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Personal authentication apparatus

  • US 20040151351A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2004
  • Published: 08/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A personal authentication apparatus for certifying that a user is a person himself, comprising:

  • an image pickup unit for taking a face-picture of said user;

    a particular person comparing unit for comparing said user'"'"'s face-picture taken by said image pickup unit with a face-picture of a particular person held in advance;

    a personal picture acquiring unit for acquiring the face-picture of said person himself from a memory; and

    an authentication unit for deciding whether or not said user'"'"'s face-picture taken by said image pickup unit is identical with the face-picture of said person himself acquired by said personal picture acquiring unit by a different method based upon the comparison result by said particular person comparing unit.

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