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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd., George Town, KY;
Yash Joshi, Kansas City, MO (US);
Srikanth Parupati, Framingham, MA (US);
ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., George Town, KY;
Abstract
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes a method for preventing access to a secure system based on determining a captured image to be of an alternative representation of a live person. The method includes illuminating a subject with structured light using a light source array comprising multiple light sources disposed in a predetermined pattern, capturing an image of the subject as illuminated by the structured light, and determining that the image includes features representative of the predetermined pattern. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the image includes features representative of the predetermined pattern, identifying the subject in the image to be an alternative representation of a live person. The method further includes responsive to identifying the subject in the image to be an alternative representation of a live person, preventing access to the secure system.