JP2003331323A - Automatic gate system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic gate system allowing a user to pass without holding a card up when passing a gate. <P>SOLUTION: When a user carrying a user device 1 storing passing right data and face data enters a communication area A of a radio communication part 2, the data are received from the user device 1, and the data and the determination result of the validity of the passing right data are stored in a data storage part 12. An identification part specifies the user by collating the face data of the user obtained from an image picked up by a camera 4 when the user passes the gate 3 with the face data stored in the data storage part 12 and permits the passing of the user, when the determination result of the passing right data of the specified user is valid. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic gate system which judges whether or not a user has a passage right and permits only a user having a passage right to pass through a gate. The present invention relates to an automatic gate system that allows passengers to pass a vehicle without performing an operation to determine whether or not the vehicle can pass.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional automatic gate system, there is an automatic gate system using a non-contact IC card which is adopted for an automatic ticket gate of a railway or a ticket gate of a ski lift. In such a conventional automatic gate system, a user possesses a non-contact IC card that stores data necessary for passing through the gate (hereinafter, passage authority data), and the non-contact IC card is passed to the gate side when passing through the gate. When the user covers the communication area of the wireless communication device provided in 1, the transmission authority data is transmitted to the gate side. The gate side determines whether the received passage authority data is valid or invalid, determines whether or not the user can pass through, and based on this determination result, performs opening / closing control of the gate door or display control of passage permission / non-permission. Do and control the passage of users.

Here, the passage authority data is, for example, ticket data in the case of an automatic ticket gate system of a railway, and the ticket data is used if it shows authority equivalent to a commuter ticket. It is data such as the route section and usage period, if it shows the authority equivalent to a ticket, it is the data such as the purchase station and purchase price, and if it is a point card such as a SF card or Io card, it is the number of points data .

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional automatic gate system of this kind, since it is recognized that the user who transmitted the passage authority data and the user who is going to pass are the same person, A wireless communication device is provided in the wireless communication device, and its communication area is set to a narrow area so as not to overlap with the communication area of the wireless communication device of the adjacent gate so that only the transmission data of the user who is going to pass can be received. There is. As a result, the sender of the received passage authorization data is regarded as the user who is going to pass, and the user who is going to pass is specified. For this reason, in the conventional system, the operation of transmitting the passing authority data, that is, the operation of holding the non-contact IC card over the antenna of the wireless communication device provided on the gate side, must be performed in order to ask whether or not the gate can be passed. It was inconvenient when I had baggage. Moreover, the business operator could not check the illegal use of another person's card.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic gate system capable of passing through a gate as it is without any operation when passing through the gate.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 1, it is determined whether or not the user has the passage authority, and only the user having the passage authority permits the passage of the gate. And a portable user device including a storage unit for storing identification data for identifying the user's passage authority data and the characteristic data indicating the characteristic of the user, and a wireless communication unit capable of transmitting the identification data. Wireless communication means having a communication area capable of data communication with a plurality of user devices, imaging means for imaging a user who is going through the gate, and identification data received by the wireless communication means are associated with each other. The pass right data and the feature data of the user are specified, the validity / invalidity of the specified pass right data is determined, and the feature data generated from the image captured by the image capturing unit is determined. Of the user's gate passing imaged based on the passing authority data determination result of the specified user by identifying the user who is going to pass through the gate by collating the data with the characteristic data specified by the identification data. It is characterized by further comprising passability determination means for determining permission / prohibition, and gate passage permission means for permitting the gate passage only to the user determined to be passable by the passability determination means.

In such a configuration, when the user carrying the user device enters the communication area of the wireless communication means, the user's passage authority data and the characteristic data indicating the characteristics of the user stored in the user device are displayed. Identification data for identification is transmitted from the user device to the wireless communication means. The wireless communication means receives the identification data from all the user devices existing in the communication area. The imaging means images the user who is going through the gate. The passability determination unit determines whether the pass authorization data specified by the identification data received by the wireless communication unit is valid or invalid, and the characteristic data generated by the image captured by the image capturing unit and the wireless communication unit receive the characteristic data. The user who tries to pass through the gate is identified by collating with the characteristic data identified by the identified identification data. Then, the passage permission / inhibition determination means determines whether or not the user who wants to pass through the gate can pass through the gate based on the determination result of the passage authority data of the identified user. If it is determined that the user can pass, the gate passage permission means permits the user to pass the gate.

According to a second aspect, the wireless communication means is
With a configuration including a plurality of antennas and a plurality of wireless communication modules provided corresponding to the respective antennas and controlling data communication, it is possible to arbitrarily set the communication area of the wireless communication means. More specifically, the passage permission / inhibition determining means is, as in claim 3, a passage authority determining means for determining validity / invalidity of the passage authority data specified by the identification data received by the wireless communication means, and the passage authority determining means. A data storage unit that stores the determination result of the authority determination unit in association with corresponding feature data for a preset period of time, feature data generated from an image captured by the image capturing unit, and feature data stored in the data storage unit. And the user identification means for identifying the user who is trying to pass through the gate, and the user specified by the user identification means is imaged based on the passage authority determination result stored in the data storage means. It may be configured to include a passage processing unit that determines whether or not the user can pass through the gate and performs processing according to the determination result.

When a plurality of gates are provided and the image pickup means is installed at each gate as described in claim 4, it is possible to reliably form an image of a user who is going through the gate. When a plurality of gates are provided, at least one of the user identification means and the passage processing means may be installed in each gate.

According to a sixth aspect, the passage processing means is
When it is determined that the user can pass through the gate, it is preferable to control the transmission of predetermined data to the user device owned by the user via the wireless communication unit. The gate passage permitting means may be configured to control opening / closing of the gate door as in claim 7, or may be configured to notify the user of whether to pass the gate as in claim 8.

If the characteristic data is face data relating to facial characteristics, the user can be identified from the facial image of the user. In this case, claim 10
As described above, the user identification unit is a face detection unit that detects a face image from the image captured by the image capturing unit, and face data that generates the face data of the user based on the face image detected by the face detection unit. A generation unit, and a face data collation unit for collating the face data of the user generated by the face data generation unit with the face data stored in the data storage unit to recognize a user who is going through a gate. May be provided.

According to the eleventh aspect, the identification data stored in the user device may be the passage authorization data and the characteristic data itself. When the user device is a non-contact IC card, it is easy to carry. The automatic gate system of the present invention may be applied to an automatic ticket gate system of a station as claimed in claim 13. in this case,
As in claim 14, the passage authority data is ticket data.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic gate system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the automatic gate system according to the present embodiment is, for example, a portable user device 1 having a configuration capable of transmitting stored data regarding a user, and a wireless communication means capable of wirelessly communicating with the user device 1. Wireless communication unit 2 and gate 3
And a camera 4 as an image capturing means for capturing an image of a user who is going to pass through the gate 3, and a user's gate passage based on the received data from the wireless communication unit 2 and the image data of the user captured by the camera 4. A passability determining unit 5 as a passability determining unit that determines passability; a door control unit 6 as a gate passage permitting unit that permits a gate passage only to a user who is determined to be passable by the passability determining unit 5; And a notification control unit 7. Note that either the door control unit 6 or the notification control unit 7 may be provided as the gate passage permission unit.

The user device 1 is as shown in FIG.
A storage unit 1A capable of reading and writing data and storing user identification data, and a wireless communication unit 1 capable of transmitting and receiving data
For example, it is a non-contact IC card provided with B, and transmits identification data when communication is established in a communication area A of the wireless communication unit 2 which will be described later. Note that a non-contact IC card having only a transmission function may be used if data writing is unnecessary. As a power supply method for the non-contact IC card, an electromotive means that electromotively generates electromagnetic wave radiation energy from the outside may be used, or a battery may be used. In the storage unit 1A,
As the identification data, passage authority data required for the user to pass through the gate 3 and, for example, face data relating to the features of the face are stored in advance as the feature data indicating the features of the user.

Here, if the automatic gate system of the present invention is applied to an automatic ticket gate system of a station, the passage authority data is ticket data and if it shows authority equivalent to a commuter ticket. It is data such as the route section used and the period used, and if it shows the authority equivalent to the ticket, it is the data such as the purchase station and the purchase price. In addition, the face data is numerical data that can be determined from the captured images of the user's face to determine match / mismatch by comparison, and is, for example, face feature amount data calculated based on the face image. The facial feature amount data is a numerical representation of the facial features of the user who can distinguish between the person and the other person. For example, facial features (eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, cheeks, etc.) It is a numerical representation of the shape and the mutual arrangement relationship. Further, as the face data, it is possible to use, for example, JPEG-type image data whose size is specified.

The wireless communication unit 2 has the above-mentioned communication area A in which data communication can be performed with a plurality of user apparatuses 1, that is, the communication area A in which the user apparatus 1 can communicate one to n. As shown in FIG. 3, it has a configuration including a wireless communication module 2A for controlling data communication and an antenna 2B for transmitting / receiving data. Upon receiving the pass authorization data and the face data (face feature amount data) from the user device 1, the wireless communication module 2A transmits the pass authorization data to the pass authorization data determining unit 11 of the pass allowance determining unit 5, which will be described later, and The data is also transmitted to the data storage unit 12 of the pass / fail determination unit 5.

As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of wireless communication modules 2A and a plurality of antennas 2B corresponding to each wireless communication module 2A may be provided. According to the configuration of FIG. 4, the communication area A can be set arbitrarily. The gate 3 is installed at the boundary between the inside and outside of the facility, and is a door (not shown) for the passage of a user who is not authorized to pass through.
For example, it is a ticket gate in an automatic ticket gate system at a station. The gate 3 is provided with, for example, a camera 4, a door control unit 6, and a notification control unit 7.

The camera 4 is arranged at a position where the face of the user who is going to pass through the gate 3 can be mainly imaged, and the obtained image is detected by the face detection unit 13A of the user authentication unit 13 which will be described later. Output to. The door control unit 6 controls opening / closing of the door based on a command output from a passage processing unit 14 of the passage permission / inhibition determination unit 5 described later to control a user's passage through the gate. Similarly, the notification control unit 7 notifies the user whether or not the gate can be passed based on the command output from the passage processing unit 14. As a form of reporting to the user, a message may be displayed on the display device, a lamp, a buzzer, or the like may be used, or a voice message from a speaker may be used.

The passability determination unit 5 includes a pass authorization data determination unit 11 as a pass authorization determination unit, a data storage unit 12 as a data storage unit, a user authentication unit 13 as a user identification unit, and a pass processing. Passage processing unit 1 as means
4 and. Passing authority data determination unit 11
Is for determining validity / invalidity of the passage authority data received by the wireless communication unit 2, and sends the determination result and the passage authority data to the data storage unit 12.

The data storage unit 12 stores the passage authority data sent from the passage authority data judging unit 11 and the determination result thereof in association with the corresponding face data sent from the wireless communication unit 2 for a preset period of time. is there. still,
Needless to say, the certain period of time is set to be longer than the time from when the user enters the communication area A to when the user reaches the gate 3.

The user authentication unit 13 collates the face data generated from the imaged image of the user sent from the camera 4 with the face data stored in the data storage unit 12 to check the gate data.
For identifying a user who is going to pass through the face detection unit 13A, face data calculation unit 13B, and face data collation unit 13
With C. The face detection unit 13A processes, for example, an image from the camera 4 as a continuous image, and executes a process of detecting the user's face from each image. When the face of the user is detected, the face image is cut out and the face image is sent to the face data calculation unit 13B. The face data calculation unit 13B calculates face feature amount data based on the face image sent from the face detection unit 13A. The face data matching unit 13C is a face data calculation unit 13B.
The face feature amount data calculated in step 3 is compared with the face feature amount data stored as face data in the data storage unit 12 to obtain a similarity, and it is determined whether the similarity exceeds a preset threshold value. If the similarity is higher than the threshold value, it is determined that they match, and the determination result is sent to the passage processing unit 14 together with information indicating the matched face data. If there is no face data whose similarity exceeds the threshold, it is determined that there is no corresponding person, and the determination result is sent to the passage processing unit 14.

The passage processing unit 14 includes a face data collating unit 13C.
When the match determination result and the face data information are input from, the data storage unit 1 is associated with the input face data.
The passage authority data and the judgment result stored in 2 are read. If the determination result of the passage authority data is valid, predetermined write data (gate passage data etc.) is sent to the wireless communication unit 2 according to the read passage authority data, and the door control unit 6 is instructed to open the door. Is output, and a notification command for passage permission is output to the notification control unit 7. Face data matching unit 13C
If the determination result indicating that there is no corresponding person is input from, or if the determination result of the passage authority data associated with the input face data is invalid, a door closing command is output to the door control unit 6, and the notification control unit 7 Outputs a notification command that the passage is not permitted.

When a plurality of gates 3 are installed,
As shown in FIG. 5, the user authentication unit 13 and the passage processing unit 1
4 may be provided in each gate 3, but not necessarily provided in each gate 3. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, one user authentication unit 13 and one pass processing unit 14 may be configured to perform user pass processing of a plurality of gates 3. As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which any one of 13 and the passage processing unit 14 is provided in each gate 3. 5 to 8, similarly to the above, the user authentication unit 13 is configured to input a captured image from the camera 4 provided in the gate 3, and the passage processing unit 14 is provided with the door control unit 6 provided in the gate 3. It goes without saying that the configuration is such that a command output is generated in the notification control unit 7 and the writing data A is transmitted to the wireless communication unit 2.

Next, the operation of the passage processing control for the user of the automatic gate system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described using the flowchart of No. 1. The storage of user data is, for example, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9, in step 1 (indicated by S1 in the figure, the same applies hereinafter), the wireless communication unit 2 sends the user data from the user device 1, that is, It is determined whether or not the pass authorization data and the face data are received. When the pass authorization data and the face data are received, the process proceeds to step 2 where the pass authorization data determination unit 11 determines whether the pass authorization data is valid or invalid. Then, in step 3, the determination result of step 2 and the received passage authority data and face data are stored in the data storage unit 12. In the operations of steps 1 to 3, the user carrying the user device 1 enters the communication area A, communication between the wireless communication unit 2 and the user device 1 is established, and the wireless communication unit 2
Is performed each time user data is received.

As for the data stored in the data storage unit 12, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, it is determined in step 11 whether or not there is stored data that has passed a certain time. Delete the stored data. As a result, the data of the user who has just passed through the communication area A need not be stored forever.

Next, the passage control operation when the user passes through the gate 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in step 21, the camera 4 operates the gate 3
It is determined whether or not the user who is going to pass through is captured. If the image is captured, the process proceeds to step 22. Step two
In 2, the face data stored in the data storage unit 12 is sequentially read and collated with the face data generated by the user authentication unit 13 as described above.

In step 23, it is determined whether or not there is face data in which the similarity indicating the result of the collation exceeds the threshold value and the collation coincides. If there is, the user can be identified and the process proceeds to step 24. In step 24, the passage authority data and the determination result thereof stored in the data storage unit 12 in association with the face data specified by the passage processing unit 14 are read.

In step 25, it is judged whether the read judgment result is valid or invalid. If the judgment result is valid, the process proceeds to step 26, and the passage processing unit 14 transmits write data, a door open command, and a passage permission notification command. Occur. In step 27, the door control unit 6 and the notification control unit 7 open the door,
Notify the user of passage permission, and permit the user to pass through Gate 3.

On the other hand, if it is not possible to identify the user because there is no face data for matching in step 23, or if the determination result of the pass authorization data is invalid in step 25, the process proceeds to step 28 and the pass processing unit 14 opens the door. A closing command and a passage disapproval notification command are generated, and in step 29, the door control unit 6 and the notification control unit 7 keep the door closed, and the passage disapproval is notified to the user, and the gate of the user is given. Block 3 passage.

According to the automatic gate system of this embodiment, the user's passage authority data and face data are received from the user device 1 at the stage of entering the communication area A before the user passes through the gate 3. Then, each of these data and the presence / absence of passage authority are stored, and when the user tries to pass through the gate 3, the user is identified based on the face image of the user, and the passage of the identified user Since the passage of the user through the gate 3 is controlled depending on the presence or absence of authority, the user does not need to perform any special operation when passing through the gate 3. Therefore, for example, even when both hands are closed, the gate 3 can be easily passed. Also,
Since the face image of the passing user is collated with the face data stored in the user device 1, it is possible to check this even if another person illegally uses the user device 1. The data of the user who is allowed to pass through the gate 3 is immediately deleted.

In the above-described embodiment, the passage authorization data for invalidity determination is also stored, but only the data for which validity determination is made may be stored. In this case, the determination operation of the passage authority data determination result after the face data verification (operation of step 25 in FIG. 11) can be omitted. Further, the received passage authority data and face data are stored in the data storage unit 12 as they are, the face data is collated to identify the user, and then the passage authority data of the user specified by the passage authority data determination unit 11 is valid / invalid. May be determined. in this case,
It is not necessary to store the determination result of the passage authority data.

In the above embodiment, the user device 1 is a non-contact IC card, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a PDA (portable terminal device) 20 having a storage unit and a wireless communication unit as shown in FIG.
You may use as. In this case, face data and passage authority data may be stored in the storage unit of the PDA 20.

Further, the user device 1 may be constructed by combining the PDA 20 and the conventional non-contact IC card 21. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG.
Slot 20 for inserting non-contact IC card 21 on the back side of
14A, a data reading means is provided in the PDA 20 as shown in FIG.
By inserting it into A, the passing authority data in the non-contact IC card 21 can be read by the PDA 20 side.
The storage unit of the PAD 20 stores the face data of the user. According to this configuration, by storing the face data on the PAD 20 side, it is possible to use the non-contact IC card or the like used in the conventional automatic ticket gate system as it is, for example.

When the user device 1 is provided with a sounding means such as a buzzer and a display means such as a lamp, for example,
As shown in FIG. 15, information such as entering the communication area A, being able to pass through (passing authority data determination is effective), being authenticated at the time of passing through the gate 3 and the like is given by sound or lighting. It is advisable to provide a function to notify the user at each point. When the user device 1 is equipped with a voice output means such as a speaker or a display means capable of displaying characters, for example, as shown in FIG. (Passing authority data judgment is valid), and because the face was authenticated when passing through the gate 3, additional information and facilities related to passing authority data to the user at each point (figure shows the case of a station) It is advisable to provide a function of transmitting information regarding the above to the user device 1 side and notifying the user by voice or character display. In this case,
As shown in FIG. 17, the content of the transmission information may be changed according to each user in accordance with the content of the passage authority data of each user.

The user device may be a mobile phone as long as it has a function of transmitting data when entering the communication area A. In the current automatic gate system, for example, an automatic ticket gate system, a human detection means such as an optical sensor is provided for each gate to detect a user who passes through the gate, and the passage of a ticketless person without a ticket is suppressed. is doing.
It is desirable that the automatic gate system of this embodiment is also provided with the same human detection means. In this case, for example, the user authentication camera 4 may also be used as a human detection sensor, and the human detection means may be configured to process a captured image from the camera 4 to detect the presence or absence of a human. You may make it separately equipped with the human detection means by such as. Further, it may be a human detection unit configured to detect a human by using both an image captured by the camera 4 and a sensor output of a conventional optical sensor or the like.

Further, the gate of the conventional automatic ticket gate system for non-contact type IC cards is equipped with both a reader / writer device for magnetic cards and a reader / writer device for non-contact type IC cards. The gate of the automatic gate system of the present embodiment may also be provided with a conventional reader / writer device for magnetic cards and a reader / writer device for non-contact type IC cards.

In the present embodiment, the user device 1 is configured to store the passage authority data and the face data. However, for example, the user device 1 may store the face data and the user-specific ID data, and a gate may be stored. The device on the side stores the pass authorization data in association with the ID data, and the ID data transmitted from the user device 1 is used as identification data for the face data of the user and the pass authorization data. The user authorization and passage authorization data determination processing may be executed by searching the passage authorization data of the user corresponding to the face data transmitted from. Further, only the user-specific ID data is stored in the user device 1, face data and passage authority data are stored in the device on the gate side in association with the ID data, and the ID data transmitted from the user device 1 is stored. Is used as identification data of the user's face data and passage authority data, and the face data and passage authority data stored in the device on the gate side are searched by this ID data to execute user authentication and passage authority data determination processing. You may

Further, in the present embodiment, the face data is used as the characteristic data indicating the characteristic of the user, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the characteristic data such as the movement of the user's body may be used. Further, in the present embodiment, the camera as the image pickup means is provided in the gate, but the camera is not necessarily provided in the case as long as it is in a position where a user passing through the gate can take an image. For example, when there are a plurality of gates, one or a plurality of cameras, which are smaller than the number of gates, may be arranged so that the entire gate can be imaged, and a user passing through the gate may be imaged.

Needless to say, the automatic gate system of the present invention can be applied not only to automatic ticket gates at stations but also to gate systems of all other facilities that employ a system that allows only users who have the authority to pass through. .

[0040]

As described above, according to the automatic gate system of the present invention, before the user passes through the gate, the passing authority data and the characteristic data of the user are received in advance, and the user can check the gate. Since the user is authenticated based on the captured image of the user when he / she tries to pass through, the user does not need to perform any special operation when passing through the gate. Therefore, for example, even when both hands are blocked, it is possible to easily pass through the gate, and the convenience of the user can be improved. Further, since the authentication is performed by collating the captured image of the user who is going to pass through and the feature data stored in the user device 1, it is possible to check this even if another person illegally uses the user device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an automatic gate system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a user device of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a wireless communication unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another configuration example of a wireless communication unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a passability determination unit when there are a plurality of gates.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another configuration example of a passability determination unit when there are a plurality of gates.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another configuration example of a pass / fail determination unit when there are a plurality of gates.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another configuration example of a pass / fail determination unit when there are a plurality of gates.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a storage operation of reception data on the gate side.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a storage operation of received data on the gate side.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a passage control operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of the user device.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of the user device.

14 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the user device shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a usage example in the case where the user device is provided with a sounding means and the like.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a usage example in the case where the user device includes a voice output unit and the like.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing another usage example in the case where the user device includes a voice output unit and the like.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 user equipment 2 Wireless communication section 3 gates 4 cameras 5 Passability judgment section 6 Door control unit 7 Notification control unit 11 Passing authority data determination unit 12 Data storage 13 User Authentication Department 13A Face detector 13B Face data calculation unit 13C Face data matching unit 14 Passage processing unit 20 PAD A communication area

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. It is determined whether or not the user has a passage right,
An automatic gate system configured to permit only a user having passage authority to pass through a gate, a storage unit for storing identification data for identifying passage authority data of a user and characteristic data indicating characteristics of the user, and the identification. A portable user device having a wireless communication unit capable of transmitting data, a wireless communication unit having a communication area capable of data communication with a plurality of user devices, and an image of a user who is going to pass through the gate. The image capturing unit and the user's passage authority data and the characteristic data associated with each other by the identification data received by the wireless communication unit are specified, and the validity / invalidity of the specified passage authority data is determined, and the image capturing unit The user who is going to pass the gate is identified by comparing the feature data generated from the captured image of Passability determining means for determining whether or not the user can pass through the gate, which is imaged based on the determination result of the passing authority data of the identified user, and a user for which the passability determining means determines that the user can pass through the gate. An automatic gate system comprising: a gate passage permission means for permitting only a gate passage. 2. The wireless communication means includes a plurality of antennas,
2. A configuration having a plurality of wireless communication modules provided corresponding to each antenna and controlling data communication.
Automatic gate system described in. 3. The passage permission / inhibition determining means, the passage authority determining means for determining validity / invalidity of the passage authority data specified by the identification data received by the wireless communication means, and the determination result of the passage authority determining means. Is stored in association with the corresponding feature data for a preset period of time, the feature data generated from the image captured by the image capturing unit and the feature data stored in the data storing unit are collated to form a gate. A user identifying means for identifying a user who is going to pass through, and a gate passing of the user imaged based on the passage authority determination result stored in the data storing means of the user identified by the user identifying means. The automatic gate system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the automatic gate system is configured to include a passage processing unit that determines whether or not it is possible to perform processing according to the result of the determination. 4. The automatic gate system according to claim 1, wherein when there are a plurality of gates, the image pickup means is installed in each gate. 5. The automatic gate system according to claim 3, wherein when there are a plurality of gates, at least one of the user identification means and the passage processing means is installed in each gate. 6. The passage processing means is configured to control transmission of predetermined data to a user device owned by the user via the wireless communication means when it is determined that the gate can be passed. 5. The automatic gate system according to any one of 5. 7. The automatic gate system according to claim 1, wherein the gate passage permitting means is configured to control opening and closing of a gate door. 8. The gate passage permission means is configured to notify the user of whether or not the gate can be passed.
The automatic gate system according to any one of 1. 9. The automatic gate system according to claim 1, wherein the feature data is face data relating to face features. 10. When the feature data is face data relating to a face feature, the user identifying means detects a face image from an image captured by the image capturing means, and a face detected by the face detecting section. A face data generation unit that generates the face data of the user based on an image, and a gate by collating the face data of the user generated by the face data generation unit with the face data stored in the data storage unit. 10. The automatic gate system according to claim 3, wherein the automatic gate system has a face data collating unit that recognizes a user who is going to pass. 11. The automatic gate system according to claim 1, wherein the identification data stored in the user device is the passage authority data and the characteristic data itself. 12. The automatic gate system according to claim 1, wherein the user device is a non-contact IC card. 13. The automatic gate system according to claim 1, which is applied to an automatic ticket gate system of a station. 14. The automatic gate system according to claim 13, wherein the passage authority data is ticket data.