Patents by Inventor Peter-Michael Merbach

Peter-Michael Merbach 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: 7975146
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for recognition of biometric data with high fraud resistance, in particular for recognition of characteristics of fingers and of faces, wherein an object is acquired by optical scanning and numerical parameters are acquired by means of digital image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: TBS Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter-Michael Merbach, Rudolf Hauke, Hans-Peter Nothaft
  • Patent number: 7606395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for recording biometric data, especially for recording the features of the fingers or faces of persons, wherein an object is recorded by optically scanning it and evaluated by digital image processing. The inventive method is characterized in that the object is recorded simultaneously or almost simultaneously by at least two different recording devices, whereby all pixels of the surface to be imaged are imaged in at least two different directions in at least one digital two-dimensional image each and a three-dimensional model of the viewed object is calculated from at least two images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: TBS Holding AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Hauke, Giuseppe Parziale, Gerhard Paar, Peter-Michael Merbach
  • Patent number: 7397943
    Abstract: A method for detecting data of an uneven surface of an object includes the following steps: illuminating at least one of stripes and a grid on the uneven surface using at least one light source; detecting, without a touching contact, light reflected from the uneven surface at a plurality of discrete locations so as to create a partial image of the uneven surface at each of the plurality of discrete locations; selectively analyzing each of the partial images; and combining at least portions of the partial images into an overall image of the uneven surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: TBS Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter-Michael Merbach, Rudolf Hauke, Hans-Peter Nothaft
  • Publication number: 20060045316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for acquiring biometic data, particularly for acquiring finger or face characterstics of persons, where an object is acquired by optical scanning and analyzed by digital image processing
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: TBS Holding AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Hauke, Giuseppe Parziale, Gerhard Paar, Peter-Michael Merbach
  • Publication number: 20050226474
    Abstract: 1. Touchless biometric recognition 2.1 The invention is underlied by the problem to specify a method of the type initially mentioned, with which an improved touchless biometric recognition is possible cheaply. 2.2 According to the invention, the problem is solved by mutually carrying out the observing, checking and/or correcting using the imaging facilities respectively and thereby acquiring position, attitude and degree of rotation. 2.3 The invention relates to a method for touchless recognition of biometric attributes of a body part, in particular of finger lines, comprising optical imaging from different points of view by several imaging facilities, observing and/or checking the position and/or the attitude of the body part to be recognized and/or correcting the images of the imaging facilities regarding the position and/or the attitude, wherein the shape of the body part is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: TBS Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter-Michael Merbach, Rudolf Hauke, Peter Maschotta
  • Publication number: 20050117784
    Abstract: 1. Method and arrangement for touchless detection of data of uneven surfaces. 2.1 The present invention is underlied by the problem to specify a method and an apparatus of the initially said type which enable touchlessly scanning of uneven surfaces, in particular of a relief made up of dermal ridges, and creating an image of the surfaces true to original with high contrast. 2.2 According to the present invention, the problem is solved by scanning the surface without a touching contact to optically effective surfaces by illuminating them in a strip-shaped manner and, by using light reflected at discrete locations, creating partial images of the object, which are selectively analyzed and composed to an overall image. 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: TBS Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter-Michael Merbach, Hans-Peter Nothaft
  • Publication number: 20050111703
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for recognition of biometric data with high fraud resistance, in particular for recognition of characteristics of fingers and of faces, wherein an object is acquired by optical scanning and numerical parameters are acquired by means of digital image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Peter-Michael Merbach, Rudolf Hauke, Hans-Peter Nothaft