JPH09234264A - Management system for game attending player - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system for game attending player capable of securely identifying a game attending player him-/her-self, by recognizing an iris pattern from a photograph of the player, collating it with a registered iris pattern, and opening a gate when the player is discriminated to have the qualification. SOLUTION: An information center 30 transmits a list of players attending on the day, registration data, iris data, etc., from a player registration data file 34 and an iris data file 35 to a management center 20. Those are stored in a data file 24 on the day. When a staff member operates a recognition key, etc., of a main control part 22, players on the list are orderly called out one by one by every one operation. When a player 1 called out approaches a gate 16, the player 1 is photographed by a camera 11 to recognize iris data at an iris recognizing part 12. A collating part 14 collates the recognized iris data with a registered iris pattern 19. The gate 16 is opened by a gate control part 15 when the coincidence is recognized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an iris.
The present invention relates to an athlete participation management system for confirming whether or not an athlete who participates in various competitions is the original person by using recognition technology.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in various sports such as athletics, soccer, bicycle races, and auto racing, only athletes registered and entered by a certain procedure are qualified to participate.
In addition, for cars and motorcycles, only players with a certain license are eligible to participate. In addition, in bicycles, automobile races, etc., the tools used, that is, automobiles and bicycles, must be registered after undergoing a certain inspection. Hitherto, the determination of the qualifications of athletes and the determination of registration of automobiles, motorcycles, etc. have been conventionally performed by a specialized staff member selected at the stadium. The clerk checked the registration card and ID card and the photos attached to it to make sure that he was a qualified player.

[0003]

By the way, the above conventional methods have the following problems to be solved.
For competitions in which the result of a competition greatly affects the qualifications for participation in another competition, or for competitions with a certain level of gambling, forgery of registration documents, banquet participation, etc.
Injustice is being done. When there are a large number of athletes competing in the competition, it is not easy for officials to completely detect these injustices and prevent accidents. Moreover, in gambling competitions such as bicycle races, the results of the competition have a great influence on the customers and the like, and particularly strict management is required. In addition, even if an attempt is made to increase the number of specialized staff members to perform such management strictly, there is a limit to this.

[0004]

The present invention employs the following structure to solve the above problems. <Structure 1> A camera for photographing a player who participates in a competition, an iris recognition unit for recognizing and recognizing an iris pattern of the player from an image photographed by this camera, and a game stored in advance in the database for the competition. By checking the registered iris pattern of the athlete who is qualified to participate, the verification unit that checks the athlete's participation qualification and the gate through which the athlete passes if it is determined as a result of this verification. A system for managing athletes participating in competitions, characterized by having a gate control unit.

<Explanation> A competition means a competition such as a race by the player himself or a bicycle operated by the player. In such competitions, only those who have entered certain qualifications are allowed to participate. The system determines whether the player is the qualified individual by recognizing the iris pattern. The iris pattern is data that is used to acquire the features of the iris of the eye and the features of the pupil as image data and identify the individual like a fingerprint. Therefore, the camera only needs to be able to capture the image of the part including the eyes of the player. The iris recognition unit acquires this iris pattern, and the matching unit compares and matches with the iris pattern of the registered person. The iris recognition unit and the collation unit may be provided separately or integrated.

The reason why the gate is opened and closed according to the result of the collation is that it is most convenient for management that the entrance of an unqualified person is blocked by the gate that the player passes through when entering the stadium. The gate may be provided not only at the entrance to the stadium but also in a waiting room or other places where entry and exit of persons other than athletes are restricted. The identification rate based on the iris pattern is extremely high. Therefore, the qualification of the participating athletes can be judged more strictly, and more speedily without mistakes compared with the case where the staff members judge by comparing the photographs and the like, and the effect of preventing fraud is high.

<Structure 2> In Structure 1, a recognition unit for recognizing the race bib number of the participating player and a collation unit for collating whether or not the player can be given a pre-registered race bib number are provided. A player participation management system characterized by that.

<Explanation> A bib is a uniform or a piece of cloth worn by a player, in which a certain registration number is written. The recognition unit is a device for performing character processing by image-processing the bib number. The collation unit verifies not only whether the number is a registered regular one but also whether the athlete is the person who can attach the bib number. This is to prevent the number of another person from being used illegally or mistakenly. In general, athletes who participate in the competition use numbered numbers so that they can be easily recognized by the spectators and the referee. However, if a player mistakenly uses a bib number that is different from the registered one, it will not only hinder the competition, but also a serious problem in competitions such as gambling. Again, it is difficult for a staff member to prevent 100% of mistakes. Therefore, we used iris recognition and bib number recognition together to automate this judgment, reduce the burden on staff and improve reliability.

<Structure 3> In Structure 1, the recognition unit for recognizing the registration number of the tool used by the participating player in the competition is compared with whether or not the player is the person who can use the tool previously approved for use. A competition player management system characterized by having a matching unit.

<Explanation> Tools used for competitions include vehicles such as bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, ships such as motor boats, and various other competitions that have been registered in advance by inspection and are other than those tools. Means that you are not allowed to compete using. Also, these parts and the like are included. Whether such a tool is registered or not is usually rigorously examined by a staff member. This is to prevent fraud caused by changing tools. In this structure, the recognition unit recognizes the registration number of the tool by reading a pick-up plate or the like. As a recognition method, in addition to reading by an optical method, there is a method of reading a marking or a magnetic recording. For this, various sensors such as a camera, an image line sensor, and a magnetic sensor may be used. The operation of the matching unit and other effects are the same as the recognition and matching operation of the player's bib number.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to specific examples. <Specific Example> FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a competition player management system according to the present invention. This system includes a terminal unit 10, a management center 20 and an information center 30. All of these are connected to each other by a public line or a dedicated line. Terminal part 10
Is provided near a passage or an entrance gate through which the athlete 1 passes to participate in the competition, and is provided with a gate 16 for permitting or forcibly blocking the passage of the athlete 1. The management center 20 is connected to such a terminal unit 10 and arranged in a staff room or the like of a stadium. The information center 30 is provided in a secretariat that administers and manages the competition.

The terminal unit 10 includes a camera 11 for photographing the player 1, an iris recognition unit 12 for acquiring iris data from the photographed image, and the terminal unit 1.
It is composed of a main control unit 13 for controlling the entire operation of 0, a gate control unit 15 for controlling the opening / closing of the gate 16, and a data transmitting / receiving unit 17 for transmitting / receiving iris data. The main control unit 13 is provided with a collation unit 14 that compares the iris data acquired from the video image captured by the camera 11 with the registered iris pattern 19 to collate them.

Further, the management center 20 is provided with a data transmission / reception section 17 of the terminal section 10, a data transmission / reception section 21, a main control section 22 and a database 23 which are connected via a communication line. In this database, a data file 24 regarding the players for the current day is stored. Further, the information center 30 is provided with a data transmitting / receiving unit 31, which is connected to the data transmitting / receiving unit 21 of the management center 20 via a communication line, a main control unit 32, and a database 33. A player registration data file 34 and an iris data file 35 are stored in the database 33.

FIG. 2 shows the gate 1 of the terminal section 10.
The external view of 6 parts is shown. (A) is player 1 and gate 16
It is the side view which looked at and camera 11 from the side. Player 1 is
Bicycle 2 is about to pass through gate 16.
This iris pattern is acquired by photographing with the camera 11. (B) is a top view of this as viewed from above. The camera 11 is suspended and arranged at a place where the face of the player 1 can be photographed. (C) is a figure when the player 1 and the gate 16 are seen from the front. The camera 11 faces the player 1. In such a situation, if it is determined that the athlete 1 is qualified as described below, the gate 16 opens and the athlete 1 must enter the stadium through the gate 16. You can On the other hand, if it is determined that the player is not qualified to participate, the gate 16 remains closed and the player 1 is blocked from entering.

FIG. 3 shows an example explanatory diagram of the current day data file. First, in the information center 30 shown in FIG. 1, the player registration data file 34 and the iris data file 3
5 and 5 are stored. The player registration data file 34 is a file that stores data regarding the individual player such as the player's registration number, player name, and participation qualification.
The iris data file 35 is a file in which the iris data of the player is acquired and stored in association with the player name and the like. Both of these data are transferred from the information center 30 to the management center 20.

The management center 20 stores and holds data regarding the players who participate in the day as a data file 24 for the day. The contents are, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, registration numbers, participating player names, participation qualifications, number numbers,
Used vehicle registration number, iris data, etc. The registration number is an identification number when the athlete is registered in an athlete association or the like. For example, if you have a license,
The contents will be Class A and Class B. The bib number corresponds to the uniform number when participating in the competition on the day. The used vehicle registration number is a fixed registration number attached to the bicycle used. The iris data is data for recognizing whether or not the player is himself / herself.

Returning to FIG. 1, a concrete configuration of each part of the apparatus will be described. The camera 11 captures at least the face portion of the player 1. An iris recognition unit 12 is provided to obtain iris data from the image. This acquisition method is described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-84166, which has already been introduced. The iris data acquired by the iris recognition unit 12 is transferred to the main control unit 13. On the other hand, the registered iris pattern 19 of the player is the management center 2
It is read from the database 23 of 0 and transferred to the main control unit 13 of the terminal unit 10 via the data transmission / reception units 21 and 17. The matching unit 14 is a unit that performs an operation of comparing and matching the iris patterns and notifying the result to the gate control unit 15. The gate controller 15 includes a gate 16
It is composed of an actuator that controls the opening and closing of In addition, a main control unit 13 provided in the terminal unit 10, a main control unit 22 provided in the management center 20, an information center 3
The main control section 32 and the like provided in 0 are each configured by a processor of a computer. The databases 23 and 33 are composed of magnetic disk devices and the like, and the data transmitting / receiving units 17, 21 and 31 are both composed of communication control units.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration when such a system is further developed. In the system of the present invention, the iris data of the player is acquired by the camera, the iris data registered in advance is compared with the iris data to confirm that the person is the original person, and the gate is opened when the qualification is determined. In the example shown in FIG. 4, in order to perform this examination more strictly, not only the iris data of the person himself / herself is acquired, but also the bib number or the registration number or car number attached to the bicycle or the like is recognized. And the qualification is judged based on the comprehensive verification result. In this way, the effect of preventing fraud and mistakes is further enhanced.

The iris recognition unit 12 and the matching unit 14 shown in FIG. 4 are the iris recognition unit 12 and the matching unit 14 shown in FIG.
Is the same as Further, the race bib recognition unit 43 captures an image of the race bib 41 worn by the player 1, cuts out an image of a portion corresponding to a number, that is, a race bib number, and performs character recognition processing by cutting one character at a time.
Conventionally, such recognition processing technology is widely known in character reading devices and the like, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
The recognition result is output to the matching unit 44. That is, when the player 1 recognizes that the race bib number is “1”, the collation unit 44 performs collation processing in relation to the racer, as if this racer has the correct race bib number. To do. Therefore, even if the number is the bib number of another player who is qualified to participate, the recognition verification result such as "not qualified" is obtained. With this, you can discover the wrong numbering and the player's replacement. In addition to this, the vehicle number recognition unit 45 reads a number or the like written on the license plate 42 of the bicycle 2. The recognition method in this case is similar to that of the race bib recognition unit 43, and the processing of the matching unit 46 that matches the recognition result is also similar to that of the matching unit 54. That is, this FIG.
According to the specific example, the entry qualification is determined based on whether or not the player 1 is the person himself, and whether or not the player 1 is wearing the correct number and is using the correct vehicle. Therefore, a more rigorous determination can be made.

FIG. 5 shows a specific operational flowchart of the system having the above-mentioned configuration. The system of the present invention specifically operates in such a procedure. First, in step S1, the player registration data file 34 and the iris data file 35 stored in the information center 30 are transmitted to the management center 20 from the player list, player registration data, iris data, etc. Then, this is stored in the current day data file 24 of the database 23. Then, in order to call the player, a list of participating players is acquired in a buffer (not shown) of the main control unit 22.

The clerk recognizes this content on a display or the like (not shown) provided in the main control unit 22, and similarly presses a confirmation key or the like provided in the main control unit 22 to start the operation (step S2). When the confirmation key is pressed once, the main control unit 22 reads one player name on the list (step S3), and calls the player by voice synthesis (step S4). The player 1 thus called approaches the gate 16 to enter the competition. The iris data of the player 1 approaching the gate is recognized by the camera 11 and the iris recognition unit 12 (step S5).

The matching unit 14 uses the registered iris pattern 1
9 is checked (step S6). As a result of this matching,
It is judged whether or not the person is the person (step S7). When the person is recognized as the person, the result is displayed on a console (not shown) of the main control unit 22 in step S8, and the gate 16 is opened in step S9. Allow Player 1 to pass. When this process ends, the procedure returns to step S2 again, and the attendant depresses the confirmation key to prompt another player to enter (step S2). Thus,
Further, the name of the next player for one player is read, called, and iris recognition processing is performed (step S3).
-Step S6). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7 that the person is not the person himself / herself, then the process proceeds to step S10, to that effect is displayed on the console of the main control unit 22 and the attendant is alerted, and processing corresponding to unauthorized entry is performed. (Step S11). This processing is performed by a predetermined procedure by the staff member himself.

The number recognition and the vehicle number recognition processing shown in FIG. 4 are performed in exactly the same manner.
Therefore, although the explanation using the flowchart is omitted again, when the number recognition is involved, the gate is opened only when both the iris recognition of the person and the result of the number recognition are qualified to participate. The same applies when the vehicle number is recognized. In the above specific example, the bicycle competition has been described as an example, but a car competition, a boat race, an athletics competition,
A similar system is possible for various sports such as marathons. The location of the gate can be set freely according to the content of the competition. Further, not only the body of an automobile or a bicycle, but also the parts thereof, as long as the registration number or the like attached to the parts can be optically, magnetically, electrically, and mechanically read and recognized, The system can be widely adopted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a competition player management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a gate portion.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a current day data file.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a modified example of the system.

FIG. 5 is a system operation flowchart of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 player 10 terminal part 11 camera 12 iris recognition part 13 main control part 14 verification part 15 gate control part 16 gate 20 management center 23 database 24 current day data file 30 information center 33 database 34 player registration data file 35 iris data file

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A camera for photographing a player participating in a competition, an iris recognition unit for recognizing and recognizing an iris pattern of the player from an image photographed by the camera, and a iris recognition unit stored in a database in advance for the competition. By matching with the registered iris pattern of athletes qualified for
A competitor who is equipped with a collation unit that inspects the qualifications of the athlete and a gate control unit that opens the gate through which the athlete will pass if the result of this collation determines that the qualification is qualified. Management system. 2. The recognition unit according to claim 1, further comprising: a recognition unit for recognizing a player's race bib number and a collation unit for collating whether or not the player has a pre-registered race bib number. A player participation management system featuring competition. 3. The recognition unit according to claim 1, wherein the recognition unit recognizes the registration number of the tool used by the participating athlete and the verification that the athlete is the person who can use the tool approved for use in advance. A player participation management system featuring competitions.