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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Gakuji Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Osato, Chiba, JP;
Isao Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Kajihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Hayasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Gakuji Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Osato, Chiba, JP;
Isao Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Kajihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Hayasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A biometrics authentication system capable of achieving high precision and high safety is provided. A biometrics authentication system includes: a light source applying light to a living organism; a microlens array section condensing light from the living organism, and including a plurality of microlenses each having a different refractive power; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data on a plurality of layers of the living organism on the basis of light condensed by the microlens array section; and an authentication section performing authentication of the living organism on the basis of image pickup data on the plurality of layers of the living organism.