# US 10,503,958 B2 · Living body determination device, living body determination method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,958 B2 - Document ID: US10503958B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/759,880 - Filed: 2016-09-09 - Published: 2018-08-23 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-17 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Yuji Ohno; Masahiro Kubo; Katsumi Abe; Kimiyasu Takoh; Ersin Altintas; Takeshi Akagawa; Tetsuri Ariyama; Ichiro Ishimaru - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503958B2 ## CPC - A61B 5/1172: using fingerprinting - A61B 5/0075: {by spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra, e.g. Raman spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy (A61B5/0071 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/489: {Blood vessels} - G01J 3/2823: {Imaging spectrometer} - G01J 3/42: Absorption spectrometry; Double beam spectrometry; Flicker spectrometry; Reflection spectrometry (beam switching arrangements G01J3/08) - G01J 3/447: Polarisation spectrometry - G01J 3/4535: {Devices with moving mirror (G01J3/4532 takes precedence)} - G06V 10/143: Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths - G06V 40/1312: {direct reading, e.g. contactless acquisition} - G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification} - G06V 40/1394: {using acquisition arrangements} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A living body is accurately determined while minimizing increases in the size of a device and increases in the number of components. A living body determination device includes a spectroscopic device 104 that disperses light entering from a pedestal side and outputs the result; a light emission device 101 that emits first light toward the pedestal from a position facing the spectroscopic device 104 with the pedestal therebetween; a light emission device 102 that emits second light toward the pedestal from the spectroscopic device 104 side; an image acquisition device 105 that outputs image information indicating a brightness corresponding to the intensity of the light output by the spectroscopic device 104; and a calculation device 106 that acquires first image information regarding each of the spectra of the first light from the image acquisition device 105, acquires first spectroscopic information on the basis of each of the pieces of first image information, acquires second image information regarding each of the spectra of the second light from the image acquisition device 105, acquires second spectroscopic information on the basis of each of the pieces of second image information, and determines whether or not a measurement target 10a is a living body, based on the first and second spectroscopic information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A living body determination device comprising: a pedestal for placing a measurement target; a spectroscopic device that receives light entering from the pedestal side and disperses the light into intensities corresponding to wavelengths and outputs it; a first light emission device that is provided at a position facing the spectroscopic device with the pedestal therebetween and emits first light having a plurality of spectra toward the pedestal; a second light emission device that emits second light having a plurality of spectra toward the pedestal from the spectroscopic device side; an image acquisition device that receives light output from the spectroscopic device and outputs image information indicating brightness corresponding to an intensity of the light; and a control unit that acquires first image information related to the measurement target from the image acquisition device for each spectrum of the first light and acquires first spectroscopic information based on each first image information, the control unit acquiring second image information related to the measurement target from the image acquisition device for each spectrum of the second light and acquiring second spectroscopic information based on each second image information, and the control unit determining whether or not the measurement target is a living body based on comparison results between each of the first and second spectroscopic information and a predetermined spectral characteristic. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines whether or not the measurement target is a living body based on a correlation degree between each of the first and second spectroscopic information and the predetermined spectral characteristic. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein, in a state where the first light emission device is turned on and the second light emission device is turned off, the control unit acquires the first image information from the image acquisition device, and in a state where the second light emission device is turned on and the first light emission device is turned off, the control unit acquires the second image information from the image acquisition device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein a wavelength band of the first light emission device is set to a longer wavelength band than a wavelength band of the second light emission device, and in a state where the first and second light emission devices are both turned on, the control unit acquires the first and second image information from the image acquisition device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein the spectroscopic comprises: a first spectroscopic device that is positioned on an optical axis of the first light emission device and receives transmitted light based on the first light from the measurement target; and a second spectroscopic device that is provided in a position facing the second light emission device with the optical axis therebetween and receives reflected light based on the second light from the measurement target, and the image acquisition device comprises: a first image acquisition device that receives light output from the first spectroscopic device and outputs image information indicating brightness corresponding to an intensity of the light; and a second image acquisition device that receives light output from the second spectroscopic device and outputs image information indicating brightness corresponding to an intensity of the light, and in a state where the first and second light emission devices are both turned on, the control unit acquires the first image information from the first image acquisition device and acquires the second image information from the second image acquisition device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first polarization control device that is provided between the second light emission device and the pedestal, the first polarization control device controlling a polarization state of the second light into a predetermined polarization; and a second polarization control device that is provided between the spectroscopic device and the pedestal, the second polarization control device controlling a polarization state of light entering from the pedestal side, and the second polarization control device being capable of switching between a first polarization control state where a first polarization is output and a second polarization control state where a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization is output, wherein in a state where the first and second light emission devices are both turned on, the control unit switches the second polarization control device into the first polarization control state and acquires the first image information from the image acquisition device, and switches the second polarization control device into the second polarization control state and acquires the second image information from the image acquisition device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit calculates brightness change information indicating temporal changes in brightness, based on the first image information, the control unit determines that the measurement target has a pulse wave in a case where amplitude at a predetermined frequency of the brightness change information is higher than a predetermined value, and the control unit determines that the measurement target does not have a pulse wave in a case where amplitude at the predetermined frequency of the brightness change information is not more than the predetermined value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit acquires the first spectroscopic information about a predetermined region of a first image indicated by the first image information and acquires the second spectroscopic information about a predetermined region of a second image indicated by the second image information, and the predetermined region of the first image matches the predetermined region of the second image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit acquires the first spectroscopic information about a predetermined region of a first image indicated by the first image information, and acquires the second spectroscopic information about a predetermined region of a second image indicated by the second image information, and the predetermined region of the first image is different from the predetermined region of the second image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The living body determination device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined spectral characteristic is a combination of spectra of a plurality of components related to a living body. ### Claim 11 A living body determination method that is performed by a device, the device comprising: a pedestal for placing a measurement target; a spectroscopic device that receives light entering from the pedestal side and disperses the light into intensities corresponding to wavelengths and outputs it; a first light emission device that is provided at a position facing the spectroscopic device with the pedestal therebetween and emits first light having a plurality of spectra toward the pedestal; a second light emission device that emits second light having a plurality of spectra toward the pedestal from the spectroscopic device side; and an image acquisition device that receives light output from the spectroscopic device and outputs image information indicating brightness corresponding to an intensity of the light, the method comprising: acquiring first image information related to the measurement target from the image acquisition device for each spectrum of the first light; acquiring first spectroscopic information based on each first image information; acquiring second image information related to the measurement target from the image acquisition device for each spectrum of the second light; acquiring second spectroscopic information based on each second image information; and determining whether or not the measurement target is a living body based on comparison results between each of the first and second spectroscopic information and a predetermined spectral characteristic. ### Claim 12 A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for a computer of a device, the device comprising: a pedestal for placing a measurement target; a spectroscopic device that receives light entering from the pedestal side and disperses the light into intensities corresponding to wavelengths and outputs it; a first light emission device that is provided at a position facing the spectroscopic device with the pedestal therebetween and emits first light having a plurality of spectra toward the pedestal; a second light emission device that emits second light having a plurality of spectra toward the pedestal from the spectroscopic device side; and an image acquisition device that receives light output from the spectroscopic device and outputs image information indicating brightness corresponding to an intensity of the light, the program causing the computer to execute: acquiring first image information related to the measurement target from the image acquisition device for each spectrum of the first light; acquiring first spectroscopic information based on each first image information; acquiring second image information related to the measurement target from the image acquisition device for each spectrum of the second light; acquiring second spectroscopic information based on each second image information; and determining whether or not the measurement target is a living body based on comparison results between each of the first and second spectroscopic information and a predetermined spectral characteristic.