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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
3e Co., Ltd., Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
MinHo Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
3E CO., LTD., Seongnam-si, KR;
Abstract
Receiving an iris image; detecting, among rows of the iris image, rows in each of which a number of consecutive pixels each having a brightness value above a first threshold value is larger than a second threshold value; detecting, among columns of the iris image, columns in each of which a number of consecutive pixels each having a brightness value above the first threshold value is larger than the second threshold value; selecting, among the detected rows, consecutive rows in a vertical direction whose number is larger than a third threshold; selecting, among the detected columns, consecutive columns in a horizontal direction whose number is larger than the third threshold and determining a set of the pixels as a glint if the set of pixels included in the selected rows and the selected columns and each having the brightness value above the first threshold has a predetermined shape.