JP2006079302A - Automatic transaction device, automatic transaction system, and transaction card - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic transaction device, an automatic transaction system, and a transaction card that will not inconvenience potential transactors giving priority to convenience, and that increase security. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic transaction device includes a frontal real face recognizing part 17 for recognizing a frontal real face according to images taken with a camera; a security function start information obtaining part 14 for obtaining security function start information from a storage medium when a potential transactor starts a transaction operation after whether or not a request to start a security function is permitted has been registered in the storage medium as security function information; a security function start determining part 18 for determining whether or not starting the security function is permitted according to the security function start information; and a security part 19 that, when a determination is made that there is a start request, obtains a recognition result from the frontal real face recognizing part so that, when the frontal real face of the potential transactor cannot be recognized, the security part requests the potential transactor to take an image of his or her frontal real face in such a way as to make the frontal real face recognizable, whereas when the frontal real face of the potential transactor cannot be recognized after the request, the security part stops subsequent transaction action. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to crime prevention in transactions using an automatic transaction apparatus.

  A person who wishes to make a transaction such as a financial transaction can perform an operation by operating an automatic transaction apparatus such as an ATM (Automated Teller Machine) or a CD (Cash Dispenser) without going to a financial institution. Such automatic transaction apparatuses are not limited to financial institution stores, and are installed in various places to improve user convenience. However, an automatic transaction apparatus installed in a place where it is difficult to be seen easily becomes an object of fraudulent transactions, and appropriate measures have been desired.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an automatic transaction apparatus in which security measures are taken. According to Patent Document 1, a technique for preventing unauthorized transactions by performing identity authentication using customer biometrics is disclosed. On the other hand, in Patent Document 2, a face of a client who wants to trade is photographed during the transaction, and the image is compressed and stored. When an illegal transaction is detected, the stored image is referred to solve the case. It is disclosed that it is useful.
JP-T-2002-541533 JP-A-7-234958

  By the way, in the automatic transaction apparatus of patent document 1, every time a transaction is performed, biometrics are acquired from a transaction applicant, the acquired biometrics are collated with biometrics registered in advance, and personal authentication is performed. Only those who wish to trade are allowed to continue trading operations. Therefore, according to Patent Document 1, it is a troublesome automatic transaction apparatus for a transaction applicant who prioritizes convenience because it takes time to continue the transaction operation in order to acquire and authenticate biometrics. It was.

  On the other hand, in the invention of Patent Document 2, the face of the person who wants to trade is captured and stored to help solve the case of fraudulent transactions, but there is a problem that fraudulent transactions cannot be prevented in advance.

  Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic transaction apparatus, an automatic transaction system, and a transaction card that do not bother the transaction applicants who give priority to convenience, and have improved crime prevention.

The present invention adopts the following configuration in order to solve the above points.
In an automatic transaction apparatus equipped with a front face recognition unit for recognizing a front face based on an image photographed by a camera, after registering in the storage medium as security function information whether or not a crime prevention function is requested to start, When a transaction operation is started, a security function activation information acquisition unit that acquires the security function activation information from the storage medium, and a security function activation determination that determines whether the security function activation is possible based on the acquired security function activation information And when it is determined that there is a request to start the crime prevention function, the recognition result from the front face recognition unit is acquired, and when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized, the front face is recognized for the transaction applicant. And a crime prevention unit that requests photographing of the front face and stops the subsequent transaction operation when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized after the request. And butterflies.

The storage medium is registered in at least one of a transaction card, a passbook given to a customer, or a database for managing customer information.
A crime prevention function registration unit for registering the crime prevention function information is provided.
The crime prevention unit stops the transaction operation after making the above-described front face photographing request a predetermined number of times.

The crime prevention unit makes a request for photographing the front face as described above, and stops the transaction operation when the front face cannot be recognized even after a predetermined time has elapsed.
The crime prevention unit outputs a signal to a monitoring camera for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus in order to acquire a zoom image of the transaction applicant when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized. .

The crime prevention unit notifies the crime prevention request to a monitoring center for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized.
Furthermore, the display part which displays the guidance screen according to the operation condition is provided, The said display part displays the image | video of the said transaction candidate which the said camera image | photographed.
The display unit is characterized in that the transaction applicant reverse-displays the video as if looking at the mirror.

  An automatic transaction apparatus having a front face recognition unit for recognizing a front face based on an image photographed by a camera, and connected to the automatic transaction apparatus via a network, in response to a transaction request from the automatic transaction apparatus When a transaction operation is started by a transaction applicant after registering in the storage medium as security function information whether or not a security function is activated in a transaction system including a host device that performs transaction processing according to the storage medium. The security function activation information acquisition unit that acquires the security function activation information from the security function activation determination unit that determines whether or not the crime prevention function activation is possible based on the acquired crime prevention function activation information, and that there is a request for activation of the crime prevention function Then, the recognition result from the front face recognition unit is acquired, and when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized, the front face can be recognized by the transaction person. , The requesting imaging of the front real face, when it can not recognize the front real face of the transaction seekers after the request is characterized in that it comprises a security unit to stop subsequent transaction operation.

  The host device retains the security function information in association with customer identification information in a database as the storage medium, and receives the identification information acquired from the transaction applicant from the automatic transaction device. The security function information is acquired from the database based on the information, and the security function information is notified to the automatic transaction apparatus.

  Furthermore, when a monitoring camera for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus is connected to the automatic transaction apparatus, the crime prevention unit acquires a zoom image of the transaction applicant when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized. Preferably, a signal is output to the surveillance camera.

  Further, when a monitoring center for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus is connected to the automatic transaction apparatus, and the crime prevention unit cannot recognize the front face of the transaction applicant, the crime prevention request is notified to the monitoring center. It is characterized by that.

  This is a transaction card that can be registered with the customer in order to conduct transactions with an automatic transaction apparatus equipped with a front face recognition unit for recognizing a front face based on an image taken with a camera. After the activation request is registered as crime prevention function information, when a transaction operation is started by a transaction applicant, the automatic transaction apparatus reads the crime prevention function activation information from the card, and based on the crime prevention function activation information When it is determined whether or not the security function can be activated and it is determined that there is a request for activation of the security function, the recognition result from the front face recognition unit is acquired, and when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized, When requesting the front face of the transaction applicant so that the front face can be recognized, and when the front face of the applicant cannot be recognized after the request, in the automatic transaction apparatus Be used to stop the descending of the transaction operations, wherein the.

  According to the automatic transaction apparatus of the present invention, a criminal uses a criminal psychology that does not want to photograph the front face of the person, photographs the person who wants to trade with the camera, and recognizes the front face from the image. Then, when it cannot be recognized, the transaction requester is requested to view the front face of the camera so that the front face can be recognized, and when it cannot be recognized, the transaction operation is stopped. As a result, it is possible to prevent crimes of those who wish to conduct illegal transactions. Furthermore, according to the automatic transaction apparatus of the present invention, since it was registered as security function information whether or not the above-described crime prevention function can be activated, only the transaction applicant who requests activation of the crime prevention function is operated. Users who prioritize convenience do not feel annoyed.

  Hereinafter, some of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings used in each embodiment, and overlapping descriptions are given. Are omitted as much as possible.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic transaction system 100 of the present invention includes an ATM 10 as an automatic transaction apparatus, and a host device 40 connected to the ATM 10 via a network 30. A monitoring device 60 and a monitoring camera 61 are connected to monitor the ATM 10.

  The host device 40 has a processing function for comprehensively managing each financial transaction process in response to a financial transaction request such as deposit, withdrawal, balance inquiry, passbook entry and transfer from the ATM 10.

  An ATM 10 that automatically conducts a financial transaction includes an input unit 11 that receives an operation instruction from a transaction applicant, a display unit 12 that performs display according to the operation, and a voice guidance unit 13 that provides voice guidance to the transaction applicant. , A card reading unit 14 for reading information registered in a cash card as a transaction card given to a customer, an ATM communication unit 15 for performing communication via a network, and a camera for photographing a transaction applicant 16 and a front face recognition unit 17 that recognizes the front face of the person who wants to trade based on image data from the camera, and a crime prevention function that determines whether or not the crime prevention function can be activated based on the security function activation information described later. When it is determined that the function activation determining unit 18 and the crime prevention function are activated, a crime prevention unit 19 that performs a crime prevention measure according to the recognition result from the front face recognition unit 17, a cash processing unit (not shown), and Comprising a printing unit, a control unit 20 which collectively controls the respective units, the.

  The cash processing unit and the printing unit are conventionally known functions, that is, the cash processing unit counts and processes cash to be deposited and withdrawn, and the printing unit prints the result of transaction contents on a passbook or transaction receipt.

By the way, the security function activation information acquired by the card reader 14 is information indicating whether or not to activate a function for enhancing the crime prevention in the transaction at the ATM 10, and the information is stored in advance in the cash card. It is registered.
The card reading unit 14 has a function of reading customer information such as an account number from a cash card and a function as a security function activation information acquisition unit. The function as the security function activation information acquisition unit reads the security function activation information registered in advance in the cash card, and outputs the read security function activation information to the security function activation determination unit 18.

  The security function activation determining unit 18 that has received the security function activation information from the card reading unit 14 determines whether to activate the crime prevention function based on the security function activation information, and notifies the crime prevention unit 19 of the determination result. .

  The front face recognition unit 17 analyzes the image of the transaction applicant photographed by the camera 16 and determines whether the face is a front face and whether it is a face. The video of the transaction applicant photographed by the camera 16 may be displayed on the display unit 12 so that the transaction applicant himself / herself can visually recognize the photographing situation. Further, it is preferable to perform mirror inversion display.

  In the present invention, the present invention uses the psychology of a criminal who does not want to photograph the front face with the camera. If the front face cannot be recognized, the face of the camera is faced to the front of the camera so that the front face can be recognized. If there is a possibility that the face is covered with a mask, sunglasses, or a full-face helmet as shown in FIG. For those who wish to recognize the front face, the transaction action is allowed to continue, and for those who would be malicious without recognizing the front face, the subsequent action is stopped. Prevent the occurrence.

  When the crime prevention unit 19 receives the determination result indicating the activation of the crime prevention function from the crime prevention function activation determination unit 18 as the determination result, the crime prevention unit 19 performs activation control of the front facial recognition unit 17 in order to obtain the recognition result of the front face of the transaction applicant. . The crime prevention unit 19 that has received an authentication result indicating that the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be authenticated from the front face recognition unit 17 that has received this control should request the transaction applicant to look straight at the camera. Then, control is given to the display unit 12 and the voice guidance unit 13. Receiving the instruction, the display unit 12 performs display guidance for requesting the transaction applicant to view the camera with a real face. On the other hand, the voice guidance unit 13 performs a voice guidance requesting the transaction applicant to view the camera with a real face.

  After performing guidance by display or voice, the crime prevention unit 19 instructs the front face recognition unit 17 to perform re-recognition control in order to re-recognize the front face of the applicant. The crime prevention unit 19 notifies the display unit 12 and the voice guidance unit 13 of a control instruction for stopping the subsequent transaction operation when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized even if the re-recognition process is performed a predetermined number of times.

  The ATM communication unit 15 gives a control instruction for strengthening monitoring to the monitoring camera 61 and the monitoring device 60 in order to shoot or monitor a transaction applicant whose front face cannot be recognized by the crime prevention unit 19 with zoom-in. Output. The ATM communication unit 15 also has a function of exchanging messages with the host device 40 that manages financial transactions.

Next, features of the operation of the automatic transaction system 100 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The transaction applicant inserts the cash card in which the security function activation information is registered into the card insertion slot of the card reader 14 and reads the security function activation information together with the personal information from the cash card (step S1). The read security function activation information is output to the security function activation determination unit 18.

  The security function activation determining unit 18 that has received the security function activation information determines whether the activation of the crime prevention function is indicated in the security function activation information, and notifies the crime prevention unit 19 of the determination result (step S2).

  The crime prevention unit 19 that has received the activation notification of the crime prevention function performs activation control of the front face recognition unit 17 in order to obtain a recognition result of the front face of the transaction applicant (step S3). The front face recognition unit 17 controls the camera 16 to photograph a transaction applicant. The front face recognition unit 17 converts an image color-captured by the camera 16 into a monochrome image, identifies the face of the person who wants to make a transaction based on the gray value in the monochrome image, and selects candidate parts for eyes and mouth in the identified face. Ask. Then, by comparing the positional relationship of the obtained candidate parts with a standard face image registered in advance, it is determined whether or not the camera is looking straight ahead and is a real face (step S4). Note that the recognition of the front face is not limited to the method described above, and may be performed by various conventionally known methods.

  The front face recognition result obtained in this way is notified from the front face recognition unit 17 to the crime prevention unit 19. Upon receiving the recognition result, the crime prevention unit 19 notifies the monitoring camera 61 and the monitoring device 60 of the monitoring enhancement in order to enhance the monitoring of the transaction applicant when the front face cannot be recognized (step S5). Upon receiving this notification, the monitoring camera 61 performs zoom-up shooting control for the transaction applicant who operates the ATM 10. On the other hand, in the monitoring device 60 that has received the notification of the strengthening of monitoring, an attendant takes measures according to the situation displayed on the display monitor of the monitoring device.

  Further, when the front face cannot be recognized, the crime prevention unit 19 instructs the display unit 12 to perform display control in order to make a request to the transaction requester to look straight at the camera as shown in FIG. A voice guidance control instruction is output to the voice guidance unit 13 so as to voice guidance a request for normal viewing of the camera (step S6). Thereafter, in order to re-recognize, the front face recognition processing from step S3 described above is performed.

  If the front face is not recognized even after a predetermined number of re-recognitions, a control instruction is given to the display unit 12 and the voice guidance unit 13 to interrupt the subsequent transaction processing by display guidance and voice guidance. Is output, the financial transaction is interrupted (step S7).

By the way, in the above-described step S2, when the customer does not request activation of the function for improving the crime prevention property, the process for the financial transaction is immediately continued. As a result, it is possible to make a quick transaction to a customer considering convenience as in the past.
In step S4 described above, as shown in FIG. 5, when the front face of the transaction applicant can be recognized, the financial transaction is continued (step S8). Since the transaction operation is continued after authenticating the front face, it is possible to prevent crimes by using the psychology of criminals who do not want to photograph the front face, and to improve crime prevention.

Next, an automatic transaction system 200 that registers security function activation information in the host device and acquires the security function activation information from the host device at the time of financial transaction will be described.
As shown in FIG. 6, the automatic transaction system 200 according to the second embodiment includes an ATM 21 and a host device 50 connected to the ATM 21 via the network 30. A monitoring camera 61 and a monitoring device are appropriately connected to the network 30. 60 is connected.

  The ATM 21 includes an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a voice guidance unit 13, an ATM communication unit 15, a camera 16, a front face recognition unit 17, a security function activation determination unit 18, a security unit 19, and a control unit. And a card reading unit 22 for reading personal information registered in a cash card similar to the conventional one.

  By the way, the crime prevention function activation determining unit 18 according to the second embodiment performs the determination based on the crime prevention function activation information received from the host device 50 by the ATM communication unit 15. That is, the security function activation information of the second embodiment is held and managed by the host device 50.

  The host device 50 includes a host communication unit 51 for communicating with the ATM 21 via the network 30, a database 52 for holding crime prevention function activation information managed in association with personal information such as an account number, and the database 52 as an account A database search unit 53 as a security function activation information acquisition unit that searches based on a number and acquires security function activation information associated with the account number, and a host control unit that controls the respective units in an integrated manner Prepare.

  The database 52 holds and manages security function activation information in association with personal information such as account numbers, and the security function activation information held in the database 52 is searched based on the account number by the database search unit 53. Being acquired.

Next, features of the operation of the automatic transaction system 200 according to the second embodiment will be described.
The operation of the automatic transaction system 200 according to the second embodiment is different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 in the operation of acquiring the security function activation information in step S1. This different operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The cash card in which the account number is registered is inserted into the card insertion slot of the card reading unit 14 and the account number is read from the cash card (step S11). The read account number is sent to the host device 50 by transmission control of the ATM communication unit 15 (step S12).

  When the account number is received by the host communication unit 51 of the host device 50 (step S13), the database search unit 53 searches the database 52 based on the account number, and the crime prevention that is held and managed in association with the account number Function activation information is acquired (step S14). When the security function activation information is acquired by the database search unit 53, the security function activation information is sent to the ATM 21 by the transmission control of the host communication unit 51 (step S15).

  When the security function activation information is received by the ATM communication unit 15 of the ATM 21 (step S16), the information is notified to the security function activation determination unit 18. The security function activation determining unit 18 that has received the security function activation information performs the processing from step 2 in FIG. That is, the security function activation determination unit 18 determines whether the activation of the crime prevention function is indicated in the security function activation information and notifies the crime prevention unit 19 of the determination result. Subsequent operations are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, according to the automatic transaction system 200 of the second embodiment, the security function activation information needs to be additionally registered in the cash card issued to the customer by holding and managing the security function activation information in the host device 50. Therefore, it is possible to introduce a system with improved crime prevention without making the customer who has issued a cash card feel bothered by additional registration.

In the above-described embodiment, the financial transaction is stopped when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized a predetermined number of times. However, in addition to the number of times, the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized within a predetermined time limit. In addition, the financial transaction may be stopped.
In the above-described embodiment, the security function activation information has been registered in advance. However, by providing a security function registration unit in the ATM, registration of whether or not the function for enhancing the crime prevention property is provided to the customer can be registered in a cash card or a database. You may make it make it. In addition, the crime prevention function registration unit may be provided in an account opening terminal operated by a staff member of a financial institution when an account is opened.
In the second embodiment described above, the example in which the security function activation determining unit 18 is provided in the ATM 21 has been described. However, the security function activation determining unit 18 may be provided in the host device 50. In this case, the host device 50 determines whether the security function is activated, and the determination result is sent to the ATM 21 and notified to the security unit 19 of the ATM 21.
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the security function activation information is registered in the database or the cash card has been described. However, the security function activation information may be registered in the passbook and the security function activation information may be read from the passbook.

It is a block diagram of the automatic transaction system of Example 1. It is a figure which shows the suspicious person who concealed the natural face. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the automatic transaction system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the request | requirement screen which looks straight at a camera with a natural face with respect to a transaction candidate. It is a figure which shows the front face of a transaction applicant. It is a block diagram of the automatic transaction system of Example 2. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of acquiring security function activation information according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 ATM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input part 12 Display part 13 Voice guidance part 14 Card reading part 15 ATM communication part 16 Camera 17 Front face recognition part 18 Security function starting determination part 19 Security part 20 Control part 30 Network 40 Host apparatus 60 Monitoring apparatus 61 Monitoring camera

Claims (19)

In an automatic transaction apparatus having a front face recognition unit that recognizes a front face based on an image taken by a camera,
After registering the security function activation request on the storage medium as security function information,
When a transaction operation is started by a transaction applicant, a security function activation information acquisition unit that acquires the security function activation information from the storage medium;
Based on the acquired security function activation information, a security function activation determination unit that determines whether the security function activation is possible,
When it is determined that there is a request for activation of the crime prevention function, the recognition result from the front face recognition unit is acquired, and when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized, the front face can be recognized for the transaction applicant. An automatic transaction apparatus comprising: a crime prevention unit that requests photographing of a front face and stops a subsequent transaction operation when the front face of the applicant is not recognized after the request.   2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is registered in at least one of a transaction card given to a customer, a passbook, or a database for managing customer information.   The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a security function registration unit that registers the security function information.   2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the crime prevention unit stops the transaction operation after making the above-described front face photographing request a predetermined number of times.   2. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the crime prevention unit makes a request for photographing the front face as described above, and stops the transaction operation when the front face cannot be recognized even after a predetermined time has elapsed. .   The crime prevention unit outputs a signal to a monitoring camera for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus in order to acquire a zoom image of the transaction applicant when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1.   The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the crime prevention unit notifies a crime prevention request to a monitoring center for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized. Furthermore, it has a display unit that displays a guidance screen according to the operation status.
The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a video of the transaction applicant photographed by the camera.   9. The automatic transaction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display unit reverse-displays the transaction applicant as if he / she is looking in the mirror. An automatic transaction apparatus having a front face recognition unit for recognizing a front face based on an image photographed by a camera, and connected to the automatic transaction apparatus via a network, in response to a transaction request from the automatic transaction apparatus In a transaction system comprising a host device that performs transaction processing in response,
After registering the security function activation request on the storage medium as security function information,
When a transaction operation is started by a transaction applicant, a security function activation information acquisition unit that acquires the security function activation information from the storage medium;
Based on the acquired security function activation information, a security function activation determination unit that determines whether the security function activation is possible,
When it is determined that there is a request for the start of the crime prevention function, the recognition result from the front face recognition unit is acquired, and when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized, the front face can be recognized for the transaction applicant. An automatic transaction system comprising: a crime prevention unit that requests photographing of a front face and stops a subsequent transaction operation when the front face of the applicant is not recognized after the request.   The host device retains the security function information in association with customer identification information in a database as the storage medium, and receives the identification information acquired from the transaction applicant from the automatic transaction device. 11. The automatic transaction system according to claim 10, wherein the crime prevention function information is acquired from the database based on the information, and the crime prevention function information is notified to the automated transaction apparatus.   The automatic transaction system according to claim 10, wherein the automatic transaction apparatus includes a security function registration unit that registers the security function information.   11. The automatic transaction system according to claim 10, wherein the crime prevention unit stops the transaction operation after making the above-mentioned front face photographing request a predetermined number of times.   11. The automatic transaction system according to claim 10, wherein the crime prevention unit makes a photographing request for the front face and stops the transaction operation when the front face cannot be recognized even after a predetermined time has elapsed. . Furthermore, a monitoring camera for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus is connected to the automatic transaction apparatus,
11. The automatic transaction system according to claim 10, wherein the crime prevention unit outputs a signal to the monitoring camera so as to obtain a zoom image of the transaction applicant when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized. . Furthermore, a monitoring center for monitoring the automatic transaction apparatus is connected to the automatic transaction apparatus,
11. The automatic transaction system according to claim 10, wherein the crime prevention unit notifies the surveillance center of a crime prevention request when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized. Furthermore, it has a display unit that displays a guidance screen according to the operation status.
11. The automatic transaction system according to claim 10, wherein the display unit displays an image of the transaction applicant photographed by the camera.   18. The automatic transaction system according to claim 17, wherein the display unit reversely displays the transaction applicant as if he / she was looking in the mirror. Based on the image taken by the camera, in order to make a transaction with an automatic transaction apparatus equipped with a front face recognition unit that recognizes a front face, an information registration transaction card given to a customer,
After the availability of the security function activation request is registered as security function information,
When a transaction operation is started by a transaction applicant, the security function activation information is read from the card by the automatic transaction apparatus, and based on the security function activation information, it is determined whether or not the crime prevention function can be activated. When it is determined that there is a request for activation, the recognition result from the front face recognition unit is acquired, and when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized, the front face is recognizable to the transaction applicant. The transaction card is used to stop subsequent transaction operations in the automatic transaction apparatus when the front face of the transaction applicant cannot be recognized after the request.

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