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Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Aware, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Taras P. Riopka, Concord, MA (US);

Pranab Mohanty, Woburn, MA (US);

Limin Ma, Lowell, MA (US);

Assignee:

AWARE, INC., Bedford, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00073 (2013.01); G06K 9/00026 (2013.01); G06K 9/6255 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods acquire and/or generate multiple different images of the same biometric identity, identify specific instances of biometric features in each of the different images, and merge the identified specific instances of biometric features into a data record that provides a digital representation of the biometric identity. Examples of biometric identities include fingerprints, handprints, palm prints, and thumbprints. In one embodiment, a counter is associated with each specific instance of a biometric feature found in the multiple images. Specific instances of biometric features found most frequently have high counts and are indicative of true identifications; those with low counts are indicative of false identifications. A threshold distinguishes between true and false identifications. Those specific instances with counts below the threshold are excluded when the digital representation of the biometric identity is generated. Thus, the methodology eliminates false identifications of specific instances of biometric features while accentuating true identifications.


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