Abstract: A skin site of an individual is illuminated and light scattered from the skin site under multispectral conditions is received. The light includes light scattered from tissue beneath a surface of the skin site. Multiple biometric modalities are derived from the received light. The biometric modalities are fused into a combined biometric modality that is analyzed to perform a biometric function.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 2007
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2011
Assignee:
Lumidign, Inc.
Inventors:
Umut Uludag, Robert K. Rowe, Kristin A. Nixon, Matthew S. Ennis