Owner Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

Inventors Napper, Jonathan Leigh

Agent Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

Pub. Number AU-B-2006225217

Parent 2002333064

Filing date 4 October 2006

Wipo publication date 26 October 2006

Acceptance publication date 28 February 2008

G06K 9/50 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - by analysing segments intersecting the pattern

G06K 9/22 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - using hand-held instruments

G06K 9/62 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Methods or arrangements for recognition using electronic means

G06K 9/68 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - using sequential comparisons of the image signals with a plurality of reference, e.g. addressable memory

G06K 9/70 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - the selection of the next reference depending on the result of the preceding comparison