Patent ID: 9098756
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A biometric authentication device determining whether or not a user is to be authenticated, by matching biological information of a finger of the user and biological information of a palm thereof against biological information of a finger of a registered user and biological information of a palm thereof, the biometric authentication device comprising: a first sensor configured to generate a first biological image in which the biological information of the finger of the user is captured; a second sensor configured to generate a second biological image in which the biological information of the palm of the user is captured; a guiding member configured to regulate a position of the finger of the user; a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: detecting a first object area in which the biological information of the finger is captured on the first biological image; and determining, on the basis of the first object area, whether or not at least a portion of the biological information of the finger falls outside an imaging range of the first sensor, and obtain, on the basis of a positional relationship between the guiding member and the biological information of the finger estimated from the first object area, a moving direction of a hand of the user, used for causing the biological information of the finger to fall inside the imaging range of the first sensor and causing the biological information of the palm to fall inside an imaging range of the second sensor, when at least a portion of the biological information of the finger falls outside the imaging range of the first sensor, wherein the processor detects a second object area in which the biological information of the palm is captured on the second biological image; the processor determines, on the basis of the second object area, whether or not at least a portion of the biological information of the palm falls outside the imaging range of the second sensor, and obtains, on the basis of a relationship among a position of the guiding member, a position of the biological information of the finger estimated from the first object area, and a position of the biological information of the palm estimated from the second object area, the moving direction of the hand of the user, used for causing the biological information of the finger to fall inside the imaging range of the first sensor and causing the biological information of the palm to fall inside the imaging range of the second sensor, when at least a portion of the biological information of the palm falls outside the imaging range of the second sensor; and when at least a portion of the biological information of the finger falls outside the imaging range of the first sensor, the processor estimates, from the first object area, an existence range within which the biological information of the finger exists, by approximating using a shape circumscribing the biological information of the finger, and obtains a virtual position of the existence range when the hand of the user is virtually moved by a predetermined distance along a direction regulated by the guiding member, when a whole existence range of the biological information of the finger in the virtual position falls inside the imaging range of the first sensor, the processor determines that the biological information of the finger falls inside the imaging range of the first sensor, and when the second object area falls inside the imaging range of the second sensor even if the second object area is virtually moved by the predetermined distance along a direction regulated by the guiding member, the processor presents, to the user through a display unit, the direction regulated by the guiding member as the moving direction of the hand of the user.