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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Taiji Iwasaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Taiji Iwasaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An authentication apparatus and authentication method in which ID information and a registered facial characteristic amount of the principal and of an associated individual associated with the principal in advance are read out by the card reader. The principal and associated individual accompanying the principal are imaged by the imaging section, and a characteristic amount of each of them is calculated by a characteristic amount generating section based on the image data obtained. The registered and obtained characteristic amounts of each of them are compared by the characteristic amount matching level calculating section to calculate respective matching levels. The principal is initially authenticated by the authenticating section by comparing the matching level with a threshold level. If it is unsuccessful, the associated individual is authenticated in the similar way, and if it is successful, the principal is determined to be successfully authenticated.