Patents by Inventor Thomas Phinney

Thomas Phinney 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: 8705808
    Abstract: A system using face and iris image capture for recognition of people. The system may have wide field-of-view, medium field-of-view and narrow field-of-view cameras to capture images of a scene of people, faces and irises for processing and recognition. Matching of the face and iris images with images of a database may be a basis for recognition and identification of a subject person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Determan, Vincent C. Jacobson, Jan Jelinek, Thomas Phinney, Rida M. Hamza, Terry Ahrens, George A. Kilgore, Rand P. Whillock, Saad Bedros
  • Patent number: 7933507
    Abstract: A camera system may be used to capture iris images of targeted people who may be unaware of being targeted and hence their movement may not be constrained in any way. Iris images may be used for identification and/or tracking of people. In one illustrative embodiment, a camera system may include a focus camera and an iris camera, where the focus camera is sensitive to ambient light or some spectrum thereof, and the iris camera is sensitive to infrared or some other wavelength light. The focus camera and the iris camera may share an optical lens, and the focus camera may be used to auto-focus the lens on a focus target. A beam splitter or other optical element may be used to direct light of some wavelengths to the focus camera for auto-focusing the lens, and other wavelengths to the iris camera for image capture of the iris images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Jelinek, Thomas Phinney
  • Patent number: 7720318
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of font identification includes receiving a first document, the first document including the first text set in a proportional font. Test text, corresponding to the first text of the first document, is received. The test text is set in a test font. A first fingerprint is generated, based on relative line widths of the first text of the first document. A second fingerprint is generated based on relative line widths of the test text, as set in the test font. The test font is then accepted as being consistent with a font of the first text, based on a predetermined strength of relationship between the first and second fingerprints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Phinney
  • Publication number: 20080075441
    Abstract: A camera system may be used to capture iris images of targeted people who may be unaware of being targeted and hence their movement may not be constrained in any way. Iris images may be used for identification and/or tracking of people. In one illustrative embodiment, a camera system may include a focus camera and an iris camera, where the focus camera is sensitive to ambient light or some spectrum thereof, and the iris camera is sensitive to infrared or some other wavelength light. The focus camera and the iris camera may share an optical lens, and the focus camera may be used to auto-focus the lens on a focus target. A beam splitter or other optical element may be used to direct light of some wavelengths to the focus camera for auto-focusing the lens, and other wavelengths to the iris camera for image capture of the iris images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jan Jelinek, Thomas Phinney
  • Publication number: 20080075334
    Abstract: A system using face and iris image capture for recognition of people. The system may have wide field-of-view, medium field-of-view and narrow field-of-view cameras to capture images of a scene of people, faces and irises for processing and recognition. Matching of the face and iris images with images of a database may be a basis for recognition and identification of a subject person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gary Determan, Vincent Jacobson, Jan Jelinek, Thomas Phinney, Rida Hamza, Terry Ahrens, George Kilgore, Rand Whillock, Saad Bedros
  • Publication number: 20070248232
    Abstract: A system for sharing secure keying information with a new device not of a secure wireless network. The keying information may be used for encryption and provided to the new device in a manner which is not susceptible to exposure outside of the secure network. The keying information shared with the new device may be regarded as a birth key. Upon appropriate provision of the birth key, the new device may request with a birth key encrypted message via a communication mode exposed to potential adversaries to be added to the secure network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Driscoll, Patrick Gonia, Joseph Kimball, Thomas Phinney
  • Publication number: 20070140496
    Abstract: A method of managing encryption keys creates a new encryption key as a predictable and retrospectively repeatable function of a current encryption key. Information is then encrypted or authenticated using the new encryption key. In one embodiment, the generation of a new encryption key is triggered as a function of the amount of information encrypted or authenticated using the current encryption key. In a further embodiment, the new encryption key is created by using the current encryption key to encrypt a pre-agreed block of information, which may be an appropriate-length representation of the current encryption key. In a further embodiment, the current encryption key and a time-independent method of creating a new encryption key is escrowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Phinney
  • Patent number: D652071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Phinney
  • Patent number: D1017422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Niklas Gustafsson, Maria Hanshella R. Magno, Andrew Richard Phinney, Klaus Rosburg, Koby Hebborn Trout, Marc Thomas Wiescinski, Marcos Orlando Ortiz, Joseph Thomas Gar Jun Smith, Matthew Stewart Twiss, Daniel K. Patu