Image exposure method for mobile terminal based on eyeprint recognition and image exposure system

• US 10,437,972 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2015
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JRD Communication Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: JRD Communication Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tang, Xiangdong
• Primary Examiner(s): Schmidt, Kari L
• Application Number:
  US15/110,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20170150025A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/174 Facial expression recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/193 Preprocessing; Feature extraction
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/197 Matching; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/71 Circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/73 by influencing the exposure time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/76 by influencing the image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

An image exposure method for a mobile terminal may be based on eyeprint recognition and an image exposure system, wherein the image exposure method may include acquiring image data through a camera when it is detected that the mobile terminal turns on the eyeprint recognition; positioning an eyeball at an eyeball position, and acquiring a brightness parameter of the eyeball position; and querying a prestored exposure parameter corresponding to the acquired brightness parameter, adjusting the exposure parameter, and exposing the eyeball at the eyeball position according to the adjusted exposure parameter.

Claims

1. An image exposure method for unlocking a mobile terminal based on eyeprint recognition, comprising:

acquiring and storing a corresponding relation among eyeprint data of a user, a brightness parameter and a prestored exposure parameter, wherein the eyeprint data comprises image data of blood vessels in white parts of eyes of the user;

detecting whether eyeprint recognition unlocking is started or not;

in response to the eyeprint recognition unlocking starting, turning on a camera the mobile terminal to acquire a color face image of the user, and displaying by preview the acquired color face image on a display screen of the mobile terminal, the color face image having a brightness component;

positioning at least a first eyeball displayed on the display screen at a first eyeball position, and acquiring a mean brightness parameter of the at least the first eyeball that includes a white part of the at least the first eyeball;

querying the prestored exposure parameter corresponding to the acquired mean brightness parameter to obtain an exposure parameter,

if the mean brightness parameter is less than about 128 of a 0-255 brightness scale, adjusting the exposure parameter to obtain an adjusted exposure parameter by increasing an exposure time and a signal amplification factor (gain), and

if the mean brightness parameter is greater than about 128 of the 0-255 brightness scale, adjusting the exposure parameter to obtain the adjusted exposure parameter by decreasing the exposure time and the signal amplification factor;

acquiring an eyeprint image of the at least the first eyeball according to the adjusted exposure parameter, the eyeprint image comprising image data of blood vessels in the white part of the at least the first eyeball; and

matching the eyeprint image acquired after an exposure with stored eyeprint data, and unlocking the mobile terminal if the matching succeeds, or prompting a failure in the unlocking of the mobile terminal if the matching fails.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an alternate password is activated in response to a failure of the system to unlock the mobile terminal with a first password.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the eyeprint image is formed from white parts on two sides of an iris of an image of the at least the first eyeball and comprises image data of blood vessels in white parts on two sides of the iris of the at least the first eyeball.

4. An image exposure method for unlocking a mobile terminal based on eyeprint recognition, including:

acquiring facial image data of a user through a camera of the mobile terminal when it is detected that the mobile terminal turns on the eyeprint recognition;

positioning a first eyeball at a first eyeball position, and acquiring a brightness parameter for the white part of the first eyeball;

positioning a second eyeball at a second eyeball position, and acquiring a brightness parameter for the white part of the second eyeball;

querying a prestored exposure parameter corresponding to the acquired brightness parameters to obtain exposure parameters, adjusting the exposure parameters by adjusting an exposure time and a signal amplification factor (gain) such that a target brightness value equals to about 128 of a 0-255 brightness scale;

exposing the first eyeball at the first eyeball position with a first exposure to acquire an eyeprint of the first eyeball, and exposing the second eyeball at the second eyeball position with a second exposure to acquire an eyeprint of the second eyeball, according to the adjusted exposure parameters, wherein the first exposure is different from the second exposure, the eyeprint of the first eyeball comprises image data of blood vessels in the white part of the first eyeball, and the eyeprint of the second eyeball comprises image data of blood vessels in the white part of the second eyeball;

acquiring in advance and storing a corresponding relation among eyeprint data of the user, a brightness parameter and the adjusted prestored exposure parameter, wherein the eyeprint data comprises image data of blood vessels in white parts of eyes of the user; and

verifying an image acquired after exposure with prestored eyeprint data to unlock the mobile terminal.

5. The image exposure method for unlocking a mobile terminal based on eyeprint recognition according to claim 4, including:

querying a prestored exposure parameter corresponding to the acquired brightness parameters;

decreasing or increasing exposure time and signal amplification factor according to a corresponding relation, thereby a target brightness value equals to about 128 of a 0-255 brightness scale to obtain an adjusted exposure parameter; and

exposing the eyeball at the eyeball position according to the adjusted exposure parameter.

6. The image exposure method for unlocking a mobile terminal based on eyeprint recognition according to claim 4, wherein the exposed eyeball is a left eye or/and a right eye.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein an alternate nine-grid pattern is activated to unlock the camera in response to a failure of the system to unlock the mobile terminal with a first nine-grid pattern.

8. The method of claim 4, including determining whether to increase the exposure time and the signal amplification factor based on a difference between a value of the acquired brightness parameter and the target brightness value.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the eyeprint image comprises image data of blood vessels in white parts on two sides of an iris of the first and second eyeballs.

10. An image exposure system for unlocking a mobile terminal based on eyeprint recognition, comprising:

a mobile terminal;

a camera;

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to acquire color image data of a user through the camera when it is detected that the mobile terminal turns on the eyeprint recognition;

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to position a first eyeball at a first eyeball position, and acquire a brightness parameter of the first eyeball, the brightness parameter including image data of a white part of the first eyeball;

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to query a prestored exposure parameter corresponding to the acquired brightness parameter of the eyeball position to obtain an exposure parameter,

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to, by operation of a hardware abstraction layer, determine if the brightness parameter is greater or less than about an 18% luminous reflectance,

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to

in response to the brightness parameter being greater than about an 18% luminous reflectance, adjust the exposure parameter by reducing an exposure time and a signal amplification factor (gain) to obtain an adjusted exposure parameter, and

in response to the brightness parameter being less than about an 18% luminous reflectance, adjust the exposure parameter by increasing the exposure time and the signal amplification factor to obtain an adjusted exposure parameter;

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to acquire an eyeprint of the first eyeball that includes the white part of the first eyeball, wherein the eyeprint of the first eyeball comprises image data of blood vessels from the white part of the first eyeball; and

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to execute eyeprint recognition with the eyeprint of the first eyeball that includes the white part of the first eyeball;

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to acquire in advance and store a corresponding relation among eyeprint data of a the user, a the acquired brightness parameter of the an eyeball position and the prestored exposure parameter, wherein the eyeprint data of the user comprises image data of blood vessels of white parts of the eyeball of the user;

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to unlock the mobile terminal in response to results of the eyeprint recognition.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the system activates an alternate password in response to a failure of the system to unlock the mobile terminal with the first password.