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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2009
Makoto Aikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Shoko Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroki Yamazaki, Fujisawa, JP;
Makoto Aikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Shoko Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroki Yamazaki, Fujisawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor element or mobile terminal stores a user's biometric information pattern used for execution of a biometric authentication process and the residual number of trials indicating the number of allowed failures in the biometric authentication process, sends processing data to an external device so that the external device can use the processing data when the external device executes part of the biometric authentication process, and decreases the residual number of trials by a predetermined value while the processing data is output to the external device after start of communication with the external device.