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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/76 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0004 (2013.01); G06K 9/00087 (2013.01); G06K 9/2054 (2013.01); G06K 9/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A biometrics authentication apparatus and a biometrics authentication method are disclosed. The biometrics authentication apparatus includes: a light source configured to emit a light; a modulator configured to change a spatial distribution of the light that is scattered and reflected from a region of interest of a user; a detector configured to detect an integral power of the light that is scattered from the region of interest; and a processor configured to obtain a measurement signal based on the integral power of the light, compare the measurement signal with a reference signal stored in a memory, and determine whether to authenticate the user based on a degree of match between the measurement signal and the reference signal.


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