Abstract: A biometric sensing apparatus is employed by a person in order to obtain biometric data regarding the person. Transmitting and receiving antennas are used in order to transmit and receive signals. Measurements of the received signals are correlated with biological activity in order to provide biometric data for the person.

Abstract: This relates to systems and methods for determining one or more physiological signals of a user using ambient light. The systems and methods can include one or more light sensors configured to measure light that has interacted with a user and one or more light sensors configured to measure ambient light. The gain of the one or more light sensors can be adjusted based on the levels of measured ambient light. For example, the gain of the one or more light sensors can be increased when ambient light levels are low (e.g., a low light environment), or the gain of the one or more light sensors can be decreased when ambient light levels are high (e.g., a bright light environment). In some examples, the systems can include a variable opacity element whose transmission properties (e.g., opacity and/or selected one or more wavelengths to pass through) can be varied.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes capturing one or more friction ridge images of a finger at an instance in time, the one or more friction ridge images including a plurality of perspectives of the finger. The method also includes determining, from the one or more friction ridge images, a rolled fingerprint representation of the finger, the rolled fingerprint representation comprising data from the plurality of perspectives, and outputting the rolled fingerprint representation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for device personalization. A device is configured to receive first sensor data from one or more sensors, detect biometric information in the first sensor data, encode the biometric information as a first vector using one or more neural network models stored on the device, and configure a user interface of the device based at least in part on the first vector. For example, the profile information may include configurations, settings, preferences, or content to be displayed or rendered via the user interface. In some implementations, the first sensor data may comprise an image of a scene and the biometric information may comprise one or more facial features of a user in the scene.

Abstract: The present technology is to provide an image sensor capable of enhancing the security of biometric information and lowering the risk of information leakage. An image sensor 10 includes: a biometric information acquisition unit 102 that acquires biometric information; a storage unit 14 that stores reference information to be compared with the biometric information; and a biometric authentication unit 104 that performs biometric authentication by comparing the biometric information with the reference information. The image sensor 10 further includes an encryption processing unit 105 that encrypts biometric authentication information that authenticates a living organism.

Abstract: A fingerprint recognition apparatus with dynamically adjustable power levels of light-emitting modules is introduced, including: a touch detecting module detecting a touch coordinate and a touch area of a finger on a panel; a plurality of light-emitting modules emitting light to the finger on the panel; a processing module coupling to the touch detecting module and the plurality of light-emitting modules and outputting a setting value according to the touch coordinate, the touch area and positions of the plurality of light-emitting modules; a light-emitting power adjusting module adjusting power levels of the plurality of light-emitting modules according to the setting value; and an image outputting module outputting the fingerprint according to the fingerprint image.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first personal content associated with a first mobile communication device, obtaining recognition information associated with a target individual where the recognition information is associated with at least one of images of the target individual and audio of the target individual, obtaining second personal content associated with the first mobile communication device, and performing recognition analysis on the second personal content using the recognition information to detect the target individual being present in second images of the second personal content, where a communication device associated with the target individual is provided with access to the second images. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for detecting user liveness is provided that includes selecting first and second images from a sequence of images. The first and second images are captured under different illumination conditions. The method further includes locating feature calculation windows in corresponding positions on the first and second images. Each window includes a first area and a second area. Moreover, the method includes calculating, by a computing device, a feature value for each window position based on pixels, within the windows located at the position, from the first and second images. Furthermore, the method includes calculating a feature vector from the feature values, calculating a confidence score from the feature vector, and determining the sequence of images includes images of a live user when the confidence score is equal to or greater than the threshold score.

Abstract: An earpiece (100) and acoustic management module (300) for in-ear canal echo suppression control suitable is provided. The earpiece can include an Ambient Sound Microphone (111) to capture ambient sound, an Ear Canal Receiver (125) to deliver audio content to an ear canal, an Ear Canal Microphone (123) configured to capture internal sound, and a processor (121) to generate a voice activity level (622) and suppress an echo of spoken voice in the electronic internal signal, and mix an electronic ambient signal with an electronic internal signal in a ratio dependent on the voice activity level and a background noise level to produce a mixed signal (323) that is delivered to the ear canal (131).

Abstract: The invention provides a solution for secure authentication of an individual. The invention comprises methods and apparatus for secure input of a user's identifier e.g. PIN. An image of a keypad is superimposed over an operable keypad within a display zone of a screen associated with an electronic device. The keypad image and/or the operable keypad are generated by the device using a scrambled or randomised keypad configuration generated on or at the electronic device. The configuration or order of keys depicted in the image may or may not be scrambled or randomised. Thus, the order of keys depicted in the image do not correspond to the order of the keys in the operable keypad, so that when the user selects a ‘key’ depicted in the image on the screen, the underlying operable keypad is caused to operate and an encoded version of the user's input is received into memory on the device. The encoded input can be sent for decoding on a remote computer.

Abstract: Provided are an identifying device, an identification method, an identification system, and a database structure capable of identifying species of organisms including animals, insects, and plants. The identifying device for identifying organisms includes a reception unit for receiving feature information including at least one of a location, date and time, image data, attribution information of the image data, and a keyword representing a feature of the organism transmitted from a user terminal, and an identification unit for identifying the species of the organism based on the feature information received by the reception unit by referring to a database in which species of organisms are stored in association with the feature information.

Abstract: The embodiments implement fraud-resistant biometric security based on polarization-based iris identification. The embodiments include identifying an iris based on unique patterns of polarized electromagnetic radiation (EMR) received from the iris.

Abstract: An object detection system comprises a first object detection unit detecting an object from a first radio frequency (RF) signal data comprising first set of characteristics representing a first object, a second object detection unit detecting the object from an optical image data and a calibration unit calibrating the first RF signal data from the optical image data, in that, the second object detection unit and the first object detection unit are aligned to detect the object in a first region.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus and systems for biometric processes. The invention relates to initiating generation of an acoustic stimulus for application to a user's ear and extracting features for use in a biometric process from a measured response signal. The measured response signal may be used to derive one or more quality metrics and the quality metrics may be used to validate features extracted from the measured response. The quality metrics may be used to provide feedback to the user seeking to carry out the biometric process.

Abstract: A secure computer system architecture can be comprised of network-enabled end-user devices, services available to the end-user devices, and a biometric authentication gateway. Each service can be provided via one or more appropriately-configured servers meeting a predefined minimum level of computer and network security and/or a blockchain network. The biometric authentication gateway can control access to the services based upon validation of a user's biometric vector against a pre-established biometric vector. The architecture can utilize an improved public key infrastructure (PKI) approach that segments a private encryption key into three parts and distributes the three parts between the end-user device and the biometric authentication gateway. Two of the three parts can be encased within fuzzy vaults based upon the user's biometric vector.

Abstract: A visual privacy system unilaterally blocks rolling shutter cameras by providing a periodically interrupted ambient light source imposing bright and dark bands on the image yet at a frequency imperceptible to human observers in the environment. Communication of the modulation pattern to authorized cameras allows unaffected imaging in these regions by authorized individuals. The system also contemplates operation in a barcoding mode with a light modulation providing embedded barcodes that can be extracted from images taken in the region to indicate that the images were improperly acquired and to block the images in certain applications.

Abstract: Systems and methods for repairing cross-linked biometric records receive a set of biometric records. Each biometric record contains at least one biometric sample in a non-textual modality. One or more of the biometric records in the set of biometric records is potentially a cross-linked biometric record having at least two biometric samples that are associated with different individuals. Crosslink resolution is performed on the set of biometric records by searching for a match between a biometric sample in a given non-textual modality of a given biometric record with each biometric sample of the same given non-textual modality in each of the other biometric records in the set of biometric records. During the crosslink resolution, biometric sample may be removed from one biometric record and merged with another biometric record.

Abstract: A biological data registration support device includes: a control portion configured to acquire a plurality of registration scenarios, each including at least one verification method and associated with respective services, identify a verification method that is commonly included in the plurality of registration scenarios as a common verification method, and acquire one set of biological data for registration regarding the common verification method and one set of biological data for registration regarding the verification method other than the common verification method; and a transmitting portion configured to transmit the biological data for registration and the plurality registration scenarios acquired by the control portion.

Abstract: The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may detect a first user within a defined area of a display device and the first user may have a first security level. The computing device may display data on the display device and the data may be associated with a security parameter defining a security level for viewing the data. The computing device may detect a second user within the defined area of the display device and the second user may have a second security level. The computing device may determine that the second security level of the second user does not meet the security parameter for viewing the data and redact the data in response to determining that the second user does not meet the security parameter for viewing the data.

Abstract: The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may detect a first user within a defined area of a display device and the first user may have a first security level. The computing device may display data on the display device and the data may be associated with a security parameter defining a security level for viewing the data. The computing device may detect a second user within the defined area of the display device and the second user may have a second security level. The computing device may determine that the second security level of the second user does not meet the security parameter for viewing the data and redact the data in response to determining that the second user does not meet the security parameter for viewing the data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for high fidelity multi-modal out-of-band biometric authentication are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for multi-mode biometric authentication may include (1) receiving, at a computer application executed by an electronic device, a first input from a first input device on the electronic device; (2) receiving, at the computer application, a second data from a second input device on the electronic device; (3) receiving, at the computer application, a third input from a third input device on the electronic device; and (4) communicating, by the computer application and to a server, the first input, the second input, and the third input. The first input, second input and third input may be received within a predetermined time period, such as five seconds.

Abstract: An abandoned item detection unit detects an abandoned item shown in an image taken by any of a plurality of imaging devices. A person identification unit specifies the image directly before or directly after the appearance of the abandoned item as an image of abandonment timing, and identifies at least one person shown in the image of abandonment timing as a target person. A person search unit searches for an image showing the target person from among the images respectively taken by any of the plurality of imaging devices. A result display unit outputs a display showing the movement of the target person on the screen of a user terminal on the basis of the imaging device that has taken each image showing the target person and the imaging time at which each image showing the target person was taken.

Abstract: Methods and systems of authenticating a user based on an event, such as a natural disaster, a gathering of people, and mass activities of people. The method comprises recognizing, by a financial institution computing system, an event; receiving, by the financial institution computing system, a transaction request of a user; determining, by the financial institution computing system, that the user is associated with the recognized event; adjusting, by the financial institution computing system, authentication rules for the user; and processing, by the financial institution computing system, the transaction request for the user based on the adjusted authentication rules.

Abstract: An image synthesizing apparatus includes an illuminating device that outputs linearly polarized light having a first polarization direction and linearly polarized light having a second polarization direction, a camera that captures an image in a third polarization direction including a plurality of pixels and an image in a fourth polarization direction including a plurality of pixels, and a control circuit that synthesizes, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, the image in the third polarization direction and the image in the fourth polarization direction into an authentication image for iris authentication. The first, the second, the third and the fourth polarization directions are different from one another. The camera acquires the image in the third polarization direction using the linearly polarized light in the first polarization direction and acquires the image in the fourth polarization direction using the linearly polarized light in the second polarization direction.

Abstract: A facial verification method and apparatus is disclosed. The facial verification method includes detecting a face region in an input image, determining whether the detected face region represents a partial face, in response to a determination that the detected face region represents the partial face, generating a synthesized image by combining image information of the detected face region and reference image information, performing a verification operation with respect to the synthesized image and predetermined first registration information, and indicating whether facial verification of the input image is successful based on a result of the performed verification operation.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a sensor that detects motion and approach of an object around the vehicle, a camera that obtains a motion image and a facial image of the object around the vehicle, and a controller that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the obtained motion and facial images of the object around the vehicle.

Abstract: [Subject] To generate a value unique to a solid-state imaging apparatus utilizing a physical feature of the solid-state imaging apparatus. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus including a specification section specifying, from among a plurality of blocks that are set by dividing pixels included in at least a partial region of a pixel region having a plurality of pixels arrayed therein and each of which includes at least one or more of the pixels, at least one or more of the blocks, and a generation section generating a unique value based on pixel values of the pixels included in the specified blocks and a dispersion of the pixel values of the pixels among the plurality of blocks.

Abstract: Methods and systems for quickly and accurately identifying a coded identification tag imaged by conventional CCTV video monitoring equipment are presented herein. In one aspect, a coded identification tag includes a plurality of dark-colored polygons arranged around a light-colored central background area to maximize contrast between the polygons and the central background area. An array of dark-colored dots is arranged over the light-colored central background area. A light-colored border is located around the plurality of dark-colored polygons. A Coded Identification Tag Monitoring (CITM) system estimates the position and orientation of the coded identification tag with respect to the collected image based on the unique orientation of the coded identification tag with respect to an image frame. In some examples, the CITM system decodes the coded identification tag when the tag occupies less than 10% of the area of the image collected by the video imaging system.

Abstract: A sheet for optical fingerprint recognition or input, and a device including such a sheet. The sheet can detect fingerprint information having high contrast with a simple structure and can be applied to a large area display device to recognize a plurality of fingerprint patterns without being influenced by each other.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus and systems for biometric processes. The invention relates to initiating generation of an acoustic stimulus for application to a user's ear and extracting features for use in a biometric process from a measured response signal. The measured response signal may be used to derive one or more quality metrics and the quality metrics may be used to validate features extracted from the measured response. The quality metrics may be used to provide feedback to the user seeking to carry out the biometric process.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a fingerprint sensor, a display and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: execute an application comprising a plurality of resources corresponding to a plurality of images to be displayed on the display with respect to the fingerprint sensor; determine a resource among the plurality of resources which corresponds to the fingerprint sensor, on the basis of an attribute of the fingerprint sensor; and display one of the images which corresponds to the determined resource, on the display with respect to the fingerprint sensor.

Abstract: A content replacement system sends a content item with one or more content replacement parts to be consumed by a user of a client device. The content item is further associated with an interaction pattern that corresponds to a particular user interaction and a defined action that is to be executed by the client device when the particular user interaction is performed on the client device. While the content replacement part is played on the client device, one or more sensors of the client device acquire data regarding user interactions performed by the user on the client device. The acquired data is processed to determine whether the user has performed a user interaction that matches the interaction pattern. Upon detecting a match, the client device sends a notification to the content replacement system indicating that the match has occurred and further executes the defined action.

Abstract: A user verification apparatus may perform user verification using multiple biometric verifiers. The user verification apparatus may set a termination stage of one or more biometric verifiers. Multiple biometric verifiers may be used to generate outputs, for which separate termination stages are set to establish a particular combination of set termination stages associated with the multiple biometric verifiers, and the user verification apparatus may fuse outputs of the biometric verifiers based on the particular combination of set termination stages. The user verification apparatus may verify a user based on a result of the fusing, and an unlocking command signal may be generated based on the verifying. The unlocking command signal may be generated to selectively grant access, to the verified user, to one or more elements of a device. The device may be a vehicle.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an image capturing method and device, so as to capture different types of biometric characteristic image information rapidly by using a device that can be integrated easily.

Abstract: Eye-tracking systems of the present disclosure may include at least one light source configured to emit modulated radiation toward an intended location for a user's eye. The modulated radiation may be modulated in a manner that enables the light source to be identified by detection and analysis of the modulated radiation. At least one optical sensor including at least one sensing element may be configured to detect at least a portion of the modulated radiation. A processor may be configured to identify, based on the modulated radiation detected by the optical sensor, the light source that emitted the modulated radiation. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for authenticating a user is presented. Responsive to a request for access to a computer resource, a computer system prompts the user making the request to access the computer resource to perform a new motion in an environment in which the user is monitored by a sensor system. Detected biometric data in the new motion performed by the user is identified by the computer system. A determination is made as to whether the user performing the new motion is an authenticated user based on comparing the detected biometric data with stored biometric data for a prior motion performed by the authenticated user. The computer system provides access to the computer resource when the user is identified as the authenticated user.

Abstract: Computer systems and methods are provided for performing authentication of a user. A computer system receives, from a camera on an electronic device distinct from the computing system: a single captured image that includes a first facial image of a user and an image of a document that includes a second facial image of the user, and a third facial image of the user captured at a different time from the first facial image. The computer system determines whether the first facial image and the second facial image meet matching criteria. The computer system determines, using the third facial image, that the user is moving. And, in accordance with determinations that the first facial image and the second facial image meet the matching criteria and that the user is moving, the computer system transmits authorization information for the user to the electronic device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for using a payment processing network as an authorization engine to access secure physical areas, such as college dormitories, office buildings. A keycard with a cryptogram generator is presented by a user to an access device, and the access device or associated computer sends an access request message formatted like a payment authentication request message to an aggregator/acquirer and payment processing network. The payment processing network validates the cryptogram and returns an access response message, again formatted like a payment authorization response message, indicating that the keycard is authentic. The gate, door, turnstile, or other barrier is then temporarily unlocked to let the user through.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for authenticating a user based on neuromuscular signals. The method comprises recording, using a plurality of neuromuscular sensors arranged on one or more wearable devices, a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user; deriving a neuromuscular signature for the user from the plurality of neuromuscular signals and/or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals, wherein the neuromuscular signature is indicative of at least one personal characteristic of the user detected in the plurality of neuromuscular signals; and authenticating the user based on the derived neuromuscular signature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for verifying and tracking identification information. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for delivering security solutions is provided that includes at least one of the following: a radio frequency (RF) identification device, an identification mechanism (e.g., a card, sticker), and an RF reader.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage device for storing a position of a predetermined region in an image conforming to a predetermined format, a processor for acquiring an input image including a character recognition target region, cutting out a region corresponding to the character recognition target region from the input image or an image generated from the input image to generate a corrected image in which the region is placed at the position of the predetermined region in the image conforming to the predetermined format, and detecting a character from the corrected image, and an output device for outputting information related to the detected character.

Abstract: A monitoring system is configured to monitor a property. The monitoring system includes a camera, a sensor, and a monitor control unit. The monitor control unit is configured to receive image data and sensor data. The monitor control unit is configured to determine that the image data includes a representation of a person. The monitor control unit is configured to determine an orientation of a representation of a head of the person. The monitor control unit is configured to determine that the representation of the head of the person likely includes a representation of a face of the person. The monitor control unit is configured to determine that the face of the person is likely concealed. The monitor control unit is configured to determine a malicious intent score that reflects a likelihood that the person has a malicious intent. The monitor control unit is configured to perform an action.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for authenticating a user via gestures, QR codes, and passphrases generated to incorporate typing habits of the user. A passphrase system generates a one-time use passphrase, which incorporates hallmarks and/or quirks of the user's typing, and presents the generated passphrase as an authentication challenge to authenticate as the user. If metrics collected during the authentication challenge are statistically similar to metrics of the user's typing, the authentication succeeds; otherwise, the authentication fails. A user's gesture habits during input of an authentication drawing may be used as a target for future authentication attempts. A user's input motions (typing and/or gestures) may be converted into a secure QR code; a different host device may use the secure QR code to obtain the target metrics for future authentication attempts of the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for biometric identity authentication. In one aspect, a method comprises: determining: (i) a plurality of first interest points in a first image of an eye of a first user, and (ii) a plurality of second interest points in a second image of an eye of a second user; determining a plurality of interest point pairs; processing a network input comprising the interest point pairs using an inlier neural network to generate a network output comprising a plurality of inlier scores; and determining whether an identity of the first user matches an identity of the second user based on the inlier scores.

Abstract: A device for biometric recognition, a method for biometric recognition, and a biometric template registration method are disclosed. The device comprises: a sensor for sensing information of a biometric feature; and a security chip for storing a template of the biometric feature, obtaining the information, performing image preprocessing and feature extraction on the obtained information, and comparing features with the stored template to determine a biometric recognition result. Since the whole biometric recognition process is executed in an independent security chip, the security is greatly improved compared with traditional logic isolation solutions.

Abstract: A context-aware biometric access control policy is provided. A request to access a protected resource received from a client device is identified. A resource hierarchy associates each of a plurality of protected resources with one or more respective confidence levels of authentication. A confidence level that is associated with the protected resource is identified based on the resource hierarchy. Instructions to capture a biometric token via the client device are generated based on a set of one or more confidence level parameters that is associated with the identified confidence level. The generated instructions are sent to the client device. A biometric token received from the client device is determined to authenticate the user of the client device and, in response, the request to access the protected resource is approved.

Abstract: A context-aware biometric access control policy is provided. A request to access a protected resource received from a client device is identified. A resource hierarchy associates each of a plurality of protected resources with one or more respective confidence levels of authentication. A confidence level that is associated with the protected resource is identified based on the resource hierarchy. Instructions to capture a biometric token via the client device are generated based on a set of one or more confidence level parameters that is associated with the identified confidence level. The generated instructions are sent to the client device. A biometric token received from the client device is determined to authenticate the user of the client device and, in response, the request to access the protected resource is approved.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for image processing are described. The method may include identifying a face in a first image based on identifying one or more biometric features of the face, determining an angular direction of one or more pixels of the identified face, identifying an anchor point on the identified face, sorting each of one or more pixels of the identified face into one of a set of pixel bins based on a combination of the determined angular direction of the pixel and a distance between the pixel and the identified anchor point, and outputting an indication of authenticity associated with the face based on a number of pixels in each bin.

Abstract: There are included: a frequency distribution creating unit for referring to the face information detected by the face information detecting unit, and when a preset change occurs in the driver's face, creating a frequency distribution of face information in a preset time section from the face information detected by a face information detecting unit; a mode value calculating unit for calculating a mode value of the face information from the frequency distribution created; and a reference value calculating unit for calculating a reference value indicating a steady state of the driver from the mode value of the face information.

Abstract: Techniques for managing notifications are described. In an example, a computing device presents content in an application window based on an execution of an application. Notification data is received by a computing device. Based on a context associated with the computing device, such as whether the application window is the foreground and whether the notification data is associated with the application or such as the operational mode of the computing device, a determination is made whether to present a corresponding notification in-context within the application window or in a pop-up window. Otherwise, the notification is added to a notification list and can be summarized in a notification summary.