PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHOD
First Claim
1. A personal authentication system comprising:
- an imaging section for capturing an image of a user'"'"'s eye including the iris;
pupil/iris region extraction section for extracting a pupil region and an iris region from the captured image;
a three-dimensional polar coordinate image creation section for estimating the three-dimensional center position of the eyeball based on the extracted pupil region and iris region and for creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image by converting the iris region into three-dimensional coordinates with reference to the center position of the eyeball; and
a three-dimensional polar coordinate image coding section for creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image code formed by extracting and coding a characteristic of the created three-dimensional polar coordinate image.
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Abstract
A personal authentication system comprises an imaging section for capturing an image of a user'"'"'s eye including the iris; pupil/iris region extraction section for extracting a pupil region and an iris region from the captured image; a three-dimensional polar coordinate image creation section for estimating the three-dimensional center position of the eyeball based on the extracted pupil region and iris region and for creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image by converting the iris region into three-dimensional coordinates with reference to the center position of the eyeball; and a three-dimensional polar coordinate image coding section for creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image code formed by extracting and coding a characteristic of the created three-dimensional polar coordinate image. The personal authentication system can create iris information highly accurately representing characteristics of a user'"'"'s iris independent of the direction of line of sight of the user.
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1. A personal authentication system comprising:
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an imaging section for capturing an image of a user'"'"'s eye including the iris; pupil/iris region extraction section for extracting a pupil region and an iris region from the captured image; a three-dimensional polar coordinate image creation section for estimating the three-dimensional center position of the eyeball based on the extracted pupil region and iris region and for creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image by converting the iris region into three-dimensional coordinates with reference to the center position of the eyeball; and a three-dimensional polar coordinate image coding section for creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image code formed by extracting and coding a characteristic of the created three-dimensional polar coordinate image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A personal authentication method comprising:
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extracting a pupil region and an iris region from an image of a user'"'"'s eye including the iris; estimating the three-dimensional center position of the eyeball based on the extracted pupil region and iris region; creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image by converting the iris region into three-dimensional coordinates with reference to the center position of the eyeball; and creating a three-dimensional polar coordinate image code formed by extracting and coding a characteristic of the created three-dimensional polar coordinate image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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