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Granted Patent B2
US 11,080,521 · App. 16/733,333 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Living body detection device, living body detection method, and recording medium

Inventors: Leiming Su (Tokyo, JP); Mamoru Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Kenta Aino (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Morita (Takasaki, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06K9/00362G06T1/0014G06T7/00G06T7/0004G06T7/73G06T2207/10048G06T2207/10152G06T2207/20004G06T2207/30201
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Patent No.
US 11,080,521
App. No.
16/733,333
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A living body detection device ( 1 ) includes: an image acquisition unit ( 171 ), a determination unit ( 173 ) and a detection unit ( 174 ). The image acquisition unit ( 171 ) acquires a first image in which a subject irradiated by light in a first wavelength range is imaged, and a second image in which the subject irradiated by light in a second wavelength range is imaged, the second wavelength range being different from the first wavelength range. The determination unit ( 173 ) determines whether a relation expressed by luminance of the subject imaged in the first image and luminance of the subject imaged in the second image is a relation exhibited by a living body. The detection unit ( 174 ) detects that the subject is a living body in a case where the determination unit ( 173 ) has determined that it is the relation exhibited by the living body.

Claims (26)

1. A living body detection device comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire a first infrared image in which a subject irradiated by light in a first wavelength range is imaged, a second infrared image in which the subject irradiated by light in a second wavelength range is imaged, and a third infrared image in which the subject irradiated by light in a third wavelength range is imaged, the first, second, and third wavelength ranges being different from each other;

measure luminance values of pixels in each of the first, second and third infrared images of the subject;

count, using a living body candidate counter, sets of the luminance value of the first infrared image, the luminance value of the second infrared image, and the luminance value of the third infrared image which satisfy a relation exhibit by skin; and

determine whether the subject is a living body or not based on a value indicated by the living body candidate counter.

2. The living body detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

detect a face region of the subject from each of the three infrared images;

detect a forehead region, a right cheek region, and a left check region from the face region in each of the three infrared images;

measure luminance values of all pixels of the forehead region, the right cheek region, and the left check region in each of the three infrared images; and

count, using the living body candidate counter, the sets of the luminance values of the three infrared images which satisfy the relation, based on the measured luminance values of the forehead region, the right cheek region, and the left check region in each of the three infrared images.

3. The living body detection device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the value of the living body counter corresponds to a total number of the sets of the luminance values of the three infrared images which satisfy the relation, and

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine that the subject is a living body when a ratio of the sets of the luminance values of the three infrared images which satisfy the relation with respect to all sets of the luminance value of the first infrared image, the luminance value of the second infrared image, and the luminance value of the third infrared image is a predetermined ratio or more.

4. The living body detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the sets of the luminance values of the three infrared images which satisfy the relation are sets of the luminance values of same pixels of the three infrared image images which satisfy the relation.

5. A living body detection method comprising:

acquiring a first infrared image in which a subject irradiated by light in a first wavelength range is imaged, a second infrared image in which the subject irradiated by light in a second wavelength range is imaged, and a third infrared image in which the subject irradiated by light in a third wavelength range is imaged, the first, second, and third wavelength ranges being different from each other;

measuring luminance values of pixels in each of the first, second and third infrared images of the subject;

counting, using a living body candidate counter, sets of the luminance value of the first infrared image, the luminance value of the second infrared image, and the luminance value of the third infrared image which satisfy a relation exhibit by skin; and

determining whether the subject is a living body or not based on a value indicated by the living body candidate counter.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute:

acquiring a first infrared image in which a subject irradiated by light in a first wavelength range is imaged, a second infrared image in which the subject irradiated by light in a second wavelength range is imaged, and a third infrared image in which the subject irradiated by light in a third wavelength range is imaged, the first, second, and third wavelength ranges being different from each other;

measuring luminance values of pixels in each of the first, second and third infrared images of the subject;

counting, using a living body candidate counter, sets of the luminance value of the first infrared image, the luminance value of the second infrared image, and the luminance value of the third infrared image which satisfy a relation exhibit by skin; and

determining whether the subject is a living body or not based on a value indicated by the living body candidate counter.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16125514 · Sep 7, 2018
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