Face authentication system and face authentication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11676439-B2
Application number	US-202017122556-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	Jan 14, 2020
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

A face authentication system including a storage to store a face image of each of a plurality of persons who are permitted to enter in advance and information on a zone; an image processing unit to detect a face of at least one person in an image captured by at least one camera having identification information, and generate a face cut-out image of the at least one person; a zone determination unit to determine a zone where a person in the face cut-out image is captured; a collation unit to collate the face cut-out image with the face image of each of the plurality of persons; and an output control unit to, when it is determined that there is not a face of a person appearing in the face cut-out image, superimpose a detection frame indicating a face of a person who is not permitted to enter the zone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A face authentication system comprising:
a memory configured to store, in advance, a face image of each of a plurality of persons that is permitted to enter a zone in association with information on the zone;
a processor configured to detect faces of a plurality of people in an image captured by a camera having identification information, and generate face cut-out images obtained by cutting out detected face portions of the plurality of people;
the processor configured to determine a zone where the image is captured based on the identification information of the camera;
the processor configured to collate the face cut-out images with the face image of each of the plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the zone;
the processor configured to display the face cut-out images of the plurality of people; and
the processor configured to, when the processor determines by collation that a face image of a first one of the plurality of people appearing in the face cut-out images is not among the face image of each of the plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the zone, superimpose a detection frame indicating the face image of the first one of the plurality of people that is not permitted to enter the zone on one of the face cut-out images corresponding to the first one of the plurality of people,
wherein, when the processor determines by collation that a face image of a second one of the plurality of people appearing in the face cut-out images is among the face image of each of the plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the zone, the processor does not superimpose the detection frame on one of the face cut-out images corresponding to the second one of the plurality of people.

2. The face authentication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the memory further stores, in association with the face image of each of the plurality of persons, information on an expiration date for which entry in the zone is permitted;
wherein the processor further determines whether the expiration date corresponding to the face image of the second one of the plurality of people, that is permitted to enter the zone, has expired when the processor determines by the collation that the second one of the plurality of people is permitted to enter the zone; and
wherein the processor superimposes the detection frame indicating the face image of the second one of the plurality of people whose expiration date has expired on a second one of the face cut-out images corresponding to the second one of the plurality of people when the processor determines that the expiration date has expired.

3. The face authentication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the memory further stores, in association with the face image of each of the plurality of persons, information on an expiration date for which entry in the zone is permitted; and
wherein the processor deletes, from the memory, a face image of a person whose expiration date has expired, and deletes the information on the zone and the information on the expiration date which are stored in association with the face image of the person whose expiration date has expired.

4. The face authentication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the memory stores information on an expiration date for which entry in the zone is permitted in association with the face image of each of the plurality of persons, and continuously stores a face image of a person whose expiration date has expired, and continuously stores the information on the zone and the information on the expiration date which are stored in association with the face image of the person whose expiration date has expired.

5. A face authentication method comprising:
storing, in advance, a face image of each of a plurality of persons that is permitted to enter a zone in association with information on the zone;
detecting faces of a plurality of people in an image captured by a camera having identification information, and generating face cut-out images obtained by cutting out detected face portions of the plurality of people;
determining a zone where the image is captured based on the identification information of the camera;
collating, by a processor, the face cut-out images with the face image of each of the plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the zone;
displaying, by the processor, the face cut-out images of the plurality of people; and
when the processor determines by collation that a face image of a first one of the plurality of people appearing in the face cut-out images is not among the face image of each of the plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the zone, superimposing a detection frame indicating the face image of the first one of the plurality of people that is not permitted to enter the zone on one of the face cut-out images corresponding to the first one of the plurality of people,
wherein, when the processor determines by collation that a face image of a second one of the plurality of people appearing in the face cut-out images is among the face image of each of the plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the zone, the processor does not superimpose the detection frame on one of the face cut-out images corresponding to the second one of the plurality of people.

6. The face authentication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the memory stores, in advance, a face image of each of a second plurality of persons that is permitted to enter a second zone in association with information on the second zone,
the processor is configured to collate the one of the face cut-out images of the first one of the plurality of people that is not permitted to enter the zone with the face image of each of the second plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the second zone, and
the processor is configured to, when the processor determines by collation that the first one of the plurality of people that is not permitted to enter the zone is permitted to enter the second zone, output the one of the face cut-out images with the detection frame together with the face image of one of the second plurality of persons which indicates that the first one of the plurality of people is permitted to enter the second zone,
whereby the one of the face cut-out images with the detection frame is different than the face image of the one of the second plurality of persons which indicates that the first one of the plurality of people is permitted to enter the second zone.

7. The face authentication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the memory stores, in advance, face images a second plurality of persons that is permitted to enter a plurality of zones in association with information on the plurality of zones, the zone being one of the plurality of zones,
the processor is configured to collate the one of the face cut-out images of the first one of the plurality of people that is not permitted to enter the zone with the face images of the second plurality of persons that is permitted to enter the plurality of zones, and
the processor is configured to, when the processor determines by collation that the first one of the plurality of people that is not permitted to enter the zone is not permitted to enter any of the plurality of zones, output the one of the face cut-out images with the detection frame together with indicia which indicates that the first one of the plurality of people is not permitted to enter any of the plurality of zones.

8. The face authentication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor, when the processor determines by collation that there is the face image of the second one of the plurality of people appearing in the face cut-out images among the face image of each of the plurality of persons th

Assignees

• Panasonic I Pro Sensing Solutions Co Ltd
• I Pro Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wakako Takeshi
• Miyata Eisaku
• Fukada Akihiko
• Kawamoto Koji
• Tsuneno Masashige
• Ishikawa Junichi
• Kamada Haru

Classifications

• G07C9/37 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition · CPC title

• G06V40/50

  Maintenance of biometric data or enrolment thereof · CPC title

• G06V10/24

  Aligning, centring, orientation detection or correction of the image · CPC title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title

• G06V40/166

  using acquisition arrangements · CPC title