Method and apparatus for uniquely identifying individuals by particular physical characteristics and security system utilizing the same
First Claim
1. A method for determining whether a person presenting an identification card which has stored thereon an indication of at least one ratio of at least a first and second facial parameter of an individual, is the individual whose facial parameter ratio indication is stored on said card, said first facial parameter comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head, and said second facial parameter comprising the distance from a third identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head to one of said first, said second, and a fourth identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head, said method comprising:
- (a) obtaining an indication of at least the value of one ratio of first and second facial parameters of said person presenting said identification card, said obtained indication corresponding to at least said indication of said ratio stored on said identification card; and
(b) comparing the indication of the value of said stored ratio with the indication of the value of said ratio obtained of said person presenting said card.
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Abstract
Method, apparatus and security system for uniquely identifying individual by their particular physical characteristics are provided. In particular, facial parameters which are defined as being the distances between identifiable points on the human face, and/or ratios of the facial parameters can be used to identify an individual as the parameters for each individual are unique. Thus, by coding the parameter and/or parameter ratio information of an individual on a card, and by scanning the face of the presenter of that card to obtain parameter and/or parameter ratio information of the presenter, a determination can be made as to whether the presenter is that individual whose information is on the card. Particular parameters such as the distance between the eye retinae, the distance from each eye retinae to the nose bottom and to the mouth center, and the distance from the nose bottom to the mouth center are set forth, as they may be particularly defined due to the shadowed definable points at each end.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for determining whether a person presenting an identification card which has stored thereon an indication of at least one ratio of at least a first and second facial parameter of an individual, is the individual whose facial parameter ratio indication is stored on said card, said first facial parameter comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head, and said second facial parameter comprising the distance from a third identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head to one of said first, said second, and a fourth identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head, said method comprising:
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(a) obtaining an indication of at least the value of one ratio of first and second facial parameters of said person presenting said identification card, said obtained indication corresponding to at least said indication of said ratio stored on said identification card; and (b) comparing the indication of the value of said stored ratio with the indication of the value of said ratio obtained of said person presenting said card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for determining whether a person presenting an identification card which has stored thereon an indication of at least one facial parameter length of an individual, is the individual whose facial parameter length is stored on said card, said facial parameter length comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head, said method comprising:
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(a) obtaining an indication of at least the value of one facial parameter length of said person presenting said identification card, said obtained indication corresponding to at least said indication of said facial parameter length stored on said identification card; and (b) comparing the indication of the value of said stored facial parameter length with the indication of the value of said facial parameter length obtained of said person presenting said card, wherein said first and second identifiable locations are the centers of the retinae of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for determining whether a person presenting an identification card which has stored thereon an indication of at least one facial parameter length of an individual, is the individual whose facial parameter length is stored on said card, said facial parameter length comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on said individual'"'"'s head, said method comprising:
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(a) obtaining an indication of at least the value of one facial parameter length of said person presenting said identification card, said obtained indication corresponding to at least said indication of said facial parameter length stored on said identification card; and (b) comparing the indication of the value of said stored facial parameter length with the indication of the value of said facial parameter length obtained of said person presenting said card, wherein said at least one facial parameter is chosen from a group consisiting of the distance between eye retina centers, the distance between the left eye retina center and the mouth center, the distance between the left eye retina center and the nose bottom, the distance between the right eye retina center and the mouth center, and the distance between the right eye retina center and the nose bottom. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for identifiying an individual, comprising:
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(a) via imaging at least a portion of said individual'"'"'s head, obtaining an indication of (1) a ratio of a first and second facial parameter of said individual, said first facial parameter comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second indentifiable location on the individual'"'"'s head, and said second facial parameter comprising the distance from a third ientifiable location on the individual'"'"'s head to one of said first, said second, and a fourth identifiable location on the individual'"'"'s head; (b) storing on a storage medium values indicative of said ratio of said first and second facial parameters of said individual; (c) upon attempting to identify a person requesting access to a secure system, obtaining an indication of the value of a ratio of first and second facial parameters of said person requesting access corresponding to at least said ratio stored on said storage medium; and (d) comparing the indications of the value of said stored ratio with the indication of the value of said ratio obtained of said person requesting access. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An identification card having indications readable by a card reading means, comprising:
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a card capable of insertion into said card reading means, said card including information storage means, said information storage means storing and indication of a ratio of a first and second facial parameter of said individual, said first facial parameter comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on the individual'"'"'s head, and said second facial parameter comprising the distance from a third identifiable location on the individual'"'"'s head to one of said first, said second, and a fourth identifiable location on the individual'"'"'s head. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An identification card having indications readable by a card reading means, comprising:
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a card capable of insertion into said card reading means, said card including information storage means, said information storage means storing an indication of at least a first facial parameter of an individual, said first facial parameter comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on the individual'"'"'s head, said first and second identifiable locations being the centers of the eye retinae of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A security system for determining whether the identity of a person attempting to gain entry to a port with an identification card is the same as the owner of said identification card, said security system comprising:
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(a) a card accepting and reading means for accepting and reading an identification card containing indications of a ratio of a first and second facial parameter of said owner, said first facial parameter comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on said owner'"'"'s head, and said second facial parameter comprising the distance from a third identifiable location on said owner'"'"'s head to one of said first, said second and a fourth identifiable location on the owner'"'"'s head; (b) a camera means for scanning the face of said person inserting said identification card into said card accepting means; and (c) information processing means for obtaining information from said camera means, for processing said obtained information to determine an indication of a ratio of a first and second facial parameter of said person, wherein said facial parameter ratio for said person corresponds to said ratio for said owner, and for comparing said indications obtained and processed by said information processing means to said indication on said card read by said card accepting and reading means. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A security system for determining whether the identity of a person attempting to gain entry to a port with an identification card is the same as the owner of said identification card, said security system comprising:
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(a) a card accepting and reading means for accepting and reading an identification card containing indications of a least a first facial parameter of said owner, said first facial parameter comprising the distance from a first identifiable location to a second identifiable location on said owner'"'"'s head, said first and second identifiable locations being the centers of the eye retinae of the owner; (b) a camera means for scanning the face of said person inserting said identification card into said card accepting means; and (c) information processing means for obtaining information from said camera means, for processing said obtained information to determine an indication of at least said first facial parameter of said person, wherein said first facial parameter for said person corresponds to said for said owner, and for comparing said indications obtained and processed by said information processing means to said indications on said card read by said card accepting and reading means. - View Dependent Claims (58)
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59. A method for identifying an individual, comprising:
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(a) via imaging at least a portion of said individual'"'"'s head, obtaining an indication of a facial parameter distance of said individual; (b) storing on a storage medium a value indicative of said facial parameter distance; (c) upon attempting to identify a person requesting access to a secure system, obtaining an indication of a facial parameter distance of said person corrresponding to said facial parameter distance value stored on said storage medium; and (d) comparing the indication of the value of said stored parameter distance with the parameter distance of said person requesting access, wherein said facial parameter distance of said individual is the distance between first and second identifiable locations on said individual'"'"'s head, said first and second identifiable locations being the centers of the retinae of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63)
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