JP2005242795A - Unauthorized taking-out detection system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an unauthorized taking-out detection system which can securely specify a person, such as a lifter, who illegally takes out an article and passes through a gate, visually by an image, and does not require constant arrangement of a security personnel around the gate. <P>SOLUTION: The unauthorized taking-out detection system of the article comprises the gate 10 for detecting the article with a tag of which a record is not changed, and generating a detection signal, a camera 14 installed in a periphery of the gate for generating image data by taking an image of a person who carries the article, comes close to the gate and passes through the gate, a memory for storing the image data generated by the camera, a control part 22 provided with a communication means for delivering the image data stored in the memory by relating to the detection signal generated by the gate by utilizing a communication line, and a mobile terminal 20 for taking the image data delivered by the control part and displaying the taken image data as an image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an unauthorized take-out detection system that detects that a product or the like is taken out without a valid reason. More specifically, the present invention detects an illegally taken-out product with a detection tag attached at the gate, and identifies the unauthorized take-out person by displaying the image data of the unauthorized take-out person on a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone. The present invention relates to a fraudulent carry-out detection system that can perform.

  Conventionally, detection of the use of a magnetic field attached to a product, etc., that moves with the product and is detected when it passes through a predetermined gate to manage the product or prevent theft of the product (so-called shoplifting) The tag is known. The detection tag is attached to a product that needs to be managed in advance. If you have purchased this product properly, you can change the contents of the memory written on the tag at the toll gate, etc. Product). (For example, patent document 1).

  In this antitheft method, a CCD camera is installed at the gate, a person passing through the gate is imaged, and image data is accumulated to identify an illegal taking out customary offender.

When this method is used, it is possible to identify fraudulent regular offenders. However, it is not possible to identify the first offense without data accumulation, especially if the illegal exporter escapes from the gate of the store or if there are many people near the gate, who is the illegal exporter? For this reason, it is necessary to always arrange people near the gate and to take out illegal take-out persons passing through the gate on the spot. However, such a method has a problem that the labor cost increases in reality.
JP 2003-346267 A (Claim 1)

  The present inventor, while variously studying to solve the above problem, uses a communication line such as a telephone line to send image data of a person passing by a gate imaged near the gate to a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, By displaying an image on a portable terminal, the inventor has come up with the idea that an unauthorized take-out person can be identified even at a place away from the gate.

  The present invention has been completed based on the above discovery.

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a fraudulent removal detection system that solves the above-mentioned problems, can reliably identify an unauthorized person who passes through the gate, and does not need to always place a security factor near the gate. It is in.

  The present invention for achieving the above object is described below.

[1]
(1) a gate for detecting a product attached with a tag whose recording is not changed and generating a detection signal;
(2) a camera attached to the vicinity of the gate, capturing the image of the merchandise carrier passing near the gate and passing through the gate, and generating image data;
(3) a memory for storing image data generated by the camera;
(4) a control unit including communication means for transmitting image data stored in a memory in association with a detection signal generated by a gate using a communication line;
(5) a portable terminal that captures image data sent from the control unit and displays the captured image data as an image;
A fraudulent removal detection system for products consisting of

  [2] The unauthorized take-out detection system according to [1], wherein the image data transmitted using the communication line is image data before the time when the image data passes through the gate.

  [3] The unauthorized take-out detection system according to [1], which is connected to the Internet via a communication line, posts image data on a homepage, and takes the image data into the mobile terminal with a mobile terminal.

[4]
(1) a gate for detecting a product attached with a tag whose recording is not changed and generating a detection signal;
(2) a control unit including communication means for sending an imaging start signal to the camera in association with a detection signal generated by the gate;
(3) After receiving the imaging start signal of the control unit attached to the vicinity of the gate, the product carrier who approaches the gate and passes through the gate is imaged to generate image data and obtained using a communication line A camera having means for transmitting image data;
(4) a portable terminal that captures image data sent from the camera and displays the captured image data as an image;
A fraudulent removal detection system for products consisting of

  [5] The unauthorized removal detection system according to [4], wherein an imaging start signal is sent to the camera using a communication line.

  [6] The unauthorized take-out detection system according to [4], which is connected to the Internet through a communication line and posts image data generated by a camera on a homepage and takes the image data into the mobile terminal with a mobile terminal.

  In the commodity illegal take-out detection system of the present invention, the image data of the illegal take-out person is sent to the mobile terminal using the communication line, and the image of the illegal take-out person is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. Even if there are no security guards, it is possible to identify an unauthorized takeout person.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an unauthorized take-out detection system for goods according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a tag detection gate, which is erected on the wall of the outlet 12 of the store in the building. The gate detection method includes a magnetic method, a radio wave method, a magnetic self-sound method, an acousto-magnetic method, a composite method, etc., but these methods are well-known, and any of these methods can be adopted in the present invention. .

  An imaging camera 14 is attached above the gate 10 and images a person passing through the gate 10 to generate image data.

  18 is a fee payment place provided in the store, where the product purchaser pays the price of the purchased product. At this time, the recording content of a tag (not shown) attached to the product 17 is changed by a recording device (not shown) so that the gate does not generate a fraud detection signal even if the product 17 passes through the gate 10. It has become. On the other hand, since the record of the tag attached to the product for which no fee is paid has not been changed, a detection signal is generated when passing through the gate.

  Reference numeral 20 denotes a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone. When a detection signal is detected at the gate 10, image data generated by the camera 14 is sent to the mobile terminal 20 using a communication line, and the gate 10 The unauthorized take-out person 16 passing through is displayed.

  A control unit 22 controls the system.

(First form)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first form of the unauthorized carry-out detection system of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the camera 14 is mounted above the gate 10, and the imaging direction is the store interior direction. This camera 14 is always capturing images, and continuously capturing people from the inside of the store to the outside of the store. Therefore, the camera 14 continuously captures a person who is moving toward the camera from several meters ahead. Image data obtained by imaging by the camera 14 is taken into the control unit 22 and stored in the memory 30 shown in FIG. Note that the accumulated image data may be sequentially deleted when a predetermined storage period elapses.

  When an unauthorized take-out person 16 possessing a product (a product for which no fee has been paid at a toll gate, a shoplifted product) with a tag whose record has not been changed passes through the gate 10, the gate 10 has not changed the record. A tag is detected and a detection signal is sent to the control unit 22.

  When the control unit 22 receives the detection signal, the control unit 22 picks up the image data that has been captured and stored in the memory 30 when the preset time is traced back, and uses the communication line 34 from the transmission unit 32, and the portable terminal 20. Send image data to. Examples of the communication line 34 include a public telephone line and a wireless LAN.

  It is preferable that the retroactive time goes back to a time corresponding to a position where an optimal image for identifying the characteristics (for example, face, clothes, etc.) of the unauthorized take-out person approaching the camera 14 can be captured. That is, this time corresponds to the time for walking the separation distance between the camera 14 and the illegal take-out person. Specifically, about 0 to 5 seconds is preferable.

  Examples of the mobile terminal 20 include a mobile phone and a PHS. The sent image data is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 20 as a person image.

  In this embodiment, the illegal removal is detected by the gate 10, and the image data in which the characteristic of the unauthorized take-out person is clearly shown is sent back to the portable terminal at the time of detection or a predetermined time from the detection time. Can be identified visually in the image. For this reason, even if no guards or the like are deployed at the gate 10, an unauthorized takeout person can be identified instantly.

(Second form)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a home page on which image data can be downloaded is posted on the Internet by connecting to the Internet 36 from the transmitter 32 using the communication line 34. By using the portable terminal 20 to download image data from the home page or automatically transferring the data, the unauthorized take-out person 16 can be visually confirmed instantaneously.

(Third form)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the camera 42 does not always take an image.

  First, when unauthorized take-out is detected by the gate 10, a detection signal generated thereby is sent to the control unit 22. The control unit 22 sends an imaging signal from the transmitter 32 to the transmission / reception unit 46 of the camera 42 using the communication line 40. Upon receiving this image signal, the camera 42 images an unauthorized take-out person in the gate.

  The obtained image data is sent from the transmission / reception unit of the camera 42 to the portable terminal 20 using the communication line 48, and an image of the unauthorized take-out person is displayed on the display unit.

  As a result, it is possible to visually confirm the illegal takeout person instantly.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples.

Example 1
A fraudulent carry-out detection system for products in the form shown in FIG. 4 was constructed.

  I possessed a product with a magnetic tag (trade name EH-026) manufactured by Lintec Corporation, and passed through the gate without changing the tag record. The gate used was a magnetic gate (trade name EGC-45) manufactured by Lintec Corporation.

  The detection signal of the gate was sent to the control unit, and the imaging signal was sent to the product name P-in (camera, board computer, and transmitter / receiver are integrally configured) of NTT Corporation via a mobile phone. With this imaging signal, the camera captured an unauthorized person inside the gate. Image data obtained by imaging was transmitted to a mobile phone using a communication line. As a result, the image of the illegal takeout person was displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the unauthorized taking-out detection system of the goods of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the 1st form of this invention unauthorized taking-out detection system. It is a block diagram which shows the 2nd form of this invention unauthorized taking-out detection system. It is a block diagram which shows the 3rd form of this invention unauthorized taking-out detection system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Tag detection gate 12 Exit 14 Camera 16 Unauthorized take-out person 17 Goods 18 Charge payment place 20 Portable terminal 22 Control part 30 Memory 32 Transmission part 34 Communication line 36 Internet 40 Communication line 42 Camera 46 Transmission / reception part 48 Communication line

Claims (6)

(1) a gate for detecting a product attached with a tag whose recording is not changed and generating a detection signal;
(2) a camera attached to the vicinity of the gate, capturing the image of the merchandise carrier passing near the gate and passing through the gate, and generating image data;
(3) a memory for storing image data generated by the camera;
(4) a control unit including communication means for transmitting image data stored in a memory in association with a detection signal generated by a gate using a communication line;
(5) a portable terminal that captures image data sent from the control unit and displays the captured image data as an image;
A fraudulent removal detection system for products consisting of   2. The unauthorized take-out detection system according to claim 1, wherein the image data transmitted using the communication line is image data at a time point before passing through the gate.   The unauthorized take-out detection system according to claim 1, wherein the illegal take-out detection system is connected to the Internet via a communication line, posts image data on a homepage, and takes in the image data to the mobile terminal with a mobile terminal. (1) a gate for detecting a product attached with a tag whose recording is not changed and generating a detection signal;
(2) a control unit including communication means for sending an imaging start signal to the camera in association with a detection signal generated by the gate;
(3) After receiving the imaging start signal of the control unit attached to the vicinity of the gate, the product carrier who approaches the gate and passes through the gate is imaged to generate image data and obtained using a communication line A camera having means for transmitting image data;
(4) a portable terminal that captures image data sent from the camera and displays the captured image data as an image;
A fraudulent removal detection system for products consisting of   5. The unauthorized take-out detection system according to claim 4, wherein an imaging start signal is sent to the camera using a communication line.   5. The unauthorized take-out detection system according to claim 4, wherein the fraudulent take-out detection system is connected to the Internet via a communication line, and image data generated by a camera is posted on a home page, and image data is taken into a portable terminal by a portable terminal.

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