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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Atsushi Narusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhito Nagatomo, Shioziri, JP;
Masanori Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutake Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Sakai, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Narusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhito Nagatomo, Shioziri, JP;
Masanori Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutake Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Sakai, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An access control apparatus including a memory section that stores information; an authentication information memory section that stores at least first stored user authentication information and second stored user authentication information corresponding to a user; an input section in which first inputted user authentication information and second inputted user authentication information are inputted; a judgment section that judges whether the first inputted user authentication information matches the first stored user authentication information; a registration section that stores a second inputted authentication information in the authentication information memory section, if the judgment sections judges that the first inputted authentication information matches the first stored user authentication information; and an approval section that approves access to the information stored in the memory section for a predetermined time period if the judgment section judges that: (1) the first inputted authentication information matches the first stored user authentication information, and (2) the second inputted authentication information matches the second stored authentication information.