Biometric Face Authentication Using Thermal Difference Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing face authentication techniques struggle to accurately differentiate between a living body and non-living bodies such as pictures, videos, or dolls, leading to potential breaches in authentication security.
Innovation Solution
A biometric determination device that detects a face from an image and acquires temperature information from both the face region and the extra-facial region. It determines whether the face is a living body by comparing the temperature of the face region to the extra-facial region, using a predetermined threshold to differentiate between living and non-living bodies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If frame detection is used to prevent spoofing, then spoofing using pictures or videos is prevented, but spoofing using dolls cannot be prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by integrating multiple detection methods (frame detection, color change detection, distance detection, blinking detection, and temperature detection) into a single comprehensive anti-spoofing system. Each detection method targets different types of spoofing attempts, making the system universally effective against pictures, videos, dolls, and other spoofing media.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the anti-spoofing process into multiple independent detection stages, where each stage checks for specific characteristics (frame presence, color changes, distance relationships, eye blinking, temperature differences). This segmentation allows the system to systematically evaluate different spoofing vulnerabilities and maintain high reliability across diverse attack vectors.
2Reliability
If color change detection is used to prevent spoofing, then spoofing using pictures or dolls is prevented, but spoofing using videos cannot be prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates color change detection as one of multiple detection functions, making it effective against static spoofing media like pictures and dolls while being complemented by other detection methods for dynamic spoofing media like videos.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the detection system adaptable to different types of spoofing media. The system dynamically selects and combines multiple detection methods based on the characteristics of the captured image, allowing it to effectively counter both static (color-based) and dynamic (video-based) spoofing attempts.
3Reliability
If distance detection is used to prevent spoofing, then spoofing using pictures or videos is prevented, but spoofing using dolls cannot be prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by combining distance detection with other detection methods. While distance detection effectively identifies pictures and videos by detecting uniform distance to the background, it is complemented by temperature detection and other methods to also identify dolls that may have varying distance characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The anti-spoofing process is segmented into multiple independent detection stages, with distance detection being one component. This segmentation allows the system to systematically evaluate different spoofing vulnerabilities and maintain high reliability across diverse attack vectors by combining results from multiple detection methods.
4Reliability
If blinking detection is used to prevent spoofing, then spoofing using pictures or dolls is prevented, but spoofing using videos cannot be prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies multi-functionality by integrating blinking detection with temperature detection and other methods. Blinking detection is effective against static spoofing media like pictures and dolls, while temperature detection and other methods provide additional layers of defense against dynamic spoofing media like videos.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the detection system dynamic by combining multiple detection methods that respond to different characteristics of spoofing media. The system adapts its detection strategy based on the captured image, using blinking detection for static media and temperature detection for dynamic media, thereby achieving versatile anti-spoofing coverage.
5Measurement precision
If single detection method is used, then device complexity is low, but determination accuracy is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the detection process into multiple independent stages, each responsible for checking specific characteristics (frame presence, color changes, distance, blinking, temperature). This segmentation enables high determination accuracy by systematically evaluating multiple anti-spoofing indicators while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The system achieves universality by integrating multiple detection functions into a unified anti-spoofing framework. This multi-functional approach ensures high determination accuracy across diverse spoofing attempts while maintaining device complexity at acceptable levels through efficient resource sharing and coordinated operation of detection modules.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach allows for high-accuracy determination of whether a captured face belongs to a living body, effectively preventing face authentication breaches even when faced with spoofing attempts using pictures, videos, or dolls.
Implementation Method 1
a temperature measurement unit configured to measure a temperature distribution in a region that includes the face region
Data Source
AI summary
A biometric determination device includes a detection unit configured to detect a face from an image captured; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the temperature of a face region, which is a region in which a face is detected by the detection unit, and the temperature of an extra-facial region, which is a region around the face region; and a determination unit configured to determine on the basis of information acquired by the acquisition unit that a face that is detected is a living body when the temperature of the face region is higher than the temperature of the extra-facial region by greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and that a face that is detected is not a living body when the temperature of the face region is not higher than the temperature of the extra-facial region by greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold.


