Personal identification device and method

摘要

A personal identification device for executing personal identification by employing living body characteristics of a user. The device includes an identification condition data reader for reading identification condition data specifying at least one living body characteristic stored in a portable storage media carried by the user for the personal identification, a living body characteristic detector for detecting from the user the living body characteristic corresponding to the identification condition data read by the identification condition data reader, and an identifier for performing personal identification by comparing the living body characteristic detected by the living body characteristic detector with the living body characteristic data of users previously obtained.