Biometric Exit Gate Control for Faster Face Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing gate apparatuses face challenges in allowing users to pass through quickly due to difficulties in face authentication when a passport is placed on a reader in front of a face authentication device.
Innovation Solution
The gate apparatus includes biometrics information acquisition units to capture biometric data from users approaching or stopped in front of an exit gate door, with a door control unit that opens the gate based on biometric comparisons, accommodating various user orientations and conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If face authentication is performed using a camera positioned in front of the passport reader, then authentication accuracy is improved, but the time required for users to pass through the gate increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a second camera positioned at a different spatial location (above and behind the passport reader) to capture face images from a different dimension. This multi-dimensional approach allows simultaneous acquisition of face images from multiple angles, enabling authentication without requiring users to stop or reposition, thus resolving the contradiction between authentication accuracy and passage time
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary face image capture using the second camera positioned above the passport reader, which can capture images as users approach without requiring them to stop. This preliminary action allows the authentication process to begin earlier and proceed without interrupting user flow, reducing passage time while maintaining authentication accuracy through subsequent verification
2Reliability
If users must stop in front of the gate to allow face capture, then authentication reliability is improved, but productivity of the gate system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous face image capture by positioning the second camera above the passport reader, allowing images to be acquired as users walk through without interruption. This continuous action maintains authentication reliability through multiple capture opportunities while preserving gate throughput by eliminating stops and delays in the user flow
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AI summary
A gate apparatus includes: an exit gate door; a first biometrics information acquisition unit that acquires, from a user who moves toward the exit gate door in a closed state, first target biometrics information to be compared with registered biometrics information registered in advance; a second biometrics information acquisition unit that acquires second target biometrics information to be compared with the registered biometrics information from the use who stops in front of the exit gate door when there is no matching in a comparison between the first target biometrics information and the registered biometrics information or the comparison is unable to be performed; and a door control unit that opens the closed exit gate door in accordance with a result of a comparison between the first target biometrics information or the second target biometrics information and the registered biometrics information.