Patents by Inventor Michel Cruchaga

Michel Cruchaga 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: 11715319
    Abstract: A dermatoglyph detector includes a detection circuit and an electronic processor unit. The detection circuit includes an electrically conductive thin film in which there are formed both electrodes that are arranged to come into contact with the skin of a portion of a human body and also conductive tracks connecting the electrodes to the processor unit. The processor unit is arranged to determine electrical characteristics of the body portion extending between each pair of electrodes in contact with the skin, and to execute a computer program for acting on the basis of the determined electrical characteristics to distinguish between an authentic body portion and a fake body portion. The detection circuit includes at least two track segments of different shapes between two calibration terminals so as to present an impedance ratio that is not equal to unity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY FRANCE
    Inventors: Alain Thiebot, Jean Beaudet, Michel Cruchaga, Aurélie Moriceau, Alexis Sireta
  • Publication number: 20220189197
    Abstract: A dermatoglyph detector includes a detection circuit and an electronic processor unit. The detection circuit includes an electrically conductive thin film in which there are formed both electrodes that are arranged to come into contact with the skin of a portion of a human body and also conductive tracks connecting the electrodes to the processor unit. The processor unit is arranged to determine electrical characteristics of the body portion extending between each pair of electrodes in contact with the skin, and to execute a computer program for acting on the basis of the determined electrical characteristics to distinguish between an authentic body portion and a fake body portion. The detection circuit includes at least two track segments of different shapes between two calibration terminals so as to present an impedance ratio that is not equal to unity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Alain THIEBOT, Jean BEAUDET, Michel CRUCHAGA, Aurélie MORICEAU, Alexis SIRETA
  • Patent number: 10105056
    Abstract: A system for acquiring an image of veins of a finger includes a camera designed to acquire an image of said finger when it is passed in front of it, a lighting device designed to illuminate said finger and a control unit for controlling the illumination intensity of said lighting device. Also, at least one system measures the transmission power of said finger upstream of the camera with respect to the passage of said finger towards said camera, said control unit being designed to control the illumination intensity of said lighting device according to the transmission power measured by said measuring system. Additionally, a method for acquiring images of veins of a finger is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Michel Cruchaga, Sylvaine Picard
  • Patent number: 9323973
    Abstract: A device for capturing an image representing a print of a part of the body of a person, the capture device may include: a base layer; a reference electrode covering the base layer; electronic capsules fixed in the form of a matrix on the reference electrode, each electronic capsule consisting of a microcapsule filled with a liquid medium and particles with two different colors and opposite electrical charges; a support plate covering the electronic capsules and serving as a support for said part; a camera intended to take an image of the electronic capsules; and an active electrode intended to come into contact with said part and electrically connected to a voltage source delivering a non-zero electrical voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Denis Dumont, François Rieul, Michel Cruchaga, Sylvaine Picard
  • Publication number: 20160100761
    Abstract: A system for acquiring an image of veins of a finger includes a camera designed to acquire an image of said finger when it is passed in front of it, a lighting device designed to illuminate said finger and a control unit for controlling the illumination intensity of said lighting device. Also, at least one system measures the transmission power of said finger upstream of the camera with respect to the passage of said finger towards said camera, said control unit being designed to control the illumination intensity of said lighting device according to the transmission power measured by said measuring system. Additionally, a method for acquiring images of veins of a finger is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michel CRUCHAGA, Sylvaine PICARD
  • Publication number: 20150288879
    Abstract: A device for capturing an image representing a print of a part of the body of a person, the capture device may include: a base layer; a reference electrode covering the base layer; electronic capsules fixed in the form of a matrix on the reference electrode, each electronic capsule consisting of a microcapsule filled with a liquid medium and particles with two different colours and opposite electrical charges; a support plate covering the electronic capsules and serving as a support for said part; a camera intended to take an image of the electronic capsules; and an active electrode intended to come into contact with said part and electrically connected to a voltage source delivering a non-zero electrical voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Denis Dumont, François Rieul, Michel Cruchaga, Sylvaine Picard
  • Patent number: 9052233
    Abstract: A sensor for venous networks of a part of a living body, having an infrared illumination source, a waveguide illuminated by the infrared illumination source and having, on one face, at least one extraction zone intended to extract the infrared rays from the waveguide in at least one main extraction direction, an image acquisition means disposed opposite the one face so as to define between them a passage through the entrance of which the part of the living body can enter, and having a sensitive element, the or each extraction zone being such that the or each main extraction direction of the extraction zone oriented so as not to intercept the sensitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: MORPHO
    Inventors: Gilles Monteilliet, Matthieu Darbois, Sylvaine Picard, Michel Cruchaga
  • Publication number: 20140077082
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a sensor (100) for venous networks of a part (50) of a living body, comprising: an infrared illumination source (102), a waveguide (104) illuminated by said infrared illumination source (102) and having, on one face (112), at least one extraction zone (106) intended to extract the infrared rays (114) from said waveguide (104) in at least one main extraction direction (116), an image acquisition means (108) disposed opposite said face (112) so as to define between them a passage (118) through the entrance of which said part (50) of the living body can enter, and comprising a sensitive element (110), the or each extraction zone (106) being such that the or each main extraction direction (116) of said extraction zone (106) is oriented so as not to intercept said sensitive element (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Gilles Monteilliet, Matthieu Darbois, Sylvaine Picard, Michel Cruchaga