US Patent 10445482 Identity authentication method, identity authentication device, and terminal

Disclosed are an identity authentication method, an identity authentication device and a terminal. The identity authentication method includes: providing an authentication object with prompt information configured to prompt the authentication object to make a target authentication action, where the target authentication action includes at least one of a facial expression and a head action; collecting at least one frame of image; detecting whether authentication action information of the authentication object in the at least one frame of image matches reference action information generated by a target object making the target authentication action; and determining that the authentication object passes an identity authentication in a case that the authentication action information of the authentication object matches the reference action information.