Patents by Inventor Nathaniel J. Short

Nathaniel J. Short 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).

  • 3D polarimetric face recognition system
    Patent number: 10915737
    Abstract: Object/facial recognition systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and/or apparatus for 3D face or object recognition using a 3D surface reconstructed from polarimetric thermal facial/object imager to form a 2D or 3D image which is rotated to conform with a pose of a reference image to allow comparison thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Shuowen Hu, Nathaniel J. Short, Alex J. Yuffa, Gorden Videen, Kristan P. Gurton
  • 3D POLARIMETRIC FACE RECOGNTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200285838
    Abstract: Object/facial recognition systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and/or apparatus for 3D face or object recognition using a 3D surface reconstructed from polarimetric thermal facial/object imager to form a 2D or 3D image which is rotated to conform with a pose of a reference image to allow comparison thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Shuowen Hu, Nathaniel J. Short, Alex J. Yuffa, Gorden Videen, Kristan P. Gurton
  • Method of apparatus for cross-modal face matching using polarimetric image data
    Patent number: 9830506
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cross-modal matching with polarimetric thermal image data is provided. According to one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a plurality of polarimetric thermal images of a face acquired by a polarimetric thermal imaging camera, extracting features of the face from each of the plurality of images to generate a plurality of feature vectors for each of the plurality of images, compositing the feature vectors for each of the plurality of images together to form composite feature vectors and cross-modally matching the composite feature vectors with other feature vectors, in order to determine whether the face matches a face represented by the other feature vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Short, Shuowen Hu, Alex L. Chan, Kristan P. Gurton
  • METHOD OF APPARATUS FOR CROSS-MODAL FACE MATCHING USING POLARIMETRIC IMAGE DATA
    Publication number: 20170132458
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cross-modal matching with polarimetric thermal image data is provided. According to one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a plurality of polarimetric thermal images of a face acquired by a polarimetric thermal imaging camera, extracting features of the face from each of the plurality of images to generate a plurality of feature vectors for each of the plurality of images, compositing the feature vectors for each of the plurality of images together to form composite feature vectors and cross-modally matching the composite feature vectors with other feature vectors, in order to determine whether the face matches a face represented by the other feature vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Short, Shuowen Hu, Alex L. Chan, Kristan P. Gurton