Authentication apparatus, user authentication method, user authentication
OwnerTakeshi Kubo, Kazuhiro Igarashi +1inventors
InventorsTakeshi Kubo, Kazuhiro Igarashi, Hideyuki Saso
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Abstract
In an authentication apparatus, coordinates input from a coordinate detector via a plurality of discontinuous holes or openings, cutouts or marks provided on a member which is used to specify the coordinates are detected, and an authentication is made based on a comparison result of the detected coordinates and a plurality of registered coordinates.
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1-150. (canceled)
An authentication apparatus comprising:
- a touch sensor capable of detecting one or more coordinates;
- a specifying member adjacent to said touch sensor, the specifying member capable of providing input to said touch sensor, the specifying member further capable of specifying one or more discontinuous different coordinates, wherein said specifying member comprises perforations or projections capable of specifying the one or more discontinuous different coordinates;
- a comparing unit capable of comparing the one or more detected coordinates and one or more registered coordinates, and further capable of outputting a compared result;
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- an authentication unit capable of carrying out an authentication based at least in part upon the compared result.
A user authentication method, comprising:
- detecting one or more coordinates via a specifying member, which is capable of being placed adjacent to a touch sensor, using perforations or projections on the specifying member to specify one or more discontinuous different coordinates;
- comparing the one or more detected coordinates and one or more registered coordinates and outputting a compared result;
- and
- carrying out an authentication based at least in part upon the compared result.
A user authentication system, comprising:
- means for detecting a one or more coordinates via a means for specifying one or more discontinuous different coordinates;
- means for comparing the one or more detected coordinates and one or more registered coordinates and outputting a compared result;
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- means for carrying out an authentication based at least in part upon the compared result.
A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing platform, result in user authentication by:
- detecting one or more coordinates via a specifying member which is capable of being placed adjacent to a touch sensor, using perforations or projections on the specifying member to specify one or more discontinuous different coordinates;
- comparing the one or more detected coordinates and one or more registered coordinates and outputting a compared result;
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- carrying out an authentication based at least in part upon the compared result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.