Passage Authentication Using Facial Pairing and ID Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional passage management systems face issues with unreliable fraud prevention and degraded security when a user with authorization is accompanied by a user without authorization, or when a user without authorization carries an authentication medium of a user with authorization, leading to compromised security and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A system that identifies both the passerby and their accompanier through facial image analysis and authentication medium information, allowing simultaneous passage if both match authorized identities, using a passage management apparatus with a reading unit, imaging unit, and control unit to manage passage zones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user without authorization is carrying an authentication medium of a user with authorization, then the passage can be allowed for convenience, but security is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary verification mechanism by capturing images of both the user presenting the authentication medium and the user actually attempting passage. The system then verifies the consistency between the authentication medium holder's face and the captured image, ensuring that the person presenting the credential is the same person attempting to pass through. This intermediary verification step prevents unauthorized users from exploiting authorized users' credentials while maintaining convenience for legitimate cases.
2Reliability
If a user with authorization is accompanied by a user without authorization, then the system can identify and authenticate the authorized user, but the unregistered accompanying user cannot pass through
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the authentication process into distinct components: identifying the authentication medium holder, capturing images of both the holder and the person attempting passage, verifying the holder's identity consistency, and then allowing passage. This segmentation allows the system to authenticate the authorized user while accommodating accompanying persons without requiring them to be pre-registered, as the primary authentication focus remains on the authorized holder.
3Reliability
If the system stops passage for spoofing prevention, then security is improved, but convenience is degraded when assisting users or accompanying children
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by capturing images of both the authentication medium holder and the person attempting passage, then comparing these images to verify identity consistency. This feedback mechanism allows the system to detect spoofing attempts while also verifying legitimate cases where authorized users are accompanied by assistants or children. The system uses this feedback to make intelligent authentication decisions that balance security with convenience.
Data Source
AI summary
According to one embodiment, a method includes acquiring ID information read from a medium at a passage zone, identifying a passerby facial image and an accompanier facial image from a captured image of the passage zone, wherein a facial image area of a first user carrying the medium is identified as one of the passerby facial image and the accompanier facial image, and a facial image area of a second user accompanying the first user is identified as the other one of the passerby facial image and the accompanier facial image, and authenticating the first and second users as passage permitted persons if at least one of the passerby facial image and the accompanier facial image matches a correct facial image corresponding to the ID information.