IP Library Granted Patent US 7,751,598
Granted Patent B2
US 7,751,598 · App. 11/510,197 · Granted Jul 6, 2010

Methods and systems for biometric identification

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Patent No.
US 7,751,598
App. No.
11/510,197
Granted
Jul 6, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for identifying an iris image can include obtaining an iris image of an eye, segmenting the iris image, generating, from the segmented iris image, a normalized iris image, and generating, from the normalized iris image, an iris template. The method can also include generating a modified iris template by extracting a portion of the iris template, comparing the modified iris template with a plurality of previously stored other modified iris templates and matching the modified iris template with one of the plurality of previously stored other modified iris templates. The method can also include generating a modified iris template by extracting a portion of the iris template, comparing the modified iris template with a plurality of previously stored other modified iris templates, and matching the modified iris template with one of the plurality of previously stored other modified iris templates.

Claims (18)

1. A method for identifying an iris image, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining an iris image of an eye;

generating, from the iris image, an original iris template;

generating a modified iris template based only on an extracted portion of the iris template, wherein the extracted portion is a row of the iris template;

comparing the modified iris template with a plurality of previously stored other modified iris templates to select at least one candidate for full template matching; and

comparing the selected at least one candidate with the original iris template.

2. A method for identifying an iris image, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining an iris image of an eye;

generating, from the iris image, an original iris template;

generating a modified iris template based only on an extracted portion of the iris template, wherein the extracted portion is a column of the iris template;

comparing the modified iris template with a plurality of previously stored other modified iris templates to select at least one candidate for full template matching; and

comparing the selected at least one candidate with the original iris template.

3. A method for identifying an iris image, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining an iris image of an eye;

generating, from the iris image, an original iris template;

generating a modified iris template based only on an extracted portion of the iris template, wherein the extracted portion of the iris template is a diagonal region;

comparing the modified iris template with a plurality of previously stored other modified iris templates to select at least one candidate for full template matching; and

comparing the selected at least one candidate with the original iris template.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: SRI INTERNATIONAL
To: PRINCETON IDENTITY, INC.
Reel/Frame 039739/0739 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 20, 2013
From: SARNOFF CORPORATION
To: SRI INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 031043/0610 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2006
From: BERGEN, JAMES R.; MATEY, JAMES R.
To: SARNOFF CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018509/0418 →