Method and apparatus for iris recognition

An apparatus for recognizing an iris, the apparatus comprising:

• an iris recognition camera, which includes an infrared light emitting diode, configured to obtain an iris image;
• a regular camera configured to display a preview image;
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• a controller configured to acquire an image from the iris recognition camera in response to receiving a request for iris recognition, display the preview image including an iris recognition area corresponding to the iris recognition camera acquired from the regular camera in response to detecting an iris in the acquired image, and obtain information for the detected iris from the iris recognition camera and perform iris recognition using the information for the detected iris.

An electronic apparatus comprising:

• an iris recognition camera, which includes an infrared light emitting diode, configured to obtain iris image information;
• a regular camera configured to display a preview image, and obtain an eye image;
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• a controller configured to display the preview image acquired from the regular camera in response to receiving a request for iris recognition, perform face recognition, obtain an eye area from the preview image and display the obtained eye area as an iris recognition area when information of a user corresponding to recognized face information exists among user face information stored in the electronic apparatus, and obtain information for a detected iris from the iris recognition camera in response to detecting an iris in the iris recognition area and perform iris recognition using the information for the detected iris.