APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IRIS RECOGNITION USING MULTIPLE IRIS TEMPLATES
First Claim
1. An iris recognition method using an iris template group for authentication comprising multiple iris templates for authentication, the method comprising:
- acquiring at least one or two eye images of a person to be registered;
generating an iris template group for registration using at least one or two iris templates for registration generated from the at least one or two eye images, and storing and registering the iris template group in a database as unique iris data for the person;
acquiring multiple eye images for authentication of the person using a camera;
generating an iris template group for authentication using multiple iris templates for authentication generated from the multiple eye images for authentication;
comparing the iris template group for authentication with the registered iris template group for each person registered in the database; and
performing authentication or identification using the comparison result.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for iris recognition using multiple iris templates registered for each individual. The method include acquiring at least one or two eye images of a person to be registered; generating an iris template group for registration from the at least one or two eye images, and storing and registering the iris template group in a database; photographing an eye of the person using a camera placed on a front side of an iris recognition apparatus multiple times to acquire multiple images for authentication; generating an iris template group for authentication comprising multiple iris templates from the multiple eye images; comparing the iris template group for authentication with the registered iris template group for each registered person stored in the database; and performing authentication or identification using the comparison result.
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1. An iris recognition method using an iris template group for authentication comprising multiple iris templates for authentication, the method comprising:
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acquiring at least one or two eye images of a person to be registered; generating an iris template group for registration using at least one or two iris templates for registration generated from the at least one or two eye images, and storing and registering the iris template group in a database as unique iris data for the person; acquiring multiple eye images for authentication of the person using a camera; generating an iris template group for authentication using multiple iris templates for authentication generated from the multiple eye images for authentication; comparing the iris template group for authentication with the registered iris template group for each person registered in the database; and performing authentication or identification using the comparison result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for iris recognition using an iris template group for authentication comprising multiple iris templates for authentication, comprising:
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a camera attached to a front side of the apparatus to photograph multiple eye images for authentication of a person to be registered; a database storing and registering an iris template group as iris data unique to the person, the registered iris template group comprising iris templates for registration obtained from at least one or two eye images of the person photographed by the camera; a lighting device comprising at least one lighting group to provide a clear eye image when the eye images are acquired using the camera; an iris template group for authentication comprising multiple iris templates for authentication generated from the multiple eye images for authentication; a comparison unit comparing the iris template group for authentication with the registered iris template group stored in the database; and an authentication/identification unit performing authentication or identification using the comparison result. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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