Patents by Inventor Noah Ames Craft

Noah Ames Craft 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).

  • Use of relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark patterns in images for personal identification
    Patent number: 9607231
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, devices, software, and systems for identifying a person based on relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark (RPPVSM) patterns in images. Locations of RPPVSMs in different images of people are point matched, and a correspondence probability that the point matched RPPVSMs are from different people is calculated. Other embodiments are also described. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Inventors: Noah Ames Craft, Wai Kin Adams Kong, Arfika Nurhudatiana
  • Method and an apparatus for determining vein patterns from a colour image
    Patent number: 9317761
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of determining vein patterns from a color image for personal identification, the method comprising forming a counterpart of the color image by applying a functional relationship obtained from optimization on the color image, wherein the counterpart of the color image comprises the vein patterns. An apparatus for determining vein patterns from a color image is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Nanyang Technological University, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
    Inventors: Wai Kin Adams Kong, Chaoying Tang, Hengyi Zhang, Noah Ames Craft
  • USE OF RELATIVELY PERMANENT PIGMENTED OR VASCULAR SKIN MARK PATTERNS IN IMAGES FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20160004918
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, devices, software, and systems for identifying a person based on relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark (RPPVSM) patterns in images. Locations of RPPVSMs in different images of people are point matched, and a correspondence probability that the point matched RPPVSMs are from different people is calculated. Other embodiments are also described. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Noah Ames Craft, Wai Kin Adams Kong, Arfika Nurhudatiana
  • Use of relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark patterns in images for personal identification
    Patent number: 9152867
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, devices, software, and systems for identifying a person based on relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark (RPPVSM) patterns in images. Locations of RPPVSMs in different images of people are point matched, and a correspondence probability that the point matched RPPVSMs are from different people is calculated. Other embodiments are also described. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Noah Ames Craft, Wai Kin Adams Kong, Arfika Nurhudatiana
  • USE OF RELATIVELY PERMANENT PIGMENTED OR VASCULAR SKIN MARK PATTERNS IN IMAGES FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20140348397
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, devices, software, and systems for identifying a person based on relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark (RPPVSM) patterns in images. Locations of RPPVSMs in different images of people are point matched, and a correspondence probability that the point matched RPPVSMs are from different people is calculated. Other embodiments are also described. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Noah Ames Craft, Wai Kin Adams Kong, Arfika Nurhudatiana
  • Use of relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark patterns in images for personal identification
    Patent number: 8787625
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, devices, software, and systems for identifying a person based on relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark (RPPVSM) patterns in images. Locations of RPPVSMs in different images of people are point matched, and a correspondence probability that the point matched RPPVSMs are from different people is calculated. Other embodiments are also described. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Inventors: Noah Ames Craft, Wai Kin Adams Kong, Arfika Nurhudatiana
  • METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING VEIN PATTERNS FROM A COLOUR IMAGE
    Publication number: 20140016832
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of determining vein patterns from a colour image for personal identification, the method comprising forming a counterpart of the colour image by applying a functional relationship obtained from optimization on the colour image, wherein the counterpart of the colour image comprises the vein patterns. An apparatus for determining vein patterns from a colour image is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Wai Kin Adams Kong, Chaoying Tang, Hengyi Zhang, Noah Ames Craft
  • Use of Relatively Permanent Pigmented or Vascular Skin Mark Patterns in Images for Personal Identification
    Publication number: 20120275663
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, devices, software, and systems for identifying a person based on relatively permanent pigmented or vascular skin mark (RPPVSM) patterns in images. Locations of RPPVSMs in different images of people are point matched, and a correspondence probability that the point matched RPPVSMs are from different people is calculated. Other embodiments are also described. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Noah Ames Craft, Wai Kin Adams Kong, Arfika Nurhudatiana