Patent ID: 7158099

Claim:
A biometric identification system for forming a reduced glare image of a person or a portion of the person suitable for identification of the person, the biometric identification system comprising a first light source for illuminating at least a portion of a person from a first position and a second light source for illuminating the portion of the person from a second position, the light sources are located in their respective positions so that energy beams emitted from the first light source and the second light source intersect at a desired angle; an image acquisition device for acquiring a first image of the portion of the person illuminated with only the first light source and a second image of the portion of the person illuminated with only the second light source; and a controller for forming the reduced glare image of the portion of the person from the first image of the portion of the person and the second image of the portion of the person and for controlling when the first light source emits its energy beam, when the second light source emits its energy beam, and when the image acquisition device acquires the first and second images, wherein the biometric identification system derives biometric data from the reduced glare image for identification of the person.