Aware, Inc.
Analysis of reflections of projected light in varying colors, brightness, patterns, and sequences for liveness detection in biometric systems

Abstract:

Spoofed faces are unlikely to reflect a liveness detection image in the same manner as live faces. To determine liveness of a subject face, a liveness detection image is displayed on a screen of a face recognition device in the direction of the subject face, and a reflection image of the subject face is captured while the liveness detection image is displayed. The reflection image is analyzed to determine whether the reflection image contains any reflections of the liveness detection image, and a liveness determination is made based on the location and/or character of any such reflections.