Image (e.g., Fingerprint, Face) Patents (Class 340/5.53)
  • Patent number: 11948366
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide various systems and methods for automated classification of vehicle reads to build vehicle identification profile and for automated vehicle identification using content extracted from an image frame of a vehicle to identify a most probable vehicle identification profile. An example method comprises capturing, by a camera, a read comprising an image frame including a portion of a vehicle; identifying at least one of a license plate number and a descriptor of the vehicle using image processing on the read; determining a probability value that the read includes the vehicle based on the identified at least one of the license plate number and the descriptor; when the probability value exceeds a threshold value, identifying a vehicle identification profile in a database using the identified at least one of the license plate number and the descriptor; and updating the vehicle identification profile to include the captured read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Neology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Crary, Peter Istenes, Dave Bynum, Israel Padilla
  • Patent number: 11834001
    Abstract: A vehicle ignition lockout assembly for prevented a monitored user from driving a vehicle includes a monitoring device and an ignition controller. The monitoring device comprises a transmitter and can be selectively locked, by a monitoring party, around an ankle or a wrist of a monitored user so that the monitored user is prevented from detaching the monitoring device from their person. The ignition controller comprises a receiver and is mountable to an element of a vehicle proximate to an ignition relay of the vehicle. The ignition controller also is operationally engageable to the ignition relay. When the monitored user is positioned in a driver's seat of the vehicle, the receiver and the transmitter are in wireless communication and the ignition controller deactuates the ignition relay. The vehicle is operable when the monitored user is seated elsewhere in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Keith Topp
  • Patent number: 11829463
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device, including a housing, a fixing hole, a platform and a sensor. The fixing hole is located at the housing and configured to detachably fix an identification element. The platform extends outward from the lower edge of the fixing hole. The sensor is disposed on the platform and configured to communicate with the identification element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Hung, Ming-Chih Huang, Tong-Shen Hsiung, Meng-Chu Huang, Fu-Yu Cai, Chieh Mii, Ya-Yun Huang, Minseong Kim, Shang-Chih Liang
  • Patent number: 11812259
    Abstract: An authentication system is provided with: a first input unit and a second input unit into which authentication information can be input; a first computing unit which performs computation on the basis of the authentication information input into the first input unit and a communication counterpart-side authentication parameter registered in a communication counterpart; a second computing unit which performs computation on the basis of the authentication information input into the second input unit and a portable terminal-side authentication parameter registered in a portable terminal; and authentication units which, if the authentication information has been input into the first or the second input unit, perform authentication on the basis of the result of computation by corresponding computing unit and the portable terminal-side authentication parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyohei Takeuchi, Kohei Kishimoto, Hiroaki Iwashita, Kazukuni Kobara
  • Patent number: 11798331
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing security at access points for a room or facility is provided herein. During operation, a security level at an access point will be increased during a lockdown situation. The increased security at the access point will require permission from those behind the access point prior to granting entry to any individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Woei Chyuan Tan, Zehong Au, Kok Soon Hong, Anoop Sehgal Paras Ram
  • Patent number: 11682017
    Abstract: A system and method for online payment are described. The method includes receiving, from a vendor server, a payment amount, an identifier of a user and an identifier of a vendor; sending an indication of a payment to a user device associated with the identifier of the user; receiving, from the user device, a confirmation of the payment; receiving, from the user device, supplementary information generated when or after the user confirms the payment; determining legitimacy of the transaction based on the supplementary information; and making the payment from a financial account associated with the user identifier to a financial account associated with the identifier of the vendor if the transaction is legitimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Perk Hero Software Inc.
    Inventor: Desmond Griffin
  • Patent number: 11628987
    Abstract: A personalized drinking cup assembly comprises a lid which includes a mouthpiece, and includes a fingerprint reader located thereon to enable the user to access and use the mouthpiece to drink from the cup. In some embodiments the cap comprises a top portion and a side wall extending perpendicularly therefrom, and the fingerprint reader is located on the side wall. In some embodiments, the cap further comprises a handle, on which the fingerprint reader is located. In use, the user utilizes the fingerprint reader in order to access the mouthpiece for drinking from the cup. Once the fingerprint reader is read and the user is identified as the owner or authorized user of the cup, the mouthpiece will be opened for consumption thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Tracy Lynn Fry
  • Patent number: 11590846
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a steering wheel indicating paddle for displaying a power rotating speed of an automobile. The paddle comprises an emitting panel connected with an OBD port of the automobile, a receiving panel mounted on an R paddle or an L paddle of the automobile, a first lamp panel mounted on another paddle and a second lamp panel integrated to the receiving panel. The emitting panel comprises an OBD signal access circuit, a first master control chip, a first power supply circuit and a wireless sending module. The receiving panel comprises a second master control chip, a second power supply circuit and a wireless sending module. According to the present invention, the OBD signal access circuit is connected with the OBD port of the automobile, so that it acquires a rotating speed condition of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Qingyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11586718
    Abstract: An authentication information processing method for an authentication information processing device that includes a processor and a memory includes acquiring a plurality of pair candidate and image information for each of the plurality of pair candidate. The each of the plurality of pair candidate is a candidate of a combination of related information for collation and related information for registration to be used to calculate a degree of similarity. The authentication information includes a plural pieces of the related information. The method includes narrowing down the plurality of pair candidate by comparing the acquired image information of the plurality of pair candidate of the related information for collation and the related information for registration and determining a correspondence between the related information for collation and the related information for registration used to calculate the degree of similarity, from among the narrowed down pair candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA DDS
    Inventor: Tatsuki Yoshimine
  • Patent number: 11562338
    Abstract: An automated point of sale system uses one or more cameras to capture images of food products selected by a user for purchase at a food establishment. The point of sale system then compares the images captured to previously captured reference images of such food products being offered at the establishment to find a match for each product, determines the price of each food product the user has selected based on the comparison and match, identifies an account of the user based on a biometric identification of the user and/or reading information from a machine readable token of the user, and automatically causes the account of the user to be charged or debited for the food products identified, thus reducing the check-out time and increasing efficiency of food establishment point of sale systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.
    Inventor: Michael Eger
  • Patent number: 11546327
    Abstract: A computing system may generate and/or use a behavior photographic identification (“behavior photo ID”) that is based, at least in part, on anonymized parameters related to the behavior of a person. The behavior can include a history of phone calls, texts, or internet browsing. The behavior photo ID, which may be used to uniquely identify the person, may digitally modify a digital photo to encode behaviors or activities of the person. In some implementations, the behavior photo ID may be modified periodically, or from time to time, to produce an updated behavior photo ID that reflects new external events as well as relatively recent behaviors or activities of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatiana Dashevskiy, Rami Al-Kabra
  • Patent number: 11462063
    Abstract: A sub-reader and a method of controlling the sub-reader are provided. The method of controlling the sub-reader which is connected to a door reader provided in an existing installed door operating device to provide a communication method that is not supported by the door reader includes: obtaining first open request information using a first communication method from a terminal; obtaining second open request information for transmission to the door reader based on the first open request information; and transmitting the second open request information to the door reader using a second communication method different from the first communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MOCA SYSTEM INC.
    Inventors: Dong Mok Shin, In Sik Baek, Jong Keun Lee, Jung Young Kim, Seong Bin Choi, Jae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11444947
    Abstract: A scalable configurable universal complete spectrum identity testing machine is provided which includes at least one computer that utilizes necessary resources for making identity test determinations as to whether or not one specific sensor-observed tested person is the same person as one specific known person. The at least one computer may be utilized for at least one additional purpose besides being utilized as an identity testing machine. The identity testing machine makes one-time, intermittently performed, or constantly performed determinations of identity regarding any one specific tested person and it is configurable for doing so at any attainable level of accuracy including 100% accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffry David Aronson
  • Patent number: 11436836
    Abstract: An access point barrier system having a barrier that extends in such a way as to be movable between an enabled position and a non-enabled position preventing a vehicle from crossing the access point is provided. The image-capture device is integrated to the arm of the barrier and a computing device coupled to a database of registered vehicles, wherein the computing device is adapted to establish a match between the vehicle adjacent the barrier against the database of registered vehicles based on in part at least one image captured by the image-capture device so that an established match moves the barrier to the enabled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Ricardo Ernesto Ramirez
  • Patent number: 11368843
    Abstract: The authentication information processing method includes acquiring related information generated for each of a plurality of base points representing feature points of biometric information extracted from an image, for a collation base point and a registration base point. The collation base point is included in authentication information for collation used for biometric authentication. The registration base point is included in authentication information for registration. The related information associates attribute information with a central base point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA DDS
    Inventor: Tatsuki Yoshimine
  • Patent number: 11327936
    Abstract: A system and method may be provided for compiling digital images of an individual in a database across a network with multiple user accounts. An image may be uploaded to a computer and stored at an image network storage location. A portrait may be detected in the image. The portrait may include a face. A facial recognition template containing facial recognition parameters related to the individual may be created based on the at least one portrait detected in the at least one image. The facial recognition template may be stored at an identification data network storage location, wherein the facial recognition template is associated with a user account associated with the individual. The facial recognition template may be accessed for comparison of the facial recognition parameters related to the individual with a set of unrecognized facial images. Images containing the set of unrecognized facial images may be accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED, LLC
    Inventor: Roland H. Kedikian
  • Patent number: 11321571
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide various systems and methods for automated classification of vehicle reads to build vehicle identification profile and for automated vehicle identification using content extracted from an image frame of a vehicle to identify a most probable vehicle identification profile. An example method comprises capturing, by a camera, a read comprising an image frame including a portion of a vehicle; identifying at least one of a license plate number and a descriptor of the vehicle using image processing on the read; determining a probability value that the read includes the vehicle based on the identified at least one of the license plate number and the descriptor; when the probability value exceeds a threshold value, identifying a vehicle identification profile in a database using the identified at least one of the license plate number and the descriptor; and updating the vehicle identification profile to include the captured read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NEOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Crary, Peter Istenes, Dave Bynum, Israel Padilla
  • Patent number: 11308052
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system and set of processes for organizing image collections. The system detects individuals in each image uploaded into the system using facial recognition or similar methods. The user and viewers of the images may then view dynamic albums based on the interrelationships of individuals in images. Users and viewers may browse all images with an individual or see albums of images with two selected individuals or similar combinations based on the relationships between users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Resource Consortium Limited, LLC
    Inventor: Roland H. Kedikian
  • Patent number: 11301706
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method of authenticating a user, using an electronic device comprising a fingerprint sensor, and more specifically to improvements in relation to how to acquiring an authentication fingerprint image for use in authenticating the user. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding electronic device and to a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP AB
    Inventors: Troels Bjerre, René Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11260985
    Abstract: Various methods enable a processor of a robotic vehicle to determine when the robotic vehicle has been stolen so that a self-recovery operation may be performed. Determining whether the robotic vehicle has been stolen may include evaluating, by a processor of the robotic vehicle, unauthorized use indicia, and determining that the robotic vehicle is stolen in response to determining that unauthorized use indicia exceed a threshold. Evaluating unauthorized use indicia may include determining whether an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier of a Subscriber Identify Module matches a stored value, determining whether a paired controller is different from a usual controller, determining whether the operator's skill has changed, and evaluating one or more trust factors that are observable features of normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Franco Taveira, Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada
  • Patent number: 11250114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a virtual assistant system having a biometric authentication device coupled to an electronic voice-based virtual assistant device. The biometric authentication device is configured to authenticate a user based on biometric data of the user to allow the user access to features of the electronic voice-based virtual assistant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Damon Ryan Depaolo, Laura Barcome
  • Patent number: 11232284
    Abstract: A system comprising a polarization CMOS image sensor, at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform actions including receiving, from the polarization CMOS image sensor, polarization information and two-dimensional image information. The polarization information is processed using a machine learning model to generate an output that indicates whether the polarization information represents a valid biometric measurement of a physical feature of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Badrinath Padmanabhan, Yiyi Ren, Wenshou Chen, Richard Mann, Alireza Bonakdar
  • Patent number: 11216117
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a fingerprint identification device, an array substrate, a display device and a fingerprint identification method. The fingerprint identification device includes: a first gate line, a second gate line, a read signal line and a voltage dividing unit, wherein, a plurality of fingerprint identification units are defined by the second gate line and the read signal line intersecting with each other, and the fingerprint identification unit includes a photosensitive member and a thin film transistor; the first gate line is connected with the voltage dividing unit, the voltage dividing unit includes a pressure sensitive member and an equivalent resistor connected in series, and the second gate line is connected between the pressure sensitive member and the equivalent resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengpeng Wang, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Yingming Liu, Chih Jen Cheng, Wei Liu, Xueyou Cao, Ping Zhang, Changfeng Li
  • Patent number: 11183280
    Abstract: Methods and systems of accelerating the adoption of a medical treatment by healthcare providers are disclosed. The methods include providing to a healthcare provider a set of selectable criteria for determining whether a specific medical treatment is indicated for a particular patient, analyzing the criteria selected, and indicating to the healthcare provider whether the medical treatment is indicated. A system and methods are provided which are suitable for optimizing the use of nuclear imaging for assessing risks of cardiovascular disorders and, when appropriate, for implementing intervention strategies to reduce such risks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Emerge Clinical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Wiliam C Daniel, David Yaron, Scott Finfer, Efrat Erps
  • Patent number: 11169661
    Abstract: Detecting a first facial region in a first image. Extracting the detected first facial region. Generating a first facial thumbnail based on the extracted first facial region for use in representing the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Yan Chen, Fang Lu, Li Wang, Dan Zhang, Xi Fang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11170196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of a fingerprint sensing system of extracting fingerprint feature data from an image captured by a fingerprint sensor of the fingerprint sensing system, and a fingerprint sensing system performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS AB
    Inventors: Morten Hansen, Klaus Andersen, Arne Husth, Michael Hansen
  • Patent number: 11153236
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate selectively automating a response to a client request for vendor services based on an intended meaning of the client request, a category of vendor services associated with the client request, and one or more factors such as an urgency index and a health index. The vendor services system may parse audio, text, and image data of a client request to determine an intended meaning. In some examples, the vendor services system may automate a response that resolves the client request, or automate a response that requests additional information from the client device. Alternatively, or additionally, the vendor services system may direct the client request to a vendor representative for further processing. In doing so, the vendor services system may monitor dialogue between the client and vendor representative, and selectively provide the vendor representative with support data that may help resolve the client request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Werdell, James Ellison, Robert Stamm
  • Patent number: 11138409
    Abstract: A biometric recognition system is described. The biometric recognition system includes a user system with a biometric able to scan a finger and provide an image. From the image, a plurality of features are extracted to create at least one fingerprint feature vector using a convolutional neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Tokenize, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Krueger, John Dvorak, Melanie Shapiro
  • Patent number: 11100208
    Abstract: An electronic device for performing multimodal biometric authentication, includes a first biometric sensor configured to sense first biometric information; a second biometric sensor configured to sense second biometric information; a security module configured to set a multidimensional variable determination criterion including context information at the time of sensing at least one of the first biometric information and the second biometric information, perform a first user authentication by applying the multidimensional variable determination criterion to a matching score for the first biometric information or the second biometric information, and determine whether or not to perform a second user authentication using remaining biometric information based on a result of the first user authentication; and a controller configured to control an operation of the electronic device based on at least one of the result of the first user authentication and a result of the second user authentication carried out by the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Sooyoung Sim, Shinjae Kang, Sungjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11062136
    Abstract: The disclosed techniques include systems and methods for implementing liveliness detection in an authentication process using pupil or iris tracking. The disclosed techniques can utilize a combination of facial recognition and pupil or iris tracking for liveliness detection in an authentication process to provide an extra layer of security against impersonation attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Easy Solutions Enterprises Corp.
    Inventors: Alejandro Correa Bahnsen, Martín Ochoa Ronderos, Pablo Salvador Romero Agreda, Jesus Alberto Solano Gomez
  • Patent number: 11062414
    Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying autonomous vehicle users are described herein. An autonomous vehicle may receive a request to transport a first user to a first destination location. While travelling along a route to the first destination location, the autonomous vehicle may receive a request to pick up a second user at a second starting location and transport the second user to a second destination location. The autonomous vehicle may travel to the second starting location when the second user is within the threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle. Upon arriving at the second starting location, the autonomous vehicle may detect whether a person approaching the vehicle is the second user by detecting a biometric identifier for the person. As a result, the second user may be allowed to enter the autonomous vehicle and/or the autonomous vehicle may begin travelling to the second destination location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Blake Konrardy, Scott T. Christensen, Gregory Hayward, Scott Farris
  • Patent number: 11053040
    Abstract: A container and cap stores and measures material. A container has a cap removably attached to a double-walled container section. The cap has a housing between a base and a scale tray. The housing contains electronic components including a display, microcontroller, a sensor array and functional buttons. The scale tray includes a ring of LEDs that direct into the container section to sanitize and illuminate. The sensor array of the cap includes a scale transducer and humidity and temperature sensors. The container can be flipped over so the base on an underlying surface and so that the material the container falls down onto the scale tray, so the contents can be weighed. The cap can be removed and used as a stand-alone scale. The functions of the electronics can be controlled by an external devices, like a smartphone, through a software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TRI Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Benyamin Abehasera
  • Patent number: 11050744
    Abstract: Artificial biometric traits self-nullify due to natural physiological processes. Biometric enrollment and authentication may then be based on a life associated with the self-nullifying biometric trait. Once the life is expected to have expired, no further authentication may be performed until a new artificial biometric is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Julio A. Cartaya
  • Patent number: 10970571
    Abstract: A vehicle control method and system includes: acquiring a face image of a user currently requesting to use a vehicle; acquiring a feature matching result between the face image and at least one pre-stored face image in a data set of the vehicle, where the data set stores pre-stored face images of at least one pre-recorded user allowed to use the vehicle; and if the feature matching result indicates that the feature matching is successful, controlling actions of the vehicle to allow the user to use the vehicle. The rights of pre-recorded personnel can be guaranteed based on feature matching, and feature matching can be achieved without a network, thereby overcoming the dependency on the network and further improving the safety guarantee of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SENSETIME INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: De Meng, Ke Li, Chendi Yu, Renbo Qin
  • Patent number: 10966680
    Abstract: A method is for controlling operation of a medical technology device using a wireless, hand-held, mobile operator device including a touchscreen. The wireless, hand-held, mobile operator device including a touchscreen is also disclosed. The method includes using the mobile operator device for implementing a medical technology workflow including acquiring patient data of the at least one patient from an acquisition user interface; selecting, via a selection user interface, a medical technology protocol containing operating parameters to be carried out for the at least one patient; setting remote-controllably adjustable components of the medical technology device, according to the at least one patient positioned in the medical technology device and according to the medical technology protocol, using a settings user interface; and activating, with the at least one patient positioned and components set, the medical technology procedure in an activation user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Kagermeier, Gerben Ten Cate, Asa MacWilliams
  • Patent number: 10957140
    Abstract: Technology for an electronic device is described. The electronic device can include a fingerprint sensor, a heart rate sensor, and a controller. The controller can receive a fingerprint of a user captured using the fingerprint sensor. The controller can determine whether the fingerprint of the user matches a predefined fingerprint stored in a data store of the electronic device. The controller can receive heart rate information of the user captured using the heart rate sensor. The controller can determine whether the heart rate information is within a defined range. The controller can unlock the electronic device to allow the user to access the electronic device when the fingerprint of the user matches the predefined fingerprint stored in the data store and the heart rate information is within the defined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Phani K. Alaparthi, Tarakesava Reddy K, Ovais F. Pir
  • Patent number: 10951613
    Abstract: Methods for authenticating a genuine presence of a human involve directing one or more modulated probes towards a body part of the human, receiving a response to the probes from the body part, and analyzing the response to determine whether it contains spectral characteristics that match a class of responses to such probes for the human body part in a human population. Replay attacks are countered by varying the modulation of the probe temporally, spatially, and spectrally each time authentication is performed. The probes may include electromagnetic radiation, acoustic beams, or particle beams that generate a detected reflection, absorption pattern, scintillation, or fluorescence response of the body part. The analysis of the response may be directed to one or more of temporal, spatial, and spectral variations in accordance with the nature of the probes and the modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: iProov Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Bud, Andrew Newell
  • Patent number: 10936887
    Abstract: A vehicle control method and system includes: acquiring a face image of a user currently requesting to use a vehicle; acquiring a feature matching result between the face image and at least one pre-stored face image in a data set of the vehicle, where the data set stores pre-stored face images of at least one pre-recorded user allowed to use the vehicle; and if the feature matching result indicates that the feature matching is successful, controlling actions of the vehicle to allow the user to use the vehicle. The rights of pre-recorded personnel can be guaranteed based on feature matching, and feature matching can be achieved without a network, thereby overcoming the dependency on the network and further improving the safety guarantee of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SENSETIME INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: De Meng, Ke Li, Chendi Yu, Renbo Qin
  • Patent number: 10936709
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a first biometric sensor configured to sense first biometric information; a second biometric sensor configured to sense second biometric information; a security module configured to set a multidimensional variable determination criterion including context information at the time of sensing at least one of the first biometric information and the second biometric information, and perform first user authentication by applying the multidimensional variable determination criterion to a matching score for the first biometric information or the second biometric information, and determine whether or not to perform second user authentication using the remaining biometric information based on a result of the first user authentication; and a controller configured to control an operation of the electronic device based on at least one of the first and second user authentication results carried out by the security module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Sooyoung Sim, Shinjae Kang, Sungjin Kim
  • Patent number: 10922514
    Abstract: An authentication method selecting unit 31 automatically selects one user authentication method among predetermined plural user authentication methods on the basis of an output from at least one among an imaging device 17 built in this electronic apparatus, an acceleration sensor 15 built in this electronic apparatus and a position detecting device 14 built in this electronic apparatus. Further, a user authenticating unit 32 performs user authentication in accordance with the user authentication method selected by the authentication method selecting unit 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Yuzuru Uchida
  • Patent number: 10915769
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose driving management methods and systems, vehicle-mounted intelligent systems, electronic devices, and medium. The method includes: controlling a camera assembly provided on a vehicle to collect a video stream of a vehicle driver; obtaining a feature matching result of a face part of at least one image in the video stream and at least one pre-stored face image in a data set, where the data set stores a pre-stored face image of at least one registered driver; and if the feature matching result represents that the feature matching is successful, controlling the vehicle to execute an operation instruction received by the vehicle. The embodiments of the present disclosure reduce the dependence of the driver identification on a network, can realize feature matching without the network, and further improve the safety guarantee of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SENSETIME INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: De Meng, Ke Li, Chendi Yu, Renbo Qin
  • Patent number: 10885294
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a user interface, and one or more processors operable with the user interface. The user interface includes a fingerprint sensor proximately located with at least one proximity sensor component. The proximity sensor component can include an infrared signal receiver to receive an infrared emission from an object external to the housing. The proximity detector component is to actuate the fingerprint sensor when the infrared signal receiver receives the infrared emission from the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rachid M Alameh, Paul Steuer
  • Patent number: 10878261
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose driving management methods and systems, vehicle-mounted intelligent systems, electronic devices, and medium. The method includes: controlling a camera assembly provided on a vehicle to collect a video stream of a vehicle driver; obtaining a feature matching result of a face part of at least one image in the video stream and at least one pre-stored face image in a data set, where the data set stores a pre-stored face image of at least one registered driver; and if the feature matching result represents that the feature matching is successful, controlling the vehicle to execute an operation instruction received by the vehicle. The embodiments of the present disclosure reduce the dependence of the driver identification on a network, can realize feature matching without the network, and further improve the safety guarantee of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SENSETIME INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: De Meng, Ke Li, Chendi Yu, Renbo Qin
  • Patent number: 10872730
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer that is formed to be opposite to the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer includes conductors that are electrically separated, and one or more photo-conductive members connected between the conductors. The electronic device further includes an insulating layer that is interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, one or more light sources positioned to face the one or more photo-conductive members, and a control circuit. The control circuit outputs a specified light through the light source such that an electric conductivity of the photo-conductive member increases in response to a light, from among the photo-conductive members and some conductors are electrically connected with the photo-conductive member, and a capacitance value between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kihyug Seong, Dongil Yang, Jongin Lee, Hyoseok Na
  • Patent number: 10872317
    Abstract: For managing a biometric punch-in system, a method captures training biometrics for a plurality of users. The method further trains a biometric algorithm with the training biometrics. The method presents a threshold user interface to an administrator that compares one or more identification biometrics that do not satisfy a match threshold for the plurality of users and a match threshold control for adjusting the match threshold. The method further adjusts the match threshold in response to the match threshold control. The method determines a match level for the identification biometric based on the biometric algorithm. In response to the match level not satisfying the match threshold, the method presents an attendance user interface including punch-in/punch-out times, corresponding identification biometrics and match levels, and attendance information for the first user, wherein suspect identification biometrics are highlighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: About Time Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Russell I. Hanson, Ryan Remkes, Michael T. Merrill, Kory Tanner
  • Patent number: 10871859
    Abstract: A touch control device, electronic apparatus and control method thereof. The touch control device includes a processor and a plurality of transceivers disposed in an array. The transceivers is used to transmit ultrasonic waves and receive ultrasonic waves that are reflected back, and directions in which the plurality of transceivers transmits the ultrasonic waves are parallel to one another. The processor is connected to each transceiver and used to determine a touch control signal in accordance with at least one of a time difference between time at which each transceiver transmits the ultrasonic waves and time at which each transceiver receives the ultrasonic waves and an intensity difference between the transmitted and received ultrasonic waves, and to control the touch control device in accordance with the touch control signal, in which the touch control signal comprises at least one of an operation instruction and user fingerprint information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangkun Jing, Hongguang Guo, Jia Ding
  • Patent number: 10864866
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a detector configured to detect a fingerprint of a user and a temperature of the finger. A storage medium is configured to store a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint and temperature set value data corresponding to the detected temperature. A controller is configured to control an electronic device in the vehicle based on a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the user set value exists, and to control an air conditioner based on a temperature set value corresponding to the detected temperature when there are more than a predetermined number of temperature set value data stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Yeonhee Choi
  • Patent number: 10853614
    Abstract: A button assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The button assembly integrates a biometric sensor below a top surface of the button. The button assembly is positioned relative to a secondary display of an electronic device. The secondary display can be positioned relative to a keyboard, such as above a top row of keys of the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Y. Cao, Michael K. McCord, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
  • Patent number: 10846386
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, using one or more pulse sensors, user pulse data from two or more points; and identifying, using a processor, a user based on the user pulse data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Stolbikov, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury
  • Patent number: 10839056
    Abstract: A system and method for unlocking devices associated with a carrying bag are provided. In example embodiments, biometric information of a user from a biometric reader is received by an authentication system. The biometric reader is located on a pull mechanism of a sliding fastening device for a carrying bag. The user is authenticated by verifying the validity of the biometric information. The authenticated user is associated with the carrying bag. Based on a set of pre-defined permissions, one or more devices associated with the carrying bag are unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Saumil Ashvin Gandhi