JP2003296517A - Passport owner confirmation device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an airport officer to visually easily perform the individual confirmation of an airplane passenger in international airlines. <P>SOLUTION: In this passport owner confirmation device and system in an international airport, the full-length photographic image of a leaving person is taken in departure examination, and the taken image is stored in association with its passport number. The image is also transmitted to a designation airport in advance, and in and after the second leaving of the passport owner, the photographic image is displayed in life size, whereby an airport officer can easily perform the individual confirmation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device and a system for an official to visually confirm that the holder of an identification card such as a passport is the owner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to safely operate an aircraft, passengers on the aircraft are checked for personal belongings by a metal detector and an immigration inspection. In particular, in order to confirm that the departure person, such as a passenger on an international flight, is the person himself / herself, the passport examiner visually checks the passport photograph with the passport holder.

Various techniques for authenticating an individual have been published as shown below.

Various methods of personal authentication are described in the document “Biometrics” edited by Japan Automatic Recognition System Association, Chapter 6, Biometrics Application Example, published by Ohmsha.

Various activities related to automatic recognition can be known from the document “Homepage of Japan Automatic Recognition System Association”. (Http://www.ai
mjapan. or. jp / index. html) You can know the trend of what is being talked about about automatic recognition in the document "Website of the automatic recognition comprehensive exhibition". (Http: //www.cnt-inc.c
o. jp / scantech / seminar. ht
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Some of the documents obtained by searching the “publication text” in the JPO electronic library with the keyword “personal authentication” are shown below. JP-A-2002-83298 Personal Authentication Device and Method Patent No. 2574755 Some of the documents obtained by using the personal authentication system keyword as "passport" are shown. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-035935 Passport and Immigration Control System Patent No. 2796685 using the passport Passport

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In order for an official to confirm that the holder of the passport identification document is the principal,
The confirmation was limited to only the face photograph, not the whole body of the person, not necessarily a highly accurate confirmation method, and the amount of work of the examiner increased, so the confirmation work was difficult. While the number of departing passengers such as aircraft passengers on the international flights is increasing, the emergence of a highly accurate and simple personal identification method to confirm the safety of operation of transportation such as aircraft is desired. Was there. In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a system in which an officer can comprehensively identify and judge the identity of the holder of the passport, and the physical appearance of the holder of the passport based on a photographic image of the entire body. The task is to do.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and system for easily visually comparing and confirming a life-size photographic image and the departure person.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, a photograph of the whole body of the departing person is taken at the departure airport, the photographed photograph is transmitted to the destination airport, and the country is further departed at the destination airport. In doing so, the main point is to provide a means for the photograph image of the departure person to be displayed at the time of the departure inspection so that the image and the person can be visually compared and confirmed on the spot by the airport officer. Here, since the photographic image of the whole body has a very large transmission amount, it is desirable that the photographic image requires a high-speed communication network such as a satellite communication line and is transmitted and received as soon as possible.

When a person who possesses a passport is about to leave the country, the officer in charge checks whether or not the person who possesses the passport is the person who owns the passport at the immigration control. Therefore, it is possible to visually confirm the identity of the person.

When the passport holder passes through the immigration gate, a means for photographing the whole body of the passport holder when the passport number is input is provided, and means for storing the photographed image in the disk device of the system is provided. Prepare

[0012] A means for knowing the destination airport of the departure person is provided, and a means for taking out a photographic image stored in association with the passport number of the departure person is provided, and the photographic image is communicated to the departure airport of the departure person. Via high-speed communication networks such as satellites,
It comprises means for transmitting in advance, means for receiving the photographic image at the destination airport, and means for storing in the disc of the system.

Means for determining the size of height, shoulder width, face and other body parts from the photographed photograph image, means for storing the determined dimensions, and means for displaying the stored dimensions on the display device Equipped with.

The present invention can be applied to the entrance / exit management at the entrance and exit even in general private companies that need to verify their identities using identification cards.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. When a passport holder boards an international flight, he / she is equipped with a device for reading the passport number in the process of immigration, a device for taking a photograph of the entire body, a means for storing the photographed image It is realized by including a means for transmitting, a means for receiving the transmitted photographic image, and a means for displaying the received photographic image. Further, it is provided with means for calculating the size of each part of the body from the photographed photograph image, and means for displaying the calculated dimension together with the photograph image on the display device. An officer at the airport visually judges a person who is going to pass through the inspection gate and a life-size image on a display device installed adjacent to the inspection gate to determine whether or not the person is the person himself / herself.

[0016]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 will be described. The inspection and display device 1 comprises a passport number reading device 2, an inspection gate 3, a photographing device 4 and a display device 5. When the passport holder 6 is going to pass through the inspection gate 3, it is installed adjacent to the inspection gate. The image 7 associated with the passport number is displayed on the display device 5. Passport holder 6
It is compared with the image 7 associated with the passport number, and it is visually determined by the airport officer 12 whether or not the person is the person. The entire body of the passport holder 6 is the photography device 4
It is shown that the image taken and stored in the disk device 8 of the system, and the stored image is transmitted to another airport by the transmitting means 9. The photographic image stored in the disk device 10 of the system is displayed as image 7, which is received by means 11 for receiving from another airport.

Next, FIG. 2 will be described. The photograph image of the passport holder taken in FIG. 1 is the high-speed communication line facility 13
This means that it is transmitted by the means 9 for transmitting to the destination airport via the, and is received by the means 11 for receiving at the destination airport and is displayed as the image 7. A device 14 having the same function as the device 1 is installed at each airport.

Photographs of passport holders obtained at other airports are transmitted / received via the high-speed communication line 13 at check-in at the airport before the entry / exit examination, and are collated and displayed in advance. You can be prepared.

FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 3 shows the actions of the immigrant and the inspector and the actions of the system related to the actions, from step S1 to step S6.
The explanation of the above is generally shown by a flowchart. That is, in step S1, when the passport holder first checks in for boarding procedures in the country of departure, or when checking in at step 6 to be described later, the passport number and the destination airport are set at the check-in counter. It shows the stage of registration in the disk device.

Step S2 shows the operation when the passport holder passes through the inspection gate, and shows the step in which the passport number is read by the passport number reading device.

Step S3 shows the movement of the system when the passport holder passes the inspection gate. When the passport holder leaves the country for the first time, a whole body image is taken and the taken photographic image is the disc of the system. The step of storing in the device shows the step of displaying the whole body photographic image associated with the passport number in the disk device of the system on the display device when the passport holder leaves the country for the second time or later.

Step S4 shows the action taken by the inspector when the passport holder passes the inspection gate. It shows a step of visually comparing and determining a difference.

Step S5 shows the movement of the system after the inspection is completed. The system shows a stage of transmitting a photographic image from the departure airport to the destination airport and receiving the photographic image at the destination airport. Is.

Step S6 indicates that the passport holder returns to Step 1 when he or she attempts to leave the destination airport.

It is possible to take a photographic image of the entire body not only at the departure inspection at the airport but also in advance at other public institutions and record it in the disk device 8 or 10 of the system. Is.

[0026]

The present invention has the following effects.

It is possible to confirm the immigration person himself / herself with the entire body, that is, with the body or figure. That is, the person can be identified with the whole body, not a part of the body. Furthermore, by installing a life-size display device for the entire body, it is possible to easily visually check the photograph image and the person on the spot.

The immigration person who is the holder of the passport does not have to impose a special burden, and the confirmation officer can perform the confirmation work relatively easily and accurately, and the time required for confirmation can be speeded up.

The measured height, shoulder width, face and other body parts are stored in this system, and by having a means that can be accessed at any time from any airport,
When the person enters or leaves the country at another airport, it contributes to further improvement of the matching accuracy of the person confirmation.

For an immigrant who does not have a photograph image of the person in the system, the fact can be displayed on the display device so that the person confirming work can be performed with a focus on attention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment using a body photography display device and a display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall view of a system for transmitting and receiving a photographic image between airports of various countries in a communication network according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart schematically showing the actions of the departure person and the inspector according to the present invention and the actions of the system related to the actions as steps S1 to S6.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,14 Inspection and display device 2 Passport number reader 3 inspection gate 4 Photographic equipment 5 Display device 6 Passport holder Image associated with 7 passport number Disk unit for 8 and 10 systems 9 Means of sending photographic images to other airports 11 Means of receiving photo images from other airports 12 Airport inspectors 13 High-speed communication line equipment

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A passport holder is provided with means for reading the passport number when passing through an immigration gate, and means for taking out the photograph image associated with the passport number from the disk device of the system. A passport holder confirmation device and system, which is provided with means for displaying, and in which an official can visually check and confirm the photographed image of a person who is about to leave the country. 2. The passport holder is allowed to enter the passport number when passing through the immigration gate, and provided with a means for taking a photograph of the whole body of the passport holder when the passport number is entered. The passport holder confirmation device and system according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing an image in a disk device of the system. 3. A means for obtaining a destination of the departure person, a means for extracting a photographic image stored in association with the passport number of the departure person, and the photographic image at the destination airport of the departure person. Equipped with means for sending before arrival of the aircraft,
2. The passport holder confirmation device and system according to claim 1, further comprising means for receiving a photographic image and storing it in a disc of the system at the destination airport. 4. A means for determining the dimensions of height, shoulder width, face and other body parts from photographed photograph images, means for storing the determined dimensions, and the stored dimensions on a display device. The passport holder confirmation device and system according to claim 1, which is displayed. 5. The device and system for confirming the holder of an identification certificate according to claim 1, wherein the passport is read as an identification card and the departure is read as an entrance or exit related to the identification card.