Face authentication system and face authentication method

• Main Authors: HORIE DAISAKU, FUJIWARA KOJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2012
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS

A face authentication system includes: a data processing section for performing a predetermined data processing operation; a first data input section for inputting three-dimensional data on a face area of a subject to the data processing section; and a second data input section for inputting two-dimensional image data on the face area of the subject to the data processing section, the two-dimensional image data corresponding to the three-dimensional data to be inputted to the data processing section, wherein the data processing section includes: a quality rating section for rating the quality of the three-dimensional data based on the two-dimensional image data, and generating quality data, and an authentication processing section for executing a registration process or a verification process of authentication data based on the three-dimensional data, if the quality data satisfies a predetermined requirement.