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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jungsoon Shin, Yongin-si, KR;
Namjoon Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Joonah Park, Seoul, KR;
Soochul Lim, Seoul, KR;
Jaehyuk Choi, Seoul, KR;
Tae-Sung Jung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for authenticating a user using a vein pattern are provided that project a near infrared (NIR) ray toward a skin of the user using a light emitting diode (LED), where the user is adjacent to a terminal including the LED. An image sensor receives a light reflected by the skin, generates a vein pattern of the skin based on an image generated using the received light, and authenticates the user as a registered user of a pre-stored vein pattern when the generated vein pattern matches the pre-stored vein pattern.