Patents Assigned to Morpho
  • Patent number: 10007773
    Abstract: A method for generating a public identity for authenticating an individual carrying an identification object, the method including: entering an initial biometric datum of the individual; generating a first key from the biometric datum; generating a second key derived from a datum generated by a security component of the object; generating an initial encryption key combining the first key and the second key; communicating with a server a first identity of the individual in connection with the initial encryption key; generating by the server a public identity by encrypting the first identity using the initial encryption key, the public identity being stored by the server in connection with the initial encryption key. The public identity is not significant, but is secured by a strong connection between the object and biometry of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Bruno Benteo, Philippe Bertiaux
  • Patent number: 9996997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling access to or exit from a controlled area, implemented in a system comprising at least one database comprising: a first data set, comprising biometric data of persons linked with identifiers of means of transport or travel; and a second data set including at least one piece of data such as marital status and/or identity document and at least one piece of personal biometric data, the method being characterized by implementing steps that comprise: for each vehicle, acquiring an identifier of the means of transport or travel, and biometric data of at least one passenger in the vehicle; for each passenger for which biometric data has been acquired, determining whether said passenger is recorded in the first data set linked with the vehicle; if a passenger is not recorded in the first data set linked with the vehicle, verifying that the passenger is recorded in said set linked with another vehicle or, failing that, that said passenger is recorded in the second data
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Laurent Lambert, Olivier Touret, Pierre Chastel
  • Patent number: 9984220
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of generating a biometric certificate of a user performed by a data processing device of a certifying authority, comprising a step of generating (E4) a certificate for said user comprising data related to the identity of the user and truncated authentication data of said user generated using a method of generating a biometric authentication datum, comprising steps of: acquiring (E1) first biometric data of said user; generating (E2) a first a proof of knowledge of said first biometric data from the first acquired biometric data and from a pseudo-random function; generating (E3) a first truncated authentication datum by applying a truncation function to said first generated proof of knowledge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Herve Chabanne, Julien Bringer, Olivier Cipiere, Rodolphe Hugel
  • Patent number: 9983410
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for authenticating information contained in a document (6), said device including at least one imager configured for acquiring at least one image of an acquisition field, at least one light source, computer processing means configured for processing the image and for extracting therefrom data relating to the document, said device being adapted so as to be mounted on the head of a user (10) so that its acquisition field (11) covers at least one portion of the field of vision (12) of the user (10), the light source being configured so as to emit in the acquisition field (11) of the imager, a light of at least one non-visible wavelength, the imager being adapted for allowing acquisitions at said wavelength and thus allowing acquisition at this wavelength of an image of a document (6) presented to the user (10) in the acquisition field of the imager. The invention also relates to the corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Eric Nguyen, Francois Rieul, Lauriane Couturier, Marie Jarlegan, Pierre Chastel, Vincent Bouatou
  • Patent number: 9977889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a checking device that is intended to check the authenticity of a fingerprint of a finger and which includes, among other things, a capture system for capturing an image of the finger and of the fingerprint, and acquisition means for acquiring a three-dimensional model of the finger. The checking device also includes means for determining the core on the image of the fingerprint, for locating the crown of the three-dimensional model, for determining the orientation and position of the end of the finger and for determining the relative positions of the end, the crown and the core. From these elements, the checking device can decide whether the fingerprint is real or false.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Alain Thiebot, Joël-Yann Fourre
  • Patent number: 9964405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, for determining a distance between an object with respect to an imaging system, improving the reconstruction of images of objects imaged by an imaging system and improving the resolution of the images obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Aldo Maalouf, Mokrane Malek, Sylvaine Picard
  • Patent number: 9934445
    Abstract: Provided is a method/system for taking, by an imaging device, one or more images of an object or a part of an object presented at a distance in front of the imaging device, the object being illuminated by a lighting system. The method/system may include: estimating a 3D model of the object as it will be at a predetermined time when taking the image by the imaging device; simulating, using the estimated 3D model, the illumination of the object as it will be at said time to obtain estimated images of the object in respectively a plurality of envisaged lighting modes of the lighting system; selecting a lighting mode of the lighting system from the estimated images; and controlling the lighting system to be in the selected lighting mode; and controlling the imaging device, at the time of the taking of the image of the object, to effect the taking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Alain Rouh, Jean Beaudet, Jérémy Dura, Laurent Rostaing
  • Patent number: 9929754
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Mael Berthier, Yves Bocktaels, Julien Bringer, Francois Lecocq
  • Patent number: 9922234
    Abstract: A biometric identification method comprising the steps of comparing a candidate print with a reference print and validating identification as a function of a number of characteristics that are common in the two prints and of a predetermined validation threshold, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of altering the biometric characteristics of one of the two prints prior to comparison and of taking the alteration into account during validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Yves Bocktaels, Julien Bringer, Mael Berthier, Marcelin Ragot
  • Patent number: 9897571
    Abstract: The invention concerns a size marker for electrophoresis, characterized in that it contains several pairs of molecules the sizes of which are selected to allow the generation of a succession of double-peaks in one same electropherogram, said double-peaks being spaced apart two by two by a distance greater than the distance separating the two peaks of a double-peak. The invention also concerns a method for controlling the resolution of an electropherogram produced with a said marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Benoit Tonson, Marcelin Ragot, Marina Pouet
  • Patent number: 9898646
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method intended to validate that an element is covered with a true skin and implemented by a validation device including a light source at at least one wavelength, a sensor, an analysis module and a decision-taking module. The method may include: placing a surface of the element in front of the light source and the sensor; illuminating, by the light source, the surface of the element; capturing, by the sensor, for each wavelength, an image of the positioned element that encompasses an illuminated zone of the element directly illuminated by the light beam and a peripheral zone (“the diffusion zone of the element,” which is peripheral to the illuminated zone); analyzing the illuminated zone and the diffusion zone of the captured image; and deciding, by the decision-taking module, whether the element is covered with a true skin according to the results of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Adrien Besson, Alain Thiebot, Denis Dumont, Jérôme Lorenzi
  • Patent number: 9886597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data-processing method that includes encoding a plurality of data of n bits into code words having a predefined constant Hamming weight, characterized in that said method also includes using (4000) encryption operations or arithmetic operations on the resulting code word(s) and also in that encoding each datum includes: decomposing (100) the datum into a plurality of m bit sequences to be encoded, m strictly being less than n; encoding (300) each bit sequence into a partial code word, each having a predefined Hamming weight, such that the sum of the Hamming weights of the partial code words are equal to the Hamming weights of the code word; and concatenating (300) the partial code words such as to produce the code word corresponding to the datum. The invention also relates to a data transmission method and to an electronic circuit configured to implement said methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Julien Bringer, Victor Servant
  • Patent number: 9871790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to identification method of an entity executed by an identification system from indexed distance data (d1, . . . , dn) corresponding to reference entities and comprising: a determination phase of a set (I) of indices of minima (index1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventor: Constance Morel
  • Patent number: 9866371
    Abstract: A cryptographic calculation includes obtaining a point P(X,Y) from a parameter t on an elliptical curve Y2=f(X) and from polynomials satisfying: ?f(X1(t))·f(X2(t))=U(t)2 in the finite body Fq, irrespective of the parameter t, q=3 mod 4. A value of the parameter t is obtained and the point P is determined by: (i) calculating X1=X1 (t), X2=X2(t) and U=U(t); (ii) testing whether the term f(X?1) is a squared term in the finite body Fq and, if so, calculating the square root of the term f(X1), the point P having X1 as abscissa and Y1, the square root of the term f(X1), as ordinate; (iii) otherwise, calculating the square root of the term f(X2), the point P having X2, as abscissa and Y2, the square root of the term f(X2), as ordinate. The point P is useful in encryption, scrambling, signature, authentication or identification cryptographic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventor: Thomas Icart
  • Patent number: 9860069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for signing a message (m), implemented by processing means of a user device of a member (Mi) belonging to a group of members (G), said user device having a secret signature key (ski), said method including a step of generating (E301) a group signature (?) for the message (m), enabling said member (Mi) to prove his membership in the group (G), and a step of generating (E302) a pseudonym (nymij) identifying the member (Mi) within a domain (Dj) of a service provider (SPj), said domain including a set of terminals in communication with a server of said service provider, said signature (?) being designed such that said member (Mi) can prove, by signing the message (m), his knowledge of said secret signature key without disclosing it, said group signature (?) being designed such that the membership of the member (Mi) in the group is verifiable independently from the pseudonym (nymij), said pseudonym and said signature being a function of a portion (xi) of said secret signature k
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Alain Patey, Herve Chabanne, Julien Bringer
  • Patent number: 9860068
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of signature with pseudonym ? of a message m by a user device storing a secret signature key sk dependent at least on a first part of key f, on a second part of key x and on a third part of key A equal to (g1hf)1/(x+y) and comprising the following steps: —generation of a pseudonym nym equal to hf dpkx, with dpk a public domain parameter, —determination of random numbers a, r_a, r_f, r_x, r_b, r_d, —calculation of signature coefficients R1 equal to hr_Jdpkr_x, R2 equal to nymr_ah?r_ddpk?r_b, R3 equal to Zr_x Va?r_x?r_f?r_b W?r_a, with Z, V and W respectively equal to e(A, g2), e(h, g2) and e(h,w), —obtaining of a first signature parameter T equal to Aha, —calculation of a second signature parameter c by applying a cryptographic hash function H, to the public domain parameter dpk, to the pseudonym nym, to the first signature parameter T, to the signature coefficients R1, R2, R3 and to the message m, —calculation of signature parameters s_f, s_x, s_a, s_b, s_d, respectively equa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Alain Patey, Hervé Chabanne, Julien Bringer, Roch Lescuyer
  • Patent number: 9847879
    Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a method for securing the execution of a cryptographic algorithm (ALG) against passive sniffing, the method implementing masking (MSK) of data processed by the cryptographic algorithm. The masking (MSK) of said data includes a linear encoding step such as x?=x·L+c, in which x is the data to be masked, x? is the corresponding masked data, c is a code word included in a linear code C, and L is a matrix made up of linearly independent vectors not included in the linear code C. The invention also relates to a device (SC) implementing such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Hervé Chabanne, Julien Bringer, Thanh Ha Le
  • Patent number: 9830442
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of generating at least one derived identity of an individual 1, the method comprising the following steps: generating a first identifier id1 from biometric data of the individual; defining a serial number ns associated with the individual; generating first check data ctrl1 for verifying consistency between the first identifier id1 and the serial number ns; and concatenating the serial number ns, the first identifier id1, and the first check data ctrl1 in such a manner as to form a first derived identity ident1 of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Bernard Didier, Herve Chabanne, Julien Bringer
  • Patent number: 9781093
    Abstract: The application relates in particular to a method for authentication of a secure electronic device (BNK_SRV) from a non-secured electronic device (PC, SP) comprising an input peripheral (KBD, MS, TS, CAM), an output peripheral (SCR, SPK, PRN) and a secure electronic circuit (TPM). The application also relates to a secure electronic circuit (TPM), a computer program and a storage medium arranged to implement such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Morpho
    Inventors: Damien Bucci, Dominique Sobczyk
  • Patent number: 9747470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a processing method, including the calculation of one function between a datum to be compared and a reference datum. The function can be written in the form of a sum of: a term that depends on the datum to be compared, a term that depends on the reference datum, and a polynomial, such that all the monomials of the polynomial include at least one coordinate of each datum. The method includes an initialization step including: generating masking data; scrambling reference data by means of a server unit on the basis of said masking data; and calculating, by means of a client unit, the term of the function that depends on the datum to be compared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Alain Patey, Julien Bringer