KR102009463B1 - Bio-andauthenticating apparatus and bio-andauthenticating method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a biometric authentication device. The biometric authentication device comprises a biometric authentication sensor unit including a fingerprint detection electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode formed by maintaining a mutual insulation state, applies a square wave having a single cycle to the first electrode in a state of locating an object for biometric authentication between the first electrode and the second electrode, and uses a reaching time required to allow a measurement voltage width, which is a difference between a maximum value (measurement voltage maximum value) and a minimum value (measurement voltage minimum value) of voltage measured at the first electrode, and the voltage measured at the first electrode to reach a specific range from the measurement voltage minimum value to the measurement voltage maximum value so as to perform the biometric authentication. According to the present invention, the biometric authentication device can provide a biometric detection function which realizes individual authentication with high reliability.

Description

Biometric authentication device and biometric authentication method {BIO-ANDAUTHENTICATING APPARATUS AND BIO-ANDAUTHENTICATING METHOD}

The present invention relates to a biometric authentication device and a biometric authentication method, and more particularly, to a biometric authentication device and a biometric authentication method for applying a square wave having a single period and performing biometric authentication using a measured voltage peak and arrival time. .

Small information devices such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) require high security due to high specifications, and as communication speeds increase, information is stored on servers located remotely and networked. Increasingly, the frequency of accessing them is increasing. Access to information that requires this security requires authentication on small information devices. Areas that require a high level of security include financial transactions such as smart banking and electronic wallets.

As a method of securing security in a small information device, a method of performing personal authentication using a password or ID card is used. However, passwords and ID cards have a relatively high risk of being stolen and require stronger personal authentication (authentication that the user of the device is a registered user) in fields such as financial transactions. In order to cope with such demands, biometric information (biometrics information) is increasingly used, and fingerprints are mainly used because of convenience.

However, the fingerprint has a problem that authentication is easily penetrated by a fake fingerprint made of silicon or gummi. In order to solve the problems of the fingerprint, there is a proposal to use various biometric information using iris, blood flow or impedance, and some biometric information has been technically implemented but has not yet been commercially distributed for economic reasons.

In the following Non-Patent Document 1, a technique of applying a power source having a plurality of frequencies to a living body and using the characteristic of changing the impedance magnitude and phase of the living body according to the frequency change is presented. Briefly, the biometric authentication technique using the impedance known so far can be used for biometric authentication by applying a voltage while varying the frequency to the living body and measuring the impedance magnitude and phase of the living body according to the frequency change. In order to authenticate a living body using impedance as described in the related art, (1) a circuit for applying input power having a plurality of frequencies should be provided, and (2) measuring the magnitude and phase of the living body's impedance according to each frequency. There was a problem that a circuit should be provided. In particular, to measure the magnitude and phase of the impedance, multiply the measured signal by a sine sinusoid and a cosine sinusoid and pass it through a low pass filter to find the real part and the imaginary part of the impedance response. It should be measured. In order to build such a circuit at a reliable level, the hardware configuration is complicated and it is difficult to commercialize.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-123143 (published on April 28, 2000) Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-302047 (published November 13, 1998) Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-194848 (published on July 14, 2000) Patent Document 4: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-172833 (published June 23, 2000) Patent Document 5: Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0051659 (published on June 1, 2005)

[Non-Patent Document 1] "Impedance-Sensing Circuit Techniques for Integration of a Fraud Detection Function Into a Capacitive Fingerprint Sensor", Toshishige Shimamura et all, IEEE SENSORS Journal. Vol. 12. NO. 5, MAY 2012

An object of the present invention is to provide a biometric authentication device and a biometric authentication method for performing biometric authentication using impedance without having a circuit for applying input power having a plurality of frequencies. . In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a biometric authentication device and a biometric authentication method for performing biometric authentication using impedance without having a circuit for measuring the impedance magnitude and phase of a biometric according to the frequency of each input power source.

In the present invention, a biometric authentication device and a biometric device which apply a square wave input power source having a single period to a living body, calculate an arrival time and a measured voltage width using the voltage response of the living body, and perform biometric authentication therefrom. The purpose is to present the authentication method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a biometric authentication device for authenticating a living body using impedance of a specific part of a living body, the first electrode comprising: a second electrode spaced apart from each other while being electrically insulated from the first electrode; A driving unit for applying a square wave having a single period to one electrode, and a measured voltage maximum value at which the voltage detected at the first electrode is stabilized and a measured voltage minimum value at which the detected voltage is the lowest value; A sensing unit and a sensing unit configured to output an arrival time, which is a time required for the detected voltage to reach a specific range of the measured voltage width obtained by the difference between the measured voltage maximum value and the measured voltage minimum value. Characterized in that it comprises a signal processing unit for determining whether the living body using the measured voltage width and the arrival time input from the unit It can be achieved by the biometric device.

Here, the stabilized state refers to a state in which the measured voltage maximum and the measured voltage minimum detected by the first electrode are kept constant by the square wave applied to the first electrode for at least two neighboring cycles.

Preferably, such a biometric authentication device may further include an additional resistor Re connected to one end of the biometric device, and the other end to the first electrode, and the second electrode may be connected to the ground. In addition, the single period of the square wave is preferably any one period selected from 0.067ms ~ 2.00ms period, more preferably the single period is any one selected from 0.067ms ~ 1.42ms period.

The sensing unit constituting the biometric authentication device of the present invention includes an AD converter for converting an analog voltage input from the first electrode into a digital voltage, and a minimum (measured voltage minimum) and maximum value of the voltage input from the AD converter for a predetermined period. The arrival time (Tr) is calculated by using the highest and lowest voltage detection unit that detects the (measured voltage maximum value) and the measured voltage minimum and the measured voltage maximum input from the highest and lowest voltage detection unit, which change according to the time input from the AD converter. It is good to configure to include the arrival time calculation unit. At this time, the duration of the square wave applied through the additional resistor Re preferably has a range in which the voltage measured at the first electrode does not reach the saturation stage.

Still another object of the present invention is a biometric authentication method for determining whether an object placed on a first electrode and a second electrode is a living body, the first step of applying a square wave having a single period to the first electrode; A biometric authentication method comprising a third step of calculating an arrival time, which is the time required for the voltage measured at one electrode to reach a predetermined range of the minimum value (the measured voltage minimum value) to the maximum value (the measured voltage maximum value) of the measured voltage. Is achievable by

The biometric authentication method is a step performed between the first step and the third step. The biometric authentication method measures a voltage of the first electrode for at least one period and obtains a minimum value (measured voltage minimum) of the measured voltage and a second value for obtaining the measured voltage maximum. It is better to include more steps. In addition, as a step performed after the third step, it is further preferable to further include a fourth step of authenticating whether or not the living body using the measured voltage width and the arrival time.

When performing the biometric authentication method according to the present invention, it is preferable to apply a square wave having a single period to the first electrode through the additional resistor Re, and connect the second electrode to the ground. The single period used for the biometric authentication of the present invention is preferably any one period selected from 0.067ms to 2.00ms period, more preferably 0.067ms to 1.42ms period. At this time, the duration of the applied square wave preferably has a range in which the voltage measured at the first electrode does not reach the saturation stage.

In the conventional biometric authentication apparatus using impedance as biometric information, a circuit for sequentially applying input power having a plurality of frequencies to the input electrode and measuring the magnitude and phase of the impedance applied to the living body according to each frequency input should be provided. . Such a circuit was a complex obstacle to implement so that it can be practically used in small portable devices such as smart phones.

In contrast, the biometric authentication device according to the present invention applies a power having a single frequency to the input electrode within a time (preferably within 0.1 seconds) within 1 second with a specific part of the living body fixed between the two electrodes, Biometric authentication by measuring the measured voltage width, which is the difference between the measured voltage peak and the measured voltage minimum measured in the sensing electrode, and the time required for the measured voltage to rise from the voltage minimum to a certain range of the measured voltage width. There is an advantage to doing this. That is, compared to the prior art, the implementation of the input circuit and the measurement circuit becomes simpler and simpler, which makes it possible to be miniaturized and easily mounted in a small portable device such as a smart phone.

1 is an equivalent circuit diagram of a biometric authentication device according to the present invention.
2 is a circuit block diagram of an embodiment of a sensing unit according to the present invention.
3 is a waveform diagram showing output voltage waveforms measured at a first electrode when a square wave having different periods T1 and T2 and having a duty ratio of 50% is applied.
4 is a waveform diagram showing one output waveform shown in FIG. 3B again.
5 is a block diagram of a biometric authentication device according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an equivalent circuit diagram when a finger is placed on a panel portion of the biometric authentication device shown in FIG.
7 is a configuration diagram of a biometric authentication device according to an embodiment of the present invention in which a panel portion includes a first electrode and a second electrode having a rectangular shape.
8 is a block diagram of a biometric authentication device according to an embodiment of the present invention having a panel portion including most electrodes as electrodes for fingerprint sensing and electrodes for sensing a portion of impedance.
9 is a plan view of the electrode shape used in the experiment according to the present invention.
10 is
11 is
12 is
FIG. 13 is an example of a square wave applied to an additional resistor Re in the circuit shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
14 is a tan- ¹ graph and a tangent line at the origin.
FIG. 15 is a graph showing a measured voltage peak and phase detected at a first electrode over time when a square wave having a period of 1,000 Hz, a duty ratio of 50%, and a maximum voltage of 3.3 V is applied to the biometric device shown in FIG. 1. .
FIG. 16 is a graph showing a measured voltage peak and phase detected at a first electrode over time when a square wave having a period of 5,000 Hz, a duty ratio of 50%, and a maximum voltage of 3.3 V is applied to the biometric device shown in FIG. .
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating measured voltage peaks and phases detected at a first electrode over time when a square wave having a 10,000 Hz period and a duty ratio of 50% and a maximum voltage of 3.3 V is applied to the biometric device shown in FIG. One graph.
FIG. 18 is a graph showing the results of experiments of FIGS. 15, 16 and 17 all at once on a three-dimensional graph.
FIG. 19 is a graph grouping the states of FIG. 15. FIG.
20 is a graph showing the change over time of the resistance value and the capacitor value measured in the biometric fingerprint and the resistance value and the capacitor value measured in the clay fingerprint.

As the present invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description.

It is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, a description will be mainly made of a finger fingerprint among body parts, but it should be understood that the present invention can be applied to other body parts besides a finger fingerprint. The description of the present invention for a finger fingerprint is because a fake fingerprint for a corresponding region can be easily manufactured with various materials. For example, fake fingerprints can be made from a variety of materials, such as glue, gelatin, silicone, and clay. Prior to proceeding with the experiment on the present invention, the inventors of the present invention sequentially apply input power having a plurality of frequencies to the fake fingerprints and biometric fingerprints of various materials, and measure the magnitude and phase of the impedance accordingly. From this, various experiments were carried out to determine whether biological and fake fingerprints can be distinguished. As a result of the experiment, when the frequency increases in the range of 500Hz (preferably 700Hz) to 15,000Hz, the magnitude and phase of the impedance measured in the living body decreases linearly. In addition, it was confirmed that the fake fingerprint made of clay showed the most similar characteristics to the living body when compared to the fake fingerprint formed of various materials. Therefore, the present invention focuses on a biometric authentication method or a biometric authentication device capable of distinguishing a fake fingerprint and a biometric fingerprint made of clay material of various dry states showing the characteristics similar to those of a living body.

The information about the impedance obtained in the biometric authentication device according to the present invention can also be used for fingerprint recognition. When the ridge and the valley of the subject are sensed using the biometric device presented in the present invention, the ridge touches directly between the electrodes provided in the biometric device without a separate medium, whereas in the case of the valley, there is air between the skin and the sensor. In each case, the arrival time for the impedance and the measured voltage width are different. The ridge and the valley are obtained by using the arrival time and the measured voltage width for the impedance, and thinned, and the characteristic values including the split points or the collected points from the thinned information are obtained, and the obtained characteristic values are registered in advance. Fingerprint recognition is possible by comparing with the characteristic value. Comparing the biometric authentication device and the conventional fingerprint sensor according to the present invention, only the step of acquiring ridge and valley information is different, and the remaining data processing methods can be used as it is in the conventional fingerprint recognition.

The biometric authentication device presented in the present invention can also be used for biometrics using fine sweat. Measure the arrival time and measured voltage width of impedance at t0 time and t1 time (the more time is better), and detect the sweat perspiration by using the difference between the arrival time and measured voltage width of impedance at both time. It forms perspiration data including the location of the detected fine sweat, and uses the perspiration data to be used for authentication as to whether it is a living body or for personal identification of the subject. In the case of fine sweating, the skin has a different moisture content than the skin, so the impedance at the place where fine sweat is expressed and the skin where no fine sweat is expressed will be different. However, the amount may be minute to show no clear difference. Nevertheless, by setting the frequency range in which the impedance difference according to the frequency caused by the moisture of the dry skin and the fine sweat component is apparent, and obtaining the impedance according to the set frequency, the location where the fine sweat is expressed can be found. Whether the micro sweat is expressed on the ridge or the shape of the micro sweat is similar to the distribution of the micro sweat of a general person can be additionally recognized whether it is a living body. Of course, the fine sweat authentication of the present invention has the advantage that it can be used for the personal identification authentication of the subject more precisely than when used alone with the conventional fingerprint authentication. In addition, by using the position of the pores as a characteristic value of the personal authentication, and by additionally confirming that the position of the fine sweat is coincided with the position of the pores, it is possible to strengthen the identity authentication. As a result, the personal recognition value that can be used for biometric authentication increases, thereby reducing the false recognition rate. In particular, as the size of the fingerprint sensor used in a place such as a card is getting smaller and smaller, the number of personal authentication characteristic values is reduced, thereby mitigating the problem of increasing the false recognition rate. However, since the resolution of the fingerprint sensor is good, it should be able to check and store the location of the pores when registering the fingerprint.

1 is an equivalent circuit diagram of a biometric authentication device according to the present invention. The biometric authentication device includes a driving unit 200, a panel unit 100, a sensing unit 300, a control unit 510, and a signal processing unit 530. The driving unit 200 is a circuit unit for applying a square wave voltage having a predetermined period to the panel unit 100, and the panel unit 100 includes a plurality of electrodes 101 and 103 for measuring information on impedance. It is a panel provided with a human finger (other body parts to be measured, of course) is placed on the plurality of electrodes. The driving unit 200 receives a square wave input voltage Vi having any one frequency selected from 500 Hz to 15,000 Hz (converted to 0.067 ms to 2 ms) for a period of 1 second or less (preferably within 0.1 seconds). ) When the frequency is greater than 15,000 Hz, the impedance magnitude and phase of the living body measured according to the frequency do not change linearly, which may cause confusion with the counterfeit. If the frequency is less than 700Hz, the impedance magnitude and phase of the living body measured according to the frequency does not change linearly, which may cause confusion with the counterfeit.However, in some living organisms, even 500Hz (2ms in cycles) smaller than 700Hz may occur. Due to the linearly changing nature, the lower limit may be used for frequencies lower than 700 Hz.

In addition, the time within 1 second is shorter than 1 second because it means a short time that the living body part placed between the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 does not move during the impedance measurement. Time is more accurate results can be obtained, preferably less than 0.1 seconds as a time that can be measured without the body's fine movement.

In FIG. 1, a finger is represented by an equivalent circuit Z in which a capacitor Cr and a resistor Rr are connected in parallel. The plurality of electrodes 101 and 103 include a first electrode 101 and a second electrode 103 provided to be spaced apart from each other while maintaining an electrically insulated state thereof. The square wave voltage supplied from the driver 200 is supplied to the first electrode 101 through the additional resistor Re. The second electrode 103 is connected to the ground. The second electrode 103 may be configured to be connected to the ground line through a small value of resistance as necessary. The additional resistor Re is not a device providing a special function. When the impulse voltage is suddenly applied to the first electrode 101 in the driver 200, a large amount of current is instantaneously applied to the capacitor Cr constituting the bioequivalent circuit. It is added to the resistor used to prevent the flow (short).

The sensing unit 300 is a circuit unit electrically connected to the first electrode 101 to sense an output voltage applied to the first electrode 101 and to measure a measured voltage maximum value, a minimum value, and an arrival time. The measured voltage maximum is defined as the highest voltage value measured at the first electrode 101 by a square wave input for at least one period, and the measured voltage minimum is defined as the first electrode 101 by a square wave input for at least one period. It is defined as the lowest voltage value measured at. The arrival time means the voltage measured at the first electrode 101 by a square wave input from the measured voltage minimum to the specified range (difference between the measured voltage maximum and the measured voltage minimum) (proceeding to 63% in the experiment). It means the time it takes to reach. Therefore, it should be understood that the arriving time used in the present invention generally has a broader meaning than the time constant used in the circuit. 2 is a circuit block diagram of an embodiment of a sensing unit according to the present invention. The sensing unit 300 includes an AD converter 310, a lowest voltage detector 320, and an arrival time calculator 330. The AD converter 310 is a circuit unit for converting and outputting an analog voltage output from the first electrode 101 into a digital voltage. The highest and lowest voltage detector 320 is a circuit unit that detects a minimum (measured voltage minimum) and a maximum (measured voltage maximum) of the digital voltage input from the AD converter 310 for at least one cycle. The arrival time calculation unit 330 uses the voltage that changes according to the time input from the AD converter 310 and the measured voltage lowest value and the measured voltage maximum value input from the highest and lowest voltage detector 320. Is a circuit section for outputting the arrival time Tr, which is the time required for the voltage input from the measured voltage minimum to reach "0.63 * (measured voltage maximum-measured voltage minimum)". In FIG. 2, the measured voltage maximum value Vm is output from the arrival time calculator 330, but may be configured to be output from the highest voltage detector 320.

The controller 510 is a circuit unit for generating and applying a control signal for controlling each circuit unit according to an appropriate timing, and the signal processor 530 is a living body using the measured voltage width and the arrival time input from the sensing unit 300. Is a circuit section for determining The controller 510 and the signal processor 530 may be integrated into one circuit device or may be configured of several circuit devices. The control unit 510 and the signal processing unit 530 integrated into one circuit element will be referred to as the control and signal processing unit 500 for convenience.

3 is a waveform diagram illustrating output voltage waveforms measured at a first electrode when a square wave having different periods T1 and T2 and having a duty ratio of 50% is applied. The square wave shown in FIG. 3 (a) is a wave having a period T1 and a duty ratio of 50%. The voltage Vout measured at the first electrode reaches a saturated state. The square wave shown in FIG. 3 (b) is a wave having a period T2 (T1> T2) and a duty ratio of 50%, indicating that the voltage Vout measured at the first electrode does not reach a saturated state. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4. 4 is a diagram illustrating one output waveform shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the measured voltage maximum value Vm is defined as the maximum value of the output voltage measured at the first electrode in response to the input square wave. If the input square wave has sufficient pulse width, the voltage will rise to the maximum saturated value (Vfm), but it will rise and fall only to the measured voltage maximum value (Vm) due to the short pulse width (duration). The present invention may be implemented by applying a square wave having a pulse width at which the voltage measured at the first electrode reaches saturation or applying a square wave having a state not reaching saturation. That is, the present invention is characterized by applying a square wave having a known period and duty ratio to measure the measured voltage width and the arrival time and use it for biometric authentication.

5 is a block diagram of a biometric authentication device according to the present invention. 5 illustrates an example in which the panel unit 100 includes two first electrodes 101a and 101b and one second electrode 103. The panel unit 100 includes a first electrode and a second electrode. It can be formed that the ratio of n: 1 (where n is a natural number greater than 1). A square wave input voltage Vi is applied to each of the first electrodes 101a and 101b through an additional resistor Re, and the second electrode 103 is connected to the ground state. Hereinafter, when the first electrode 101a and the first electrode 101b do not need to be described separately, the first electrode 101a will be collectively referred to as the first electrode 101 for convenience of description.

FIG. 6 is an equivalent circuit diagram when a finger is placed on a panel portion of the biometric authentication device shown in FIG. 5. Fingers are indicated by reference numeral 600. A square wave input voltage having a single frequency is applied to the first electrodes 101a and 101b through the driving unit 200, respectively, by a human finger placed between the first electrodes 101a and 101b and the second electrode 103. The voltages applied to the first electrodes 101a and 101b due to the impedances Z1 and Z2 are raised while showing different shapes.

The electrodes provided in the panel unit may be implemented in various shapes, and do not necessarily need to match the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 in the same number. FIG. 7 illustrates that the panel 100 includes a first electrode 101 and a second electrode 103 having a quadrangular shape, and the number of the first electrodes 101 is greater than that of the second electrode 103. It is a block diagram of a biometric authentication device according to an embodiment of the present invention having a panel unit 100 implemented.

In addition, if necessary, in the panel unit, most electrodes are formed of a capacitive electrode for sensing a conventional fingerprint (an electrode capable of sensing a fingerprint in other ways), and only a part of the region measures impedance. It may be configured as an electrode for. 8 is a block diagram of a biometric authentication device according to an embodiment of the present invention having a panel part including most electrodes as electrodes for fingerprint sensing and electrodes for sensing a portion of impedance. Most of the panel unit 100 includes a fingerprint sensing electrode 105 for sensing a fingerprint, and the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 are provided only in a partial region. In the case of FIG. 8, the driving unit 210 deforms the driving unit shown in FIG. 1 to provide a driving waveform in the form of a square wave having a single frequency (which can be converted into cycles) having a frequency of 500 Hz (preferably 700 Hz) to 15,000 Hz, and a fingerprint. The function to provide a driving voltage for sensing should be changed to be added, and in the case of the sensing unit 310, the physical, chemical or electrical output value for fingerprint recognition as well as the measured voltage width and arrival time can be changed. Should be.

As described above, in order to measure information on impedance for authenticating a living body, the driving unit 200 should apply a waveform having a period of approximately 0.067 ms or more (corresponding to a frequency of 15,000 Hz or less), and is used for fingerprint detection. To do this, high frequency of several to tens of MHz should be applied. Accordingly, when fingerprint authentication is to be performed along with biometric authentication, the control and signal processing unit 550 receives the output value of the sensing unit 310 and then performs various processes for biometric authentication using the measured voltage width and the arrival time. In addition to performing the above, the fingerprint authentication using the fingerprint characteristic value should be changed to perform together.

The present inventors measured the information about the impedance formed by the biometric fingerprint and the fake fingerprint using various types of electrodes. The shape of the electrode was tested with three shaped electrodes as shown in FIG. 9 is a plan view of the electrode shape used in the experiment according to the present invention. FIG. 9 (a) illustrates an electrode shape in which the first electrode and the second electrode interlock with each other in an interleaved state, and FIG. 9 (b) illustrates an electrode shape having a circular groove button, and FIG. 9 (c). Is implemented in the shape of an electrode with an ellipse home button.

In the electrode shown in FIG. 9A, the length l of the first electrode and the second electrode overlapping each other is formed to be fixed at 1,5 mm, and the width w of the electrode and the first electrode 101 and the second electrode are fixed. The experiment was conducted while arbitrarily changing the interval s between the (103). In the electrode shown in FIG. 9 (b), r1 is fixed at 1.1 mm, and the width s between the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 with the width w of the electrode fixed at 0.5 mm. The experiment was performed while arbitrarily changing. In the electrode shown in FIG. 9 (c), r1 is 0.5 cm, the length of the first electrode ellipse (l) is 1 cm, and the electrode width (w) is fixed at 0.5 mm. The experiment was performed while arbitrarily changing the interval s between the second electrodes 103. Various Experimental Results In the electrode structures of various modifications shown in FIGS. 9 (a), 9 (b) and 9 (c), the time of arrival and the measured voltage width measured by the biometric fingerprint and the counterfeit fingerprint regardless of the electrode structure (some In the experiment, since the measured voltage minimum is mapped to '0', it should be noted that the measured voltage maximum is expressed as the measured voltage width). That is, it was found that biometric authentication can be performed by applying the present invention regardless of the shape of the electrode. However, the experimental results are not the main features of the present invention, so the experimental results for this will not be presented.

FIG. 10 is a plan view and a cross-sectional view of a biometric sensor unit including a first electrode and a second electrode for biometric authentication in a region around a fingerprint sensor. The biometric sensor unit shown in FIG. 10 is a printed circuit board 91, a fingerprint sensing electrode 105 formed at the center of an upper portion of the printed circuit board 91, and a printed circuit board 91 on which the fingerprint sensing electrode 105 is not formed. The first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 formed on the upper region while being electrically insulated from each other, and the bezel 95 and the bezel 95 formed on the outer edge region of the printed circuit board 91. The sensor protection layer is formed in the enclosed interior and the printed circuit board 91, the fingerprint sensing electrode 105 is completely covered, and the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 cover the upper part to protrude. (97). The sensor protective layer 97 is a layer for protecting the fingerprint sensor 105, the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103, and may be formed using glass or synthetic resin. Although the bezel 95 is formed on the printed circuit board 91 in FIG. 10, it is not necessary to necessarily form the upper portion of the printed circuit board 91.

FIG. 11 illustrates a plan view of a plurality of biometric sensor units in which a nano-electrode layer is further formed in the biometric sensor unit shown in FIG. 10. The first nanoelectrode 107 illustrated in FIG. 11 is electrically connected to the first electrode 101 exposed to the upper portion of the sensor protective layer 97 in the biometric sensor unit illustrated in FIG. 10, and the upper portion of the sensor protective layer 97. Patterned with a metal wire (preferably formed of platinum (Ag)) having a 5 to 10 nanometer size. Similarly, the second nanoelectrode 109 illustrated in FIG. 11 is electrically connected to the second electrode 103 exposed over the sensor protective layer 97 in the biometric sensor shown in FIG. 97) A pattern is formed of metal wires having 5 to 10 nano-sizes on top. According to the experiments of the present inventors, even if a metal wire having a nano size formed to be connected to the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 is formed on the fingerprint sensing electrode 105, the dielectric detection of the fingerprint sensing electrode 105 is performed. It has been found to have little effect on. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 11, the first electrode 101 is compared with the case of performing biometric authentication using a sensor unit in which only the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 are formed as shown in FIG. 10. In addition to the second electrode 103 and using the sensor additionally formed in the electrode pattern formed in the nano-size it was possible to perform more accurate biometric authentication.

12 is a plan view and a cross-sectional view of a biometric sensor unit including a first electrode and a second electrode for biometric authentication in a region around a fingerprint sensor. The biometric sensor unit shown in FIG. 12 includes a printed circuit board 91, a fingerprint sensing electrode 105 formed at an upper center of the printed circuit board 91, and a printed circuit board 91 on which the fingerprint sensing electrode 105 is not formed. A sagittal bezel 95 having a first plane and a second plane formed at an upper end of the upper region, and a fingerprint sensing electrode 105 on the first plane of the bezel 95. The first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 formed on the second plane of the bezel 95 are formed to be spaced apart from the outside so as not to be connected to each other. When the user places a finger on the sensor unit to authenticate the fingerprint, the finger contacts the first electrode 101, the second electrode 103, and the fingerprint sensing electrode 105 to perform both fingerprint recognition and biometric authentication. . A signal is applied to the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 provided in the sensor unit shown in FIG. 12 through separate power supply lines not shown in the drawing.

Surrounded by the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 formed while maintaining an electrically insulated state with each other, and the bezel 95 and the bezel 95 formed in the outer edge region of the printed circuit board 91. The printed circuit board 91 and the fingerprint sensing electrode 105 are formed to be completely covered, and the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103 are formed as a sensor protection layer 97 covering the upper portion of the substrate. Is formed. The sensor protective layer 97 is a layer for protecting the fingerprint sensor 105, the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103, and may be formed using glass or synthetic resin. Although the bezel 95 is formed on the printed circuit board 91 in FIG. 10, it is not necessary to necessarily form the upper portion of the printed circuit board 91.

Since impedance has phase and magnitude, in order to measure this accurately, both phase and magnitude of the impedance response for each frequency should be measured. Of course, conventionally, various circuits for measuring the phase and magnitude of impedance have been proposed. For example, as shown in FIG. 3 of Non-Patent Document 1, a magnitude of impedance is measured using a peak detector, and a low pass filter is obtained by multiplying an input sinusoid and an output sinusoid. It can be seen that the phase of the impedance can be measured using the However, circuits known to date have been difficult to commercialize in small devices such as smartphones due to circuit volume and complex measurement methods. In the case of biometric authentication, the present inventors have found that the phase of impedance in a certain wavelength range is linearly proportional to the arrival time of the response voltage, and the magnitude of the impedance is a value associated with the measured voltage width of the response voltage. Therefore, a method and apparatus for performing biometric authentication by measuring the measured voltage width and the arrival time instead of measuring the phase and magnitude of the impedance are presented.

By approximating the bioequivalent circuit shown in FIG. 1, a resistor Rr and a capacitor Cr are formed in series between input square waves, and a simplified circuit mathematically interpreting the capacitor Cr as both output terminals is mathematically analyzed. The size and phase of the biometric model can be obtained from Equations 1 and 2, respectively.

As shown in Equation 2, it can be seen that the impedance phase φ is proportional to the frequency. Since ω = 2πf, the phase φ can be obtained by substituting Equation 2 after obtaining the time constant. It can be seen.

In addition, after applying a square wave to the circuit shown in Fig. 1 within a constant period (100Hz ~ 10,000Hz), the phase value calculated using Equation 2 from the arrival time and the sine wave to the circuit shown in Fig. It was confirmed that the phase values measured through the lab (LabView) showed similar differences between the fingerprints made of clay and the biometric fingerprints, respectively.

In Table 1, the fingerprint classification is a distinction between the biometric fingerprint (Real) and the fake fingerprint (Clay) made of clay, the frequency indicates the frequency of the applied square or sine wave, the lowest measured voltage and the highest measured voltage in FIG. After applying the square wave of the corresponding frequency to the additional resistance Re while the biometric fingerprint or the counterfeit fingerprint is placed on the provided equivalent circuit, the minimum and maximum values of the voltage measured at the first electrode are respectively shown. The measured time taken to reach 63% of the measured voltage range at the lowest value, and the calculated phase represents the calculated phase in degrees by injecting the arrival time into Equation 2, and the measured phase is applied to the impedance measuring circuit. The sine wave of the frequency is applied and the phase measured using LabView is expressed in degrees.

Therefore, the measured phase represents the exact value according to the normal impedance measuring circuit, and the calculated phase represents the phase obtained by simply applying the square wave proposed in the present invention. As can be seen from Table 1, it can be seen that the calculated phase is substantially similar to the measured phase. The measured voltage minimum and the measured voltage maximum can have various values according to the charge / discharge. Table 1 shows the measured voltage maximum calculated when the measured voltage minimum is 0 to easily infer the measured voltage width. The phase calculated in Table 1 is a value obtained by calculating the radian value as "arctan (2 * π * frequency * arrival time)" considering the arrival time as a time constant (τ) and converting it to degrees. Using the time constant (τ = RC) can be obtained as shown in the equation (2). However, since the arrival time is not the same as the time constant, the exact phase is not obtained.

Despite these errors, Table 1 shows that the phases calculated by the measurement of arrival time are different from those of the biometric fingerprint and the fake fingerprint, so that the biometric fingerprint and the fake fingerprint can be used as approximate phase values. .

The present inventors can distinguish a biometric fingerprint and a fake fingerprint by applying a square wave having a single period to the biometric authentication device according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 and measuring the measured voltage width and the arrival time Tr measured at the first electrode. I found out. However, as described above, in most experiments, since the measured voltage minimum is mapped to '0', it is noted that the measured voltage width is expressed as the measured voltage maximum. This will be briefly described the authentication procedure proposed by the present invention using the biometric authentication device shown in FIG.

The driving unit 200 applies a square wave having a period T1 and a duty ratio of 50% to the additional resistor Re (first step). Of course, the period or duty ratio may be different. The square wave applied from the driver 200 is applied to the first electrode 101 through the additional resistance Re for several cycles, and after stabilization, the sensor 300 measures the minimum value (Vmin, measured voltage minimum). And the maximum value (Vm, the measured voltage maximum value) are obtained (step 2). The difference (Vm-Vmin) between the measured voltage maximum value and the measured voltage minimum value is obtained from the value obtained in the second step (step 3). The square wave applied in the next cycle measures the time (reach time) for the voltage measured at the first electrode 101 to reach 0.63 * (Vm-Vmin) (step 4). By determining whether the two data measured using the measured voltage maximum value and the arrival time are within the data range measured in the living body, it is determined whether the living body (step 5). In practice, two steps are performed after the measured voltage is stabilized without performing two steps immediately after the first step.

Here, the stabilized state means a state in which the measured voltage maximum and the measured voltage minimum detected by the first electrode are constantly maintained by the square wave applied to the first electrode for at least two neighboring periods. In the actual measurement, the circuit needs to be stabilized before measuring the measured voltage peak and the measured voltage minimum in the second step. Initially, a voltage value charged in a capacitor (capacitor of a finger equivalent model) formed by a finger by continuously applied square waves varies only between a constant minimum value and a maximum value, which is called a transition stage. A finger is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode shown in FIG. 1, a square wave having a constant period is continuously applied, and before stabilization (that is, a transition state), the lowest value of the voltage measured at the first electrode While the maximum value is gradually increased, it can be seen that after stabilization, the lowest value and the highest value of the voltage measured at the first electrode are kept constant.

 In order to sufficiently stabilize the circuit, a square wave must be applied to the additional resistor Re for at least a plurality of cycles. Before the circuit stabilization step, the measured voltage increases as the square wave is applied. In addition, in the case of the second step, if the square wave is applied for a single period and the measurement is performed once, the measured value may not be accurate. Therefore, the square wave is applied for a plurality of cycles and the measured voltage minimum and the measured voltage are measured for each cycle. The mean value of the highest values was used. Similarly, when measuring the arrival time in the fourth step, the square wave was applied for a plurality of cycles and the average value of the arrival times was used for each cycle.

FIG. 13 is an example of a square wave applied to an additional resistor Re in the circuit shown in FIG. 1. In FIG. 13, (a) shows a transition state in which the circuit reaches a stabilization stage, (b) shows a step of measuring a measured voltage minimum and a measured voltage maximum, and (c) shows a step of measuring the arrival time. It shows a square wave to which a waveform represented by a dotted line is input. A partial enlarged view of the inside of the circle shown in (b) is separately shown below, and the waveform represented by the dotted line represents the input square wave, and the waveform represented by the solid line shows the output waveform. In the step (a) (transition stage), a square wave corresponding to n1 cycles is applied, and in this stage, the voltage of the output waveform gradually rises and ultimately reaches the stabilization stage. In steps (b) (measurement of the measured voltage minimum and the measured voltage maximum) and step (c) (reach time measurement), square waves were applied for n2 and n3 cycles, respectively. In steps (b) and (c), it can be seen that the output is stable while showing the same output characteristics every cycle. In the partial enlarged view of (b), the measured voltage minimum value (Vmin) and the measured voltage maximum value (Vm) can be confirmed. In other words, it can be seen that when the square waves of the same period are repeatedly applied, the stabilized minimum and maximum characteristics are defined as the measured voltage minimum (Vmin) and the measured voltage maximum (Vm), respectively. In the experiment of Table 1, n1, n2, and n3 were set to 10 in the same manner for 0.1 second, and as a whole, 30 square waves were applied for 0.1 second, so the period of the applied square wave may be 300hz.

Figure 14 illustrates with the tangent to the tan ^-1 in the graph and the origin. The red color represents the tan ^-1 graph, and the black straight line passing through the origin represents the tangent line at the origin. As shown in FIG. 14, it can be seen that the graph changes linearly while almost coinciding with the tangent line between "0 <= x <= 1". Therefore, it can be seen that tan ^-1 can be linearly approximated using a one-dimensional function in the interval "0 <= x <= 1".

According to the experiments of the inventors of the present invention, even though 30 square waves were applied for 0.1 seconds in the experiment of Table 1, some stable results were obtained, but considering at least 50 square waves for 0.1 seconds in consideration of an unstable environment that may occur in actual use. More accurate results were obtained. Here, 0.1 second can measure stable output voltage characteristics (measurement voltage width and arrival time) by a square wave having a single frequency without moving the body while fixing a specific part of the living body between the two electrodes shown in FIG. 1. It means a preferred time. In addition, 50 square waves can be appropriately distributed and used in steps (a), (b) and (c) shown in FIG. 13. For example, this means that 20 square waves are applied in the transition stage of FIG. 13 (a), 15 square waves are applied in the stage of FIG. 13 (b), and the remaining square waves are used in the stage of FIG. 13 (c). . In this case, the period of the applied square wave is calculated at 500 Hz.

As shown in FIG. 14, it can be seen that the value of tan ⁻¹ varies linearly until the factor is “1”, and when it is greater than 1, the phase value measured by the linear approximation method described in the present invention so far. And the difference between the actual phase value measured by the exact experimental equipment and can not apply the theory and experiment described so far. Referring to Equation 2, a relationship as in Equation 3 can be derived.

Representative capacitance (Cr) of the biological finger is 10 ,, typical resistance (Rr) is 1 ,, and substituting it to solve f value, "f = 1 / (2 * 3.14 * 1000 * 10 * 10 ^-9 ) "Is about 15,000Hz. That is, in the present invention, the frequency of the square wave can be used from 500Hz to 15,000Hz, it can be seen that from 0.067ms to 2.0ms in terms of the period.

15 to 17 show a 50% duty ratio and a maximum voltage of 3.3 V. Square waves having different frequencies of 1,000 Hz (cycle 1 ms), 5,000 Hz (cycle 0.2 ms) and 10,000 Hz (cycle 0.1 ms) are shown in FIG. A graph showing the measured voltage peak and the derived calculated phase value applied to the biometric authentication device and detected at the first electrode. In the present invention, as described above, a number of experiments were conducted at various frequencies on whether fake fingerprints made of glue, gelatin, silicone, and clay show similar characteristics to biological fingerprints. It was found that the fake fingerprint showed the most similar characteristics to the biological fingerprint. Therefore, in the experiments shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, the output voltage was measured in the state of placing the biometric fingerprint and the fake fingerprint made of clay between the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103. The measurement was performed 100 times for each material. Fingerprints made of clay contain a lot of water at the time of initial manufacture, but as time evaporates, the moisture changes to a hard dry state, and thus the resistance value and the capacitor value change over time. In FIGS. 15 to 17, the clay fingerprint was divided into four stages in a dry state. Clays in yellow are the most water-rich, counterfeit fingerprints that were originally made of clay, and "Dried Clay3", which is orange, represents clay fingerprints that have been dried for the longest time. That is, when the drying is performed in the order of progress, "Clay, Dried Clay1, Dried Clay2, Dried Clay3" is displayed in the order, "Clay" is the state that has not been dried most, "Dried Clay3" is the longest It is a fake fingerprint of the state. In addition, in the graphs of FIGS. 15 to 17, the horizontal axis represents a phase, and the vertical axis represents (a measured voltage maximum-a measured voltage minimum) detected by the first electrode. Note that the vertical axis is converted to a number between 0 and 4,095 using a 12-bit ADC (analog-to-digital converter) for easy visual verification. In addition, in the graphs shown in FIGS. 15 to 19, since the measured voltage minimum is mapped to a '0' value, it is noted that the measured voltage maximum displayed on the graph is displayed at the same value as the measured voltage width in the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a graph showing a measured voltage peak and phase detected at a first electrode over time when a square wave having a period of 1,000 Hz, a duty ratio of 50%, and a maximum voltage of 3.3 V is applied to the biometric device shown in FIG. 1. to be. The biometric fingerprint shown in red is displayed between -7 ° to -11 ° as the phase value and between 3,300 to 3,600 (2.66V to 2.90V as the actual voltage value), so it can be distinguished from other counterfeit fingerprints. It can be seen that. For example, the yellow "Clay" is widely distributed in phase values between -68 ° to -3 °, and the measured voltage maximum is about 100 to 350. Therefore, it can be seen that by comparing only the measured voltage peak value, a fake fingerprint made of "Clay" and a biometric fingerprint can be distinguished. In the case of blue "Dried Clay1", the phase value is between -21 ° and -3 ° and the measured voltage peak is distributed from 1,100 to 3,900, so it may seem indistinguishable from the biometric fingerprint, but -7 ° to -11 ° In the case of "Dried Clay1" having a maximum measured voltage is formed at 2,000 or less, it can be seen that it can be clearly distinguished from the biological fingerprint. In the case of pink "Dried Clay2" and light green "Dried Clay3", since the phase value is more than -3 °, it can be distinguished from the biological fingerprint only by comparing the phase values.

FIG. 16 is a graph showing a measured voltage peak and phase detected at a first electrode over time when a square wave having a period of 5,000 Hz, a duty ratio of 50%, and a maximum voltage of 3.3 V is applied to the biometric device shown in FIG. to be. The biometric fingerprint shown in red is displayed between -39 ° to -31 ° as the phase value and between 2,800 to 3,300 as the measured voltage maximum (2.26V to 2.66V as the actual voltage value), so it can be distinguished from other counterfeit fingerprints. It can be seen that. For example, the yellow "Clay" can be seen that the measured voltage maximum value is about 100 ~ 250. Therefore, it can be seen that by comparing only the measured voltage peak value, a fake fingerprint made of "Clay" and a biometric fingerprint can be distinguished. In the case of blue "Dried Clay1", the phase value is between -37 ° and -11 °, and the measured voltage peak is distributed from 800 to 3,800, so it may seem indistinguishable from the biometric fingerprint, but -39 ° to -31 ° In the case of "Dried Clay1" having a maximum measured voltage is formed at 2,500 or less it can be seen that can be clearly distinguished from the biological fingerprint. In the case of pink "Dried Clay2" and light green "Dried Clay3", since the phase value is more than -14 °, it can be distinguished from the biological fingerprint only by comparing the phase values.

FIG. 17 is a graph showing a measured voltage peak and phase detected at a first electrode over time when a square wave having a 10,000 Hz period, a duty ratio of 50%, and a maximum voltage of 3.3 V is applied to the biometric device shown in FIG. to be. The biometric fingerprint in red is displayed between -52 ° to -42 ° as the phase value and 1,900 to 2,700 as the measured voltage maximum (1.53V to 2.18V as the actual voltage value), so it can be distinguished from other counterfeit fingerprints. It can be seen that. For example, the yellow "Clay" can be seen that the measured voltage maximum value is about 100 ~ 200. Therefore, it can be seen that by comparing only the measured voltage peak value can be distinguished fake fingerprints made of "Clay" and biological fingerprints. In the case of blue "Dried Clay1", the phase value is distributed between -43 ° and -17 °, and the measured voltage peak is distributed between 700 and 3,800. In the case of "Dried Clay1" having a maximum measured voltage is formed below 800, it can be seen that it can be clearly distinguished from the biological fingerprint. In the case of pink "Dried Clay2" and light green "Dried Clay3", since the phase value is more than -27 °, it can be distinguished from the biological fingerprint only by comparing the phase values.

FIG. 18 is a graph showing experimental results of FIGS. 15, 16 and 17 all at once on a three-dimensional graph. It can be seen that the biometric fingerprint displayed in red at any frequency can be distinguished from the fake fingerprint by using the phase and the measured voltage peaks. The x-axis represents the phase between 0 ° and -70 ° in 10 ° units, the y-axis represents the phase between 1,000 Hz and 10,000 Hz in 100 Hz units and the z-axis represents 0 to 4,000 (0 V to 3.22 V on the actual voltage). The maximum measured voltage between) is expressed in 500 units. 15 to 18 show phase values instead of indicating arrival times Tr. In the actual experiment, not the phase value but the arrival time (Tr) is measured, and the phase is converted and shown. Therefore, the graphs of FIGS. 15 to 18 show that the center can be distinguished if only the arrival time Tr and the measured voltage width of the biometric fingerprint and the counterfeit fingerprint can be understood.

As described above, since the counterfeit fingerprint made of clay has a different water content since time has been produced, the capacitor value and the resistance value change with time. Forgery fingerprints, more precisely made of clay, have the characteristics of smaller capacitors and larger resistances over time. Fingerprints made of clay shown in FIGS. 15 to 17 were tested in a total of four dry conditions. The inventors have come to think that a case where a dry clay counterfeit fingerprint not presented in the experiment may be measured at the same point as a living body on a graph may occur.

Whether such a case may occur will be inferred using FIG. 19. FIG. 19 is a graph grouping states of FIG. 15. Ⓡ is where the measurement data of the biometric fingerprint is located, and ①, ②, ③ and ④ indicate the point where the clay fake fingerprint is located according to the dry state. In other words, the clay fake fingerprints are dried in the order of ① → ② → ③ → ④ as time goes by, and the measurement value on the graph changes as the capacitor value decreases and the resistance value increases. As shown in FIG. 19, the clay counterfeit fingerprint is moved in the order of ① → ② → ③ → ④ according to the dryness level, but it can be seen that it is located only in a region that can be clearly distinguished from the ⓡ region where the biological fingerprint is located. . It can be inferred from FIG. 19 that the clay counterfeit fingerprint does not have a measured voltage peak (in this case, the measured voltage width) and the arrival time in the same range as the biological fingerprint even if the dry state is changed.

Changes in the characteristics of clay fingerprints over time will be described in more detail. FIG. 20 illustrates the change over time of the resistance value and the capacitor value measured in the biometric fingerprint and the resistance value and the capacitor value measured in the clay fingerprint. For convenience, the resistance value and the capacitor value measured in the biometric fingerprint were treated as constants that do not change, which is a valid hypothesis because they are substantially constant for the same living body. Cr is the capacitor value measured in vivo, Rr is the resistance value measured in vivo, Cc (t) is the capacitor value that changes according to the time measured in the clay counterfeit fingerprint, and Rc (t) is the value measured in clay counterfeit fingerprint. The resistance value changes. In FIG. 20, the vertical axis represents a relative change in the resistance value Rr measured in the biometric fingerprint and the resistance value Rc (t) measured in the clay fingerprint, and the capacitor value Cr measured in the biometric fingerprint and the capacitor measured in the clay fingerprint. This axis represents the relative change in the value Cc (t).

According to Equation 2, since the phase satisfies the relation of -arctan (2πfRc (t) Cc (t)), the case of Equation 4 occurs. In other words, the product of the capacitor and the resistance by the biometric fingerprint at a specific frequency (or phase) is a case where the product of the capacitor and the resistance of the clay counterfeit fingerprint, which changes with time, has the same value.

This phenomenon occurs at -10 ° in the graph of FIG. In the period in which the phase remains the same (point ① in FIG. 20), as can be seen from FIG. 19, a relationship as shown in Equation 5 is formed, and thus, the measured voltage widths satisfy the relationship in Equation 6, thereby distinguishing each other. . Referring to FIG. 1, the measured voltage width is a situation in which there is almost no voltage increase after a certain time after the voltage is applied, that is, it is considered that the Cr capacitor is sufficiently charged, in which case Cr is an open circuit in which no current flows. As can be seen, the voltage at reference numeral 101 in FIG. 1 is thus divided by Rr / (Re + Rr). Therefore, the smaller the equivalent circuit resistance, the smaller the measured voltage width. This phenomenon can be confirmed from the graph of FIGS. 15 to 17.

As shown in FIG. 20, a point (2 point) at which a resistance value Rc (t) measured by a clay fingerprint and a resistance value Rr measured by a biological fingerprint coincides with a specific time point. Therefore, the point where the measured voltage peak measured by the clay fingerprint and the measured voltage width measured by the biological fingerprint is the same occurs. In the graph of FIG. 15, this corresponds to a case where the measured voltage width has a range of 3,300 to 3,600 (2.66V to 2.90V as the actual voltage value). In this case, however, as shown in FIG. 20, since the relationship of Equation 7 is satisfied, phases may satisfy the Equation 8 in the corresponding section, and thus, mutual distinction is possible. This phenomenon can be confirmed from the graph of FIGS. 15 to 17.

In describing the embodiments of the present specification, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the subject matter of the present specification, the detailed description is omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

In addition, the components shown in the embodiments of the present invention are shown independently to represent different characteristic functions, and do not mean that each component is made of separate hardware or one software component unit. In other words, each component is included in each component for convenience of description, and at least two of the components may be combined into one component, or one component may be divided into a plurality of components to perform a function. Integrated and separate embodiments of the components are also included within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art, and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

91: printed circuit board 93: insulating molded body
95: bezel 97: sensor protective layer
100: panel portion 101, 101a, 101b: first electrode
103: second electrode 105: fingerprint detection electrode
107: first nanoelectrode 109: second nanoelectrode
200: drive unit 300: sensing unit
310: AD converter 320: the highest and lowest voltage detector
330: arrival time calculation unit 510: control unit
530: signal processing unit 550: control and signal processing unit

Claims (10)

In the biometric authentication device for authenticating the living body using the impedance of the specific part of the living body,
Printed circuit boards,
A fingerprint sensing electrode formed on the printed circuit board;
A sensor unit including a first electrode and a second electrode which are formed while maintaining an electrically insulated state with the fingerprint sensing electrode and with each other;
A driving unit for applying a square wave having a single period to the first electrode;
In the state where the voltage measured by the first electrode is stabilized, the measured voltage maximum value, which is the highest value of the voltage detected by the first electrode, and the measured voltage minimum value, wherein the detected voltage is the lowest value are detected, and the detected voltage is the minimum value of the measured voltage. A sensing unit for outputting an arrival time which is a time required to reach a specific range of the measured voltage width obtained by the difference between the measured voltage maximum value and the measured voltage minimum value;
And a signal processing unit for determining whether the living body is biometric based on the measured voltage width and the arrival time input from the sensing unit.
The method of claim 1,
The stabilized state means a state in which the measured voltage peak and the measured voltage minimum detected by the first electrode are kept constant by a square wave applied to the first electrode for at least two neighboring periods. Biometric authentication device.
The method of claim 2,
One end is connected to the driving unit, and the other end further comprises an additional resistance (Re) connected to the first electrode.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The second electrode is a biometric authentication device, characterized in that connected to the ground.
The method of claim 4, wherein
And the duration of the square wave is set to a value before the voltage measured at the first electrode reaches the saturation state.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The single period is a biometric authentication device, characterized in that any one period selected from 0.067ms to 2.00ms period.
The method of claim 6,
The single period is a biometric authentication device, characterized in that any one period selected from 0.067ms to 1.42ms period.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The sensing unit converts an analog voltage input from the first electrode into a digital voltage;
A lowest voltage detector for detecting the lowest measured voltage value and the highest measured voltage value using a voltage input from the AD converter for at least one period;
And an arrival time calculation unit for calculating the arrival time Tr by using the voltage which changes according to the time input from the AD converter, the measured voltage minimum and the measured voltage maximum input from the lowest voltage detecting unit. Biometric authentication device.
The method of claim 1,
The sensor unit further comprises a sensor protective layer covering the fingerprint sensing electrode and the printed circuit board while covering the upper portion of the first electrode and the second electrode.
The method of claim 9,
The sensor unit may be electrically connected to the first electrode exposed to the upper portion of the sensor protection layer, and may be formed on the first surface of the sensor protection layer. And a second nano-electrode having a nano size, which is electrically connected to a second electrode and is formed on an upper surface of the sensor protection layer.

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