JP2000311234A - Method for personal authentication management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method which can quickly and surely perform the personal authentication management for specified many persons who attend a lecture room, etc. SOLUTION: The ID number and the fingerprint information of an owner of an information recording medium are previously stored via the information recording medium such as an IC card. Then the actual fingerprint of the owner of the information recording medium who is going to use the facilities or devices which can be used only by the persons who are previously registered is read. This fingerprint is collated with the fingerprint information stored in the information recording medium to decide the identity of the owner through a terminal that is prepared for each of facilities or devices and also to perform the statistic/arithmetic processing of the using situations of the facilities or devices.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for managing personal authentication using an IC card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, confirmation of attendees in a lecture room or the like has been performed by means such as a name roll call or an attendance card submission. However, in the case of a large number of attendees, it was necessary to spend a long time confirming the attendees. In addition, it is difficult to determine whether an attendee is a true registered person, and therefore, it has not been possible to prevent proxy attendance by another person or so-called return.

Hitherto, methods of using various cards for confirming the identity of attendees, that is, personal authentication management, have been proposed, and some of them have already been put to practical use. A typical example is a method using a magnetic card or a barcode card. However, magnetic cards and barcode-type cards have a relatively small storage capacity, so that only a simple check at the time of entering a room can be performed, and complete personal authentication management is difficult.

On the other hand, a method of performing personal authentication management using an IC card simply by using an ID number and fingerprint information stored in the IC card in advance has recently become known. However, there has not been a system for installing and managing a large number of terminal devices in a place where a specific majority such as a lecture room can participate for personal authentication management.

[0005]

In order to quickly and accurately grasp and respond to the situation, there has been a demand for a practical personal authentication management method in a place where a specific majority such as a lecture room participates. Research information on language labs, medicine and engineering,
Alternatively, personal authentication management is extremely important in a lecture room or the like in which confidential information to be disclosed to limited users is transmitted and disclosed through a computer terminal device or AV device provided in each seat.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for quickly and surely managing personal authentication of a specific large number of persons who attend a lecture room or the like in response to such a request.

[0007]

According to the personal authentication management method of the present invention, the ID number and fingerprint information of the owner of the information recording medium are stored in advance using an information recording medium such as an IC card. Read the actual fingerprint of the owner of the information recording medium that intends to use the facility or device that has been approved for use only by the registered person in advance, and compares the fingerprint with the fingerprint information stored in the information recording medium. It is possible to determine the identity of the owner and the owner through terminals installed for each facility or device, and to perform statistics and calculation processing of the usage status of the facility or device.

[0008] According to the personal authentication management method of the present invention, if the terminal is installed at the entrance of a facility that is permitted to be used only by a registered person, a person other than the owner of the information recording medium can use it. If you try to enter with possession of, the identity is denied. In such a case, the entrance to the lecture room can be locked and the attendance of the person concerned can be refused.

Similarly, if the terminal device is installed for each seat, even if a person other than the owner of the information recording medium enters the room with the information recording medium, the identity is denied. It is possible to refuse use by the person without operating a terminal device of a computer provided or an apparatus such as AV equipment.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing devices and the like used in the personal authentication management method of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a system, and FIG. 1B is a diagram of a terminal device. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flow of determining the identity of an IC card holder and an owner.

[0012] Recent IC cards have a remarkably increased storage capacity as compared with conventional magnetic cards. For this reason,
When an IC card is issued, it is easy to store information common to all IC cards and to write and store information unique to each IC card. Therefore, the ID number of the IC card owner and the fingerprint information can be easily recognized by pattern recognition, or the fingerprint information can be easily processed and encoded and stored.

As shown in FIG. 1, personal authentication management can be performed using a system in which a plurality of terminal devices are provided under a central processing unit. By providing each terminal device with a function of reading information stored in an IC card, actually reading a fingerprint, and a function of collating these,
The identity of the owner and owner of the C card can be immediately determined. Hereinafter, an example of a personal authentication method to which the present invention is applied to use of each facility such as a lecture room in a university will be described.

When an IC card is issued,
Common information such as a university name, a department name, a school year, and a student ID number (ID number) is input in advance. Thereafter, when distributing the IC card to each individual, the fingerprint information is stored in the IC card and distributed to the individual. Thereafter, the person who received the distribution of the IC card becomes the owner of the IC card. In general, the owner and the owner of the IC card match.

Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG. It is authenticated through each terminal device 1 that the holder of the IC card is the owner of the IC card. The IC card 3 is inserted into the terminal device 1, and then the fingerprint reading unit 2 actually reads the fingerprint. The fingerprint information already input to the IC card 3 is actually compared with the fingerprint, and the identity of the owner and the owner of the IC card 3 is determined. When the identity is confirmed, entry into and exit from the lecture room managed by the terminal device is confirmed, and at the same time, attendance at the lecture room is confirmed. If the terminal device 1 is also installed at a co-op or the like in a university, books, meal tickets, and the like can be purchased without cash.

On the other hand, when the identity of the owner and owner of the IC card 3 is denied or not confirmed, the person holding the IC card 3 enters the lecture room managed by the terminal device 1. Access is denied. In that case, it is not possible to attend or substitute for proxy.

Then, the result of the determination and the ID number stored in the IC card 3 are transmitted from each terminal device 1 to a higher-level central processing unit, and are recorded and managed under the central processing unit.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system for performing personal authentication management by determining the identity of an IC card holder and an owner by a terminal device installed at each seat. In FIG. 3, personal computer devices and AV devices such as language labs are connected to each terminal device. When this system is used, individual authentication is managed at each seat. When the identity of the holder and the owner of the IC card is confirmed, the AV device managed by the terminal device can be used. In the system shown in FIG. 3, a gate circuit is provided between the parent computer and each terminal device, and the input and output of information to and from the terminal can be restricted according to the result of the determination.

Further, the personal authentication management method according to the present invention comprises:
Through the AV equipment provided in each seat, it is possible to receive experimental materials such as medicine and engineering, data, drawings, reports, etc., realize paperless operation, and contribute to resource saving. Because the present invention has high reliability that prevented proxy attendance or return,
Through the AV equipment provided for each seat, management of the reception of other important information becomes possible, and confidentiality is maintained. For this reason, it is also possible to disclose personal information specific to an individual, and it is also possible to transmit a grade sheet, employment information, and information addressed to each individual through AV equipment provided at each seat.

According to the present invention, the results and information of personal authentication are centrally managed under a central processing unit, and furthermore, processing such as statistical processing of information can be performed accurately and easily. Man-hours are greatly reduced in comparison.

The present invention has been described by taking the use of each facility such as a lecture room in a university as an example. The present invention can be applied not only to universities but also to personal authentication management in the use of, for example, members-only facilities and devices.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A large number of specified people who attend lecture rooms, etc.
Personal authentication can be managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing devices and the like used in a personal authentication management method of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a system. FIG. 1 (b)
Is a diagram of a terminal device.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the flow of determining the identity of an IC card holder and an owner.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system for performing personal authentication management by determining the identity of a holder and an owner of an IC card by a terminal device installed at each seat.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal device 2 Fingerprint reading part 3 IC card

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a personal authentication management method using an information recording medium in which an ID number and fingerprint information of an owner are respectively stored in advance, an attempt is made to use a facility or an apparatus that is permitted to be used only by a registered person in advance. Reading the actual fingerprint of the owner of the information recording medium, collating the fingerprint with the fingerprint information, and determining the identity of the owner and the owner through a terminal installed in the facility or the device. A personal authentication management method for performing statistical processing and calculation processing of the use status of the facility or device. 2. If the discrimination results in denial of identity, the owner of the information recording medium attempting to use the facility or the device is refused access to the facility, or 2. The personal authentication management method according to claim 1, wherein said device is not operated. 3. The personal authentication management method according to claim 1, wherein the information recording medium is an IC card.