Patents by Inventor Michael Kevin Balch

Michael Kevin Balch 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).

  • Publication number: 20170017827
    Abstract: On-the-go fingerprint scanners and methods of capturing fingerprints on-the-go are disclosed. In some aspects, the on-the-go fingerprint scanner can include a scanning area and a beam break sensor disposed coincident to the scanning area such that the beam break sensor detects when an object passes through the scanning area. The scanner can also include at least one hand camera configured to capture a video image of the scanning area such that when the beam break sensor detects that an object has passed through the scanning area, the hand camera detects whether the object is a human hand and the location of any fingers on said hand, and at least one fingerprint camera configured to receive the location of any fingers within the scanning area from the hand camera and capture a high-resolution image of at least a portion of any of said fingers passing through the scanning area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Kevin Balch, Stephen Harris Fox, Richard Leon Hartman, Nicholas Clark Rosetti
  • Patent number: 9489560
    Abstract: On-the-go fingerprint scanners and methods of capturing fingerprints on-the-go are disclosed. In some aspects, the on-the-go fingerprint scanner can include a scanning area and a beam break sensor disposed coincident to the scanning area such that the beam break sensor detects when an object passes through the scanning area. The scanner can also include at least one hand camera configured to capture a video image of the scanning area such that when the beam break sensor detects that an object has passed through the scanning area, the hand camera detects whether the object is a human hand and the location of any fingers on said hand, and at least one fingerprint camera configured to receive the location of any fingers within the scanning area from the hand camera and capture a high-resolution image of at least a portion of any of said fingers passing through the scanning area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ADVANCED OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Kevin Balch, Stephen Harris Fox, Richard Leon Hartman, Nicholas Clark Rosetti
  • Publication number: 20150227774
    Abstract: On-the-go fingerprint scanners and methods of capturing fingerprints on-the-go are disclosed. In some aspects, the on-the-go fingerprint scanner can include a scanning area and a beam break sensor disposed coincident to the scanning area such that the beam break sensor detects when an object passes through the scanning area. The scanner can also include at least one hand camera configured to capture a video image of the scanning area such that when the beam break sensor detects that an object has passed through the scanning area, the hand camera detects whether the object is a human hand and the location of any fingers on said hand, and at least one fingerprint camera configured to receive the location of any fingers within the scanning area from the hand camera and capture a high-resolution image of at least a portion of any of said fingers passing through the scanning area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Kevin Balch, Stephen Harris Fox, Richard Leon Hartman, Nicholas Clark Rosetti
  • Publication number: 20140253711
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include an agile non-contact biometric sensor apparatus, having a sensor that monitors a field of view for a user, an imaging system that captures one or more pieces of biometric information from the user, and a pan-tilt device that orients the imaging system to a location of the user in the field of view detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Kevin Balch, Jonathan Allan Berry, Stephen Harris Fox, Stephen Riley Granade, Richard Leon Hartman, Keith George Savas, Kevin Deane Spradley
  • Patent number: 7505609
    Abstract: Methods for using training images to define correlation strength surfaces about reference filters, permitting direct solution of position and orientation using images of a target object with only a few reference filters are disclosed. Correlations of selected reference filters with training images are used to develop expressions describing shapes of respective correlation surfaces at incremental changes relative to an aspect or range used for a filter. Correlations of target images with only a few reference filters may then be used to define target orientation and range in many real-world applications. A method for determining target object orientation and/or range based on interpolations, using results of correlations of a target image with composite filters having reduced sensitivities for different orientation axes, or range, is also disclosed. Techniques for using training images to create such composite filters are disclosed, as are extensions of methods to additional dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Optical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Leon Hartman, Keith Bryan Farr, Michael Kevin Balch