Personal identification system

• US 20100135539A1
• Filed: 01/07/2010
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Umemura, Shin-ichiro, Ito, Yoshitoshi, Kono, Miyuki, Miyatake, Takafumi, Harada, Kunio, Ueki, Hironori
• Granted Patent: US 7,864,306 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/10 Image acquisition document image scanning and transmission H04N1/00; control of digital cameras H04N23/60
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/14 Vascular patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/145 Sensors therefor

Abstract

A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification.

Claims

1. A personal identification system comprising:

a light source for shining light on a finger of a person to be identified,

an imaging device for capturing image of the finger with a blood vein pattern in the finger by the light passing through the finger, and

an imaging processing unit for processing image having been captured to acquire a blood vein emphasized image, and for comparing the blood vein emphasized image acquired with an image having been registered to authenticate the person;

wherein the imaging processing unit is arranged to authenticate the person by performing calculation of correlation with a monotone increasing calculation in which a calculated output value increases in proportion to degree of matching of two dimensional array elements between the blood vein emphasized image and the image having been registered, and;

wherein the imaging processing unit is arranged to acquire the blood vein emphasized image with making an average pixel values of outside and inside of the finger substantially equal.

2. The personal identification system according claim 1, further comprising a personal information inputting means for inputting information on the person to be identified, and wherein the imaging processing unit) is arranged to select image having been registered in accordance with the personal information inputted.

3. The personal identification system according to claim 1, wherein the calculation of correlation comprises a two-dimensional convolution calculation.

4. The personal identification system according to claim 1, wherein the calculation of correlation comprises a two-dimensional fast inverse Fourier transformation calculation.

5. A personal identification system comprising:

a light source for shining light on a finger of a person to be identified,

an imaging device for capturing image of the finger with a blood vein pattern in the finger by the light passing through the finger, and

an imaging processing unit for processing image having been captured to acquire a blood vein emphasized image, and for comparing the blood vein emphasized image acquired with an image having been registered within a database to authenticate the person;

wherein the imaging processing unit is arranged to acquire the blood vein emphasized image with making an average pixel values of outside and inside of the finger substantially equal.

6. The personal identification system according to claim 5, further comprising inputting means for inputting information on personals, wherein the imaging processing unit is arranged to select an image to be compared in the database in accordance with information inputted.

7. A personal identification system comprising:

a light source for shining light on a finger of a person to be identified,

an imaging device for capturing image of the finger by the light passing through the finger, and

an imaging processing unit for authenticating the person with comparing image having been captured with an image registered;

wherein the imaging processing unit is arranged to authenticate the person by performing calculation of correlation with a monotone increasing calculation in which a calculated output value increases in proportion to degree of matching of two dimensional array elements between the image having been imaged and the image having been registered.

8. The personal identification system according claim 7, further comprising a personal information inputting means for inputting information on the person to be identified, and wherein the imaging processing unit is arranged to select image having been registered within a database in accordance with the personal information inputted.

9. The personal identification system according to claim 7, wherein the calculation of correlation comprises a two-dimensional convolution calculation.

10. The personal identification system according to claim 7, wherein the calculation of correlation comprises a two-dimensional fast inverse Fourier transformation calculation.