Patent attributes
An apparatus for biometric security having a biometric scanner for capturing over a first field of view image data representative of one or more biometric objects associated with a subject, and a presentation attack detection system for capturing over a second field at one or more locations along the subject information indicative of presence of the one or more biometric objects. One or more processers utilizes the image data received from the biometric scanner to select such one or more locations, and to direct the second field of view of the presentation attack detection system to obtain the information along one or more of the selected one or more locations, and to determine in accordance with the information when the first field of view contains a true or fake presentation to the biometric scanner.