Portable information equipment, authentication device, authentication system and authentication method

• US 6,703,918 B1
• Filed: 08/30/2000
• Issued: 03/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kioba Processing, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Kita, Kazunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): YANG, CLARA I
• Application Number:
  US09/651,441
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.51, 340/5.52, 340/5.53, 340/5.82, 340/5.83, 340/5.84, 340/573.1, 713/186, 705/16, 705/18, 705/26, 705/39, 705/44, 705/65, 705/67
• US Class Current: 340/5.52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

Portable information equipment has a device attachment detection section which detects whether or not a device is attached to a human body, an authentication data input section which inputs authentication data while the device is attached to the human body, a storage section which stores the authentication data inputted by the authentication data input section, a transmission section which transmits, the authentication data stored by the storage section, and an authentication data clear section which clears the authentication data stored by the storage section if the device attachment detection section detects that the device has been detached from the human body. After authentication data is inputted and stored in the portable information equipment, the authentication data can be transmitted by operating a switch once. Further, if the portable information equipment is detached from the human body, the authentication data is cleared. Thus, security can be ensured sufficiently.

Claims

1. Portable information equipment comprising:

a plurality of authentication data input sections;

a reception section configured to receive data for designating one of the plurality of authentication data input sections that is designated by a market price; and

a transmission section configured to transmit data input by said designated one of said authentication data input sections.

2. The portable information equipment according to claim 1, comprising a manifestation section configured to notify a user which said designated one of said authentication data input sections is to be used.

3. The portable information equipment according to claim 1, wherein one of said plurality of authentication input sections is a fingerprint data input section.

4. The portable information equipment according to claim 1, wherein one of said plurality of authentication input sections is a DNA data input section.

5. The portable information equipment according to claim 1, wherein one of said plurality of authentication input sections is a voiceprint data input section.

6. The portable information equipment according to claim 1, wherein one of said plurality of authentication input sections is a signature data input section.

7. The portable information equipment according to claim 1, further comprising a case in which the plurality of authentication data input sections and the reception section are contained, and a band for wearing the case on the arm of a user.

8. An authentication system having portable information equipment and an authentication device, the portable information equipment comprising:

a plurality of authentication data input sections;

a reception section configured to receive data for designating one of said plurality of authentication data input sections; and

a transmission section configured to transmit the data input from said designated one of said authentication data input sections, and

the authentication device comprising;

a transmission section configured to transmit the data for designating the one of said authentication data input sections that is designated by a market price to said portable information equipment;

a reception section configured to receive the data input from said designated one of said authentication input sections and transmitted from said portable information equipment; and

a collation section configured to collate the data received by the reception section with data registered in advance.

9. The authentication system according to claim 8, wherein said portable information equipment has a manifestation section configured to notify a user which said designated one of said authentication data input sections is to be used.

10. The authentication system according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of authentication data input sections includes a fingerprint data input section.

11. The authentication system according to claim 8, wherein one of said plurality of authentication data input sections includes a DNA data input section.

12. The authentication system according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of authentication data input sections includes a voiceprint data input section.

13. The authentication system according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of authentication data input section includes a signature data input section.

14. The portable information equipment according to claim 8, further comprising a case in which the plurality of authentication data input sections and the reception section are contained, and a band for wearing the case on the arm of a user.

15. A method of authenticating an individual, comprising the steps of:

receiving data for designating one of a plurality of authentication data input sections on the basis of a market price; and

transmitting authentication data input from the one of said authentication data input sections that is designated by said received data.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of:

manifesting said designated one of said authentication data input sections based on said received data.

17. A program storage medium having computer readable program codes for authenticating an individual, comprising:

program code means for receiving data for designating one of a plurality of authentication data input sections on the basis of a market price; and

program code means for transmitting authentication data input from thie one of said authentication data input sections that is designated by said received data.

18. The program storage medium according to claim 17, further comprising:

program code means for manifesting said designated one of said authentication data input sections based on said received data.