HITACHI : Traceablility and Identification Solutions for Secure and Comfortable Society

March 2004

AUTHORS

Shoji Moriyama	Business Pathfinding Center, Smart Identification Solutions Div., Information and Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Hiroko Tanabe	Smart Card Consulting Dept., Smart Identification Solutions Div., Information and Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Shigeru Sasaki	Business Pathfinding Center, Smart Identification Solutions Div., Information and Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Shinya Toyomura	Business Pathfinding Center, Smart Identification Solutions Div., Information and Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.

OVERVIEW

As the ubiquitous information society is truly being realized, the need to identify individuals is increasing in municipal, traffic, financial and administrative services, medical treatment and welfare, education, and other such fields. In conventional authorization by means of credit cards, etc. (confirmation of validity by expiration date, detection of misuse, etc.) and authentication on the Internet (confirming legitimacy over a network by means of entry of a user ID (identification) and password, etc.), confirmation of the identity of the user is indirect. Recently, however, research has been moving closer to solving problems that arise from the inability to directly identify an individual, such as misrepresentation of the producing area and forgery. Hitachi, Ltd. has developed a solution based on traceability that is achieved with ultra-compact, non-contact technology and IC (integrated circuit) chips and a new card standard that combines IC cards and memory. In addition to solving these problems, our objective is a convenient social infrastructure that is comfortable and secure.

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RELEVANT SITES

	µ-chip(mu-chip)
	MOPASS CONSORTIUM
	Traceability Solution (Japanese Only)
	The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only)

KEYWORDS

traceability, µ-chip, mu-chip, RFID, MOPASS Consortium, mobile

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