Patent ID: 7979704

Claim:
An authentication system, comprising: an authenticated unit; an authenticating device; the authenticating device being connected with the authenticated unit, the authenticating device having a random number generation device configured to generate a random number and to store the random number and to transmit the random number to the authenticated unit; the authenticated unit having: a function determination signal generation device configured to arbitrarily generate a function determination signal for determining a function form; a second function calculation device configured to receive the random number and to calculate a function of the received random number as a second calculation result using a determined function form determined based on the function determination signal; and a signal combining device configured to combine the second calculation result and the function determination signal into a combined signal and to transmit the combined signal back to the authenticating device; and the authenticating device having: a signal separation device configured to receive the combined signal and to separate the received combined signal into the second calculation result and the function determination signal; inverse-function calculation device configured to calculate an inverse function of the received second calculation result using a function form determined by the separated function determination signal; a comparison device configured to determine if the random number equals the inverse-function calculation result; and a connecting device configured to effect a function connection of the authenticated unit to the authenticating device if it is detected that the random number equals the inverse-function calculation result, and to reject the function connection of the authenticated unit to the authenticating device if it is detected that the random number does not equal the inverse-function calculation result.