AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM

• US 20100079243A1
• Filed: 03/20/2009
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hamada, Yasushi
• Application Number:
  US12/408,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20100079243A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.830
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3231 Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861

Abstract

An object of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is to provide an authentication system which can perform highly convenient authentication while ensuring minimum required authentication accuracy. An authentication system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first authentication device which acquires a first authentication level, a second authentication device which acquires a second authentication level, and an authentication verifying device which authenticates based on a comparison between a predetermined value and a sum of the first authentication level and the second authentication level.

Claims

1. An authentication system comprises:

a first authentication device which acquires a first authentication level;

a second authentication device which acquires a second authentication level; and

an authentication verifying device which authenticates based on a comparison between a predetermined value and a sum of the first authentication level and the second authentication level.

2. The authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the second authentication device comprises a plurality of authentication units.

3. The authentication system according to claim 2, wherein if the sum of the first and second authentication levels is less than the predetermined value, the second authentication device acquires a third authentication level using an authentication unit different from an authentication unit which acquires the second authentication level.

4. The authentication system according to claims 1, wherein an authentication unit of the first authentication device includes one of face authentication, RFID authentication, and fingerprint authentication.

5. The authentication system according to claims 1, wherein an authentication unit of the second authentication device includes face authentication, RFID authentication, or fingerprint authentication.

6. The authentication system according to claims 1, wherein the first authentication level or the second authentication level is weighted based on authentication history information.

7. An authentication method comprising the steps of:

acquiring a first authentication level by a first authentication device;

acquiring a second authentication level by a second authentication device; and

authenticating based on a sum of the first authentication level and the second authentication level.

8. The authentication method according to claim 7, wherein the second authentication device comprises a plurality of authentication units.

9. The authentication method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of, if the sum of the first and second authentication levels is less than the predetermined value, acquiring a third authentication level using an authentication unit different from an authentication unit which acquires the second authentication level.

10. The authentication method according to claims 7, wherein an authentication unit of the first authentication device includes one of face authentication, RFID authentication, and fingerprint authentication.

11. The authentication method according to claims 7, wherein an authentication unit of the second authentication device includes face authentication, RFID authentication, or fingerprint authentication.

12. The authentication method according to claims 7, wherein the first authentication level or the second authentication level is weighted based on authentication history information.

13. An authentication program which causes a computer to execute:

first authentication level acquisition processing for acquiring a first authentication level by a first authentication device;

second authentication level acquisition processing for acquiring a second authentication level by a second authentication device; and

authentication processing for authenticating based on a sum of the first authentication level and the second authentication level.

14. The authentication program according to claim 13, wherein the second authentication device comprises a plurality of authentication units.

15. The authentication program according to claim 14, further causing the computer to execute third authentication level acquisition processing for, if the sum of the first and second authentication levels is less than the predetermined value, acquiring a third authentication level by the second authentication device using an authentication unit different from an authentication unit which acquires the second authentication level.

16. The authentication program according to claims 13, wherein an authentication unit of the first authentication device includes one of face authentication, RFID authentication, and fingerprint authentication.

17. The authentication program according to claims 13, wherein an authentication unit of the second authentication device includes face authentication, RFID authentication, or fingerprint authentication.

18. The authentication program according to claims 13, wherein the first authentication level or the second authentication level is weighted based on authentication history information.