Authenticity checker for driver's license, automated-teller machine provided with the checker and program recording medium

• US 20020046171A1
• Filed: 07/06/2001
• Published: 04/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hoshino, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,720,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/43
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1085 involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/0034 using watermarks
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/12 Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]

Abstract

A driver'"'"'s license shooting section comprises a structure that can shoot a driver'"'"'s license'"'"'s watermarks both from either its obverse or reverse. And a driver'"'"'s license shooting controller orders the driver'"'"'s license shooting section to shoot the driver'"'"'s license'"'"'s a watermark from its obverse. Using this result, an authenticity judging section judges the driver'"'"'s license'"'"'s authenticity. Then, if the driver'"'"'s license is back-watermarked type, it is recognized as not authentic, when the driver'"'"'s license shooting controller orders the driver'"'"'s license shooting section to shoot the driver'"'"'s license'"'"'s a watermark from its reverse. Using this result, the authenticity judger judges if the driver'"'"'s license is authentic or not. In this way, a legal back-watermarked type driver'"'"'s license is judged authentic. Consequently, a driver'"'"'s license'"'"'s authenticity can be judged properly, no matter whether the driver'"'"'s license is face-watermarked type or back-watermarked type.

Claims

1. An authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license comprising:

a driver'"'"'s license shooting section capable of shooting a watermark of a driver'"'"'s license from both obverse and reverse side; and

an authenticity judging section which judges the driver'"'"'s license is forgery when neither of the watermarks shot from the obverse nor reverse side by the driver'"'"'s license shooting section is recognized as a regular watermark, and judges the driver'"'"'s license is authentic when at least one of watermarks is recognized as a regular watermark.

3. The authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driver'"'"'s license shooting section includes:

first and second cameras to shoot the driver'"'"'s license from the obverse and reverse side; and

first and second lights to irradiate the driver'"'"'s license from the reverse and obverse side.

5. The authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driver'"'"'s license shooting section includes:

a camera for shooting a driver'"'"'s license;

a light which is placed opposite to a lens of the camera; and

a revolving means for revolving the driver'"'"'s license between the lens and the light so that the obverse or the backside of the driver'"'"'s license is placed opposite to the lens.

7. The authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driver'"'"'s license shooting section includes:

a camera;

a conveyor means for carrying a driver'"'"'s license;

first and second lights for irradiating one side and the other side of the driver'"'"'s license which has been carried to a fixed place by the conveyor means; and

first and second optical systems for propagating light, which has been outputted from the first or second light and transmitted through the driver'"'"'s license, to the camera.

9. An automated-teller machine comprising:

the authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8;

an image camera for shooting a facial portrait of a user; and

a face image collator for verifying identity of the user by collating an image of a photograph attached to his/her ID card with image data of the facial portrait shot by the image camera.

10. An automated-teller machine comprising:

the authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8;

an image camera for shooting a facial portrait of a user; and

a face image collator for verifying identity of the user by collating face image data recorded on an IC card used for identification purposes with image data of the facial portrait obtained by the image camera.

11. An automated-teller machine comprising:

the authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8;

an image camera for shooting a facial portrait of a user;

a transmitting section for transmitting image data of the facial portrait obtained by the image camera to a server; and

a server for identifying the user based on pre-registered face image data of plural users and the image data transmitted from the transmitting section.

2. An authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license comprising:

a driver'"'"'s license shooting section which shoots a watermark of a driver'"'"'s license from either obverse or reverse side according to a shooting instruction, and shoots the watermark from the other side according to a re-shooting instruction;

an authenticity judging section which judges the driver'"'"'s license is authentic when the watermark shot by the driver'"'"'s license shooting section is recognized as a regular watermark, and judges the driver'"'"'s license is a forgery when neither of the watermarks shot from the obverse nor reverse side is recognized as a regular watermark; and

a driver'"'"'s license shooting controller which outputs a shooting instruction to the driver'"'"'s license shooting section at the beginning of the authenticity judging operation, and outputs a re-shooting instruction to the driver'"'"'s license shooting section when the watermark shot from one side is not recognized as a regular watermark.

4. The authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in claim 2, wherein the driver'"'"'s license shooting section includes:

first and second cameras to shoot the driver'"'"'s license from the obverse and reverse side; and

first and second lights to irradiate the driver'"'"'s license from the reverse and obverse side.

6. The authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in claim 2, wherein the driver'"'"'s license shooting section includes:

a camera for shooting a driver'"'"'s license;

a light which is placed opposite to a lens of the camera; and

a revolving means for revolving the driver'"'"'s license between the lens and the light so that the obverse or the backside of the driver'"'"'s license is placed opposite to the lens.

8. The authenticity checker of driver'"'"'s license as claimed in claim 2, wherein the driver'"'"'s license shooting section includes:

a camera;

a conveyor means for carrying a driver'"'"'s license;

first and second lights for irradiating one side and the other side of the driver'"'"'s license which has been carried to a fixed place by the conveyor means; and

first and second optical systems for propagating light, which has been outputted from the first or second light and transmitted through the driver'"'"'s license, to the camera.

12. A program recording medium for storing a program by which a computer, including a driver'"'"'s license shooting section capable of shooting a watermark of a driver'"'"'s license from both obverse and reverse sides, functions as an authenticity judging section wherein when neither of the watermarks shot from the obverse nor reverse side is recognized as a regular watermark, the driver'"'"'s license is judged forgery, and when at least one of watermarks is recognized as a regular watermark, the driver'"'"'s license is judged authentic.

13. A program recording medium for storing a program by which a computer, including a driver'"'"'s license shooting section for shooting a watermark of a driver'"'"'s license from one side according to a shooting instruction, and shooting the watermark of the driver'"'"'s license from the other side according to a re-shooting instruction, functions as:

an authenticity judging section wherein when neither of the watermarks shot from the obverse nor reverse side is recognized as a regular watermark, the driver'"'"'s license is judged forgery, and when at least one of watermarks is recognized as a regular watermark, the driver'"'"'s license is judged authentic.

a driver'"'"'s license shooting controller which outputs a shooting instruction to the driver'"'"'s license shooting section at the beginning of the authenticity judging operation, and outputs a re-shooting instruction to the driver'"'"'s license shooting section when the watermark shot from one side is not recognized as a regular watermark.