Imaging systems and methods for obtaining and using biometric information

Patent · Tue Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1014720

McMakin, Douglas L. ^[1]; Kennedy, Mike O. ^[1]

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1. Richland, WA

Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of imaging systems and methods of using such systems. In one exemplary embodiment, one or more direct images of the body of a clothed subject are received, and a motion signature is determined from the one or more images. In this embodiment, the one or more images show movement of the body of the subject over time, and the motion signature is associated with the movement of the subject's body. In certain implementations, the subject can be identified based at least in part on the motion signature. Imaging systems for performing any of the disclosed methods are also disclosed herein. Furthermore, the disclosed imaging, rendering, and analysis methods can be implemented, at least in part, as one or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform the respective methods.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RLO1830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
• Patent Number(s): 7,844,081
• Application Number: 11/435,003
• OSTI ID: 1014720
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2006 May 15
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English