Mobile electronic apparatus having function of verifying a user by biometrics information

• US 20010017584A1
• Filed: 02/05/2001
• Published: 08/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Shinzaki, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 6,765,470 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A mobile electronic apparatus in which biometrics information, free from being stolen or faked by a unauthorized person, is used for user verification, virtually perfectly protecting an authorized user'"'"'s personal data stored in a storing section of the apparatus. A verifying section compares a user'"'"'s biometrics feature information with the authorized user'"'"'s reference biometrics feature information to discriminate whether the fingerprint feature information for verification matches the reference fingerprint feature information. If it matches, a display control section reads out the personal data stored in the storing section and controls a display section to display the read-out personal data. The apparatus is useful when applied to a portable telephone, an electronic information terminal, or the like, so long as it has a function of user verification by biometrics information (fingerprint, palmprint, finger shape, hand shape, voiceprint, retina, iris, facial recognition, signature dynamics, blood vessel pattern, key strokes, etc.).

Claims

1. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information, said apparatus comprising:

(a) an input section for measuring biometrics information unique to a user to be verified and receiving the biometrics information;

(b) an extracting section for extracting, from the biometrics information measured and received by said input section, biometrics feature information for verification;

(c) a verifying section for comparing the biometrics feature information, which is extracted by said extracting section, with reference biometrics feature information unique to an authorized user to verify whether the user'"'"'s biometrics feature information matches the authorized user'"'"'s reference biometrics feature information;

(d) a storing section for storing personal data of the authorized user;

(e) a display section for displaying various types of information; and

(f) a display control section for controlling a state of displaying on said display section, said display control section being operative, if the result of the verification by said verifying section is positive, to read out the personal data of the authorized user from said storing section and control said display section to display the personal data thereon.

2. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, further comprising an interface section, adapted to be connected to an external apparatus, for outputting the personal data to the external apparatus if the result of the verification by said verifying section is positive.

3. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, wherein said personal data is a personal identification code including a password, a personal identification number, or a secret key.

4. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 2

, wherein said personal data is a personal identification code including a password, a personal identification number, or a secret key.

5. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, wherein:

said storing section stores the authorizeduser'"'"'s personal data in correlation with designation information designating the personal data;

said mobile electronic apparatus further comprises a designation information selecting section, which selects the designation information so as to specify the personal data to be displayed on said display section;

if the result of the verification is positive, said display control section reads out from said storing section the personal data specified by the designation information selected by said designation information selecting section, and controls said display section to display the specified personal data thereon.

6. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 5

, further comprising an interface section, adapted to be connected to an external apparatus, for outputting the personal data specified by the designation information selected by said designation information selecting section to the external apparatus if the result of the verification is positive.

7. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 5

, wherein:

said personal data is a personal identification code including a password, a personal identification number, or a secret key; and

said designation information is account information corresponding to the personal data and including an account name, an ID, a computer name, or an IP address.

8. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 6

, wherein:

said personal data is a personal identification code including a password, a personal identification number, or a secret key; and

said designation information is account information corresponding to the personal data and including an account name, an ID, a computer name, or an IP address.

9. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, wherein:

said storing section stores the authorized user'"'"'s personal data in correlation with both designation information designating the personal data and generic information that specifies both the personal data and the designation information;

said mobile electronic apparatus further comprises a generic information selecting section for selecting the generic information specifying both the personal data and the designation information to be displayed on said display section, if the result of the verification is positive, said display control section reads out from said storing section the personal data and the designation information, which are specified by the generic information selected by said generic information selecting section, and controls said display section to display the specified personal data and designation information thereon.

10. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 9

, further comprising an interface section, adapted to be connected to an external apparatus, for outputting the personal data and the designation information, which are specified by the generic information selected by said generic information selecting section, to the external apparatus if the result of the verification is positive.

11. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 9

, wherein:

said personal data is a personal identification code including a password, a personal identification number, or a secret key;

said designation information is account information corresponding to the personal data and including an account name, an ID, a computer name, or an IP address; and

said generic information is a system name corresponding to the account information.

12. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 10

, wherein:

said personal data is a personal identification code including a password, a personal identification number, or a secret key;

said designation information is account information corresponding to the personal data and including an account name, an ID, a computer name, or an IP address; and

said generic information is a system name corresponding to the account information.

13. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, further comprising another storing section for previously storing the reference biometrics feature information.

14. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, further comprising:

a medium interface section adapted to be connected to a portable memory medium previously storing the reference biometrics feature information; and

a read-out section for reading out the reference biometrics feature information from said portable memory medium through said medium interface section.

15. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 14

, wherein said portable memory medium is an IC card.

16. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, further comprising a communications section, adapted to be communicatably connected to an external apparatus, for receiving the reference biometrics feature information from the external apparatus.

17. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, wherein at least said input section is disposed on a detachable element of said mobile electronic apparatus.

18. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 17

, wherein said detachable element is a battery pack.

31. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 1

, wherein said authorized user is an owner of the mobile electronic apparatus.

32. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 18

, wherein said authorized user is an owner of the mobile electronic apparatus.

19. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information, said apparatus comprising:

(a) an input section for measuring biometrics information unique to a user to be verified and receiving the biometrics information;

(b) an extracting section for extracting, from the biometrics information measured and received by said input section, biometrics feature information for verification;

(c) a verifying section for comparing the biometrics feature information, which is extracted by said extracting section, with reference biometrics feature information unique to an authorized user to verify whether the user'"'"'s biometrics feature information matches the authorized user'"'"'s reference biometrics feature information;

(d) a memory section for storing personal data of the authorized user; and

(e) an access control section for controlling access to the personal data, which is stored in said memory section, if the result of said verification is positive.

20. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 19

, further comprising an interface section, adapted to be connected to an information apparatus, for inputting and outputting the personal data from and to the information apparatus through said interface section if the result of the verification is positive.

21. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 20

, wherein said memory section functions as an extended drive medium of said information apparatus.

22. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 19

, wherein the type of said interface section is selected in accordance with an interface system of said information apparatus.

23. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 20

, wherein the type of said interface section is selected in accordance with an interface system of said information apparatus.

24. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 21

, wherein the type of said interface section is selected in accordance with an interface system of said information apparatus.

25. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 19

, further comprising a storing section for previously storing the reference biometrics feature information.

26. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 19

, further comprising:

a medium interface section, adapted to be connected to a portable memory medium previously storing the reference biometrics feature information, and

a read-out section for reading out the reference biometrics feature information from said portable memory medium through said medium interface section.

27. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 26

, wherein said portable memory medium is an IC card.

28. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 19

, further comprising a communications section, adapted to be communicatably connected to an external apparatus, for receiving the reference biometrics feature information from the external apparatus.

29. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 19

, wherein at least said input section is disposed on a detachable element of said mobile electronic apparatus.

30. A mobile electronic apparatus equipped with a function of verifying a user using the user'"'"'s biometrics information according to

claim 29

, wherein said detachable element is a battery pack.