| 摘要 |
PURPOSE: An entrance management apparatus and an entrance management method are provided to manage entrance into a room or important facility in which much importance is given to the security. CONSTITUTION: The entrance management apparatus includes a reception device(1) disposed in position near a door of a doorway commonly used for all of gates of a facility, a plurality of terminal devices(2a, 2b) disposed in positions corresponding rooms in the facility and a LAN(3) to which the reception device(1) and terminal devices(2a, 2b) are connected. The reception device(1) includes an ID reading section(11) used as identification information acquiring means, an image input section(12) used as image input means, a face feature amount extracting section(13) used as face image extracting means, face data registration section(14), door(15), a door control section(16) used as entrance control means, a dictionary management section(17) used as entrance permission time information forming means and the like. The LAN(3) is a network to which the reception device(1) and terminal devices(2a, 2b) are connected. The ID reading section(11) acquires ID information of a visitor. Each of the image input sections(12, 21, 31) acquires a face image of a visitor. The face feature amount extracting section(13) extracts a feature amount of a face of a visitor. Each of the door control sections(16, 23, 33) controls entrance of a visitor. The dictionary management section(17) forms entrance permission time information. Each of the face recognition sections(22, 32) recognizes a face image of a visitor. |
