Patents Assigned to The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
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Patent number: 11968440Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Patent number: 11958010Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal desorber assembly for desorbing substances collected on a high-volume sampling (HVS) filter. The assembly includes, among other elements, a filter holder for securing a HVS filter within the assembly, a desorber body, and an insulating enclosure. The design of the thermal desorber assembly is such that it can accommodate a variety of different types of HVS filter media. Also described herein is a system comprising the thermal desorber assembly and method of using the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Signature Science, LLC, Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Joseph A. DiCicco, Paul M. Flanigan, IV, David Perry, John Brady, Barry Smith
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Patent number: 11958053Abstract: A media holder can be used for preparing samples. The media holder can comprise a base, a pair of walls extending upwardly from the base, and a plurality of transverse members positioned on and coupled to a respective upper end of each of the walls. Each of the transverse members can define a receiving slot for receiving at least a portion of a media therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Joseph A. DiCicco, Andrew Horan, John Brady
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Publication number: 20240112289Abstract: A method to enhance security screening includes generating an augmented reality (AR) interface incorporating scan results from scanning a target in a security scanner. The method displays, to a user of an AR interface, the AR interface mapped to the target and determines guidance including an action relevant to addressing the scan results. The method displays, to the user via the AR interface, the guidance including the action for the user to carry out and monitors user actions. The method displays, to the user via the AR interface, confirmation that the user has carried out the action.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: William Hastings, James Matt Gilkeson, Mara Winn
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Publication number: 20240113859Abstract: Systems and methods for secure distribution of biometric matching processing are provided. Certain configurations include homomorphic encrypting of captured biometric information. In some configurations, the biometric information is classified without decryption between a first identity class and a second identity class. The biometric information may be formed as a feature vector. A homomorphic encrypted feature vector may be formed by homomorphic encrypting of the biometric information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Patent number: 11941100Abstract: 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: May 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, 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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Patent number: 11940558Abstract: Described herein are examples of evaluating electromagnetic energy reflection data of security scans. In embodiments, a method to evaluate electromagnetic energy reflection data determines whether electronic information of a security scan contains an anomaly, and identifies an anomaly location in the electronic information corresponding to the anomaly. The method determines a subset of the electronic information corresponding to the anomaly location, determines anomaly attributes using the subset of the electronic information, and evaluates the anomaly attributes using a database of reference items by comparing anomaly attributes to respective reference characteristics of reference items or identity information. When a comparison meets the respective match criterion for the given reference item, the method assigns to the anomaly the respective identifier as an anomaly identifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Melissa Conley, John Fortune, Michael Chandarlis, William Garrett, Brian Lewis
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Publication number: 20240098503Abstract: In an example, a provider system receives from a client device a request for client 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 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 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 access.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: 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: 20240085585Abstract: Examples are directed toward systems and methods relating to security screening. For example, a screening system includes a sensor array to sense a gravitational field caused by an item, and a conveyor to convey the item through sensing positions for scanning by the sensor array. A controller acquires weight measurement information from sensor elements, and gravitational measurement information from the sensor array. The conveyor incrementally advances the item through additional sensing positions to acquire weight measurement information and gravitational measurement information. The controller performs tomographic reconstruction to generate a tomographic image of the item, using a generated weight map as a static weight input vector and using a generated mass map as a static mass input vector for the tomographic reconstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: James Henry Remer
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Publication number: 20240078795Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. The vortex similarity engine may be configured to determine or identify certain properties about the travelling object based on the travelling object vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Mark Fry
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Patent number: 11922676Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. Techniques include positioning a media collector to capture a visual media file of the vortex. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Mark A. Fry
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Patent number: 11924349Abstract: Systems and methods for secure distribution of biometric matching processing are provided. Certain configurations include homomorphic encrypting of captured biometric information. In some configurations, the biometric information is classified without decryption between a first identity class and a second identity class. The biometric information may be formed as a feature vector. A homomorphic encrypted feature vector may be formed by homomorphic encrypting of the biometric information.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Patent number: 11909854Abstract: Systems and methods for secure distribution of biometric matching processing are provided. Certain configurations include homomorphic encrypting of captured biometric information. In some configurations, the biometric information is classified without decryption between a first identity class and a second identity class. The biometric information may be formed as a feature vector. A homomorphic encrypted feature vector may be formed by homomorphic encrypting of the biometric information.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Patent number: 11908555Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example system includes an AI enhanced multi-source health data integration logic that receives a first source electronic health record (EHR) data from a first EHR system and a second source EHR data from a second EHR system, and transforms, according to a knowledge representation schema, health-related information content of the first source EHR data and the second source EHR data to a first source transformed health data and second source transformed health data. The system includes a collaboration platform, configured to host a multi-source transformed health data database, including the transformed first source health data and the transformed second source health data, and hosts AI-enhanced, multiple level telecollaborative analyses by a plurality of participants of the multi-source transformed health data database, generating health management data.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Thomas Wilkinson
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Patent number: 11900749Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: 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: 11902416Abstract: Systems and methods for secure distribution of biometric matching processing are provided. Certain configurations include homomorphic encrypting of captured biometric information. In some configurations, the biometric information is classified without decryption between a first identity class and a second identity class. The biometric information may be formed as a feature vector. A homomorphic encrypted feature vector may be formed by homomorphic encrypting of the biometric information.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Publication number: 20240046801Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. Techniques include positioning a media collector to capture a visual media file of the vortex. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Mark A. Fry
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Patent number: 11890888Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, 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: 11887266Abstract: A method to enhance security screening includes generating an augmented reality (AR) interface incorporating scan results from scanning a target in a security scanner. The method displays, to a user of an AR interface, the AR interface mapped to the target and determines guidance including an action relevant to addressing the scan results. The method displays, to the user via the AR interface, the guidance including the action for the user to carry out and monitors user actions. The method displays, to the user via the AR interface, confirmation that the user has carried out the action.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: William Hastings, James Matt Gilkeson, Mara Winn
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Patent number: 11886564Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Kali McManus, Kristi Harmel, Gregory Bennett