Method and system for biometric authentication
First Claim
1. A method of biometric authentication comprising:
- capturing biometric data for at least one desired biometric type from an individual at a client system and communicating the captured biometric data to a server system;
determining a first algorithm and a second algorithm different than the first algorithm with the server system, each algorithm for converting biometric data into authentication words, the first algorithm being operable to generate a first vocabulary of authentication words for one of the desired biometric types and the second algorithm being operable to generate a second vocabulary of authentication words for a different one of the desired biometric types, the first and second vocabularies being combinable into a fused vocabulary;
converting the captured biometric data into authentication words in accordance with the determined algorithms;
including the authentication words in a probe;
comparing the probe against a gallery of identity records stored in the server system, wherein each of the identity records includes enrollment biometric words of an individual obtained during enrollment;
identifying at least one of the identity records as a potential matching identity record when at least one authentication word included in the probe matches at least one of the enrollment biometric words included in the at least one identity record;
generating a list of potential matching identity records; and
ranking the potential matching identity records included in the list.
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Abstract
A method of authentication is provided that includes capturing biometric data for a desired biometric type from an individual, determining an algorithm for converting the biometric data into authentication words, converting the captured biometric data into authentication words in accordance with the determined algorithm, including the authentication words in a probe, and comparing the probe against identity records stored in a server system. Each of the identity records includes enrollment biometric words of an individual obtained during enrollment. Moreover, the method includes identifying at least one of the identity records as a potential matching identity record when at least one of the authentication words included in the probe matches at least one of the enrollment biometric words included in the at least one identity record, and generating a list of potential matching identity records.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of biometric authentication comprising:
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capturing biometric data for at least one desired biometric type from an individual at a client system and communicating the captured biometric data to a server system; determining a first algorithm and a second algorithm different than the first algorithm with the server system, each algorithm for converting biometric data into authentication words, the first algorithm being operable to generate a first vocabulary of authentication words for one of the desired biometric types and the second algorithm being operable to generate a second vocabulary of authentication words for a different one of the desired biometric types, the first and second vocabularies being combinable into a fused vocabulary; converting the captured biometric data into authentication words in accordance with the determined algorithms; including the authentication words in a probe; comparing the probe against a gallery of identity records stored in the server system, wherein each of the identity records includes enrollment biometric words of an individual obtained during enrollment; identifying at least one of the identity records as a potential matching identity record when at least one authentication word included in the probe matches at least one of the enrollment biometric words included in the at least one identity record; generating a list of potential matching identity records; and ranking the potential matching identity records included in the list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for biometric authentication comprising:
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a computer configured as a server, said server including at least a data base, said server being configured to store within said database at least one conversion algorithm and at least a gallery of data comprising identity records, wherein each identity record includes at least biographic data of an individual and enrollment biometric words of the individual; and at least one client system comprising at least a computer configured to communicate with said server, said client system being configured to at least capture biometric data for at least one desired biometric type from an individual, wherein said server is further configured to determine a first conversion algorithm and a second conversion algorithm different than the first conversion algorithm, the first conversion algorithm being operable to generate a first vocabulary of authentication words for a first biometric type and the second conversion algorithm being operable to generate a second vocabulary of authentication words for a second biometric type different than the first biometric type, the first and second vocabularies being combinable into a fused vocabulary, convert the captured biometric data into authentication words by executing the conversion algorithms, wherein the conversion algorithms are operable to generate the enrollment biometric words, generate a probe including at least the authentication words, compare the probe against the gallery, identify at least one of the identity records as a matching identity record when at least one of the authentication words matches at least one of the enrollment biometric words included in the at least one identity record, generate a list of potential matching identity records, and rank the potential matching identity records included in the list. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of biometric authentication comprising:
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capturing biometric data for a plurality of different biometric types from an individual at a client system and communicating the captured biometric data to a server system; determining a plurality of algorithms with the server system, wherein each of the algorithms is operable to convert captured biometric data of a corresponding biometric type into a vocabulary of words; converting the captured biometric data for each biometric type into authentication words in accordance with the corresponding one of the algorithms, wherein the authentication words are combinable into a fused vocabulary representing at least the plurality of different biometric types; comparing a probe against a gallery of identity records stored in the server system, wherein the probe includes authentication words and biographic words, and each of the identity records includes at least one of enrollment biometric words and biographic words of a corresponding individual obtained during enrollment; identifying at least one of the identity records as a potential matching identity record when at least one of the biographic words included in the probe or at least one of the authentication words included in the probe matches at least one of the biographic words or one of the enrollment biometric words, respectively, included in the at least one identity record; generating a list of potential matching identity records; and ranking the potential matching identity records included in the list.
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