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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Tomoomi Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoomi Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A biometric authentication apparatus of the present invention comprises: a finger-tip placing detecting means for detecting placing of a finger-tip onto a finger-tip placing section; a finger-base-part placing detecting means for detecting placing of a finger-base part onto a finger-base-part placing section; and a guidance means for conducting guidance of whether or not the finger-tip or the finger-base part has been placed, on the basis of the results of the detections conducted by the finger-tip placing detecting means and the finger-base-part placing detecting means.