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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2003
Yumiko Hiraiwa, Legal Representative, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Manabe, Yokosuka, JP;
Kouki Hayashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Takashi Ninjouji, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Sugimura, Yokohama, JP;
Yumiko Hiraiwa, legal representative, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Manabe, Yokosuka, JP;
Kouki Hayashi, Yokosuka, JP;
Takashi Ninjouji, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Sugimura, Yokohama, JP;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object is to provide an authentication apparatus with improved effect of preventing unauthorized use, which is applied to personal equipment carrying out a predetermined function. This authentication apparatus includes a functional part carrying out a predetermined function to be used by a user, an electromyogram acquiring part for measuring a change of an electromyogram caused by a motion of a muscle of the user, and a state transition part for implementing a transition into a state in which the user can use the predetermined function of the functional part, according to authentication of the user based on the result of the measurement.