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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Marc D. Friedman, Needham, MA (US);
Pablo Casaverde, Bedford, NH (US);
Don Yansen, Lexington, MA (US);
Tim Mcnerney, Newton, MA (US);
Yasunari Tosa, Arlington, MA (US);
David Usher, Waltham, MA (US);
Nicholas A. Accomando, Hingham, MA (US);
David Muller, Boston, MA (US);
Greg Heacock, Auburn, WA (US);
John Marshall, Farnborough, GB;
Marc D. Friedman, Needham, MA (US);
Pablo Casaverde, Bedford, NH (US);
Don Yansen, Lexington, MA (US);
Tim McNerney, Newton, MA (US);
Yasunari Tosa, Arlington, MA (US);
David Usher, Waltham, MA (US);
Nicholas A. Accomando, Hingham, MA (US);
David Muller, Boston, MA (US);
Greg Heacock, Auburn, WA (US);
John Marshall, Farnborough, GB;
Identix Incorporated, Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics based on data provided by these systems are more accurate and robust than using biometrics that include data from only the iris or only the retina from a single eye. An exemplary embodiment emits photons to the iris and the retina of both eyes, an iris image sensor that captures an image of the iris when the iris reflects the emitted light, a retina image sensor that captures an image of the retina when the retina reflects the emitted light, and a controller that controls the iris and the retina illumination sources, where the captured image of the iris and the captured image of the retina contain biometric data.