Patent ID: 8111879
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A face and iris imaging system comprising: an imaging port that accepts a light input comprising an infrared component and a visible component wherein the light input is produced by a scene wherein the scene comprises a face comprising at least one eye comprising an iris; a wavelength selective mirror that directs the visible component along a first optical path and directs the infrared component along a second optical path; an IR optics module and an IR sensor array positioned on the second optical path wherein the IR sensor array produces an IR image with a centered said iris; a visible light optics module and a visible light sensor positioned on the first optical path wherein the visible light sensor produces a visible light image that comprises a face image comprising at least one eye image; and an image processing module that analyzes both the visible light image and IR image to determine an iris location from the visible light image and isolate an iris image from the IR image to recognize and identify a person based on characteristics of said iris.