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Method for segmenting fingers

US9336425B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2013
Grant dateMay 10, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30196
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for segmenting fingers may include: a capture step during which the acquisition device captures an image of the fingers and of the sight; a computing step during which the processing unit computes the unrolled phase image from the image of the thus captured; a derivation step during which, for each pixel of the phase image thus computed, the processing unit computes the derivative of the phase along the isointensity axis of the sight; a regionalisation step during which the processing unit associates each pixel where the derivative of the phase has been computed with a region grouping all the adjoining pixels step by step where the derivative of the phase has the same polarity; and a recognition step during which the location of each finger is recognised from the analysis of the regions thus determined.

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