Owner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Inventors Dunne, Robert Aidan; Kiiveri, Harri Tapio; Berman, Mark; Lagerstrom, Ryan

Agent Griffith Hack

Pub. Number AU-B-2003215441

PCT Number PCT/AU03/00409

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/088130

Priority PS 1552 05.04.02 AU

Filing date 4 April 2003

Wipo publication date 27 October 2003

Acceptance publication date 5 April 2007

G01V 9/00 (2006.01) Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups

G01J 3/28 (2006.01) Spectrometry - Investigating the spectrum

G01N 21/27 (2006.01) Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet light

G01N 21/35 (2006.01) Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet light

G01N 21/64 (2006.01) Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet light - Fluorescence

G06F 19/00 (2006.01) Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications

G06K 9/00 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints

G06K 9/46 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Extraction of features or characteristics of the image