A personal identification device for executing personal identification by employing
living body characteristics of a user. The device includes an identification condition
data reader for reading identification condition data specifying at least one living
body characteristic stored in a portable storage media carried by the user for
the personal identification, a living body characteristic detector for detecting
from the user the living body characteristic corresponding to the identification
condition data read by the identification condition data reader, and an identifier
for performing personal identification by comparing the living body characteristic
detected by the living body characteristic detector with the living body characteristic
data of users previously obtained.
