Imaging system and authentication method
First Claim
1. An imaging system that performs authentication of a user and that is configured to perform a copying operation and a scanning operation, the system comprising:
- an operation input unit for the user to set conditions for at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation;
an automatic document feeder unit;
a plurality of manipulation detecting parts including a first sensor that detects one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit to set the conditions for said at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation, and a second sensor that detects a recording medium being placed in the automatic document feeder unit;
a plurality of biometric information acquiring parts that acquire biometric information of the user when the manipulation detecting parts detect the manipulations by the user, the biometric information acquiring parts includea first camera disposed to capture a first facial image of the user at a first predetermined location relative to the operation input unit, when the first sensor detects the one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit, anda second camera disposed to capture a second facial image of the user at a second predetermined location relative to the automatic document feeder unit, when the second sensor detects the recording medium placed in the automatic document feeder unit;
an authentication determining part that determines an authentication result of the authentication based on the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquiring parts;
a biometric information storing part that stores pre-acquired biometric information; and
a matching part that compares and matches the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquiring part with the pre-acquired biometric information stored in the biometric information storing part,wherein the authentication determining part determines the authentication result based on one or more matching results obtained by the matching part,wherein in a case that the authentication result determined by the authentication determining part corresponds to authentication success, the authentication result corresponding to authentication success becomes invalid after an imaging process that is related to the detected manipulations by the user is completed.
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Abstract
An imaging system is disclosed that performs authentication of a user. The system includes one or more manipulation detecting parts that detect one or more manipulations by the user related to an imaging process, one or more biometric information acquiring parts that acquire biometric information of the user when the manipulation detecting parts detect the manipulations by the user, and an authentication determining part that determines an authentication result of the authentication based on the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquiring parts.
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16 Claims
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1. An imaging system that performs authentication of a user and that is configured to perform a copying operation and a scanning operation, the system comprising:
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an operation input unit for the user to set conditions for at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation; an automatic document feeder unit; a plurality of manipulation detecting parts including a first sensor that detects one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit to set the conditions for said at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation, and a second sensor that detects a recording medium being placed in the automatic document feeder unit; a plurality of biometric information acquiring parts that acquire biometric information of the user when the manipulation detecting parts detect the manipulations by the user, the biometric information acquiring parts include a first camera disposed to capture a first facial image of the user at a first predetermined location relative to the operation input unit, when the first sensor detects the one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit, and a second camera disposed to capture a second facial image of the user at a second predetermined location relative to the automatic document feeder unit, when the second sensor detects the recording medium placed in the automatic document feeder unit; an authentication determining part that determines an authentication result of the authentication based on the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquiring parts; a biometric information storing part that stores pre-acquired biometric information; and a matching part that compares and matches the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquiring part with the pre-acquired biometric information stored in the biometric information storing part, wherein the authentication determining part determines the authentication result based on one or more matching results obtained by the matching part, wherein in a case that the authentication result determined by the authentication determining part corresponds to authentication success, the authentication result corresponding to authentication success becomes invalid after an imaging process that is related to the detected manipulations by the user is completed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An imaging system that performs authentication of a user and that is configured to perform a copying operation and a scanning operation, the system comprising:
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an imaging apparatus including an operation input unit for the user to set conditions for at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation; an automatic document feeder unit; a plurality of sensors including a first sensor that detects one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit to set the conditions for said at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation, and a second sensor that detects a recording medium being placed in the automatic document feeder unit; and a plurality of image capturing units that acquire biometric information of the user when the sensors detect the manipulations by the user, the image capturing units include a first camera disposed to capture a first facial image of the user at a first predetermined location relative to the operation input unit, when the first sensor detects the one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit, and a second camera disposed to capture a second facial image of the user at a second predetermined location relative to the automatic document feeder unit, when the second sensor detects the recording medium placed in the automatic document feeder unit; and a server apparatus that is connected to the imaging apparatus and receives the biometric information from the imaging apparatus, the server apparatus including an authentication determining unit that determines an authentication result of the authentication based on the biometric information, wherein in a case that the authentication result determined by the authentication determining part corresponds to authentication success, the authentication result corresponding to authentication success becomes invalid after an imaging process that is related to the detected manipulations by the user is completed.
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13. An authentication method used in an imaging system that performs authentication of a user and that is configured to perform a copying operation and a scanning operation, the system including an automatic document feeder unit and an operation input unit for the user to set conditions for at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation, the method comprising:
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one or more manipulation detecting steps for detecting one or more manipulations by the user that are related to an imaging process, the manipulation detecting steps including detecting, by a first sensor, one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit to set the conditions for said at least one of the copying operation and the scanning operation, and detecting, by a second sensor, a recording medium being placed in the automatic document feeder unit; one or more biometric information acquiring steps for acquiring biometric information of the user when the manipulations by the user are detected in the manipulation detecting steps disposing a first camera to capture a first facial image of the user at a first predetermined location relative to the operation input unit, when the first sensor detects the one or more manipulations by the user of the operation input unit, and disposing a second camera to capture a second facial image of the user at a second predetermined location relative to the automatic document feeder unit, when the second sensor detects the recording medium placed in the automatic document feeder unit; an authentication determining step for determining an authentication result of the authentication based on the biometric information of the user acquired in the biometric information acquiring steps; and a matching step for comparing and matching the biometric information acquired in the biometric information acquiring steps with pre-acquired biometric information, wherein the authentication result is determined in the authentication determining step based on one or more matching results obtained in the matching step, wherein in a case that the authentication result determined in the authentication determining step corresponds to authentication success, the authentication result corresponding to authentication success becomes invalid after an imaging process that is related to the detected manipulations by the user is completed. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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