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US 12,727,788 B2Granted
Biometric imaging device, biometric imaging method and program
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTeruyuki Higuchi
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Abstract
A biometric imaging device is provided with: placement unit that supports a biological object, imaging unit that takes images of the biological object, and determining unit that determines whether or not the biological object is placed on the placement unit, based on whether or not a feature of the biological object has changed at a place where the placement unit and the biological object are in contact, in the image(s).
Claims14
A biometric imaging device comprising:
- a memory storing a program including instructions;
- a placement stand including a transparent plate onto which a biological object that is a part of a human body and directly placeable onto the transparent plate is placed;
- a camera positioned to take images of said biological object;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the program to perform the instructions including:
- controlling the camera to take images of said biological object;
- and
- determining whether or not said biological object is a fake biological object based on a feature of said biological object at a place where said placement stand and said biological object are in contact and a feature of said biological object at a place where said placement stand and said biological object are not in contact, in said images,
- wherein the transparent plate is configured to support at least a part of said biological object so that said camera takes the images including a part of said biological object that is in contact to the transparent plate and a part which is consecutive to the part of said biological object that is not in contact to the transparent plate, and
- wherein the biological object is at least a part of a hand.
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A biometric imaging method, comprising:
- taking images of a biological object that is a part of a human body and directly placeable onto a transparent plate, by a biometric imaging device;
- and
- determining whether or not said biological object is a fake biological object based on a feature of said biological object at a place where a placement stand and said biological object are in contact and a feature of said biological object at a place where said placement stand and said biological object are not in contact, in said images,
- wherein the transparent plate included in the placement stand is configured to support at least a part of said biological object so that a camera of the biometric imaging device takes the images including a part of said biological object that is in contact to the transparent plate and a part which is consecutive to the part of said biological object that is not in contact to the transparent plate, and
- wherein the biological object is at least a part of a hand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.