摘要 |
<p>A face authentication apparatus (100) uses a facial region detecting section (105) to detect an image of a facial region of an authentication target person based on each of a plurality of images supplied from a camera (104) that continuously shoots a predetermined target range, uses an authenticating section (106) to authenticate the authentication target person based on a facial image detected from each image captured by the camera (104), uses a state estimating section (108) to estimate a state of the authentication target person based on the facial image detected from each image captured by the camera (104), determines a guidance in accordance with the estimated state of the authentication target person, and outputs the guidance to a display device (103) or an audio guidance device (102) from an output section (109).</p> |