Abstract: A device for capturing a biometric print of a user, the user compartment including a frontal opening designed for the passage of part of a hand into said user compartment and a lateral opening allowing the passage of the thumb of the user's hand, the lateral opening extending as far as the frontal opening to form a continuous open space, the lateral opening being delimited in a direction of insertion of the user's hand into the user compartment by a user hand positioning stop.

Abstract: A biometric verification method for verifying the authenticity of a fingerprint acquisition of a reference image of a reference fingerprint including acquisition of a candidate image of a candidate fingerprint, geometric comparison between the geometric characteristic of the pattern of said reference print and the geometric characteristic of the pattern of said candidate print extracted from the acquired images, determination of geometric coherence between said reference print and said candidate print as a function of the result of the geometric comparison step and of the reference and candidate digital geometric configuration information extracted from the acquired images, and decision-making as to the authenticity of said candidate fingerprint as a function of the result of the geometric coherence determination step.

Abstract: A method for checking an individual having an identity document on a medium comprising an electronic chip in which a reference biometric datum of the individual is stored and capable of displaying an automatic reading zone representing an optical reading datum of the identity document, the method includes carrying out by a checking device of acquiring a candidate biometric datum on a biometric trait of the individual, retrieving from the candidate biometric datum in a memory, an optical reading datum associated with the reference biometric datum corresponding to the biometric trait of the individual, and opening a secure communication channel with the electronic chip of the medium of the individual's identity document using said retrieved optical reading datum.

Abstract: Techniques for texture-based authentication of digital identity documents are disclosed. The disclosed techniques include authentication based on global texture information and/or on local texture information. Global texture-based authentication may include generating a global texture profile for an identity document image and comparing the global texture profile with a stored profile associated with a jurisdiction class of the identity document. Local texture-based authentication may include generating one or more local texture patches representative of texture information of one or more select local blocks of the ID. The one or more local texture patches are provided as input to one or more local detectors each trained to detect the presence of a forgery based on a target manipulation space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contactless device (1) for capturing a biometric print, said device comprising a user region (10) and an electronic compartment (20), the user region (10) being suitable for receiving a hand portion of a user according to an orientation vector (V), the electronic compartment (20) comprising lighting means and an image-acquiring device (40), the image-acquiring device (40) being oriented along an optical axis (A1) making a first angle (B1) to the orientation vector (V), the lighting means comprising a light source (31) oriented along a lighting axis (A31) such that the projection (PA31) of said lighting axis (A31) in the plane defined by the orientation vector (V) and the optical axis (A1) makes a second angle (B31) to the orientation vector (V), the first angle (B1) being smaller than or equal to eighty degrees, the second angle (B31) being smaller than or equal to eighty degrees.

Abstract: A fingerprint acquisition device comprising, a space for receiving a finger of a user, a light source configured to emit a illumination light illuminating the space, a camera configured to acquire an image of a fingerprint of the finger, when the finger is received in the space, and, a polarization system configured to polarize the illumination light before the illumination light reaches the space and after the illumination light has passed through the space, and to polarize an ambient light emanating from outside the device and propagating towards the camera, before the ambient light reaches the space, and to polarize the ambient light after the ambient light has passed through the space.

Abstract: A method for matching an image of a palm of an individual with at least one image from a plurality of reference palm images, which includes: creation of a reference base from the plurality of reference palm images comprising, for each reference palm image, a selection of at least one reference palm region and a coding into a reference regional biometric information item, determination of an individual palmary biometric information item from the image of the palm of the individual comprising a selection of at least one individual palm region and the coding thereof into individual regional biometric information item, for each image, comparison of each individual regional biometric information item with each reference regional biometric information item, and matching of the image of the palm of the individual with at least one image from the plurality of reference palm images, as a function of a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A distributed-computing method for computing a metric f(X,Y) representative of a difference between a datum X comprising n bits (x1, . . . , xn) and a datum Y, the metric f(X,Y) taking the form f(X,Y)=fX(X)+?i=1nfi(xi,Y)+fY(Y), the method being implemented by a system comprising m+1 devices and including for any j ranging from 1 to m, computing, by way of the device of index j, at least one intermediate datum depending on the datum X and on the datum Y, and transmitting to the device of index m+1 at least one result comprising or depending on each intermediate datum, and determining, by way of the device of index m+1, the metric f(X,Y), the determining comprising summing each result to obtain a value equal to ?i=1nfi(xi,Y) or a value equal to ?i=1nfi(xi,Y)+fY(Y).

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described. The method includes generating, for display on a computing device, an identification rendering viewable on a display of the device, the identification rendering including an authority indicator and a digital image of a person. The method further includes the device triggering an interactive effect associated with the identification rendering. The triggering occurs in response to the device receiving a trigger input and the trigger can be from any input or communications sensor of the computing device. The triggered interactive effect includes an authority indicator and a freshness indicator that enables an individual viewing the display to validate the identity of the person associated with the digital image. Validation can be based on at least one of a characteristic of the interactive effect and attributes of the person or the authority indicator.

Abstract: A method for generating an image of a palm based on a first partial image of a palm of the individual and on a second partial image of a palm including detecting first characteristic points in the first image and second characteristic points in the second image, generating a plurality of pairs of characteristic points by matching first characteristic points with second characteristic points, computing an overall geometric transformation associated with said matching, determining a local geometric transformation for each pair of points, and merging the first image with the second image as a function of the overall geometric transformation and of the local geometric transformations, in order to generate the palm image.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for learning the parameters of a convolutional neural network, CNN, for data classification, the method comprising the implementation of steps by data processing means (11a, 11 b, 11c) of at least one server (1a, 1b, 1c), of: (a1) Learning, from a base of already-classified confidential learning data, the parameters of a first CNN; (a2) Learning, from a base of already-classified public learning data, the parameters of a last fully-connected layer (FC) of a second CNN corresponding to the first CNN to which said fully-connected layer (FC) has been added. The present invention also concerns a method for classifying an input datum.

Abstract: A method for the secure use of a first neural network on an input datum, the method including the implementation, by data processing device of a terminal, of the following steps: (a) constructing a second neural network corresponding to the first neural network, into which is inserted, at the input of a target layer of the first neural network, at least one auto-encoder neural network trained to add a parasitic noise to its input; (b) using the second neural network on the input datum.

Abstract: A method for extracting a signature of a fingerprint shown on a source image is described. For this purpose, the source image is transformed into the frequency domain. One or more ridge frequencies are next determined by means of a convolutional neural network applied to said transformed image, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1. The source image is normalized in response to said n ridge frequencies determined. One or more signatures of said fingerprint are finally extracted from said n normalized images.

Abstract: A dermatoglyph detector includes a detection circuit and an electronic processor unit. The detection circuit includes an electrically conductive thin film in which there are formed both electrodes that are arranged to come into contact with the skin of a portion of a human body and also conductive tracks connecting the electrodes to the processor unit. The processor unit is arranged to determine electrical characteristics of the body portion extending between each pair of electrodes in contact with the skin, and to execute a computer program for acting on the basis of the determined electrical characteristics to distinguish between an authentic body portion and a fake body portion. The detection circuit includes at least two track segments of different shapes between two calibration terminals so as to present an impedance ratio that is not equal to unity.

Abstract: A method for authentication or identification of an individual, comprising the implementation by data processing means (11) of a terminal (1) of the following steps: (a) Obtaining of a visible image, an infrared image and a depth image on each of which a biometric feature of said individual appears; (b) Selection of at least one of said visible images, infrared image and depth image depending on the ambient lighting conditions; (c) Detection of said biometric feature of the individual in each image selected; (d) Fusion of the biometric feature(s) detected; and, (e) Authentication or identification of said individual on the basis of the result of the fusion of the biometric feature(s) detected.

Abstract: A method for matching an image of a palm of an individual with at least one image from a plurality of reference palm images, which includes: creation of a reference base from the plurality of reference palm images comprising, for each reference palm image, a selection of at least one reference palm region and a coding into a reference regional biometric information item, determination of an individual palmary biometric information item from the image of the palm of the individual comprising a selection of at least one individual palm region and the coding thereof into individual regional biometric information item, for each image, comparison of each individual regional biometric information item with each reference regional biometric information item, and matching of the image of the palm of the individual with at least one image from the plurality of reference palm images, as a function of a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A method of radio communication of a slave device with a master device, the method comprising steps of: receiving (202) by the slave device of a connection request sent by the master device comprising first communication parameters for communicating with the master device, the communication parameters being indicative of a sequence of frequency channels to be used during successive periods to communicate with the master device, during one of the periods, implementing by the slave device of a processing capable of causing the master device to send a connection update comprising second parameters for communicating with the master device to be used in place of the first communication parameters, the processing comprising an action (210) on one of the frequency channels capable of causing the master device to detect a degradation in communication quality on the frequency channel.

Abstract: A method of authenticating an identity document based on an extraction, by analysis of an image acquired of the identity document, of candidate information representative of the appearance of a photograph such as depicted in the acquired image and optically readable data as depicted in the acquired image.

Abstract: A method for secure use of a first neural network on an input datum, the method comprising implementing, by data processing circuitry of a terminal: (a) constructing a second neural network which corresponds to the first neural network and receives at least one convolutional neural network approximating the identity function, (b) using the second neural network on the input datum. Further including a method for training parameters of the second neural network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal comprising a main body having an upper surface that is substantially horizontal; a tower extending substantially vertically from said main body, so as to define an acquisition volume delimited by said upper surface and the tower; optical acquisition means arranged within the main body so as to be able to acquire an image of a biometric print placed within the acquisition volume facing the upper surface; a user interface arranged within the tower; wherein the tower has a cavity, and the user interface comprises a screen arranged at the bottom of the cavity and a semi-reflective plate closing the cavity so as to provide the optical illusion that said screen is floating within the acquisition volume. The present invention further relates to a method for acquiring an image of a biometric print by means of the terminal.