US 12,002,046 B2
Face authentication system and face authentication method
Masashi Ozono, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshifumi Yonemoto, Kanagawa (JP); Kunio Furuta, Chiba (JP); and Takao Shime, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/433,820
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/004328
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/179333, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-038646 (JP), filed on Mar. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0147994 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 40/00 (2022.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/10 (2020.01); G07C 9/37 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); G07F 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/401 (2013.01) [G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/00 (2022.01); G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); G07C 9/00904 (2013.01); G07C 9/10 (2020.01); G07C 9/37 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); G07F 7/10 (2013.01); G07C 2209/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A face authentication system that registers a face image of a user in a facility and performs face authentication for each event generated due to an action of the user in the facility, the face authentication system comprising:
a processor that is in the facility and acquires a first face image for registration of the user and specific information different than the first face image, the specific information being used for specifying the user;
a plurality of cameras, including at least one camera that acquires a second face image for authentication of the user, the second face image being captured when the event is generated;
a face management server that is connected to the processor via a network and stores the first face image of the user for registration in association with the specific information in accordance with a collation group set for the user from among a plurality of collation groups; and
a plurality of face collation servers configured to generate face feature data from the first face image for registration and the second face image for authentication, and perform collation processing between pieces of the face feature data,
wherein each of the plurality of collation groups is associated with one of the plurality of face collation servers,
the first face image of the user is stored in association with the specific information in the one of the plurality of face collation servers which is associated with the collation group set for the user, and
each of the plurality of cameras is associated with at least one of the plurality of collation groups and performs the authentication of the user in accordance with the plurality of face collation servers which are associated with the at least one of the plurality of collation groups.