PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve speeding up of the collation processing of fingerprints and palm prints, simplification of system configurations and cost reduction of this system.SOLUTION: This collation system is provided with a collation object storage means for storing fingerprint/palm print data including fingerprint data and palm print data as the object of collation configured by the predetermined same data structure and a collation processing means for performing collation processing by reading a pair of fingerprint/palm print data as the object of collation.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】指紋と掌紋の照合処理の高速化を図ると共に、システム構成の簡素化、さらには、システムの低コスト化を図ること。【解決手段】予め定められた同一のデータ構造にて構成された照合対象となる指紋データ及び掌紋データを含む指掌紋データを記憶する照合対象記憶手段と、照合対象となる一対の前記指掌紋データを読み出して照合処理を行う照合処理手段と、を備えた。【選択図】図1