JP2004312513A - Entrance management system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify a person and his/her related persons who have entered based on a personal image in which the person is photographed at the entrance time, and guide that the person has entered to the related persons. <P>SOLUTION: A management server 1 specifies an entering person by comparing a personal image photographed by an entrance camera 3 at the entrance time and respective registered personal images in a visitors image database and an employees image database, and further, specifies a related person to the entering person by referring to a reception reservation database, a visitor history database, and a notification destination database when necessary, and guides that the person has entered to the relating persons. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an entrance management system and a program for performing entrance management based on a photographed image of a visitor to a premises.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as an entrance management system that performs entrance management based on a photographed image of a visitor to a premises, for example, a visit to a parent household or a child household by analyzing a photographed image of a visitor in a general household is known. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known an intercom system for a plurality of households that recognizes a visit to a home and connects to an intercom for a parent household or an intercom for a child household based on the recognition result (see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-352400A
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, various visitors, such as relatives, friends, and diplomats, visit the general household. In the intercom system described above, however, the visitor to the parent household may be based on a photographed image of the visitor. Even if it is possible to recognize the visit to the child household, it does not recognize who the visit is to, and respond appropriately to visitors who are common to the parent and child households. There was a problem that could not be done.
By the way, visitors to the company (for example, entrepreneurs, etc.) go through the reception procedure and tell the person in charge of this visit (in-house person in charge) to call, but for the call through the reception, For example, when the reception is crowded, the person in charge cannot be called immediately, and the visitor may be kept waiting for a long time. Also, since the in-house staff can know for the first time that a visitor has arrived at the time of receiving the call from the reception, if they start preparing for the meeting after receiving the call, Time and visitors are kept waiting.
On the other hand, visitors (traders, etc.) often have a number of other related parties in the company other than this visitor due to their business, Even if there is a time when you want to meet with the visitor and give the documents at the time of the visit, the person concerned often misses the opportunity without knowing that the entrepreneur is visiting, There was a problem that double and triple labor was required, such as revisiting a new day or mailing documents separately.
[0005]
An object of the present invention is to specify a person who has entered and a related person based on a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of entry, and to guide the related person that the person has entered. That is.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 (first invention) is an entrance management system for performing entrance management based on a photographed image of a visitor to a premises, wherein each registered person is registered in advance. A person information storage unit that stores and manages a person image that has captured the person, and a person information storage unit that stores and manages a person who has a relationship with the registered person. Identifying the person who has entered by comparing the image with the image, identifying means for identifying the person associated with the person, and indicating that the person identified by the identifying means has entered the person. Guidance output means for outputting information for providing guidance to a related person.
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 eighth aspect of the present invention).
[0007]
Therefore, the inventions of claims 1 and 8 specify a person who has entered and a related person by comparing a person image photographing the person at the time of entry with each registered person image. As a result, the registered person can be notified when the registered person enters, and a quick response is possible. For example, when a visitor such as a entrepreneur enters the company, the person in charge of this meeting prepares for the meeting by using the time from the visitor's entry to going to a meeting place such as a reception room. In addition, if another employee has an urgent business with one employee, the employee can immediately know the attendance status at the same time as the employee comes to work. Become. This applies not only to companies but also to general households and the like.
[0008]
The invention described in claim 1 may be as follows.
The specifying means specifies a visitor by comparing a person image photographing the person at the time of the visitor's entrance with each registered person image in the personal information storage means, and is associated with the visitor. And the guide output means notifies the specified visitor of the visitor to the visit destination of this visit and also visits other related parties other than the visitor. The guidance is notified (the invention described in claim 2).
Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to having the same effect as the invention described in claim 1, in addition to notifying the visitor of the visitor to the visiting partner of the present visit, Was notified to other stakeholders, so that other stakeholders could visit visitors who are visiting on other business occasions, visit the visitor, It is possible to promote smooth and rationalization of the entire business, such as handing over and making sufficient preparations for meetings using the time until the end of the meeting with the visitor. . This is effective in general households, for example, for visiting common friends and acquaintances.
[0009]
When a visitor is identified based on a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of the visitor's entry, the guide output means accumulates the past visit status if there is no advance reservation with the current visitor. With reference to the visited history information, the visitor is identified and the visitor is notified of the visitor who has visited in the past (the invention according to claim 3). Therefore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention, even if there is no advance reservation with the current visitor, the visitor can visit the past. Because the destinations that have been visited are specified and the visit guidance is notified, for example, if the destinations are fixed, such as a company entering or exiting a company, each visit There is no need to make a reservation, and the procedure can be greatly simplified.
[0010]
When a visitor is specified based on a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of entry of the visitor, the visitor of the visitor at this time is registered in the person information storage means as a party to the visitor. Determining means for determining whether or not the visitor is not registered as a related party, and if the determination is made that the party to be visited this time is a relevant party for the visitor, the personal information storage means A registration means for additionally registering is provided (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 of the visitor this time is not registered as a related party, this visit Since the other party is registered as a related person, no artificial work is required, and the related person can be registered without extra labor and burden.
[0011]
The specifying means specifies a visitor by comparing a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of the visitor's entry with each registered person image in the personal information storage means. The related party of the visit reservation destination is specified by comparing the scheduled reservation time (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, for example, the same visitor visits the same day many times, and each time the visitor is Even in a different case, it is possible to appropriately specify the reservation partner for each visit.
[0012]
The guide output means publishes and records information about the visitor on a guide page that can be browsed by at least the concerned person via a network (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, for example, information on the visitor is displayed on a bulletin board-like guide page that can be browsed by all employees or departments. By posting and recording, it is not necessary to individually notify each person concerned, and even if the person concerned is temporarily absent, another person can notify the person concerned.
[0013]
The specifying means specifies a person who has left by comparing a person image of the person photographed at the time of leaving with each registered person image in the personal information storage means, and the guidance output means specifies the person by the specifying means. The related person corresponding to the withdrawn person is notified that he / she has left (the invention according to claim 7).
Therefore, according to the seventh aspect of the invention, in addition to having the same effect as the first aspect of the invention, in addition to the guidance at the time of entry of the registered person, the guidance at the time of exit of the registered person is also performed. Therefore, the person concerned can confirm that the person is on the premises until receiving this exit guidance, for example, the return time from the visitor's exit time to the return time It is also possible to make a telephone call or the like with prediction.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an entrance / exit management system according to this embodiment.
This entrance / exit management system is a premises communication system constructed on the premises of a company and performing data communication using the Internet technology. The entrance / exit management system server (hereinafter, referred to as a management server) 1 is used as a core to enter the company premises. The management server 1 manages visitors and exits based on captured images (person images) of visitors (employees / visitors, etc.). An entrance camera 3, an entrance sensor 4, an exit camera 5, an exit sensor 6, a reception terminal 7, an in-house staff terminal 8, and an in-house Web page server 9 are connected via an in-house LAN (internal communication network) 2 of a wireless network. System environment.
[0015]
The management server 1 identifies a visitor (a visitor such as an employee / entrepreneur) by comparing a person image photographing the visitor at the time of entry with each registered person image registered in advance. If is a visitor, each related person having a business relationship with the visitor is specified, and a visit guide is provided to each related person corresponding to the visitor. Here, when the attendee is an employee, the attendance guidance is provided by posting and recording the fact that the employee has attended on a company list page (a Web page that can be viewed by all employees). In the case where the attendees are employees, the persons related to the attendees are all other employees, and attendance guidance is provided to all employees.
[0016]
If the visitor is a visitor, the management server 1 notifies the visitor of the visitor (in-house person in charge) of the visitor of this visit to the visitor, and other related parties (others) other than the visitor. (In-house staff) is also notified of the visit. Note that the other parties are in-house personnel who have met with the visitor in the past. Further, the management server 1 publishes an admission guide for the visitor on a visitor list internal page (a Web page that can be viewed by all employees).
On the other hand, the management server 1 performs the same exit guidance when an employee or a visitor exits as when entering.
[0017]
The entrance camera 3 and the exit camera 5 are installed near the entrance / exit of the premises, and use a CCD area sensor as an image sensor to convert a subject image into a digital image or a high-quality video camera. In this case, the visitors / exiters are photographed centering on the face from the front direction. The person image captured by the entrance camera 3 or the exit camera 5 is transmitted to the management server 1. The entrance sensor 4 and the exit sensor 6 are, for example, light-blocking sensors that detect the shielding of infrared rays, and provide this detection signal to the management server 1 when the passage of a visitor / exiter is detected.
[0018]
The reception terminal 7 is an information processing terminal installed at a reception window. When the visitor is a visitor, the management server 1 notifies the reception terminal 7 that the visitor has entered. ing.
The in-house staff terminal 8 is a portable information terminal such as a PDA owned by all employees, and the management server 1 specifies a destination to be visited this time and other related parties when the visitor enters, and guides the visit. Notify. As described above, each of the stakeholders corresponding to the visitor is a person in charge of the visitor whom the visitor meets this time and another stakeholder who has a business relationship with the visitor (the present visitor) ).
[0019]
The in-house Web page server 9 is a Web server that manages various business Web pages, such as the above-mentioned in-house list page and visitor list in-house page. Pages can be freely viewed at any time.
In this embodiment, for example, transmission and reception of digitized (packetized) data between each of the servers 1 and 9 and each of the terminals 7 and 8 by an HTTP protocol or the like using a TCP / IP communication protocol. In addition, each of the terminals 7 and 8 has a Web browser function.
[0020]
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are diagrams showing the record contents of various databases (DB) provided on the management server 1 side. That is, FIG. 2A shows the record contents of the visiting image database 11, FIG. 2B shows the record contents of the employee image database 12, and FIG. 3A shows the reception reservation database 14, FIG. 3B shows the visit history database 15, and FIG. 3C shows the record contents of the notification destination database 16.
The visiting image database 11 stores and manages information on registered persons (visitors) such as entrepreneurs or the like registered in advance. The registered person “person name”, the belonging “company name”, And a “person image” captured around the face of the registered person. The management server 1 compares the "person image" of the person photographed by the entrance camera 3 and the exit camera 5 with each "person image" in the visit image database 11 at the time of entry and exit, and the visitor who has entered and exited. Is to be identified.
[0021]
The employee image database 12 stores and manages “employee number” and “person image” for each employee. “Employee number” is identification information unique to the employee assigned to the employee. Is an employee image taken around the face of the employee. The management server 1 compares the “person image” of the person photographed by the entrance camera 3 and the exit camera 5 at the time of entrance and exit with each “person image” in the employee image database 12 to identify the employee who has entered and exited. I try to be specific.
The attendance / departure database 13 stores and manages the attendance / departure status of the employees, and has, for each employee, items of “employee No”, “date”, “departure time”, and “departure time”. Each time an entry or exit of an employee is specified, the current date and time at that time is recorded in the attendance / departure database 13 as "date", "departure time", and "departure time".
[0022]
The reception reservation database 14 stores and manages a reservation record related to a visit reservation for each visit reservation. Each record includes, in addition to an “in-house contact name” and a “notification address”, which are visit destinations of the visitor. It has items of “date and time” and “reception room” of the visit reservation, and further, “visitor name” and its “company name”. The “notification destination address” is a terminal-specific communication address for calling the in-house staff terminal 8 owned by the staff (the same applies hereinafter). The management server 1 searches the reception reservation database 14 every time a visitor enters, and checks whether or not the visitor has a pre-reservation. The person in charge is specified, and a notice is sent to the person in charge that the reserved customer has visited.
[0023]
The visit history database 15 stores, for each visitor, a history record indicating a visit situation that has been visited up to the present time, and each record includes “visit date and time”, “visitor name”, “company name”. , "In-house staff name", and "notification address". For each visit, the management server 1 generates a history record indicating the visit status and additionally registers the history record. In addition, as a result of searching the reception reservation database 14 when a visitor enters, if there is no advance reservation with the current visitor, the management server 1 accesses the visit history database 15 to access the past history of the visitor. The visit destination (in-house person in charge) is specified and the visit guidance is notified.
[0024]
The notification destination database 16 is configured to be able to store a plurality of “notification destinations” corresponding to the “person name” and “company name” for each visitor. Here, the "notification destination" refers to a person who has some kind of business relationship with the visitor (in-house person in charge), and a person who has met the visitor in the past will be referred to as the visitor hereafter. A communication address for calling the in-house staff terminal 8 possessed by each of the concerned persons is registered as a “notification destination”. When the management server 1 searches the notification destination database 16 when the visitor enters, and the related person (notification destination) corresponding to the visitor is registered, the management server 1 performs the visit notification to each related person. ing.
[0025]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing basic components of the management server 1.
The CPU 101 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the management server 1 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, and is constituted by a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory, or the like, and a drive system thereof. 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 necessary, or the data in the RAM 103 is saved in the storage device 2. Note that the RAM 103 has a program execution area and a work area. On the other hand, a communication device 104, 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 operation according to an input / output program.
[0026]
Next, the operation concept of the management server 1 constituting the entrance / exit management system in this embodiment will be described with reference to the 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 specific to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data externally supplied via a transmission medium in addition to a recording medium.
[0027]
FIGS. 5 to 8 are flowcharts showing the overall operation of the management server 1, and are started when the power is turned on.
First, the management server 1 checks the presence or absence of a visitor based on detection signals from the entrance sensor 4 and the exit sensor 6 (step S1), and checks the presence or absence of an exit person (step S31). Here, when a visitor is detected, a photographing instruction is given to the entrance camera 3, and a photographed image (person image of the visitor) transmitted in response thereto is acquired (step S2). Then, by comparing this visitor image with each "person image" in the employee image database 12 (step S3), the presence or absence of the corresponding image is checked (step S4). In this case, a feature portion is extracted from a person image and feature comparison is performed. At this time, after correcting the face direction and size of the captured image, the face outline, eyes, mouth, nose, forehead, etc. In addition to individually comparing the shape, position, size, hairstyle, presence / absence and type of glasses, image comparison is performed by comprehensively comparing them (the same applies hereinafter).
[0028]
As a result, if the two characteristics match, it is determined that the employee has entered (worked in) (YES in step S4), and the corresponding "person image" corresponding to "employee No." Is specified (step S5). Then, based on the "employee No.", the time and attendance database 13 is searched, and in addition to recording the current date and time as the date and time of work entry in the corresponding record (step S6), the company Web page server 9 is accessed to display the time and date on the office list page. The "employee name" and "start date and time" are recorded (step S7). This work list page can be freely accessed at any time from the reception terminal 7 and the in-house staff terminal 8, and all employees can know who is going to work by browsing this page.
[0029]
On the other hand, if the visitor is not an employee (NO in step S4), the presence / absence of the corresponding image is checked by comparing the visitor image with each “person image” in the visiting image database 11 (step S8). (Step S9). As a result of this image comparison, if the two characteristics match, it is determined that the visitor has entered (YES in step S9), and the "person name" corresponding to the "person image" is read from the visit image database 11 and read. A visitor is specified (step S10).
[0030]
Next, the process proceeds to step S11 in FIG. 6, and the reception reservation database 14 is searched based on the "person name" of the visitor and the current date and time (entrance date and time). In this case, it is checked whether there is a reserved record having the “reservation date and time” corresponding to the entrance date and time, and if there is a corresponding record, the “visitor name” in the reservation record and the visitor read from the visit image database 11 It is checked whether or not the “person name” matches. In other words, the visitor this time checks whether or not the visitor is the person who visited at the reservation date and time, and if the visitor is a pre-reservation, the “in-house contact name” and “notification address” are obtained from the reservation record. The information is read out and the person in charge is specified (step S12). Then, the in-house staff terminal 8 corresponding to the "notification destination address" is called to make a visit notification (step S13). In this case, the management server 1 transmits and outputs a display / voice message for guiding the name of the visitor and the company name to the in-house staff terminal 8 in addition to notifying that the reserved customer has visited (hereinafter the same). . Next, the "person image" of the visitor read from the visit image database 11 is transmitted to the reception terminal 7 together with the contents of the reservation record to notify the visit of the reserved customer (step S14).
[0031]
If the visitor is not a visitor who has made a reservation in advance (NO in step S11), the visit history database 15 is searched, and the presence or absence of a visit history associated with this visitor is checked (step S15). If there is a history record to be executed, the in-house person in charge this time is specified from the past visit history (step S16). In this case, the visit history database 15 is searched based on the “person name” of the visitor read from the visit image database 11. At this time, if a plurality of history records exist for the visitor, Of the visitor or the visitor with the highest number of visits is specified as the in-house contact person (visitor). Then, a visit notification is sent to the in-house staff (step S17).
In this way, when the visitor comes, the visit notice is sent to the in-house person who is the destination of the visit this time. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S18, where a new record including “visit date and time”, “visitor name”, “company name”, “in-house person in charge” and the like is generated and additionally registered in the visit history database 15 this time. Your visit history is recorded.
[0032]
Next, the notification destination database 16 is searched based on the “visitor name”, and the presence of another person who has a business relationship with the visitor (another person who is not the present visitor). The presence / absence is checked (step S19). As a result, if there is another related party, the "notification destination addresses" of all the related parties are read from the corresponding record to specify all the notification destinations (step S20), and each in-house person (related person) A visit notification is sent to the address (step S21). Further, the user accesses the in-house Web page server 9 and records the “visitor name” and “company name” on the in-house page of the visitor list (step S22). Then, it is checked whether or not the person in charge who is the visitor this time is registered as a related person in the notification destination database 16 (step S23). Is additionally registered in the notification destination database 16 (step S24). Thereafter, the process returns to step S1 in FIG. 5 to wait for entrance and exit.
[0033]
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of the visitor list office page.
This visitor list internal page is a list page in a tabular format. For each visitor, the "Entry date and time", "Company name", "Visitor name", "In-house contact person name", "Exit" It has items and guides who enters and when, and who meets. “Exit” indicates whether the visitor is staying in the office or has exited, and when exited, a “circle” is added to the corresponding column. This visitor list in-house page can be freely accessed at any time from the reception terminal 7 and the in-house staff terminal 8, and all employees can see who visits and who meets by viewing this page. You can know.
[0034]
On the other hand, if the visitor has no advance reservation and is not in the past visit history (NO in steps S11 and S15), it is the first visit, so the process proceeds to step S25 in FIG. An instruction is given to the reception terminal 7 indicating that the visitor should be inquired of an in-house person or the like. As a result, when the response content from the reception terminal 7 is received, the received content (the name of the visitor, a person in the company, etc.) is acquired (step S26), and a visit notification is sent to the person in the company (step S27). ). Then, in addition to generating a new record including “visit date and time”, “visitor name”, “company name”, “in-house person in charge”, and the like, and additionally registering it in the visit history database 15 (step S28), The person's "person image", "visitor name", and "company name" are additionally registered in the visit image database 11 (step S29), and further registered in the notification destination database 16 (step S30). Thereafter, the process returns to step S1 in FIG. 5 to wait for entrance and exit.
[0035]
On the other hand, if the employee or the visitor has exited (step S31 in FIG. 5), a person image of the exited person captured by the exit camera 5 is acquired (step S32). By comparing each of the "person images" (step S33 in FIG. 8), the presence or absence of the corresponding image is checked (step S34). As a result, as a result of the image comparison, if the two characteristics match, it is determined that the employee has left (quit) the company (YES in step S34), and the "employee No." The employee is read out from the database 12 to specify the employee (step S35). Then, based on the "employee No.", the time and attendance database 13 is searched, and in addition to recording the current date and time as the time and date of leaving in the corresponding record (step S36), the in-house Web page server 9 is accessed to display on the time and date list page. A withdrawal record is made at the corresponding position (step S37).
[0036]
If the exiting person is not an employee (NO in step S34), the person is searched for by comparing the exiting person image with each "person image" in the visiting image database 11 (step S38). Then, the "person name" corresponding to the "person image" is read from the visit image database 11, and the exited visitor is specified (step S39). Then, the user accesses the in-house Web page server 9 and records the exit by adding a circle to “exit” at the corresponding position on the visitor list in-house page (step S40).
[0037]
Next, the visit history database 15 is searched based on the visitor's "person name" read from the visit image database 11, and an in-house person corresponding to the visitor name is specified (step S41). The user is notified of the exit (step S42). Further, the notification destination database 16 is searched based on the "person name" of the visitor read from the visit image database 11, and all the notification destinations (related persons) corresponding to the visitor name are specified (step S43). Then, a notice of exit is sent to each person concerned (step S44). In this case, the management server 1 transmits and outputs a display / voice message for guiding the name and company name of the visitor to each in-company staff terminal 8 in addition to notifying that the visitor has exited. Thereafter, the process returns to step S1 in FIG. 5 to wait for entrance and exit.
[0038]
As described above, in this embodiment, the management server 1 compares the person image captured by the entrance camera 3 at the time of entry with each registered person image in the visit image database 11 and the employee image database 12 to enter the person. In addition to specifying the relevant person, the related person corresponding to the person is specified by referring to the reception reservation database 14, the visit history database 15, and the notification destination database 16 as necessary, and the related person is informed that the person has entered. Since the registered person has entered, the person concerned can be notified when the registered person enters, and a quick response is possible. For example, if a visitor such as a entrepreneur enters, the person in charge at this time should prepare for the meeting using the time from the visitor's entrance to the meeting room or other meeting place. In addition, for other employees who have urgent business needs with respect to a certain employee, it is possible to immediately know the status of attendance at the same time as the employee goes to work, which is extremely effective.
[0039]
In this case, the management server 1 notifies the visiting guide to the visitor of the visitor at this time, and also notifies the visiting guide to other related parties other than the partner. Other stakeholders will be able to meet and hand over documents to visitors who are visiting on other business occasions, It is possible to promote smoothness and rationalization of the entire business, for example, by making sufficient preparation for meetings using time.
[0040]
Further, since the management server 1 specifies the destination to which the visitor has met in the past without notifying the visitor of the visit without prior reservation with the visitor of the present visit, the visitor is notified. In the case where the destination of the visit is fixed, as in the case of a entrepreneur or the like, it is not necessary to make an advance reservation for each visit, and the procedure can be greatly simplified.
Also, if the visitor of the visitor this time is not registered in the notification destination database 16 as a related person, the visitor is additionally registered in the notification destination database 16 as a related person. This eliminates the need for any artificial work, and makes it possible to register related persons without extra labor or burden.
[0041]
Since the management server 1 specifies the person in charge of the visit reservation destination by comparing the admission date and time of the visit with the scheduled date and time of the visit reservation, the same visitor visits many times on the same day. Even if the destination to be visited is different each time, it is possible to appropriately specify the destination to be reserved for each visit.
In addition, since information about visitors is posted and recorded on the internal company page, which is visible to all employees, it is not necessary to individually notify visitors to each related party, and the related party is temporarily unavailable. However, other people can also inform that fact. Similarly, when the employee enters, the work attendance status is recorded on the work list page, so that the employee's attendance status can be immediately known.
[0042]
On the other hand, the management server 1 identifies a person who has left by comparing a person image photographing the person at the time of leaving with each registered person image, and informs a person corresponding to the leaving person of the fact that the person has left. As a result, in addition to the guidance at the time of entry, it is also possible to provide guidance at the time of exit, and that the person concerned is on the premises until receiving this exit guidance Can be confirmed, and it is also possible to make a telephone call or the like by predicting the return time from the visitor's exit time.
[0043]
In the above-described embodiment, the visitor list internal page and the company list page can be browsed by all employees by accessing the corporate Web page server 9. For example, the browsing is limited to the same department. You may.
In addition, when giving a visit notification to each of the persons involved in the visitor, a scheduled time at which the meeting with the visitor at this time ends may be obtained, and a guidance notice may be sent to other persons concerned.
[0044]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the entrance / exit management system constructed on the company premises is exemplified. However, the system may be constructed in a general home or the like.
For example, when the present invention is applied to an intercom system, a person who enters may specify a family member, a relative member, or another person, or specify a destination to which the visitor is to be notified of a visit guidance.
[0045]
In the above-described embodiment, the entrance sensor 4 and the exit sensor 6 are provided. However, when the entrance and exit are common, these may be shared. If the entrance and exit are recognized by analyzing the images captured by the entrance camera 3 and the exit camera 5, the entrance sensor 4 and exit sensor 6 become unnecessary.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the face images of the visitors and the exiting persons are photographed, and the features are extracted from the photographed images and the image comparison is performed. As an element, if the photographed image is analyzed to detect gender, height, fatness, and the like, more reliable person identification can be performed.
[0046]
The management server 1 described above is not limited to the stand-alone type, and its components are physically separated into two or more housings, and a wired transmission path such as a communication line or a cable, a radio wave, a microwave, A distributed system that transmits and receives data via a wireless transmission path such as infrared rays may be configured.
[0047]
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 computer-readable program code, for each registered person registered in advance, stores and manages a person image of the person, and associates persons related to the registered person. A function of storing and managing, and a function of identifying a person who has entered by comparing a person image photographing the person at the time of entry with each of the registered person images, and a function of identifying the related person associated with this person And a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing a function of outputting information for guiding a person corresponding to the specified person that the specified person has entered. It may be.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
According to this invention (the invention described in claim 1), a person who has entered and a related person are specified by comparing a person image photographing the person at the time of entry with each registered person image, and the relationship between the person and the person is identified. Since the registered person is notified that the registered person has entered, the registered person can be notified when the registered person enters, and a quick response is possible. For example, when a visitor such as a entrepreneur enters the company, the person in charge of this meeting prepares for the meeting by using the time from the visitor's entry to going to a meeting place such as a reception room. In addition, if another employee has an urgent business with one employee, the employee can immediately know the attendance status at the same time as the employee comes to work. Become.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an entrance / exit management system.
FIG. 2 shows record contents of various databases provided in the management server 1 side, (A) is a visiting image database 11, (B) is an employee image database 12, (C) is an attending and leaving database 13 FIG.
FIG. 3 shows the record contents of various databases provided on the management server 1 side, (A) is a reception reservation database 14, (B) is a visit history database 15, (C) is a notification destination database. The figure which showed the content of 16 records.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing basic components of the management server 1.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an overall operation of the management server 1 started to be executed when the power is turned on.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the management server 1 following FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the management server 1 following FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the management server 1 following FIG. 5;
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of a visitor list office page.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 management server
2 In-house LAN
3 entrance camera
4 Admission sensor
5 Exit camera
6 Exit sensor
8 Internal staff terminal
9 In-house Web page server
11 Visiting Image Database
12 Employee image database
13 Attendance and attendance database
14 Reception Reservation Database
15 Visit history database
16 Notification database
101 CPU
102 storage device
104 Communication device

Claims (8)

An entrance management system that performs entrance management based on a photographed image of a visitor to the premises,
For each registered person registered in advance, while storing and managing a person image of the person, person information storage means for storing and managing a person who is related to the registered person,
Identifying a person who has entered by comparing a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of entry with each registered person image in the person information storage means, and identifying the related person associated with this person Means,
Guidance output means for outputting information for guiding a person corresponding to the person that the person specified by the specifying means has entered,
An entrance management system characterized by comprising: The specifying means specifies a visitor by comparing a person image photographing the person at the time of the visitor's entrance with each registered person image in the personal information storage means, and is associated with the visitor. Stakeholders,
The guidance output means, in addition to notifying the visitor to the current visitor of the identified visitor, also notifies the visitor guide to other related parties other than the destination.
The entrance management system according to claim 1, wherein When a visitor is identified based on a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of entering the visitor, the guide output means accumulates the past visit status if there is no advance reservation with the current visitor. The visit history information is referred to, the visitor who the visitor has visited in the past is specified, and the visit guide is notified.
The entrance management system according to claim 1, wherein: When a visitor is identified based on a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of entry of the visitor, the visitor of the visitor this time is registered in the person information storage means as a party to the visitor. Determining means for determining whether or not
When it is determined by the determination unit that the person is not registered as a related person, a registration unit that additionally registers the current visit destination in the personal information storage unit as a person corresponding to the visitor,
The entrance management system according to claim 1, further comprising: The specifying means specifies a visitor by comparing a person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of the visitor's entrance with each registered person image in the personal information storage means. Identify the parties to book the visit by comparing it with the scheduled appointment time,
The entrance management system according to claim 1, wherein: The guidance output means publishes and records information about the visitor on a guidance page that can be browsed by at least the concerned person via a network.
The entrance management system according to claim 1, wherein: The specifying means specifies a person who has exited by comparing a person image photographing the person at the time of leaving with each registered person image in the person information storage means,
The guidance output unit guides a person who corresponds to the exiting person specified by the identification unit to the effect that the person has been exited,
The entrance management system according to claim 1, wherein: Against the computer
For each registered person registered in advance, a function of storing and managing a person image photographing the person, and a function of storing and managing a person related to the registered person,
A function for identifying the person who has entered by comparing the person image obtained by photographing the person at the time of entry and the respective registered person images, and for identifying the related person associated with this person,
A function of outputting information for guiding a person corresponding to the person that the specified person has entered,
The program to realize.

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