EP1910973A1

EP1910973A1 - Method and system for biometric identification or verification

Info

Publication number: EP1910973A1
Application number: EP06776629A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Tilman Otto; Frank Müller
Original assignee: Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
Current assignee: Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
Priority date: 2005-08-05
Filing date: 2006-08-04
Publication date: 2008-04-16
Also published as: JP2014028280A; WO2007017207A1; US8184867B2; US20100098300A1; JP5909471B2; JP2009502382A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the biometric identification or verification of people. According to said method, biometric characteristics are detected by means of an imaging device and the identification or verification is carried out by means of the detected image data, especially by comparison with known data records and/or original images. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the method. The aim of the invention is provide one such method and system which significantly improve the anti-violation security in a simple and secure manner. To this end, the retina of the eye is used as a biometric object for detecting the biometric characteristics, and movements and/or the immobility of the eye are detected and taken into account.

Description

METHOD XMD LIVE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR RETRACE RECOGNITION

The invention relates to a method for the biometric identification or verification of persons according to the features specified in the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system for carrying out the method.

As is well known, biometric comparison methods can be used both for the identification and for the verification of persons. In the identification, the identification of the identity takes place without prior knowledge (1: n comparison), wherein the characteristics of a person recorded biometrically with a method and / or system suitable for this purpose are compared with data records of a plurality of previously recorded persons in order to determine the identity. In this case, records of the person, in particular stored centrally in the biometric system. In a verification, the verification of a default (1: 1 comparison) takes place, wherein the biometrically recorded characteristics of a person are compared with the characteristics of a previously detected person for agreement. The data set to be compared can be stored centrally in the biometric system or it is also possible to save the data record on a medium, such as a Chip card, with the person to be verified, the said medium provides the system. Both in the identification and in the verification, the biometric features from the captured image data are calculated. It is a fundamental problem of biometric methods that an image of the biometric object, such as fingertip, face or iris, may not be distinguishable from images or copies of the object, thus deceiving the biometric system and not ensuring the security of identification or verification can be. For example, with biometric methods such as fingerprint, face, iris or speech, the biometric object is "freely" accessible. Since fingerprints are left everywhere, fingerprint systems can easily be outsmarted by copies. Even iris scanner systems can be overcome relatively easily, for example by specially prepared and / or printed contact lenses or simply with photographs of the iris in the correct size ratio. It is relatively easy to make suitable copies of a biometrically measured identification object. It is a big problem of such biometric systems that it is usually not possible to decide whether the object presented for identification or verification is an original body part or just an image of it. Furthermore, any existing life detection, such as thermal, capacitive and the like, can be overcome by relatively simple technical measures. The quality of biometric methods and / or systems for identification using pattern recognition algorithms is usually indicated by two characteristics, False Rejection Rate (FRR) and False Acceptance Rate (FAR). The FRR indicates the percentage of persons or individuals mistakenly rejected by the system, although the two biometric data sets to be compared, although derived from the same individual, are not assessed consistently by the system. Ideally, this value is 0%. The FAR indicates the percentage of individuals falsely verified by the system, where the two biometric characteristics datasets to be compared are not from the same individual, but are considered by the system to be consistent. This value is ideally also at 0%.

From EP 0 498 280 B1, which is based on the applicant, Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, a device for scanning an object with a beam in two substantially orthogonal directions is known. This is a diagnostic laser scanning system by means of which a continuous laser scanning formation of the retina with different wavelengths is feasible. The device contains a first and a second scanner, each with a mirror whose axes of rotation extend in mutually orthogonal planes. The mirror of the first scanner is deflected at a predetermined distance from its axis of rotation. The center of the mirror of the second scanner is arranged in the middle of said distance between the axis of rotation and the mirror of the first scanner, wherein the beam from the mirror of the first scanner extends directly to the mirror of the second scanner. In the beam path between said mirrors, an additional optical system is present. This laser scanning system, which is also called Retinascanner allows a continuous imaging of the retina with different wavelengths, even without mydriasis or drug dilation of the pupil.

Proceeding from this, the object of the invention is to design the method and the system in such a way that overcoming security is decisively improved in a simple and reliable manner. Manipulations, such as presentation of an image of the object intended for identification should be reliably detected, and furthermore the handling and / or the mode of operation should be simplified.

The solution of this object is achieved with regard to the method according to the features specified in claim 1. With regard to the system, the solution takes place according to the subordinate claim directed to the system,

The method according to the invention and also the system proposed for carrying it out are characterized by a considerably improved overcoming security and / or optimized identification and / or verification of persons. In contrast to other biometric objects, the retina is selected according to the invention as a biometric object, and complex information is exchanged between the biometric object and the biometric system via the retina during the biometric detection. The movements of the eye are detected and taken into account. Thus, involuntary movements of the eye as well as arbitrary, in particular pattern-dictated eye movements can be detected and taken into account. Furthermore, the eye movement can be used to input information, for example a PIN (personal identification number), using the known and suitably stored and / or provided data. sentences and / or original images are already associated with corresponding information. This communication is tap-proof in the sense that an outside observer can not determine what information is exchanged. It is based on the finding that the human retina is difficult to access, especially as it can only be imaged with imaging systems and / or ophthalmological devices, in particular fundus cameras or laser scanning systems. The object to be identified or the person to be checked records visual information about the retina during the identification and / or authentication process and at the same time also forwards selectively information to the system via predefinable movements and / or fixations of the eye. This communication is secret, so that, for example, an outside observer can not determine what information is exchanged between the person and the system. Thus, light stimuli can be projected onto the retina during image acquisition, the system, in particular by means of its biometric retina laser scanner, detecting the eye movements and / or fixations, in particular in real time. In particular, the point to which the measured person fixes the eye is transmitted as information to the biometric system. In particular, the projection of stationary targets can be provided for the projection of light stimuli onto the retina. In this case, one of a plurality of stationary internal LED targets is randomly selected and projected onto the retina at short time intervals, preferably in the order of one second each. If the ocular fundus matches the stored biometric features and further the detected eye movements follow the faded in LEDs for a predetermined time, for example 2 to 3 seconds, the person is identified. Furthermore, the projection of any pattern can be carried out, wherein preferably a second laser is modulated by means of a synchronous output unit in addition to the laser used for image recording or a display or a monitor or targets are used for the insertion. Advantageously, the wavelength of the second laser is hidden by a filter, in particular in front of the detector, so that the superimposed pattern does not appear on the recorded image of the retina. Alternatively, a visible laser can be used and modulated for the image acquisition, wherein the insertion takes place, in particular, alternately with the image acquisition or an inverse insertion takes place. According to the invention, a check is carried out as to whether the eye follows or follows the predetermined movement and / or fixation and / or corresponding to the predetermined movement and / or fixation of the eye, an image shift, in particular by Image comparison with the or the stored original images, can be determined. If a movement of the eye from a position in which, in particular, the original image or a captured image of the eye is located in a certain direction, for example, top right, and given at a certain distance, it is checked whether the eye is the same has moved accordingly and / or fixed to the predetermined position and / or whether the detected image is displaced corresponding to the said direction and the distance.

Furthermore, in addition to or as an alternative to the arbitrary and / or predefinable fixation of the person to be measured and / or identified, and / or his or her eyes, defaults on superimposed involuntary and / or unavoidable movement patterns, such as saccades or drift movement, can be provided in order to provide the living recognition allow or even further improve. By means of the method and / or system according to the invention can be decided in an advantageous manner with high certainty, whether the object presented for identification is an original body part, namely the eye, or just a picture of the same, since it is in this Figure is not a "seeing" Retina and thus the required communication with the biometrically measured object can not (or possibly only with extreme technical effort) take place. For fade-in patterns, for example, the insertion of a continuously moving target can be provided, wherein the eye movement has to follow the movement of the target. Furthermore, an additional display of a predetermined range, such as an "alarm" and / or "silent alarm", may be provided and, depending thereon, for example a siren or a silent, in particular telephone, alarm be triggered. Furthermore, the insertion of numbers or text can be provided in particular by means of a keyboard, wherein a PIN code or a password is entered via a brief fixing of the numbers and / or letters and / or other characters, without outside persons the code or the Spy out password.

According to the invention, the use of an imaging device for detecting the biometric features of the retina is proposed as a biometric object, wherein during the detection and / or during the identification and / or authentication process via the retina pictorial information from the system are detected and preferably at the same time System via eye movements and / or fixation targeted information is transmitted. Depending on the given movements and / or the positioning and / or the fixation of the eye, preferably predetermined areas of the retina are detected and / or scanned, and in particular with corresponding stored original images or areas or derived therefrom data sets of the image comparison is performed.

Further developments and special embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims and the following description of an embodiment.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram,

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart,

Figure 3 is a numeric keypad for insertion of a fade-in pattern.

According to FIG. 1, an optical unit 2 for detecting biometric features of an eye 4 is provided. The optical unit is followed by a detection unit 6, by means of which the captured image data provided and supplied as electrical signals to a computer 8, which contains in particular a CPU / MCU. Furthermore, a projection unit 10 is provided, which drives the optical unit 2 in accordance with the data received from the computer 8. The optical unit 2 includes a lens, which in particular has a fixed focus on zero D, so that the use with glasses or contact lens is possible. Furthermore, the optical unit 2 includes an imaging system, such as an optical block having an X and Y scanner with a predetermined fixed angle of view. The angle of view is preferably in the range of 20 ° and larger, optionally advantageously 30 °. Furthermore, the optical unit 2 contains the above-described means for overcoming security, in particular in the form of target LEDs. Also, an infrared distance sensor is advantageously provided, by means of which the system or the device is activated when the head of the person to be checked approaches. If desired, it is also possible to use an optical block according to EP 0 498 280 B1 mentioned in the introduction. As the light source, in particular, an IR laser diode may be provided, but if necessary, the Lighting be performed by means of LED. In addition, for the insertion of patterns for overcoming security, any light source, such as a green or red laser diode, may be included.

The computer 8 or the entire electronics of the system includes a controller board for the control of scanner and laser. Furthermore, the electronic units for image capture (ADC), for storing comparison data sets, in particular in a flash, for displaying patterns for communication with the person, for the evaluation of eye movements as well as for the biometric evaluation or identification and / or Verification. In a particular embodiment, for example, for a locking system or a vault lock, the computer unit 8 or electronics suitably contains a separate emergency unlocking electronics, a particular 8-bit microcontroller, an internal and / or external power supply and a standardized interface, in particular as a RS232 connection, to unlock the system through a service computer. For example, the microcontroller may be designed such that a random data key, for example 1024 bytes, is generated and transmitted to the service computer. The data key is provided in such a way that the service computer advantageously generates from those according to a secret algorithm an enabling code of, for example, 1024 bytes and transmits this to the microcontroller. By means of the microcontroller, the verification of the activation code and, if necessary, the release of the system. Conveniently, in particular, said microcontroller is arranged separately from the other components of the electronics or of the computer unit 8, in particular in a separate housing, in order, for example, to avoid a total loss in the event of a fire. The computer unit 8 is advantageously designed such that the application software can be loaded in a simple manner, in particular from a flash. By means of the software, the image processing preferably takes place in real time and also the pattern recognition.

The flowchart according to FIG. 2 shows the essential procedural steps as function blocks. According to block 12, the person looks into the imaging system with one eye, and according to the invention the projection of a specific and / or predeterminable pattern onto the retina of the eye takes place according to the invention. As shown in block 16, image acquisition of the retina is performed by the system in a known manner, in particular by means of a retinal scanner. According to block 18, the image comparison according to the invention performed with stored and / or provided original images. If an image identification can not take place, the method from block 14 is repeated according to line 20. If, on the other hand, the image of the retina is identified, then according to block 22 the determination according to the invention of the fixation, thus of the eye position, takes place with respect to the projected pattern. Alternatively, according to block 22, this determination can be made by means of an external and / or fade-in pattern, for example in the form of the image of a keyboard. Furthermore, in the context of the invention, the involuntary and / or unavoidable movements or movement patterns of the eye can also be used for the determination. Finally, according to block 22, the eye movement can be used to input information, such as a PIN, for which purpose corresponding information is assigned to the provided and / or stored original images or their data records, said information being compared for identification and / or verification , If, according to block 24, the communication process can not be completed, line 26 returns to block 14, in particular to change the pattern if necessary. Upon a positive completion of the communication process, the person is identified in block 28. It should be noted that the communication process between the biometric location, namely the retina, and the system significantly increases its overcoming security, because a fake retina, such as a pictorial copy, could be identified figuratively but not participate in the active communication process ,

Figure 3 shows an example of a fade-in pattern in the form of an image of a keyboard 30. By briefly fixing the numbers, a pin code or password can be entered. In addition, by inserting "Enter", for example, the fixation on the display of "Alarm" one such triggered.

According to the invention, the following alternatives for detecting and taking into account eye movements are preferably used:

The involuntary movements of the eye are detected for living recognition.

Patterns of random eye movement are predefined, in particular a projection of the pattern into the eye or the recognition of an external pattern. Eye movement is used to input information, with corresponding information associated with the original images or their datasets.

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Claims

claims

1. A method for biometric identification or verification of persons, wherein by means of an imaging device biometric features are detected and by means of the captured image data, in particular by comparison with known data sets and / or original images, the identification or verification is performed, characterized in that the retina the eye is provided as a biometric object for detecting the biometric features and that movements and / or fixations of the eye are detected and taken into account.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that provided during the identification and / or authentication process of the person via the retina pictorial information and that at the same time the system via specifiable movements and / or fixations of the eye targeted information is transmitted.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, characterized in that during the geannten detection via specifiable movements and / or fixations of the eye information for identification or verification detected and / or provided.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that corresponding to the movements or positions of the eye from stored data sets and / or original images, in particular selected areas thereof are compared with the captured image of the eye.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that detected in dependence of a predetermined movement and / or positioning and / or fixation of the eye preferably predetermined areas of the retina and / or scanned and with corresponding and / or selected areas of the stored image or derived data records are compared.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that first carried out an image comparison or data comparison with stored original images or derived data sets and an image identification is performed and that subsequently the eye movement is detected or for this purpose the determination of the fixation and / or the Eye position and / or the eye movement with respect to a projected or superimposed pattern is performed.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that complex information is exchanged during the biometric detection via the retina between this and the biometric system.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least during the image acquisition light stimuli and / or light signals are projected onto the retina and / or displayed.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a check is performed, whether the eye follows the predetermined movement and / or fixation or followed and / or whether corresponding to the predetermined movement and / or fixation of the eye Shift the captured image and / or its data is detected.

10. System for the biometric identification or verification of persons, comprising an imaging device for detecting biometric features and a computer unit, by means of which the captured image data, in particular by comparison with known data sets, the identification or verification is feasible, characterized by the training for implementation The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.