JP2009032117A - Application acceptance apparatus and personal identification medium issuing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an application acceptance apparatus and a personal identification medium issuing system by which a machine can judge whether a face picture (biological information) attached to an application is suitable or not on the basis of a fixed criterion and can confirm the person himself (or herself) by mechanically executing biological collation between the face picture (biological information) and a face image of the person concerned. <P>SOLUTION: From an application, wherein a face picture of an applicant is attached and information such as the personal information of the applicant is described, presented by the applicant applying the issue of an ID card, the face picture and the information such as the personal information are read out, the quality of the read face picture is suitable or not is judged, and when judging that the quality of the face picture is suitable, a face image of the applicant is acquired and the acquired face image is collated with the read face picture to judge whether the applicant is the person himself (or herself) or not. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention issues, for example, a personal authentication medium with a face photograph on which a face photograph as personal information of a person and personal information such as a driver's license of a car and various certificates (including a card type and a booklet type) are printed. The present invention relates to an application form receiving apparatus for receiving an application form to be applied, and a personal authentication medium issuing system for issuing a personal authentication medium with a face photo based on the contents of the application form received by the application form receiving apparatus.

  For example, ID cards with IC chips used as various licenses and various certificates are known as this type of personal authentication medium. When issuing an ID card with such an IC chip, first, applicants who wish to issue an ID card must attach a photo to the application form and apply for other information such as personal information in order to apply for the ID card. Fill in the information and apply to the publisher (issue site).

At the issuer, the person in charge examines whether the card is issued based on the contents of the application form. Register on the issuing server, create issuing information based on the registered application information (face image and personal information) at the issuing terminal device, and use the issued information to create a face photo and personal on the card surface (printed side) The ID card is issued by printing the information and recording the face photo or personal information on the IC chip in the card, and the issued ID card is delivered to the applicant (for example, (See Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
JP 2002-31519 A JP 2005-115844 A

  However, for example, in a system that performs biometric authentication using a facial photograph, the quality of the facial photograph that it accepts (including the face size and orientation, resolution, environmental conditions such as ambient light and background) is extremely important. If the quality of the photo is left to the judgment of the person in charge who accepts the application form, the quality may not be constant, and there may be a problem in actually performing biometric authentication.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, the machine can determine whether or not the face photograph (biological information) attached to the application form is appropriate, and the face photograph (biological information) and the person's face image can be determined. It is an object of the present invention to provide an application form accepting apparatus and a personal authentication medium issuing system that can confirm the identity of the person by performing a biometric verification with the machine.

  The application form accepting apparatus of the present invention is an application form in which the applicant's biometric information presented by an applicant who applies for the issuance of a personal authentication medium is attached and information such as the applicant's personal information is described. Reading means for reading information such as the biological information and personal information from the reading means, a determination means for determining whether or not the quality of the biological information read by the reading means is appropriate, and the quality of the biological information by the determination means. If determined to be appropriate, biometric information acquisition means for acquiring the applicant's biometric information, biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means and biometric information read by the reading means are collated And verification means for determining whether or not the applicant is the principal.

  Also, the personal authentication medium issuing system of the present invention includes the applicant's biometric information provided by an applicant who applies for the issuance of a personal authentication medium, and describes information such as the applicant's personal information. Reading means for reading information such as the biometric information and personal information from the applied application form, determination means for determining whether the quality of the biometric information read by the reading means is appropriate, and the determination means When it is determined that the quality of information is appropriate, biometric information acquisition means for acquiring the applicant's biometric information, biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquisition means, and biometric information read by the reading means The collating means for judging whether or not the applicant is the principal by collating the information, and when the applicant is judged to be the principal as a result of the collation by the collating means, the reading means Issued information creating means for creating issued information of a personal authentication medium based on the read information such as the biometric information and personal information of the applicant, and a personal authentication medium based on the issued information created by the issued information creating means Issuing means for issuing.

  According to the present invention, the machine can determine whether or not the facial photograph (biological information) attached to the application form is appropriate based on a certain criterion, and the facial photograph (biological information) and the person's facial image. It is possible to provide an application form accepting apparatus and a personal authentication medium issuing system that can confirm the identity of the person by mechanically performing biometric verification.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, a case where a face photo (face image) is used as the biometric information of a person will be described as an example. In addition to a face photo (face image), other living bodies such as fingerprint images, iris images, and vein images are used. The same can be done using information.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration of a personal authentication medium issuing system that also serves as an application receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment. This personal authentication medium issuance system accepts, for example, an application for the issuance of an ID card with a face photo used as a driver's license or various certificates of a car, and with a photo of the face based on the contents of the accepted application form. An ID card is issued, and an application form reading unit 11 as a reading unit, a photographing unit 12 as a biometric information acquisition unit (image acquisition unit), a determination unit, a verification unit, a control unit 13 as an issue information creation unit, a storage It has a database 14 as means and an issuing unit 15 as issuing means.

  The application form reading unit 11 sets the application form A presented by the applicant who applies for the issuance of an ID card with a face photo, so that the contents of the application form A (the attached face photo, the personal information described, etc.) ) Is converted into electronic data. In this embodiment, for example, a scanner is used.

  The photographing unit 12 captures and acquires a face image (still image or moving image) of the applicant who presented the application form A. In this embodiment, for example, a video camera or an electronic camera is used.

  The control unit 13 performs various processes such as face photo quality determination, identification verification, application information creation / registration and issuance information creation, and overall control. In this embodiment, for example, A personal computer is used.

  The database 14 stores application information created by the control unit 13. The database 14 may be provided in the control unit 13 or in an external server connected via a network.

  The issuing unit 15 issues an ID card B with a face photo based on the issue information created by the control unit 13, a printing unit that prints a face photo or personal information on the surface of the ID card B, and an ID card An IC reader / writer for reading and writing data to and from the memory medium in B is provided.

  FIG. 2 shows a specific example of the application form A. The application form A includes personal information (such as personal information) such as the applicant's name and date of birth, and information 31 such as the type of application, as well as a photo 32 of the applicant. .

  In the example of FIG. 2, the application form A of an image in which information 31 such as necessary items is described and the applicant's face photo 32 is pasted is used. Regardless, there is a case where the application form A does not exist by applying by electronic means. In the present embodiment, the application data is converted into electronic data by the receptionist after the application form A is applied.

  FIG. 3 shows a specific example of the issued ID card B with a face photo. The ID card B is, for example, a contact type IC card, and personal items (personal information) 41 such as name and date of birth and a face photo (face image) 42 are printed on the surface, and an external A contact portion 43 for communicating with an apparatus (IC reader / writer or the like) is provided. The contact part 43 is connected to an IC chip 44 as a memory medium embedded therein.

  Note that the IC card used as the ID card B is not limited to a contact IC card, but may be a non-contact IC card that performs wireless communication with an external device (such as an IC reader / writer).

  In addition, in the example of FIG. 3, the ID card B of an image for printing the applicant's personal information and a face photograph on the card surface is used, but the electronic data of the face photograph is the same size as a general credit card. If included, the type of medium (card, paper, portable terminal, booklet or notebook form, etc.) is not limited.

  FIG. 4 shows a specific example of application information stored (registered) in the database 14. The application information includes, for example, management number 51, application type information 52, applicant's face photo (face image) 53, face authentication dictionary information 54, and the applicant's personal information such as name, gender, date of birth, etc. Information 55 is configured.

  Next, in the configuration as described above, the operation from acceptance of an application form to issuance of an ID card with a face photo will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, an applicant who applies for issuance of an ID card submits an application form A at the issuing site (step S1). At the publishing site, the reception staff confirms whether the necessary documents such as the application form A submitted are complete (step S2), and then sets the application form A in the application form reading unit 11, The contents of the application form A (information 31 such as personal information, face photo 32) are read, and the control unit 13 converts the read information into electronic data (such as conversion of face photo into electronic data, conversion of text information into text data). Step S3).

  Next, the control unit 13 determines whether or not the quality of the face photograph 32 read from the application form A is appropriate (step S4). For example, the quality of a face photograph is determined by analyzing the image information of the face photograph to determine whether the environmental conditions such as the face size, orientation, resolution, ambient light, and background satisfy a predetermined criterion value. Judgment by

When the quality of the face photograph 32 read from the application form A is appropriate as a result of the determination in step S4, the control unit 13 creates the application information shown in FIG. 4 based on the description content read from the application form A, Register in the database 14 (step S5).
The face authentication dictionary information 54 in the application information is created from the extracted feature information by extracting the facial feature information from the image information of the facial photograph 32 read from the application form A.

Next, the control unit 13 acquires the face image of the applicant who presented the application form A by the photographing unit 12 (step S6), and the acquired face image and the face in the application information previously registered in the database 14 By comparing with the dictionary information 54 for authentication, it is determined whether or not the applicant is the principal (step S7).
Specifically, facial feature information is extracted from the acquired applicant's facial image, and the extracted feature information is collated with face authentication dictionary information 54 in the application information previously registered in the database 14. Thus, it is determined whether or not the applicant is the principal.

  As a result of the determination in step S7, if the applicant is the principal, the control unit 13 obtains the application information registered earlier from the database 14, and creates the issuance information of the ID card B based on the obtained application information. Then, the generated issue information is sent to the issue unit 15 (step S8).

  The issuing unit 15 prints the face photo 42, personal information 41, etc. on the card surface based on the issue information sent from the control unit 13, and writes the face photo, personal information, etc. on the IC chip 44, thereby obtaining the ID. Card B is issued (step S9) and handed to the applicant.

  As a result of the determination in step S4, if the quality of the facial photograph 32 read from the application form A is not appropriate, or if the result of the determination in step S7 is that the applicant is not the person himself, the control unit 13 uses a display (not shown) or the like. The guidance device outputs a message that the photo cannot be issued because the quality of the face photo is not appropriate, or a message that it cannot be issued because the applicant is not the principal, and the operation is terminated (step S10).

As described above, according to the above embodiment, when applying for the issuance of an ID card with a face photo used in a system that performs biometric authentication using a face photo, the quality of the received face photo is extremely important. It is possible to determine whether or not the face photograph affixed to is appropriate based on a certain criterion.
Also, when accepting an application form that must be applied by the person in operation, confirm the identity of the person by mechanically performing a biometric comparison between the face photo affixed to the application form and the person's face image. Can do.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a personal authentication medium issuing system that also serves as an application form accepting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The top view which shows the specific example of an application. The top view which shows the specific example of an ID card. The schematic diagram which shows the specific example of the application information preserve | saved at a database. The flowchart explaining operation | movement.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Application form reading part (reading means), 12 ... Imaging | photography part (biological information acquisition means, image acquisition means), 13 ... Control part (determination means, collation means, issue information creation means), 14 ... Database (storage means) , 15 ... Issuing section (issuing means), A ... application form, 31 ... information such as personal information (personal information), 32 ... face photo (face image), B ... ID card (personal authentication medium), 41 ... Personal matters (personal information), 42 ... face photo (face image), 44 ... IC chip (memory medium).

Claims (4)

Applicants applying for the issuance of personal authentication media, including the applicant's biometric information attached, and the biometric information, personal information, etc. from the application form containing the applicant's personal information, etc. Reading means for reading information;
Determination means for determining whether or not the quality of the biological information read by the reading means is appropriate;
When it is determined by the determination means that the quality of the biological information is appropriate, the biological information acquisition means for acquiring the applicant's biological information;
Collation means for judging whether or not the applicant is the principal by collating the biological information acquired by the biological information acquisition means with the biological information read by the reading means;
An application form receiving apparatus characterized by comprising: Applicants applying for the issuance of personal authentication media, including the applicant's biometric information attached, and the biometric information, personal information, etc. from the application form containing the applicant's personal information, etc. Reading means for reading information;
Determination means for determining whether or not the quality of the biological information read by the reading means is appropriate;
When it is determined by the determination means that the quality of the biological information is appropriate, the biological information acquisition means for acquiring the applicant's biological information;
Collation means for judging whether or not the applicant is the principal by collating the biological information acquired by the biological information acquisition means with the biological information read by the reading means;
As a result of the collation by the collation means, if the applicant is determined to be the principal, the personal authentication medium issue information is created based on the applicant's biometric information and personal information read by the reading means. Issuing information creation means to
Issuing means for issuing a personal authentication medium based on the issuing information created by the issuing information creating means;
A system for issuing personal authentication media, comprising: Applicants who apply for the issuance of personal authentication media, such as the face photo and personal information, etc., from the application form where the applicant's face photo is attached and the personal information of the applicant is described Reading means for reading information;
Determination means for determining whether or not the quality of the face photograph read by the reading means is appropriate;
If it is determined by the determination means that the quality of the face photo is appropriate, the image acquisition means for acquiring the applicant's face image;
Collating means for determining whether or not the applicant is the principal by collating the face image acquired by the image acquiring means and the face photograph read by the reading means;
An application form receiving apparatus characterized by comprising: Applicants who apply for the issuance of personal authentication media, such as the face photo and personal information, etc., from the application form where the applicant's face photo is attached and the personal information of the applicant is described Reading means for reading information;
Determination means for determining whether or not the quality of the face photograph read by the reading means is appropriate;
When it is determined that the quality of the face photograph is appropriate by the determination means, the image acquisition means for acquiring the applicant's face image;
Collating means for determining whether or not the applicant is the principal by collating the face image acquired by the image acquiring means and the face photograph read by the reading means;
As a result of the collation by the collation means, if it is determined that the applicant is the person, the issuing information of the personal authentication medium is created based on information such as the applicant's face photo and personal information read by the reading means Issuing information creation means to
Issuing means for issuing a personal authentication medium based on the issuing information created by the issuing information creating means;
A system for issuing personal authentication media, comprising:

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