| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090079822 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING POWER OF VIDEO APPLIANCE - Provided is an apparatus and method for automatically controlling power of a video appliance. The apparatus for automatically controlling power of a video appliance includes an image input unit for capturing a viewer's posture, a posture detection unit for detecting posture information from the image captured by the image input unit, a horizontal-level calculation unit for calculating a horizontal level by using the posture information detected by the posture detection unit and comparing the calculated horizontal level with a preset reference horizontal level, an alert-sound output unit for outputting an alert sound corresponding to the horizontal level compared by the horizontal-level calculation unit; and a power-signal transceiver unit for outputting a power-off signal to the video appliance corresponding to the horizontal level compared by the horizontal-level calculation unit. Accordingly, upright posture of viewers watching the video appliance can be ensured since a viewer's posture is detected and power of the video appliance is automatically controlled according to the detected posture. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100128937 | MULTI-IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A multi-image acquisition apparatus for use in a biometrics system includes a light splitting filter for reflecting or transmitting multi-image lights representing an image of a target subject provided along an identical light path into different bands; a first image sensor for imaging an iris area by capturing a fraction of the multi-image light which has been transmitted through the light splitting filter; and a second image sensor for imaging a facial area by capturing a fraction of the multi-image light which has been reflected from the light splitting filter. The apparatus further includes a control module for controlling the first image sensor and the second image sensor and providing the images obtained by the first sensor and second sensor for image recognition. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100158371 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FACIAL IMAGE - A method of detecting a facial image includes pre-processing an image; and detecting a face region from the pre-processed image to create facial records of the detected face region. Further, the method of detecting the facial image includes detecting the facial image by creating coordinates of the face and eyes in the input image by using the facial records. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110037563 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BIOMETRIC REGISTRATION AND AUTHENTICATION - A biometric register includes: a feature extraction unit for performing preprocessing for a fingerprint to extract a feature point m for the fingerprint; a transformation function generation unit for generating a transformation function which is composed of an arbitrary rotation matrix and an arbitrary vector; and a template generation unit for transforming a coordinate of the feature point m using the generated transformation function, and organizing a fuzzy vault using a randomly generated fake feature point and a feature point m | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110123072 | FINGERPRINT VERIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH HIGH SECURITY - A fingerprint verification apparatus that adds chaff fingerprint information to real fingerprint information of a user and then, hides and stores the fingerprint information of the user with a polynomial generated by unique information of the individual, thereby safely protecting the important fingerprint information of the user stored in a storing unit from an external attacker and safely managing an private key using the fingerprint information when using the private key as the unique information for making the polynomial. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110150327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MASKING PRIVACY AREA OF IMAGE - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for masking a privacy area of an image. The method for masking a privacy area of an image includes: detecting a privacy area required to be protected in an image; and performing masking on the image. An important area (a face area of a person, a number plate area of a vehicle, a window area of a house, etc.) detected from an image inputted through a CCTV camera can be effectively and easily encrypted, scrambled, decoded, and descrambled. Also, the position of the important area detected before or after the important area is scrambled can be maintained to be consistent without having to use a metadata file. In addition, a scrambling algorithm of the same key value can be applicable regardless of the size of the important area. As a result, the system efficiency can be enhanced by effectively protecting personal information compared with a CCTV-based video security system. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110188712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FAKE IMAGE - An apparatus for determining a fake image includes an image-acquiring block for acquiring an image captured by and input from a camera; and a background-learning block for learning a background of the image to create a learning background. Further, the apparatus for determining the fake image includes a face extracting-block for extracting a face region of a person to be authenticated when an input image for authentication is transmitted from the camera; and an inter-background comparing block for comparing a present background of an input image with the learning background. Furthermore, the apparatus for determining the fake image includes a motion information-comparing block for extracting motion information in the face region and the present background to compare the same with each other; and a fake image-determining block for determining whether the input image is faked using the compared results of the motion information and the backgrounds. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120032781 | REMOTE PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING BIOMETRICS - Disclosed herein is a remote personal authentication system and method using biometrics. The remote personal authentication method using biometrics includes receiving a biometric information of a user remotely detected by a biometric information collection device; decrypting, in a hardware security module (HSM) of the user, the received biometric information and biometric information stored in the HSM; and performing personal authentication for the user by comparing the decrypted biometric information with each other in the HSM. | 02-09-2012 |