Indirect reflection suppression in depth imaging

D Cohen, G Yahav, A Pellman, A Nevet… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A depth-sensing method for a time-of-flight depth camera includes
irradiating a subject with pulsed light of spatially alternating bright and dark features, and …

Handheld iris imager

MJ Northcott, JE Graves, H Dando - US Patent App. 13/453,151, 2013 - Google Patents
A portable, hand held iris imaging system captures iris images that may be used in biometric
identification. The system is constructed using two separate but coupled subsystems. A first …

Time-of-flight imager

P Centen, KJ Damstra, J Rotte… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
An improved solution for generating depth maps using time-of-flight measurements is
described, more specifically a time-of-flight imager and a time-of-flight imaging method with …

Deblurring of noisy iris images in iris recognition

S Jamaludin, N Zainal, WMDW Zaki - Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and …, 2021 - beei.org
Iris recognition used the iris features to verify and identify the identity of human. The iris has
many advantages such as stability over time, easy to use and high recognition accuracy …

Handheld Iris Imager

MJ Northcott, JE Graves, H Dando - US Patent App. 13/268,906, 2013 - Google Patents
A portable, hand held iris imaging system captures iris images that may be used in biometric
identification. The system includes an illumination source for illuminating a subject's eye and …

Apparatuses and methods for iris based biometric recognition

S Prabhakar - US Patent 9,582,716, 2017 - Google Patents
The invention provides a method for iris based biometric recognition. The method includes
receiving an image from an image sensor and determining whether the received image …

Focus error estimation in images

W Geisler, J Burge - US Patent 8,917,346, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention relates to autofocus optical systems, and more
particularly to estimation of error in images received through an optical system. An autofocus …

Imaging apparatus and imaging method

J Tagawa, Y Sugitani, T Kawamura… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2012 - Google Patents
US20120200673A1 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method - Google Patents
US20120200673A1 - Imaging apparatus and imaging method - Google Patents Imaging …

Depth-aware blur kernel estimation method for iris deblurring

L Ren, X Huang, R Yang - US Patent 8,203,602, 2012 - Google Patents
A method of estimating a blur kernel distribution for visual iris recognition includes
determining a first mathematical relationship between an in-focus position of a camera lens …

Camera and auto-focusing method of the camera

HH Lee, CJ Lee, CP Lo - US Patent 8,837,932, 2014 - Google Patents
A camera includes a depth-sensing lens, an auto-focusing apparatus, and a display screen.
In an auto-focusing method of the camera, a focusing position of the depth-sensing lens is …