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Emergency reporting apparatus, emergency reporting method, and computer-readable recording medium

  • US 10,210,718 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2015
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An emergency reporting apparatus comprising:

  • a determining unit configured to determine an emergency state based on an image photographed by a photographing unit while a cash drawer keeping cash therein is left open; and

    a reporting unit configured to transmit an emergency report to a predetermined report addressee based on a result of the determination made by the determining unit,wherein the determining unit determines the emergency state based on a degree of similarity between a feature amount of an emergency-indicating event and a feature amount of a photographed object, the feature amount of the photographed object being calculated from the photographed image, andwherein the emergency-indicating event is a predetermined shape or gesture made with a hand that is stuck out from an operator side.

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