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Biometric authentication apparatus and method

US9619635B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 2015
Grant dateApr 11, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/0861
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A biometric authentication apparatus includes processing apparatuses allocated with biometric data to be matched, a storage unit that stores a distribution of the biometric data for each of a plurality of quality levels, and an authentication processing time required by an authentication process of each of the processing apparatuses, and a management apparatus. The management apparatus extracts first and second processing apparatuses from the processing apparatuses based on the authentication processing time, identifies a quality level for which a difference between the distributions of the first and second processing apparatuses is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and exchanges the biometric data having the identified quality level between the first and second processing apparatuses.

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