Granted Patent B2

US 10,248,833 · App. 15/428,041 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Inventors: Joel-Yann Fourre (Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR); Alain Thiebot (Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR); Florence Guillemot (Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR); Remy Chiu (Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR); Benjamin Peyronneaud (Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR)

Assignee: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY

G06K9/0008G06K9/0004

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A method for biometric processing of images of part of the human body having papillary ridges for determining whether an imaged part of the human body is authentic for the detection of fraud, said method comprising:

acquiring images of part of the human body having papillary ridges on contact with a surface of a sensor adapted to receive in contact a part of the human body to be imaged, said sensor comprising an automated data-processing system, an emissive screen comprising an array of individually controllable pixels, the states of the pixels defining a display pattern of the emissive screen, and a substrate on which are disposed elements sensitive to light constituting an imager and sharing the orientation of the emissive screen,

wherein the acquiring images further comprises:

displaying, by the emissive screen of the sensor, at least one first display pattern to light said part of the human body, the emissive screen being configured to light said part of the human body to be imaged when said part of the human body is in contact with the surface, and acquiring at least one first image of said part of the human body by the imager;

determining, from this first image, by the automated data-processing system, at least one second display pattern different to the first display pattern, wherein the determination of the second display pattern comprises analysis of the first image to locate a representation of the part of the human body in said first image, and wherein determination of the second display pattern comprises positioning of lighting zones in the second display pattern corresponding to the location of the representation of the part of the human body in the first image, such that the part of the human body in contact with the surface is lit by said lighting zones when the emissive screen displays the second display pattern, the second display pattern comprising luminous geometric figures which are distinct and separate defined by the states of the pixels of the emissive screen; and

displaying, by the emissive screen, at least the second display pattern to light said part of the human body so that said part of the human body in contact with the surface is illuminated by said lighting zones when the emissive screen displays the second display pattern, and acquiring at least one second image of said part of the human body by the imager, and

performing, by the automated data-processing system, biometric processing on a final image constructed from at least the second image, said biometric processing comprising performing a method for fraud detection aimed at determining that the imaged part of the human body is authentic and not a fraud using representations in the second image of projections of the luminous geometric figures of the second display pattern.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein biometric processing of the final image constructed from at least the second image comprises a step for detecting, among the pixels of said second image, the pixels corresponding to papillary ridges.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determination of the second display pattern comprises determination of the spatial distribution of the light intensity in the first image, and the second display pattern is determined from the inverse of said spatial distribution.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein biometric processing comprises analysis in the final image of the decrease in light intensity from sites of the second image corresponding to the projections of said geometric figures on the part of the human body lit by the second display pattern displayed by the emissive screen.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determination of the second display pattern comprises analysis of the first image to locate the at least partial representation of the part of the human body in the first image, and the geometric figures of the second display pattern are located in the second display pattern at a zone corresponding to said representation of the part of the human body in the first image, such that the geometric figures are displayed by the emissive screen facing the part of the human body.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein analysis of the first image comprises location in the representation of the part of the human body in the first image of a region representative of a particular visual feature of said part of the human body, and the zone in which are located the geometric figures of the second display pattern corresponds to said region representative of a particular visual feature of said part of the human body, such that the geometric figures are displayed by the emissive screen facing said region representative of a particular visual feature of said part of the human body.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the geometric figures of the second display pattern are spaced apart by at least 2 mm and are arranged randomly.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein several second display patterns are determined from the first image, and, successively for at least several of said second display patterns, the emissive screen displays at least one of said second display patterns to light said part of the human body and the imager acquires at least one second image of said part of the human body.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of said second display patterns is constituted by colors in wavelengths less than 600 nm and another of said second display patterns is constituted by colors in wavelengths greater than 600 nm.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising program code instructions stored thereon, said instructions when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:

acquiring images of part of a human body having papillary ridges on contact with a surface of a sensor adapted to receive in contact a part of the human body to be imaged, said sensor comprising an automated data-processing system, an emissive screen comprising an array of individually controllable pixels, the states of the pixels defining a display pattern of the emissive screen, and a substrate on which are disposed elements sensitive to light constituting an imager and sharing the orientation of the emissive screen,

wherein the acquiring images further comprises:

displaying, by the emissive screen of the sensor, at least one first display pattern to light said part of the human body, the emissive screen being configured to light said part of the human body to be imaged when said part of the human body is in contact with the surface, and acquiring at least one first image of said part of the human body by the imager;

determining, from this first image, by the automated data-processing system, at least one second display pattern different to the first display pattern, wherein the determination of the second display pattern comprises analysis of the first image to locate a representation of the part of the human body in said first image, and wherein determination of the second display pattern comprises positioning of lighting zones in the second display pattern corresponding to the location of the representation of the part of the human body in the first image, such that the part of the human body in contact with the surface is lit by said lighting zones when the emissive screen displays the second display pattern, the second display pattern comprising luminous geometric figures which are distinct and separate defined by the states of the pixels of the emissive screen; and

displaying, by the emissive screen, at least the second display pattern to light said part of the human body so that said part of the human body in contact with the surface is illuminated by said lighting zones when the emissive screen displays the second display pattern, and acquiring at least one second image of said part of the human body by the imager, and

performing, by the automated data-processing system, biometric processing on a final image constructed from at least the second image, said biometric processing comprising performing a method for fraud detection aimed at determining that the imaged part of the human body is authentic and not a fraud using representations in the second image of projections of the luminous geometric figures of the second display pattern.

11. A sensor configured to perform biometric processing, said sensor comprising:

an automated data-processing system;

an emissive screen comprising an array of individually controllable pixels, the state of the pixels defining a display pattern of the emissive screen; and

a substrate on which are disposed elements sensitive to light constituting an imager and sharing the orientation of the emissive screen,

wherein said sensor comprises a surface adapted to receive in contact a part of a human body to be imaged, said emissive screen being configured to light said part of the human body to be imaged when said part of the human body is in contact with the surface,

said sensor configured to perform a method comprising:

acquiring images of part of the human body having papillary ridges on contact with the surface,

wherein the acquiring images further comprises:

displaying, by the emissive screen of the sensor, at least one first display pattern to light said part of the human body, and acquiring at least one first image of said part of the human body by the imager;

determining, from this first image, by the automated data-processing system, at least one second display pattern different to the first display pattern, wherein the determination of the second display pattern comprises analysis of the first image to locate a representation of the part of the human body in said first image, and wherein determination of the second display pattern comprises positioning of lighting zones in the second display pattern corresponding to the location of the representation of the part of the human body in the first image, such that the part of the human body in contact with the surface is lit by said lighting zones when the emissive screen displays the second display pattern, the second display pattern comprising luminous geometric figures which are distinct and separate defined by the states of the pixels of the emissive screen; and

displaying, by the emissive screen, at least the second display pattern to light said part of the human body so that said part of the human body in contact with the surface is illuminated by said lighting zones when the emissive screen displays the second display pattern, and acquiring at least one second image of said part of the human body by the imager, and performing, by the automated data-processing system, biometric

processing on a final image constructed from at least the second image, said biometric processing comprising performing a method for fraud detection aimed at determining that the imaged part of the human body is authentic and not a fraud using representations in the second image of projections of the luminous geometric figures of the second display pattern.

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