Patent ID: 8515140

Claim:
A registration apparatus comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a concealing unit, performed by the CPU, concealing a part or whole of a verification area of an image generated by shooting a body part, the verification area being used for verification; a production unit, performed by the CPU, producing data for registration, the data representing a part or whole of a pattern of the verification area; a display control unit, performed by the CPU, controlling a display means to display the image in which the part or whole of the verification area is concealed; and an output switching unit, performed by the CPU, outputting the image to the display control unit or the production unit, wherein the image is a first image, and the display control unit controls the display means to display a second image generated by combining the first image in which a part or whole of the verification area is concealed, position data indicating where the body part should be placed on an image pickup surface, and a background image representing an actual circumstance for the body part to be placed.