Systems And Methods Of Biometric Analysis With Adaptive Trigger

• US 20170286792A1
• Filed: 03/28/2017
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Princeton Identity Inc.
• Original Assignee: Princeton Identity Inc.
• Inventors: Ackerman, David Alan, Bergen, James R., Mapen, Barry E., Perna, Steven N.
• Granted Patent: US 10,373,008 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/56 provided with illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/689 Motion occurring during a rolling shutter mode

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments are directed to biometric analysis systems including one or more illumination sources configured to provide dim illumination to a scene including an object and configured to provide flash illumination to the object in the scene. The biometric analysis systems include a rolling shutter camera configured to capture one or more images. The biometric analysis systems include an adaptive trigger module configured to analyze the scene to detect the object in the scene during dim illumination of the scene, determine a position in a frame of the rolling shutter camera that coincides with the detected object in the scene, and arrange a delay between a start of image writing by the rolling shutter camera and a trigger of the one or more illumination sources such that a stripe of the flash illumination coincides with the detected object in the scene.

Claims

1. A biometric analysis system, comprising:

one or more illumination sources configured to provide dim illumination to a scene including an object and configured to provide flash illumination to the object in the scene;

a rolling shutter camera configured to capture one or more images; and

an adaptive trigger module configured to (i) analyze the scene to detect the object in the scene during dim illumination of the scene, (ii) determine a position in a frame of the rolling shutter camera that coincides with the detected object in the scene, and (iii) arrange a delay between a start of image writing by the rolling shutter camera and a trigger of the one or more illumination sources such that a stripe of the flash illumination coincides with the detected object in the scene.

2. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the adaptive trigger module is configured to track movement of the object within a field-of-view of the rolling shutter camera.

3. The biometric analysis system of claim 2, wherein the adaptive trigger module is configured to modify the delay between the start of image writing by the rolling shutter camera and the trigger of the one or more illumination sources based on detected movement of the object within the field-of-view.

4. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the adaptive trigger module is configured to detect a region of interest of the object and arranges the delay such that the stripe of flash illumination coincides with the detected region of interest of the object.

5. The biometric analysis system of claim 4, wherein the region of interest of the object includes eyes of a person.

6. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the object is a person, and wherein the adaptive trigger module comprises a face finder configured to detect a face of the person.

7. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the object is a physical item, and the adaptive trigger module comprises an identifier finder configured to detect a unique identifier associated with the physical item.

8. The biometric analysis system of claim 7, wherein the unique identifier is a barcode or a quick response (QR) code.

9. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the one or more illumination sources are configured to provide the flash illumination as a synchronized pulse of flash illumination.

10. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the flash illumination provided by the one or more illumination sources is brighter than the dim illumination provided by the one or more illumination sources.

11. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the one or more illumination sources comprise a first illumination source configured to provide the dim illumination and a second illumination source configured to provide the flash illumination.

12. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the one or more illumination sources are near infrared illumination sources.

13. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the one or more illumination sources are ambient light.

14. The biometric analysis system of claim 1, wherein the adaptive trigger module is configured to sweep an illuminated stripe down the frame as the rolling shutter camera captures the one or more images, analyzes an illuminated section of the one or more images to identify a region of interest in the illuminated section, and stops sweeping of the illuminated stripe when the region of interest is identified.

15. The biometric analysis system of claim 1 provided as a smartphone having said one or more illumination sources, said rolling shutter camera, and said adaptive trigger module.

16. A biometric analysis system, comprising:

one or more illumination sources configured to provide dim illumination to a scene including a subject and configured to provide flash illumination to the subject in the scene;

a rolling shutter camera configured to capture one or more images; and

an adaptive trigger module configured to (i) analyze the scene to detect eyes of the subject in the scene during dim illumination of the scene, (ii) identify the eyes of the subject as a region of interest, (iii) determine a position in a frame of the rolling shutter camera that coincides with the identified region of interest, and (iv) arrange a flash pulse delay between a start of image writing by the rolling shutter camera and a trigger of the one or more illumination sources such that a stripe of the flash illumination coincides with the identified region of interest.

17. The biometric analysis system of claim 16, wherein the flash pulse delay ensures that the illuminated region of interest is maintained in a center of the frame of the rolling shutter camera.

18. The biometric analysis system of claim 16, comprising a feedback module configured to analyze a captured image of the region of interest and determine if the region of interest is illuminated by the stripe of the flash illumination.

19. The biometric analysis system of claim 18, wherein the adaptive trigger module is configured to adjust the flash pulse delay based on the determination of the feedback module to ensure that the region of interest is illuminated by the stripe of the flash illumination.

20. The biometric analysis system of claim 16 provided as a smartphone having said one or more illumination sources, said rolling shutter camera, and said adaptive trigger module.

21. A method of biometric analysis, comprising:

illuminating a scene and an object in the scene with dim illumination from one or more illumination sources;

analyzing the scene with an adaptive trigger module to detect the object in the scene during dim illumination;

determining a position in a frame of a rolling shutter camera that coincides with the detected object in the scene; and

arranging a delay between a start of image writing by the rolling shutter camera and a trigger of the one or more illumination sources such that a stripe of flash illumination provided by the one or more illumination sources coincides with the detected object in the scene.

22. The method of claim 21, comprising tracking movement of the object within a field-of-view of the rolling shutter camera with the adaptive trigger module.

23. The method of claim 22, comprising modifying the delay between the start of image writing by the rolling shutter camera and the trigger of the one or more illumination sources with the adaptive trigger module based on detected movement of the object within the field-of-view.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for biometric analysis that are executable by a processing device, wherein execution of the instructions by the processing device causes the processing device to:

illuminate a scene and an object in the scene with dim illumination from one or more illumination sources;

analyze the scene with an adaptive trigger module to detect the object in scene during dim illumination;

determine a position in a frame of a rolling shutter camera that coincides with the detected object in the scene; and

arrange a delay between a start of image writing by the rolling shutter camera and a trigger of the one or more illumination sources such that a stripe of flash illumination provided by the one or more illumination sources coincides with the detected object in the scene.