Granted Patent B2

US 9,171,410 · App. 13/990,138 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

Claims (59)

1. A mobile terminal device which a user carries, the mobile terminal device comprising:

an entry determining unit configured to determine entry of the mobile terminal device in a target area;

an authentication information storage unit configured to store authentication information which indicates an authentication action performed for authentication by the user carrying the mobile terminal device;

an authentication processing unit configured to execute processing for authentication of the user by determining whether or not the user performs the authentication action between when the entry determining unit determines that the mobile terminal device enters the target area and when a predetermined time elapses, the determination being made based on a comparison between an activity performed by the user and the authentication action indicated in the authentication information; and

an alarm processing unit configured to, when a result of the processing for the authentication is a failure, indicate the failure of the authentication,

wherein the authentication information storage unit is configured to store the authentication information indicating, as the authentication action, a touch operation by the user touching with the mobile terminal device a tag provided to a previously-set position within the target area or to a peripheral,

the mobile terminal device further comprises

a near field communication (NFC) processing unit configured to, when the user performs the touch operation, receive position information indicating a predetermined position within the target area or peripheral information indicating the peripheral, the position information and the peripheral information being associated with the tag, and

the authentication processing unit is configured to, by determining that the touch operation has been performed by the user, execute the processing for the authentication of the authentication action indicated with the touch operation, the determination being made based on the position information or the peripheral information received by the NFC processing unit, and the touch operation being a touch with the mobile terminal device the tag provided either to the predetermined position indicated in the position information or to the peripheral indicated in the peripheral information.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the authentication information storage unit is configured to store the authentication information indicating an operation by the user of a peripheral as the authentication action,

the NFC processing unit is configured to receive most-recent operation information, along with the peripheral information, from the peripheral, the most-recent operation information indicating a most-recent operation by the user of the peripheral before the touch operation, and

the authentication processing unit is configured to execute the processing for the authentication of an authentication action indicated in the most-recent operation information and defined as a most-recent authentication action before the touch operation.

3. A mobile terminal device which a user carries, the mobile terminal device comprising:

an entry determining unit configured to determine entry of the mobile terminal device in a target area;

an authentication information storage unit configured to store authentication information which indicates an authentication action performed for authentication by the user carrying the mobile terminal device;

an authentication processing unit configured to execute processing for authentication of the user by determining whether or not the user performs the authentication action between when the entry determining unit determines that the mobile terminal device enters the target area and when a predetermined time elapses, the determination being made based on a comparison between an activity performed by the user and the authentication action indicated in the authentication information;

an alarm processing unit configured to, when a result of the processing for the authentication is a failure, indicate the failure of the authentication;

an acceleration sensor;

an angular velocity sensor;

a geometric sensor;

a terminal orientation deriving unit configured to derive terminal orientation information, indicating an orientation of the mobile terminal device, from acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor, angular velocity information detected by the angular velocity sensor, and geometric information detected by the geometric sensor;

a terminal traveling condition deriving unit configured to derive terminal traveling condition information, indicating a traveling distance and a traveling direction of the mobile terminal device, from the acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor and the terminal orientation information derived by the terminal orientation deriving unit;

a position estimating unit configured to estimate current position information indicating a current position of the mobile terminal device, based on the terminal traveling condition information and previous position information indicating a position of the mobile terminal device in a previous estimation; and

a traveling route deriving unit configured to derive traveling route information, indicating a route which the user carrying the mobile terminal device travels, from the previous position information and the current position information estimated by the position estimating unit,

wherein the authentication action includes the traveling route information, and

the authentication processing unit is configured to execute the processing for the authentication of the authentication action indicated in the traveling route information.

4. A mobile terminal device which a user carries, the mobile terminal device comprising:

an entry determining unit configured to determine entry of the mobile terminal device in a target area;

an authentication information storage unit configured to store authentication information which indicates an authentication action performed for authentication by the user carrying the mobile terminal device;

an authentication processing unit configured to execute processing for authentication of the user by determining whether or not the user performs the authentication action between when the entry determining unit determines that the mobile terminal device enters the target area and when a predetermined time elapses, the determination being made based on a comparison between an activity performed by the user and the authentication action indicated in the authentication information;

an alarm processing unit configured to, when a result of the processing for the authentication is a failure, indicate the failure of the authentication; and

an acceleration sensor;

a walking characteristics deriving unit configured to derive walking characteristics information, indicating walking characteristics of the user, from acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor;

a complex degree determining unit configured to determine a complex degree of the processing for the authentication performed by the authentication processing unit based on the walking characteristics information derived by the walking characteristics deriving unit and found within an immediately-before-entry time period which is set immediately before the user enters the target area; and

a notifying unit configured to aurally or visually notify the user of complex degree information corresponding to the complex degree determined by the complex degree determining unit,

wherein the authentication information storage unit is configured to previously stores the authentication information corresponding to the complex degree, of the processing for the authentication, determined by the complex degree determining unit, and

the authentication processing unit is configure to execute the processing for the authentication according to the authentication information corresponding to the complex degree, of the processing for the authentication, determined by the complex degree determining unit.

5. An authentication system comprising:

a peripheral which is previously set within a target area; and

a mobile terminal device which is carried by a user and receives information from the peripheral,

wherein the peripheral includes:

a tag which includes at least peripheral information indicating the peripheral; and

a storage unit configured to store most-recent operation information indicating a most-recent operation performed by the user of the peripheral before a touch operation performed by the user touching the tag with the mobile terminal device, and the mobile terminal device includes:

an entry determining unit configured to determine entry of the mobile terminal device in a target area;

an authentication information storage unit configured to store authentication information which indicates (i) authentication actions performed for authentication by the user carrying the mobile terminal device, and (ii) an authentication order indicating an order of the authentication actions to be performed;

an NFC processing unit configured to, when the user performs the touch operation, receive peripheral information included in the tag and the most-recent operation information stored in the storage unit;

an authentication processing unit configured to execute processing for authentication of the user by (i) determining touch operations, including the touch operation, based on the peripheral information received from the NFC processing unit, and (ii) determining whether or not the user performs, in an authentication order and between when the entry determining unit determines that the mobile terminal device enters the target area and when a predetermined time elapses, the authentication actions based on a comparison between (i) authentication actions indicated with the touch operations and authentication actions indicated in the most-recent operation information, and (ii) authentication information, the touch operation being a touch with the mobile terminal device the tag provided to the peripheral indicated in the peripheral information; and

an alarm processing unit configured to, when a result of the processing for the authentication is a failure, indicate the failure of the authentication.

6. A mobile terminal device which a user carries, the mobile terminal device comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory having stored thereon executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform:

determining entry of the mobile terminal device in a target area, the mobile terminal device storing authentication information which indicates an authentication action performed for authentication by the user carrying the mobile terminal device;

executing processing for authentication of the user by determining whether or not the user has performed the authentication action between when the mobile terminal device is determined to enter the target area and when a predetermined time elapses, the determination being made based on a comparison between an activity performed by the user and the authentication action indicated in the authentication information; and

indicating, when a result of the processing for the authentication is a failure, indicate the failure of the authentication,

wherein the authentication information indicates, as the authentication action, a touch operation by the user touching with the mobile terminal device a tag provided to a previously-set position within the target area or to a peripheral,

wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to perform

receiving, when the user performs the touch operation, receive position information indicating a predetermined position within the target area or peripheral information indicating the peripheral, the position information and the peripheral information being associated with the tag, and

wherein the processing for the authentication of the authentication action indicated with the touch operation is executed by determining that the touch operation has been performed by the user, the determination being made based on the received position information or the received peripheral information, and the touch operation being a touch with the mobile terminal device the tag provided either to the predetermined position indicated in the received position information or to the peripheral indicated in the received peripheral information.

Assignments (6)