Patents by Inventor Michael Taister

Michael Taister 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).

  • System, apparatus and method for forensic facial approximation
    Publication number: 20060111631
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for performing a facial approximation is described. The system includes an acquisition subsystem and a facial approximation algorithm. The method includes the steps of acquiring models of known skulls and a model of a questioned skull, comparing the models of the known skulls with the model of the questioned skull, and removing variation in the facial structure of the questioned skull due to skeletal variation between the known skulls and the questioned skull. The apparatus includes a bony structure software component, a bony structure warping software component, and a soft tissue software component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Timothy Kelliher, Peter Tu, Wesley Turner, Rebecca Brown, Michael Taister, Kevin Miller