Patent ID: 7983453

Claim:
A verification apparatus comprising: an image pickup element configured to receive an input image; a memory device configured to store a registered image; a detection section that detects some or all of junction points, endpoints and turning points of a physical trait of a body part on the input image as feature points, the physical trait being used for verification; a search section that searches the registered image of the physical trait for a pattern that is the same as or similar to a pattern of the feature points in a center area of the input image whose vertical center line is perpendicular to the direction of motion of the physical trait that horizontally moves on a surface on which the body part is put; and the registered image including at least two images, each of the at least two images being taken along a curved surface of the body part and the center area being between two lines each of which is a predetermined distance away from the center line in opposite directions, the at least two images configured to be positioned on one another in accordance with positional difference data of each of the at least two images.