Patents Assigned to Morpho
  • Identification by means of checking a user's biometric data
    Patent number: 9075973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a database (10) suitable for combining biometric data (b) and an identifier (Id(b)). For this purpose, biometric data (bref) are collected (101). Next, a plurality of keywords is generated (102) by means of applying a family (H) of hash functions to the biometric data. Then, a plurality of addresses (@i) is obtained (103) by means of applying an addressing function (F) to the plurality of keywords and to a secret key. Finally, the identifier is stored (104) at said plurality of addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Herve Chabanne, Julien Bringer
  • Method and device for following an object in a sequence of at least two images
    Patent number: 9076075
    Abstract: A method for following an object in a sequence of at least two images, termed previous and current, comprises a step of forming a first set Ep of points E p={Pp(1), . . . , Pp(i), . . . , Pp(N)} by extracting N characteristic points Pp(i) of the object present in the previous image and of forming a second set Ec of points Ec={Pc(1), . . . , Pc(i), . . . , Pc(M)} by extracting M characteristic points Pc(j) of the object present in the current image. The method further comprises a step of estimating the parameters of a model of movement of the object between the two images on the basis of pairs of matched points thus formed, and a step of selecting the pairs of matched points used to estimate the parameters of the movement model. The pairs of matched points may be selected solely from among those which are related to points of the first set of points which are singular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Morpho
    Inventors: Benoit Thouy, Jean-François Boulanger
  • METHOD FOR PROTECTING A CHIP CARD AGAINST A PHYSICAL ATTACK INTENDED TO MODIFY THE LOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF A FUNCTIONAL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150180882
    Abstract: A functional program stored in a memory area of an electronic card may be protected against an attack by disturbance of electrical origin intended to modify at least one logic state of at least one code of this program. The method may include: a storage step during which codes of the functional program and codes of a check program intended to check the logical behaviour of the functional program are stored in the memory of the card; and a step of executing at least one code of the functional program followed by a step of checking the logic states of the functional program by executing the check program. During the storage step, the codes of the check program are stored in a memory area formed by addresses that are defined so that the attack by disturbance of electrical origin has no influence on the logic states of this program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO
    Inventors: Thanh Ha Le, Julien Bringer, Louis-Philippe Goncalves, Maël Berthier
  • SECONDARY ELEMENTS IN A FUZZY VAULT ENCODING SCHEME
    Publication number: 20150180667
    Abstract: The description relates in particular to a method for encoding information represented in the form of a function P, and to a corresponding method for decoding information. The encoding comprises the encoding of secondary information. These methods may be implemented within a context of biometric enrollment and (respectively) biometric authentication. The description also relates to an electronic device, a computer program, and a storage medium for the implementation of such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO
    Inventors: Julien BRINGER, Melanie FAVRE
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING ADDITIVES WITH ISOTOPIC PATTERNS TO ENHANCE THE SPECIFICITY OF A SPECTROMETER
    Publication number: 20150177214
    Abstract: A method for detecting a chemical substance includes collecting a sample of a substance of interest and mixing the sample and at least one additive within a reaction chamber. The at least one additive includes a plurality of isotopes. The method also includes producing a plurality of adduct ions of the sample. The plurality of adduct ions has a plurality of isotopes. The method further includes performing a spectrometric analysis of the plurality of adduct ions and performing sample identification using comparative spectrometric data of the isotopes of the plurality of adduct ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Morpho Detection, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrey N. Vilkov, Jack A. Syage
  • Methods for the formation of disulphide bonds
    Patent number: 9062097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the formation of inter-molecular disulphide bonds, including (poly)peptides/proteins, nucleic acids, vectors, host cells and bacteriophages used in these methods. Furthermore the invention relates to the use of this method for the improved display of (poly)peptides/proteins on the surface of bacteriophage particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Morpho Sys AG
    Inventors: Josef Prassler, Yvonne Stark
  • CHIP CARD WITH CONTACTING THAT IS PASTY OR LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
    Publication number: 20150161501
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chip card, comprising a first electrical component part (102; 104) and a second electrical component part (106), wherein the first electrical component part and the second electrical component part are contacted with one another via an electrically conductive material (112), wherein the material (112) consists of a metal or a metal alloy, wherein the metal or the metal alloy is pasty or liquid at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Morpho Cards GmbH
    Inventors: Thoralf Krull, Carsten Senge
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLASH HEATING
    Publication number: 20150163857
    Abstract: A flash heater element includes a first surface having a central region and an electrical flow path disposed on the first surface. The electrical flow path includes a central portion disposed at least partially within the central region and a peripheral portion disposed peripherally outwardly from the central region. A width of the electrical flow path is greater within at least a portion of the central portion than within the peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley Douglas Shaw, Lyndon Karl Goedecke
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING A GRAPHIC ELEMENT PRINTED ON A PLAY SLIP
    Publication number: 20150161846
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a graphic element of technical function which is printed on a play slip (10) is based on a comparison of images. The content of an area (30) of the slip in which the graphic element is printed, is compared to reference images. The method is compatible with any mode for printing the graphic element on the slip: alphanumeric codes, barcodes, logos, pictures which vary according to the game, etc., but only uses one recognition algorithm. The graphic element which is recognized may be any graphic element of technical function, including a graphic element of useful data, in particular a game code (3) or a game symbol, or a reference graphic element for determining a position of the slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO
    Inventors: Alain ROUH, Jean BEAUDET, Laurent ROSTAING
  • Sensor for venous networks of a part of a living body
    Patent number: 9052233
    Abstract: A sensor for venous networks of a part of a living body, having an infrared illumination source, a waveguide illuminated by the infrared illumination source and having, on one face, at least one extraction zone intended to extract the infrared rays from the waveguide in at least one main extraction direction, an image acquisition means disposed opposite the one face so as to define between them a passage through the entrance of which the part of the living body can enter, and having a sensitive element, the or each extraction zone being such that the or each main extraction direction of the extraction zone oriented so as not to intercept the sensitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Gilles Monteilliet, Matthieu Darbois, Sylvaine Picard, Michel Cruchaga
  • Face authentication system, face authentication method, and face authentication program
    Patent number: 9042609
    Abstract: Provided is a face authentication system (100) including a reflectance image generating unit (107) for generating a blurred image of an input image based on the input image including a face of a person and generating an input reflectance image by separating each corresponding pixel value of the blurred image from each pixel value of the input image, and a face authenticating unit (112) for performing face authentication of the face of the person included in the input image by comparing the input reflectance image with a registered reflectance image of a previously registered person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Morpho, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Todoroki
  • METHOD AND CHIP CARD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20150143096
    Abstract: A card including a data transmission mechanism using annex transmission channels. A method is described for the transmission of data by a chip card at an end of its life using hidden communication channels different from standard communication channels of the card. The data are transmitted by modulating a binary signal that results from a modification of a hardware parameter of the card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO
    Inventors: Mael Berthier, Louis-Philippe Goncalves, Francois Lecocq, Cyrille Pepin
  • PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150130918
    Abstract: The invention relates to an authentication device (1), characterized in that it comprises a support (10) provided with a surface (12), said surface comprising a plurality of peaks (14) and valleys (15) forming a pattern (13) capable of being acquired by a digital fingerprint sensor. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO
    Inventors: Herve CHABANNE, Jean-Christophe Fondeur
  • IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150123990
    Abstract: A device comprises an input unit, a motion acquisition unit, a matrix operation unit, and a drawing unit. The input unit implements sequential input of a first frame image and a second frame image. The motion acquisition unit acquires motion data between the first frame image and the second frame image. The matrix operation unit calculates a projection matrix to project the output frame image to the second frame image, from a first matrix including a rolling shutter distortion component, a second matrix including at least one of a parallel translation component in directions perpendicular to an image-shooting direction and a rotation component with respect to the image-shooting direction, and an auxiliary matrix including a motion component not included in the first matrix and the second matrix. The drawing unit generates the output frame image from the second frame image by using the projection matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Morpho, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Satoh
  • Method and device for obtaining an image of a crumpled document from an image of said document when same is crumpled
    Patent number: 9025904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for obtaining an image of a crumpled document from an image of this document when it is crumpled. The method comprises a step of determining a three-dimensional geometric model of the surface of the crumpled document by triangulation of three-dimensional points defined from the pattern of a target extracted from the image of this document when it is crumpled; the method is characterized in that it comprises a step of determining a projection of the three-dimensional geometric model onto a so-called acquisition plane, by means of error minimization of this projection under constraints of preserving defined geometric characteristics in the vicinity of the three-dimensional points, and in that it comprises a step of superimposing the textures associated with the three-dimensional model onto the projection of this model thus determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Morpho
    Inventors: Julien Doublet, Michaël Verilhac, Stephane Revelin, Sylvaine Picard
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE
    Publication number: 20150098519
    Abstract: An embedded system and, in particular, a communication protocol suitable for a data transmission using auxiliary physical channels of such an embedded system. A transmission method suitable for such a channel includes the transmission of a data signal based on the encoding of three symbols. The message consists of a preamble allowing recognition of the symbols used, followed by the significant part of the message. The decoding of the message comprises a first step of learning the symbols used, prior to the decoding of the significant part of the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO
    Inventors: Mael Berthier, Yves Bocktaels, Julien Bringer, Francois Lecocq
  • ANGLE-DEPENDENT X-RAY DIFFRACTION IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150085983
    Abstract: An x-ray diffraction imaging (XDI) system having a system axis includes at least one x-ray source configured to generate x-rays directed toward an object that includes at least one substance. The at least one x-ray source is further configured to irradiate at least one voxel defined within the object with x-rays arriving from a plurality of directions, each direction defined by an angle of incidence with respect to the system axis. The system also includes at least one detector configured to detect scattered x-rays after the x-rays have passed through the object. The system further includes at least one processor coupled to the at least one detector. The processor is programmed to generate a plurality of XDI profiles of the object voxel. Each XDI profile is a function of an associated angle of incidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Harding, Helmut Rudolf Otto Strecker
  • Moving object detecting device, moving object detecting method, moving object detection program, moving object tracking device, moving object tracking method, and moving object tracking program
    Patent number: 8989448
    Abstract: A moving object detecting device 1 that detects a moving object by using an image includes a motion degree obtaining portion 11 that obtains a motion degree of a pixel between image frames, a color obtaining portion 13 that obtains the color of the pixel included in the image frame, an evaluation score calculating portion 14 that calculates an evaluation score indicating a motion level of the color on the basis of the motion degree for each color obtained by the color obtaining portion, and a moving object detecting portion 15 that detects the moving object on the basis of the evaluation score for each color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Morpho, Inc.
    Inventor: Shogo Sawai
  • METHOD OF IN-MEMORY MODIFICATION OF A DATA SET
    Publication number: 20150081946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the management of memory writes to an information processing device and more precisely to a method of writing a set of data in a unitary and coherent manner. The invention, although of more general scope, applies more particularly in the field of chip cards. There is described a method of writing one or more data to the memory of an information processing device which comprises a step of copying a so-called original memory block comprising the data to be written to a so-called backup memory block. The data writing step is then carried out in the original memory block or in the backup memory block. It is then always possible to return if necessary to the values of the original data if the writing phase fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: MORPHO
    Inventors: Francois Lecocq, Cyrille Pepin
  • Distortion estimating image processing device, method, and non-transitory storage medium
    Patent number: 8976280
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image input portion, a motion vector acquisition portion and a distortion component estimation portion. The image input portion inputs a target image which is an image to be processed. The motion vector acquisition portion acquires a motion vector generated by relative movement with respect to a subject drawn in the target image when an imaging device which has generated the target image generates the target image. The distortion component estimation portion estimates a rolling shutter distortion component of the target image based on the motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Morpho, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Kamoshida, Jun Nyukai, Kensuke Habuka, Masaki Hiraga