Patent ID: 8055031
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G06K,G07C

Abstract:
1. An authentication device, disposed at a security door, enabling access from multiple directions, comprising: a chamber in which a biometric target is inserted; two chamber doors disposed at opposite of the chamber; a slide panel capable of movement when pushed by a biometric target; a detector for detecting a direction of access by the biometric target responsive to movement of the slide panel; a door lock for locking one of the chamber doors after the detector detects a direction of access by the biometric target when the biometric target is inserted from the other of the chamber doors; a biometric information acquirer for acquiring biometric information from the biometric target that is inserted in the chamber; a memory for storing in advance therein a template for authentication; and an authenticator for authenticating the biometric target on the basis of the detected access direction information of the biometric target, biometric information acquired from the biometric target, and the template.