Patents by Inventor Tim McNerney
Tim McNerney 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).
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Patent number: 8983146Abstract: A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics based on data provided by these systems are more accurate and robust than using biometrics that include data from only the iris or only the retina from a single eye. An exemplary embodiment emits photons to the iris and the retina of both eyes, an iris image sensor that captures an image of the iris when the iris reflects the emitted light, a retina image sensor that captures an image of the retina when the retina reflects the emitted light, and a controller that controls the iris and the retina illumination sources, where the captured image of the iris and the captured image of the retina contain biometric data.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLCInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Pablo Casaverde, Don Yansen, Tim McNerney, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher, Nicholas A. Accomando, David Muller, Gregory L. Heacock, John Marshall
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Patent number: 8577093Abstract: A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Identix IncorporatedInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Nicholas A. Accomando, Faisal Bashir, Pablo Casaverde, Stephen F. Daly, David J. Hitchcock, Romina Marie Johnson Jose, Tim McNerney, David Muller, Vladimir Ruzhitsky, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher
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Patent number: 8433103Abstract: A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Identix IncorporatedInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Pablo Casaverde, Tim McNerney, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher, David Muller, Faisal Bashir, David J. Hitchcock
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Patent number: 8391567Abstract: A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics based on data provided by these systems are more accurate and robust than using biometrics that include data from only the iris or only the retina from a single eye. An exemplary embodiment emits photons to the iris and the retina of both eyes, an iris image sensor that captures an image of the iris when the iris reflects the emitted light, a retina image sensor that captures an image of the retina when the retina reflects the emitted light, and a controller that controls the iris and the retina illumination sources, where the captured image of the iris and the captured image of the retina contain biometric data.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Identix IncorporatedInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Pablo Casaverde, Don Yansen, Tim McNerney, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher, Nicholas A. Accomando, David Muller, Greg Heacock, John Marshall
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Publication number: 20120200689Abstract: A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: IDENTIX INCORPORATEDInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Nicholas A. Accomando, Faisal Bashir, Pablo Casaverde, Stephen F. Daly, David J. Hitchcock, Romina Marie Johnson Jose, Tim McNerney, David Muller, Vladimir Ruzhitsky, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher
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Patent number: 8121356Abstract: A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Identix IncorporatedInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Nicholas A. Accomando, Faisal Bashir, Pablo Casaverde, Stephen F. Daly, David J. Hitchcock, Romina Marie Johnson Jose, Tim McNerney, David Muller, Vladimir Ruzhitsky, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher
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Publication number: 20110285836Abstract: A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics based on data provided by these systems are more accurate and robust than using biometrics that include data from only the iris or only the retina from a single eye. An exemplary embodiment emits photons to the iris and the retina of both eyes, an iris image sensor that captures an image of the iris when the iris reflects the emitted light, a retina image sensor that captures an image of the retina when the retina reflects the emitted light, and a controller that controls the iris and the retina illumination sources, where the captured image of the iris and the captured image of the retina contain biometric data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: IDENTIX INCORPORATEDInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Pablo Casaverde, Don Yansen, Tim McNerney, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher, Nicholas A. Accomando, David Muller, Greg Heacock, John Marshall
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Patent number: 8014571Abstract: A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics based on data provided by these systems are more accurate and robust than using biometrics that include data from only the iris or only the retina from a single eye. An exemplary embodiment emits photons to the iris and the retina of both eyes, an iris image sensor that captures an image of the iris when the iris reflects the emitted light, a retina image sensor that captures an image of the retina when the retina reflects the emitted light, and a controller that controls the iris and the retina illumination sources, where the captured image of the iris and the captured image of the retina contain biometric data.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Identix IncorporatedInventors: Marc D. Friedman, Pablo Casaverde, Don Yansen, Tim McNerney, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher, Nicholas A. Accomando, David Muller, Greg Heacock, John Marshall
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Publication number: 20100290668Abstract: A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Marc D. Friedman, Nicholas A. Accomando, Faisal Bashir, Pablo Casaverde, Stephen F. Daly, David J. Hitchcock, Romina Marie Johnson Jose, Tim McNerney, David Muller, Vladimir Ruzhitsky, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher
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Publication number: 20080069411Abstract: A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Marc D. Friedman, Pablo Casaverde, Tim McNerney, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher, David Muller, Faisal Bashir, David J. Hitchcock
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Publication number: 20080044063Abstract: A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics based on data provided by these systems are more accurate and robust than using biometrics that include data from only the iris or only the retina from a single eye. An exemplary embodiment emits photons to the iris and the retina of both eyes, an iris image sensor that captures an image of the iris when the iris reflects the emitted light, a retina image sensor that captures an image of the retina when the retina reflects the emitted light, and a controller that controls the iris and the retina illumination sources, where the captured image of the iris and the captured image of the retina contain biometric data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: RETICA SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Marc Friedman, Pablo Casaverde, Don Yansen, Tim McNerney, Yasunari Tosa, David Usher, Nicholas Accomando, David Muller, Greg Heacock, John Marshall