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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Inventors:
Thirimachos Bourlai, Morgantown, WV (US);
Nnamdi Osia, Morgantown, WV (US);
Assignee:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/00268 (2013.01); G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); G06K 9/6201 (2013.01); G06T 7/0079 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for authenticating a person for access using an image of the face of that person. The system includes a camera, a data storage device, and a processor of a mobile device. The system compares a current image of the face of the subject to a stored image of the face of that subject and/or an image of the face of that subject provided by the subject and confirms that the same subject is depicted in both images.