Multimodal ocular biometric system

A system for multimodal biometric identification, the system comprising:

• at least one iris imaging system, each iris imaging system including:
• an iris illumination source adapted to emit iris photons to an iris of a right eye or a left eye;
• and
• an iris image sensor adapted to capture an image of the iris when the iris reflects the iris photons, the image of the iris having iris biometric data;
• at least one retina imaging system, each retina imaging system including:
• a retina illumination source adapted to emit retina photons to a retina of the right eye or the left eye;
• and
• a retina image sensor adapted to capture an image of the retina when the retina reflects the retina photons, the image of the retina having retinal biometric data;
• and
• a controller adapted to control the at least one iris imaging system and the at least one retina imaging system,
• wherein the iris image sensor of the at least one iris imaging system captures the image of the iris according to operation of the corresponding iris illumination source, and the retina image sensor of the at least one iris imaging system captures the image of the retina according to operation of the corresponding retina illumination source;
• the iris illumination source is operated by the controller with minimal introduction of noise to the operation of the retina illumination source;
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• the retina illumination source is operated by the controller with minimal introduction of noise to the operation of the iris illumination source.