US 12,001,531 B2
Patient authentication system and patient authentication method
Kana Oya, Kyoto (JP); Hiroshi Okumura, Kyoto (JP); Junpei Sakaguchi, Kyoto (JP); and Tomoharu Okuno, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/071,726.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-231197 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0192030 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/50 (2022.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 21/32 (2013.01) [A61B 6/5294 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06V 40/50 (2022.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient authentication system comprising:
a medical device configured to perform an examination on a patient,
a reception machine configured to acquire a patient reference identification information, which is identification information for identifying the patient, and a patient reference bio-information, which is biometric information with characteristics that differ from individual to individual;
a server configured to store the patient reference identification information acquired by the reception machine in association with the patient reference bio-information;
a patient bio-information acquisition unit configured to acquire a patient authentication bio-information, which is bio-information with characteristics that differ from individual to individual, about the patient;
wherein the medical device includes a control unit,
wherein the control unit is configured to acquire an examination order, which is information about the examination using the medical device, in association with a patient identification information, which is the identification information about the patient, and
wherein the server is configured to extract the reference identification information corresponding to the patient identification information associated with the acquired examination order from a plurality of stored patient reference bio-information, and configured to extract the patient reference bio-information stored in association with the patient reference identification information, and
wherein the server or the control unit is configured to authenticate the patient based on the patient authentication bio-information acquired by the server and the patient reference bio-information extracted by the server; and
wherein a control unit is configured to perform control of the medical device based on an authentication result which is a result of authentication by the server or the control unit.