Patent ID: 6907134
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A personal identification device for executing personal identification by employing living body characteristics of a user, comprising: an identification condition data reader for reading identification condition data specifying at least one living body characteristic stored in a portable storage media carried by the user for personal identification; a living body characteristic detector for detecting from the user the living body characteristic data corresponding to the identification condition data read by said identification condition data reader; a peripheral controller to control the living body characteristic detector; and an identifier for performing personal identification by comparing the living body characteristic detected by the living body characteristic detector with living body characteristic data of users previously obtained; and wherein said portable storage media stores therein an identification algorithm for personal identification employing said detected living body characteristic together with said living body characteristic data, and said identifier performs said personal identification by transferring said living body characteristic data detected from the user by said living body characteristic detector to said portable storage media.