Abstract: A system and method for remotely monitoring an individual, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. More particularly, one or more physiological functions and/or physical activities of the individual may be monitored. In order to monitor the individual, a range to, and/or a range rate (i.e., velocity) of, one or more points on one or more surfaces of the individual (e.g., skin, clothing, lips, etc.) may be determined over time. Based on the determinations of the range and/or range rate of the points on the surfaces of the individual, the one or more physiological functions and/or physical activities of the individual may be monitored. This may enable the physiological functions and/or physical activities to be monitored remotely from the individual without access or proximity to the individual.

Abstract: Devices and approaches for addressing wavefront corruption in biometric applications. A biometric imaging system may have a laser, a wavefront sensor, and an optical system. The laser may be configured to project a laser spot onto a skin portion of a human face, and the optical system may be configured to collect scattered light from the laser spot and relay the light to the wavefront sensor. The biometric imaging system may also have an adaptive optical element and a controller configured to provide actuation commands to the adaptive optical element based at least in part upon a wavefront distortion measurement output from the wavefront sensor. The optical system may further be configured to relay image light to an image camera of the optical system. The image camera may be an iris camera configured for obtaining iris images suitable for biometric identification.