer, L. Scott Hills
  • Patent number: 9613248
    Abstract: An optical module includes a housing with a lighting mechanism, an aperture formed therein, and a window that frames a transparent surface adapted to contact a skin surface of a person, for example, a fingertip. The lighting mechanism provides light to illuminate the skin surface placed upon the transparent surface. A prism has a first side facing the lighting mechanism, a second side at the window, and a third side through which a dactylographic image exits the prism. One or more light reflecting surfaces are disposed within the housing to reflect the dactylographic image towards the housing aperture. The optical module is coupled to a mobile device having a camera, with the aperture of the housing aligning with a lens of the camera. The camera acquires the dactylographic image, and the mobile device adjusts this dactylographic image to produce a dactylographic image suitable for biometric matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Taras P. Riopka, Robert Mungovan, Limin Ma, David Benini
  • Patent number: 9548968
    Abstract: A server system for distributing information securely includes a network interface for receiving, over a network, an information object accompanied by metadata. A repository stores the information object. Metadata is mapped to electronic addresses of trusted recipients. A processor is configured to generate a link for accessing the information object in the repository, acquire an electronic address of a trusted recipient based on the metadata accompanying the information object, insert the link into an electronic message addressed to the electronic address of the trusted recipient, and send the electronic message with the link to the trusted recipient. The processor is further configured to receive, over a second network, a request for the information object sent from a user device in response to an activation of the link, retrieve the information object from the repository, and transmit the information object to a browser of the user device over the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: AWARE INC.
    Inventors: James Giulio Cialdea, Alexis Tzannes, Adrian Gropper
  • Patent number: 9538193
    Abstract: A technique for controlling the quality of one or more compressed images. The technique allows, for example, the selection of a target quality metric(s) and the compression of the image(s) such the compressed image(s) meets the metric(s). Alternatively, a target quality metric can be specified, and the image(s) compressed using parameters estimated to achieve the target quality. Optionally, the quality metric can also be made available to, for example, a user on an image processing system. The quality metrics can be, for example, for one or more layers, one or more images and/or one or more image sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Paul Tzannes, Ron Abraham Gut
  • Patent number: 9405957
    Abstract: A ridge flow based fingerprint image quality determination can be achieved independent of image resolution, can be processed in real-time and includes segmentation, such as fingertip segmentation, therefore providing image quality assessment for individual fingertips within a four finger flat, dual thumb, or whole hand image. A fingerprint quality module receives from one or more scan devices ridge-flow--containing imagery which can then be assessed for one or more of quality, handedness, historical information analysis and the assignment of bounding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Maurer, L. Scott Hills
  • Patent number: 9392290
    Abstract: A technique for controlling the quality of one or more compressed images. The technique allows, for example, the selection of a target quality metric(s) and the compression of the image(s) such the compressed image(s) meets the metric(s). Alternatively, a target quality metric can be specified, and the image(s) compressed using parameters estimated to achieve the target quality. Optionally, the quality metric can also be made available to, for example, a user on an image processing system. The quality metrics can be, for example, for one or more layers, one or more images and/or one or more image sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Paul Tzannes, Ron Abraham Gut
  • Patent number: 9330294
    Abstract: An optical module includes a housing with a lighting mechanism, an aperture formed therein, and a window that frames a transparent surface adapted to contact a skin surface of a person, for example, a fingertip. The lighting mechanism provides light to illuminate the skin surface placed upon the transparent surface. A prism has a first side facing the lighting mechanism, a second side at the window, and a third side through which a dactylographic image exits the prism. One or more light reflecting surfaces are disposed within the housing to reflect the dactylographic image towards the housing aperture. The optical module is coupled to a mobile device having a camera, with the aperture of the housing aligning with a lens of the camera. The camera acquires the dactylographic image, and the mobile device adjusts this dactylographic image to produce a dactylographic image suitable for biometric matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Taras P. Riopka, Robert Mungovan, Limin Ma, David Benini
  • Patent number: 9238938
    Abstract: A method of preventing light from passing through a gap between a window frame and a window treatment disposed in the window frame, the window frame having a window opening and vertical sides includes the steps of providing an L-shaped light-blocking device with a mounting face, a retaining face extending substantially perpendicular to the mounting face, and at least one frangible width adjustment notch disposed lengthwise along the retaining face, and attaching the mounting face to one of the vertical sides of the window frame to have the retaining face extend from the vertical side between the window treatment and the window opening and block at least some light passing between the window frame and the window treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Brand Awareness, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Sherman
  • Patent number: 9152843
    Abstract: A ridge flow based fingerprint image quality determination can be achieved independent of image resolution, can be processed in real-time and includes segmentation, such as fingertip segmentation, therefore providing image quality assessment for individual fingertips within a four finger flat, dual thumb, or whole hand image. A fingerprint quality module receives from one or more scan devices ridge-flow—containing imagery which can then be assessed for one or more of quality, handedness, historical information analysis and the assignment of bounding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Maurer, L. Scott Hills
  • Patent number: 9154355
    Abstract: There are several exemplary ways to more efficiently communicate an out-of-domain seed to a receiver—in a first technique, the seed can be indicated in the header portion or data portion of a packet. For example, the header portion of the packet could contain one or more bit fields that indicate the value of the LFSR seed used for the preamble portion of the packet. The receiver would learn the out-of-domain seed after receiving a first out-of-domain packet and decoding the header portion of that packet. After learning the out-of-domain seed, the receiver could send a packet indicating the value of the out-of-domain seed to the local master. The local master could then transmit the value of the out-of-domain seed in the header portion or data portion of a local MAP frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Marcos C. Tzannes, Joon Bae Kim, Stuart Sandberg
  • Patent number: 9115532
    Abstract: A light-blocking valance for a window treatment is an L-shaped member having a mounting face and a retaining face, the retaining face extending substantially perpendicular from the mounting face. At least one frangible width adjustment notch is disposed lengthwise along the retaining face for adjusting the width of the valance by breaking it along the desired notch. The mounting face is attached to a side of a window opening such that the retaining face extends outwardly from the side of the window opening to block light and retain the window treatment. When installed in a window opening, the retaining face is configured to be disposed between the window treatment and the window to keep the treatment away from the wall while also closing the gaps between the window opening and the edges of the window treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Brand Awareness, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Sherman
  • Patent number: 9076190
    Abstract: A technique for controlling the quality of one or more compressed images. The technique allows, for example, the selection of a target quality metric(s) and the compression of the image(s) such the compressed image(s) meets the metric(s). Alternatively, a target quality metric can be specified, and the image(s) compressed using parameters estimated to achieve the target quality. Optionally, the quality metric can also be made available to, for example, a user on an image processing system. The quality metrics can be, for example, for one or more layers, one or more images and/or one or more image sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Paul Tzannes, Ron Abraham Gut
  • Patent number: 9031291
    Abstract: A ridge flow based fingerprint image quality determination can be achieved independent of image resolution, can be processed in real-time and includes segmentation, such as fingertip segmentation, therefore providing image quality assessment for individual fingertips within a four finger flat, dual thumb, or whole hand image. A fingerprint quality module receives from one or more scan devices ridge-flow—containing imagery which can then be assessed for one or more of quality, handedness, historical information analysis and the assignment of bounding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Maurer, L. Scott Hills
  • Patent number: 8953657
    Abstract: There are several exemplary ways to more efficiently communicate an out-of-domain seed to a receiver—in a first technique, the seed can be indicated in the header portion or data portion of a packet. For example, the header portion of the packet could contain one or more bit fields that indicate the value of the LFSR seed used for the preamble portion of the packet. The receiver would learn the out-of-domain seed after receiving a first out-of-domain packet and decoding the header portion of that packet. After learning the out-of-domain seed, the receiver could send a packet indicating the value of the out-of-domain seed to the local master. The local master could then transmit the value of the out-of-domain seed in the header portion or data portion of a local MAP frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos C. Tzannes, Joon Bae Kim, Stuart Sandberg
  • Patent number: 8948466
    Abstract: In real biometric systems, false match rates and false non-match rates of 0% do not exist. There is always some probability that a purported match is false, and that a genuine match is not identified. The performance of biometric systems is often expressed in part in terms of their false match rate and false non-match rate, with the equal error rate being when the two are equal. There is a tradeoff between the FMR and FNMR in biometric systems which can be adjusted by changing a matching threshold. This matching threshold can be automatically, dynamically and/or user adjusted so that a biometric system of interest can achieve a desired FMR and FNMR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventor: David Benini
  • Patent number: 8897348
    Abstract: A test system for diagnosing twisted pair wiring includes a system processor in communication with a subscriber line interface module, which includes a codec and a SLIC (Subscriber Line Interface Circuit). The SLIC transmits a waveform having a frequency used for voice or baseband modem transmissions onto the twisted pair wiring. The system processor transmits a digital PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) stream to the codec, and the codec converts the digital PCM stream into the waveform transmitted onto the twisted pair wiring. In response to the transmitted waveform, the SLIC senses current on the twisted pair wiring. The codec generates an output waveform corresponding to the sensed current. The system processor receives the output waveform from the codec as a digital PCM stream, synchronizes the transmitted waveform and the output waveform at a single sample, and determines electrical properties of the twisted pair wiring from the output waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher William Cahill
  • Patent number: 8867797
    Abstract: In real biometric systems, false match rates and false non-match rates of 0% do not exist. There is always some probability that a purported match is false, and that a genuine match is not identified. The performance of biometric systems is often expressed in part in terms of their false match rate and false non-match rate, with the equal error rate being when the two are equal. There is a tradeoff between the FMR and FNMR in biometric systems which can be adjusted by changing a matching threshold. This matching threshold can be automatically, dynamically and/or user adjusted so that a biometric system of interest can achieve a desired FMR and FNMR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventor: David Benini
  • Publication number: 20140269876
    Abstract: A modem or associated computing or testing device is configured to detect the presence of one or more faults that affect DSL communications, and upon their detection, generate, for example, an indication, communication or message that recommends corrective action. In this context, a fault is generally caused by one or more unfiltered devices, impulsive noises, malfunctioning modems, or other factor that does not affect measured attenuation or measured noise, but does affect the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the link. In addition to being able to generate a message guiding a user through corrective action, the system can estimate the rate impact of the detected fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher CUNNINGHAM, Jianming ZHU
  • Publication number: 20140254771
    Abstract: Using DSL modems as data collectors, the modems processes the data to, for example, allow easier interpretation of the line characteristics. In particular, the modems postprocess the data including calibration, filter compensation, determination of the SNR medley from the bits and gains tables and rate conversion. The interpretation process uses the postprocessed data and determines loop characterization, interferer detection, a data reduction estimation and a data rate estimation. The outputs of these determinations least allow for the characterization of the line conditions between the two modems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Murat Belge, Michael A. Tzannes, Halil Padir
  • Publication number: 20140233615
    Abstract: There are several exemplary ways to more efficiently communicate an out-of-domain seed to a receiver—in a first technique, the seed can be indicated in the header portion or data portion of a packet. For example, the header portion of the packet could contain one or more bit fields that indicate the value of the LFSR seed used for the preamble portion of the packet. The receiver would learn the out-of-domain seed after receiving a first out-of-domain packet and decoding the header portion of that packet. After learning the out-of-domain seed, the receiver could send a packet indicating the value of the out-of-domain seed to the local master. The local master could then transmit the value of the out-of-domain seed in the header portion or data portion of a local MAP frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Marcos C. Tzannes, Joon Bae Kim, Stuart Sandberg