Granted Patent B2

US 12,548,393 · App. 18/287,934 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Hiroshi Osada (Tokyo, JP); Masayoshi Yamaura (Tokyo, JP); Osamu Sakaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Kojoh (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: NEC CORPORATION

G07C9/37

Abstract

Claims (36)

1 . A gate device connected to a server device that performs a first biometric authentication using biological information of each of a plurality of users, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor connected to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:

request, when a first user is detected in an authentication area a predetermined distance away from the gate device, the server device to perform the first biometric authentication on the detected first user;

in response to the first biometric authentication being successful, register biological information of the first user in a list of successfully authenticated persons;

in response to the first biometric authentication being unsuccessful, reject the biological information of the first user from being registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

execute, when a second user is detected at a first position closer to the gate device than the authentication area, a second biometric authentication by determining whether biological information of the second user detected at the first position matches biological information registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

execute, when a third user is detected at a second position in the gate device, a third biometric authentication by determining whether biological information of the third user detected at the second position matches the biological information registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

permit, when the third biometric authentication is successful, the third user to pass through a gate;

notify, when the second biometric authentication is successful, the second user that the second user can pass through the gate, and simultaneously notify a fourth user on a side opposite to a side where the second user is detected that the fourth user cannot pass through the gate; and

prevent, when the third biometric authentication is unsuccessful, the third user from passing through the gate.

2 . The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to delete biological information of a user in which a predetermined period has elapsed since registration of the biological information of the user to the list of successfully authenticated persons.

3 . The gate device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to delete the biological information of the third user from the list of successfully authenticated persons in response to the third user passing through the gate.

4 . The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to detect the first user in the authentication area.

5 . The gate device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to detect the first user based on an interocular distance calculated from a face image of the first user included in image data obtained by photographing the authentication area.

6 . The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to acquire biological information and a user ID of the first user from the server device, and register the biological information and the user ID in the list of successfully authenticated persons.

7 . The gate device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to transmit a gate passage notification including the user ID of the third user who has passed the gate to the server device.

8 . The gate device according to claim 1 , wherein biological information of a user is a face image of the user or a feature amount generated from the face image of the user.

9 . A method for controlling a gate device executed by a computer included in the gate device, the method comprising

requesting, when a first user is detected in an authentication area a predetermined distance away from the gate device, a first biometric authentication on the detected first user to a server device that performs the first biometric authentication using biological information of each of a plurality of users;

in response to the first biometric authentication being successful, registering biological information of the first user in a list of successfully authenticated persons;

in response to the first biometric authentication being unsuccessful, rejecting the biological information of the first user from being registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

executing, when a second user is detected at a first position closer to the gate device than the authentication area, a second biometric authentication by determining whether biological information of the second user detected at the first position matches biological information registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

executing, when a third user is detected at a second position in the gate device, a third biometric authentication by determining whether biological information of the third user detected at the second position matches the biological information registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

permitting, when the third biometric authentication is successful, the third user to pass through gate;

notifying, when the second biometric authentication is successful, the second user that the second user can pass through the gate, and simultaneously notifying a fourth user on a side opposite to a side where the second user is detected that the fourth user cannot pass through the gate; and

preventing, when the third biometric authentication is unsuccessful, the third user from passing through the gate.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer mounted on a gate device to execute processes of:

requesting, when a first user is detected in an authentication area a predetermined distance away from the gate device, a first biometric authentication on the detected first user to a server device that performs the first biometric authentication using biological information of each of a plurality of users;

in response to the first biometric authentication being successful, registering biological information of the first user in a list of successfully authenticated persons;

in response to the first biometric authentication being unsuccessful, rejecting the biological information of the first user from being registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

executing, when a second user is detected at a first position closer to the gate device than the authentication area, a second biometric authentication by determining whether biological information of the second user detected at the first position matches biological information registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

executing, when a third user is detected at a second position in the gate device, a third biometric authentication by determining whether biological information of the third user detected at the second position matches the biological information registered in the list of successfully authenticated persons;

permitting, when the third biometric authentication is successful, the third user to pass through gate;

notifying, when the second biometric authentication is successful, the second user that the second user can pass through the gate, and simultaneously notifying a fourth user on a side opposite to a side where the second user is detected that the fourth user cannot pass through the gate; and

preventing, when the third biometric authentication is unsuccessful, the third user from passing through the gate.

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