Reception system and reception method
First Claim
1. A reception system, comprising at least one processor configured to function as:
- a visitor recognition unit that recognizes a visitor;
a receiving person recognition unit that recognizes a receiving person that corresponds to the visitor based on a speech signal spoken by the visitor;
a receiving person contact information storage unit that stores contact information of the receiving person;
a notification unit that sends a notice indicating that the visitor has arrived, to a terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the receiving person stored by the receiving person contact information storage unit; and
a receiving person selection unit that selects contact information of a substitute receiving person associated with the receiving person in a case where the receiving person is absent when the notification unit sends the notice to the terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the receiving person,wherein the notification unit sends the notice to a terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the substitute receiving person selected by the receiving person selection unit when the receiving person is absent.
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Abstract
A reception system includes: a visitor recognition unit that recognizes a visitor; a receiving person recognition unit that recognizes a receiving person that corresponds to the visitor; a receiving person contact information storage unit that stores contact information of the receiving person; a notification unit that notifies the receiving person of a visit of the visitor at the contact information of the receiving person stored by the receiving person contact information storage unit; and a receiving person selection unit that selects a substitute receiving person associated with the receiving person in a case where the receiving person is absent when the notification unit notifies the receiving person at the contact information of the receiving person, wherein the notification unit notifies the substitute receiving person selected by the receiving person selection unit when the receiving person is absent.
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10 Claims
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1. A reception system, comprising at least one processor configured to function as:
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a visitor recognition unit that recognizes a visitor; a receiving person recognition unit that recognizes a receiving person that corresponds to the visitor based on a speech signal spoken by the visitor; a receiving person contact information storage unit that stores contact information of the receiving person; a notification unit that sends a notice indicating that the visitor has arrived, to a terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the receiving person stored by the receiving person contact information storage unit; and a receiving person selection unit that selects contact information of a substitute receiving person associated with the receiving person in a case where the receiving person is absent when the notification unit sends the notice to the terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the receiving person, wherein the notification unit sends the notice to a terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the substitute receiving person selected by the receiving person selection unit when the receiving person is absent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A reception method in a reception system having a receiving person contact information storage unit that stores contact information of a receiving person with respect to a visitor, the method comprising:
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(a) by way of a visitor recognition unit, recognizing the visitor; (b) by way of a receiving person recognition unit, recognizing a receiving person that corresponds to the visitor based on a speech signal spoken by the visitor; (c) by way of a notification unit, sending a notice indicating that the visitor has arrived, to a terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the receiving person stored by the receiving person contact information storage unit; (d) by way of a receiving person selection unit, selecting contact information of a substitute receiving person associated with the receiving person in a case where the receiving person is absent when sending the notice to the terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the receiving person in (c); and (e) by way of the notification unit, sending the notice to a terminal which corresponds to the contact information of the substitute receiving person selected in (d) when the receiving person is absent, wherein the reception method is performed using at least one processor configured to function as the visitor recognition unit, the receiving person recognition unit, the notification unit, the receiving person selection unit, and the notification unit.
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