Abstract: An iris recognition apparatus includes a front cover in which a module mounting hole is formed, a cover plate configured to be coupled to a front surface of the front cover, and an iris recognition module configured to be fitted into the module mounting hole from the rear of the front cover. The iris recognition module includes a shield cover fitted into the module mounting hole, a red-eye phenomenon generator including at least one illumination part, a substrate on which the at least one illumination part is mounted and disposed on the rear of the shield cover, an imaging module including a camera module for iris recognition, a substrate on which the camera module is mounted and disposed on the rear of the red-eye phenomenon generator, and a light passage hole formed in the shield cover corresponding to the front of the at least one illumination part.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatic detection of the face in a given image and localization of the eye region which is a target for recognizing iris is provided. The apparatus includes an image capturing unit collecting an image of a user; and a control unit extracting a characteristic vector from the image of the user, fitting an extracted vector into a Pseudo 2D Hidden Markov Model (HMM), and an operating method thereof for detecting a face and facial features of the user.

Abstract: An iris recognition apparatus for recognizing iris in an eyeball is provided. In particular, an iris recognition apparatus including a reflection unit that reflects and transmits an image of an eyeball is provided. The reflection unit reflects and transmits an image of an eyeball. A first image collection unit collects a reflected image. A control unit extracts an iris pattern based on the collected image.

Abstract: A terminal for minimizing a gazing phenomenon in an iris recognition terminal is disclosed. The iris recognition terminal may minimize the gazing phenomenon by including an eyeball reflection unit. Also, it is also possible to minimize the gazing phenomenon by displaying a positioner on a display unit. A person who wears glasses may experience specular light on the iris recognition terminal but the terminal of the present disclosure avoids the specular light. The terminal determines the location of the specular light and guides an avoidance location to a user based on the determination, so quick and accurate iris recognition is possible.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing iris in an eye is provided. An image collecting unit collects an image of the eye. A control unit detects whether a user wears a contact lens, based on an edge component on the image of the eye.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing an iris and an operating method thereof are provided. The iris recognition apparatus recognizing an iris of an eye includes an image capturing unit to acquire an iris image of an eye, and a controller to assess the focus quality of an iris region in the iris image and then determine an iris recognition target image.