US 11,741,752 B2
Iris recognition apparatus
Ferhat Erdogan, Summit, NJ (US); Joosuk Kim, Seoul (KR); Sehhwan Jung, West Windsor, NJ (US); and Jun S. Hong, Holmdel, NJ (US)
Assigned to IRIS ID, INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by IRIS ID, INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,303.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0157582 (KR), filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0164575 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G06V 30/19 (2022.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 40/18 (2022.01) [G06V 30/19193 (2022.01); G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G06V 40/197 (2022.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An iris recognition apparatus comprising:
a front cover in which a module mounting hole is formed;
a cover plate configured to be coupled to a front surface of the front cover; and
an iris recognition module configured to be fitted into the module mounting hole from the rear of the front cover,
wherein the iris recognition module includes:
a shield cover fitted into the module mounting hole;
a red-eye phenomenon generator including at least one illumination part and a substrate on which at least one illumination part is mounted, the red-eye phenomenon generator configured to be disposed on a rear of the shield cover; and
an imaging module including a camera module for iris recognition and a substrate on which the camera module is mounted, the imaging module configured to be disposed on a rear of the red-eye phenomenon generator,
wherein a light passage hole is formed in the shield cover at a position corresponding to a front of at least one illumination part;
wherein the diameter of the light passage hole is smaller than a cross-sectional width of the illumination part;
further comprising a blocking sleeve configured to extend from a front surface of the shield cover corresponding to an edge of the light passage hole.