System and method for biometric authentication

Machine readable medium having information recorded thereon for user authentication, the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform:

• detecting a motion via a light sensitive sensor within a field of view of the light sensitive sensor;
• after the motion is detected, activating
• an infrared or near infrared light source that did not emit infrared or near infrared light and an infrared or near infrared sensor that did not capture images, and
• the user authentication by requesting a person appearing nearby to present biometric information of a body part of the person in a contactless manner, and
• switching the light sensitive sensor to a video mode to capture video to record actions of an object making the motion;
• acquiring, via the activated infrared or near infrared light source that emits infrared or near infrared light and the activated infrared or near infrared sensor that capture images, an image of the body part of the person positioned in a contactless manner with respect to the activated infrared or near infrared sensor;
• determining, via processing of the image, that the body part being imaged represents one of a plurality of anticipated body parts for authentication;
• extracting biometric features of the body part from the image;
• determining that a match between the extracted biometric features of the body part of the person and biometric features of a body part of one of one or more authorized users previously registered exceeds a certain criterion;
• and
• verifying, via the extracted biometric features of the body part, whether the person corresponds to the one of one or more authorized users previously registered.

A system for user authentication, the system comprising:

• a light sensitive sensor configured for detecting a motion within a field of view of the light sensitive sensor;
• an infrared or near infrared sensor configured for:
• acquiring an image of a body part of a person appearing nearby positioned in a contactless manner with respect to the infrared or near infrared sensor;
• and
• a computing device configured for:
• after the motion is detected,
• activating
• an infrared or near infrared light source that did not emit infrared or near infrared light and the infrared or near infrared sensor that did not capture images, and
• the user authentication by requesting the person to present biometric information of the body part of the person in a contactless manner, and
• switching the light sensitive sensor to a video mode to capture video to record actions of an object making the motion;
• acquiring, via the activated infrared or near infrared light source that emits infrared or near infrared light and the activated infrared or near infrared sensor that capture images, the image of the body part of the person positioned in a contactless manner with respect to the activated infrared or near infrared sensor;
• determining, via processing of the image, that the body part being imaged represents one of a plurality of anticipated body parts for authentication;
• extracting biometric features of the body part from the image;
• determining that a match between the extracted biometric features of the body part of the person and biometric features of a body part of one of one or more authorized users previously registered exceeds a certain criterion;
• and
• verifying, via the extracted biometric features of the body part, whether the person corresponds to the one of one or more authorized users previously registered.

A method implemented on at least one machine including at least one processor and a communication platform capable of connecting to a network for user authentication, the method comprising:

• outputting instructions to instruct an authorized user to position one of a plurality of anticipated body parts of the authorized user in front of a device for registration;
• activating an infrared or near infrared light source that did not emit infrared or near infrared light and an infrared or near infrared sensor that did not capture images;
• acquiring, via the activated infrared or near infrared light source that emits infrared or near infrared light and the activated infrared or near infrared sensor that capture images, one or more images of the body part of the authorized user in a contactless manner;
• determining, via processing of the one or more images, that the body part being imaged represents one of the plurality of anticipated body parts;
• extracting biometric features of the body part from the one or more images;
• determining, based on a confidence score of each of the extracted biometric features of the body part of the person, that the extracted biometric features of the body part of the person are satisfactory for registration;
• generating, based on the biometric features of the body part extracted from the one or more images, a biometric representation of the anticipated body part of the authorized user;
• storing the biometric representation of the anticipated body part of the authorized user;
• and
• performing, based on the stored biometric representation of the anticipated body part, a verification session for verifying whether a person is the authorized user, wherein the verification session comprises switching a light sensitive sensor to a video mode to capture video to record actions of the person.

A system for user authentication, the system comprising:

• an infrared or near infrared sensor configured for:
• acquiring one or more images of a body part of an authorized user in a contactless manner;
• and
• a computing device configured for:
• outputting instructions to instruct the authorized user to position one of a plurality of anticipated body parts of the authorized user in front of a device for registration;
• activating an infrared or near infrared light source that did not emit infrared or near infrared light and
• the infrared or near infrared sensor that did not capture images;
• acquiring, via the activated infrared or near infrared light source that emits infrared or near infrared light and the activated infrared or near infrared sensor that capture images, one or more images of the body part of the authorized user in a contactless manner;
• determining, via processing of the one or more images, that the body part being imaged represents one of the plurality of anticipated body parts;
• extracting biometric features of the body part from the one or more images;
• determining, based on a confidence score of each of the extracted biometric features of the body part of the person, that the extracted biometric features of the body part of the person are satisfactory for registration;
• generating, based on the biometric features of the body part extracted from the one or more images, a biometric representation of the anticipated body part of the authorized user;
• storing the biometric representation of the anticipated body part of the authorized user;
• and
• performing, based on the stored biometric representation of the anticipated body part, a verification session for verifying whether a person is the authorized user, wherein the verification session comprises switching a light sensitive sensor to a video mode to capture video to record actions of the person.