Identity authentication platform

摘要

A system and method for identity authentication, including: registering an identity card issued by an authoritative entity to an individual with an identity authentication platform including generating a reference face recognition template for the individual in response to the identity card presented by the individual during registration; obtaining a real-time photograph of the individual in response to an assertion of an identity made by the individual; and authenticating the assertion made by the individual by generating a target face recognition template in response to the real-time photograph and matching the target face recognition template to the reference face recognition template.

主权项

1. A method for authenticating an individual accessing a web service, comprising:
obtaining a real-time photograph of the individual using a camera subsystem of a device used by the individual to make an assertion of an identity to the web service; and authenticating the identity by comparing the real-time photograph to a face recognition template previously derived from an identity card issued by an authoritative entity to the individual and previously stored in a data store of an identity authentication platform when the individual registered the identity card on the identity authentication platform by presenting the identity card to the identity authentication platform; wherein the face recognition template is previously derived and stored in the data store by registering the identity of the individual on the identity authentication platform by obtaining a photograph of the identity card and generating the face recognition template and a set of identifying information for authenticating the identity of the individual in response to the photograph of the identity card and storing the face recognition template in the data store of the identity authentication platform.