Patents by Inventor Vivek Kanhangad

Vivek Kanhangad 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 system for personal identification using 3D palmprint imaging
    Patent number: 8265347
    Abstract: A biometric identification system (30) for identifying a person, the system (30) comprising: an image acquisition module (31) to capture a three-dimensional (3D) image of a palm of the person; a region of interest (ROI) extraction module (34) to extract a 3D subimage from the captured image; and a 3D features extraction module (36) to extract 3D palmprint features from the 3D subimage; wherein the extracted 3D palmprint features are compared to reference 3D palmprint features to verify the identity of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventors: David Zhang, Guangming Lu, Nan Luo, Wei Li, Lei Zhang, Vivek Kanhangad
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION USING 3D PALMPRINT IMAGING
    Publication number: 20090268951
    Abstract: A biometric identification system (30) for identifying a person, the system (30) comprising: an image acquisition module (31) to capture a three-dimensional (3D) image of a palm of the person; a region of interest (ROI) extraction module (34) to extract a 3D subimage from the captured image; and a 3D features extraction module (36) to extract 3D palmprint features from the 3D subimage; wherein the extracted 3D palmprint features are compared to reference 3D palmprint features to verify the identity of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: David ZHANG, Guangming LU, Nan LUO, Wei LI, Lei ZHANG, Vivek KANHANGAD