Image analysis – Applications – Personnel identification
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-07
2008-12-16
Bella, Matthew C (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Personnel identification
Reexamination Certificate
active
07466847
ABSTRACT:
A driver's appearance recognition system comprises: a camera to capture a driver's face image; a near infrared ray LED to radiate near infrared ray to the driver's face; an LED current control circuit to control the amount of current supplied to the near infrared ray LED; and an image processing circuit to execute an individual authentication process and a closed-eye detection process. When the individual authentication process is executed, it is necessary to increase the illumination intensity during image capture by the camera. For this purpose, a setup current value for the LED current control circuit is set to a high current value. When the closed-eye detection process is executed, the illumination intensity needs to be ensured as much as required for the closed-eye detection process. For this purpose, a setup current value is set to a current value lower than that used for execution of the individual authentication process.
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www.face-id.jp “Face authentication” by OMRON (Discussed on p. 3 of the spec.), copyright 2004.
Bella Matthew C
DENSO CORPORATION
Liew Alex
Posz Law Group , PLC
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