Patents by Inventor Robert David Farraher

Robert David Farraher 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for Processing Biometric Images
    Publication number: 20140241598
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying gradient edge detection to detect features in a biometric, such as a fingerprint, based on data representing an image of at least a portion of the biometric. The image is modeled as a function of the features. Data representing an image of the biometric is acquired, and features of the biometric are modeled for at least two resolutions. The method and apparatus improves analysis of both high-resolution images of biometrics of friction ridge containing skin that include resolved pores and lower resolution images of biometrics without resolved pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Vincent Fedele, John S. Berg, Christopher J. Butler, Robert David Farraher
  • Method and apparatus for processing biometric images
    Patent number: 8538095
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying gradient edge detection to detect features in a biometric, such as a fingerprint, based on data representing an image of at least a portion of the biometric. The image is modeled as a function of the features. Data representing an image of the biometric is acquired, and features of the biometric are modeled for at least two resolutions. The method and apparatus improves analysis of both high-resolution images of biometrics of friction ridge containing skin that include resolved pores and lower resolution images of biometrics without resolved pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Aprilis, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Fedele, John S. Berg, Christopher J. Butler, Robert David Farraher
  • Method and apparatus for processing biometric images
    Publication number: 20090226052
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying gradient edge detection to detect features in a biometric, such as a fingerprint, based on data representing an image of at least a portion of the biometric. The image is modeled as a function of the features. Data representing an image of the biometric is acquired, and features of the biometric are modeled for at least two resolutions. The method and apparatus improves analysis of both high-resolution images of biometrics of friction ridge containing skin that include resolved pores and lower resolution images of biometrics without resolved pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Vincent Fedele, John S. Berg, Christopher J. Butler, Robert David Farraher