Patent ID: 8306287

Claim:
A biometrics authentication system comprising: a light source applying light to a living body; a detection section on which the living body is to be placed; a microlens array section including a microlens array panel having a first flat panel surface and an opposite second flat panel surface and a plurality of dome-shaped microlenses, the plurality of dome-shaped microlenses including a first set of dome-shaped microlenses integrally connected to and projecting away from the first flat panel surface and a second set of dome-shaped microlenses integrally connected to and projecting away from the second flat panel surface, the plurality of dome-shaped microlenses being arranged on the microlens array panel in a manner that respective individual ones of the first set of dome-shaped microlenses and respective individual ones of the second set of dome-shaped microlenses are positioned as mirrored opposites of one another, the microlens array section configured so that each one of the plurality of dome-shaped microlenses condenses light from the living body; a first light shielding panel and a second light shielding panel, each one of the first and second light shielding panels having plurality of apertures formed therethrough, respective ones of the plurality of apertures of the first light shielding panel facing respective ones of first set of dome-shaped microlenses and respective ones of the plurality of apertures of the second light shielding panel facing respective ones of the second set of dome-shaped microlenses; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data of the living body on the basis of the light condensed by the microlens array section; and an authentication section performing authentication of the living body on the basis of the image pickup data obtained in the image pickup device, wherein the first light shielding panel is arranged on and in facial contact with the first flat panel surface with the plurality of apertures of the first light shielding panel receiving the first set of dome-shaped microlenses and the second light shielding panel is arranged on and in facial contact with the second flat panel surface with the plurality of apertures of the second light shielding panel receiving the second set of dome-shaped microlenses.