Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hardware acceleration of fingerprint data processing
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Application No.: US18209154Application Date: 2023-06-13
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Publication No.: US11995884B1Publication Date: 2024-05-28
- Inventor: Firas Sammoura , James Brooks Miller
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/16
- IPC: G06F17/16 ; G06V10/44 ; G06V10/94 ; G06V40/12 ; G06V40/13

Abstract:
A method includes identifying, within an image that represents a fingerprint, a plurality of keypoints. The method also includes determining a plurality of pixel vectors by transforming, for each respective keypoint, a corresponding two-dimensional (2D) array of pixel values associated with the respective keypoint into a corresponding pixel vector, and obtaining a plurality of filter vectors that represent, for each respective filter of a plurality of filters, a transformation of a corresponding 2D array of filter values of the respective filter into a corresponding filter vector. The method additionally includes convolving the plurality of keypoints with the plurality of filters by multiplying, using a tensor processing hardware, a pixel matrix formed by the plurality of pixel vectors and a filter matrix formed by the plurality of filter vectors, and determining, based on the convolving, a representation of the fingerprint.
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