Patents by Inventor Carla D. Martin

Carla D. Martin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9525866
    Abstract: A method of identifying a digital camera is disclosed. First and second digital images generated by the camera have dimensions that are not equal. The method includes calculating noise residuals and normalized cross-correlations (NCCs) between the noise residuals corresponding to candidate translations. The method further includes calculating a noise floor and identifying first and second peak values corresponding to translations. The method further includes calculating a peak ratio, determining that the peak ratio exceeds an alignment threshold and calculating a digital camera fingerprint for the digital camera based on the noise residuals and the first translation. The method further includes receiving a digital image, calculating a noise residual of the digital image, and determining that the image was generated by the digital camera based on the noise residual and the fingerprint and generating a record associating the image with the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency
    Inventors: Sarah T. Charlton, Carla D. Martin