Individual authentication method, individual authentication device, and program for same
First Claim
1. An individual authentication device which reads individual data from storage media of a user, verifies said data against input individual data, and performs individual authentication, comprising:
- a media reading unit which reads said storage media of a user; and
a control unit which judges whether there is installed a biometrics unit which verifies registered biometrics characteristic data for a human body according to individual data of said storage media against said biometrics characteristic data detected for said human body and performs individual authentication, wherein said control unit, upon judging that said biometrics unit is installed, executes individual authentication by said biometrics unit, and, upon judging that said biometrics unit is not installed, executes individual authentication by verifying individual data of said storage media against input individual data.
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Abstract
An individual authentication device, which verifies individual data of recording media against input individual data and performs individual authentication, is enabled to make a smooth transition to biometrics authentication. The device judges whether a biometrics unit is installed, and by judging whether the biometrics unit is installed, selects between individual authentication by the biometrics unit and individual authentication by verifying individual data of storage media against input individual data. An individual authentication device onto which biometrics authentication functions are not loaded can make a smooth transition to an individual authentication device onto which the biometrics authentication functions are loaded.
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1. An individual authentication device which reads individual data from storage media of a user, verifies said data against input individual data, and performs individual authentication, comprising:
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a media reading unit which reads said storage media of a user; and
a control unit which judges whether there is installed a biometrics unit which verifies registered biometrics characteristic data for a human body according to individual data of said storage media against said biometrics characteristic data detected for said human body and performs individual authentication, wherein said control unit, upon judging that said biometrics unit is installed, executes individual authentication by said biometrics unit, and, upon judging that said biometrics unit is not installed, executes individual authentication by verifying individual data of said storage media against input individual data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An individual authentication method for reading individual data of storage media of a user and verifying against input individual data to perform individual authentication, and comprising the steps of:
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judging whether there is installed a biometrics unit which verifies registered biometrics characteristic data for a human body according to individual data of said storage media against said biometrics characteristic data detected for said human body and performs individual authentication;
executing individual authentication using said biometrics unit when it is judged that said biometrics unit is installed; and
executing individual authentication to verify individual data of said storage media against input individual data when it is judged that said biometrics unit is not installed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A program, which causes a computer to execute the steps of:
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judging whether there is installed a biometrics unit which verifies registered biometrics characteristic data for a human body according to individual data of said storage media against said biometrics characteristic data detected from said human body and performs individual authentication;
executing individual authentication using said biometrics unit when it is judged that said biometrics unit is installed; and
executing individual authentication to verify individual data of said storage media against input individual data when it is judged that said biometrics unit is not installed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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