Collation device and collation method

• US 11,227,170 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2018
• Issued: 01/18/2022
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaoka, Megumi, Matsukawa, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Sivji, Nizar N
• Application Number:
  US16/624,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20200134343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/40 using histogram techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/00 Image analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/60 relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/168 Feature extraction; Face representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/171 Local features and components; Facial parts eye characteristics G06V40/18; Occluding parts, e.g. glasses; Geometrical relationships
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/40 Spoof detection, e.g. liveness detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/71 Circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation

Abstract

A collation device is configured to include a processor, and a storage unit that stores a predetermined determination condition in advance, under which a photographic image which is an image obtained by imaging a photograph of the subject is capable of being eliminated, the processor is configured to detect brightness distribution of a face image obtained by imaging an authenticated person with an imaging unit, determine whether or not the detected brightness distribution satisfies a determination condition, and perform face authentication using the face image satisfying the determination condition.

Claims

1. A collation device that collates a captured image obtained by imaging a person by using an imaging device with a registered image of a registered person which is registered in advance, the collation device comprising:

a processor; and

a storage unit that stores a predetermined determination condition in advance, under which a photographic image which is an image obtained by imaging a photograph of the person is capable of being eliminated,

wherein the processor

detects a brightness distribution of a face area in the captured image, the face area including at least a face of the person,

determines whether or not the detected brightness distribution of the face area satisfies the determination condition, and

collates whether or not the person in the captured image matches the registered person in the registered image by using the captured image satisfying the determination condition,

wherein the determination condition is a separation boundary capable of separating a real image that is an image obtained by imaging a real person and the photographic image based on at least one of whether or not the captured image includes brightness that exceeds a predetermined upper limit boundary, and whether or not the captured image includes brightness that falls below a predetermined lower limit boundary,

wherein the separation boundary is further based on at least one of a maximum value and a minimum value of the brightness of the captured image,

wherein the processor

detects at least one of the maximum value and the minimum value of the brightness of the captured image, and

collates at least one of the detected maximum value or minimum value of the brightness with the separation boundary to determine whether the captured image is the real image or the photographic image, and

wherein the separation boundary is obtained by classifying a data group of at least one of the maximum value and the minimum value of the brightness of the photographic image and the real image into two classes using a two-class classifier.

2. The collation device of claim 1,

wherein the face area additional includes a background along with the face of the person.

3. A collation device that collates a captured image obtained by imaging a person by using an imaging device with a registered image of a registered person which is registered in advance, the collation device comprising:

a processor; and

a storage unit that stores a predetermined determination condition in advance, under which a photographic image which is an image obtained by imaging a photograph of the person is capable of being eliminated,

wherein the processor

detects a brightness distribution of a face area in the captured image, the face area including at least a face of the person,

determines whether or not the detected brightness distribution of the face area satisfies the determination condition, and

collates whether or not the person in the captured image matches the registered person in the registered image by using the captured image satisfying the determination condition,

wherein the determination condition is a shape of a determination light beam irradiated to the person when the captured image is acquired, and

wherein the processor

detects, from the captured image acquired by imaging the person irradiated with the determination light beam, a highlight that is an area in which the brightness in the captured image exceeds a predetermined reference value, and

determines that the captured image is the photographic image in a case where the highlight is detected and the shape of the detected highlight corresponds to the shape of the determination light beam.

4. The collation device of claim 3,

wherein the determination light beam is a light beam having a horizontally long linear shape with a predetermined width.

5. The collation device of claim 3,

wherein the processor determines that the captured image is the real image in a case where an area of the detected highlight is smaller than a predetermined area.

6. A collation method of collating a captured image obtained by imaging a person by using an imaging device with a registered image of a registered person which is registered in advance, the collation method comprising:

storing a predetermined determination condition in advance, under which a photographic image which is an image obtained by imaging a photograph of the person is capable of being eliminated;

detecting a brightness distribution of a face area in the captured image, the face area including at least a face of the person;

determining whether or not the detected brightness distribution of the face area satisfies the determination condition; and

collating whether or not the person in the captured image matches the registered person in the registered image by using the captured image satisfying the determination condition,

wherein the determination condition is a separation boundary capable of separating a real image that is an image obtained by imaging a real person and the photographic image based on at least one of whether or not the captured image includes brightness that exceeds a predetermined upper limit boundary, and whether or not the captured image includes brightness that falls below a predetermined lower limit boundary,

wherein the separation boundary is further based on at least one of a maximum value and a minimum value of the brightness of the captured image,

wherein the collation method further comprises;

detecting at least one of the maximum value and the minimum value of the brightness of the captured image, and

collating at least one of the detected maximum value or minimum value of the brightness with the separation boundary to determine whether the captured image is the real image or the photographic image, and

wherein the separation boundary is obtained by classifying a data group of at least one of the maximum value and the minimum value of the brightness of the photographic image and the real image into two classes using a two-class classifier.

7. A collation method of collating a captured image obtained by imaging a person by using an imaging device with a registered image of a registered person which is registered in advance, the collation method comprising:

storing a predetermined determination condition in advance, under which a photographic image which is an image obtained by imaging a photograph of the person is capable of being eliminated;

detecting a brightness distribution of a face area in the captured image, the face area including at least a face of the person;

determining whether or not the detected brightness distribution of the face area satisfies the determination condition; and

collating whether or not the person in the captured image matches the registered person in the registered image by using the captured image satisfying the determination condition,

wherein the determination condition is a shape of a determination light beam irradiated to the person when the captured image is acquired, and

wherein the collation method further comprises;

detecting, from the captured image acquired by imaging the person irradiated with the determination light beam, a highlight that is an area in which the brightness in the captured image exceeds a predetermined reference value, and

determining that the captured image is the photographic image in a case where the highlight is detected and the shape of the detected highlight corresponds to the shape of the determination light beam.