USPatent applicationPatented

Authentication device and authentication method

Granted 21 May 2019 · 8 office actions

Current assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. · originally Xerox

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Inventors: Naoya Nobutani, Toru Suzuki, Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Manabu Hayashi +1 · Examiner: Chad Dickerson · AU 2672 · TC 2600

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Abstract

An authentication device includes: an image capturing unit that captures an image of a person around an apparatus including the authentication device; an authentication unit that performs authentication by a facial image captured by the image capturing unit; and a selection unit, when the image capturing unit captures facial images of plural persons, that selects a facial image of a person who is determined to have a high possibility of using the apparatus from the facial images of the plural persons.

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Classifications

6 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section G — Physics
  • G06F3/12
  • G06K9/00
  • G06F21/32
Section H — Electricity
  • H04N1/00
  • H04N1/44
  • H04B1/00

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3 RCE
Examiner
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art unit 2672 · TC 2600
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