JP2004126829A - Visitor management system and its program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decide a type of entrance processing corresponding to the classification of a visitor based on a photographic image obtained by photographing the visitor. <P>SOLUTION: An entrance management server 11 decides the classification of a visitor by comparing a visitor photographic image obtained by photographing a visitor by an image photographing device 13 with each registerer photographic image registered in an image registration data base 14, and decides entrance processing of the visitor to be executed according to the classification. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a visitor management system and a program for managing visitors who enter a company or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, the company checks the entrance and exit of the premises in order to perform security management that prohibits unauthorized entry of third parties, for example, for employees, security guards when entering and exiting In this case, the user presents his / her own ID card, and in the case of a business entrant or the like, entry and exit procedures are performed at a security window or a reception window.
Conventionally, security management related to entrance and exit is performed by, for example, an ID card, an entrance / exit management terminal device using a captured image (see Patent Document 1), a reception management using voice input and image input of a visitor. A system (see Patent Document 2) is known.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-09-198538
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-11-027408
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, many people, such as part-timers, part-time workers, retirees, suspension of business, recruiters, suspicious persons, etc., frequently enter and leave the company, not only employees and traders, so there are many security officers and receptionists. It is necessary to have a person in charge, which increases labor costs.For example, even if a recruiter or suspicious person enters without going through a security window or reception window, the security person or receptionist It was difficult to perform security management reliably, for example, because they could not be aware of this, or they could misunderstand that they were an employee, a legitimate entrepreneur, or a person who had completed the entry procedure.
[0005]
It is an object of the first invention to be able to determine a type of entrance processing according to the type of a visitor based on a photographed image of the visitor.
A second object of the present invention is to be able to specify an unexited person who has not exited until the present time based on an attendant photographed image photographing an attendee and an exited person photographed image photographing an exited person. .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a photographing means for photographing a visitor and a photographed image of the registrant are stored and managed together with type information indicating the type for each registrant registered in advance. Registrant storage means for comparing the entrant photographed by the photographing means with each registrant photographed image in the registrant storage means to determine the type of the entrant; And a deciding means for deciding an entrance process to be executed on the basis of the type determined by the determining means.
Further, the present invention provides a computer with a program for realizing the main functions described in the first aspect of the present invention (the seventeenth aspect of the present invention).
[0007]
Therefore, the invention according to Claims 1 and 17 determines the type of the visitor by comparing the photographed image of the visitor photographing the visitor with a previously registered photographed image, and determines the type of the visitor according to the type. Is determined according to the type of the visitor, for example, employees, entry / exitors, part-timers, etc., and many security personnel Even without deploying a receptionist or receptionist, reliable security management and appropriate receptionist response can be easily realized, and the burden on security officers and receptionists can be greatly reduced. Become.
[0008]
The invention described in claim 1 may be as follows.
The reception terminal of the receptionist and the security terminal of the security person are connected via a network, and the determination means receives the reception terminal if necessary according to the type of the visitor. A notification process instructing a task is determined as an entrance process, and if security is required, a notification process instructing the security terminal to perform a security task is determined as an entry process (an invention according to claim 2).
Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention, if it is necessary to respond to the reception according to the type of the visitor, the reception terminal is instructed to perform the reception work. Notification processing to be performed is determined as admission processing, and if there is a need for security, the notification processing for instructing security operations to the security terminal is determined as entry processing. Tasks can be allocated to reception staff and security staff according to traders and the like, and required tasks can be reliably and smoothly performed by dedicated staff according to the type of visitors.
[0009]
The determination means, as a result of comparing the visitor captured image and each registrant captured image, when it is determined that the captured image corresponding to the registrant storage means is a non-registered person is not registered, The determining means determines, as an entry process, a process of notifying the reception terminal or the security terminal that the visitor is a first-time visitor (the invention according to claim 3).
Therefore, according to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the invention, when the visitor is a non-registered person, it is accepted that the visitor is a first-time visitor. Since the terminal or security terminal is notified, the receptionist and security officer do not notice, for example, recruiters, suspicious persons, etc. It is possible to respond appropriately and promptly to solicitors, suspicious persons, etc. without misunderstanding that they have done so.
[0010]
The registrant has condition storage means for storing and managing entry conditions for temporarily permitting the entry, and the discriminating means discriminates the type of the visitor, and as a result, the entry is temporarily permitted. If it is a temporary permitter, it is further determined whether or not the entrance condition of the visitor is met. If the entrance condition is met, the determining means instructs execution of the entrance record, If it does not match, the process of notifying the security terminal at least is determined as entry processing (the invention according to claim 4).
Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 1, if the visitor is a temporary permitter who is temporarily permitted to enter, the entry condition is met. If this is the case, the execution of the entry record is instructed, and if the entry conditions are not met, at least the security terminal is notified to that effect. Entrance to traders can be managed with restrictions.
[0011]
When the determining unit determines that the person is a banned person as a result of comparing the captured image of the visitor with the captured image of each registrant, the determining unit notifies the security terminal at least to that effect. The processing is determined as the entrance processing (the invention according to claim 5).
Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 5, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 1, when a banned person such as a business suspension company enters, at least a security terminal notifies that effect. , It is possible to promptly respond to the banned persons.
[0012]
Visit reservation storage means for storing and managing visit reservation information, and discriminating means for judging the presence or absence of a reservation by referring to the visit reservation memory means each time a visitor is detected. The process for notifying the reception terminal of the receptionist via the network of the presence or absence of the reservation of the attendant is determined as the entrance process (the invention according to claim 6).
Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 6, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 1, the presence or absence of a reservation is determined each time a visitor is detected, and the presence or absence of the reservation is notified to a reception terminal. Thus, the reception work can be facilitated.
[0013]
A photographing means for photographing the exiting person is provided, and as a result of comparing the exiting person photographed image photographed by this photographing means with the visitor photographing image, if both match, exit recording is performed, and if they do not match, This is notified to the security terminal of the security staff via the network (the invention according to claim 7).
Therefore, according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention, as a result of comparing the exited person photographed image obtained by photographing the exited person with the visitor photographed image, the two coincide. In the event of a disagreement, the exit record is recorded, and in the case of a mismatch, the security terminal is notified of this.Therefore, in addition to entrance / exit management, suspicious persons who did not enter from the proper entrance are detected when exiting It is possible to further enhance safety.
[0014]
When performing a notification process to the reception terminal and the security terminal, a photographed image of the visitor is transmitted together with message information indicating the content of the notification (the invention according to claim 8).
Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 8, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in any one of claims 1 and 2 to 7, in addition to the notification message to the reception terminal and the security terminal, the captured image of the visitor is also displayed. Since the transmission is performed together, the receptionist and the security officer can surely know the contents of the work by the message and can easily confirm the target person from a large number.
[0015]
Visit reservation storage means for storing and managing the visit reservation information; and discriminating means for discriminating the presence or absence of a reservation by referring to the visit reservation memory means each time a visitor is detected. When it is determined that there is a visitor, the visitor's terminal is notified that the visitor has come (the invention according to claim 9).
Therefore, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention, when there is a visit reservation, the fact that the visitor has arrived is transmitted to the terminal of the destination of the visit reservation. Since the notification is made, the burden on the receptionist can be reduced, and the visitor can be called quickly without making the visitor wait.
[0016]
When it is determined by the determining means that there is no visit reservation, the destination that the visitor has visited in the past is specified, and a notification that the visitor has arrived is sent to the terminal on the other end (claim Item 10)).
Therefore, according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to having the same effects as the first aspect of the present invention, when there is no visit reservation, the visitor is referred to the terminal of the partner side with whom the visitor has visited in the past. Since the visitor is notified, for example, if the visitor and the visitor are the same each time, it is not necessary to make a visit reservation each time, and the reservation work can be simplified. As well as being able to call the visitor quickly.
[0017]
Each legitimate member of the affiliated organization has personnel information storage means for storing and managing the entrance information as personnel information, and as a result of the discrimination of the type of the visitor by the discriminating means, the If the member is a member, the determination means determines a process of instructing entry recording to the personnel information storage means as an entry process (the invention according to claim 11).
Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 11, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 1, for example, when an employee enters, it is possible to record attendance without requiring special operation. It is possible to significantly reduce the burden on employees.
[0018]
The visitor photographed image photographed by the photographing means is an image obtained by specifying a person image from a photographed image photographing the entire vicinity of the entrance and performing enlargement processing, and then extracting a characteristic portion of a face image from the enlarged image. The feature comparison between the extracted image and the registrant photographed image is performed (the invention according to claim 12).
Therefore, according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention, after a person image is specified from a photographed image of the entire vicinity of the entrance and subjected to enlargement processing, Since the feature part of the face image is extracted from the enlarged image, even if the entire area near the entrance is photographed from a distance, a feature image of the face can be obtained for each visitor. When comparing the image with the registrant-captured image, the identity can be confirmed only by comparing the characteristic portion.
If each person image is analyzed to determine its gender, and height and fatness are also detected, it is possible to identify the person more reliably. That is, in addition to the feature extraction of the face image, gender, height, fatness, work clothes, and the like may be detected as auxiliary elements.
[0019]
As a result of comparing the photographed image of the visitor with each photographed image of the registrant, when the discriminating means determines that the person is a non-registered person, identification information for identifying the visitor is generated. The visitor photographed image photographed by the photographing means is registered in the registrant storage means (the invention according to claim 13).
Therefore, according to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention, when a non-registrant enters, the image of the visitor is registered together with the generated identification information. With this configuration, information on a new registrant can be automatically generated and registered without performing manual work.
[0020]
According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographing means for photographing a visitor and an exiting person, a visitor storage means for storing and managing a visitor photographed image photographed by the photographing means, and an entrance / exit system. Identification means for identifying an unexited person who has not exited by the present time by comparing the exited person photographed image stored in the person storage means with the exited person photographed image photographed at the time of exit by the photographing means. Is what you do.
Further, the present invention provides a computer with a program for realizing the main functions shown in the invention described in claim 14 (the invention described in claim 18).
[0021]
Therefore, the invention according to claims 14 and 18 specifies an unexited person who has not exited by the present time by comparing a photographed image of the admitted person with a photographed image of the exited person. , It is possible to identify the current unexited person only by comparing the photographed images of the visitors and the exited person without requiring the procedure at the time of entry or exit, or requesting the presentation of an ID card It becomes.
[0022]
The invention according to claim 14 may be as follows.
The type of the unleaved person specified by the specifying means is determined, and a terminal having the unleaved person or a security terminal on the security officer side is notified of the unleaved person via the network according to the type (claim Item 15)).
Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 15, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 14, a process of a type according to the type of the unattended person is performed. Appropriate measures can be taken according to the entrants, solicitors, etc.
[0023]
When the unexcluded person is identified by the identification means, it is determined whether or not a predetermined exit condition is met.If the condition is not met, the network is notified to the security terminal of the security officer side to that effect. In addition to this, the captured image is read out and transmitted (the invention according to claim 16).
Therefore, according to the sixteenth aspect of the invention, in addition to having the same effect as the inventions of the fourteenth and fifteenth aspects, if the unleaved person does not correspond to the predetermined leaving conditions, the fact is described. Notifying the security terminal and transmitting the photographed image, so that only those who have a particular problem can be notified to the security terminal, excluding those who have not yet left the event, and The security officer can easily confirm his / her confirmation by the photographed image.
[0024]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a LAN (local communication network) system built in a company.
This LAN system has a configuration in which a plurality of management systems are connected between LANs, centering on a core system, and an entrance management system 1, a reception management system 2, a security management system 3, a personnel management system 4, etc. are connected to a LAN (wired network / wireless network). (Network) 4.
[0025]
The entrance management system 1 has an entrance management server 11 as a core, and a person sensor 12 for detecting a visitor (person) near an entrance of the premises, and image photographing that operates in response to the detection of the person sensor 12. An apparatus 13 is provided.
Also, near the exit of the premises, a person sensor 12 for detecting a leaving person and an image photographing device 15 which operates in response to the detection of the person sensor 13 are installed. That is, FIG. 2 shows an arrangement state of the person sensor 12 and the image capturing device 13 installed in the vicinity of the doorway. In the vicinity of the security room GL (opposite to the entrance), a person sensor 12 and an image photographing device 13 for the exiting person oriented in the campus are arranged. ing. In the figure, AC indicates a reception counter, and circles indicate persons.
[0026]
The entrance management server 11 controls the overall operation of the entrance management system 1. The server 11 has various types of information such as an image registration DB (database) 14, an entry / exit management database 15, and an entrance management database 16, which will be described later. Database is provided.
The person sensor 12 detects a surrounding person (human image) by combining, for example, a light-blocking sensor that detects light shielding of infrared rays or a visual sensor, and performs processing on an image obtained by the visual sensor to detect a person. Upon detection, the detection signal is given to the entrance management server 11.
The image photographing device 13 is a high-quality still camera that converts a subject image into a digital image using a CCD area sensor as an image sensor, and performs wide-angle photographing in response to a detection signal from the corresponding person sensor 12. Then, every time a photograph is taken, the photographed image is transferred to the entrance management server 11.
[0027]
The reception management system 2 has a reception management server 21 for processing reception operations as a core, and is connected to a portable reception terminal 22 possessed by a plurality of receptionists via a wireless network. The server 21 is provided with a visitor database 23 and a reservation registration database 24 to be described later.
The security management system 3 has a security management server 31 as a core. The security management system 3 is connected via a wireless network to a portable security terminal 32 owned by a plurality of security officers, and communicates with a security company over a wide area. Connected via a network.
The personnel management system 4 has a personnel management server 41 as a core, and is connected to terminals (not shown) for personnel personnel. The server 41 is provided with an employee database 42 for managing employee information, and a time card database 43 for managing employee attending and leaving times.
[0028]
In this embodiment, for example, the data is digitized (packetized) between the servers 11, 21, 31 and the corresponding terminals 22, 32, etc. by an HTTP protocol using a TCP / IP communication protocol. Data is transmitted and received, and data processing is performed in cooperation with each other while recognizing mutually necessary processing contents based on data including coded control information. Each of the servers 11, 21, and 31 has various server functions such as a database server function and a Web server function. Each of the terminals 22 and 32 has a Web browser function and the like.
[0029]
3 shows various databases provided on the entrance management server 11 side, (A) is an image registration database 14, (B) is an entrance / exit management database 15, (C) is an entrance management database 16 FIG.
The image registration database 14 stores and manages a face image and the like for each registrant registered in advance, and corresponds to a “registration code” assigned to each registrant (employee, entrepreneur, etc.). , The “registered image” and the “type level” are stored. The “registered image” is a photographed image of the face of each person, and the “type level” is the type of the visitor, that is, “employee”, “entry / exporter”, “no entry”, “visitor” Type identification information for designating any of the “person”. It should be noted that the contents of the image registration database 14 are registered by photographing the face of each person by the time of initial startup after the system is constructed.
[0030]
In this case, the entrance management server 11 compares the photographed image (face image) of the visitor photographed by the entrance image photographing device 13 with the registered image (face image) registered in the image registration database 14. By doing so, the type of the visitor is determined, the entrance process to be performed on the visitor is determined according to the type of the visitor, the reception operation is instructed to the reception terminal 22, the security terminal 32 Is instructed to provide security services. At this time, if the person is a non-registered person (first visitor), the reception terminal 22 or the security terminal 32 is notified that the visitor is the first visitor.
[0031]
The trader management database 15 stores and manages information on traders arbitrarily set in advance for each trader, and includes, for each trader, a “registration code”, a “name of trader”, a “date and time of entry conditions”, a “date of exit”. The “condition date and time” is stored. Here, “entrance condition date and time” indicates the month, day, day of the week, and time zone for which entry is permitted, and “exit condition date and time” indicates the date and time to be exited. The date and time regulates the entry and exit of the entrepreneur.
[0032]
Each time a visitor is detected, the entrance management database 16 stores and manages the visitor. For each visitor, a “registration code”, “entrance date and time”, “exit condition date and time”, and “exit date and time” are stored. , And “photographed image”. The “registration code” is read from the image registration database 14 when the visitor is a registrant registered in the image registration database 14 such as an employee, a entrant or the like. Is read from the trader management database 15 when the visitor is a trader. The “entrance date and time” indicates the current date and time at the time of entry, the “photographed image” indicates a face image photographed at the time of entry, and the “exit date and time” indicates the current date and time at the time of exit.
[0033]
4A and 4B show various databases provided on the personnel management server 41 side. FIG. 4A shows the contents of the employee database 42 and FIG. 4B shows the contents of the time card database 43.
The employee database 42 is a normal database for personnel management, and stores "employee number", "employee name", "affiliation name", "contact information", and "registration code" for each employee. Has become. The “contact” is, for example, an e-mail address.
The time card database 43 is a normal database for personnel management, and is configured to store “employee number”, “work-in date”, and “work-out date” for each employee.
[0034]
5A and 5B show various databases provided on the reception management server 21 side, wherein FIG. 5A shows the contents of the visitor database 23 and FIG. 5B shows the contents of the reservation registration database 24.
The visitor database 23 stores and manages "registration code", "visitor name", "last visit date and time", and "previous in-house person in charge" for each visitor. Sometimes read from the image registration database 14. The “last visit date and time” indicates the date and time when the current visitor visited last time, and the “previous in-house person name” is the name of the person who interviewed at the last visit.
The reservation registration database 24 stores and manages the contents of the reservation every time a visit reservation is received, and stores and manages "reservation date and time", "reservation place", "visitor name", and "in-house person in charge". It has become.
[0035]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing basic components of the entrance management server 11.
The CPU 101 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the entrance management server 11 according to an operating system and various application software in the storage device 102. The storage device 102 has a program storage area and a data storage area. In the program storage area, various application programs are stored in addition to the operating system. A database 14, an entry / exit management database 15, an entry management database 16, and the like are stored, and are constituted by a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory or the like and its driving system. The recording device 102 may have a configuration in which a removable storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD can be mounted in addition to a fixed memory such as a hard disk. The programs and data in the storage device 102 are loaded into a RAM (for example, a static RAM) 103 as needed, or the data in the RAM 103 is saved in the storage device 102.
[0036]
The RAM 103 has a program execution area and a work area. Further, the CPU 101 can directly access and use a program / data of another electronic device via the communication device 104, and can receive a download via the communication device 104. The communication device 104 is a wired / wireless communication interface.
On the other hand, an input device 105 and a display device 106, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 101 via a bus line, and the CPU 101 controls the operations according to an input / output program.
[0037]
Next, an operation algorithm of the LAN system in this embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, the functions described in these flowcharts are stored in the form of readable program codes, and sequentially execute operations according to the program codes. Further, the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium can be sequentially performed. That is, an operation unique to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data externally supplied via a transmission medium in addition to a recording medium.
[0038]
FIGS. 7 and 9 are flowcharts showing the operation of the entrance management server 11 which is started in response to the detection of the person on the entrance side.
First, upon receiving a detection signal transmitted from the entrance-side person sensor 12, the entrance management server 11 activates the entrance-side image photographing device 13 to acquire a photographed image of the entire vicinity of the entrance (step S1). A1) After specifying a person image from the captured image and performing enlargement processing, one face image is extracted from the enlarged image (step A2). Then, the image registration database 14 is searched based on the photographed image (face image) (step A3), and the face image is compared with each registered image (face image) in the image registration database 14 to obtain the photographed image. It is checked whether there is a registered image corresponding to (step A4). In this case, a feature portion is extracted from the captured image, and the feature comparison with each registered image is performed. At this time, after correcting the captured image to the orientation and size of the face of the registered image, the outline of the face and the eyes are corrected. In addition to individually comparing the shape, position, size, hairstyle, presence / absence and type of glasses, and the like of the mouth, nose, forehead, etc., image comparison is performed by comprehensively comparing them.
[0039]
Here, if the image does not correspond to any of the registered images (if NO is determined in step A4), that is, if the visitor is a non-registered person (first visitor), the person image The clothing part is extracted from the inside, and the clothing of the person is determined by comparing with a clothing pattern prepared in advance (step A5), and it is checked whether the clothing is for business (step A6). Here, if the first visitor is wearing business clothes, the photographed image (person image) is transmitted to the reception terminal 22 and the security terminal 32 on the entrance side together with a message indicating that the visitor is the first visitor (step A7). . Thereby, the security officer monitors the first visitor to the reception desk, and the receptionist performs the first visitor registration process between the reception terminal 22 and the entrance management server 11. The first visitor registration process will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS.
[0040]
If it is clothing other than business (step A6), the photographed image (person image) is transmitted to the security terminal 32 on the entrance side together with a message indicating that the person is a person requiring attention (step A8). This allows the security guard to monitor the behavior of a first-time visitor who may be a person of interest.
Then, the entrance management server 11 checks whether or not another person is included in the captured image of the entire vicinity of the entrance (step A9). If another person is included, the process returns to step A3. Hereinafter, the above operation is repeated (steps A3 to A9).
[0041]
On the other hand, as a result of performing the feature comparison between the captured image and the registered image, if the visitor is a registrant (step A4), the entrance management server 11 determines the “registration code” associated with the registered image and The “type level” is acquired from the image registration database 14 (step A10), the current date and time is acquired as the entrance date and time, and an entrance management record is generated based on the “registration code”, “entrance date and time”, and “photographed image”. And register it in the entrance management database 16 (step A11). Then, the "type level" of the registrant is determined (step A12), and it is checked which of "employee", "entry / exporter", "no entry", and "existing visitor".
[0042]
If the type of the visitor is an employee (step A13), the message is not transmitted to the reception terminal 22 and the security terminal 32, and the entry of the employee is permitted as it is. At this time, the personnel management system 4 is accessed. To record the date and time of work. That is, the entrance management server 11 acquires the “employee number” corresponding to the “registration code” from the employee database 42 by transmitting the “registration code” to the personnel management server 41 (step A14). Is transmitted to the personnel management server 41 by adding the “entrance date and time” to the personnel management server 41, thereby instructing the time card database 43 to record the “entrance date and time” corresponding to the employee as the attendance date and time (step A15).
[0043]
If the type of the visitor is a trader (step A16 in FIG. 8), the system accesses the trader management database 15 based on the “registration code”, and enters “entry condition date and time”, “ After acquiring the exit condition date and time (step A17), the “entry condition date and time” is compared with the “current date and time” to check whether the entry condition is satisfied (step A18). Here, if the conditions are met, the captured image (person image) is transmitted to the security terminal 32 on the entrance side, together with a message indicating that the person is a trader (step A19).
[0044]
In this case, the security officer checks the belongings of the entrepreneur while confirming the identity with the person image, and if there is no problem, permits the entrance and notifies the entrance management server 11 to that effect.
Then, the entrance management server 11 accesses the entrance management database 16 based on the “registration code” and records “exit condition date and time” in the corresponding record (step A20).
[0045]
On the other hand, if the entry conditions are not satisfied (step A18), the captured image (person image) is transmitted to the security terminal 32 on the entrance side together with a message indicating that entry and exit are not permitted (step A21). In this case, the security officer regulates the entrance of the entrepreneur while confirming the identity with the person image.
Further, when the type of the visitor is a no-entry person (step A22), the person image is transmitted to the entrance-side security terminal 32 together with a message indicating that entry and exit is not permitted (step A21).
[0046]
If the type of the visitor is an existing visitor (NO in step A22 in FIG. 8), the “registration code” -corresponding “visitor name” is acquired from the visitor database 23 in the reception management system 2 and (Step A23 in FIG. 9), the current date and time are acquired, and the reservation registration database 24 is searched based on the “current date and time” and the “visitor name” to check whether there is a reservation record at the current time (step A24). Here, if there is a visit reservation (step A25), a message indicating that a visitor (reservation customer) has arrived, and the contents of the reservation record are transmitted to the reception terminal 22 together with the photographed image (person image) (step A25). A26). As a result, the receptionist performs tasks related to the visit reservation, such as guiding the visitor to the reception room.
[0047]
Next, the "in-house staff name" is read from the reservation registration database 24, the "in-house staff name" is transmitted to the personnel management server 41, the "contact information" is acquired from the employee database 42, and the "in-house staff" is addressed to the in-house staff. A visit notification is made by e-mail (step A27). Then, the visitor database 23 is accessed, and the “last visit date and time” and the “last in-house person in charge” in the corresponding record are updated (step A28).
If there is no visit reservation (step A25), the "previous in-house person in charge" that was visited at the previous visit is acquired from the visitor database 23 (step A29), indicating that an unreserved visitor has come. The message, the photographed image (person image), and the name of the person in charge in the last time are transmitted to the reception terminal 22 (step A30).
[0048]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a visitor registration process on the reception terminal 22 side, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a visitor registration process on the entrance management server 11 side.
First, the reception terminal 22 selects the photographed image of the first visitor on this display screen in a state where the photographed image transmitted from the entrance management server 11 is displayed and output (step B1), and the first visitor. In addition to the "visitor name" and the "in-company person in charge" inquired from, the current date and time are input as "visit date and time" in the corresponding item positions on the display screen (step B2). The “captured image”, the “visitor name”, the “in-company person in charge”, and the “date and time of visit” in this display screen are data for one record, and a registration request for requesting registration of this record data is managed. The data is transmitted to the server 11 (step B3).
[0049]
In this case, the entrance management server 11 starts executing the flowchart of FIG. 11 in response to the registration request from the reception terminal 22.
First, when the entrance management server 11 receives the “photographed image”, “visitor name”, “in-company person in charge”, and “visit date / time” transmitted from the reception terminal 22 (step C1), the first visit is performed. After a new "registration code" to be assigned to the user is generated (step C2), a registration record having the items "registration code", "photographed face image", and "type level" is generated, and an image registration database is created. 14 is newly registered (step C3). At this point, the content of the “type level” is left blank, and batch setting is performed later by batch processing.
[0050]
Next, the entrance management server 11 performs a registration process to the entrance management database 16 and the visitor database 23. That is, an entrance management record having items of “registration code”, “entrance date and time”, and “photographed image” is generated and registered in the entrance management database 16 (step C4). Further, a visitor record having items of “registration code”, “visitor name”, “in-house staff name”, and “visit date / time” is generated and registered in the visitor database 23 (step C5).
[0051]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the entrance management server 11 which is started to be executed in response to the detection of the person on the exit side.
First, when the entrance management server 11 receives the detection signal transmitted from the exit-side person sensor 12, the entrance management server 11 activates the exit-side image photographing device 13 to acquire a photographed image of the entire exit vicinity (step S1). D1) After identifying and enlarging a person image from the captured image, a face image is extracted from the enlarged image (step D2). Then, the entrance management database 16 is searched based on the photographed image (face image) (step D3), and the characteristics of the photographed image (face image) and each photographed image in the entrance management database 16 are compared. It is checked whether there is a corresponding visitor (step D4).
[0052]
As a result, if the image corresponds to an image of any one of the visitors, that is, if a visitor registered in the entrance management database 16 leaves (step D4), a corresponding entrance management record is designated. After recording the current date and time as the exit date and time in the designated record (step D5), the image registration database 14 is accessed based on the "registration code" read from the designated record, and the corresponding "type level" is obtained (step D5). D6). Then, this "type level" is determined, and it is checked whether or not it is an employee type (step D7).
[0053]
If the employee leaves the office (step D7), the "registration code" is transmitted to the personnel management server 41 to obtain the "employee number" corresponding to the "registration code" from the employee database 42 (step D8). ), The current date and time (the date and time of leaving the work) are recorded in the record in the time card database 43 corresponding to the "employee number" (step D9).
On the other hand, if the exited person is not an entry registered in the entrance management database 16, that is, if an unconfirmed person exits (step D4), a message indicating that the unconfirmed person has exited is displayed together with a message indicating that the unconfirmed person has exited. The captured image is transmitted to the security terminal 32 (step D10). In this case, the security officer confirms the identity of the exiting person and inquires of the entrance route while confirming the identity of the exiting person.
[0054]
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the exit management process that is periodically executed by the entrance management server 11.
First, the entrance management server 11 acquires the system date and time and performs a regular check to check whether it is on the hour (step E1), and if it is not on the hour, checks whether it has reached the closing time (step E5). Here, if it is the hour, the entrance management database 16 is accessed every hour, the “exit date and time” and the “current date and time” are compared, and a record exceeding the exit date and time is searched (step E2). If there is a corresponding record (step E3), the captured image at the time of entry is read and transmitted to the security terminal 32, and it is instructed to arrange for a person who has survived the exit condition (step E4). Hereinafter, the above operation is repeated every hour.
[0055]
On the other hand, when the closing time has been reached (step E5), the access management database 16 is accessed to search for an unexited record in which the “exit date and time” is not recorded (step E6). (Step E7), the “registration code” is read from the record, the image registration database 14 is searched based on the “registration code”, and the corresponding “type level” is obtained (step E8). Then, it is determined whether the employee is the employee type (step E9). As a result, if the employee remains, the "registration code" is transmitted to the personnel management server 41, and the "registration code" corresponding to the "registration code" is transmitted from the employee database 42. An employee number, a "name", and a "contact" are acquired (step E10), and a captured image at the time of entry is transmitted to the security terminal 32 together with the "name" and "contact" (step E11).
[0056]
Further, even after the closing time, if a person other than an employee remains (step E9), the photographed image at the time of entry is transmitted to the security terminal 32, and a person remaining after the closing time is arranged. Instruct what to do (step).
Then, it is checked whether or not all the unleaved persons have been searched, that is, whether or not the search has been completed up to the last record in the entrance management database 16 (step E12). , And the above operation is repeated.
[0057]
As described above, in this embodiment, the entrance management server 11 compares the resident image captured by the image capturing device 13 with each registrant image registered in the image registration database 14. Since the type of the visitor is determined, and the entrance process to be performed on the visitor is determined according to the type, for example, a fine-grained entrance process is performed according to an employee, a contractor, a part-timer, and the like. It is possible to implement reliable security management and appropriate reception response easily without having to deploy many security personnel and reception personnel, and also to provide security personnel and reception personnel. Can be greatly reduced.
[0058]
In this case, the entrance management server 11 determines a notification process for instructing the reception terminal 22 to perform a reception operation as the entrance process if there is a need for reception according to the type of the visitor, and The notification process for instructing the security operation to the security terminal 32 is determined as the admission process. For example, the business is assigned to the receptionist and the security officer according to the entry / exit trader, the business suspension trader, the solicitor, and the like. It is possible to divide the work and perform necessary tasks according to the type of visitors by the dedicated staff reliably and smoothly.
[0059]
Also, as a result of comparing the photographed image of the visitor with each photographed image of the registrant, if it is determined that the visitor is a non-registered person, the reception terminal 22 and the security terminal 32 are notified that the visitor is the first visitor. Therefore, the receptionist and security officer do not notice the entrance of recruiters, suspicious persons, etc., or misunderstand that they are employees, legitimate entrepreneurs, or those who have completed the entry procedure. It is possible to respond appropriately and promptly to solicitors, suspicious persons, etc. without doing so.
[0060]
The entrance management server 11 instructs execution of the entrance record if the entrance condition is met and the entry condition is met, and if the entry condition is not met, the entry management server 11 This is notified to the security terminal 32, so that, for example, entry to a part-timer, part-time job, or a temporary trader can be managed with restriction.
In addition, when a banned person, such as a business suspension supplier, enters, the security terminal 32 is notified of the fact, so that a prompt response to the banned person is possible.
[0061]
The entrance management server 11 refers to the reservation registration database 24 each time a visitor is detected to determine the presence or absence of a reservation, and notifies the reception terminal 22 of the presence or absence of the reservation, so that the reception business can be facilitated. It becomes.
In addition, when there is a visit reservation, the fact that the visitor has arrived is notified to the terminal of the visitor destination, so that the burden on the receptionist can be reduced and the visitor can be kept waiting. You can quickly call the visitor without having to do so.
Further, when there is no visit reservation, the visitor is notified that the visitor has come to the terminal of the other party that the visitor has visited in the past. Are the same, it is not necessary to make a visit reservation each time, making it possible to simplify the reservation business and quickly call the visitor.
[0062]
The entrance management server 11 compares the exited person photographed image obtained by photographing the exited person with the entranced person photographed image. As a result, if the two coincide, the exit management server 11 records the exit, and if not, the security terminal 321 informs the security terminal 321 of the exit record. Since the notification is made, it is possible to detect a suspicious person or the like who has not entered from a regular entrance when the vehicle leaves, in addition to the entrance / exit management, and it is possible to further enhance safety.
Note that the entrance management server 11 transmits the photographed image of the visitor together with the notification message to the reception terminal 22 and the security terminal 32. It is possible to surely know the contents of the work and to easily confirm the target person from a large number.
[0063]
When the employee enters, the entrance management server 11 accesses the personnel management server 41 and records the attendance. Therefore, the entrance management server 11 can perform the attendance record without requiring a special operation when the employee goes to work. Thus, the burden on the employees can be greatly reduced.
When a non-registrant enters, the photographed image of the visitor is registered in the image registration database 14 together with the automatically generated registration court, so that information about the new registrant can be registered without performing manual work. It can be automatically generated and registered.
[0064]
In addition, the entrance management server 11 specifies a person image from a captured image of the entire vicinity of the entrance, performs enlargement processing, and then extracts a characteristic portion of the face image from the enlarged image. Even if the entire area near the entrance is photographed, a feature image of the face can be obtained for each visitor, and when comparing the visitor photographed image with the registrant photographed image, only the characteristic part is taken. Identity verification can be performed simply by comparing. At this time, after correcting the captured image to the face direction and size of the registered image, the shape, position, size, hairstyle, presence / absence and type of glasses, etc. of the face outline, eyes, mouth, nose, forehead etc. are individually In addition to the comparison, the image comparison is performed by comprehensively comparing them, so that the identity can be surely confirmed.
[0065]
The entrance management server 11 specifies an unexited person who has not left until the present time by comparing the visitor image captured in the entrance management database 16 with the exit image captured at the time of exit. Therefore, even if you do not require the procedure at the time of entry or exit, or request the presentation of an ID card, you can easily identify the current unexited person simply by comparing the photographed images of the visitors and the exited person. It becomes possible to specify.
[0066]
In this case, the entrance management server 11 executes a process of a type corresponding to the type of the unattended person, so that an appropriate response can be made according to, for example, an employee, a entrant, a soliciting agent, and the like.
In addition, when the unleaved person does not correspond to the predetermined leaving conditions, the security terminal 32 is notified of the fact and the photographed image is transmitted. Except for the person with the problem, only the person who has a particular problem can be notified to the security terminal 32, and the person in charge of security can easily confirm the person with the captured image.
[0067]
In the above-described embodiment, a large number of visitors can be photographed from the front if the entrance is narrowed and the entrance is narrowed to one or two rows. And the feature extraction becomes easy.
In the above-described embodiment, the face image of the visitor is compared with the face image of the registrant. In addition to the feature extraction of the face image, the captured image is analyzed as If height, weight, work clothes, and the like are detected, more accurate identity verification can be performed. In this case, gender, height, fatness, and work clothes may be registered in the image registration database 14 together with the photographed images.
[0068]
In the embodiment described above, as the type level of the visitors, "employee", "entry / exporter", "no entry", and "visitor" are determined, but the type is not limited to this. For example, the “employee” may be divided into a regular employee and another employee such as a part-timer, or the “entrepreneurs” may be classified and sorted according to the transaction results such as years of transaction.
In the above-described embodiment, the date and time are limited as a condition for the temporary permitter. However, for example, the entry area may be restricted. Not limited to the trader, a part timer or the like may be used.
[0069]
On the other hand, a recording medium (for example, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, a RAM card, or the like) in which a program code for causing each of the above-described units to be executed may be provided to the computer.
That is, a recording medium having a program code that can be read by a computer, a function of storing and managing a photographed image of a registrant together with type information indicating the type for each pre-registered registrant, A function of comparing the captured image of the entrant with the registrant captured image and determining the type of the entrant, and determining an entrance process to be performed on the entrant according to the determined type. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for realizing the functions is recorded may be provided.
[0070]
A storage medium having a computer-readable program code, wherein a function for storing and managing an attendee photographed image of an attendee is compared with the exit photographed image photographed at the time of exit. Accordingly, a computer-readable recording medium that records a program for realizing a function of specifying a person who has not exited until the present time and which has not exited may be provided.
[0071]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first invention (the invention described in claim 1), the type of the visitor is determined by comparing the image of the visitor photographed by the visitor with the image registered in advance. The entrance process to be executed for the visitor is determined, so that detailed entrance process can be executed according to the type of the visitor, for example, employees, entrants, part-timers, etc. Security management and appropriate receptionist response can be easily realized without deploying security personnel and receptionists, and the burden on security personnel and receptionists is greatly reduced. It is also possible.
According to the second invention (the invention according to claim 14), an unexited person who has not exited so far is specified by comparing a photographed image of an admitted person with a photographed image of an exited person. Therefore, even if you do not require the procedure at the time of entry or exit, or require the presentation of an ID card, you can identify the current unexited person only by comparing the captured images of the visitors and the exited person It is possible to do.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a LAN system built in a company.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an arrangement state of a person sensor 12 and an image capturing device 13 installed near an entrance.
3 shows various databases provided on the entrance management server 11 side, (A) is an image registration database 14, (B) is an entrance / exit management database 15, (C) is an entrance management database 16 FIG.
4A and 4B show various databases provided on the personnel management server 41 side. FIG. 4A shows the contents of an employee database 42, and FIG. 4B shows the contents of a time card database 43.
5A and 5B show various databases provided on the reception management server 21 side, wherein FIG. 5A shows the contents of a visitor database 23 and FIG. 5B shows the contents of a reservation registration database 24;
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing basic components of the entrance management server 11.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of the entrance management server 11 which is started in response to detection of a person on the entrance side.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the entrance management server 11 following FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the entrance management server 11, following FIGS. 7 and 8;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a visitor registration process on the reception terminal 22 side.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a visitor registration process on the entrance management server 11 side.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an operation of the entrance management server 11 started to be executed in response to detection of a person on the exit side.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing exit management processing that is periodically executed by the entrance management server 11;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 entrance management system
2 reception management system
3 Security management system
4 Personnel management system
11 Admission management server
12 People sensor
13 Image capturing device
14 Image registration database
15 Vendor Management Database
16 Admission Management Database
21 Reception management server
22 Portable reception terminal
23 Visitor Database
24 Reservation registration database
31 Security Management Server
32 Portable Security Terminal
41 Human Resources Management Server
42 Employee Database
43 Time Card Database
101 CPU
102 storage device
104 Communication device
105 Input device
106 display device

Claims (18)

Photographing means for photographing the visitors,
For each registrant registered in advance, registrant storage means for storing and managing a photographed image of the registrant together with type information indicating the type,
Determining means for determining the type of the visitor by comparing the photographed image of the visitor photographed by the photographing means with each photographed image of the registrant in the registrant storage means;
Determining means for determining an entrance process to be executed for the visitor according to the type determined by the determining means;
A visitor management system characterized by comprising: It is connected via a network to the reception terminal of the receptionist and the security terminal of the security person,
The determining means determines, as entry processing, a notification process for instructing a reception operation to the reception terminal if there is a need for reception according to the type of the visitor, and to the security terminal if there is a need for security. Determine the notification process that instructs security work as entrance processing,
The visitor management system according to claim 1, wherein: The determination means, as a result of comparing the visitor captured image and each registrant captured image, when it is determined that the captured image corresponding to the registrant storage means is a non-registered person is not registered, The determining means determines, as an entry process, a process of notifying the reception terminal or the security terminal that the visitor is a first visitor.
The visitor management system according to claim 2, wherein A condition storage unit for storing and managing entrance conditions for temporarily permitting the entrance for each of the registrants,
As a result of determining the type of the visitor, if the determination unit is a temporary permitter who is temporarily permitted to enter, further, it determines whether the entrance condition of the visitor is met,
The determining means instructs execution of the entry record when the entry condition is satisfied, and determines a process of notifying the security terminal at least when the entry condition is not satisfied as the entry process. ,
The visitor management system according to claim 2, wherein When the determining unit determines that the person is a banned person as a result of comparing the captured image of the visitor with the captured image of each registrant, the determining unit notifies the security terminal at least to that effect. Determine the processing as admission processing,
The visitor management system according to claim 2, wherein Visit reservation storage means for storing and managing visit reservation information;
Determination means for determining whether or not a reservation is made by referring to the visit reservation storage means each time an visitor is detected;
Is provided, and the determining means determines a process of notifying the presence or absence of the determined visitor to the reception terminal of the receptionist via a network as the entrance process,
The visitor management system according to claim 1, wherein: A photographing means for photographing the exited person is provided,
As a result of comparing the exited person photographed image photographed by the photographing means with the visitor photographed image, if both coincide, the exit recording is performed, and if they do not coincide, the security terminal on the security officer side notifies that fact. Notify via network,
The visitor management system according to claim 1, wherein: The receiving terminal, when performing a notification process to the security terminal, also transmits a photographed image of the visitor along with message information indicating the notification content,
The visitor management system according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein: Visit reservation storage means for storing and managing visit reservation information;
Determining means for determining presence / absence of reservation by referring to the visit reservation memory means each time a visitor is detected;
Is provided, and when it is determined by the determination means that there is a visit reservation, the visitor's terminal is notified that the visitor has come,
The visitor management system according to claim 1, wherein: When it is determined by the determination means that there is no visit reservation, the visitor specifies a partner who has visited in the past, and notifies the terminal of the partner that the visitor has come.
The visitor management system according to claim 9, wherein: For each legitimate member of the affiliated organization, there is a personnel information storage means for storing and managing the entrance information as personnel information,
As a result of the discrimination of the type of the visitor by the discriminating means, if the visitor is a legitimate member, the determining means determines a process of instructing entry recording to the personnel information storage device as an entry process. ,
The visitor management system according to claim 1, wherein: The visitor photographed image photographed by the photographing means is an image obtained by specifying a person image from a photographed image photographing the entire vicinity of the entrance and performing enlargement processing, and then extracting a characteristic portion of a face image from the enlarged image. Performing a feature comparison between the extracted image and the registrant photographed image,
The visitor management system according to claim 1, wherein: As a result of comparing the photographed image of the visitor with each photographed image of the registrant, when the discriminating means determines that the person is a non-registered person, identification information for identifying the visitor is generated. Registering the visitor photographed image photographed by the photographing means in the registrant storage means,
13. The visitor management system according to claim 1, wherein the visitor management system comprises: Photographing means for photographing visitors and exits,
An attendee storage means for storing and managing an attendee photographed image photographed by the photographing means,
Identifying means for identifying an unexited person who has not exited by the present time by comparing an exited person photographed image stored in the entrance / exited person storage means with an exited person photographed image photographed at the time of exit by the photographing means. When,
A visitor management system characterized by comprising: The type of the unattended person specified by the specifying means is determined, and a notification that the terminal has not been exited via a network is sent to a terminal having an unattended person or a security terminal on the security officer side according to the type. When the unexcluded person is identified by the identification means, it is determined whether or not a predetermined exit condition is met.If the condition is not met, the network is notified to the security terminal of the security officer side to that effect. And send and read the captured image,
The visitor management system according to claim 15, wherein Against the computer
For each registrant registered in advance, a function of storing and managing a photographed image of the registrant together with type information indicating the type,
A function of comparing the visitor photographed image photographing the visitor with each of the registrant photographed images to determine the type of the visitor,
A function of determining entrance processing to be performed on the visitor according to the determined type;
The program to realize. Against the computer
A function to store and manage the images taken by the visitors,
A function of identifying an unexited person who has not exited by the present time by comparing the exited person image and the exited person image taken at the time of exit,
The program to realize.

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