Patents by Inventor Ikuo Mutou

Ikuo Mutou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8423786
    Abstract: A biometrics authentication device which detects body characteristics, performs verification against registered biometrics data, and performs individual authentication, by which confidentiality is improved even when biometrics data is separated, distributed and stored. A biometrics information key is created from biometrics data detected by a detection device, the biometrics data is divided into a plurality of portions, and the portions are stored on different media. The biometrics information key is stored on one media, and at the time of authentication, the separated biometrics data portions are combined and a biometrics information key is created and is compared with the biometrics information key, to judge the linked relationship. Hence confidentiality of the association of the individual separated data portions can be improved even when the biometrics data is separated, distributed and stored, contributing to prevent illicit use resulting from leakage or theft of biometrics data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Takaku, Yasuhiko Mita, Naoko Suzuki, Shinya Iwasaki, Masayuki Yano, Ikuo Mutou
  • Patent number: 8078883
    Abstract: According to the present invention, first, the first biometric information “a” is divided equally and biometric information “a” and biometric information “a?” are generated, the second biometric information “b” is divided equally and biometric information “b?” and biometric information “b?” are similarly generated. Then the biometric information “a?” that is the first half of the first biometric information “a” and the biometric information “b?” that is the first half of the second biometric information “b” are combined to generate one piece of biometric information 1 for a person. The biometric information “a?” that is the second half of the first biometric information “a”, and the biometric information “b?” that is the second half of the second biometric information “b”, are similarly combined to generate the other piece of biometric information 2 for the person. The biometric information 1 and 2 are stored and used for matching later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Takaku, Shinichi Eguchi, Katsuhiro Egawa, Yoshiaki Kitamura, Ikuo Mutou
  • Patent number: 7885433
    Abstract: A biometrics authentication system detect body characteristics, verify the characteristics against registered biometrics data to perform individual authentication. In 1:n authentication, a plurality of different type biometrics database sets of a user are registered in a database, and at the time of verification of one type biometrics data set with one type registered biometrics data set, the control unit judges whether similar biometrics data sets of other person are registered, and if other person's similar biometrics data sets are registered, performs verification of each of the another type biometrics data sets of the plurality of similar biometrics data sets with the detected another type biometrics data set, and identifies the individual in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Masayuki Yano, Yasuhiko Mita, Naoko Suzuki, Shinya Iwasaki, Kazuo Takaku, Ikuo Mutou, Yutaka Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20080065901
    Abstract: A biometrics authentication device which detects body characteristics, performs verification against registered biometrics data, and performs individual authentication, by which confidentiality is improved even when biometrics data is separated, distributed and stored. A biometrics information key is created from biometrics data detected by a detection device, the biometrics data is divided into a plurality of portions, and the portions are stored on different media. The biometrics information key is stored on one media, and at the time of authentication, the separated biometrics data portions are combined and a biometrics information key is created and is compared with the biometrics information key, to judge the linked relationship. Hence confidentiality of the association of the individual separated data portions can be improved even when the biometrics data is separated, distributed and stored, contributing to prevent illicit use resulting from leakage or theft of biometrics data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo TAKAKU, Yasuhiko MITA, Naoko SUZUKI, Shinya IWASAKI, Masayuki YANO, Ikuo MUTOU
  • Publication number: 20080002861
    Abstract: A biometrics authentication system detect body characteristics, verify the characteristics against registered biometrics data to perform individual authentication. In 1:n authentication, a plurality of different type biometrics database sets of a user are registered in a database, and at the time of verification of one type biometrics data set with one type registered biometrics data set, the control unit judges whether similar biometrics data sets of other person are registered, and if other person's similar biometrics data sets are registered, performs verification of each of the another type biometrics data sets of the plurality of similar biometrics data sets with the detected another type biometrics data set, and identifies the individual in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Yano, Yasuhiko Mita, Naoko Suzuki, Shinya Iwasaki, Kazuo Takaku, Ikuo Mutou, Yutaka Katsumata
  • Publication number: 20060212717
    Abstract: To provide a technology that prevents a rental for a defrauding purpose by specifying a borrower through biometric authentication and conducting the authentication based on a usage past record of the borrower. Biometric information of a borrower is received from the terminal, a blacklist recorded with biometric information of beware-of persons is referred to, authentication as to whether the biometric information of the borrower matches with the blacklist or not is done, a past record database recoded with the biometric information of the borrowers having usage past records is referred to, there is made the authentication as to whether the biometric information of the borrower who does not match with the blacklist matches with the past record database or not, the terminal is notified of approval or non-approval for a rental operation on the basis of results of the authentication, the past record database is updated if the rental operation is approved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Kimikazu Ito, Akira Wakabayashi, Nobuhito Kanai, Ikuo Mutou, Kazuo Takaku
  • Publication number: 20060174135
    Abstract: According to the present invention, first, the first biometric information “a” is divided equally and biometric information “a” and biometric information “a?” are generated, the second biometric information “b” is divided equally and biometric information “b?” and biometric information “b?” are similarly generated. Then the biometric information “a?” that is the first half of the first biometric information “a” and the biometric information “b?” that is the first half of the second biometric information “b” are combined to generate one piece of biometric information 1 for a person. The biometric information “a?” that is the second half of the first biometric information “a”, and the biometric information “b?” that is the second half of the second biometric information “b”, are similarly combined to generate the other piece of biometric information 2 for the person. The biometric information 1 and 2 are stored and used for matching later.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo Takaku, Shinichi Eguchi, Katsuhiro Egawa, Yoshiaki Kitamura, Ikuo Mutou