Photographing device, control method thereof, and program

A control method of a photographing device having a camera that captures an image of an applicant as a person to be photographed, the method comprising:

• a reading step of reading information on identity verification medium of the applicant;
• an application image capture step of capturing an application image by using the camera, the application image being a photograph that is to be used for an application procedure;
• a first same-person determination step of comparing an image of a person contained in the information read in the reading step with the application image and determining whether the person is the same or not;
• an authenticity determination step of determining authenticity of the identity verification medium based on the information read in the reading step;
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• an output step of outputting the application image to a predetermined server if it is determined in the first same-person determination step that the person is the same and it is determined in the authenticity determination step that the identity verification medium is authentic, wherein:
• the reading step includes reading surface information of the identity verification medium by a scanner or a camera, and reading data recorded in a recording medium in the identity verification medium by a reader, and
• the authenticity determination step includes:
• (i) determining whether there is inconsistency in contents of the surface information based on the surface information read by the scanner or the camera to obtain a determination result,
• (ii) comparing first information acquired from the surface information with first data read by the reader from a memory region that is not protected by password information in the recording medium to obtain a first comparison result, and
• (iii) comparing second information acquired from the surface information with second data read by the reader from a memory region that is protected by password information in the recording medium to obtain a second comparison result, and
• determining that the identity verification medium is authentic when all of said (i)-(iii) determination, first comparison and second comparison results are affirmative.

A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing a control device of a photographing device, which has a camera that captures an image of an applicant as a person to be photographed, to function as

• reading means configured to read information of an identity verification medium of the applicant;
• application image capture means configured to capture an application image by using the camera, the application image being a photograph that is to be used for an application procedure;
• same-person determination means configured to compare an image of a person contained in the information read by the reading means with the application image to determine whether the person is the same or not;
• authenticity determination means configured to determine authenticity of the identity verification medium based on the information read by the reading means;
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• output means configured to output the application image to a predetermined server if it is determined by the same-person determination means that the person is the same and it is determined by the authenticity determination means that the identity verification medium is authentic, wherein:
• the reading means includes a scanner or a camera configured to read surface information of the identity verification medium, and a reader configured to read data recorded in a recording medium in the identity verification medium, and
• the authenticity determination means:
• (i) determines whether there is inconsistency in contents of the surface information based on the surface information read by the scanner or the camera to obtain a determination result,
• (ii) compares first information acquired from the surface information with first data read by the reader from a memory region that is not protected by password information in the recording medium to obtain a first comparison result, and
• iii) compares second information acquired from the surface information with second data read by the reader from a memory region that is protected by password information in the recording medium to obtain a second comparison result, and
• determines that the identity verification medium is authentic when all of said (i)-(iii) determination, first comparison and second comparison results results are affirmative.