摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple individual identification system of which the misappropriation by others is impossible. <P>SOLUTION: The biological structural image information of individuals is registered in a database corresponding to their items of individual information (names, ID numbers, magnetic cards, etc.). This individual identification system is provided with a light source to irradiate the palm of their hands with light, a light filter for filtering the transmissive or reflective light irradiating the palm of the hand, an imaging apparatus for imaging the filtered transmissive or reflective light. The system extracts the blood vessel image from the image picked up by the imaging apparatus and checks up the measured pattern of blood vessels and other external shapes of a subject on his or her image information stored in the database. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |