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Method and device for locating a human iris in an eye image

US8325996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 2008
Grant dateDec 4, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/193
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for locating the iris in an image of an eye, comprising steps of locating the pupil in the image, of detecting positions of intensity steps of pixels located on a line passing through the pupil and transition zones between the iris and the cornea, on either side of the pupil, and of determining the center and the radius of a circle passing through the detected positions of the transitions.

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