Authentication apparatus and authentication method

• US 9,886,618 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2012
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Higuchi, Teruyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Koziol, Stephen R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Azima, Shaghayegh
• Application Number:
  US14/007,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20140023249A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,147 Days
• Field of Search: 382127, 382124
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1324 by using geometrical optics, e.g. using prisms G06V40/1312 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention is an authentication apparatus comprising: a prism of an approximately quadrangle-frustum shape, the prism of the approximately quadrangle-frustum shape is arranged so that a bottom side, out of two parallel surfaces of the prism of approximately quadrangle-frustum shape, is a placing surface side for a finger; a first imaging means is arranged below a top surface parallel to the bottom surface, the first imaging means that images an image of the finger transmitted through the top surface; a light source that radiates light to at least one side surface of a first set of side surfaces, out of two sets of side surfaces of the approximately quadrangle-frustum shape that face each other; and a second imaging means that images the image of the finger transmitted through a second set of side surfaces, out of the two sets of side surfaces.

Claims

1. An authentication apparatus comprising:

a prism of a quadrangle-frustum shape, said prism of the quadrangle-frustum shape is arranged so that a bottom side, out of two parallel surfaces of said prism of quadrangle-frustum shape, is a placing surface side for a finger;

a light source configured to radiate light to at least one side surface of a first set of side surfaces, out of two sets of side surfaces of said quadrangle-frustum shape that face each other;

a first imaging sensor is arranged below a top surface parallel to said bottom surface, said first imaging sensor configured to image a natural image of the finger for determining the forged finger by the light of the light source transmitted through said top surface;

a second imaging sensor configured to image a fingerprint image of the finger for collating the fingerprint by the light of the light source transmitted through a second set of side surfaces, out of said two sets of side surfaces; and

wherein said natural image of the finger is not for collating the fingerprint.

2. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said prism is a regular quadrangle-frustum.

3. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a black plate is installed in the side surface facing the side surface to be arranged in said second imaging sensor, out of said second sets of side surfaces of said prism, or an color of an outer surface of said side surface is black.

4. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

an infrared light source configured to radiate infrared ray light to a cushion portion of the finger;

an infrared ray cut-off filter configured to cut off the infrared ray light incident on said first imaging sensor; and

a visible light cut-off filter configured to cut off visible light incident on said second imaging unit sensor.

8. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication apparatus simultaneously obtains the natural image of the finger and the fingerprint image of the finger.

5. An authentication apparatus comprising:

a prism of a quadrangle-frustum shape, said prism of the quadrangle-frustum shape is arranged so that a bottom side, out of two parallel surfaces of said prism of quadrangle-frustum shape, is a placing surface side for a finger;

a light source configured to radiates light to at least one side surface of a first set of side surfaces, out of two sets of side surfaces of said quadrangle-frustum shape that face each other;

an infrared light source configured to radiate infrared ray light to a cushion portion of the finger;

a first imaging sensor is arranged below a top surface parallel to said bottom surface, said first imaging sensor configured to image a natural image of the finger for determining the forged finger by the light of the light source transmitted through said top surface;

a second imaging sensor configured to image a fingerprint image of the finger for collating the fingerprint by the infrared light source transmitted through a second set of side surfaces, out of said two sets of side surfaces;

an infrared ray cut-off filter configured to cut off the infrared ray light incident on said first imaging sensor;

a visible light cut-off filter configured to cut off visible light incident on said second imaging sensor; and

wherein said natural image of the finger is not for collating the fingerprint.

6. The authentication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said prism is a regular quadrangle-frustum.

7. The authentication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a black plate is installed in the side surface facing the side surface to be arranged in said second imaging sensor, out of said second sets of side surfaces of said prism, or an color of an outer surface of said side surface is black.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a prism including a large surface at least a portion of which is a placing region for a finger, a small surface parallel to the large surface, a first inclined lateral surface and a second inclined lateral surface;

a light source that emits light to the first inclined lateral surface;

a first imaging sensor arranged below the small surface, the first imaging sensor receiving a light transmitted from the light source through the small surface to obtain a first image for determining the forged finger;

a second imaging sensor receiving a light transmitted from the light source through the second inclined lateral surface to obtain a second image of which fingerprint pattern contrast for collating the fingerprint is enhanced more than a fingerprint pattern of the first image; and

wherein said natural image of the finger is not for collating the fingerprint.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a black plate is installed in the side surface facing the second inclined lateral surface, or a color of an outer surface of the side surface is black.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9,

an infrared light source emitting infrared ray light to the finger;

wherein the first imaging sensor receives the infrared ray light transmitted from the infrared light source through the small surface to obtain a third image for a blood vessel of the finger.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the prism is a quadrangle-frustum shape,

wherein the first inclined lateral surface and the second inclined lateral surface do not face each other.