Iris code generating device and iris identifying system
US6542624B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/18
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide an iris code generating device and iris identifying system capable of sensing when a third party is pretending to be another person and capable of preventing crimes before they happen.In order to achieve the aforementioned object, the present invention photographs an eye of a subject while causing biogenic reactions to occur in the eye of the subject an determines whether or not the biogenic responses happen as intended from the photographed image of an eye. In this way the present invention determines whether or not the image of an eye is a living thing and determines whether or not the structural components of the system such as photographing means and image processing means etc. are genuine.
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