Authentication apparatus, authentication method and authentication computer program product

• US 7,779,264 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2005
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Maeda, Masahiro, Kato, Noriji
• Primary Examiner(s): Moise; Emmanuel L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abyaneh; Ali S
• Application Number:
  US11/151,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20060093145A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,890 Days
• Field of Search: 713/186, 713/182, 713/168, 382/115, 382/118, 382/128, 380/264, 726/27
• US Class Current: 713/182
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/167 using comparisons between temporally consecutive images
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00352 Input means H04N1/00411 takes precedence; input arrangements for computers G06F3/00

Abstract

An operation of an authentication apparatus is as follows: Moving image data including a plurality of pieces of still image frame data is accepted, and the move locus of at least one person image is detected based on the moving image data. Individual determination processing of adopting at least one piece of the still image frame data as attention frame data and determining the individual corresponding to the detected move locus of the person image in the attention frame data is executed. The result of the individual determination processing is provided for predetermined authentication processing.

Claims

1. An authentication apparatus comprising:

a first unit accepting moving image data having a plurality of pieces of still image frame data, the still image frame data including an image of multiple individuals and an image of a device that requires an authentication;

a detection unit detecting a move locus of multiple individuals based on the moving image data, the move locus being determined by a sequence of regions where the image of the multiple individuals is recognized in the plurality of pieces of the still image frame data; and

a second unit executing individual determination processing of determining an individual of the multiple individuals in one piece of the still image data based on the detected move locus and a distance measured between (a) a region where the individual of the multiple individuals is recognized and (b) the device that requires an authentication in the one piece of the still image frame data, wherein a result of the individual determination processing is provided for predetermined authentication processing,

wherein the individual of the multiple individuals that is closest to the device that requires an authentication is selected as an individual to be authenticated.

2. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects multiple moving bodies from the moving image data, and

wherein the detection unit detects the move locus of a moving body of the multiple moving bodies satisfying a predetermined condition, of the detected multiple moving bodies as the move locus of the image of the individual of the multiple individuals.

3. The authentication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the detection unit detects the move locus of the image of the individual of the multiple individuals based on color information.

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

a third unit detecting a face portion of the individual of the multiple individuals from at least a part of the plurality of pieces of still image frame data, wherein the detection unit detects the move locus of the image of the individual of the multiple individuals based on the detected face portion information.

5. An authentication method for causing a computer to execute, comprising:

accepting moving image data comprising a plurality of pieces of still image frame data, the still image frame data including an image of multiple individuals and an image of a device that requires an authentication;

detecting a move locus of the image of the multiple individuals based on the moving image data, the move locus being determined by a sequence of regions where the image of the multiple individuals is recognized in the plurality of pieces of the still image data;

executing individual determination processing of determining an individual of the multiple individuals in one piece of the still image data based on the detected move locus and a distance measured between (a) a region where the individual of the multiple individuals is recognized and (b) the device that requires an authentication in the one piece of the still image frame data; and

providing a result of the individual determination processing for predetermined authentication processing,

wherein the individual of the multiple individuals that is closest to the device that requires an authentication is selected as an individual to be authenticated.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for authentication, the process comprising:

accepting moving image data comprising a plurality of pieces of still image frame data, the still image frame data including an image of multiple individuals and an image of a device that requires an authentication;

detecting the move locus of the image of the multiple individuals based on the moving image data, the move locus being determined by a sequence of regions where the image of the multiple individuals is recognized in the plurality of pieces of the still image frame data;

executing individual determination processing of determining an individual of the multiple individuals in one piece of the still image data based on the detected move locus and a distance measured between (a) a region where the individual of the multiple individuals is recognized and (b) the device that requires an authentication in the one piece of the still image frame data; and

providing a result of the individual determination processing for predetermined authentication processing,

wherein the individual of the multiple individuals that is closest to the device that requires an authentication is selected as an individual to be authenticated.