Passage management computer program product, passage management method, and passage management device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024144762-A1
Application number	US-202318454909-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 24, 2023
Priority date	Oct 31, 2022
Publication date	May 2, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a passage management computer program product, acquiring processing of identification information acquires identification information of a user read by a reading unit that is installed in a passage area and that reads the identification information from an authentication medium. Acquiring processing of photographed image acquires a photographed image of the passage area. Among one or more face image regions in the photographed image, specifying processing specifies a face image region of a user who is carrying the authentication medium as a passerby face image. When the passerby face image matches with a pre-stored face image corresponding to the identification information, authenticating processing authenticates the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an authorized person, and when the passerby face image does not match with the pre-stored face image, authenticates the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an unauthorized person.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A passage management computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute:
acquiring identification information of a user read by a reading unit that is installed in a passage area and that reads the identification information from an authentication medium; acquiring a photographed image of the passage area; specifying, among one or more face regions in the photographed image, a face image region of a user who is carrying the authentication medium as a passerby face image; and when the passerby face image matches with a pre-stored face image corresponding to the identification information, authenticating the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an authorized person, and when the passerby face image does not match with the pre-stored face image, authenticating the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an unauthorized person.

2 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein
among the one or more face image regions in the photographed image, the specifying specifies the face image region of the user who is carrying the authentication medium when the reading unit reads the identification information from the authentication medium, as the passerby face image.

3 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein
the specifying includes specifying a carrying part of the authentication medium in a body of a user captured in the photographed image, from the photographed image; and among the one or more face image regions in the photographed image, specifying the face image region of the user having the specified carrying part as a part of the body, as the passerby face image.

4 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 3 , wherein
the specifying of the passerby face image specifies the face image region of the user with the carrying part as the part of the body, as the passerby face image, using a positional relation between the carrying part based on skeleton information of the user in the photographed image, and a face image position of each of the one or more face image regions based on the skeleton information in the photographed image.

5 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 3 , wherein the carrying part is a hand of the user.

6 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein
the acquiring procedure captures at least a single image of the passage area when the reading unit reads the identification information.

7 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 3 , wherein
the acquiring of the photographed image acquires a plurality of photographed images of the passage area taken in time series, and the specifying of the carrying part specifies the carrying part by estimating the carrying part of the authentication medium when the reading unit reads the identification information, based on the photographed images.

8 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein
the instructions cause the computer to further execute outputting an authentication result by the authenticating.

9 . The passage management computer program product according to claim 1 , wherein
the instructions cause the computer to further execute controlling an entrance opening/closing drive unit provided in the passage area, to allow or restrict the user to pass through the passage area, according to an authentication result by the authenticating.

10 . A passage management method executed by a control unit, the passage management method comprising:
acquiring identification information of a user read by a reading unit that is installed in a passage area and that reads the identification information from an authentication medium; acquiring a photographed image of the passage area; specifying, among one or more face image regions in the photographed image, a face image region of a user who is carrying the authentication medium as a passerby face image; and when the passerby face image matches with a pre-stored face image corresponding to the identification information, authenticating the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an authorized person, and when the passerby face image does not match with the pre-stored face image, authenticating the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an unauthorized person.

11 . A passage management device comprising:
an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information of a user read by a reading unit that is installed in a passage area and that reads the identification information from an authentication medium; a photographed image acquisition unit that acquires a photographed image of the passage area; a specification unit that, among one or more face image regions in the photographed image, specifies a face image region of a user who is carrying the authentication medium as a passerby face image; and an authentication unit that, when the passerby face image matches with a pre-stored face image corresponding to the identification information, authenticates the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an authorized person, and when the passerby face image does not match with the pre-stored face image, authenticates the user who is carrying the authentication medium as an unauthorized person.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Saito Hiroo
• Yamaguchi Osamu

Classifications

• G06V40/161

  Detection; Localisation; Normalisation · CPC title

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• G07C9/25

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

• G07C9/15 Primary

  with arrangements to prevent the passage of more than one individual at a time · CPC title

• G07C9/10 Primary

  Movable barriers with registering means · CPC title