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Patent No.:

US 11842554 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021

High security key scanning system

Applicant:

Hy-ko Products Company Llc, Portage, MI (US);

Inventors:

William R. Mutch, North Ridgeville, OH (US);

Thomas F. Fiore, Willowick, OH (US);

Randall A. Porras, Avon, OH (US);

Chester O. D. Thompson, Painesville, OH (US);

Assignee:

HY-KO PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC, Portagae, MI (US);

Attorney:

McDonald Hopkins LLC

Primary Examiner:

Utpal D Shah

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/66 (2022.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); B23C 3/35 (2006.01); B23P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/66 (2022.01); B23C 3/35 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/145 (2022.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); B23C 2235/41 (2013.01); B23P 15/005 (2013.01); G06V 10/16 (2022.01);
Abstract

A high security key scanning system and method is provided. The scanning system may comprise a sensing device configured to determine information and characteristics of a master high security key, and a digital logic to analyze the information and characteristics of the master key. The sensing device may be configured to capture information about the geometry of features cut into the surface of the master key. The logic may analyze the information related to that geometry and compare it to known characteristics of that style of high security key in order to determine the data needed to replicate the features on a new high security key blank. The system may be configured to capture the surface geometry using a camera or other imaging device. The system may utilize object coating techniques, illumination techniques, filtering techniques, image processing techniques, and feature extraction techniques to capture the desired features.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Mutch, William. (2023). High security key scanning system (U.S. Patent No. 11842554). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11842554

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