APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A HUMAN EYE
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1. A method of detecting a living human eye comprising the steps of:
- presenting a first image on a computer screen, wherein the computer screen is oriented to face a user;
positioning at least one camera proximate the computer screen, wherein the at least one camera is oriented to face the user so that light emitted by the computer screen as the first image is reflected by the user and captured by the at least one camera;
obtaining a second image through the at least one camera; and
determining whether at least a portion of the second image includes a representation of the first image on the computer screen reflected by a curved surface consistent with a human eye.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for determining whether a live, human eye is presented for iris-based recognition. An image is presented on a computer screen and reflected back from the eye. The reflected image is captured and processed to determine whether the reflection was consistent with a human eye.
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1. A method of detecting a living human eye comprising the steps of:
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presenting a first image on a computer screen, wherein the computer screen is oriented to face a user;
positioning at least one camera proximate the computer screen, wherein the at least one camera is oriented to face the user so that light emitted by the computer screen as the first image is reflected by the user and captured by the at least one camera;
obtaining a second image through the at least one camera; and
determining whether at least a portion of the second image includes a representation of the first image on the computer screen reflected by a curved surface consistent with a human eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of detecting a human iris comprising the steps of:
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presenting a first image on a computer screen positioned in front of a user;
capturing a first reflection of the first image off of the user through a camera;
presenting a second image on the computer screen positioned in front of the user;
capturing a second reflection of the second image off of the user through the camera;
comparing the first reflection of the first image with the second reflection of the second image to determine whether the first reflection and the second reflection were formed by a curved surface consistent with a human eye. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of detecting a human eye comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first image of a user positioned in front of a computer screen from a first perspective;
obtaining a second image of the user positioned in front of the computer screen from a second perspective;
identifying a first portion of the first image and a second portion of the second image containing a representation of a human eye; and
detecting a human eye when the first portion of the first image differs from the second portion of the second image. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of detecting a living human eye comprising the steps of:
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presenting one or more illuminators, wherein the illuminators are oriented to face a user;
positioning at least one camera proximate the illuminators, wherein the at least one camera is oriented to face the user so that light emitted by the illuminators is reflected by the user and captured by the at least one camera as a first image;
obtaining a second image through the at least one camera at a different time than the first image;
detecting a first position of a reflection in the first image and a second position of a reflection in the second image;
normalizing a positional change of the user in the first image and the second image based upon the first position and the second position, wherein the step of normalizing comprises compensating for motion during the time between the first image and the second image by using at least a translation motion model to detect residual motion of the position of the reflection; and
determining whether a change between at least a portion of the first image and the second image is consistent with reflection by a curved surface consistent with that of a human eye.
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