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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Sumiaki Adachi, Shiga, JP;
Masaru Morimoto, Shiga, JP;
Sumiaki Adachi, Shiga, JP;
Masaru Morimoto, Shiga, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An image determination apparatus is provided which obtains a first image which is picked up by illuminating the subject of image pickup from a first position and a second image which is picked up by illuminating the subject of image pickup from a second position. The image determination apparatus determines whether or not the subject of image pickup is a living body from a change in shading on the first picked up image and the second picked up image. Further, an individual authentication apparatus that includes an image pickup unit and a control unit determines whether a subject is a living body from a change in shading on a first picked up image and a second picked up image. If the subject is a living body, an authentication function is initiated using a third picked up image, the authentication function determining whether or not to authorize the subject.
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