Photographic subject authenticating device, portable telephone, photographic subject authenticating method and photographic subject authenticating program

• US 7,417,551 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2006
• Issued: 08/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Senga, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US11/374,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20060208882A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 340/500, 340/502, 340/517, 340/573.1, 340/573.5, 340/573.7, 340/5.52, 340/5.53, 340/5.8, 340/5.81, 340/5.82, 340/5.83, 455/411, 713/186
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/252 Fingerprint recognition
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/255 Eye recognition
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/257 Voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A photographic subject authenticating device, a portable telephone, a photographic subject authenticating method and a photographic subject authenticating program are able to improve reliability of security with respect to disguise, and restrain electric power consumption. A controller of a photographic subject authenticating device for performing authentication processing for authenticating a photographic subject based on a photographic image provided by photographing the photographic subject is constructed so as to execute authentication repeating processing for also repeatedly executing the authentication processing after it is judged as in conformity by the authentication processing; repeating stoppage instruction receiving processing for receiving repeating stoppage instructions for stopping the repetition of the authentication processing by an input device; true and false judgment processing for comparing the received repeating stoppage instructions with normal instructions registered in advance, and making true and false judgments; and repeating stoppage processing for stopping the authentication repeating processing when the judging result of the true and false judgment processing is true.

Claims

1. A photographic subject authenticating device comprising photographing means for photographing a photographic subject, and performing authentication processing for authenticating the photographic subject based on photographic image provided by photographing the photographic subject by the photographing means;

the photographic subject authenticating device further comprising;

input means for receiving an input using the photographic subject; and

control means for controlling operations of the input means;

wherein the control means is constructed so as to execute;

authentication repeating processing for also repeatedly executing the authentication processing after it is judged as in conformity by said authentication processing;

repeating stoppage instruction receiving processing for receiving repeating stoppage instructions for stopping the repetition of said authentication processing by said input means;

true and false judgment processing for comparing the received repeating stoppage instructions with normal instructions registered in advance, and making true and false judgments; and

repeating stoppage processing for stopping said authentication repeating processing when the judging result of the true and false judgment processing is true.

2. The photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 1, wherein said control means is constructed so as to execute authentication restarting processing for restarting said authentication repeating processing when a restarting condition determined in advance is satisfied after said repeating stoppage processing is executed.

3. The photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 2, wherein said repeating stoppage instruction receiving processing is constructed so as to be executed after it is judged as in conformity by the authentication processing.

4. The photographic authenticating device according to claim 2, wherein said authentication repeating processing is constructed so as to irregularly repeat said authentication processing.

5. A face authenticating device comprising the photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 2, and constructed so as to photograph a face as the photographic subject by said photographing means.

6. A portable telephone comprising the photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 2.

7. The photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 1, wherein said repeating stoppage instruction receiving processing is constructed so as to be executed after it is judged as in conformity by the authentication processing.

8. The photographic authenticating device according to claim 7, wherein said authentication repeating processing is constructed so as to irregularly repeat said authentication processing.

9. A face authenticating device comprising the photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 7, and constructed so as to photograph a face as the photographic subject by said photographing means.

10. A portable telephone comprising the photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 7.

11. The photographic authenticating device according to claim 1, wherein said authentication repeating processing is constructed so as to irregularly repeat said authentication processing.

12. A face authenticating device comprising the photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 1, and constructed so as to photograph a face as the photographic subject by said photographing means.

13. A portable telephone comprising the photographic subject authenticating device according to claim 1.

14. A photographic subject authenticating method for performing authentication processing for authenticating a photographic subject based on a photographic image provided by photographing the photographic subject by photographing means, comprising:

repeatedly executing the authentication processing after it is judged as in conformity by said authentication processing;

receiving repeating stoppage instructions for stopping the repetition of said authentication processing by input means;

making true and false judgments by comprising the received repeating stoppage instructions with normal instructions registered in advance; and

stopping the repetition of said authentication processing when the judging result of the true and false judgments is true.

15. A photographic subject authentication program for performing authentication processing for authenticating a photographic subject based on a photographic image provided by photographing the photographic subject by photographing means,

the photographic subject authenticating program being constructed so as to execute:

authentication repeating processing for also repeatedly executing the authentication processing after it is judged as in conformity by said authentication processing;

repeating stoppage instruction receiving processing for receiving repeating stoppage instructions for stopping the repetition of said authentication processing by input means;

true and false judgment processing for comparing the received repeating stoppage instructions with normal instructions registered in advance, and making true and false judgments; and

repeating stoppage processing for stopping said authentication repeating processing when the judging result of the true and false judgment processing is true.