Method for enabling authentication or identification, and related verification system
First Claim
1. A method enabling the authentication or identification of a person, using a first electronic device comprising an image-capturing unit and a data transmission unit, said method including a phase of registering said person with a verification system, said registration phase comprising the following steps:
- capturing, using an image-capturing unit of said first electronic device, a first image of at least one object of any kind that is secretly selected by the person among any object or part of an object to be photographed and that the person always has on his or her person, said object being not determined in advance;
transmitting said first image to the verification system in a secure manner by means of the data transmission unit of said first electronic device;
further including an authentication or identification phase relative to said person, using a second electronic device, the authentication or identification phase comprising the following steps carried out in the verification system;
receiving from the second electronic device a second image of at least one object that is identical or similar to the object in the first image;
comparing the second image to at least the first image; and
deciding that the person is authenticated or identified successfully when the comparison of the second image to the first image reveals a match between their respective objects;
wherein the second image has been freshly captured using an image-capturing unit of said second electronic device, for the purposes of the authentication or identification of the person in said verification system and is not identical the first image.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for enabling the authentication or identification of a person (1) using a first electronic device (2) comprising an image-capturing unit and a data-transmission unit, the method including a step of registering said person in a verification system (3). The registration step includes the steps of: capturing, using the image-capturing unit of said electronic device, a first image (h) of at least one object (O) of any kind that is secretly selected by the person; and transmitting said first image to the verification system by means of said data transmission device of said first electronic device.
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1. A method enabling the authentication or identification of a person, using a first electronic device comprising an image-capturing unit and a data transmission unit, said method including a phase of registering said person with a verification system, said registration phase comprising the following steps:
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capturing, using an image-capturing unit of said first electronic device, a first image of at least one object of any kind that is secretly selected by the person among any object or part of an object to be photographed and that the person always has on his or her person, said object being not determined in advance; transmitting said first image to the verification system in a secure manner by means of the data transmission unit of said first electronic device; further including an authentication or identification phase relative to said person, using a second electronic device, the authentication or identification phase comprising the following steps carried out in the verification system; receiving from the second electronic device a second image of at least one object that is identical or similar to the object in the first image; comparing the second image to at least the first image; and deciding that the person is authenticated or identified successfully when the comparison of the second image to the first image reveals a match between their respective objects; wherein the second image has been freshly captured using an image-capturing unit of said second electronic device, for the purposes of the authentication or identification of the person in said verification system and is not identical the first image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
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7. A verification system enabling the authentication or identification of a person, said verification system comprising:
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a first receiving unit for receiving in a secure manner, from a first electronic device, a first captured image of at least one object of any kind that is secretly selected by the person among any object or part of an object to be photographed and that the person always has on his or her person, said object being not determined in advance; a second receiving unit for receiving in a secure manner, from a second electronic device, a second image of at least one object that is identical or similar to the object of the first image; an image comparison unit that compares the second image to at least the first image; a decision unit which decides that the person is authenticated or identified successfully when the comparison of the second image to the first image performed by the image comparison unit reveals a match between their respective objects; wherein the second image has been freshly captured using an image-capturing unit of said second electronic device, for the purposes of the authentication or identification of the person in said verification system and is not identical to the first image. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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