Authentication device, vehicle, and authentication method

Claims

1. A means of identifying a user boarding a mobile vehicle using biometric information or personal identification information provided by the user, An adjustment means adjusts the seat of the mobile body so that the part that takes the user's biometric information is in a predetermined positional relationship with the camera, using pre-configured information about the identified user. The camera captures the aforementioned body part of the user and provides an authentication means for biometric authentication, An authentication device equipped with the following features.

2. The authentication device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment means completes the adjustment of the seat between the time the user opens the door of the mobile body and the time the user sits in the seat of the mobile body.

3. The authentication device according to claim 1, wherein the identifying means is an authentication device that acquires the user's biometric information using a camera that photographs the outside of the moving body.

4. The identification means identifies the user using the first biometric information, The authentication device according to claim 1, wherein the authentication means performs biometric authentication of the user using a second biometric information different from the specified means.

5. The authentication device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment means adjusts the height of the seat surface and the amount of forward and backward movement of the seat surface to set the camera and the part that takes the user's biometric information in a predetermined positional relationship.

6. The authentication device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment means adjusts the seat of the mobile body so that the camera and the part that takes the user's biometric information are at a predetermined distance from each other.

7. The authentication device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment means adjusts the position of the camera instead of adjusting the seat, so that the camera and the part that takes the user's biometric information are in a predetermined positional relationship.

8. In place of the aforementioned specific means, a second camera capable of photographing the figure of a user attempting to board the mobile vehicle, The system includes an estimation means for estimating the user's physique from an image captured by the second camera, The authentication device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment means adjusts the seat of the mobile body so that the camera and the part that takes the user's biometric information are in a predetermined positional relationship, based on the user's physique, instead of using information set in advance for the identified user.

9. A vehicle equipped with an authentication device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The system identifies the user boarding the mobile vehicle using biometric information or personal identification information provided by the user. Using the pre-configured information for the identified user, the seat of the mobile body is adjusted so that the part that captures the user's biometric information is in a predetermined positional relationship with the camera. The camera captures the aforementioned body part of the user and performs biometric authentication. Authentication method.