Patent ID: 7817825
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A person verification apparatus comprising: a biological information input section to receive an input of biological information of a person and to obtain data of the biological information as data to be verified; an ID input section to receive an input of an ID of a person; a first memory section to store a first registered data group containing a first plurality of pieces of biological referential data; a second memory section to store a second registered data group containing a second plurality of pieces of biological referential data and IDs which respectively correspond to the second plurality of pieces of biological referential data; and a control section which (i) compares the data to be verified with the first plurality of pieces of biological referential data by a 1 to N verification method in which the piece of data to be verified is compared with the first plurality of pieces of biological referential data, without using the ID to be received by the input section, and (ii) if the data to be verified does not match with any of the first plurality of pieces of biological referential data, obtains biological referential data from the second registered data group corresponding to the ID received by the ID input section and compares whether the obtained biological referential data corresponding to the ID matches with the data to be verified; wherein the first registered data group contains biological referential data corresponding to fewer persons than the second registered data group; wherein the first registered data group and the second registered data group are provided together in a combined registered data group containing latest dates and times of usage corresponding respectively to the pieces of biological referential data; and wherein the first registered data group is updated to comprise a predetermined number of the pieces of biological referential data having the most recent latest dates and times of usage in the combined registered data group.