Store Access Face Capture Without Prior Member Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing store management systems require users to undergo a cumbersome member registration procedure for face authentication, which is inconvenient for many customers.
Innovation Solution
A store management system that captures a customer's face image at entry, payment, or exit points, notifies the customer of the image capture, and permits access based on successful image capture and notification, without requiring prior registration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If face authentication is performed using pre-registered face images, then security is enhanced, but the member registration procedure becomes troublesome for users
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring users to register their face images in advance before accessing the store, the system inverts the process by capturing the user's face image at the moment of access (entry, payment, or exit) and using that captured image for authentication. This eliminates the troublesome pre-registration procedure while maintaining security through real-time face verification against stored reference images.
2Reliability
If face images are captured and stored for authentication, then access control is improved, but user convenience is reduced due to prior registration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing and storing face images of authorized users during their initial visit or registration period, but these images are stored as reference data rather than requiring active participation in a registration procedure. When users return, the system automatically compares their face image against the stored reference images, providing convenient access control without requiring active registration at each visit.
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AI summary
A store management system includes: an acquisition unit that obtains a face image of a customer from an imaging apparatus that captures the face image of the customer at a timing at which the customer intends at least one of to enter a store, to make payment, and to leave the store; a notification unit that notifies the customer that the face image is to be obtained or is obtained by the acquisition unit; and a permission unit that permits the customer at least one of to enter the store, to make payment, and to leave the store on condition that the face image is obtained by the acquisition unit and that the customer is notified by the notification unit. It is thus possible to suitably manage the customer's entrance into the store or the like.