Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130221848 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING A THERMAL LOAD ON AN ULTRAVIOLET FLASH LAMP - A system including a power supply configured to supply electrical power to a light source, and a circuit configured to activate the light source at a driving pulse to produce a light from the light source at a desired output spectral range so that a thermal load on the light source is reduced is disclosed. A method and a non-transitory processor readable storage medium, providing an executable computer program product, the executable computer program product comprising a computer software code that, when executed on a processor are also disclosed. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223832 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCATTERED LIGHT IN A REFLECTIVE OPTICAL FILTER - A system including a housing configured to receive a light emitted from an illumination source, a reflective filter system within the housing configured to direct a certain wavelength of the light emitted from the illumination source towards a target, and a baffle system configured to remove scattered light from the light emitted from the illumination source prior to the certain wavelength of light illuminating the target. A method and another system are also disclosed. | 08-29-2013 |
20130250168 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR EXPOSURE CONTROL OF AN IMAGING DEVICE USING FLASH LAMP PULSES - A system including a flash lamp configured to operate at least at a single pulse duration which is less than a shutter speed of an imaging device and a flash lamp pulse count controller configured to operate the flash lamp at a number of successive pulses as set by the count controller. The number of successive pulses is determined by an image exposure level taken by the imaging device with a shutter of the imaging device continuously opened as the flash lamp produces the number of successive pulses. A method is disclosed. A non-transitory processor readable storage medium, providing an executable computer program product, the executable computer program product comprising a computer software code that, when executed by a processor, causes the process to perform certain functions is also disclosed. | 09-26-2013 |
20140071292 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPTICALLY LIFTING A LATENT PRINT OVER A LONG DISTANCE - A system including an imaging device, located a distance from a surface, configured to capture an image of a latent print or a contaminant on the surface at a first aspect ratio and with a first field of view on a surface, and a light emitting device, located a distance from the surface, configured to illuminate at a ultraviolet-c wavelength or a long wave infrared wavelength at the surface at a second aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio and with a shape of a field of view on the surface equal to the first field of view on the surface is disclosed. The captured image illustrates a reflected light image of the latent print or contaminant in a visible spectrum. A method and a non-transitory processor readable storage medium are also disclosed. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071295 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY LIFTING LATENT FINGERPRINTS FROM A NON-POLISHED AND/OR NON-FLUORESCING SURFACE - A system including a light emitting device configured to illuminate a light at a low optical transmission wavelength upon a surface to detect a latent print or a contaminant, and an imaging device configured to operate at the wavelength emitted by the light emitting device to capture an image of the latent print or contaminant, upon the surface, that is visible in a visible spectrum is disclosed. A method and another system are also disclosed. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING A CAMERA ASPECT RATIO AND SIZE TO AN ILLUMINATION ASPECT RATIO AND SIZE - A system including an imaging device configured to capture an image of a target at a first aspect ratio and with a first field of view on the target, a light source configured to illuminate the target with a light at a second aspect ratio and with a second field of view on the target, and at least one optical baffle configured to shape the light at the target. The second aspect ratio equals the first aspect ratio and the second field of view equals the first field of view. Methods are also disclosed. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071536 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING CYLINDRICAL OR SPHERICAL OBJECTS WITH REDUCED GLARE - A system including an imaging device with a line of sight to an object, capable of producing a glare, which is to be captured in an image, a light source configured to illuminate a surface of the object, and an optical barrier positioned along the line of sight between the imaging device and the object, said optical barrier being sized and positioned to reduce reflected light off the surface of the object directed along the line of sight from being captured in the image. Methods are also disclosed. | 03-13-2014 |
20140119619 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR SEARCHING FOR A LATENT FINGERPRINT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CONSTRUCTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE SEARCHED SPACE - A system including an imaging device configured to capture one or more images of a designated area with illumination at a low optical transmission wavelength which makes a latent print or a contaminant within the designated area visible in a visible spectrum in the one or more captured images with clarity to determine an identification from the latent print or contaminant in the one or more images, and a computing system configured to create a three-dimensional image from the one or more images to provide a composite image of the designated area with the latent print or contaminant visible with clarity to determine an identification from latent print or contaminant in the composite image is disclosed. A method and a non-transitory processor readable storage medium are also disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125811 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF OPTICALLY LIFTED LATENT PRINTS AND CONTAMINANTS - A system including an imaging device with a sensor having at least two dimensions operating in a long wave infrared emission spectrum to collect images of a latent print or a contaminant at different illuminating wavelengths, a storage device comprising a database of known material spectra, and a processor configured to determine an absorption spectrum per image based on a detection of high contrast being associated with low optical transmission and a detection of low contrast being associated with a high optical transmission and to compare the determined absorption spectrum with the known material spectra to determine a material identification of the latent print or the contaminant is disclosed. A method and a non-transitory processor readable storage medium are also disclosed. | 05-08-2014 |