User authentication apparatus, electronic equipment, and user authentication program

Abstract

A user authentication apparatus, a electronic device and a user authentication system. A user authentication apparatus includes: means for storing biometric authentication information obtained from a user; means for communicating with electronic equipment, which authenticates the user with the user's biometric authentication information; means for sending, in response to a first inquiry from the electronic equipment, store location definition information, which defines store locations of various output information; and output means for outputting, in response to a read request sent from the electronic equipment to designate a store location defined by the store location definition information, the output information along with identification information which indicates the type of the output information. The output means outputs, to an external device,as one type of output information, along with identification information, authentication information store location information, which describes in a given format where authentication information including the biometric authentication information is stored.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a user authentication device. Background technique [0002] Currently, internationally, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is carrying out the standardization of IC cards. Domestically, the Japanese Standards Association is working on making IC cards compliant with JIS standards. Also, various industrial and commercial groups in Japan, such as the Japan Bankers Association, have also separately formulated their own specifications. These specifications define, for example, a command interface for data exchange between an IC card and a terminal that reads the IC card. [0003] An example is given below. A proposed command interface for the connection between an IC card and a terminal that reads the IC card works as follows: [0004] (1) The terminal sends a GPO (Get Processing Option, Get Processing Option) command to the IC card to start processing. [0005] (2) The IC card sends AFL (Applicati...

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Problems solved by technology

[0013] Biometric authentication information is usually a large amount of information and takes longer to read than a PIN (Personal Identification Number)

Therefore, combining the AFL with a read command specifying an address set in the AFL (which is conventionally used to read information of a standard IC card to a terminal) in order to read biometric authentication information takes a very long time

This reading process using AFL requires a particularly large time span when reading an IC card that stores a variety of biometric authentication information

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