Patents by Inventor Ernst Mucke

Ernst Mucke 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).

  • Operator-assisted iterative biometric search
    Patent number: 8442967
    Abstract: Biometric search methods, apparatus, and systems using operator input for an operator-assisted iterative biometric search are provided. In certain embodiments, a set of candidate records is received at a computing device. At least a first portion of the set of candidate records is displayed. An indication that a first candidate record in the set of candidate records is not a match to the probe record is received. A first search of the set of candidate records using the first candidate record is performed. A score assigned to a second candidate record in the set of candidate records is modified when the second candidate record is more likely to be a match to the first candidate record than a match to the probe record. At least a second portion of the set of candidate records is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Identix Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Brauckmann, Ernst Mucke, Michael Petrov
  • OPERATOR-ASSISTED ITERATIVE BIOMETRIC SEARCH
    Publication number: 20110191329
    Abstract: Biometric search methods, apparatus, and systems using operator input for an operator-assisted iterative biometric search are provided. In certain embodiments, a set of candidate records is received at a computing device. At least a first portion of the set of candidate records is displayed. An indication that a first candidate record in the set of candidate records is not a match to the probe record is received. A first search of the set of candidate records using the first candidate record is performed. A score assigned to a second candidate record in the set of candidate records is modified when the second candidate record is more likely to be a match to the first candidate record than a match to the probe record. At least a second portion of the set of candidate records is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: IDENTIX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Petrov, Ernst Mucke, Michael Brauckmann