Minutia detection from measurement of a human skull and identifying and profiling individuals from the human skull detection

• US 20060104489A1
• Filed: 08/23/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Secure Logistix
• Original Assignee: Secure Logistix
• Inventors: Bailey, Kenneth S., Barrera, Fernando A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,616,797 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands

Abstract

Individual information about a person'"'"'s body part is obtained. The body part is defined to have reference points. A geometrical part is extended between those reference points, and characteristics of the geometrical part as so extended are determined. These characteristics are used as minutae to compare against other body parts.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining electronic information representing a shape of an individual'"'"'s unique body part;

identifying reference points on said shape; and

forming geometrical objects which extend through said reference points and using characteristics of said geometrical objects to represent individual information about the individual formed by intersections between said geometrical objects and said shape.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein said geometrical objects comprise lines between specified reference points.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein said geometrical objects comprise lines between specified reference points, and angles formed between those lines.

4. A method as in claim 2, wherein said body part is a skull, and said specified reference points include a tip of the nose and an occipital part.

5. A method as in claim 1, wherein said obtaining comprises using electromagnetic radiation to form a profile of the individual.

6. A method as in claim 1, further comprising comparing said individual information against other specific individual information to determine if the shape represents the same information as the specific other individual information.

7. A method as in claim 5, wherein said obtaining comprises directing said electromagnetic radiation towards the individual at an angle which is oblique relative to a reference line of the body part.

8. A method, comprising:

obtaining an electronic representation of information, including at least a shape of an individual'"'"'s skull; and

forming a template minutia from said information, which represents specified information about the individual'"'"'s skull, based on geometrical constructs extending through reference points within said electronic representation.

9. A method as in claim 8, wherein said geometrical constructs comprise lines between specified reference points.

10. A method as in claim 9, wherein said geometrical objects further comprise angles formed between those lines.

11. A method as in claim 9, wherein said specified reference points include a tip of the nose and an occipital part.

12. A method as in claim 8, wherein said obtaining comprises using electromagnetic radiation to form a profile of the individual.

13. A method as in claim 8, further comprising comparing said template minuate against other template minuate, to determine a match.

14. A system comprising:

a memory storing electronic information representing a shape of an individual'"'"'s unique body part; and

a processor, identifying reference points on said shape and forming geometrical objects which extend through said reference points and using characteristics of said geometrical objects to represent individual information about the individual formed by intersections between said geometrical objects and said shape.

15. A system as in claim 14, wherein said geometrical objects comprise lines between specified reference points.

16. A system as in claim 15, wherein said geometrical objects comprise lines between specified reference points, and angles formed between those lines.

17. A system as in claim 15, wherein said body part is a skull, and said specified reference points include a tip of the nose and an occipital part.

18. A system as in claim 14, further comprising a scanner assembly which projects electromagnetic radiation to an individual to form said electronic information.

19. A system as in claim 18, wherein said scanner assembly directs said electromagnetic radiation towards the individual at an angle which is oblique relative to a reference line of the body part.

20. A system, comprising:

A memory storing at least one an electronic representation of information, including at least a shape of an individual'"'"'s skull; and

A processing part forming a template minutia from said information, which represents specified information about the individual'"'"'s skull, based on geometrical constructs extending through reference points within said electronic representation.

21. A system as in claim 20, wherein said geometrical constructs comprise lines between specified reference points.

22. A system as in claim 21, wherein said geometrical objects further comprise angles formed between those lines.

23. A system as in claim 20, wherein said specified reference points include a tip of the nose and an occipital part.

24. A system as in claim 20, further comprising an identification system, comparing said template minuate against other template minuate, to determine a match.

25. A system as in claim 20, further comprising an identification card, storing said template minutae.