Person recognition apparatus

• US 7,120,278 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2002
• Issued: 10/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sukegawa, Hiroshi, Sato, Toshio, Ogata, Jun, Yokoi, Kentaro, Dobashi, Hironori, Okazaki, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): DESIRE, GREGORY M
• Application Number:
  US10/226,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20030039380A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 382/115, 382/117, 382/118, 382/190, 382/209, 348/143, 348/152
• US Class Current: 382/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/28 Determining representative reference patterns, e.g. by averaging or distorting; Generating dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification

Abstract

When authentication data of a person O to be authenticated is registered as dictionary data, this authentication data of the person to be authenticated is acquired and collated with the registered dictionary data. In accordance with the collation result, the dictionary data is updated.

Claims

1. A person recognition apparatus, comprising:

an authentication data input unit which acquires authentication data from a person;

a dictionary storage which stores dictionary data for authentication;

a dictionary formation unit which forms first dictionary data for authentication on the basis of authentication data acquired from the person by said authentication data input unit;

an authenticator which, after the first dictionary data is formed by said dictionary formation unit, reacquires authentication data from the person by said authentication data input unit, and collates the reacquired authentication data from said authentication data input unit with the first dictionary data formed by said dictionary formation unit; and

a dictionary updating unit which, in a case where the collation by said authenticator is successful, updates the first dictionary data to second dictionary data by using the authentication data acquired by said authentication data input unit.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the collation by said authenticator is unsuccessful, authentication data is reacquired from the person by said authentication data input unit, and subjected to collation performed by said authenticator.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said dictionary updating unit updates the first dictionary data to the second dictionary data by using the first dictionary data and the authentication data acquired by said authentication data input unit after the dictionary data is formed by said dictionary formation unit.

4. A person recognition apparatus, comprising:

an authentication data input unit which acquires authentication data from a person;

a dictionary storage which stores dictionary data for authentication;

a display which displays the authentication data acquired by said authentication data input unit to a person to be authenticated;

a selector which selects whether to form dictionary data of the person to be authenticated on the basis of the authenticated data displayed on said display;

a dictionary formation unit which, in a case where said selector selects formation of the dictionary data, forms first dictionary data for authentication on the basis of the authentication data displayed on said display;

an authenticator which, after the first dictionary data is formed by said dictionary formation unit, reacquires authentication data from the person by said authentication data input unit, and collates the reacquired authentication data from said authentication data input unit with the first dictionary data formed by said dictionary formation unit; and

a dictionary updating unit which, in a case where the collation by said authenticator is successful, updates the first dictionary data to second dictionary data by using the authentication data acquired by said authentication data input unit.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein in a case where the collation by said authenticator is unsuccessful, authentication data is reacquired from the person by said authentication data input unit, and subjected to collation performed by said authenticator.

6. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said dictionary updating unit updates the first dictionary data to second dictionary data by using the first dictionary data and the authentication data acquired by said authentication data input unit after the dictionary data is formed by said dictionary formation unit.

7. A method of forming dictionary data for authentication to be used in a person recognition apparatus having an authentication data input unit which acquires authentication data from a person, a dictionary storage which stores dictionary data for authentication, and an authenticator, comprising:

forming first new dictionary data for authentication on the basis of authentication data acquired by the authentication data input unit from the person;

reacquiring authentication data from the person by the authentication data input unit, and collating the reacquired authentication data from the authentication data input unit with the formed first dictionary data, after the dictionary data is formed; and

updating the first dictionary data second dictionary date by using the authentication data acquired by the authentication data input unit, in a case where this collation is successful.