Personal identification apparatus and personal identification method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHisumi Esaki, Kota Saito, Seungho Choi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Naoki Kikuchi, Weifeng Zhang
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Abstract
A personal identification apparatus includes a recording unit that records in advance feature information concerning an activity of at least one of a first person (person A) and a second person (person B or C) when the first person and the second person are together; an information acquiring unit that acquires identification information for identifying the other person; and an identification processing unit that identifies the other person as the second person, based on matching between the identification information and the feature information.
Claims17
A personal identification apparatus that identifies a first person and then identifies another person other than the first person, comprising:
- a recording unit configured to record identification information of the first person and biometric information of the first person linked to each other, and record feature information concerning an action taken by at least one of the first person and a second person, when the first person and the second person spent time together, the feature information being linked to the identification information of the first person and identification information of the second person;
- an information acquiring unit configured to acquire the biometric information of the first person and behavior information of the other person, the behavior information of the other person being different from biometric information of the other person;
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- an identification processing unit configured to identify the first person based on the biometric information of the first person acquired by the information acquiring unit, search for the feature information linked to the first person in the recording unit, and identify the other person as the second person, based on matching between the behavior information acquired by the information acquiring unit and the feature information retrieved from the recording unit;
- wherein the action taken by the at least one of the first person and the second person, when the first person and the second person spent time together, is an action that occurred outside of a host vehicle of the personal identification apparatus.
A personal identification method for identifying a first person and then identifying another person other than the first person, comprising:
- Recording, in a recording unit, identification information of the first person and biometric information of the first person linked to each other;
- recording, in the recording unit, feature information concerning an action taken by at least one of the first person and a second person, when the first person and the second person spent time together, the feature information being linked to the identification information of the first person and identification information of the second person;
- acquiring, with an information acquiring unit, the biometric information of the first person and behavior information of the other person, the behavior information of the other person being different from biometric information of the other person;
- identifying, with an identification processing unit, the first person based on the biometric information of the first person acquired by the information acquiring unit, search for the feature information linked to the first person in the recording unit;
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- identifying, with the identification processing unit, the other person as the second person, based on matching between the behavior information acquired by the information acquiring unit and the feature information retrieved from the recording unit;
- wherein the action taken by the at least one of the first person and the second person, when the first person and the second person spent time together, is an action that occurred outside of a host vehicle of the personal identification apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.