Apparatus, system and method for person verification

• US 20060165262A1
• Filed: 09/23/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Genda, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 7,817,825 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1365 Matching; Classification

Abstract

A person verification apparatus having: a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain a data of the biological information as a data to be verified; an ID input section to receive an input of ID of a person; and a control section to compare the data to be verified with plural pieces of referential data registered in advance, and to obtain referential data corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section and compare whether the referential data corresponding to the ID matches with the data to be verified when the data to be verified does not match with the plural referential data.

Claims

1. A person verification apparatus comprising:

a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain data of the biological information as data to be verified;

an ID input section to receive an input of ID of a person; and

a control section to compare the data to be verified with plural pieces of referential data registered in advance, and to obtain referential data corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section and compare whether the referential data corresponding to the ID matches with the datum to be verified when the data to be verified does not match with the plural referential data.

2. The person verification apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a memory section to store a first registered data group containing first plural pieces of referential data, and a second registered data group containing second plural pieces of referential data and IDs which respectively correspond to the second plural pieces of referential data,

wherein the control section compares the data to be verified with the first plural pieces of referential data, and when the data to be verified does not match with the first plural pieces of referential data, the control section obtains the referential data corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section from the second registered data group, and compares whether the referential data obtained matches with the data to be verified.

7. The person verification apparatus of claim 2, wherein each piece of referential data in the first registered data group is correlated with the ID.

8. The person verification apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the ID is correlated with individual setup information;

and when the control section has determined that the data to be verified matches with one of the referential data in the first registered data group or with one of the referential data taken from the second registered data group, the control section obtains the individual setup information based on the ID correlated with the referential data having matched with the data to be verified.

9. The person verification apparatus of claim 1, when comparing whether the datum to be verified matches with the referential data, the control section determines based on whether a rate of agreement between the datum to be verified and the referential data is not less than a predetermined threshold value.

10. The person verification apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control section sets a permission to use a prescribed apparatus when the control section has determined the rate of agreement between the data to be verified and the referential data is not less than the predetermined threshold value.

11. The person verification apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control section sets a permission to use an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, when the control section has determined the rate of agreement between the datum to be verified and the referential data is not less than the predetermined threshold value.

12. The person verification apparatus of claim 1, when the control section determined that the referential data corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section does not match with the datum to be verified, the control section obtains another data to be verified through reentry of biological information at the biological information input section, and compares whether the obtained another data to be verified matches with the referential data corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section.

13. The verification apparatus of claim 2, wherein the memory section stores a third registered data group including referential data of a living body, ID correlated to each piece of referential data, and a password corresponding to the ID;

the control section obtains a password corresponding to the ID through the ID input section, when the referential data, obtained from the second registered data group, corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section does not match with the data to be verified; and

the control section obtains a password, from the third registered data group, corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section, and compares whether the password obtained through the ID input section matches with the password, obtained from the third registered data group, corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section.

14. The person verification apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first registered data group contains less referential data than the referential data contained in the second registered data group.

15. The person verification apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first registered data group and the second registered data group are respectively stored in different memory sections.

16. The person verification apparatus of any one of claim 2, wherein the first registered data group and the second registered data group are stored in a same memory section.

17. The person verification apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first registered data group and the second registered data group are structured in a unitary database.

18. The person verification apparatus of claim 2, wherein plural pieces of referential data are registered corresponding to a same ID.

19. The person verification apparatus of claim 2, wherein the memory section stores a fourth registered data group, which includes the first registered data group and the second registered data group and a latest date and time of usage corresponding to the ID;

each of the referential data in the fourth registered data group is rearranged in a new order based on the latest date and time of usage; and

the first registered data group comprises referential data from an uppermost order to a predetermined order in the fourth registered data group.

20. The person verification apparatus of claim 1, wherein the biological information is information of at least one of fingerprint, iris, face, vein, and voiceprint.

3. A person verification apparatus comprising:

a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain data of the biological information as data to be verified;

an ID input section to receive an ID input of a person; and

a control section to compare the data to be verified with referential data which being a portion of a registered data group, and to prompt inputting of ID through the ID input section when the data to be verified does not match with the referential data.

4. The person verification apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a memory section to store a registered data group containing plural pieces of biological information data as the referential data.

5. The person verification apparatus of claim 3, wherein the registered data group comprises a first registered data group as a portion of the registered data group, and a second registered data group containing plural pieces of referential data and IDs which respectively correspond to the plural pieces of referential data.

6. A person verification apparatus, comprising:

a memory section to store a registered data group containing plural pieces of biological information data as referential data;

a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain data of the biological information as data to be verified; and

an ID input section to receive an input of ID of a person,

wherein the registered data group comprises a first registered data group including referential data of specific biological information, and a second registered data group containing plural pieces of referential data and IDs which respectively correspond to the plural pieces of referential data.

21. A person verification system comprising a person verification apparatus, and an information processing apparatus connected with the person verification apparatus to be capable of mutual communication, the person verification apparatus comprising:

a first memory section for storing a first registered data group including living information data as referential data;

a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain data of the biological information as data to be verified;

an ID input section to receive an input of ID of a person; and

a first communication section to communicate with the information processing apparatus; and

a control section to compare the data to be verified obtained by the biological information input section with the referential data in the first registered data group, wherein when the data to be verified does not match with the referential data in the first registered data group, the control section requires and receives a referential data corresponding to the ID obtained by the ID input section from the information processing apparatus, and compares whether the data to be verified matches with the referential data received from the information processing apparatus, and

the information processing apparatus comprising;

a second memory section to store a second registered data group containing plural pieces of referential data and IDs which respectively correspond to the second pieces of plural referential data;

a second communication section to communicate with the person verification apparatus; and

a second control section to receive the requirement of the referential data corresponding to the ID, to search the referential data corresponding to the ID in the second registered data group stored in the second memory section, and to sent the referential data to the person verification apparatus.

24. The person verification system of claim 21, wherein each piece of referential data in the first registered data group is correlated with the ID.

25. The person verification system of claim 24, wherein each of the ID is correlated with individual setup information;

and when the first control section has determined that the datum to be verified matches with one of the referential data in the first registered data group or with one of the referential data obtained from the information processing apparatus, the control section obtains the individual setup information based on the ID correlated with the referential data having matched with the data to be verified.

26. The person verification system of claim 21, when comparing whether the data to be verified matches with the referential data, the first control section determines based on whether a rate of agreement between the data to be verified and the referential data is not less than a predetermined threshold value.

27. The person verification system of claim 26, wherein the first control section sets a permission to use a prescribed apparatus when the first control section has determined the rate of agreement between the data to be verified and the referential data is not less than the predetermined threshold value.

28. The person verification system of claim 26, wherein the first control section sets a permission to use an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, when the first control section has determined the rate of agreement between the data to be verified and the referential data is not less than the predetermined threshold value.

29. The person verification system of claim 21, wherein when the first control section has determined that the referential data obtained from the information processing apparatus does not match with the data to be verified, the control section obtains another data to be verified through reentry of biological information at the biological information input section, and compares whether the obtained another data to be verified matches with the referential data obtained from the information processing apparatus.

30. The verification-system of claim 21, wherein the first memory section stores a third registered data group including a referential data of biological information, an ID correlated to each referential data, and a password corresponding to the ID;

the first control section obtains a password corresponding to the ID through the ID input section, when the referential data obtained from the information processing apparatus does not match with the data to be verified; and

the control section obtains a password, from the third registered data group, corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section, and compares whether the password obtained through the ID input section matches with the password, obtained from the third registered data group, corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section.

31. The person verification system of claim 21, wherein the first registered data group contains less referential data than the referential data contained in the second registered data group.

32. The person verification system of claim 21, wherein plural pieces of referential data are registered corresponding to a same ID.

33. The person verification system of claim 21, wherein the second memory section stores a fourth registered data group, which includes the first registered data group and the second registered data group and a latest date and time of usage corresponding to the ID;

each piece of the referential data in the fourth registered data group is rearranged in a new order based on the latest date of usage; and

the first registered data group comprises referential data from an uppermost order to a predetermined order in the fourth registered data group.

34. The person verification system of claim 21, wherein the biological information is information of at least one of finger print, iris, face, vein, and voiceprint.

22. A person verification system comprising a person verification apparatus, and an information processing apparatus connected with the person verification apparatus to be capable of mutual communication, the person verification apparatus comprising:

a first memory section for storing a first registered data group including biological information data as referential data;

a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain a data of the biological information as a data to be verified;

an ID input section to receive an input of ID of a person;

a first communication section to communicate with the information processing apparatus; and

a control section to compare the data to be verified obtained by the biological information input section with the referential data in the first registered data group, wherein when the data to be verified does not match with the referential data in the first registered data group, the control section prompts inputting of ID through the ID input section, and

the information processing apparatus comprising;

a second memory section to store a second registered data group containing plural pieces of referential data and IDs which respectively correspond to the second plural referential data;

a second communication section to communicate with the person verification apparatus; and

a second control section to search the referential data corresponding to the ID inputted through the ID in the second registered data group stored in the second memory section, and to sent the referential datum to the person verification apparatus.

23. A person verification system comprising a person verification apparatus, and an information processing apparatus connected with the person verification apparatus to be capable of mutual communication, the person verification apparatus comprising:

a first memory section for storing a first registered data group including living information data as referential data;

a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain a datum of the biological information as data to be verified;

an ID input section to receive an input of ID of a person; and

a first communication section to communicate with the information processing apparatus, and

the information processing apparatus comprising;

a second memory section to store a second registered data group containing plural referential data; and

a second communication section to communicate with the person verification apparatus, wherein

the second registered data group is stored in the second memory section so that each of the referential data is correlated with an ID.

35. A person verification method comprising:

obtaining a biological information data as a data to be verified by receiving an input of biological information of a person;

comparing whether the data to be verified matches with each piece of referential data in a first registered data group containing biological information data as the referential data;

receiving an input of ID of the person who inputted the biological information, when the data to be verified does not match with the each piece of referential data in the first registered data group;

obtaining a piece of referential data corresponding to the received ID from a second registered data group containing plural pieces of referential data and IDs which respectively correspond to the plural referential data; and

comparing whether the data to be verified matches with the referential data obtained from the second registered data group.

38. The person verification method of claim 35, wherein each piece of referential data in the first registered data group is correlated with the ID.

39. The person verification method of claim 38, wherein each of the ID is correlated with individual setup information, and the verification method further comprises the step of obtaining, when the data to be verified matches with one of the referential data in the first registered data group or with one of the referential data obtained from the second registered data group, the individual setup information based on the ID correlated with the referential data having matched with the data to be verified.

40. The person verification method of claim 35, wherein the step of comparing whether the data to be verified matches with one of the referential data in the first registered data group, and the step of comparing whether the data to be verified matches with one of the referential data obtained from the second registered data group determine based on whether a rate of agreement between the data to be verified and the referential data is not less than a predetermined threshold value.

41. The person verification method of claim 40, further comprising the step of setting a permission to use a prescribed apparatus, when the rate of agreement between the data to be verified and the referential data is determined to be not less than the predetermined threshold value.

42. The person verification method of claim 40, further comprising the step of setting a permission to use an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, when the rate of agreement between the data to be verified and the referential data is determined to be not less than the predetermined threshold value.

43. The person verification method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining, when the referential data obtained from the second registered data group does not match with the data to be verified, another data to be verified through reentry of biological information; and

comparing whether the obtained another data to be verified matches with the referential data obtained from the second registered data group.

44. The person verification method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:

receiving, when the referential data obtained from the second registered data group does not match with the data to be verified, a password corresponding to the ID;

obtaining a password corresponding to the ID from a third registered data group including referential data of biological information, an ID correlated to each piece of referential data, and a password corresponding to the ID; and

comparing whether the received password matches with the password obtained from the third registered data group.

45. The person verification method of claim 35, wherein the first registered data group contains less referential data than the referential data contained in the second registered data group.

46. The person verification method of claim 35, wherein the first registered data group and the second registered data group are respectively stored in different memory sections.

47. The person verification method of claim 35 wherein the first registered data group and the second registered data group are stored in a same memory section.

48. The person verification method of claim 47, wherein the first registered data group and the second registered data group are structured in a unitary database.

49. The person verification method of claim 35, wherein plural pieces of referential data are registered corresponding to a same ID.

50. The person verification method of claim 35, wherein a fourth registered data group includes the first registered data group and the second registered data group and a latest date and time of usage corresponding to the ID, and the person verification method further comprises the step of rearranging each piece of the referential data in the fourth registered data group in a chronological descending order based on the latest date and time of usage;

51. The person verification method of claim 35, wherein the biological information is information of at least one of finger print, iris, face, vein, and voiceprint.

36. An person verification method comprising:

obtaining a biological information data as a data to be verified by receiving an input of biological information of a person;

comparing whether the data to be verified matches with a portion of referential data of a registered data group containing plural pieces of biological information data as the referential data; and

urging to input an ID, when the data to be verified does not match with the portion of referential data in the registered data group.

37. The person verification method of claim 36, wherein the registered data group comprises a first registered data group as the portion of the registered data group, and a second registered data group containing plural pieces of referential data and IDs, which respectively correspond to the plural pieces of referential data.