JPH10207959A - Registered seal impression certification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a customert receiver the delivery of a seal certificate at a near seal shop by providing the seal shop with a seal certificate issue means, which issues a prescribed seal certificate based on the result of an issue authentication means. SOLUTION: When the customer who registered a seal A requires a seal certificate A, the carries an IC card 4 to an outpost agency of a register center 5 like a seal shop 1 and presents it. When the center 5 receives sent seal impression information, it is decided to perform retrieval of seal impression registration. If this seal impression information is found in seal impression registration as the result of retrieval, seal impression information is enciphered and is transmitted. When this certification information is received, it is decoded and is transmitted to the certificate issue means. This means receives certification information to print the seal certificate A. In the seal shop A, this seal certificate A is delivered to the customer together with the IC card 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a registered seal certification system in which a seal is registered in advance and the registered seal information is issued.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a seal imprint of a seal is registered in advance,
When it is necessary to confirm the identity of a person for a prescribed legal act, etc., seal the registered seal and have the seal information registered in the previous term be issued. There is a registered seal certification system that, upon agreement, is the person's identity. In this registered seal certification system, as shown in FIG. 6, a seal stamp to be registered and created by a seal shop 1 and a destination 6 of a local public entity performing the seal registration (hereinafter, referred to as “government office”).
And a registration card issued by the government office when the seal registration is performed, and a seal certificate issued by the government office using the registration card.

[0003] In addition, this registered seal certification system performs certification work as a national legal system against the use of seals from ancient times in Japan. In this system, as shown in FIG. The user who uses the seal creates a seal (hereinafter, referred to as a "official seal") used by each user (step S1), and brings the created official seal to the government office 6 (step S2). The government office 6 confirms that the actual seal belongs to the person who uses it (step S3), registers the seal (step S4), and registers a registration card (hereinafter referred to as a "seal registration card"). It is created in advance (step S5).

[0004] Then, when the person makes an intention as a one party in a prescribed legal act, he or she stamps the official seal to create a prescribed contract or the like (step S6), and the seal imprint is made. In principle, the person himself / herself brings the seal registration card to the registered office 6 (step S7), and a certificate showing the registered seal is displayed from the office 6 (hereinafter referred to as a “seal certificate”). Is issued (step S8), and the seal certificate is attached to the contract or the like (step S9). The other party that is the other party to the contract or the like collates the seal imprinted on the contract or the like with the seal imprint of the seal certificate issued from the government office 6 (step S10), and the collation result (step S1).
1) If they are of the same seal, they are based on the seal of the person, that is, they are treated as if the true intention was displayed by the person (step S12). If they are of different seals, they are based on the intention of the person. It is assumed that there is a possibility that it is not a thing (step S13).

Thus, in Japan,
As a means of identity verification, the registered seal certification system is functioning to ensure transaction safety. In other words, the current registered seal system does not engrave the same thing in principle, but creates only one seal. This seal is brought to the public institution 6 and the seal is verified, and the seal is registered, and a registration card is issued.
Then, the user brings the registration card and receives a seal certificate on which the registered seal is displayed. In this way, when using the official seal in a contract or the like, the above-described acts are intervened to confirm the identity of the user and to secure the transaction using the official seal.

[0006] Then, a contract stamped with a seal that does not originally exist is proved to be based on the genuine intention of the person, and when the contents of the contract etc. are to be corrected, By pressing a so-called correction mark on the correction part, it is clarified that the correction is based on the intention of the person, and the falsification of the contract etc. is prevented,
Furthermore, the seal imprinted on these contracts, etc. is displayed in vermilion using a color different from the color of the characters used in the contract, so even if the contract is copied (copied) Since it is usually difficult to accurately copy (copy) the color of the character and the color of the seal imprint differently, from the viewpoint of preventing falsification of the document by the copy (copy), it is difficult in today's Japan. In Japan, a system that uses a seal is a more convenient means than signatures,
To complement this, the above-mentioned registered seal certification system,
It has been heavily used.

[0007]

However, since the above-described registered seal system involves a so-called seal stamp certificate displaying seal imprint information, in order to issue the seal seal certificate,
There is a problem that the registered government office has to go and get it. In light of this point, today it is possible to issue a seal certificate that displays seal imprint information at a branch office using a telephone line, etc., but it is limited to the same administrative area, even in Japan. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to receive the seal certificate over a distant area. In addition, the above-described seal seal certificate system uses a seal seal certificate that displays seal imprint information in an analog manner, and thus is incapable of responding to the flow of documents by today's online electronic information. There is. Also, on a so-called network,
There are also systems that use a cryptographic system to verify the identity of a person without using a seal and to prevent falsification of the documents. However, since these do not use a seal at all, Japanese business has been practiced since ancient times. Unconventional, it has not been supported by many.

[0008]

Therefore, a registered seal certification system according to claim 1 of the present application is a system for issuing a registered seal certificate that issues a predetermined seal certificate. The written seal and the seal imprinted on the predetermined location are compared, and if they are verified, the seal or the seal of another seal is recorded on a storage medium, and the seal information is stored in a predetermined registration agency. (Registration center) The registration and authentication system to be registered is compared with the seal imprint information registered with the registrar and the seal imprint information recorded on the recording medium, and when they are verified, a predetermined seal certificate is issued. And an issuance authentication system that is provided in the seal shop and issues a predetermined seal certificate based on the result of the issuance authentication means.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a registered seal certification system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of the registered seal certification system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the registered seal certification system according to the embodiment shown in FIG. In addition,
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the registered seal certification system according to the present embodiment includes, in a seal shop 1, a registration and certification system 2 having registration and authentication of a seal imprinted as a core, and a unique seal certificate. It comprises an issuance authentication system 3 having an issuance authentication for issuance as a core. Therefore, hereinafter, the registered seal certification system according to the present embodiment will be described by dividing it into a registration authentication system and an issuance authentication system.

[Registration Authentication System] In FIG.
Is a seal shop 1 for engraving and creating a seal, and 6 is a seal certificate which is a government office or the like for which a real seal is registered in advance and a seal imprint of the registered seal is issued as a seal certificate if necessary. The issuing agency 5 is a unique registration center for registering the seal imprint information of the seal stamped and created by the seal shop 1. In the registration and authentication system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, first, a customer stamps and creates a seal in the seal shop 1. In this case, the seal may be an official seal registered with a predetermined registrar 6 (a government office, a local government, or the like), or may be similar to, for example, a bank seal. At the seal shop 1 receiving the request of the customer, a seal having a seal imprint of various fonts is created according to the request of the customer. In other words, create a seal that only exists in the world.

FIG. 2A is a block diagram of the registration / authentication system. The imprint of the seal thus created is recorded in the IC card 4 and the imprint information is registered in the registration center 3. The registration / authentication system 2 includes a seal imprint reading means 7 for reading the seal imprint of the seal seal certificate B issued from the government office 6 and the seal seal B of the real seal B stamped on the registration application form. With the imprint of letter B,
A seal imprint collation means 8 for collating the seal imprint of the official seal B of the application form; transmitting the contents described in the registration application form to the registration center 5; and transmitting when the registration center 5 completes the registration of the seal A. And a storage medium issuing unit 10 for issuing an IC card 4.

The procedure will be described below with reference to FIG. The customer who wants to record the imprint of the created seal on the IC card 4 and to register the imprint information in the registration center 5 has the imprint of the created seal imprinted on a predetermined application form. A seal is imprinted with the seal of the official seal, and an application for registration authentication is made by attaching the seal seal certificate of the official seal issued by a predetermined registrar. In other words, the person who intends to apply for the registration attaches the seal stamp certificate issued by the government office 6 (hereinafter referred to as “seal stamp certificate B”) to the official seal registered at the office 6 and registers the seal. The seal of a seal (actual seal) (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "seal B" or "actual seal B") and a seal to be registered by the registered seal certification system according to the present embodiment (hereinafter, "seal A").
It will be described as. Create an application form with the imprint of ()).

The imprint reading means 7 reads the imprint of the seal seal certificate B and the imprint of the real seal B stamped on the application form. This reading is performed by, for example, an image reading device including a scanner or the like, and the imprint as analog information is subdivided into X and Y axes and read as point information. Then, 2 read by the imprint reading means 7
It is determined by the imprint collation means 8 whether or not two imprints are stamped by the same seal. For this determination, an existing electronic seal verification system, for example, “Electronic Seal Verification System (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-250524)
No.) or “File Security System by Laurel Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.
-1082222) "etc. may be used. Furthermore, when comparing the seal imprint and the seal imprint, if the two seals always match 100%,
Since they are extremely rare, if they completely match, this is regarded as an imprint improperly, and it is determined that they do not match. Also, when the matching rate is within a predetermined range, it is assumed that both imprints match. Such collation may be used.

When the seal imprint verification matches, the seal imprint information transmitting / receiving means 9 sends the seal imprint information of the seal A from the seal imprint reading means 7 to the registration center 5 to perform predetermined registration. After this registration, the registered seal imprint information from the registration center 3 is sent to the seal imprint information transmitting and receiving means 9 and the seal imprint information of the seal A is transmitted by the recording medium issuing means 10 to the recording medium (hereinafter simply referred to as “IC card”). ), Issue a recording medium, and hand it over to the customer. The IC card 4, which is a storage medium, includes a microprocessor chip, a memory, and the like, and stores imprint information including a member ID, a password, an imprint, a secret key, an expiration date, and the like. One IC card 4 is issued at the seal shop 1 for each stamp stamped, and the seal information including the seal and the member ID are encrypted and stored. At the time of encryption, the seal imprint information uses, for example, a high-speed encryption algorithm SXAL / MBAL (ISO official registration) or the like so that a third party cannot easily read the seal imprint information. The customer keeps the IC card 4 and, when a seal certificate is required, brings the IC card 4 to a nearby seal shop 1 or a registered institution, so that the seal certificate can be easily issued. . The expiration date is stored in the IC card 4. For example, when the expiration date has passed from several years to more than ten years, the imprint information is stored in the IC card 4 by a built-in microprocessor. May be destroyed to ensure the security of the IC card after the expiration date.
In the registration center 5, a seal imprint registration database (hereinafter, referred to as a seal imprint registration D) including the seal imprint of the seal A to be registered.
B ". ) To prepare for issuance of a seal stamp certificate when requested by a customer.

The above procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the seal A is registered by the registered seal certification system according to the present embodiment, the conventional seal certificate B issued from the government office 6 is obtained in advance (step S2).
0). The registrant describes items necessary for registration, such as the name, address, date of birth, etc., in the registration application form placed in the seal shop 1 (step S21). Then, seal the seal A to be registered on the registration application form (step S
22) Further, the seal B at the time of creating the seal certificate B is stamped (step S23), and a registration application for the seal A is submitted (step S24).

The seal shop 1 receiving the registration application form,
Seal of seal B stamped on registration application form and seal certificate B
Is read using the seal reading means 7 (step S).
25). Next, the seal imprint of the seal B and the seal imprint of the seal certificate B stamped on the registration application form are collated by the seal imprint collation means 8 (step S26). If the seal imprint of the seal B stamped on the registration application and the seal imprint of the seal certificate B do not match, the seal B is not the seal B registered in the government office 6; After submitting the correct seal B, have the registrant redo the procedure.

The seal imprint of the seal B stamped on the registration application,
When the seals of the seal certificate B match, the seal of the seal A stamped on the registration application form is read and encrypted by the seal information transmitting / receiving means 9 and then transmitted to the registration center 5 via the Internet or a dedicated line. Transmission via the network (step S
28). The imprint information is decrypted when received by the registration center 5 (step S29). The decrypted imprint information is transmitted to a DB server (not shown), and registered in the imprint registration DB by the DB server (not shown) (step S30). When the registration in the seal imprint registration DB is completed, a registration number is given (step S31).

When the registration of the seal A in the registration center 5 is completed, the seal imprint information such as the member ID, the seal and the registration number is encrypted and transmitted to the seal shop 1 (step S32). The imprint information transmitted from the registration center 5 is received by the imprint information transmitting / receiving means 9 (step S33), and is transmitted to the storage medium issuing means 10 as it is (step S3).
4). Then, when the raw IC card 4 is inserted into the storage medium issuing means 10 (step S35), the storage medium issuing means 10 stores the received imprint information in the IC card 4 in an encrypted form (step S36). The card 4 is issued (step S37). The IC card 4 issued from the storage medium issuing means 10 is delivered to the registrant by the seal shop 1.

Next, a system for issuing a unique seal certificate based on the seal imprint registered by the registration authentication will be described. [Issue Authentication System] This system collates a seal imprint registered in the registration center 5 with a seal imprint recorded on the IC card 4, and issues a unique seal certificate when the seals match. A registrant who requires a seal stamp certificate can obtain an original seal certificate immediately by taking the procedure at one of the affiliated seal shops 1 or the branch office of the registration center 5. Things.
As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2B, the issuance / authentication system 3
A storage medium reading means 11 for reading the C card 4;
Imprint certification information transmitting means 12 for transmitting the seal imprint information written on the C card 4 to the registration center 5 and receiving the certification information from the registration center 5, and certifying the seal A based on the reception result from the registration center 5. Certificate issuing means 13 for issuing a certificate
Consists of

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure in the issuing authentication system. When the customer who has registered the seal A needs the seal certificate A, which is the certificate of the seal A, the seal stamp is used. Bring the IC card 4 to the branch office of the registration center 5 such as the store 1. The branch office may be the affiliated seal shop 1 as described above, or may be a branch office located at the window of a conventional government office 6 or at the window of a financial institution such as a bank. When the customer submits the IC card 4 (step S38), the storage medium reading means 11 reads the imprint information recorded on the inserted IC card 4 (step S39). The imprint information read by the storage medium reading means 11 is transmitted to the registration center 3 by the imprint information transmitting / receiving means 12 while being encrypted (step S40).

When the registration center 3 receives the transmitted imprint information, the information is decrypted (step S41), and the imprint registration DB is searched (step S42). As a result of the search, it is determined whether or not the seal imprint information is registered in the seal imprint registration DB (step S43). If the seal imprint information does not exist in the seal imprint registration DB, the message “No seal imprint information” is used as the certification information. Set (step S44), imprint registration DB
If there is the seal imprint information, the seal imprint information is encrypted and transmitted (step S45). Issuance authentication transmitting / receiving means 12
When the certificate information is received (step S46), it is decrypted (step S47) and transmitted to the certificate issuing means 13 (step S48). Certificate issuing means 13
Receives the certification information and prints the seal stamp certificate A (step S49). Then, the seal shop 1 delivers the seal certificate A together with the IC card 4 to the customer.

In the above-described embodiment, the certification (authentication) by the seal A is described as a business for issuing the seal certificate A. However, the present invention is not limited to the business for issuing a seal certificate. This may be a task to be given. Thus, if the identification number can be identified by inquiring of the authentication number, the identification number can be used for certifying the identity in online shopping or the like.
Further, in the above-described registered seal certification system, the registration of the seal A is registered as a single system in the registration center. A seal certification system can be incorporated.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the specific structure of the registration and seal certification system according to the above-described embodiment. A registration authentication system 2 and the issuance authentication system 3 are configured. That is, in the registration authentication system 2, a scanner or OCR (optical character reading device) 15 for reading the seal imprint of the seal stamp certificate B issued from the government office 6 and the registration application form, and an IC card are issued to the personal computer 14. An SCD ("a security management device (which encrypts information and writes it on an IC card, and reads and decrypts encrypted information)") 16 is connected thereto, and stores software for controlling them. . Further, in the personal computer 14, encryption / decryption software for encrypting or decrypting imprint information, and communication software for transmitting / receiving information via the Internet or a dedicated line are set.
The imprint information read by the OCR 15 is encrypted and transmitted to the registration center. Then, the SCD 16 writes and issues the cryptographic imprint information received from the DB server 5b operating the imprint registration DB 5a to the IC card 4.

On the other hand, the personal computer 14 in the issuance certification system 3 reads the IC card 4 from the SC.
D16 and a printer 17 for issuing a certificate are connected. The IC card 4 is read by the SCD 16 connected to the personal computer 14, and the
Upon receiving the encrypted certificate information from the B server 5b, the encrypted certificate information is decrypted and the printer 17 issues the seal certificate A.

[0025]

According to the registered seal certification system of the present invention, it is possible to receive a seal certificate simply by going to a nearby seal shop, and to obtain an address as in the case of a conventional seal certificate. It is possible to receive a seal certificate without limiting the location.

Further, in the official registration seal certification system, a predetermined authentication number which can be easily replaced with a predetermined one instead of issuing a seal stamp certificate can be provided. It can be used as one of the means, and it is operated in accordance with the ancient Japanese system of seal seals, so it is safe, speedy and highly confidential in accordance with the traditional Japanese business practices There is an advantage that personal identification and identification can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a registered seal certification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a registration authentication system and an issuance authentication system of the registered seal certification system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a processing method of a registration and authentication system in the registration and seal certification system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a processing method of an issuance certification system in a registered seal certification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a registered seal certification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of conventional seal registration.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a conventional registration method of seal registration.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. Seal shop 2. Registration authentication system 3. Issuance authentication system 4. IC card 5. Registration center 6. Government office

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A system for issuing a registered seal certificate for issuing a predetermined seal certificate, wherein a seal imprint written on a seal certificate of a predetermined issuing organization is compared with a seal imprint stamped on a predetermined place. When these are collated, a registration / authentication system for recording the imprint of the seal or another seal on a storage medium and registering the imprint information with a predetermined registrar (registration center); The imprint information is compared with the imprint information recorded on the recording medium, and when the imprint information is collated, an issuance authentication system that issues a predetermined seal certificate is provided. A registered seal certificate issuing system for issuing a predetermined seal certificate based on the result.