Patent ID: 7258272

Claim:
An identification system using face authentication comprising: a counter terminal arranged at a counter of a financial institution and including a camera for obtaining a customer's face image; a face authentication server connected to the counter terminal and including a face database for storing a registered face data of the customer; an officer terminal operated by an officer of the financial institution; and wherein the counter terminal performs face authentication by using face data based on the customer's face image obtained by the camera and using the registered face data of the customer and allows to check with eyes by displaying the registered face data of the customer, and upon a successful authentication, an accounting application screen is displayed and accounting processing is executed, wherein the counter terminal performs face authentication operating with the accounting application, wherein during a teller transaction, the accounting application is initiated to allow entry of account information, and if face authentication is necessary, a face authentication application is initiated, data indicating the account information are sent from the accounting application to the face authentication application, and the transferred data are automatically entered into an input field, wherein checking with eyes is allowed by displaying the face data based on the customer's face image obtained by the camera on the officer terminal when an identification cannot be performed, and wherein based upon results of a visual verification performed at the officer terminal, the officer enters a transaction approval instruction or a transaction denial instruction, and if a transaction approval instruction is entered, the accounting application screen is displayed at the counter terminal.