Customer service counter/checkpoint registration system with video/image capturing, indexing, retrieving and black list matching function

• US 20040263621A1
• Filed: 03/12/2004
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Agency For Science Technology and Research, Vislog Technology Pte Limited
• Original Assignee: Agency For Science Technology and Research, Vislog Technology Pte Limited
• Inventors: Guo, Chun Biao, Zhou, Ruowei, Tian, Oi
• Application Number:
  US10/488,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20040263621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19663 Surveillance related processing done local to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19671 Addition of non-video data, i.e. metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

A system for capturing images of a person at a checkpoint including at least one image capture means for recording images of the person, a processing means to select a still image of the person from the recorded images, a control means for adding data to the still image and storage means for storing the still image and the data.

Claims

1. A system fro capturing images of a person at a checkpoint including:

at least one image capture means for recording images of said person;

a processing means to select a still image of said person from said recorded images;

a control means for adding data to said still image; and

a storage means for storing said still image and said data.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said processing means selects the still image having the clearest image of the face of the person.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said image capture means is activated by a trigger activated by an operator.

4. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said image capture means is activated by an automatic trigger.

5. A system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said automatic trigger is activated by motion detection.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said image capture means includes a video camera.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said control means may add data automatically and/or manually by an operator.

8. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein video clips of the person are stored together with said still image and said data.

9. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said still image is compared to a set of stored images.

10. A system as claimed in claim 9 wherein an alert is signaled if said still image matches an image on the stored set.

11. A system as claimed in claim 1, further including a query means to enable a person to review and/or retrieve said stored images and said data.

12. a system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the retrieved image and data may be forwarded over a network.

13. A airline check-in counter including a system as claimed in claim 1.

14. A airline check-in counter as claimed in claim 13 wherein said data includes:

airline information,

flight number,

customer name, and

arrival time.