Accelerated comparison using scores from coarse and fine matching processes

US8995729B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8995729-B2
Application numberUS-201113324557-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 13, 2011
Priority dateAug 30, 2011
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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Systems, methods and computer-readable media that facilitate matching biometric data to entries in a gallery of biometric data. According to embodiments, a method is provided to match a query comprising biometric data to zero or more of the entries in the gallery. According to this method, a match query is received. The entries in the gallery of biometric data can then be filtered using features of the biometric data to produce a subset of entries that excludes unlikely matches to the query biometric data. A set of candidate entries can be created from the subset of entries where the candidate entries are high probability matches to the query biometric data above a certain pre-determined threshold.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of matching biometric data to entries in a gallery of biometric data, comprising: receiving a match query comprising query biometric data; generating a target code from the query biometric data contained in the match query; filtering the entries in the gallery of biometric data by comparing the entries to the target code in order to produce a subset of entries that excludes unlikely matches to the query biometric data; filtering the entries in…

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What does patent US8995729B2 cover?
Systems, methods and computer-readable media that facilitate matching biometric data to entries in a gallery of biometric data. According to embodiments, a method is provided to match a query comprising biometric data to zero or more of the entries in the gallery. According to this method, a match query is received. The entries in the gallery of biometric data can then be filtered using feature…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Marques Joseph P, Hoyt Jeffrey, Bai Scott, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06K9/6857. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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