Patent ID: 6424727
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A01K,G06K,G07C,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
An iris imaging system for obtaining an image of an iris of an eye of an animal and for obtaining an image of an iris of an eye of a person for animal identification and animal transaction authorization, comprising:one or more iris acquisition devices for obtaining an image of an iris of at least one animal eye and at least one human eye; a processor for extracting at least one template from said obtained animal iris image and for extracting at least one template from said obtained human iris image; a first memory for storing at least one template of at least one image of an iris of at least one animal eye and for storing at least one template of at least one image of an iris of at least one human eye; a second memory having stored animal iris image templates and stored human iris image templates previously obtained by an iris acquisition device; and a comparator for comparing said at least one obtained animal template to said stored animal templates to identify said animal, for comparing said at least one obtained human template to said stored human templates to identify said person, and for determining a match between said obtained animal iris template and said obtained human iris template.