JP2004054395A - Fingerprint authentication mouse with storage device, fingerprint collation management system using the mouse and fingerprint collation management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device capable of easily performing personal identification according to a fingerprint with an arbitrary interval at any time. <P>SOLUTION: This fingerprint collation management system is provided with a client device 10, a server device 20 having a fingerprint collation part 201 and a registration fingerprint data base 202, a network 40 connecting the client device 10 and the server device 20, and a mouse 11 having a fingerprint authentication pad 111 and a authenticated fingerprint information storage part 112. The fingerprint information authenticated at log-in is stored in the authenticated fingerprint information storage part 112, compared with the fingerprint information inputted from the fingerprint authentication pad 111 of the mouse at a specified timing. When the number of inconsistency exceeds a predetermined number and a fingerprint responding to an alarm is not inputted, a log-out is compulsorily executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device, and more particularly to a fingerprint collation management system and a fingerprint collation management method using the mouse.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, the information age has been remarkably advanced as in the IT age, and daily work styles are rapidly changing from the paper age to the electronic age. Under these circumstances, clients can connect to servers all over the world via a communication network such as the Internet, but the current situation is that security for preventing unauthorized access cannot keep up with these. Conventionally, a registered user ID and password have been often used as a method of personal authentication for confirming that a user who uses an information processing apparatus is himself or herself.
[0003]
However, the method in which the user inputs the user ID and the password has problems such as an incorrect input, a lost password, an improper connection due to impersonation of a person who stole the password, and the like.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For this reason, the use of fingerprints that are unique and have no lifetime change has been studied as a personal authentication method, and with the progress of fingerprint image input devices and fingerprint matching devices, personal authentication by fingerprint matching has been performed in various fields. Have been.
[0005]
Incorporated in personal authentication when connecting to the server, personal authentication by using an independent fingerprint image input device and collating with fingerprint data registered in advance in the login server or fingerprint authentication server In response to the miniaturization of the fingerprint image input device, a method of incorporating the fingerprint image input device into a mouse and reading a fingerprint of a finger touching the mouse has been developed.
[0006]
JP-A-2000-132261 and JP-A-2001-1257334 disclose a mouse having a fingerprint detection unit. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-143270, a fingerprint detection unit is provided on a mouse body and an IC card reading unit is provided, so that fingerprint information recorded in advance on an IC card and fingerprint information detected by the fingerprint detection unit are provided. There is disclosed a mouse and a computer which perform collation by collating means provided on a mouse body or a computer operated by the mouse to confirm the identity of the user, and permit the operation of the computer.
[0007]
However, the fingerprint authentication using the mouse disclosed in these publications is intended to be performed temporarily at the time of login or the like, and is recorded in advance on an IC card as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-143270. Even with the method of performing collation using the fingerprint information obtained, there is a problem that the operation can be continued by another person replacing the IC card while the mouse operator is away from the seat.
[0008]
Considering the accuracy of personal authentication of information equipment operators, fingerprints are the only proof of identity, and although there is a convenient mechanism called "fingerprint authentication", due to the development of infrastructure for that purpose and the increase in network load, The reality is that it has not been easily realized.
[0009]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device, which can easily authenticate a user with a fingerprint at any time and easily.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The fingerprint authentication mouse with storage device of the present invention
A mouse, which is a pointing device of a computer, comprising: fingerprint input means capable of processing a user's fingerprint detected by a fingerprint authentication pad and outputting the fingerprint as fingerprint information; and a storage unit capable of storing the fingerprint information. And
[0011]
Further, the apparatus has a fingerprint information comparison unit, and stores externally authenticated fingerprint information in the storage unit. The fingerprint information comparison unit stores the fingerprint currently in contact with the fingerprint input unit and the storage unit. The fingerprint information may be compared with the authenticated fingerprint information to determine the match / mismatch, and the result may be output to a computer. The fingerprint information comparing unit further includes a matching timing setting unit. May be executed at the timing set to.
[0012]
The fingerprint authentication pad may be provided at the front center of the left side of the mouse, and the fingerprint authentication pad may be further provided at the center front of the right side of the mouse.
[0013]
The fingerprint collation management system of the present invention comprises:
In order for the client device and the server device to be connected via a network and for the client device to log in to the server device, the fingerprint information of the user of the client device must match the authentication fingerprint information registered and stored in the predetermined server device. In a fingerprint collation management system for a network system, a server device stores information to be provided, a predetermined server device registers a registered fingerprint database, and the fingerprint information of the user sent from the client device. It has a fingerprint collation unit for comparing the fingerprint with the authentication fingerprint information stored in the registered fingerprint database to determine a match / mismatch, the client device has a fingerprint authentication control unit, and a mouse as a pointing device of the client device is used. Fingerprint authentication pad that can always enter the fingerprint of the user and external authentication at login And comparing the fingerprint currently in contact with the fingerprint authentication pad with the authenticated fingerprint information stored in the storage unit to determine the match / mismatch. It has a fingerprint information comparison unit, and the fingerprint authentication control unit logs out the connection with the server device when the mismatch between the two fingerprints exceeds a predetermined condition. The fingerprint information comparison unit may be provided in the mouse.
[0014]
The server device storing the information to be provided further compares the registered fingerprint database and the user's fingerprint information sent from the client device with the authentication fingerprint information stored in the registered fingerprint database to determine a match / mismatch. May be provided.
[0015]
The fingerprint collation management method of the present invention comprises:
In the registered fingerprint database of the server device, the fingerprint information of the user predicted to be authenticated is authenticated and registered in advance, and when the server device receives a login request from the client device, the user is requested to input the fingerprint. When the user's fingerprint entered with the mouse fingerprint authentication pad is sent as fingerprint information, it is compared with the fingerprint information registered in the registered fingerprint database to determine whether or not authentication has been completed. When the client device is notified of the authentication success and approves the login, the client device, when receiving the notification of the authentication success, continues the connection with the information of the server device and replaces the authenticated fingerprint information with the authentication fingerprint information of the mouse. The fingerprint information matching unit stores the authenticated fingerprint information stored in the authenticated fingerprint information storage unit and the current fingerprint authentication package at a predetermined timing. Is compared with the fingerprint information of the fingerprint input to the client device, and the result of the matching is notified to the fingerprint authentication control unit of the client device. If the matching results match, the client device and the server device are compared. If the number of mismatches exceeds a predetermined number, a message indicating a warning to the user is displayed on the screen of the client device. If the fingerprints match, the integration of the number of mismatches is reset to continue fingerprint information collation. If the fingerprints do not match after a predetermined time has elapsed after the display, the connection between the client device and the server device is logged out.
[0016]
A mouse, which is an input device of a personal computer, is equipped with a fingerprint verification unit having a fingerprint authentication pad and a fingerprint information storage unit, acquires fingerprint information that has been authenticated by the host system, and stores it in the fingerprint information storage unit. By comparing the fingerprint information input from the fingerprint authentication pad with the fingerprint information, it can be confirmed in real time whether or not the user of the mouse is the user, and the user can be authenticated at an arbitrary timing or at all times. As a result, the network load is eliminated, the authentication speed can be improved, and the number of confirmations can be increased.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a fingerprint collation management system using a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a fingerprint authentication with storage device according to the first embodiment. It is a schematic block configuration diagram of a fingerprint collation management system using a mouse. The fingerprint matching management system according to the first embodiment includes a client device 10 such as a personal computer for performing fingerprint matching management, a server device 20 storing information to be provided and having a fingerprint matching unit 201 and a registered fingerprint database 202, A network 40 connecting the device 10 and the server device 20 and a mouse 11 having a fingerprint authentication pad 111 and an authentication fingerprint information storage unit 114 are provided. The client device 10 has a fingerprint authentication control unit 101 and a pointer control unit 102, both of which are connected to the mouse 11.
[0018]
Here, for the sake of simplicity, the information to be provided by the server device 20 is stored and has a fingerprint collation function. However, the server device 20 is a fingerprint authentication server device that specializes in fingerprint authentication. A server device that stores information and approves login from the client device 10 by authentication of the fingerprint authentication server device may be provided separately. In the figure, only one client device 10 and server device 20 are connected to the network 40, but a plurality of client devices 10 and server devices 20 are actually connected.
[0019]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to the present invention. The mouse 11 includes a fingerprint collation unit 110, a position input unit 120, a transmission / reception unit 131 that communicates with the client device 10, and a control unit 150 that controls each unit.
[0020]
The fingerprint matching unit 110 includes a fingerprint detection unit 112 having a fingerprint authentication pad 111, a parameter calculation unit 113 that calculates parameters of the detected fingerprint and creates and outputs fingerprint information, and a server device 20 via the client device 10. An authenticated fingerprint information storage unit 114 that stores the sent and authenticated fingerprint information, the authenticated fingerprint information stored in the authenticated fingerprint information storage unit 114, and the fingerprint information of the fingerprint currently input to the fingerprint authentication pad 111 A matching timing setting unit 115 for setting a timing for matching with the fingerprint information that has been authenticated stored in the authenticated fingerprint information storage unit 114 and the fingerprint information of the fingerprint currently input to the fingerprint authentication pad 111 are set. It has a fingerprint information collating unit 116 that collates at the timing and notifies the client device 10 of the collation result. As the fingerprint detection unit 112 having the fingerprint authentication pad 111, a known fingerprint authentication unit including an optical type and an electric signal pattern type is used.
[0021]
The fingerprint authentication pad 111 is provided in the vicinity of the upper center of the left side of the mouse to which the right-handed person contacts the thumb when operating the mouse 11 so that the fingerprint of the right thumb can be always detected while operating the mouse 11. Therefore, the fingerprint of the current user can be constantly collated and confirmed.
[0022]
The position input means 120 is disposed so that a part thereof is exposed on the lower surface of the mouse 11, and rotates the trackball 121 by the movement of the mouse. It has a rotation detecting section 122 for detecting, and a moving distance calculating section 123 for calculating a moving distance of the mouse 11 based on the detection result.
[0023]
The moving distance information, the fingerprint information, and the fingerprint collation result are transmitted to the pointer control unit 102 or the fingerprint authentication control unit 101 of the client device 10 via the transmission / reception unit 131 and the signal cable.
[0024]
Next, the operation of the fingerprint collation management system using the fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0025]
In the registered fingerprint database 202 of the server device 20, fingerprint information of a user predicted to be an authentication target is authenticated and registered in advance (S302). When the user makes a login request from the client device 10 to the server device 20 in which the information is stored in order to obtain information (S102), the input of the user's fingerprint is requested (S303, S304, S103), and the fingerprint authentication is performed. The user's fingerprint input on the pad 111 is sent from the mouse 11 as fingerprint information to the server device 20 via the client device 10 via the client device 10 (S202, S203, S104, S305). It is stored in the storage unit 114 (S204). In this case, the ID and the password may be sent from the client device 10 to the server device 20 at the same time.
[0026]
In the server device 20 to which the fingerprint information has been sent, the fingerprint matching unit 201 compares the sent fingerprint information with the fingerprint information registered in the registered fingerprint database 202 (S306), and determines whether or not the authentication has been completed. (S307). If the authentication has been completed (S307Y), the login is approved (S308), the authentication success is notified to the client device 10 (S105Y), and at the same time, the login approval is displayed on the registered fingerprint information (S310). If not authenticated (N in S307), the client device 10 is notified of non-authentication and login is not permitted (S309, S105N).
[0027]
When the client device 10 receives the notification of the successful authentication (S105Y, S205Y), the client device 10 continues the connection with the information of the server device 20 (S106, S311) and temporarily stores the information in the authentication fingerprint information storage unit 114 of the mouse 11. The authenticated fingerprint information stored in the authenticated fingerprint information storage unit 114 is stored at the timing set by the fingerprint information matching unit 116 in the matching timing setting unit 115 (S206). Is compared with the fingerprint information of the fingerprint currently input to the fingerprint authentication pad 111 (S207), and the result of the comparison is notified to the fingerprint authentication control unit 101 of the client device 10. If the collation results match (S208Y), the fingerprint authentication control unit 101 continues the connection between the client device 10 and the server device 20, and if they do not match (S208N), accumulates the number of consecutive mismatches (S208N). S209).
[0028]
If the number of mismatches exceeds a predetermined number (S210Y), a message indicating a warning to the user is displayed on the screen of the client device 10 (S211 and S107). Is returned to 0 and the fingerprint information collation is continued (S207). If they do not match even after a predetermined time has elapsed after the display (S212N, S213Y), the connection between the client device 10 and the server device 20 is logged out (S214). , S108, S312).
[0029]
When the connection between the client device 10 and the server device 20 is logged out, including the logout by the user itself, the server device 20 deletes the login approval displayed in the fingerprint information registered in the registered fingerprint information database 202. Then (S313), the fingerprint authentication control unit 101 of the client device 10 stops the collation operation of the fingerprint collation unit 116 of the mouse 11 (S215), and the authenticated fingerprint information stored in the authenticated fingerprint information storage unit 114. Is deleted (S216).
[0030]
The timing of fingerprint collation may be set in advance in the collation timing setting unit 115, or may be arbitrarily set from the client device 10 via the fingerprint authentication control unit 101.
[0031]
Next, a fingerprint collation management system using a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device used in the fingerprint collation management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
[0032]
The fingerprint authentication mouse 201 with a storage device according to the second embodiment can be used by a left-handed person in addition to the left fingerprint authentication pad 211 and the authentication fingerprint information recording unit 214 similar to the first embodiment. A right fingerprint authentication pad 217 is also provided above the center of the right side of the mouse. The other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a fingerprint authentication pad is provided on a mouse, and fingerprint information that has been authenticated when the user logs in to the server is stored in the storage unit of the mouse. Since the confirmation can be performed inside the mouse at a predetermined timing, there is no need to perform communication for authentication with the server except at the time of login, so that no load is imposed on a network such as a LAN or a communication line, and Since the confirmation is performed inside the mouse, no time is required for information transmission, and there is an effect that authentication can be always performed at high speed.
[0034]
Further, since the client is shut down according to the result of the pass / fail of the personal authentication during the connection, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent another person from impersonating the person and to approve the unauthorized work and prevent the involvement.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a fingerprint collation management system using a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic block configuration diagram of a fingerprint collation management system using a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to the first embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a fingerprint collation management system using a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to the first embodiment of this invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device used in a fingerprint collation management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 10 client device 11, 201 mouse 20 server device 40 network 101 fingerprint authentication control unit 102 pointer control unit 110 fingerprint collation unit 111 fingerprint authentication pad 112 fingerprint detection unit 113 parameter calculation unit 114, 214 authentication fingerprint information storage unit 115 collation timing setting unit 116 Fingerprint information collating unit 120 Position input means 121 Trackball 122 Rotation detecting unit 123 Moving distance calculating unit 131 Transmitting / receiving unit 150 Control unit 211 Left fingerprint authentication pad 217 Right fingerprint authentication pad

Claims (9)

A mouse which is a pointing device of a computer,
A fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device, comprising: fingerprint input means capable of processing a user's fingerprint detected by a fingerprint authentication pad and outputting the fingerprint information as fingerprint information; and a storage unit capable of storing the fingerprint information. A fingerprint information comparison unit for storing fingerprint information that has been externally authenticated in the storage unit, wherein the fingerprint information comparison unit stores the fingerprint currently in contact with the fingerprint input unit in the storage unit; 2. The fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device according to claim 1, wherein the fingerprint authentication mouse with the storage device is compared with the already-authenticated fingerprint information, determines the match / mismatch, and outputs the result to a computer. The fingerprint authentication mouse according to claim 2, further comprising a collation timing setting unit, wherein the comparison in the fingerprint information comparison unit is performed at a timing set in the collation timing setting unit. The fingerprint authentication mouse according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fingerprint authentication pad is provided at a front center of a left side surface of the mouse. The fingerprint authentication mouse according to claim 4, wherein the fingerprint authentication pad is further provided on a center front portion on the right side of the mouse. A client device and a server device are connected via a network, and in order for the client device to log in to the server device, fingerprint information of a user of the client device and authentication fingerprint information registered and stored in a predetermined server device. A fingerprint matching management system for a network system that requires a match with
The server device stores information to be provided, and the predetermined server device stores a registered fingerprint database, a user's fingerprint information sent from a client device, and authentication fingerprint information stored in the registered fingerprint database. A fingerprint collation unit for comparing and discriminating a match / mismatch, wherein the client device has a fingerprint authentication control unit, and a mouse as a pointing device of the client device has a fingerprint authentication pad capable of constantly inputting a user's fingerprint. And a storage unit for storing fingerprint information that has been externally authenticated at the time of login, and further, a fingerprint currently in contact with the fingerprint authentication pad and authenticated fingerprint information stored in the storage unit. A fingerprint information comparison unit for comparing and determining the match / mismatch, wherein the fingerprint authentication control unit determines that the mismatch between the two fingerprints exceeds a predetermined condition. Fingerprint identification management system, characterized in that, to log out the connection with the server device to. The fingerprint collation management system according to claim 6, wherein the fingerprint information comparison unit is provided on a mouse. The server device storing the information to be provided further compares the registered fingerprint database, the fingerprint information of the user sent from the client device with the authentication fingerprint information stored in the registered fingerprint database, and matches / mismatches. The fingerprint collation management system according to claim 6, further comprising: the fingerprint collation unit that determines the fingerprint collation. Authenticating and registering in advance the fingerprint information of the user who is expected to be authenticated in the registered fingerprint database of the server device,
When the server device receives the login request from the client device, it requests the input of the user's fingerprint, and when the user's fingerprint input with the fingerprint authentication pad of the mouse is sent as the fingerprint information, the server device registers in the registered fingerprint database. Determine whether or not authenticated by comparing with the fingerprint information that has been, if authenticated, notify the client device of authentication success and approve the login,
When the client device receives the notification of successful authentication, the client device continues to connect with the information of the server device, stores the authenticated fingerprint information in the authenticated fingerprint information storage unit of the mouse, and the fingerprint information matching unit At a predetermined timing, the authenticated fingerprint information stored in the authenticated fingerprint information storage unit is compared with the fingerprint information of the fingerprint currently input to the fingerprint authentication pad, and the result of the comparison is compared with the fingerprint authentication of the client device. Contact the control,
The fingerprint authentication control unit continues the connection between the client device and the server device if the collation results match, and adds the number of consecutive mismatches if they do not match, and the number of mismatches is a predetermined number. If the number of times exceeds the limit, a warning message to the user is displayed on the screen of the client device, and if the fingerprints match thereafter, the integration of the number of times of mismatch is reset and the fingerprint information collation is continued, and after the display, a predetermined number of times is returned. A fingerprint collation management method using a fingerprint authentication mouse with a storage device, wherein if the password does not match even after a lapse of time, the connection between the client device and the server device is logged out.

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