JP2002070379A - Entrance management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an entrance management device capable of preliminarily storing the entrance management external individual information for a person of a remote place. SOLUTION: The actual image data transferred from a personal computer 53 in the remote place is stored in a second actual image gaining memory 29 through a management personal computer 51. When a second characteristic registration switch 23 is turned on in the state that an entrance monitoring switch 21 is turned off, a one-short actual image stored in the second actual image gaining memory 29 is displayed in a display 25 in step S31. When a manager inputs the name of the person of the remote place displayed on the display 25 through a key input device 26 (step S32), a characteristic part is extracted from the one-shot actual image (step S33), and the characteristic part and name data as external individual information are stored in conformity to the empty pointer address of a memory part 24 (steps S34-37).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an entry management device, and more particularly to registration of entry management external personal information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of entrance management device, for example, a sensor is provided at an entrance and exit to detect a visitor, and external personal information of the visitor detected from the sensor is recorded in advance. It is known that only a specific person who matches with and matches a room management external personal information is allowed to enter the room.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional room entry management apparatus, the only way to newly register the room management external personal information is to register directly with the room entry management apparatus. There is a drawback in that a person who is scheduled to visit for the first time cannot register external personal information of the person in advance, and cannot enter the room without a manager or the like at the time of the visit. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an entrance management apparatus capable of storing external personal information for entrance management of a remote person in advance.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an entrance management device provided at an entrance, a sensor for detecting a visitor's external personal information, and a visitor's external personal information. The storage means for storing, and the external personal information of the visitor detected by the sensor and the external personal information stored in advance in the storage means are collated and the visitor is allowed to enter the room through the entrance, provided that they match. This is characterized in that external personal information transmitted to a communication terminal connected to a communication line can be stored in the storage means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a video camera for photographing a visitor is provided, and the visitor checking means extracts a characteristic portion by processing an image photographed by the video camera. An extraction unit, and a determination unit that compares the characteristic unit extracted by the characteristic unit extraction unit with the characteristic unit stored in the storage unit to check the visitor, and includes a visit schedule transmitted to the communication terminal. The feature is that the feature is extracted from the actual image of the person by the feature extracting means, and the feature portion is stored in the storage means.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a prospective visitor in a remote place transmits his / her external personal information in advance from a communication terminal via a communication line. The information is transmitted to the management communication terminal connected to the entry control device at the visit destination. Here, the room entry management device can store the external personal information transmitted to the management communication terminal in the storage means, so that the prospective visitor visits the visit destination for the first time. Also, the external personal information of the person can be stored in advance in the storage means of the entry management device. Therefore, even at the time of the first visit, the external personal information detected by the sensor and the external personal information stored in the storage means coincide with each other, and entry into the room is permitted. In this way, the prospective visitor at a remote place can store his / her external personal information in advance in the storage means of the entry management apparatus by transmitting his / her external personal information to the management communication terminal via the communication line. From the time of the visit, it is possible to enter a state where entry into the entry management device is permitted.

<Invention of claim 2> According to the configuration of claim 2, the prospective visitor transmits, as his / her external personal information, the actual image of the person. Then, the characteristic portion of the actual image transmitted to the management communication terminal is extracted by the characteristic extracting unit, and the characteristic unit can be stored in the storage unit as external personal information.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The entry management device 10 of the present embodiment is an unmanned entry management device, and includes a monitoring unit 40 provided at a front door and an entry control unit 20 provided indoors. The monitoring unit 40 includes a camera 42 for photographing a visitor and an entry switch 41, and the entry control unit 20 includes a display 25 for displaying an image captured by the camera 42 of the monitoring unit 40, a key input device 26. , Entry monitoring switch 21, first feature registration switch 2
The second and second feature registration switches 23 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the monitoring unit 40, a monitoring unit image signal processing unit 43 processes an image signal from the camera 42, and controls the control unit 30 of the entry control unit 20 and the first real image. The data is transmitted to the acquisition memory 28.

On the other hand, a storage unit 24 composed of a semiconductor memory is provided in the entry control unit 20, and constitutes a database composed of items of pointer address, characteristic data and name data. In addition, separately from the storage unit, the first one-time temporarily storing the one-shot actual image data of the visitor is provided.
An actual image acquisition memory 28 and a second actual image acquisition memory 29 are provided. The first real image acquisition memory 28
Stores one-shot actual image data from the monitoring unit image signal processing unit 43 for one visitor each time the visitor presses the entry switch 41. The second real image acquisition memory 29 stores real image data transmitted from a management personal computer 51 connected to a remote personal computer 53 via a public communication line 52 for each transmission.

A liquid crystal display 25 is connected to a control section 30 in the entry control section 20 via an entry control section image signal processing section 27, and an image is taken by the camera 42 of the monitoring section 40. The image signal sent to the entrance control unit 20 can be displayed on the display 25 in real time.

The control unit 30 includes a feature extraction unit 31.
And a determination unit 32. Among them, the feature extraction unit 31
Extracts the characteristic portion from the one-shot real image data received from the first real image acquisition memory 28 and the second real image acquisition memory 29. Here, as will be apparent from the operation description to be described later, when the entry monitoring switch 21 is turned on, the extracted feature data is determined by the determination unit 32.
Send to Then, the determination unit 32 compares the transmitted feature data with the feature data read from the storage unit 24. On the other hand, when the first feature registration switch 22 or the second feature registration switch 23 is turned on, the feature data extracted by the feature extraction unit 31 is stored in the storage unit 24 corresponding to the automatically assigned pointer address. Is written to.

Now, the hardware configuration of the present embodiment is as described above. Next, the operation will be described with reference to a flowchart of a program executed by the control unit 30. The description of the operation should clarify the software configuration of the present embodiment. <At the time of entry control> When entry control of a visitor is to be executed, the entry monitoring switch 21 of the entry control unit 20 is turned on. Then, when the visitor turns on the entrance switch 41, the control shown in the flowchart (entrance management routine) of FIG. 3 is executed. First, in steps S11 to S18, a personal identification check is performed. First, the feature extraction unit 31 extracts a feature from the one-shot real image acquired from the first real image acquisition memory 28 (steps S11 and S12), and the determination unit 32 reads the external unit read from the storage unit 24. It is compared with the characteristic part data as personal information to determine whether they match (steps S14 to S16). These steps are executed in the order of the pointer addresses until the characteristic parts match or the characteristic part data stored in the storage unit 24 is exhausted (step S17). If they match, the result is "YES", and the match flag is set (step S18).
Next, when the feature parts match (the match flag is set), "YES" is determined in step S19, and the door of the entrance is unlocked (step S20).
This allows only a specific visitor to enter the room from the entrance. On the other hand, if the characteristic portions do not match (the match flag is not set), the door is not unlocked, and a message indicating refusal to enter the room is reproduced from the speaker (not shown) of the monitoring unit 40 (step S21).

<Registration of External Personal Information from Camera 42 of Monitoring Unit 40> When a new feature of a visitor is desired to be registered via the camera 42 of the monitoring unit 40, the administrator turns off the entry monitoring switch 21. Then, the first feature registration switch 22 is turned on. Then, the control shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 (first feature registration routine) is executed.
First, in step S21, the one-shot real image stored in the first real image
5 is displayed. Next, when the manager inputs the name of the visitor displayed on the display 25 with the key input device 26 (step S22), the feature is extracted from the one-shot actual image (step S23), and the external personal information is extracted. Is stored in association with the empty pointer address of the storage unit 24 (step S24).
To 27).

<Registration of Remote Personal Information of Remote Person> Now, when it is desired to newly register the external personal information of a remote person, the administrator first enters the information via the personal computer 53 at the remote place.
A request is made to transfer the person's actual image data to the management personal computer 51. In the present embodiment, the real image data is transferred via the public communication line 52 by attaching a real image of a remote person taken by a digital camera as a file to Internet mail. The transferred real image is stored in the second real image acquisition memory 29 via the management personal computer 51. Next, the entry monitoring switch 2
With the 1 turned off, the second feature registration switch 23 is turned on. Then, the control shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 (second feature registration routine) is executed. First, in step S31, the one-shot real image stored in the second real image acquisition memory 29 is displayed on the display 25. Next, when the administrator inputs the name of the remote person displayed on the display 25 with the key input device 26 (step S32), the feature is extracted from the one-shot actual image (step S33), The characteristic part / name data as personal information is stored in association with the empty pointer address of the storage unit 24 (steps S34 to S34).
7). Thereby, if the entry monitoring switch 21 is turned on again, then, when the remote person actually visits and turns on the entry switch 41 of the monitoring unit 40, the flowchart of FIG. The control shown in the entry control routine) is executed and the lock is released.

As described above, the entry management device 1 of the present embodiment
According to 0, the external personal information for checking the entrance of the visitor is stored not only as the one-shot actual image taken by the camera 42 of the monitoring unit 40 but also as the actual image data transmitted from the management personal computer. It can be recorded in the unit 24. Thus, even if external personal information of a remote person is obtained in advance by obtaining the real image of the person via the Internet, the real image data is also stored in the storage unit 2 by the administrator.
4 can be stored. Therefore, it is possible to enter a state where entry into the entry management device is permitted from the first visit of the person at the remote place.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.
In addition to the following, various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. (1) In the above embodiment, the transmitted real image data of the remote person is connected to the management personal computer 51 and the entry management device 10 via a communication line, and
It is assumed that the actual image data is written to the storage unit 24 by the operation of the management personal computer 51 by assuming that the storage unit 24 is a movable information recording medium such as a floppy disk. May be written on a floppy disk.

(2) In the above embodiment, the target to be collated for recognizing the visitor is a feature extracted from an actual image taken by the camera 42 or an actual image transmitted from a remote person. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a characteristic portion extracted from a human fingerprint, voice, or iris as long as it can recognize an individual. However, external personal information to be transmitted by a general-purpose digital camera or microphone can be acquired even if the remote PC is a commercially available PC as long as it is a real image or sound.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the collation target is one feature extracted from the image. However, the present invention is not limited to this. There may be more than one, such as making the featured part a collation target.

(4) In the above embodiment, the management personal computer 51 and the remote personal computer 53 are connected by a public communication line. However, the present invention is not limited to this. External personal information may be transmitted using in-house mail.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an entry control unit and a monitoring unit.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the contents of control.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an entry control routine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a first feature registration routine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a second feature registration routine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 intercom 20 entry control unit 21 entry monitoring switch 23 second feature registration switch 24 storage unit 30 control unit 31 feature extraction unit 32 determination unit 40 monitoring unit 42 camera 51 management personal computer 52 ... Public communication line 53 ... Remote computer

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sensor provided at a doorway for detecting external personal information of a visitor, storage means for storing the external personal information of the visitor, and external personal information of the visitor detected by the sensor. A visitor check unit that allows the visitor to enter the room through the entrance on the condition that the personal information is matched with the external personal information stored in the storage unit, and is connected to a communication line. An entry management device, wherein the external personal information transmitted to the selected communication terminal can be stored in the storage means. 2. A video camera for photographing a visitor is provided, wherein the visitor checking means performs image processing on an image photographed by the video camera and extracts a characteristic part thereof; A determining unit for comparing the characteristic part extracted by the part extracting means with the characteristic part stored in the storage means to check a visitor; and determining the actual number of the visitor transmitted to the communication terminal. 2. The entrance management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a feature of the image is extracted by the feature extracting unit, and the feature portion is stored in the storage unit.