Personal authentication apparatus
First Claim
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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Abstract
A personal authentication apparatus inquires into a face-picture of a suspected person as well as a face-picture of a person himself. A personal authentication apparatus for certifying that a user is a person himself comprises an image pickup unit for taking a face-picture of the user, a particular person comparing unit for comparing the user'"'"'s face-picture taken by the 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 the person himself from a memory, and an authentication unit for deciding whether or not the user'"'"'s face-picture taken by the image pickup unit is identical with the face-picture of the person himself acquired by the personal picture acquiring unit by a different method based upon the comparison result by the particular person comparing unit.
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1. A personal authentication apparatus for certifying that a user is a person himself, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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