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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2022
Ntt, Inc.;
NTT, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An authentication system includes: a certificate authority; a central control system; a group including an unmanned vehicle that is a master vehicle and an unmanned vehicle that is a slave vehicle; a management system; and an external system. The central control system includes a first authentication information transmitting unit that transmits, to the master vehicle, first authentication information received from the certificate authority. The master vehicle includes an authentication unit that executes authentication with the slave vehicle belonging to the same group, and a second authentication information transmitting unit that transmits second authentication information including a first token with an expiration date and the first authentication information to the authenticated slave vehicle. The management system includes an authentication unit that executes authentication with the external system; and a third authentication information transmitting unit that transmits, to the authenticated external system, third authentication information including a second token and the first authentication information received from the certificate authority. The slave vehicle and the external system each include an authentication unit that executes authentication based on the second authentication information and the third authentication information.