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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2007
Applicants:

Umut Uludag, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Robert K. Rowe, Corrales, NM (US);

Kristin A. Nixon, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Matthew S. Ennis, Cedar Crest, NM (US);

Inventors:

Umut Uludag, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Robert K. Rowe, Corrales, NM (US);

Kristin A. Nixon, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Matthew S. Ennis, Cedar Crest, NM (US);

Assignee:

Lumidign, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A skin site of an individual is illuminated and light scattered from the skin site under multispectral conditions is received. The light includes light scattered from tissue beneath a surface of the skin site. Multiple biometric modalities are derived from the received light. The biometric modalities are fused into a combined biometric modality that is analyzed to perform a biometric function.


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