APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HUMAN DISTINCTION USING INFRARED LIGHT

An apparatus and method for human distinction using infrared light, the apparatus includes: a photographing unit, which photographs a subject by radiating or not radiating infrared light onto the subject according to a predetermined control signal; and an image processing unit, which outputs the predetermined control signal, receives images output from the photographing unit to detect a predetermined area in each of the images, compares an infrared image and a non-infrared image of the detected areas, and determines whether the subject is obtained from a real human face or not.