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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Miyuki Kono, Kokubunji, JP;
Shin-ichiro Umemura, Hachioji, JP;
Takafumi Miyatake, Hachioji, JP;
Kunio Harada, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshitoshi Ito, Ome, JP;
Hironori Ueki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/74 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06K 9/00375 (2013.01); G06K 2009/0006 (2013.01); G06K 2009/00932 (2013.01);
Abstract
A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification.