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Personal authentication device and electronic device

US8611614B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2009
Grant dateDec 17, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/19
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image taking unit including a lens array, a light shielding member, and an image taking unit that acquires a compound eye image of a vein pattern of a living body held at a lens array. A shift estimation unit estimates an image shift amount between ommatidium images of the compound eye image. An image restructuring unit restructures a single image from the compound eye image by using the image shift amount. In at least one embodiment, a size correction unit corrects the size of the restructured single image with a magnification ratio determined by the estimated image shift amount and an image shift amount stored in a registration pattern storage unit so as to correspond to a registration pattern. As a result, it is possible to perform personal authentication while compensating influences due to fluctuations in a subject distance.

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