Patents Assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Inc.
  • System and method for 3D imaging using structured light illumination
    Patent number: 8363907
    Abstract: A biometrics system captures and processes a handprint image using a structured light illumination to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint. A processing unit calculates 3D coordinates of the hand from the plurality of images and maps the 3D coordinates to a 2D flat surface to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence G. Hassebrook, Daniel L. Lau, Henry G. Dietz
  • System and method for 3D imaging using structured light illumination
    Patent number: 8224064
    Abstract: A biometrics system captures and processes a handprint image using a structured light illumination to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint. The biometrics system includes an enclosure with a scan volume for placement of the hand. A reference plane with a backdrop pattern forms one side of the scan volume. The backdrop pattern is preferably a random noise pattern and the coordinates of the backdrop pattern are predetermined at system provisioning. The biometrics system further includes at least one projection unit for projecting a structured light pattern onto a hand positioned in the scan volume on or in front of the backdrop pattern and at least two cameras for capturing a plurality of images of the hand, wherein each of the plurality of images includes at least a portion of the hand and the backdrop pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence G. Hassebrook, Daniel L. Lau, Henry G. Dietz
  • Transformation, somatic embryogenesis and whole plant regeneration method for Glycine species
    Patent number: 5024944
    Abstract: A method for somatic embryogenesis of soybean, (Glycine max), Glycine soja and other Glycine species is provided using immature cotyledon tissue, preferably with the embryonic axis removed, comprising culturing said tissue on a medium containing auxin, preferably NAA at a concentration of at least about 15 mg/l. A further method for such somatic embryogenesis is provided wherein the culture medium contains a synergistically acting lowered carbohydrate and auxin concentration. Particularly embryogenic cells of such tissue are identified and improved maceration methods for contacting such cells with regeneration and transformation media are disclosed.Methods for transforming somatic tissue from soybean and other Glycine species are also provided.Whole, fertile, transformed plants are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignees: Lubrizol Genetics, Inc., The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn B. Collins, David F. Hildebrand, Paul A. Lazzeri, Thomas R. Adams, Wayne A. Parrott, Lynn M. Hartweck