IP Library Granted Patent US 12,067,822
Granted Patent B2
US 12,067,822 · App. 17/801,664 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Gate device, authentication system, gate device control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Junichi Inoue (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G07C9/15G06V20/53G06V40/171G06V40/172G07C9/37G07C9/38G06V2201/07
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Patent No.
US 12,067,822
App. No.
17/801,664
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a gate device that accurately determines a user who is an authentication target. This gate device is provided with an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a gate control unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image from a camera. When a plurality of users are included in the acquired image, the setting unit specifies a user on the front row among the plurality of users in accordance with the respective positions of the plurality of users in the image, and sets the specified user as an authentication target person. The gate control unit controls a gate on the basis of a authentication result of the authentication target person.

Claims (54)

1. A gate device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform:

acquiring a first image from a first camera and a second image from a second camera, the first image and the second image having a common region;

in a case where heads of a plurality of users simultaneously appear in the common region of the first image and the second image, specifying a user in a foremost row among the plurality of users according to a position of each of the plurality of users in the common region of the first image and the second image, and setting the specified user as an authentication target person;

controlling a gate based on an authentication result of the authentication target person; and

in a case where the plurality of users appear in only the first image or in only the second image, setting an error result, wherein

the specified user is set as the authentication target person by:

setting a distance measurement band in the common region;

dividing the distance measurement band into a plurality of areas;

calculating, for each area, a distance to a camera installation surface of the first and second cameras, using a stereo method;

specifying a position where each of a plurality of distance peaks appears, a number of the plurality of distance peaks corresponding to a number of the plurality of users; and

specifying, as the user in the foremost row, a user corresponding to a position where a minimum distance peak appears.

2. The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein the first camera and the second camera are each installed at a predetermined angle with respect to a traveling direction of the plurality of users.

3. The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to perform:

specifying the user in the foremost row from the plurality of users located at an end on a side determined according to a traveling direction of the plurality of users and an installation position of the first camera and the second camera.

4. The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to\perform:

excluding any user having an interocular distance smaller than a predetermined value from being specified as the user in the foremost row.

5. The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to further perform:

in a case where the first camera and the second camera are installed on a right side with respect to a traveling direction of the plurality of users, specifying the user in the foremost row from the plurality of users appearing at a right end of the common region of the first image and the second image.

6. The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to perform:

in a case where the first camera and the second camera are installed on a left side with respect to a traveling direction of the plurality of users, specifying the user in the foremost row from the plurality of users appearing at a left end of the common region of the first image and the second image.

7. The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to perform:

transmitting an authentication request including biometric information of the authentication target person to a server device.

8. The gate device according to claim 7 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to perform:

transmitting the authentication request including a feature amount generated from a face image of the authentication target person to the server device.

9. A gate device control method performed by a gate device and comprising:

acquiring a first image from a first camera and a second image from a second camera, the first image and the second image having a common region;

in a case where heads of a plurality of users simultaneously appear in the common region of the first image and the second image, specifying a user in a foremost row among the plurality of users according to a position of each of the plurality of users in the common region of the first image and the second image, and setting the specified user as an authentication target person;

controlling a gate based on an authentication result of the authentication target person; and

in a case where the plurality of users appear in only the first image or in only the second image, setting an error result, wherein

the specified user is set as the authentication target person by:

setting a distance measurement band in the common region;

dividing the distance measurement band into a plurality of areas;

calculating, for each area, a distance to a camera installation surface of the first and second cameras, using a stereo method;

specifying a position where each of a plurality of distance peaks appears, a number of the plurality of distance peaks corresponding to a number of the plurality of users; and

specifying, as the user in the foremost row, a user corresponding to a position where a minimum distance peak appears.

10. A non-transitory_computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer mounted in a gate device to execute:

acquiring a first image from a first camera and a second image from a second camera, the first image and the second image having a common region;

in a case where heads of a plurality of users simultaneously appear in the common region of the first image and the second image, specifying a user in a foremost row among the plurality of users according to a position of each of the plurality of users in the common region of the first image and the second image, and setting the specified user as an authentication target person;

controlling a gate based on an authentication result of the authentication target person; and

in a case where the plurality of users appear in only the first image or in only the second image, setting an error result, wherein

the specified user is set as the authentication target person by;

setting a distance measurement band in the common region;

dividing the distance measurement band into a plurality of areas;

calculating, for each area, a distance to a camera installation surface of the first and second cameras, using a stereo method;

specifying a position where each of a plurality of distance peaks appears, a number of the plurality of distance peaks corresponding to a number of the plurality of users; and

specifying, as the user in the foremost row, a user corresponding to a position where a minimum distance peak appears.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2022
From: INOUE, JUNICHI
To: NEC CORPORATION
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