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US 2007/0183633 A1Published application
Identification, verification, and recognition method and system
OwnerAndre Hoffmanninventor
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The invention relates to the field of identification and verification of living beings with the aid of the form, shape, contour, silhouette, surface structure, color and characteristics especially of sets of teeth, individual teeth, tooth parts, and the relation thereof to the facial and body structures surrounding the same. Systems that are suitable for recording the person-related characteristics are based on detection by means of laser, a camera, sensor, image, color, etc., for example. Disclosed are a series of possibilities and constructions on how a “dental fingerprint” can be detected so as to generate data. The invention does away with problems inherent to previous systems in this field as a result of the great advantage created by the independence of the teeth from facial expressions. The detection of the surface is to indicate whether a being is alive or dead. The inventive method and system can be used wherever the identity of a person has to be proven in order to grant access or control, for example. Potential users include the bank sector, computer security, e-commerce, public authorities, enterprises, the health sector, telecommunication, and private entities.
A method that utilizes the form and/or partial form and/or shape and/or contour and/or volume and/or outline and/or scope and/or proportion and/or measure and/or size and/or one or several features and/or particularities and/or surface structure (e.g., relief, microrelief, roughness, texture, etc.) and/or outer and/or inner geometry and/or relations and/or color and/or structure and/or setup and/or lamination and/or composition and/or arrangement and/or natural and/or artificial reflected light and/or electromagnetic radiation and/or artificial and/or natural parameters and/or characteristics and/or parts and/or sections hereof and/or the like, etc. (identification features) of natural and/or artificial dentition and/or teeth and/or tooth and/or tooth sections as a feature (dental identification feature), e.g., of living or dead bodies (e.g., persons and/or living beings and/or individuals and/or animals, etc.) and/or inanimate bodies (e.g., items, materials, substances, objects, etc.) and/or at least a part and/or section thereof as a feature (identification feature) for identification and/or for verification and/or authentication of living and/or dead persons and/or living beings and/or individuals and/or living or dead bodies (e.g., persons and/or living beings and/or individuals and/or animals, etc.) and/or inanimate bodies (e.g., items, materials, substances, objects, etc.), and acquires this using a suitable and/or capable device and/or instrument and/or system and/or (accessory) means, wherein:
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A system and/or device for eventual acquisition and/or data reconciling, comprising an acquisition device (e.g., at least one receiver and/or sensor and/or detector and/or camera and/or camera system with or without at least one light emitter and/or lighting unit, e.g., at least one (light) receiver, sensor, detector, etc.) and processing and/or comparison device (e.g., processing unit, central or decentralized data storage device for reference data and/or code data, personal data, etc.).
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