Image forgery protection apparatus

1. An image forgery protection apparatus comprising:

one or more memories; and circuitry which:

generates challenge data which change with lapse of time at least in a predetermined period;

generates a unique response which changes with lapse of time, the unique response corresponding to the challenge data on a basis of a physically unclonable function; and

changes subject image data correspondingly to the unique response, the subject image data obtained by capturing an image of a subject,

wherein the challenge data is generated by using at least one selected from the group consisting of current time, and position information on product installation, the current time and the position information being received from outside the image forgery protection apparatus,

the circuitry includes a light emitting element that illuminates the subject, and

the circuitry controls the light emitting element to change the subject image data correspondingly to the unique response by changing a light emission pattern of the light emitting element correspondingly to the unique response.

2. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry includes an image sensor that captures the image of the subject to generate the subject image data, and that adjusts the subject image data by changing a predetermined imaging parameter, and

the circuitry changes the subject image data correspondingly to the unique response by changing the imaging parameter correspondingly to the unique response.

3. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry generates a character and adds the character to the subject image data, and

the circuitry changes the subject image data correspondingly to the unique response by changing the character correspondingly to the unique response.

4. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the challenge data is generated further by using at least one selected from a group consisting of individual product information, and user specific information.

5. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the physically unclonable function is a function based on a resistance value of a resistance variable element included in a non-volatile resistive memory.

6. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the circuitry changes the physically unclonable function by applying an electrical stress to the non-volatile resistive memory.

7. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry changes the physically unclonable function regularly or irregularly, and transmits information to an external server, the information obtained on a basis of the physically unclonable function that has been changed.

8. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the circuitry includes first and second conversion tables for the physically unclonable function, and

the circuitry changes the physically unclonable function by updating the second conversion table but not updating the first conversion table.

9. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein the circuitry performs a logical operation between the first conversion table and the updated second conversion table, and

the image forgery protection apparatus further includes a transmission circuit that transmits a result of the logical operation to an external server.

10. The image forgery protection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry generates digest data obtained from data of the unique response and the subject image data, and

the circuitry changes the subject image data by adding the digest data to the subject image data.