Patents by Inventor Masako Satoh

Masako Satoh 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).

  • Fingerprint certifying device and method of displaying effective data capture state
    Patent number: 6731779
    Abstract: A fingerprint certifying device for an effective data capture state when a fingerprint is certified, including: a storage unit for storing a registered fingerprint image; a collating unit for collating a collating fingerprint image inputted to a fingerprint sensor with the registered fingerprint image divided into a predetermined number of blocks; a counter for counting up the number of effective blocks in which the registered fingerprint image of the predetermined number of blocks is coincident with the collating fingerprint image; and a display unit for displaying the value corresponding to a ratio of the count value of effective data to a predetermined block number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masako Satoh
  • Fingerprint certifying device and method of displaying effective data capture state
    Publication number: 20010002933
    Abstract: A fingerprint certifying device for an effective data capture state when a fingerprint is certified, including: a storage unit for storing a registered fingerprint image; a collating unit for collating a collating fingerprint image inputted to a fingerprint sensor with the registered fingerprint image divided into a predetermined number of blocks; a counter for counting up the number of effective blocks in which the registered fingerprint image of the predetermined number of blocks is coincident with the collating fingerprint image; and a display unit for displaying the value corresponding to a ratio of the count value of effective data to a predetermined block number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventor: Masako Satoh