PATTERN IDENTIFICATION METHOD, REGISTRATION DEVICE, VERIFICATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM

• US 20100008546A1
• Filed: 10/16/2007
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Abe, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US12/445,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20100008546A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/44 Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersections; Connectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1365 Matching; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/14 Vascular patterns

Abstract

A pattern identification method and other things to improve the accuracy of authentication are proposed. For each of living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern are calculated; the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center are calculated; a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered or to be compared with registered data and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values is calculated with the use of the value representing the degree of the spread from the center; the pattern is disposed of if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold.

Claims

1. A pattern identification method comprising:

a first step of calculating, for each of living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern;

a second step of calculating the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from its center;

a third step of calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered or to be compared with registered data and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values using the value; and

a fourth step of disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold.

2. The pattern identification method according to claim 1, wherein

the two or more form values include at least two of the following values:

a degree of the spread of the weighted distribution with the length of a segment used as frequency, as for the distribution of the angles of a reference axis with respect to the segments connecting characteristic points of the pattern;

a ratio of the size of the distribution existing within a predetermined angular range whose center is equal to the angle of a direction perpendicular to the reference axis to the size of the total angular range of the distribution;

the number of the segments.

3. The pattern identification method according to claim 2, further comprising

an extraction step of extracting the characteristic points from the living body'"'"'s pattern obtained from the plurality of living body'"'"'s patterns so that a line connecting these characteristic points resembles the living body'"'"'s pattern and a straight line.

4. The pattern identification method according to claim 1, wherein

the first step calculates, for each of the living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from the plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, the two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern, and also calculates, for each of non-living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of non-living body'"'"'s samples, the two or more form values;

the second step calculates, as for each of the living body'"'"'s patterns, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and the value representing the degree of the spread from the center, and also calculates, as for each of the non-living body'"'"'s patterns, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;

the third step calculates the first distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the living body'"'"'s pattern, and also calculates a second distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the non-living body'"'"'s pattern, using the value representing the degree of the spread from the center; and

the fourth step disposes of the pattern when the second distance is within a second threshold used for the determination of the non-living body'"'"'s pattern, even if the first distance is greater than a first threshold used for the determination of the living body'"'"'s pattern and the first distance is within the first threshold.

5. The pattern identification method according to claim 1, wherein

the living body'"'"'s pattern is a form pattern of blood vessels.

6. A registration device comprising:

storage means for storing, for each of living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;

calculation means for calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and

registration means for disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while registering the pattern in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.

7. The registration device according to claim 6, wherein

the two or more form values include at least two of the following values:

a degree of the spread of the weighted distribution with the length of a segment used as frequency, as for the distribution of the angles of a reference axis with respect to the segments connecting characteristic points of the pattern;

a ratio of the size of the distribution existing within a predetermined angular range whose center is equal to the angle of a direction perpendicular to the reference axis to the size of the total angular range of the distribution;

the number of the segments.

8. The registration device according to claim 6, further comprising

extraction means for extracting the characteristic points from the pattern so that a line connecting these characteristic points resembles the pattern and a straight line, wherein

the registration means registers the pattern'"'"'s characteristic points extracted by the extraction means in the storage medium.

9. The registration device according to claim 6, wherein

the storage means stores, for each of the living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from the plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and the value representing the degree of the spread from the center, and also stores, for each of non-living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of non-living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;

the calculation means calculates the first distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the living body'"'"'s pattern, and also calculates a second distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the non-living body'"'"'s pattern, using the value representing the degree of the spread from the center; and

the registration means disposes of the pattern when the second distance is within a second threshold used for the determination of the non-living body'"'"'s pattern, even if the first distance is greater than a first threshold used for the determination of the living body'"'"'s pattern and the first distance is within the first threshold.

10. The registration device according to claim 6, wherein

the living body'"'"'s pattern is a form pattern of blood vessels.

11. A verification device comprising:

storage means for storing, for each of living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;

calculation means for calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and

verification means for disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while comparing the pattern with registered data registered in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.

12. The verification device according to claim 11, wherein

the two or more form values include at least two of the following values:

a degree of the spread of the weighted distribution with the length of a segment used as frequency, as for the distribution of the angles of a reference axis with respect to the segments connecting characteristic points of the pattern;

a ratio of the size of the distribution existing within a predetermined angular range whose center is equal to the angle of a direction perpendicular to the reference axis to the size of the total angular range of the distribution;

the number of the segments.

13. The registration device according to claim 11, further comprising

extraction means for extracting the characteristic points from the pattern so that a line connecting these characteristic points resembles the pattern and a straight line, wherein

the verification means compares the pattern'"'"'s characteristic points extracted by the extraction means with the registered data.

14. The verification device according to claim 11, wherein

the storage means stores, for each of the living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from the plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and the value representing the degree of the spread from the center, and also stores, for each of non-living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of non-living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;

the calculation means calculates the first distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the living body'"'"'s pattern, and also calculates a second distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the non-living body'"'"'s pattern, using the value representing the degree of the spread from the center; and

the verification means disposes of the pattern when the second distance is within a second threshold used for the determination of the non-living body'"'"'s pattern, even if the first distance is greater than a first threshold used for the determination of the living body'"'"'s pattern and the first distance is within the first threshold.

15. The verification device according to claim 11, wherein

the living body'"'"'s pattern is a form pattern of blood vessels.

16. A program causing a computer that stores, for each of living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center, to execute:

a first process of calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and

a second process of disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while registering the pattern in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.

17. A program causing a computer that stores, for each of living body'"'"'s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body'"'"'s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center, to execute:

a first process of calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and

a second process of disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while comparing the pattern with registered data registered in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.