Patent ID: 6983061

Claim:
A personal authentication system using biometrics information comprising: a registering apparatus including a first biometrics information inputting unit for obtaining biometrics information of a person to be registered, said registering apparatus obtaining data for verification from information inputted using said first biometrics information inputting unit and registering the same; and an authenticating apparatus for determining whether a person, to be authenticated is a person registered by said registering apparatus, based on said data for verification registered by said registering apparatus; said registering apparatus further including, a first extracting unit for extracting biometrics characteristic data from said biometrics information obtained by said first biometrics information inputting unit, and registering said biometrics characteristic data as registry biometrics characteristic data, for primary verification; and a second extracting unit for extracting data, which is different from said registry biometrics characteristic data for primary verification, from information inputted using said first biometrics information inputting unit, and registering said data as registry data for secondary verification, said authenticating apparatus further comprising: a primary authenticator verifying whether a person to be authenticated is a person registered by said registering apparatus, based on said data for primary verification registered by said first extracting unit of said registering apparatus, and a secondary authenticator, when the secondary verification is required to be carried out according to a result of the primary verification in said authenticating apparatus, verifying whether a person to be authenticated is a person registered by said registering apparatus, based on the data for secondary verification registered by said second extracting unit of said registering apparatus.