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Method and apparatus for analyzing and/or comparing handwritten and/or biometric samples

US7580551B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2003
Grant dateAug 25, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/33
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer based method of biometric analysis which compares a first vector from a first biometric sample with a second vector from a second biometric sample. The vectors have at least one biometric feature. A method which compares two biometric samples. The samples form at least one cluster of at least one vector based on feature similarities between the samples. An apparatus incorporating a means for performing the method taught herein. A computer-readable medium and a propagated computer data signal transmitted via a propagation medium, with instructions which when executed by a processor, carry out the method of the present invention. A method of handwriting analysis which calculates a first metric from a first vector having at least one feature from a sample, calculates a second metric from a second vector having at least one feature from a second sample, and calculates the distance in two-dimensional feature space between metrics.

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