This invention creates numerous enrollment reference images so that when an individual presents himself to a biometric sensor, the individual's live image is compared to numerous reference images allowing to establish a very high matching threshold
score and at least one
reference image to surpass the matching threshold for an individual in the file. Since the acceptance threshold is set high, the chances that a false accept are significantly reduced.In our
system, by selecting numerous different photographs of the enrolled candidate, there's a greater possibility of a very high
score match to the live scan. As you increase the number of biometric photos, you increase the probability of the live scan achieving a high match against one of those photos. This could be visualized as a
shotgun distribution on a graph; if the live scan is the person in a reference file, that
shotgun distribution will place higher compared to someone that doesn't match the biometric. All it takes is one image to cross the threshold to achieve a match. The series of biometric images comprises what can be collectively referred to as the “
shotgun template.” The probability of having a live scan match against a large number of photos is greater than against a small number of photos. Our method of enrollment consists of moving the biometric multi-directionally to create numerous varied biometric image templates.The next part of our invention is to extract a sample of the video images since the video captures the motion of moving right-left or up-down, every third fourth or some other number of frames can bet taken as a sample, instead of searching every frame. Cameras normally capture 30-60 frames a second. A lesser number would be selected such as 1-10 frames / second, to build a
signature file of that individual. The
signature file is converted into templates that can be searched in the biometric
search engine against the live scan. The live scan is image taken of the person's biometric that is converted to a template and added to the biometric matcher. To increase the probability of a match, a similar approach could be used on the live scan; instead of a single photo of someone approaching the biometric collector, multiple photos could be take or a video could be used to create a high number of images. The challenges of today's match engines are that due to template size, comparisons of multiple images against multiple images quickly reaches
physical limitations for computer systems. Recent breakthroughs in template size will allow billions of comparisons in seconds, which was previously not possible. The recent developments in very small templates through
machine learning results in numbers over a million being capable of being stored in a
mobile device. This new capability of matching numerous templates with this invention's ability to create a high number of templates when someone is enrolling and when a live image is taken.