Owner National ICT Australia Limited

Inventors Lovell, Brian; Shan, Ting

Agent FB Rice

Pub. Number AU-A-2008255639

PCT Pub. Number WO2008/144825

Priority 2007902984 01.06.07 AU

Filing date 29 May 2008

Wipo publication date 4 December 2008

G06K 9/52 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - by deriving mathematical or geometrical properties from the whole image

G06K 9/60 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Combination of image acquisition and preprocessing functions

G06K 9/78 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Combination of image acquisition and recognition functions

G06K 9/80 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Combination of image preprocessing and recognition functions

G06T 7/60 (2006.01) Image analysis, e.g. from bit-mapped to non bit-mapped - Analysis of geometric attributes, e.g. area, centre of gravity, perimeter, from an image