COMPOSITE MACHINE AND PERSON AUTHENTICATION METHOD IN COMPOSITE MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composite machine and a person authentication method in the composite machine which can authenticate an individual user without the need for the user to make jobs for person authentication at all and smoothly shift from the person authentication to a succeeding operation on the basis of the person authentication so as to considerably enhance the operability of its own authentication job. SOLUTION: The composite machine is provided with an RF ID control section 206 for contactlessly reading authentication information of the user by means of a radio wave from a memory card 300. A personal information server I/F section 208 transmits authentication information read from the memory card 300 to a personal information server 102 to inquire about whether or not the personal information of the user is registered. A touch panel 204 displays a message denoting a fact of completed authentication to the user whose registration is confirmed via a panel control section 205. Further, the composite machine acquires a customized menu of the user whose registration is confirmed from the personal information server 102 and displays the menu on the touch panel 204. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI