JP2004030334A - Method, system and program for biometrics authentication service - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problems wherein a visa of entry permit for a foreign traveler issued by an embassy, etc., is used by a different person to make him/her to illegally enter a country, a person who can not be normally allowed to enter the country by an immigration check, for example, a deported person enters the country with another person's passport, a driver's license is doubly issued, a stolen credit card is used, or the like because personal authentication is insufficient. <P>SOLUTION: A biometrics authentication server 10 that uses as authentication data individual biometrics information (fingerprint, palmprint, face, iris, voiceprint and signature) provides an individual authentication service. In Figure 1, an authentication requesting person uses a various user terminal to request authentication from the biometrics authentication server 10. The biometrics authentication server 10 receives the authentication request via a leased line and the Internet and sends authentication results to the authentication requesting source. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a visa issuance process by accessing an authentication server, which collectively manages personal biometric information such as fingerprints on a database and authenticates an individual using a communication network such as the Internet and receives authentication. The present invention relates to a biometrics authentication service method, system, and program in the stage of carrying out immigration procedures and credit sales of goods by vending machines.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Visas issued by embassies etc. are used by others due to insufficient personal authentication, unauthorized persons entering the country illegally, or those who should not be passed in immigration screening, for example, deportation There are problems such as the entry of a person who has been entered with another person's passport, the double issuance of a driver's license, and the unauthorized use of a stolen credit card.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention realizes a personal authentication service using biometric information (fingerprints, palm prints, face images, and the like), thereby increasing the accuracy of conventional personal authentication and solving the above-described problem. Offers a program.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The first biometrics authentication service method of the present invention comprises a visa application terminal for receiving and issuing a visa issuance application at an embassy, a visa issuance terminal at a visa issuance department in the home country of the embassy, and a biometrics for traveller. A biometrics authentication server that has information as a visa application management database and performs authentication processing by collating biometrics information, and a network that connects the visa application terminal, the visa issuing terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication, A biometrics authentication service method in a provided biometrics authentication system,
The visa application terminal creates authentication data including visa application information including the name of the traveler and the date of birth and the biometric information of the traveler collected by the visa application terminal, and makes a copy of the authentication data. A first step of printing and issuing to the traveler and transmitting the authentication data to the visa issuing terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the visa issuing terminal transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server, and requests the authentication of the traveler, a second step,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. A third step of performing a check against all biometrics information of a blacklist database including authentication data of a criminal or a person of need of care, and transmitting a check authentication result to the visa issuing terminal;
A fourth step of the visa issuance terminal determining whether or not a visa is issued based on the authentication result, and transmitting the visa issuance result and the issued visa to the visa application terminal;
The visa issuance terminal requests a registration of the authentication data from the biometrics authentication server, when the visa issuance is performed and the traveler's biometrics information is not registered in the visa application management database. Steps and
A sixth step of, upon receiving the request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registering the authentication data in the visa application management database,
The visa application terminal, upon receiving the visa issuance result from the visa issuing terminal and the visa at the time of issuance, creates the authentication data from the biometric information collected from the recipient when the visa of the traveler is received, and A seventh step of sending to the biometrics authentication server and requesting authentication,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. An eighth step of transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the visa application terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server in the eighth step, the visa application terminal issues a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches, a ninth step;
Is provided.
[0005]
A second biometrics authentication service method of the present invention is a method for checking biometrics information in a visa application management database having an immigration terminal in an immigration department for performing immigration of a traveler and a traveler's biometrics information in a visa application management database. A biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system, comprising: a biometrics authentication server that performs authentication processing by a network and a network that connects the immigration terminal and the biometrics authentication server by communication.
The immigration terminal extracts the traveler's identification information including the traveler's name from the traveler's passport and visa, and extracts biometrics information including the traveler's fingerprint information to obtain the traveler's identification information and biometric information. A first step of generating authentication data from the metrics information and transmitting the generated authentication data to the biometrics authentication server;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the biometrics authentication server creates a key using a part of the authentication data from the authentication data, searches the visa application management database using the key, and searches for the corresponding biometric information. A second step of extracting the authentication data and comparing it with the biometric information of the authentication data, and transmitting an authentication result of the mismatch to the immigration terminal,
A third step of determining whether or not the traveler can enter the country from the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server;
Is provided.
[0006]
The third biometrics authentication service method of the present invention includes a visa application terminal for accepting and issuing a visa issuance application at an embassy to a traveler, a visa issuance terminal in a visa issuance department in the home country of the embassy, An immigration terminal in the immigration department of the home country that performs immigration of the traveler, and a biometrics authentication server that has the biometrics information of the traveler in a visa application management database and performs authentication processing by collating the biometrics information And a network that connects the visa application terminal, the visa issuing terminal, the immigration terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication, a biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising:
The visa application terminal creates authentication data including visa application information including the name of the traveler, date of birth, and the biometric information of the traveler collected by the visa application terminal, and the authentication data A first step of printing and issuing a copy of the voucher to the traveler and transmitting the authentication data to the visa issuing terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the visa issuing terminal transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server to request authentication of the traveler, a second step,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. A third step of matching all the biometric information of the blacklist database including the authentication data of the criminal or the person requiring attention and transmitting the authentication result including the biometric information matched as a result of the matching to the visa issuing terminal. Steps and
A fourth step of the visa issuance terminal determining whether or not a visa is issued based on the authentication result, and transmitting the visa issuance result and the issued visa to the visa application terminal;
The visa issuance terminal requests a registration of the authentication data from the biometrics authentication server if the visa application management database has not registered the biometrics information of the traveler in the visa application management database. Steps and
A sixth step of, upon receiving the request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registering the authentication data in the visa application management database,
The visa application terminal, upon receiving the visa issuance result from the visa issuing terminal and the visa, receives the visa of the traveler, creates the authentication data from the biometric information collected from the recipient at the time of receiving the visa, and creates the biometrics. A seventh step of sending to the authentication server and requesting authentication;
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. An eighth step of transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the visa application terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server, the visa application terminal issues a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches, a ninth step;
The immigration terminal retrieves the traveler's identification information including the traveler's name from the traveler's passport and visa, and collects the traveler's biometrics information to obtain the traveler's identification information. A tenth step of generating the authentication data from the biometric information and transmitting the generated authentication data to the biometric authentication server;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the biometrics authentication server creates a key using a part of the authentication data from the authentication data, searches the visa application management database using the key, and searches for the corresponding biometric information. An eleventh step of extracting the biometric information of the authentication data with the biometric information of the authentication data, and transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the immigration terminal;
A twelfth step in which the immigration terminal determines whether or not the traveler can enter the country from the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server;
Is provided.
[0007]
A fourth biometrics authentication service method according to the first to third inventions, wherein the police station computer in the police station and having the biometrics information of the criminal and the person in need of attention as a criminal database; A biometrics authentication server that has the biometrics information as a visa application management database and performs authentication processing by collating biometrics information, and a network that connects the police station computer and the biometrics authentication server through communication. A biometric authentication service method in a biometric authentication system,
When registration, update, or deletion of a criminal is performed in the criminal database, the police station computer transmits criminal information including biometric information of the criminal sequentially updated via the network to the criminal information authentication server. Sending to
In the biometrics authentication server, when it is received, reflected in the blacklist database by adding or deleting,
Is provided.
[0008]
A fifth biometrics authentication service method according to the first to third inventions, wherein the local government computer in the local government having a resident information including a name, a date of birth, and gender as a resident information database; The biometrics authentication server that has the biometrics information of the person as the visa application management database and performs authentication processing by collating biometrics information, and a network that connects the local government computer and the biometrics authentication server by communication, A biometrics authentication service method in a provided biometrics authentication system,
The biometrics authentication server transmits information including the name and address of the traveler in the authentication data to the local government computer via the network, and requests a presence / absence confirmation of the traveler,
Upon receiving the absence confirmation request, the local government computer searches the resident information database to confirm the absence of the traveler and notifies the biometrics authentication server,
If the local government computer is able to confirm the registration of the inhabitant information database of the traveler, the traveler's death, relocation, moving out, sequentially notifies the biometrics authentication server of the contents,
The biometrics authentication server reflects the notification content in the visa application management database,
Is provided.
[0009]
The sixth biometrics authentication service method of the present invention is the biometrics authentication service method in the biometrics authentication system according to the first to third inventions,
Collecting a plurality of types of biometrics information and placing it on the authentication data, and transmitting the biometrics information to the biometrics authentication server;
The biometrics authentication server performs a check with all the visa application management databases prepared corresponding to the biometrics type included in the authentication data,
Is provided.
[0010]
In a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first to fifth aspects, the biometrics information includes a fingerprint, a palm print, a face image, an iris, a voice print, and a signature.
[0011]
According to an eighth biometrics authentication service method of the present invention, a vending machine terminal of a vending machine having a user interface unit for inputting a fingerprint and fingerprint information of a consumer who purchases a product at the vending machine are registered in advance. A biometrics authentication server having a fingerprint database, and a network connecting the payment computer, the vending machine terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication,
A biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising:
A first step in which the vending machine terminal generates authentication data from a credit card ID and fingerprint information input by a consumer and transmits the authentication data to the payment computer via the network;
A second step of transmitting the received authentication data to the biometrics certification authority,
The biometrics authentication server searches the fingerprint database using the credit card ID of the authentication data as a key, compares the searched fingerprint information with the fingerprint information of the authentication data, and notifies the settlement computer of a match / mismatch authentication result. A third step of transmitting;
A fourth step of, based on the authentication result, transmitting, to the vending machine terminal, whether or not a consumer can perform a purchase operation;
The vending machine terminal controls the purchase operation by the consumer according to the information on whether or not the purchase operation is possible, and in a case where the purchase is possible, transmits the product information of the purchase target selected by the consumer to the payment computer in a fifth step. When,
A sixth step of performing a payment process for a product selected by the consumer,
Is provided.
[0012]
In a ninth aspect of the present invention, the biometrics authentication server according to the eighth aspect, wherein the biometrics authentication server searches for fingerprint information of the fingerprint database using a credit card ID as a key,
Prepare.
[0013]
The first biometrics authentication system of the present invention comprises a visa issuance application at an embassy and issuance, and is made up of visa application information including a traveler's name and date of birth, and collected biometrics information of the traveler. A visa application terminal that creates authentication data and sends it to the visa issuing department;
When the authentication data is received from the visa application terminal in the visa issuing department of the embassy's home country, it is transmitted to a biometrics certification authority that performs authentication based on biometrics information, and requests authentication of the traveler and requests authentication. A visa issuing terminal for determining whether or not to issue a visa according to the result of the visa and notifying the visa application terminal;
When the biometrics information is received from the visa issuing terminal having the biometrics information as a visa application management database at the biometrics certification office,
The visa application management database is searched by a key using a part of the authentication data and checked against the biometric information of the authentication data. A biometrics authentication server that performs matching with all metrics information, and sends a matching authentication result to the visa issuing terminal,
A network connecting the visa application terminal, the visa issuing terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication,
Is provided.
[0014]
In the second biometrics authentication system of the present invention, in the first invention, the visa issuing terminal determines that the biometrics information of the traveler is not registered in the visa application management database when the visa issuance is performed. Requesting the biometrics authentication server to register the authentication data,
The biometrics authentication server, upon receiving a request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registers the authentication data in the visa application management database.
[0015]
In the third biometrics authentication system of the present invention, in the first invention, the visa application terminal receives a visa issuance result and a visa from the visa issuing terminal and receives the visa when the traveler receives the visa. Requesting authentication by creating the authentication data from the biometric information collected from a person and sending it to the biometric authentication server,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. And transmitting the authentication result of the mismatch to the visa application terminal,
The visa application terminal includes, upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server, issuing a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches.
[0016]
The first biometrics authentication program of the present invention includes a visa application terminal for receiving and issuing a visa issuance application at an embassy, a visa issuance terminal at a visa issuance department in the home country of the embassy, and a biometric information of a traveler. A biometrics authentication server that has a visa application management database and performs authentication processing by comparing biometrics information, and a network that connects the visa application terminal, the visa issuing terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication. Program to be executed by a computer constituting the biometrics authentication system,
The visa application terminal creates authentication data including visa application information including the name of the traveler and the date of birth and the biometric information of the traveler collected by the visa application terminal, and makes a copy of the authentication data. A first step of printing and issuing to the traveler and transmitting the authentication data to the visa issuing terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the visa issuing terminal transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server, and requests the authentication of the traveler, a second step,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. A third step of performing a check against all biometrics information of a blacklist database including authentication data of a criminal or a person of need of care, and transmitting a check authentication result to the visa issuing terminal;
A fourth step of the visa issuance terminal determining whether or not a visa is issued based on the authentication result, and transmitting the visa issuance result and the issued visa to the visa application terminal;
The visa issuance terminal requests a registration of the authentication data from the biometrics authentication server, when the visa issuance is performed and the traveler's biometrics information is not registered in the visa application management database. Steps and
A sixth step of, upon receiving the request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registering the authentication data in the visa application management database,
The visa application terminal, upon receiving the visa issuance result from the visa issuing terminal and the visa at the time of issuance, creates the authentication data from the biometric information collected from the recipient when the visa of the traveler is received, and A seventh step of sending to the biometrics authentication server and requesting authentication,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. An eighth step of transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the visa application terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server in the eighth step, the visa application terminal issues a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches, a ninth step;
Is provided.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
First, the outline of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 7. There is a biometrics certification authority connected by a network including the Internet for collectively managing biometrics information such as a fingerprint and a face image of an individual. , When issuing a driver's license at a police station, when shopping at a department store, when issuing a credit card at a credit company, when issuing a visa to a candidate who wishes to travel, at the time of immigration screening of a traveler, etc. In each department, send biometrics information such as fingerprints, face images, etc. collected from users to the biometrics certification authority using a network to confirm that the user is the correct person, and check whether the user is qualified to use it. Have content.
[0018]
The first embodiment of the present invention relates to a visa issuance authentication service.
[0019]
First, the configuration of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
[0020]
According to FIG. 1, the configuration of the first embodiment is based on a visa (visa) for a foreign tourist who wishes to travel abroad at an embassy / consulate in a foreign country. A) a visa application terminal 20 such as a personal computer in a department that receives an application for issuance and issues a visa to a traveler determined to be qualified;
A visa issuing terminal 30 such as a personal computer in the visa issuing department of the embassy's home country,
A biometrics authentication server 10 having a biometrics information such as a fingerprint of a traveler as a database in the biometrics certification authority and comprising a high-performance computer for performing authentication processing based on the biometrics information;
A network 100 including a dedicated line connecting the visa application terminal 20, the visa issuing terminal 30, and the biometrics authentication server 10 and the Internet is provided.
[0021]
The visa application terminal 20 is connected to a device for inputting biometric information such as a traveler's fingerprint, palm print, face, iris, voiceprint, and signature, and directly receives the traveler's biometric information collected from the device, And authentication data together with the name.
[0022]
The visa application terminal 20 and the visa issuing terminal 30 display the authentication result including the biometric information transmitted from the biometric authentication server 10 on the screen, and accept the visa issuance of the authentication result by the biometric authentication server 10. Not only can the person in charge of issuing or issuing the information check, but also information (fingerprint image or description information) stored in the biometrics authentication server 10 can be specified and referred to.
[0023]
The biometrics authentication server 10 includes a visa application management database 12 storing authentication data (including fingerprints, palm prints, faces, irises, voice prints, signatures, and information for searching) of a person who has applied for a visa, and a criminal. And a blacklist database 14 that stores authentication data of persons requiring attention.
[0024]
The biometrics authentication server 10 has a database corresponding to one or more types of biometrics information, and has, for example, a database storing fingerprint images, face images, and signature images, respectively. At the time of collation, if there is one or more types of biometric information in the received authentication data, a database matching each is selected and one or more types of collation are performed.
[0025]
Further, each biometric information is registered with the name, date of birth, gender, etc. of the applicant, which is the content of the visa application information, added as an index key as code information for identifying the biometric information. .
[0026]
Furthermore, the biometrics authentication server 10 is assumed to be located in the same country as the traveler's home country, but is not limited to this, and is distributed to a plurality of countries, each of which is connected to another biometrics authentication server 10 as necessary. The entire biometrics authentication server 10 that exchanges information can be assumed.
[0027]
Further, the contents of the visa application management database 12 are updated successively in cooperation with the resident information database on the resident managed by the local government computer 90 of the local government through the network 100. For example, when a traveler registered in the visa application management database 12 has died or has moved out or moved, a notification of death, transference, or relocation is received from the local government computer 90 and reflected in the visa application management database 12. Can be.
[0028]
Further, from the criminal database of the police station computer 80 storing the latest information on the criminal in the police station, the latest criminal face photograph and fingerprint information are sequentially sent to the biometrics authentication server 10 as criminal information via the network 100. Since it is transmitted, the biometrics authentication server 10 receives it and reflects it in the blacklist database 14.
[0029]
Conversely, a notification is also given when a former criminal is no longer a criminal after finishing a sentence, and in this case, the information of the criminal concerned is deleted from the blacklist database 14.
[0030]
Next, the operation of the embodiment of the visa issuance authentication service of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0031]
When the visa receptionist of the foreign embassy / consulate receives the visa application form in which necessary information such as name, address, date of birth, and gender is entered from the traveler, the visa application terminal 20 is used as visa application information. (Step A1). Next, the visa application terminal 20 collects the biometric information of the traveler using the biometric input device connected to the visa application terminal 20, and prepares authentication data together with the visa application information (step A2). ).
[0032]
The collection of biometrics information can be performed by, for example, a fingerprint input device for inputting a fingerprint, a scanner for inputting a handwritten signature of a traveler, a camera for collecting a face image, a video, etc., connected to the visa application terminal 20. The visa application information and the collected biometrics information are compiled as authentication data by the visa application terminal 20 (step A3).
[0033]
It is also possible to put a plurality of types of biometric information on the authentication data. For example, the visa application terminal 20 collects a traveler's face image with a camera when collecting the traveler's fingerprint information, The signature information such as the name of the traveler can also be collected as image information from the form, and these three types of biometric information can be collected as authentication data.
[0034]
When the authentication data is compiled, the visa application terminal 20 prints a copy of the application form on a printer and issues it (step A4), and the traveler receives it.
[0035]
Next, the visa application terminal 20 transmits the authentication data to the visa issuing terminal 30 in the visa issuing office in the home country via the network 100 (step A5).
[0036]
The authentication data received by the visa issuing terminal 30 is then transmitted from the visa issuing terminal 30 to the biometrics authentication server 10 and an authentication request is made (step A6).
[0037]
The biometrics authentication server 10 searches the visa application management database 12 based on the received authentication data in the authentication data, for example, using one or a combination of the name, date of birth, and gender of the traveler as a key. Then, it is compared with the biometric information of the traveler's authentication data to determine whether they match or mismatch.
[0038]
Further, the biometrics information collating process is also performed on the blacklist database 14. In the collation processing with the blacklist database 14, all biometric information in the blacklist database 14 is to be collated (step A7).
[0039]
Further, the biometrics authentication server 10 connects via the network 100 to the local government computer 90 having the local government's inhabitant information database from the address information of the traveler in the authentication data, and outputs information such as the name and address of the traveler. To confirm whereabouts. The local government computer 90 notifies the presence / absence by searching the resident information database. At this time, if it is possible to confirm that the traveler is a resident of the local government, and then the local government computer 90 will biometrically certify the contents of the traveler, if death, moving, moving out, etc. occur. The biometrics authentication server 10 may notify the server 10 and reflect the content in the database.
[0040]
The biometrics authentication server 10 notifies the visa issuing terminal 30 of the authentication result with each database and the result of the location confirmation of the traveler (step A8). If the biometrics authentication server 10 finds a match between the biometrics information and the matched biometrics information, the biometrics information server 10 attaches the biometrics information and a match / mismatch result to each of the two databases to obtain an authentication result.
[0041]
The visa issuing terminal 30 checks the authentication result from the biometrics authentication server 10.
[0042]
For example, the visa issuing person of the visa issuance office of the home country, the biometrics information of the authentication data of the traveler and the biometrics information of the database that the biometrics authentication server 30 has collated, the same in the visa issuing terminal 30 It is also possible to reconfirm whether or not a visa can be issued by displaying on the screen and visually comparing (step A9). In the case of a voiceprint, confirmation is made by listening.
[0043]
Further, the visa issuing terminal 30 determines whether the visa can be issued based on the result of visual inspection or the like if necessary when the collation result of the visa application management database 12 matches and the collation result with the blacklist database 14 does not match. Will decide.
[0044]
If the biometrics information of the traveler has not been registered in any database, visa issuance processing is performed by conventional processing. If the biometrics information of the traveler is registered in the blacklist database 14, the visa is not issued.
[0045]
As described above, the visa issuing terminal 30 determines whether a visa can be issued to a traveler (step A10).
[0046]
The visa issuing terminal 30 notifies the visa application terminal 20 of the result of the issuance of the applied visa and, if the visa is issued, the visa (step A11).
[0047]
The visa issuing terminal 30 also notifies the biometrics authentication server 10 of the result of the visa issuance. If the visa application is approved and the biometrics information of the traveler is not registered in the biometrics authentication server 10, the visa issuance terminal 30 A request is made to register the authentication data in the visa application management database 12 (step A12).
[0048]
In response to the request, the biometrics authentication server 10 registers the biometrics information of the traveler's authentication data in the visa application management database 12 as an index key by combining one or more of the traveler's name, date of birth, and the like. Then, storage management is performed (step A13). At this time, a necessary part of the visa application information may be registered.
[0049]
When a visitor comes to the embassy / consulate with a copy of the visa and receives the visa for which he / she has applied for the issuance, the recipient should confirm the biometrics to confirm that the recipient is a valid traveler The information is collected, authentication data is created in the visa application terminal 20, an authentication request for identity verification is transmitted from the visa application terminal 20 to the biometrics authentication server 10, and authentication is requested (step A14).
[0050]
The biometrics authentication server 10 collates the received authentication data with authentication data having the same visa number in the visa application management database 12 and notifies the visa application terminal 20 of the authentication result (step A15).
If the same person can be confirmed on the visa application terminal 20, a visa is issued to the applicant (step A16).
[0051]
Next, an immigration control service according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.
[0052]
First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, a detailed description of a portion that functions in the same manner as in the above-described first embodiment will be omitted.
[0053]
The immigration department has an immigration terminal 40, which is connected to the biometrics authentication server 10 by a network 100 including a dedicated line and the Internet. The biometrics authentication server 10 has the same contents as in the first embodiment, and the same contents as those in the first embodiment are registered in the visa application management database 12 and the blacklist database 14. The contents of the created database may be used in the second embodiment.
[0054]
The immigration terminal 40 collects biometric information such as fingerprints, palm prints, faces, irises, voice prints, and signatures of overseas travelers who intend to enter the country from the biometric information input device connected to the immigration terminal 40. And directly input the parts related to the traveler's authentication, such as the name of the passport or visa, date of birth, gender, etc., with a scanner or the like connected to the immigration terminal 40, and encode the necessary places. Go and put together the whole as authentication data.
[0055]
The collection of biometrics information is performed by a device such as a fingerprint input device connected to the immigration terminal 40 for inputting a fingerprint, a scanner, a camera for collecting face images, and a video.
[0056]
The immigration terminal 40 can not only display and confirm the authentication result from the biometrics authentication server 10 on the screen, but also designate and refer to information (fingerprint image and description information) stored in the biometrics authentication server 10. It is possible.
The biometrics authentication server 10 has a visa application management database 12 that stores the authentication data (fingerprint, palmprint, face, iris, voiceprint, and signature) of the traveler, and a blacklist that stores the authentication data of criminals and persons requiring attention. A database 14 exists.
[0057]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
[0058]
Upon receiving a passport and a visa from a traveler who intends to enter the country, the immigration inspector inputs a part for identifying and authenticating a traveler involved in immigration through a scanner or the like of the immigration terminal 40. It is assumed that the traveler has been issued a visa in the first embodiment.
[0059]
The immigration terminal 40 encodes the traveler's name, date of birth, gender, address, passport number, visa number, etc. from the input information using the character discrimination function (step B1).
[0060]
Next, when the immigration officer inputs the biometric information of the traveler from an input device connected to the immigration terminal 40, the immigration terminal 40 generates authentication data together with the encoded information (step). B2).
[0061]
During the immigration procedure, the immigration terminal 40 automatically captures the face image of the traveler with a camera, and the face image is used for authentication including a plurality of biometrics information together with the fingerprint information of the input traveler, for example. It can also be data.
[0062]
The immigration terminal 40 transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server 10 via the network 100 and requests the traveler for authentication (step B3).
[0063]
If the person in charge of immigration determines that it is necessary, the biometrics authentication server 10 can also make a request for collation with the blacklist database 14 such as a crime history.
[0064]
Based on the received authentication data, the biometrics authentication server 10 checks the visa application management database 12 as an index key by combining one or a combination of, for example, a name and a date of birth (step B4). The authentication result is notified to 40 (step B5).
[0065]
When there is a request from the immigration terminal 40, the biometrics authentication server 10 checks all the biometric information in the blacklist database 14 against those of the immigrant, and notifies the immigration terminal 40 of the authentication result. I do.
[0066]
The immigration inspector checks the authentication result using the immigration terminal 40 and determines whether or not the immigrant can apply for immigration (step B6).
[0067]
The immigration inspector can use the immigration terminal 40 to compare and confirm the authentication data collected from the immigrant with the biometric information stored and managed in the biometric authentication server 10 on the same screen.
[0068]
Next, a vending machine personal authentication service according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0069]
FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the third embodiment.
[0070]
The present embodiment has a vending machine terminal 50 that has a vending machine and constitutes a user interface unit for inputting a fingerprint or the like of the vending machine, and a biometric system including a database in which fingerprint information of consumers is registered in advance. It comprises a metrics authentication server 10, a payment computer 60 of a credit card company, and a network 100 including a dedicated line connecting the vending machine terminal 50, the biometrics authentication server 10 and the payment computer 60, and the Internet.
[0071]
The vending machine terminal 50 can input a credit card ID for identifying a consumer's credit card and fingerprint information of the consumer, and can combine the input data as authentication data.
[0072]
The biometrics authentication server 10 has a fingerprint database 18 in which fingerprint data of a consumer who has made a card contract with a credit card company is collected and stored at the time of contract.
[0073]
Note that the vending machine described in the present embodiment can purchase goods by cash without inputting a credit card ID or fingerprint.
[0074]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0075]
When a consumer purchases a product using a vending machine, the credit card ID of the consumer's credit card and the fingerprint of the consumer are input from the vending machine terminal 50, and the vending machine terminal 50 authenticates the user. (Step C1).
[0076]
Next, the vending machine terminal 50 transmits the authentication data to the payment computer 60 of the credit card company via the network 100 (Step C2).
The settlement computer 60 transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server 10 and makes a personal authentication request (step C3).
[0077]
The biometrics authentication server 10 searches the fingerprint registered in the fingerprint database 18 using the credit card ID of the received personal authentication data as a key, extracts the corresponding fingerprint information, and collates the fingerprint information with the fingerprint information transmitted from the payment computer 60. Is performed and authentication is performed by confirming the mismatch (step C4). Subsequently, the authentication result is transmitted to the settlement computer 60 (step C5).
[0078]
The settlement computer 60 transmits information on whether or not to accept the purchase of the product to the vending machine terminal 50 based on the authentication result obtained by collating the fingerprint (step C6).
[0079]
In the vending machine terminal 50, the authentication result is determined (step C7), and when the fingerprints match and the information indicating that the product can be purchased is received, the consumer can select and purchase the product. (Step C8) In the case where information indicating that the authentication result does not match and the product cannot be purchased is received, an instruction such as re-input of the credit card ID and the fingerprint is displayed on the operation screen of the vending machine terminal 50 and the consumer is notified. Notify (step C9).
[0080]
When the consumer selects a product at the vending machine terminal 50 and performs a purchase operation, the product information targeted for the purchase operation is transmitted from the vending machine terminal 50 to the payment computer 60 (step C10). The payment computer 60 of the credit card company debits the amount of the product to be purchased from the consumer's financial account, and performs a payment process based on the product information (step C11).
[0081]
【The invention's effect】
In the visa issuing authentication service of the present invention,
Since the applicant is confirmed based on the biometric information such as fingerprints collected from the traveler, it is possible to prevent double issuance of a visa to an unauthorized applicant.
[0082]
Furthermore, there is an effect that a criminal or a person requiring caution can be detected by performing authentication on biometrics information of a criminal or person requiring caution. .
[0083]
In the immigration certification service of the present invention,
In immigration screening, travelers are confirmed by biometrics, which has the effect of preventing illegal entry.
[0084]
In the vending machine personal authentication service of the present invention,
The effect is that the consumer can surely purchase the product from the vending machine without carrying cash or a credit card.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an authentication service accompanying issuance of a visa according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an authentication service accompanying visa issuance according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an authentication service associated with immigration control according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an authentication service associated with immigration control according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a vending machine personal authentication service according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the vending machine personal authentication service according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing each aspect used by the biometrics certification authority of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Biometric authentication server
12 Visa application management database
14 Blacklist Database
18 Fingerprint Database
20 Visa application terminal
30 Visa issuing terminal
40 immigration terminals
50 Vending machine terminals
60 Payment computer
80 Police station computer
90 Local government computer
100 network

Claims (13)

A visa application terminal that accepts and issues visa issuance applications at the embassy, a visa issuance terminal at the visa issuance department in the home country of the embassy, and a visa application management database that has the biometrics information A biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising: a biometrics authentication server that performs authentication processing by collation; and a network that connects the visa application terminal, the visa issuing terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication. So,
The visa application terminal creates authentication data including visa application information including the name of the traveler and the date of birth and the biometric information of the traveler collected by the visa application terminal, and makes a copy of the authentication data. A first step of printing and issuing to the traveler and transmitting the authentication data to the visa issuing terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the visa issuing terminal transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server, and requests the authentication of the traveler, a second step,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. A third step of performing a check against all biometrics information of a blacklist database including authentication data of a criminal or a person of need of care, and transmitting a check authentication result to the visa issuing terminal;
A fourth step of the visa issuance terminal determining whether or not a visa is issued based on the authentication result, and transmitting the visa issuance result and the issued visa to the visa application terminal;
The visa issuance terminal requests a registration of the authentication data from the biometrics authentication server, when the visa issuance is performed and the traveler's biometrics information is not registered in the visa application management database. Steps and
A sixth step of, upon receiving the request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registering the authentication data in the visa application management database,
The visa application terminal, upon receiving the visa issuance result from the visa issuing terminal and the visa at the time of issuance, creates the authentication data from the biometric information collected from the recipient when the visa of the traveler is received, and A seventh step of sending to the biometrics authentication server and requesting authentication,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. An eighth step of transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the visa application terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server in the eighth step, the visa application terminal issues a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches, a ninth step;
A biometrics authentication service method, comprising: An immigration terminal in the immigration department that performs immigration of travelers, a biometrics authentication server that has the biometrics information of the traveler in the visa application management database and performs authentication processing by collating biometrics information, A biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising: a country screening terminal and a network connecting the biometrics authentication server by communication;
The immigration terminal extracts the traveler's identification information including the traveler's name from the traveler's passport and visa, and extracts biometrics information including the traveler's fingerprint information to obtain the traveler's identification information and biometric information. A first step of generating authentication data from the metrics information and transmitting the generated authentication data to the biometrics authentication server;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the biometrics authentication server creates a key using a part of the authentication data from the authentication data, searches the visa application management database using the key, and searches for the corresponding biometric information. A second step of extracting the authentication data and comparing it with the biometric information of the authentication data, and transmitting an authentication result of the mismatch to the immigration terminal,
A third step of determining whether or not the traveler can enter the country from the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server;
A biometrics authentication service method, comprising: A visa application terminal that accepts and issues a visa issuance application at the embassy to the traveler, a visa issuance terminal at the visa issuance department of the embassy's home country, and a visa entry terminal at the embassy home country's immigration department An immigration terminal that performs an examination, a biometrics authentication server that has the biometrics information of the traveler in a visa application management database and performs an authentication process by collating biometrics information, and a visa application terminal and the visa issuance terminal. A network for connecting the entry country examination terminal and the biometrics authentication server by communication, a biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising:
The visa application terminal creates authentication data including visa application information including the name of the traveler, date of birth, and the biometric information of the traveler collected by the visa application terminal, and the authentication data A first step of printing and issuing a copy of the voucher to the traveler and transmitting the authentication data to the visa issuing terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the visa issuing terminal transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server to request authentication of the traveler, a second step,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. A third step of matching all the biometric information of the blacklist database including the authentication data of the criminal or the person requiring attention and transmitting the authentication result including the biometric information matched as a result of the matching to the visa issuing terminal. Steps and
A fourth step of the visa issuance terminal determining whether or not a visa is issued based on the authentication result, and transmitting the visa issuance result and the issued visa to the visa application terminal;
The visa issuance terminal requests a registration of the authentication data from the biometrics authentication server if the visa application management database has not registered the biometrics information of the traveler in the visa application management database. Steps and
A sixth step of, upon receiving the request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registering the authentication data in the visa application management database,
The visa application terminal, upon receiving the visa issuance result from the visa issuing terminal and the visa, receives the visa of the traveler, creates the authentication data from the biometric information collected from the recipient at the time of receiving the visa, and creates the biometrics. A seventh step of sending to the authentication server and requesting authentication;
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. An eighth step of transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the visa application terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server, the visa application terminal issues a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches, a ninth step;
The immigration terminal retrieves the traveler's identification information including the traveler's name from the traveler's passport and visa, and collects the traveler's biometrics information to obtain the traveler's identification information. A tenth step of generating the authentication data from the biometric information and transmitting the generated authentication data to the biometric authentication server;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the biometrics authentication server creates a key using a part of the authentication data from the authentication data, searches the visa application management database using the key, and searches for the corresponding biometric information. An eleventh step of extracting the biometric information of the authentication data with the biometric information of the authentication data, and transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the immigration terminal;
A twelfth step in which the immigration terminal determines whether or not the traveler can enter the country from the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server;
A biometrics authentication service method, comprising: A police station computer in the police station that has biometrics information of criminals and persons of concern as a criminal database, and a biometrics information of travelers as a visa application management database and performs authentication processing by collating biometrics information A biometrics authentication server, a network for connecting the police station computer and the biometrics authentication server by communication, a biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising:
When registration, update, or deletion of a criminal is performed in the criminal database, the police station computer transmits criminal information including biometric information of the criminal sequentially updated via the network to the criminal information authentication server. Sending to
In the biometrics authentication server, when it is received, reflected in the blacklist database by adding or deleting,
The biometric authentication service method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: A local government computer in a municipal government that has resident information including name, date of birth and gender as a resident information database, and an authentication process by collating biometric information having the biometric information of the traveler as the visa application management database. A biometrics authentication server, and a network for connecting the local government computer and the biometrics authentication server by communication, a biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising:
The biometrics authentication server transmits information including the name and address of the traveler in the authentication data to the local government computer via the network, and requests a presence / absence confirmation of the traveler,
Upon receiving the absence confirmation request, the local government computer searches the resident information database to confirm the absence of the traveler and notifies the biometrics authentication server,
If the local government computer is able to confirm the registration of the inhabitant information database of the traveler, the traveler's death, relocation, moving out, sequentially notifies the biometrics authentication server of the contents,
The biometrics authentication server reflects the notification content in the visa application management database,
The biometric authentication service method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: A biometric authentication service method in a biometric authentication system,
Collecting a plurality of types of biometrics information and placing it on the authentication data, and transmitting the biometrics information to the biometrics authentication server;
The biometrics authentication server performs a check with all the visa application management databases prepared corresponding to the biometrics type included in the authentication data,
The biometric authentication service method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: The biometrics authentication service method according to claim 1, wherein the biometrics information includes a fingerprint, a palm print, a face image, an iris, a voice print, and a signature. A vending machine terminal of a vending machine having a user interface unit for inputting a fingerprint, a biometrics authentication server including a fingerprint database in which fingerprint information of consumers who purchase products at the vending machine is registered in advance, and A network for connecting the payment computer, the vending machine terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication, a biometrics authentication service method in a biometrics authentication system comprising:
A first step in which the vending machine terminal generates authentication data from a credit card ID and fingerprint information input by a consumer and transmits the authentication data to the payment computer via the network;
A second step of transmitting the received authentication data to the biometrics certification authority,
The biometrics authentication server searches the fingerprint database using the credit card ID of the authentication data as a key, compares the searched fingerprint information with the fingerprint information of the authentication data, and notifies the settlement computer of a match / mismatch authentication result. A third step of transmitting;
A fourth step of, based on the authentication result, transmitting, to the vending machine terminal, whether or not a consumer can perform a purchase operation;
The vending machine terminal controls the purchase operation by the consumer according to the information on whether or not the purchase operation is possible, and in a case where the purchase is possible, transmits the product information of the purchase target selected by the consumer to the payment computer in a fifth step. When,
A sixth step of performing a payment process for a product selected by the consumer,
A biometrics authentication service method, comprising: The biometrics authentication server searches for fingerprint information in the fingerprint database using a credit card ID as a key,
The biometrics authentication service method according to claim 8, comprising: The Embassy receives and issues a visa issuance application, creates authentication data consisting of visa application information including the name and date of birth of the traveler and the collected biometrics information of the traveler, and sends it to the visa issuing department. Visa application terminal,
When the authentication data is received from the visa application terminal in the visa issuing department of the embassy's home country, it is transmitted to a biometrics certification authority that performs authentication based on biometrics information, and requests authentication of the traveler and requests authentication. A visa issuing terminal for determining whether or not to issue a visa according to the result of the visa and notifying the visa application terminal;
When the biometrics information is received from the visa issuing terminal having the biometrics information as a visa application management database at the biometrics certification office,
The visa application management database is searched by a key using a part of the authentication data and checked against the biometric information of the authentication data. A biometrics authentication server that performs matching with all metrics information, and sends a matching authentication result to the visa issuing terminal,
A network connecting the visa application terminal, the visa issuing terminal, and the biometrics authentication server by communication,
A biometrics authentication system comprising: The visa issuing terminal, when issuing a visa, if the biometrics information of the traveler is not registered in the visa application management database, requests the biometrics authentication server to register the authentication data,
The biometrics authentication system according to claim 10, wherein the biometrics authentication server, upon receiving a request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registers the authentication data in the visa application management database. . The visa application terminal, upon receiving the visa issuance result from the visa issuing terminal and the visa, receives the visa of the traveler, creates the authentication data from the biometric information collected from the recipient at the time of receiving the visa, and creates the biometrics. Sent to the authentication server to request authentication,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. And transmitting the authentication result of the mismatch to the visa application terminal,
The biometrics authentication system according to claim 10, wherein the visa application terminal, upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server, issues a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches. A visa application terminal that accepts and issues visa issuance applications at the embassy, a visa issuance terminal at the visa issuance department in the home country of the embassy, and a visa application management database that has the biometrics information A computer constituting a biometrics authentication system including: a biometrics authentication server that performs authentication processing by collation; and a network that connects the visa application terminal, the visa issuing terminal, and the biometrics authentication server through communication. A program,
The visa application terminal creates authentication data including visa application information including the name of the traveler and the date of birth and the biometric information of the traveler collected by the visa application terminal, and makes a copy of the authentication data. A first step of printing and issuing to the traveler and transmitting the authentication data to the visa issuing terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication data, the visa issuing terminal transmits the authentication data to the biometrics authentication server, and requests the authentication of the traveler, a second step,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. A third step of performing a check against all biometrics information of a blacklist database including authentication data of a criminal or a person of need of care, and transmitting a check authentication result to the visa issuing terminal;
A fourth step of the visa issuance terminal determining whether or not a visa is issued based on the authentication result, and transmitting the visa issuance result and the issued visa to the visa application terminal;
The visa issuance terminal requests a registration of the authentication data from the biometrics authentication server, when the visa issuance is performed and the traveler's biometrics information is not registered in the visa application management database. Steps and
A sixth step of, upon receiving the request for registration of the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, registering the authentication data in the visa application management database,
The visa application terminal, upon receiving the visa issuance result from the visa issuing terminal and the visa at the time of issuance, creates the authentication data from the biometric information collected from the recipient when the visa of the traveler is received, and A seventh step of sending to the biometrics authentication server and requesting authentication,
Upon receiving the authentication data from the visa issuing terminal, the biometrics authentication server searches the visa application management database with a key using a part of the authentication data and checks the biometrics information with the biometrics information of the authentication data. An eighth step of transmitting a match / mismatch authentication result to the visa application terminal;
Upon receiving the authentication result of the biometrics authentication server in the eighth step, the visa application terminal issues a visa to the recipient when the authentication result matches, a ninth step;
A biometrics authentication program characterized by comprising:

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