Personal authentication processing device, locking/unlocking management apparatus, and locking/unlocking management system

• US 20050015630A1
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Published: 01/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Onozaki, Manabu, Yumoto, Manabu
• Application Number:
  US10/855,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20050015630A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

A personal authentication processing device comprises: a personal biometric information storage section which stores predetermined personal biometric information; and a personal authentication processing section for receiving personal biometric information, performing personal authentication by comparing the received personal biometric information and the predetermined personal biometric information which is stored in the personal biometric information storage section, and outputting a true/false signal which indicates whether a result of the personal authentication is true or false.

Claims

1. A personal authentication processing device comprising:

a personal biometric information storage section which stores predetermined personal biometric information; and

a personal authentication processing section for receiving personal biometric information, performing personal authentication by comparing the received personal biometric information and the predetermined personal biometric information which is stored in the personal biometric information storage section, and outputting a true/false signal which indicates whether a result of the personal authentication is true or false.

2. A personal authentication processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the personal biometric information is input to the personal authentication processing section in contact therewith or without contact therewith;

the personal authentication processing section outputs a match signal as the true/false signal when the received personal biometric information matches the predetermined personal biometric information, and outputs a mismatch signal as the true/false signal when the received personal biometric information does not match the predetermined personal biometric information.

3. A personal authentication processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor section for sensing the personal biometric information and outputting the sensed personal biometric information to the personal authentication processing section.

4. A personal authentication processing device according to claim 3, wherein the personal authentication processing section outputs a match signal as the true/false signal when the received personal biometric information matches the predetermined personal biometric information, and outputs a mismatch signal as the true/false signal when the received personal biometric information does not match the predetermined personal biometric information.

5. A personal authentication processing device according to claim 1, wherein the personal authentication processing device is formed of a card device or a portable electronic device.

6. A personal authentication processing device according to claim 1, wherein the personal biometric information is at least one of fingerprint information, eye retina information, voiceprint information, and face image information.

7. A locking/unlocking management apparatus comprising a locking/unlocking control section for receiving a true/false signal which indicates whether a result of personal authentication using personal biometric information is true or false, and performing a locking/unlocking permission or prohibition process in accordance with the true/false signal.

8. A locking/unlocking management apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a sensor section for sensing personal biometric information for the personal authentication.

9. A locking/unlocking management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the locking/unlocking control section performs the locking/unlocking permission process when the true/false signal is a match signal which indicates that the result of the personal authentication is true, and the locking/unlocking control section performs the locking/unlocking prohibition process when the true/false signal is a mismatch signal which indicates that the result of the personal authentication is false.

10. A locking/unlocking management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the locking/unlocking permission or prohibition process is a gate opening/closing control process.

11. A locking/unlocking management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the personal biometric information is at least one of fingerprint information, eye retina information, voiceprint information, and face image information.

12. A locking/unlocking management system comprising a personal authentication processing device and a locking/unlocking management apparatus, wherein:

the personal authentication processing device includes

a personal biometric information storage section which stores predetermined personal biometric information, and

a personal authentication processing section for receiving personal biometric information, performing personal authentication by comparing the received personal biometric information and the predetermined personal biometric information which is stored in the personal biometric information storage section, and outputting a true/false signal which indicates whether a result of the personal authentication is true or false; and

the locking/unlocking management apparatus includes a lock opening/closing control section for receiving the true/false signal and for performing a locking/unlocking permission or prohibition process in accordance with the true/false signal.

13. A locking/unlocking management system according to claim 12, wherein the personal authentication processing device further includes a sensor section for sensing the personal biometric information and outputting the sensed personal biometric information to the personal authentication processing section.

14. A locking/unlocking management system according to claim 12, wherein the locking/unlocking management apparatus further includes a sensor section for sensing the personal biometric information and outputting the sensed personal biometric information to the personal authentication processing section.