Photographed subject authentication system

• US 20050093999A1
• Filed: 10/25/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamaya, Yorihiro
• Application Number:
  US10/973,033
• Publication Number:
  US 20050093999A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.99
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3235 Checking or certification of the authentication information, e.g. by comparison with data stored independently
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3283 Compression

Abstract

A photographed subject authentication system comprising: a compressed image data writing device for writing the first compressed image data and related information into the photographed object authentication card; a compressed image data reading device for reading a third compressed image data from the photographed subject authentication card; a data specifying device for specifying the original image data corresponding to the first compressed image data and the compression condition read based on the obtained related information; and a second compression device for compressing the specified original image data based on the specified compression condition to obtain second compressed image data, wherein the data verifying device determines that the third compressed image data is equal to the first compressed image data when the result of the comparison is that the third compressed image data is equal to the second compressed image data.

Claims

1. A photographed subject authentication system which performs photographed subject authentication using a photographed subject authentication card, comprising:

a storing device for storing original image data obtained from a photographed subject and compression condition for compressing the original image data to obtain first compressed image data;

a first compression device for compressing the original image data based on the compression condition;

a compressed image data writing device for writing the first compressed image data and related information corresponding to the photographed subject into the photographed object authentication card;

a compressed image data reading device for reading a third compressed image data from the photographed subject authentication card;

a related information obtaining device for obtaining related information corresponding to the photographed subject from the photographed subject authentication card;

a data specifying device for specifying the original image data corresponding to the first compressed image data and the compression condition read from the storing device based on the obtained related information;

a second compression device for compressing the specified original image data based on the specified compression condition to obtain second compressed image data; and

a data verifying device for comparing the third compressed image data with the second compressed image data to determine whether the third compressed image data is equal to the second compressed image data,

wherein the data verifying device determines that the third compressed image data is equal to the first compressed image data when the result of the comparison is that the third compressed image data is equal to the second compressed image data.

2. The photographed subject authentication system of claim 1, wherein the compression conditions are attached as metadata to at least one of the original image data and the first compressed image data.

3. The photographed subject authentication system of claim 1, wherein the original image data is image data compressed using conditions by which the photographed subject image data obtained by photographing the photographed subject can be decompressed to have image quality which is the same as the photographed subject image data.

4. The photographed subject authentication system of claim 3, wherein the compression format used when creating the original image data from the photographed subject image data and the compression format used when creating the first and second compressed image data from the original image data are the same compression format, and the first and second compression image data are created by reducing the data amount of the compressed image data in its original state without decoding to the original image data.

5. The photographed subject authentication system of claim 1, further comprising:

a photographed subject image obtaining device for obtaining image data from the photographed subject; and

an image verifying device for verifying the first compressed image data read by the compressed image data reading device or the specified original image data specified from the specifying device with the image data obtained by the photographed subject image data obtaining device, wherein the photographed subject authentication is performed based on the results of the verification by the image data verifying means and the results of the verification by the image verifying device.

7. The photographed subject authentication system of claim 1, further comprising:

a display means for displaying at least one of the first compressed image data read by the compressed image data reading device and the original image data specified by the data specifying device.

6. The photographed subject authentication system of Clam 1, wherein the photographed subject image is recorded on the surface of the photographed subject authentication card.

8. A photographed subject authentication system which performs photographed subject authentication using a photographed subject authentication card, comprising:

a storing device for storing original image data obtained from a photographed subject and compression condition for compressing the original image data;

a compressed image data reading device for reading a third compressed image data from the photographed subject authentication card;

a related information obtaining device for obtaining related information corresponding to the photographed subject from the photographed subject authentication card;

a data specifying device for specifying the original image data and the compression condition read from the storing device based on the obtained related information; and

a data verifying device for comparing the third compressed image data with the compressed-original image data compressed based on the specified compression condition to determine whether the third compressed image data is equal to the compressed-original image data,

wherein the data verifying device determines that the third compressed image data is valid when the result of the comparison is that the third compressed image data is equal to the compressed-original image data.