An object of the present invention is to reduce the equipment cost and management cost to share the registration information and authentication process. The apparatus includes a terminal group including plural terminals that acquires a face image (CRM terminal group 4), a storage unit where a plurality of registered face images are registered (8), the face image according to the authentication request from the terminal There was relayed authentication portion group (FA sensor group 10) including a plurality of authentication unit for one of the authentication process to match any of the registered face image, and the authentication unit group and the terminal group, a plurality of the terminal and a relay section for distributing a plurality of the authentication unit by dispersing a plurality of the authentication request by the simultaneous use and (FA gateway 12).BACKGROUND 1
展开▼