摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To identify a user with high precision through the use of a plurality of kinds of biological information by examining the identity of the user with the same tracking directivity. <P>SOLUTION: A user identifying device comprises: a speaker identifying part 104 for identifying the user from the first biological information acquired by a microphone and an all-sky camera; a face identifying part 105 for generating first living body identification information which is obtained by relating user identification information to a user existence direction, identifying the user, based on the biological information outputted from the all-sky camera, and generating second living body identification information which is obtained by relating the user identification information to the user existence direction; an area tracking part 106 for detecting the approximation area of an image feature area in an image in the direction indicated by the first living body identification information from a new input image, setting it as the image feature area, and obtaining the detection direction; and an identify examining part 110 for determining that the user by the first living body identification information is the same as the user by the second living body identification information when a difference between the detection direction of the image feature area and the direction of the second living body identification information acquired after the first living body identification information is not more than a prescribed threshold. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |