Patents Assigned to Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
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Publication number: 20230260349Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward systems and methods relating to security screening. For example, a screening system includes a chamber configured to accommodate a user to be screened, and a chamber scanner. The chamber scanner is configured to scan the user to identify whether the user is carrying an undivested item that needs to be divested. The chamber is configured to release the user to proceed from the chamber to a secure area, upon confirmation that no undivested items are to be divested.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: William Hastings, James Gilkeson, Douglas MacIvor
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Patent number: 11727100Abstract: Systems and methods for providing exception failover augmented, homomorphic encrypted (HE) distributing, end-to-endpoint persistent encryption, and distributed HE domain non-decrypting, privacy-protective biometric processing are provided. Some configurations may include generating HE biometric feature data, based on homomorphic encrypting the biometric feature data. Some configurations determine an exception status of the HE biometric feature data between exception and non-exception. Systems and methods may include performing a HE domain, non-decrypting biometric classifying of the HE biometric feature data.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Publication number: 20230251174Abstract: A device to determine density includes a housing, a first transducer disposed in the housing at a first position, and a second transducer disposed in the housing at a second position. The second transducer is located a distance from the first transducer. The device also includes a controller that reads a first output from the first transducer, and reads a second output from the second transducer. The controller determines a density of a liquid based on the first output, the second output, and the distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Jeffrey Barber, James C. Weatherall, Duane Karns, Barry T. Smith
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Patent number: 11716630Abstract: A provider system is connected to readers disposed at distances from the provider system. A secure local connection is established between the client device and the provider system via one of the readers. Before the client reaches an access touchpoint, the provider system receives from the client device a request for client access, the provider system sends to the client device a request for identification information of the client, and the client device sends client information associated with a first mobile identification credential (MIC) which the client device received from an authorizing party system (APS), the client having consented to release the client information to the provider system, and the client information having been verified. The provider system performs a liveness check of the client using live-captured biometric information at the access touchpoint, determines whether the liveness check is valid, and grants the request if the liveness check is valid.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Jason Lim, Daniel Boyd, Chang Ellison, William Washington
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Patent number: 11709149Abstract: Examples are directed toward systems and methods relating to collecting and analyzing samples. For example, a system includes a cold trap that directly collects a sample. The cold trap operates to serve as a collection filter while the system draws in a flow across the cold trap. A thermal heater, coupled to the cold trap, flash heats the cold trap to produce a released sample from the cold trap at a release concentration. An analyzer entrains the released sample at the release concentration into a sampling flow of the analyzer for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Barry T. Smith, John Brady, Jeffrey Barber
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Patent number: 11711699Abstract: A provider system is connected to readers disposed at distances from the provider system. A secure local connection is established between the client device and the provider system via one of the readers. Before the client reaches an access touchpoint, the provider system receives from the client device a request for client access, the provider system sends to the client device a request for identification information of the client, and the client device sends client information associated with a first mobile identification credential (MIC) which the client device received from an authorizing party system (APS), the client having consented to release the client information to the provider system, and the client information having been verified. The provider system uses the verified client information associated with the first MIC to verify or not verify the identity of the client before granting or denying the request to the client.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Jason Lim, Daniel Boyd, Chang Ellison, William Washington
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Patent number: 11701296Abstract: A method for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes supplying an inflation gas at an operative pressure to an inflation actuated soft gripper device to change form from an undeployed state to a deployed grip state that accommodates and grips a human torso. The inflation actuated soft gripper device includes a first inflatable gripper arm having a first distal end and a second inflatable gripper arm having a second distal end. The first distal end and the second distal end approach one another from the undeployed state to the deployed grip state. The first and second distal ends are spaced apart from one another further in the undeployed state than in the deployed grip state. An actuator power and a CPR control signal are delivered to a CPR pressure application device to cyclically extend and retract a pressure applicator along an axis in alignment with a sternum of the human torso.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Tristan Oaks, Wesley Russell, Sadie Simons, Breanna Wood, Michael Plumley, Ronald Adrezin
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Publication number: 20230224569Abstract: A system for generating a privacy protected image. The system may have a detection logic and obscuring logic configured to detect one or more identity-correlated object categories. The system may provide automatic selection of a type of obscuring to be used based on the detected category; wherein said automatic selection includes automatically selecting among a plurality of different, category specific types of reversible obscuring. The detection logic and obscuring logic may include an automatic category-specific selecting between irreversible obscuring and reversible obscuring. The system may comprise a privacy protected image output logic configured to generate the privacy protected image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Publication number: 20230224712Abstract: In an example, a provider system receives from a client device a request for client sign-on access. The provider system sends to the client device a request for identification information of the client. The provider system receives client information associated with a first mobile identification credential (MIC) which the client device received from an authorizing party system (APS), the client having consented to release the client information to the provider system, and the client information having been verified by the APS. The provider system uses the verified client information associated with the first MIC to verify or not verify the identity of the client. The provider system verifies the identity of the client before granting the client the request for client sign-on access.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Jason Lim, Daniel Boyd, Chang Ellison, William Washington
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Publication number: 20230218226Abstract: In an example, a method of detecting cyanide exposure of an individual includes: measuring a thiocyanate level of the individual which includes placing saliva of the individual in contact with a chemical indicator to measure the thiocyanate level and measuring thiocyanate (SCN?) catalyzed by enzyme rhodanese of the individual; comparing the measured thiocyanate level to a preset thiocyanate threshold to determine whether the measured thiocyanate level is above the preset thiocyanate threshold indicating a level of cyanide poisoning for which a medical procedure is recommended to manage health effects of the exposure; and performing the medical procedure if the measured thiocyanate level is above the preset thiocyanate threshold and not performing the medical procedure if the measured thiocyanate level is not above the preset thiocyanate threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: David A. Reed, George C. Emmett
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Publication number: 20230211626Abstract: A substrate is printed with front side and back side markings in a first color ink. The front side when viewed with reflected light includes a first marking printed in a first saturation and a first symbol printed in the first saturation. The back side when viewed with reflected light includes: a second marking printed in a second saturation; a second symbol printed in the second saturation; a third marking printed in the first saturation; and a third symbol printed in the first saturation. The first marking, the second marking, and the third marking are printed to provide an interlocking pattern of low saturation color and high saturation color when viewed with transmitted light. The second symbol is visible, and the first symbol and the second symbol are not distinguishably visible, when viewed with transmitted light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Joel Zlotnick, Jordan Brough, Troy Eberhardt, Tyra McConnell, Elizabeth Gil, Traci Moran
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Patent number: 11696012Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed and an example system includes a digital image receiver for receiving a digital image, and an automatic obscuration processor coupled to the image receiver and configured to determine whether the digital image includes a region that classifies as an image of a category of object and, upon a positive determination, to obscure the region and output a corresponding obscured-region digital image.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Publication number: 20230202528Abstract: Examples are directed toward a system and method relating to mobile screening. For example, a mobile screening vehicle includes a passenger scanner that performs security scanning of a passenger on the mobile screening vehicle. The mobile screening vehicle also includes a verification system that verifies, consistent with the security scanning of passengers, that passengers on the mobile screening vehicle are approved to proceed to a secure area of a travel venue.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Kali McManus, Kristi Harmel, Gregory Bennett
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Publication number: 20230202943Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For example, a simulant of a textured target threat includes a background material associated with a background attenuation, and a texture component(s) dispersed in the background material and associated with a component attenuation and a component characteristic. The component characteristic prevents the component attenuation of the texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic an aspect(s) of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Michael Brogden, Kevin Pedersen, Ronald Krauss
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MOBILE SCREENING VEHICLE INCLUDING VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE SECURITY SCANNING
Publication number: 20230202527Abstract: Examples are directed toward a system and method relating to mobile screening. For example, a mobile screening vehicle includes a passenger scanner that performs security scanning of a passenger on the mobile screening vehicle. The mobile screening vehicle also includes a verification system that verifies, consistent with the security scanning of passengers, that passengers on the mobile screening vehicle are approved to proceed to a secure area of a travel venue.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Kali McManus, Kristi Harmel, Gregory Bennett -
Publication number: 20230204559Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For example, a simulant of a textured target threat includes a background material associated with a background attenuation, and a texture component(s) dispersed in the background material and associated with a component attenuation and a component characteristic. The component characteristic prevents the component attenuation of the texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic an aspect(s) of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Michael C. Brogden, Kevin Pedersen, Ronald Krauss
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Publication number: 20230195852Abstract: An improvement to automatic classifying of threat level of objects in CT scan images of container content, methods include automatic identification of non-classifiable threat level object images, and displaying on a display of an operator a de-cluttered image, to improve operator efficiency. The de-cluttered image includes, as subject images, the non-classifiable threat level object images. Improvement to resolution of non-classifiable threat objects includes computer-directed prompts for the operator to enter information regarding the subject image and, based on same, identifying the object type. Improvement to automatic classifying of threat levels includes incremental updating the classifying, using the determined object type and the threat level of the object type.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: William Hastings
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Publication number: 20230186216Abstract: A method includes receiving distributed sensing information on one or more characteristics associated with a subject from distributed sensors distributed between a starting location spaced from a resolution location and the resolution location. If the subject is sensed by the plurality of distributed sensors, in combination without any break in chain of custody (“COC”), the method does not adjust a reliability of the distributed sensing information caused by any break in COC. If there are one or more time gaps in the COC, the method determines one or more COC factors based on the time gaps and adjusts the reliability of the distributed sensing information based on the one or more COC factors. The method determines a trust score of the subject to assess security concern of the subject based on the distributed sensing information and the reliability thereof, and resolves the security concern based on the trust score.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: John Fortune, Brian Lewis, Michelle Weinberger, Frank Cartwright
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Patent number: 11675886Abstract: An apparatus verifies hosted information associated with a user. The apparatus establishes, by the online host serving as a relying party system (RPS), a secure connection between the RPS and a user mobile-identification-credential device (UMD). The RPS sends a mobile identification credential (MIC) user information request to the UMD, via the secure connection, seeking release of MIC user information (official information). The RPS obtains from authorizing party system (APS) verification of the MIC user information received in response to the MIC user information request. The RPS stores the MIC user information as hosted information pertaining to the user. The RPS designates the hosted information as base truth information representing the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Daniel A. Boyd, Kelli L. Biegger, Chang Ellison, Brandon P. Gutierrez, Jason Lim, William Washington
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Publication number: 20230177947Abstract: A health monitor for monitoring the health a user. The system may comprise an edge computing device, a computer, and a health monitor. The health monitor may comprise a sensor module connected to one or more sensors. The health monitor may comprise a data storage logic configured to store the sensor data. The computer may comprise an emergency dispatch module configured to contact an emergency dispatch system; and a healthcare contact module configured to contact a healthcare provider. The health monitor may comprise a command module configured to receive third party contact information; a biographic intake module configured to receive biographic information about the user; and a third-party contact module configured to send a message to a third party; said message comprising sensor module data and the biographic information of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Mark Fry