Sensing Geometrical Properties Patents (Class 382/123)
  • Patent number: 10310641
    Abstract: A position pointer is provided for use with a position detection sensor, capable of achieving power saving. The position pointer includes: a first electrode configured to receive an AC signal from a position detection sensor; a transmission signal production circuit configured to produce a position signal, based on which the position detection sensor detects a position of the position pointer; a second electrode different from the first electrode and configured to transmit the position signal to the position detection sensor; a signal detection circuit configured to detect whether or not the AC signal from the position detection sensor is received through the first electrode; and a transmission controlling circuit configured to control transmission of the position signal through the second electrode to the position detection sensor in response to an output from the signal detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Oda, Masaki Yagi, Yoshihisa Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10282627
    Abstract: A method for processing handwriting data is provided. The method includes filtering the handwriting data to remove one or more ineffective data points, acquiring a number of sampling points included in the handwriting data, when the number of the sampling points exceeds a first threshold, screening the handwriting data such that the number of the sampling points included in the screened handwriting data is not greater than the first threshold, acquiring attribute information of the handwriting data and processing the attribute information based on a preset length, and transmitting the screened handwriting data through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventor: Yuewei Zeng
  • Patent number: 10133369
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a processor of a stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on respective first signal strengths at a plurality of receivers. The tilt direction comprises a direction of the stylus along an axis of a touch-sensing device. The method further includes generating, by the processor of the stylus, a response signal comprising information indicative of the tilt direction of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Patent number: 10036734
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus related to an ultrasonic sensor for detecting ultrasonic energy. In some implementations, the ultrasonic sensor includes a piezoelectric receiver layer bonded with an adhesive to an array of pixel circuits disposed on a substrate, each pixel circuit in the array including at least one thin film transistor (TFT) element and having a pixel input electrode electrically coupled to the pixel circuit. Methods of forming ultrasonic sensors include bonding piezoelectric receiver layers to TFT arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SNAPTRACK, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Eugene Fennell, Nicholas Ian Buchan, David William Burns, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev, Stephen Michael Gojevic, Jack Conway Kitchens, II, John Keith Schneider, Nathaniel Robert Bennett, Kristopher Andrew Lavery
  • Patent number: 9959443
    Abstract: A transaction card construction and computer-implemented methods for a transaction card are described. The transaction card has vector formatted visible information lasered onto its surface. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for electronically verifying information on a transaction card. The systems and methods may receive a request to provide a verification status for the transaction card and first visible information comprising a signature of a customer written on a point-of-sale terminal. The systems and methods may also receive second visible information comprising a vector representation of a user signature on a transaction card. In addition, the systems and methods may determine the verification status based on a comparison of the first visible information to the second visible information and send the verification status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Om J. Suthar, Jiawei Zhao
  • Patent number: 9734386
    Abstract: A method, system and device are provided for authenticating a signature made by a signer. When the signer is making the signature a biometric quantity associated with the signer may be sampled. The sampling generates a sequence of biometric samples of the biometric quantity. Continuity of generated sequence of biometric samples of the biometric quantity is validated. Each of the biometric samples of the biometric quantity in the generated sequence is validated. The signature of the signer may be authenticated when the generated sequence of biometric samples is validated, and a continuity of the biometric samples is validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Alton Sprigg, Jason Borthwick Kenagy
  • Patent number: 9672418
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sign language recognition are described to include circuitry to detect and track at least one hand and at least one finger of the at least one hand from at least two different locations in a room, generate a 3-dimensional (3D) interaction space based on the at least two different locations, acquire 3D data related to the at least one detected and tracked hand and the at least one detected and tracked finger, extract 3D features associated with the at least one detected and tracked hand and the at least one detected and tracked finger, analyze a relevance metric related to the extracted 3D features, classify at least one pattern from each of the at least two different locations based on a fusion of data outputs by the circuitry, and generate a recognized sign language letter based on the fusion of the data outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed Mohandes, Mohamed Abdelouaheb Deriche, Salihu Oladimeji Aliyu
  • Patent number: 9569599
    Abstract: The write-access control line for an RTC is combined with a clear line for an RTC signature register, so that changes to the RTC will cause subsequent reads to return an invalidity flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ZIILABS INC., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonathan Bloomfield, Nicholas J. N. Murphy
  • Patent number: 9536366
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating voting. A first computer system may select a voter data pack for a first voter. The first computer system may also store an indication of the voter data pack and encrypt the voter data pack. A second computer system may receive the encrypted voter data pack and consolidate the encrypted voter data pack with checkable data. The second computer system may also store an association between the encrypted voter data pack and the checkable data, and encrypt the consolidated encrypted voter data pack and checkable data to generate a consolidated voter authorization for the first voter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: DEMOCRACYONTHEWEB, LLC
    Inventors: Norton Garfinkle, Richard Garfinkle
  • Patent number: 9323393
    Abstract: Various techniques and apparatuses are disclosed that provide for pixelated display modules that integrate an ultrasonic fingerprint or biometric sensing capability. In some implementations, the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and the display components of the display module may share a common backplane. In some implementations, the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may share a flex cable with other components in the display module. In some implementations, the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may leverage conductive traces on a cover glass used to provide for touch input to the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev, Leonard Eugene Fennell, Nicholas Ian Buchan, David William Burns, Samir K. Gupta, Sanghoon Bae
  • Patent number: 9251411
    Abstract: A method for acquiring a person's signature includes handwriting a signature by projecting movements of light. Signature information with respect to the projected light movements is concurrently acquired. The signature information is compiled to create a signature image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Todeschini
  • Patent number: 9195887
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an apparatus includes an acquirer, a divider, an extractor, a calculator, and a retriever. The acquirer is configured to acquire a plurality of first point sequences. The divider is configured to divide each of the plurality of first point sequences into a plurality of second point sequences. The extractor is configured to extract a feature vector of each of the plurality of second point sequences. The calculator is configured to calculate a distance between the plurality of first point sequences based on an optimal path among the plurality of second point sequences that belong to each of the plurality of first point sequences. The retriever is configured to retrieve data corresponding to the plurality of first point sequences using the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shibata, Yojiro Tonouchi
  • Publication number: 20150131874
    Abstract: Handwriting verification methods and related computer systems, and handwriting-based user authentication methods and related computer systems are disclosed. A handwriting verification method comprises obtaining a handwriting test sample containing a plurality of available parameters, extracting geometric parameters, deriving geometric features comprising an x-position value and a y-position value for each of a plurality of feature points in the test sample, performing feature matching between geometric features of the test sample and a reference sample, determining a handwriting verification result based at least in part on the feature matching, and outputting the handwriting verification result. The geometric features may further comprise values derived from the geometric parameters, such as direction and curvature values. The handwriting verification result can be further based on a count of unlinked feature points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: WACOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nicholas Mettyear, Yoshitaka Nakayama, Jin Kon Ryu
  • Patent number: 9025883
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system and method which reconstructs an N-pixel image of a scene such that Q pixel locations associated with identified regions of interest in a scene have a higher image quality when rendered relative to other pixels in the image. Acquisition and adaptive-quality compression are performed simultaneously by semi-synchronously or asynchronously temporally modulating an ordered set of sampling functions used to spatially modulate a pattern of light. The teachings hereof improve compression efficiency of a compressed sensing framework while improving encoding efficiency with respect to traditional compressed sensing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar A. Bernal, Xuejin Wen, Wencheng Wu, Lalit Keshav Mestha
  • Patent number: 8995726
    Abstract: A biometric authentication system includes: an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a living body; a light source with a predetermined wavelength band; an authentication information storage unit for, if light is emitted by the light source, setting a predetermined distance for a first distance to a first image acquired by the image acquisition unit in a depth direction so that quality of the first image is improved, extracting a first feature to be used to perform biometric authentication from the first image whose quality has been improved, and storing authentication information regarding the first feature; a feature extraction unit for, if light is emitted by the light source when performing authentication, setting the predetermined distance for a second distance to a second image acquired by the image acquisition unit in the depth direction so that quality of the second image is improved, and extracting a second feature for biometric authentication from the second image whose quality has been i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Amano
  • Patent number: 8989457
    Abstract: An angiographic examination method of an examination object for determining the morphology, histology and/or state of moving walls of vessels is disclosed. A series of angiography images of a section of interest of a vessel is disclosed. A quantitative analysis of the vascular wall of the section of the vessel is provided. The inherent motion of the vascular wall from two consecutive angiography images in each instance is calculated. The difference of the inherent motion of the vascular wall is visualized and/or the morphology and/or histology of the vascular wall is visualized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellchaft
    Inventor: Michael Wiets
  • Patent number: 8971591
    Abstract: A server determines a plurality of faceprints representing a plurality of users to be recognized at a client device. Each faceprint contains a number of reference images for a given user that are used to recognize facial images of the user detecting in media captured at the client device. The faceprints delivered to the client device are determined for the client device based on the users likely to be detected in images captured at the client device. The reference images with a given faceprint delivered to the client device are selected by the server based on their recognition value in identifying the users likely to be detected in images captured at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Kovtun, Volodymyr Kyyko, Yuriy S. Musatenko, Michael Jason Mitura, Laurent Gil
  • Publication number: 20150010216
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating authentication of an electronic signature includes receiving electronic signature data associated with an electronic signature of a signer, the electronic signature data comprising at least biometric data associated with at least one of the electronic signature and the signer. A signature icon is generated by using at least the received electronic signature data, wherein the signature icon comprises a coded visual representation of the electronic signature data. The signature icon is provided on a document signed by the signer by way of the electronic signature such that the signature icon is exhibited on the document at least when the document is printed or when the document is displayed on a display screen associated with a computing device or machine, wherein the signature icon facilitates authenticating the electronic signature of the signer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Andrew Keneth Anthony Papastefanou
  • Patent number: 8860548
    Abstract: Techniques are addressed for providing young children with an art experience in which opportunities to misuse art supplies, such as crayons, markers and the like are substantially reduced. To such ends, an art supply system is provided in which selectively enabled art supplies are automatically enabled so that they are useable only within a compliant usage zone, such as within a predetermined distance of an acceptable work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Devecka Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Devecka
  • Patent number: 8811681
    Abstract: A biometric authentication apparatus includes an image shooting unit to capture a vessel image of a person to be authenticated and an authentication unit to verify verification vessel position information of the captured vessel image of the person to be authenticated against registered vessel position information of a registered vessel image registered in advance. When the verification vessel position information is not identical with the registered vessel position information, the authentication unit performs authentication using vessel size information of the registered vessel image registered in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8781180
    Abstract: Devices and methods of creating an image of a biological object are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention there is a plane wave ultrasonic pulse generator, an ultrasonic wave manipulation device, an ultrasonic detector and an image generator. In a method according to the invention, a biological object is imaged by emitting an unfocussed ultrasonic energy wave front, reflecting at least a portion of the ultrasonic energy wave front from the object, altering a direction of the ultrasonic energy, detecting that energy, and using the detected energy to create an image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: John K. Schneider, Jack C. Kitchens
  • Patent number: 8636224
    Abstract: There is described a system and method for automatically discriminating between different types of data with an image reader. In brief overview of one embodiment, the automatic discrimination feature of the present image reader allows a human operator to aim a hand held image reader at a target that can contain a dataform and actuate the image reader. An autodiscrimination module in the image reader in one embodiment analyzes image data representative of the target and determines a type of data represented in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ynjiun P. Wang
  • Publication number: 20140003675
    Abstract: A method for verifying signatures includes the following steps. Generate corresponding input signals in response to user's operation for inputting a signature on an electronic device. Then detect coordinates of the handwriting of the user's signature. Extract the feature of the user's signature according to the detected coordinates. Generate a user identifier according to the extracted feature of the user's signature, and transmit the extracted feature of the user's signature and the generated user identifier to a server. Retrieve the feature of signature corresponding to the user identifier recording in the storage unit. And finally, compare the retrieved feature of signature with the received feature of the user's signature transmitted from the electronic device, to verify whether they are the same; and transmit the verified result to the electronic device. An electronic device and a signature verifying system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: XIAO-GUANG LI, KUAN-HONG HSIEH, YUN XIAO, SHANG-HUI PI
  • Patent number: 8605141
    Abstract: There is presented a system and method for providing real-time object recognition to a remote user. The system comprises a portable communication device including a camera, at least one client-server host device remote from and accessible by the portable communication device over a network, and a recognition database accessible by the client-server host device or devices. A recognition application residing on the client-server host device or devices is capable of utilizing the recognition database to provide real-time object recognition of visual imagery captured using the portable communication device to the remote user of the portable communication device. In one embodiment, a sighted assistant shares an augmented reality panorama with a visually impaired user of the portable communication device where the panorama is constructed from sensor data from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC
    Inventors: Orang Dialameh, Douglas Miller, Charles Blanchard, Timothy C. Dorcey, Jeremi M Sudol
  • Patent number: 8542889
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for capturing a signature, and placing a representation of the captured signature in an appropriate field of a document. A camera or other appropriate sensor can capture an image of a signature provided by a user on a piece of paper. The signature can be digitized to create a representation that a device may use in a displayed document. To determine where to place the representation, a horizontal line of a document can be identified by selectively rendering portions of the document adjacent to an input position, and identifying one or more boundaries for a detected horizontal line. The representation can be scaled to fit in a detected field of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Sarnoff
  • Publication number: 20130190600
    Abstract: A method for identifying an optimal image frame is presented. The method includes receiving a selection of an anatomical region of interest in an object of interest. Furthermore, the method includes obtaining a plurality of image frames corresponding to the selected anatomical region of interest. The method also includes determining a real-time indicator corresponding to the plurality of acquired image frames, wherein the real-time indicator is representative of quality of an image frame. In addition, the method includes communicating the real-time indicator to aid in selecting an optimal image frame. Systems and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method for identifying an optimal image frame are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mithun Das Gupta, Kajoli Banerjee Krishnan, Pavan Kumar Veerabhadra Annangi, Xiaoming Liu, Sri Kaushik Pavani, Navneeth Subramanian, Jyotirmoy Banerjee
  • Patent number: 8488839
    Abstract: A computer program and apparatus function to extract objects from a video by identifying regions to be tracked, tracking the regions across several frames, calculating motions of the regions, and identifying new regions to be tracked. Regions of a selected frame of the video that are appropriate for tracking are selected. Tracking of the identified regions is then performed across frames subsequent to the selected frame of the video. Motions of the identified regions are calculated, and new regions for tracking are identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Videosurf, Inc.
    Inventors: Eitan Sharon, Achi Brandt
  • Patent number: 8477368
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print drawing data storage storing first print drawing data from a print data generation apparatus, an administration information unit storing administration information of the first print drawing data, and an image processing unit. The print data generation apparatus includes a pattern data register registering pattern data corresponding to first image information, a pattern data converter, a first image converter converting the pattern data into the first print drawing data, a second image converter converting second image information into second print drawing data, and an image composition unit combining the first and second print drawing data. The image processing unit determines whether administration information of first print drawing data newly received and already stored in the administration information unit are the same. If so, the image processing unit combines the first print drawing data already stored and the second print drawing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Ogashiwa
  • Patent number: 8472679
    Abstract: A biometric information processing apparatus includes: a biometric information acquiring unit which acquires a user's biometric information and generates a biometric input image representing the biometric information; and a processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yukihiro Abiko, Narishige Abe
  • Patent number: 8380130
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to systems and methods that facilitate wireless device communications and configuration. A detection component identifies N devices that are coupled together via a biological medium, N being an integer, wherein the medium includes direct or indirect touching to a device or devices. After biological contact, a configuration component initiates a configuration between a subset of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew C. Glass, Christopher M. Dreher, Ellick H. Sung, Randall E. Aull, Doron J. Holan, Craig S. Ranta
  • Patent number: 8345313
    Abstract: There is described an image forming apparatus, which make it possible to appropriately print each of a valid print object and an invalid print object. The apparatus includes: a printing section to conduct a printing operation based on the print data, so as to create the print product; and a control section to determine whether the digital signature is valid or invalid so as to control the printing operation, based on the determined result. When the plurality of print objects includes both a valid print object for which the digital signature is determined as valid and an invalid print object for which the digital signature is determined as invalid, the control section controls the printing operation, so as to enable the valid print object to be printed, based on the print data, while disable the invalid print object to be printed, based on the print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tanaka, Yoko Fujiwara, Masahiro Ozawa, Jun Kuroki, Hiroshi Nogawa, Fumihito Akiyama, Yasufumi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8330969
    Abstract: A print data generation apparatus includes a pattern data registration unit, a pattern data conversion unit and an image conversion unit. The pattern data registration unit registers pattern data corresponding to a print image readable by an electronic pen printed on a recording medium. The pattern data conversion unit converts the print image into the pattern data registered in the pattern data registration unit. The image conversion unit converts the pattern data converted by the pattern data conversion unit into drawing data of the print image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 8325989
    Abstract: Biographic data associated with a user is received. Biometric data associated with the user is also received. External data associated with the biographic data and the biometric data is received and a determination is made as to a level of access to grant the user based on the external data. One or more settings associated with a smartcard are configured based on the level of access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Mellen, Paul Kolebuck, Gayle Nix
  • Patent number: 8325412
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes an excitation-light source, a first light guiding member and a second light guiding member which guide excitation light emitted from the excitation-light source, a wavelength converting member which is installed near an emitting end of excitation light from the excitation-light source of the first light guiding member and the second light guiding member, and which receives excitation light which has been guided by one of the first light guiding member and the second light guiding member, and emits a wavelength-converted light of a wavelength different from a wavelength of the excitation light, a first light receiving element which is installed near the wavelength converting member, and which directly or indirectly receives the wavelength-converted light of which, the wavelength is converted by the wavelength converting member, and an optical path switching section which guides the excitation light to one of the first light guiding member and the second light guiding member ac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Tojo, Takeshi Ito
  • Patent number: 8317609
    Abstract: A method and system for verifying the continued presence of the same player at a gaming machine is provided. The system comprises a device for continuously obtaining verification data samples, wherein each verification data sample relates to one or more physical features of a first player. A subsequently obtained verification data sample is analyzed to determine whether it is substantially similar to a previously obtained verification data sample. If the subsequent verification data sample is substantially similar to the previously obtained verification data sample, then the system determines that the first player continues to be the same player present at the gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Morrow
  • Patent number: 8196842
    Abstract: There is described a system and method for automatically discriminating between different types of data with an image reader. In brief overview of one embodiment, the automatic discrimination feature of the present image reader allows a human operator to aim a hand-held image reader at a target that can contain a dataform and actuate the image reader. An autodiscrimination module in the image reader in one embodiment analyzes image data representative of the target and determines a type of data represented in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ynjiun P. Wang
  • Patent number: 8155393
    Abstract: Biographic data associated with a user is received. Biometric data associated with the user is also received. External data associated with the biographic data and the biometric data is received and a determination is made as to a level of access to grant the user based on the external data. One or more settings associated with a smartcard are configured based on the level of access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Mellen, Paul Kolebuck, Gayle Nix
  • Patent number: 8139827
    Abstract: Devices and methods of creating an image of a biological object are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention there is a plane wave ultrasonic pulse generator, an ultrasonic wave manipulation device, an ultrasonic detector and an image generator. In a method according to the invention, a biological object is imaged by emitting an unfocussed ultrasonic energy wave front, reflecting at least a portion of the ultrasonic energy wave front from the object, altering a direction of the ultrasonic energy, detecting that energy, and using the detected energy to create an image of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Ultra-Scan Corporation
    Inventors: John K. Schneider, Fedir Venikov, Igor Shmelkin, Jack C. Kitchens
  • Patent number: 8051288
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates validation of a data mapping of data from a data source to a data target. There is included a signature generation component that generates a source signature of all or a portion of the data source and a target signature of all or a corresponding portion of the data target, and a sampling component that obtains a sample of the source data a corresponding sample of the target data. The data signatures and data samples are compared respectively and processed with a processing component to determine the status of the validation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Neeraj Garg, Cale D. Carter, Kulothungan Rajasekaran, Deuane J. Martin, Pankaj K. Singh
  • Patent number: 8047914
    Abstract: A method and system for verifying the continued presence of the same player at a gaming machine is provided. The system comprises a device for continuously obtaining verification data samples, wherein each verification data sample relates to one or more physical features of a first player. A subsequently obtained verification data sample is analyzed to determine whether it is substantially similar to a previously obtained verification data sample. If the subsequent verification data sample is substantially similar to the previously obtained verification data sample, then the system determines that the first player continues to be the same player present at the gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Morrow
  • Patent number: 8031915
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a deformation processing unit that deforms at least a portion of an area on a target image, which is generated by photographing, based on a distance between a photographic device and a subject of the target image. A deformation amount adjustment unit uses a distance parameter that correlates with the distance between the photographic device and the subject of the target image when photographing to thereby adjust a degree of deformation to increase as a distance indicated by the distance parameter becomes shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Ikuo Hayaishi
  • Patent number: 8019178
    Abstract: In a method for determining a resolution metric, sampled touch input data is accessed for at least one of a plurality of capacitive sensor channels in capacitive touch sensors. A resolution metric is determined based on a ratio of a required resolution and a channel resolution of at least one of the plurality of capacitive sensor channels, where for a plurality of channels the resolution metric is set to a minimum of determined individual resolution metrics for each of the plurality of channels. The resolution metric is provided as an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert J. Bolender
  • Patent number: 8005273
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for analyzing and assessing documents using a writing profile for documents, such as a payment instrument. A method may include providing a document to a computer system. In an embodiment, the method may further include comparing writing in one or more non-signature information fields of the document to at least one forger writing profile representation. In some embodiments, at least one forger writing profile representation may be obtained from at least one non-signature information field of at least one document that includes forged information. In an embodiment, the document may be identified as a document including forged information from an approximate match of at least one forger writing profile representation with writing in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Computer Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Gilles Houle, Ronny Bakker, Johan Willem Piere Berkhuysen, Malayappan Shridhar, James G. Mason, Katerina Blinova, Babur Nugmanov
  • Patent number: 8005274
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining midpoint coordinates of an image of a point-symmetrical structure stored in a volume data record, comprising: extracting a partial volume data record from the volume data record which contains the image of the point-symmetrical structure, selecting a set of points whose coordinates lie in the partial volume data record, determining a measure for each point of the set wherein the measure for each of the points of the set characterizes in each case the symmetry of the partial volume data record in relation to this point, selecting a point as a midpoint of the point-symmetrical structure that point of the set in relation to which the partial volume data record has the greatest symmetry on the basis of the previously determined measures, and storing the coordinates of the midpoint in a computer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Gühring, Arne Littmann
  • Patent number: 7983949
    Abstract: A system and method for selecting targeted information (e.g., advertisements) for serving with map views. The information is associated with target geographical areas (e.g., cities, metropolises, regions, countries) identified by the information providers. A given message or other set of information may be served with map views that significantly intersect the message's target area. A target area significantly intersects a map view if it overlaps the map view by at least a threshold percentage of the map view (e.g., 25%). Messages' target areas may first be compared with a map view to identify those that significantly intersect. Then, the messages whose target areas significantly intersect the map view may be filtered or screened based on any search terms or key words received with a request for the map view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joshy Joseph, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Mark Rose
  • Patent number: 7925062
    Abstract: Signature data of a handwritten signature input to a signature authentication device is analyzed to determine whether to register the signature based on the characteristics of the stroke shape of the signature. If the signature registration is denied, a response message for making the signature registerable is displayed according to the way in which the signature is written. At least one of cumulative angle changes in the locus of the signature, fluctuation in the speed at which the signature was written, fluctuation in the size of the characters included in the signature, and fluctuation in the center positions of the characters included in the signature is used as the determination criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsunekazu Arai
  • Patent number: 7916907
    Abstract: Biometric data are obtained through a biometric input device (120) and subsequently pixelated via a pixelator (130). The pixelator (130) creates an image of the biometric data. Via a processing unit (110), a relationship between pixels of a transformed version of the image is asserted. Thus, the biometric data is rotated to a consistent inclination based on the relationship between pixels regardless of an orientation in which the biometric data were captured in the original image. Once the image has been transformed, features of the biometric data may be extracted and either stored in a data storage unit (140) or compared with previously stored feature values for validation of the biometric data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventors: Rodney Beatson, Mark A. Kelty
  • Patent number: 7865018
    Abstract: Handwriting recognition techniques employing a personalized handwriting recognition engine. The recognition techniques use examples of an individual's previous writing style to help recognize new pen input from that individual. The techniques also employ a shape trainer to select samples of an individual's handwriting that accurately represent the individual's writing style, for use as prototypes to recognize subsequent handwriting from the individual. The techniques also alternately or additionally employ an intelligent combiner to combine the recognition results from the personalized recognition engine and the conventional recognition engine (or engines). The combiner may use a comparative neural network to combine the recognition results from multiple recognition engines. The combiner alternately may use a rule-based system based on prior knowledge of different recognition engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad A. Abdulkader, Ioannis A. Drakopoulos, Qi Zhang
  • Patent number: 7865038
    Abstract: One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method for determining a resolution metric that can include accessing sampled data for at least one of a plurality of sensor channels. Additionally, the method can include determining a required resolution associated with at least one of the plurality of sensor channels. A channel resolution can be determined that is associated with at least one of the plurality of sensor channels. Furthermore, the resolution metric can be determined based on the channel resolution and the required resolution, wherein the resolution metric can be provided to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert J. Bolender
  • Patent number: 7864991
    Abstract: A system and method for assisting a visually impaired individual are disclosed. In one embodiment, when the visually impaired individual encounters a situation with an obstacle, the visually impaired individual employs a first wireless device to transfer audiovisual information about the situation to an assistant with a second wireless device. The assistant analyzes the rendered audiovisual information and provides audio information to the visually impaired individual which presents a solution to the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: ESPRE Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Espenlaub, Robert E. Nimon