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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2003
Applicant:
Atsushi Minemura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Minemura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G08B 29/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A personal authentication device can perform a fingerprint authentication processing by simple operation steps. The personal authentication device is installed in a slot of a portable phone. Approval authentication is carried out for a person who presses a button installed in a fingerprint sensor of the personal authentication device. Transaction data output from the personal authentication device is transmitted using an external communication module of the portable phone.