Combined individual authentication system

• US 20050193212A1
• Filed: 02/08/2005
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yuhara, Masahiro
• Application Number:
  US11/053,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20050193212A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/25 using biometry
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/252 Fingerprint recognition
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/255 Eye recognition
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns

Abstract

A combined individual authentication system includes a license information acquiring device for acquiring license information from a storage media which a driver carries before or after a vehicle runs, a biometric information acquiring device for acquiring biometric information of the driver, and a pre-stored information storing device for storing pre-stored license and biometric information of the driver. The authentication system also includes a license information authenticating device for authenticating the driver based on the pre-stored license information, a first permitting device for permitting at least one of functions which the vehicle equipped, when the license information authenticating device authenticates the driver as an authenticated driver, a biometric information authenticating device for authenticating the driver based on the pre-stored biometric information, when the license information authenticating device authenticates the driver as an authenticated driver, and a second permitting device for permitting at least one of functions which the vehicle equipped.

Claims

1. A combined individual authentication system comprising:

a license information acquiring means for acquiring a piece of license information from a storage media which a driver carries before or after a vehicle runs;

a biometric information acquiring means for acquiring a piece of biometric information of said driver;

a pre-stored information storing means for storing pre-stored pieces of license information and biometric information of said driver;

a license information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based on said pre-stored license information;

a first permitting means for permitting at least one of functions which said vehicle equipped when said license information authenticating means authenticates said driver as an authenticated driver;

a biometric information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based on said pre-stored biometric information when said license information authenticating means is operated to authenticate said driver as an authenticated driver; and

a second permitting means for permitting at least one of functions which said vehicle equipped.

2. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 1, in which

said license information acquiring means includes an out-vehicle license information acquiring means mounted the outer side of said vehicle, and an in-vehicle license information acquiring means mounted the inner side of said vehicle.

3. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 2, in which

said first permitting means includes a door unlocking means for unlocking the doors of said vehicle when said license information authentication means authenticates said driver as an authenticated driver based on said license information acquired by said out-vehicle license acquiring means, and an engine start permitting means for permitting start of the engine of said vehicle when said license information authentication means authenticates said driver as an authenticated driver based on said license information acquired by said in-vehicle license acquiring means.

4. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 2, in which

said biometric information acquiring means includes a face information acquiring means for acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring means for acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring means for acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing means stores at least one of said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating means includes at least one of a face information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

5. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 3, in which

said biometric information acquiring means includes a face information acquiring means for acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring means for acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring means for acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing means stores at least one of said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating means includes at least one of a face information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

6. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 4, in which

said second permitting means is adapted to permit working of a seat position controlling means for controlling a seat position of said vehicle.

7. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 5, in which

said second permitting means is adapted to permit working of a seat position controlling means for controlling a seat position of said vehicle.

8. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 1, in which

said license information acquiring means is a out-vehicle license information acquiring means mounted on the outer side of said vehicle.

9. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 8, in which

said first permitting means is a door unlocking means for unlocking doors of said vehicle, when said license information authenticating means authenticates said driver as an authenticated driver based on license information acquired by said out-vehicle license information authenticating means.

10. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 6, in which

said biometric information acquiring means includes at least one of a face information acquiring means for acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring means for acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring means for acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing means stored at least one of said face information, said ins pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating means includes a face information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

11. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 7, in which

said biometric information acquiring means includes at least one of a face information acquiring means for acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring means for acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring means for acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing means stored at least one of said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating means includes a face information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

12. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 8, in which

said biometric information acquiring means includes at least one of a face information acquiring means for acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring means for acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring means for acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing means stored at least one of said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating means includes a face information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating means for authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

13. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 10, in which

said second permitting means includes an engine start permitting means for permitting start of an engine of said vehicle.

14. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 11, in which

said second permitting means includes an engine start permitting means for permitting start of an engine of said vehicle.

15. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in claim 12, in which

said second permitting means includes an engine start permitting means for permitting start of an engine of said vehicle.

16. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in one of claims 1-15, in which

said storage media is a memory included in an electronic driving license.

17. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in any one of claims 1-15, which further comprises a pre-stored information modifying means for modifying said pre-stored license information and said pre-stored biometric information stored in said pre-stored information storing means.

18. A combined individual authentication system as set forth in any one of claim 16, which further comprises a pre-stored information modifying means for modifying said pre-stored license information and said pre-stored biometric information stored in said pre-stored information storing means.

19. A combined individual authentication method comprising:

a license information acquiring step of acquiring a piece of license information from a storage media which a driver carries before or after a vehicle runs;

a biometric information acquiring step of acquiring a piece of biometric information of said driver;

a pre-stored information storing step for storing pieces of pre-stored license and biometric information of said driver;

a license information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based on said pre-stored license information;

a first permitting step of permitting at least one of functions which said vehicle equipped, when said license information authenticating step authenticates said driver as an authenticated driver,

a biometric information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based on said pre-stored biometric information when said license information authenticating step is operated to authenticate said driver as an authenticated driver; and

a second permitting step of permitting at least one of functions which said vehicle equipped.

20. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 19, in which

said license information acquiring step includes an out-vehicle license information acquiring step of acquiring license information with an out-vehicle license information acquiring apparatus mounted the outer side of said vehicle, and an in-vehicle license information acquiring step of acquiring license information with an in-vehicle license information acquiring apparatus mounted the inner side of said vehicle.

21. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 20, in which

said first permitting step includes a door unlocking step of unlocking doors of said vehicle when said license information authentication step is of authenticating said driver as an authenticated driver based on license information acquired by said out-vehicle license acquiring apparatus, and an engine start permitting step of permitting start of the engine of said vehicle when said license information authentication step authenticates said driver as an authenticated driver based on license information acquired by said in-vehicle license acquiring apparatus.

22. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 20, in which

said biometric information acquiring step includes a face information acquiring step of acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring step of acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring step of acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing step stores said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating step includes a face information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

23. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 21, in which

said biometric information acquiring step includes a face information acquiring step of acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring step of acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring step of acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing step stores said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating step includes a face information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

24. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 22, in which

said second permitting step includes at least a seat position controlling step of controlling a seat position of said vehicle.

25. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 23, in which

said second permitting step includes at least a seat position controlling step of controlling a seat position of said vehicle.

26. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 19, in which

said license information acquiring step is a out-vehicle license information acquiring step of acquiring license information with out-vehicle license information acquiring apparatus mounted on the outer side of said vehicle.

27. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 26, in which

said first permitting step is a door unlocking step of unlocking doors of said vehicle, when said license information authenticating step authenticates said driver as an authenticated driver based on license information acquired at said out-vehicle license information authenticating step.

28. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 24, in which

said biometric information acquiring step includes at least one of a face information acquiring step of acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring step of acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring step of acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing step stored said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating step includes a face information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

29. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 25, in which

said biometric information acquiring step includes at least one of a face information acquiring step of acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring step of acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring step of acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing step stored said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating step includes a face information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

30. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 26, in which

said biometric information acquiring step includes at least one of a face information acquiring step of acquiring face information of said driver, an iris pattern acquiring step of acquiring iris pattern information of said driver, and a fingerprint information acquiring step of acquiring fingerprint information of said driver;

said pre-stored information storing step stored said face information, said iris pattern information, and said fingerprint information as pre-stored face information, pre-stored iris pattern information, and pre-stored fingerprint information; and

said biometric information authenticating step includes a face information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored face information, an iris pattern information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored iris pattern information, and a fingerprint information authenticating step of authenticating said driver based said pre-stored fingerprint information.

31. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 28, in which

said second permitting step includes at least an engine start permitting step of permitting start of an engine of said vehicle.

32. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 29, in which

said second permitting step includes at least an engine start permitting step of permitting start of an engine of said vehicle.

33. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in claim 30, in which

said second permitting step includes at least an engine start permitting step of permitting start of an engine of said vehicle.

34. A combined individual authentication method as set forth in any one of claims 19-33, which further comprises a pre-stored information modifying step of modifying said pre-stored license information and said pre-stored biometric information stored at said pre-stored information storing step.