Device and method for biometric recognition and method for registering biometric template

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10963715-B2
Application number	US-201716309324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2017
Priority date	Jun 12, 2016
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A device for biometric recognition, a method for biometric recognition and a method for registering a biometric template are disclosed herein. The device for biometric recognition, comprises: a sensor configured to sense biometric information of a biometric feature; a microprocessor configured to obtain the biometric information from the sensor and perform image preprocessing and feature extraction on the obtained biometric information, in order to obtain biometric data; and a security chip configured to store a biometric template, compare the obtained biometric data with the stored biometric template, in order to determine a biometric recognition result. Compared to conventional and logical isolating solutions, the embodiments of the present disclosure improves the security of biometric recognition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for biometric recognition, comprising:
a sensor configured to sense biometric information of a biometric feature;
a microprocessor configured to receive the biometric information directly from the sensor and perform image preprocessing and feature extraction on the obtained biometric information, in order to obtain biometric data; and
a security chip configured to store a biometric template, compare the biometric data obtained from the microprocessor with the stored biometric template, in order to determine a biometric recognition result,
wherein the device for biometric recognition is installed in a computing device, each of the microprocessor and the security chip is an individual physical hardware which is physically isolated from a system environment of the computing device,
wherein the security chip is further configured to digitally sign the biometric recognition result by use of a private key stored in the security chip after the biometric recognition result is determined, and a public key sis stored in a external of the security chip to verify whether the signed biometric recognition results is valid or not,
wherein the private key and the public key are a key pair generated in the security chip.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor comprises:
an image obtaining module configured to obtain the biometric information from the sensor;
an image preprocessing module configured to preprocess the biometric information obtained by the image obtaining module, in order to obtain a grayscale image of the biometric feature;
a feature extraction module configured to extract feature points of the biometric feature from the grayscale image obtained by the image preprocessing module to obtain the biometric data relative to the feature points of the biometric feature.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the security chip further comprises:
a memory module configured to store the biometric template, wherein the biometric template is generated during a registering phase by obtaining the biometric information sensed by the sensor and performing image preprocessing and feature extraction on the biometric information by use of the microprocessor; and
a feature comparison module configured to compare the biometric data obtained by the microprocessor with the biometric template stored in the memory module, and determine that the biometric recognition result is passed if the biometric data matches the biometric template, otherwise determine that the biometric recognition result is failed.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor is an individual hardware implementing a microcontroller unit and the security chip is an individual hardware implementing a security element.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the computing device is a smart phone or a tablet computer.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the system environment of the computing device is logically divided into security zones and non-security zones, and the device for biometric recognition is configured to send the biometric recognition result to the computing device through the security zones or the non-security zones.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the biometric feature comprises a fingerprint, the biometric information comprises image information of the fingerprint, the biometric data comprises feature point data of the fingerprint, and the biometric template comprises a feature template of the fingerprint.

8. A method for biometric recognition, executed in the computing device according to claim 1 and comprising:
sensing biometric information of a biometric feature by a sensor in accordance with an instruction to identify the biometric feature;
obtaining the biometric information from the sensor by a microprocessor, and performing image preprocessing and feature extraction on the obtained biometric information by the microprocessor, in order to obtain biometric data; and
comparing the biometric data obtained by the microprocessor with a biometric template stored in a security chip to determine a biometric recognition result.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein step of comparing the biometric data obtained by the microprocessor with the biometric template stored in the security chip to determine the biometric recognition result comprises: in the security chip, comparing the biometric data obtained by the microprocessor with the biometric template stored in the security chip, wherein if the biometric data matches the biometric template, the biometric recognition result is determined to be passed, otherwise the biometric recognition result is determined to be failed.

10. A method for registering a biometric template, executed in the computing device according to claim 1 and comprising:
sensing biometric information by a sensor in accordance with an instruction to register the biometric template;
obtaining the biometric information from the sensor by a microprocessor, performing image preprocessing and feature extraction on the obtained biometric information by the microprocessor, in order to obtain biometric data; and
storing the biometric data obtained by the microprocessor as the biometric template in a security chip.

Assignees

• Chipone Technology Beijing Co Ltd
• Chipone System Tech Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Kun
• Xu Dong
• Fan Lei
• Zhang Jinfang

Classifications

• H04L9/3231 Primary

  Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861) · CPC title

• G06V40/12

  Fingerprints or palmprints · CPC title

• G06V40/53

  Measures to keep reference information secret, e.g. cancellable biometrics · CPC title

• G06V40/50 Primary

  Maintenance of biometric data or enrolment thereof · CPC title

• G06V40/1365

  Matching; Classification · CPC title