User authentication apparatus and method thereof
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1. A user authentication apparatus, comprising:
- an information collection unit which collects information for user authentication from a plurality of portable devices in a vicinity of the user authentication apparatus; and
a control unit which verifies whether each of the plurality of portable devices, based on the collected information, is a portable device predetermined for user authentication, and authenticates a user based on an amount of information of the plurality of portable devices verified by the control unit,wherein the collected information includes information on the user of the portable devices and the portable device identification information, andwherein the control unit identifies the user as a user corresponding to the collected information if the amount of information collected is larger than a threshold value and the plurality of portable devices include the portable device predetermined to be indispensible for user authentication.
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Abstract
A user authentication apparatus includes an information collection unit which collects user information from a plurality of personal portable devices of a user within a predetermined distance, and a control unit which identifies the user as a user corresponding to the collected information based on the amount of user information collected. Accordingly, user authentication can be easily performed using portable devices of a user, resulting in increased user convenience.
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1. A user authentication apparatus, comprising:
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an information collection unit which collects information for user authentication from a plurality of portable devices in a vicinity of the user authentication apparatus; and a control unit which verifies whether each of the plurality of portable devices, based on the collected information, is a portable device predetermined for user authentication, and authenticates a user based on an amount of information of the plurality of portable devices verified by the control unit, wherein the collected information includes information on the user of the portable devices and the portable device identification information, and wherein the control unit identifies the user as a user corresponding to the collected information if the amount of information collected is larger than a threshold value and the plurality of portable devices include the portable device predetermined to be indispensible for user authentication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21)
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8. A user authentication method, comprising:
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collecting information for user authentication from a plurality of portable devices in a vicinity of a user authentication apparatus; and verifying whether each of the plurality of portable devices, based on the collected information, is a portable device predetermined for user authentication and authenticating a user based on an amount of information of the plurality of portable devices verified by a control unit, wherein the collected information includes information on the user of the portable devices and the portable device identification information, and wherein the user is identified as a user corresponding to the collected information if the amount of information collected is larger than a threshold value and the plurality of portable devices include the portable device predetermined to be indispensible for user authentication. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising an execution program for executing a user authentication method, wherein the user authentication method comprises:
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collecting information for user authentication from a plurality of portable devices in a vicinity of a user authentication apparatus; and verifying whether each of the plurality of portable devices, based on the collected information, is a portable device predetermined for user authentication and authenticating a user based on an amount of information of the plurality of portable devices, wherein the collected information includes information on the user of the portable devices and the portable device identification information, and wherein the user is identified as a user corresponding to the collected information if the amount of information collected is larger than a threshold value and the plurality of portable devices include the portable device predetermined to be indispensible for user authentication. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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