Patents by Inventor Masako Fujiwara

Masako Fujiwara 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: 7471810
    Abstract: A renewal apparatus for an IC card, which utilizes biometrics information to perform individual authentication, prevents the divulgence of biometrics data during renewal, while rigorously confirming the identity of the individual. A control unit confirms the identity of the individual in biometrics authentication by the biometrics authentication functions of an old IC card, and confirmation of the identity of the individual is performed rigorously using the IC card with biometrics authentication functions. If confirmation of the identity of the individual is satisfactory, the biometrics data obtained in the biometrics authentication is registered in a new IC card. The renewal can be performed with only a single image capture operation, and divulgence of biometrics information is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Awatsu, Takahiro Kudou, Hiroshi Imamura, Masako Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20060151599
    Abstract: A renewal apparatus for an IC card, which utilizes biometrics information to perform individual authentication, prevents the divulgence of biometrics data during renewal, while rigorously confirming the identity of the individual. A control unit confirms the identity of the individual in biometrics authentication by the biometrics authentication functions of an old IC card, and confirmation of the identity of the individual is performed rigorously using the IC card with biometrics authentication functions. If confirmation of the identity of the individual is satisfactory, the biometrics data obtained in the biometrics authentication is registered in a new IC card. The renewal can be performed with only a single image capture operation, and divulgence of biometrics information is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Awatsu, Takahiro Kudou, Hiroshi Imamura, Masako Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20060143117
    Abstract: An automated transaction device verifies individual data of storage media against input individual data, and performs automated transaction. In order to prevent degradation of service to a user even when biometric authentication is not successful, a control unit of an automated transaction device, even when biometrics authentication is unsuccessful, effects a transition to a conventional transaction based on password authentication using an IC card. Transactions are possible even when there are changes in the physical condition of the user, while maintaining the authentication accuracy of biometric authentication, contributing to improved service to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi Chigira, Shuuichi Izawa, Yuuichi Narita, Takahiro Kudou, Kiyotaka Awatsu, Masako Fujiwara, Sagiri Okamura
  • Publication number: 20060130138
    Abstract: An automated transaction device verifies individual data on storage media against input individual data and performs automated transactions. An automated transaction device has biometrics authentication functions realized in a biometrics unit. A control unit of the device detects abnormal in the biometrics unit at the start of a transaction, and upon detecting an error, effects a transition to a conventional transaction based on password authentication using an IC card. Even when an abnormal occurs in the biometrics unit, a transaction based on conventional authentication is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenichi Chigira, Shuuichi Izawa, Yuuichi Narita, Takahiro Kudou, Kiyotaka Awatsu, Masako Fujiwara, Sagiri Okamura