Authorization of a financial transaction
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1. A biometric access control device comprising:
- a camera having a field of view;
an illuminator device comprising one or more illuminators that emit light into the field of view;
a client device enabled to authenticate a person to access a financial software and execute a financial transaction;
an input device;
memory storing program instructions; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the illuminator device, the camera, the client device, the input device, and the memory, and further communicatively coupled to a database storing a reference iris image for a user validated to access the financial software, the processor executing the program instructions to;
receive an input signal from the input device;
determine that the input signal comprises a permission to scan an iris of a person in proximity to the client device;
align the camera with the iris of the person;
send a first control signal to the illuminator device, the first control signal activating a synchronous emission of light by the one or more illuminators;
send a second control signal to the camera, the second control signal activating a capture of a plurality of digital images by the camera, the capture being synchronous with the synchronous emission of light;
receive the plurality of digital images from the camera;
access the database and retrieve the reference iris image;
determine that a first digital image of the plurality of digital images matches the reference iris image, wherein the first digital image is a low resolution image selected from a plurality of resolutions, and wherein determining the match comprises selecting a low frequency component corresponding to said low resolution image, said low resolution image and said low frequency component being the lowest sufficient to identify coarse iris features;
authenticate the person as authorized to execute the financial transaction; and
execute the financial transaction.
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Abstract
An iris biometric recognition module includes technology for capturing images of an iris of an eye of a person, whether the person is moving or stationary. The iris biometric recognition technology can perform an iris matching procedure for, e.g., authentication or identity purposes, by comparing a digital iris image to a reference iris image and, if at least a portion of the digital and reference iris images match, authenticating a person as authorized to conduct a financial transaction.
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1. A biometric access control device comprising:
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a camera having a field of view; an illuminator device comprising one or more illuminators that emit light into the field of view; a client device enabled to authenticate a person to access a financial software and execute a financial transaction; an input device; memory storing program instructions; and a processor communicatively coupled to the illuminator device, the camera, the client device, the input device, and the memory, and further communicatively coupled to a database storing a reference iris image for a user validated to access the financial software, the processor executing the program instructions to; receive an input signal from the input device; determine that the input signal comprises a permission to scan an iris of a person in proximity to the client device; align the camera with the iris of the person; send a first control signal to the illuminator device, the first control signal activating a synchronous emission of light by the one or more illuminators; send a second control signal to the camera, the second control signal activating a capture of a plurality of digital images by the camera, the capture being synchronous with the synchronous emission of light; receive the plurality of digital images from the camera; access the database and retrieve the reference iris image; determine that a first digital image of the plurality of digital images matches the reference iris image, wherein the first digital image is a low resolution image selected from a plurality of resolutions, and wherein determining the match comprises selecting a low frequency component corresponding to said low resolution image, said low resolution image and said low frequency component being the lowest sufficient to identify coarse iris features; authenticate the person as authorized to execute the financial transaction; and execute the financial transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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7. An iris biometric financial transaction authorization system comprising:
an iris biometric recognition module that authenticates a person for authorization of a financial transaction, the iris biometric recognition module comprising; an iris imager device comprising a lens; an illuminator device; memory storing program instructions; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the iris imager device, the illuminator device, and the memory, the one or more processors executing the program instructions to; align the lens of the iris imager device with an iris of the person; operate the illuminator device to illuminate the iris; operate the iris imager device to produce a digital image of the iris; compare the digital image to a reference iris image; and responsive to a determination that the digital image matches the reference iris image, authorize the financial transaction, wherein the digital image is a low resolution image selected from a plurality of resolutions, and wherein said determining the match comprises selecting a low frequency component corresponding to said low resolution image, said low resolution image and said low frequency component being the lowest sufficient to identify coarse iris features. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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13. A method comprising authenticating a person for authorization of a financial transaction via an iris biometric recognition module comprising program instructions stored in memory and causing one or more processors to execute the steps of:
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aligning a lens of an iris imager device with the iris of the person; operating an illuminator device to illuminate the iris; operating the iris imager device to produce a digital image of the iris; comparing the digital image to a reference iris image; and responsive to a determination that the digital image matches the reference iris image, authorizing the financial transaction, wherein the digital image is a low resolution image selected from a plurality of resolutions, and wherein determining the match comprises selecting a low frequency component corresponding to said low resolution image, said low resolution image and said low frequency component being the lowest sufficient to identify coarse iris features. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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