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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Fujitsu Frontech Limited, Inagi-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Suzuki, Inagi, JP;
Takehiro Sekikawa, Inagi, JP;
Maki Yabuki, Inagi, JP;
Shinichi Eguchi, Inagi, JP;
FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An authentication apparatus performs identity authentication by comparing and matching image information of a palm captured by a sensor unit with a preliminarily registered template. A surface information correcting unit corrects concavity/convexity of a palm surface for surface information that allows the concavity/convexity thereof to be evaluated. The surface information is extracted by a surface information extraction unit from the image information obtained by capturing the palm. When the surface information is not corrected by the surface information correcting unit or not used for authentication by an authentication unit even after correction, the authentication apparatus newly obtains image information of the palm. Correction by the surface information correcting unit reduces opportunities for the authentication apparatus to perform notification to guide the palm to a proper posture.