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Title: Handheld multi-sensor biometric imaging device and processing pipeline

Abstract

A handheld biometric imaging device having an array of cameras configured to simultaneously capture face, iris and fingerprint biometrics of a subject. The device includes a plurality of visible-light cameras and a plurality of infrared-light cameras capable of being triggered simultaneously to obtain a plurality of images from which a 3D image of the light field can be constructed. The device includes a plurality of visible-light illuminators and a plurality of infrared-light illuminators that allow images of a subject to be captured under different lighting profiles. The device may include an onboard control system that is capable of reconstructing a face region, an iris region and a fingerprint region from the 3D light-field image, and then extract a corresponding face template, an iris template, and a fingerprint template from the respective reconstructed regions. The extracted face, iris, and fingerprint templates may be used for enrollment and/or comparison against a biometric-template database associated with one or more watchlists.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1892966
Patent Number(s):
11341224
Application Number:
17/162,319
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 01/29/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Bolme, David S., Santos Villalobos, Hector J., and Mikkilineni, Aravind K. Handheld multi-sensor biometric imaging device and processing pipeline. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Bolme, David S., Santos Villalobos, Hector J., & Mikkilineni, Aravind K. Handheld multi-sensor biometric imaging device and processing pipeline. United States.
Bolme, David S., Santos Villalobos, Hector J., and Mikkilineni, Aravind K. Tue . "Handheld multi-sensor biometric imaging device and processing pipeline". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892966.
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