US 12,080,097 B2
Collation system
Taketo Kochi, Tokyo (JP); and Kenji Saito, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,463.
Application 18/199,463 is a continuation of application No. 17/524,955, filed on Nov. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,704,932.
Application 17/524,955 is a continuation of application No. 16/645,196, granted, now 11,210,496, issued on Dec. 28, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2018/029806, filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-179063 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0326240 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/167 (2022.01) [G06V 40/171 (2022.01); G06V 40/173 (2022.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collation method performed by a computer and comprising:
acquiring an image of a pre-passage area of a first gate, the image captured by an imaging device;
detecting a feature of a face area from the image that has been captured by the imaging device;
determining whether to initiate a collation process of the face area on a basis of whether the feature satisfies a feature condition for initiating the collation process, the feature condition at a center area of the image being different from the feature condition at an end area of the image;
not allowing an uncollated person about to pass through a second gate adjacent to the first gate to pass through the second gate based on a result of the determining; and
allowing a collated person to pass through the first gate based on the result of the determining, wherein
the center area of the image is set such that a first person moving on a first lane is located, the first lane corresponding to a first gate where the imaging device is installed, and
the end area of the image is set such that a second person moving on a second lane adjacent to the first lane is shown.