US 12,148,257 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
Kris Ranganath, Sacramento, CA (US); Rody Bagtes, Sacramento, CA (US); Kannan Veeranan Gandhi, Sacramento, CA (US); and Arun Chandrasekaran, Sacramento, CA (US)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/914,439
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/014303
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/206014, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,475, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117261 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 9/15 (2020.01); G07C 9/37 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/15 (2020.01) [G07C 9/37 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
obtain an image including a plurality of persons captured by one or more cameras, each of the plurality of persons present at a first area in advance of a barrier;
process the image to determine whether each of the plurality of persons at the first area is authorized to proceed through the barrier;
detect a first person, among the plurality of persons, by performing a facial recognition operation on the plurality of persons in the image captured at a first time from the one or more cameras;
detect a first body region corresponding to a first face region of the first person;
detect a second person, among the plurality of persons, by performing the facial recognition operation on the plurality of persons in the image;
detect a second body region corresponding to a second face region of the second person;
track the first body region and the second body region in another image captured by the one or more cameras at a second time subsequent to the first time; and
control the barrier to remain open based on a determination that the first body region or the second body region is approaching the barrier.