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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Qihong Wang, Tokyo, JP;
Masatomo Kurata, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ogata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Shigei, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ayaka Nishi, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An authentication device includes a deciding unit that, based on distribution information of the feature points included in a pattern present in some part of the body of the user, decides on the position of that part of the body to be used in authentication of the user. The authentication device further includes a guiding unit that, based on the decided position, guides the concerned part of the body to the decided position for the purpose of authentication of the user. The authentication device further includes an authenticating unit that performs authentication of the user based on feature information of the pattern as obtained due to the guiding.