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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomitsugu Koseki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuaki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An authentication apparatus includes a feature acquiring unit that acquires a feature of an authentication target; an extracting unit that extracts one or more registered persons having features similar to the acquired feature; a determining unit that determines whether any registered person having a feature similar to the feature of at least one extracted registered person exits in the registered persons; a first identifying unit that, if the determination is negative, identifies the registered person having the feature having a highest degree of similarity with the acquired feature as the authentication target; a specific information accepting unit that accepts information specific to the authentication target; and a second identifying unit that, if the determination is affirmative and the accepted specific information coincides with the information specific to any extracted registered person, identifies the registered person having the coinciding specific information as the authentication target.