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Method for identifying persons and system for carrying out said method

US7583822B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 2004
Grant dateSep 1, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a process and system for identifying a person. According to the inventive method, and with the aid of the system, a sensor is used to capture biometric characteristics of a person to be identified. Identification data is extracted and the identification data of the person to be identified is compared to reference data in a database. In a preferred embodiment, an image is taken of creases in the skin of the person to be identified, reference crease data having been taken beforehand and stored in a database, and a first recognition is effected by means of the skin crease image in a filtering stage. After this first recognition, the reference data of the database may be filtered using other biometric characteristics, with continuing recognition using these other characteristics.

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