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Matcher

  • US 4,618,988 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1984
  • Issued: 10/21/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In the method of matching a set of subject identification points against a set of reference identification points involving a matcher mechanism that employs a difference table, the improvement comprising the steps of:

  • optically scanning the surface of an object that is deemed to be a subject input to provide said set of subject identification points substantially unique to the object being scanned,for each line entry on the difference table as a lead entry, providing a group of difference table line entries, limiting each group so provided to no more than one line entry for each of said reference identification points,for each of said groups, providing a quality value determined by a weighted relationship between the relative displacements of the various line entries in the group,selecting the most significant group quality value, andverifying a match between the set of subject points and the set of reference points as a function of the relative magnitude of the most significant quality value as compared to the number of identification points in a first one of said sets.

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