INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20170278327A1
• Filed: 02/01/2016
• Published: 09/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allied Telesis Holdings KK
• Original Assignee: Allied Telesis Holdings KK
• Inventors: Kawakita, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,559,142 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 2201/10 Recognition assisted with metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/173 face re-identification, e.g. recognising unknown faces across different face tracks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/253 visually
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Provided is an information processing system that identifies communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal used by a user when the user uses communication through an access point. An information processing system includes a communication terminal identification information storage unit that stores the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless communication device, a person identifying information comparison processing unit that determines whether there is a same person using at least two or more pieces of person identifying information acquired in a person identifying information acquisition device in a certain wireless LAN communication spot where the wireless communication device exists, and a communication terminal identification information narrowing-down processing unit that performs, from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, processing for narrowing down the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal of the user who performs communication using the wireless communication device, by extracting pieces of communication terminal identification information corresponding to the respective pieces of person identifying information from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, and identifying common communication terminal identification information, when existence of the same person is determined as a result of the determination.

Claims

1. An information processing system that identifies communication terminal identification information of a user who performs communication with a portable communication terminal using a wireless communication device,

the information processing system comprising:

a communication terminal identification information storage unit configured to store the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless communication device;

a person collation processing unit configured to perform collation as to whether there is a person registered in advance using person identifying information acquired in a person identifying information acquisition device in a wireless LAN communication spot where the wireless communication device exists;

a candidate information identifying processing unit configured to identify, from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, the communication terminal identification information as candidate information, by extracting the communication terminal identification information corresponding to the person identifying information from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, when existence of the person registered in advance is determined as a result of the collation; and

a communication terminal identification information identifying processing unit configured to perform processing for narrowing down the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal of the user who performs communication using the wireless communication terminal, by identifying common communication terminal identification information from at least two or more pieces of the candidate information for a same person.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

collation processing using the person identifying information acquired in the person identifying information acquisition device is executed by collating the person identifying information and bio-information of the person registered in advance.

2. An information processing system having a wireless communication device and a person identifying information acquisition device installed at or near a gate, and which identifies communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal used by a person who passes through the gate,

the wireless communication device being set to perform communication with the portable communication terminal used by the person who passes through the gate,

the information processing system comprising:

a communication terminal identification information storage unit configured to store the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless communication device;

a person collation processing unit configured to perform collation as to whether there is a person registered in advance using person identifying information acquired in the person identifying information acquisition device; and

a candidate information identifying processing unit configured to perform processing for identifying, from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal of the user who performs communication using the wireless communication device, by extracting the communication terminal identification information corresponding to the person identifying information from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, when existence of the person registered in advance is determined as a result of the collation.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein

a sensor is installed at or near the gate, and

passage of the gate and the acquisition processing of the person identifying information acquisition device are linked, or the processing for acquiring the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal used by the user who passes through the gate in the wireless communication device and the acquisition processing of the person identifying information acquisition device are linked.

12. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein

collation processing using the person identifying information acquired in the person identifying information acquisition device is executed by collating the person identifying information and bio-information of the person registered in advance.

5. An information processing system that identifies communication terminal identification information of a user who performs communication with a portable communication terminal using a wireless communication device,

the information processing system comprising:

a communication terminal identification information storage unit configured to store the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless communication device;

a person identifying information comparison processing unit configured to determine whether there is a same person using at least two or more pieces of person identifying information acquired in a person identifying information acquisition device in a wireless LAN communication spot where the wireless communication device exists; and

a communication terminal identification information narrowing-down processing unit configured to perform, from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, processing for narrowing down the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal of the user who performs communication using the wireless communication device, by extracting pieces of communication terminal identification information corresponding to the respective pieces of person identifying information from the communication terminal identification information storage unit, and identifying common communication terminal identification information, when existence of the same person is determined as a result of the determination.

6. An information processing method for identifying communication terminal identification information of a user who performs communication with a portable communication terminal using a wireless communication device,

the information processing method comprising, in a computer, the steps of:

acquiring the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless communication device;

performing collation as to whether there is a person registered in advance using person identifying information acquired in a person identifying information acquisition device in a wireless LAN communication spot where the wireless communication device exists;

identifying the communication terminal identification information as candidate information, by extracting the communication terminal identification information corresponding to the person identifying information, of the acquired communication terminal identification information, when existence of the person registered in advance is determined as a result of the collation; and

performing processing for narrowing down the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal of the user who performs communication using the wireless communication device, by identifying common communication terminal identification information, from at least two or more pieces of the candidate information for a same person.

7. An information processing method for identifying communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal used by a person who passes through a gate, where a wireless communication device and a person identifying information acquisition device are installed at or near the gate,

the wireless communication device being set to perform communication with the portable communication terminal used by the person who passes through the gate,

the information processing method comprising, in a computer, the steps of:

acquiring the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless communication device;

performing collation as to whether there is a person registered in advance using person identifying information acquired in the person identifying information acquisition device; and

performing processing for identifying the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal of the user who performs communication using the wireless communication device, by extracting the communication terminal identification information corresponding to the person identifying information, of the acquired communication terminal identification information, when existence of the person registered in advance is determined as a result of the collation.

8. An information processing method for identifying communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal using a wireless communication device, of when there are two or more wireless LAN communication spots, each of the wireless LAN communication spots including the wireless communication device and a camera that captures a part or a whole of a communicative range of the wireless communication device,

the information processing method comprising, in a computer, the steps of:

acquiring image information captured by the camera in a first wireless LAN communication spot;

acquiring image information captured by the camera in a second wireless LAN communication spot;

collating the acquired pieces of image information and bio-information of a person registered in advance, and performing collation as to whether the registered person is captured in the image information; and

when the registered person is determined to be captured, comparing the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the first wireless LAN communication spot, and the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the second wireless LAN communication spot, corresponding to the determined image information, and identifying common communication terminal identification information.

9. An information processing method for identifying communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal using a wireless communication device, of a wireless LAN communication spot including the wireless communication device and a camera that captures a part or a whole of a communicative range of the wireless communication device,

the information processing method comprising, in a computer, the steps of:

acquiring image information captured by the camera at a first point of time;

acquiring image information captured by the camera at a second point of time;

collating the acquired pieces of image information and bio-information of a person registered in advance, and performing collation as to whether the registered person is captured in the image information; and

when the registered person is determined to be captured, comparing the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless LAN communication spot at the first point of time, and the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless LAN communication spot at the second point of time, corresponding to the determined image information, and identifying common communication terminal identification information.

10. An information processing method for identifying communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal using a wireless communication device, of when there are two or more wireless LAN communication spots, each of the wireless LAN communication spots including the wireless communication device and a camera that captures a part or a whole of a communicative range of the wireless communication device,

the information processing method comprising, in a computer, the steps of:

acquiring image information captured by the camera in a first wireless LAN communication spot;

acquiring image information captured by the camera in a second wireless LAN communication spot;

extracting face image information of a captured person from the acquired pieces of image information, and determining whether a same person is captured in each of the image information, by comparing the extracted face image information of a person and the face image information of a person extracted from the other image information; and

when the same person is determined to be captured in each of the image information, comparing the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the first wireless LAN communication spot, and the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the second wireless LAN communication spot, corresponding to the pieces of image information, and identifying common communication terminal identification information.

11. An information processing method for identifying communication terminal identification information of a portable communication terminal using a wireless communication device, of a wireless LAN communication spot including the wireless communication device and a camera that captures a part or a whole of a communicative range of the wireless communication device,

the information processing method comprising, in a computer, the steps of:

acquiring image information captured by the camera at a first point of time;

acquiring image information captured by the camera at a second point of time;

extracting face image information of a captured person from the acquired pieces of image information, and determining whether a same person is captured in each of the image information, by comparing the extracted face image information of a person and the face image information of a person extracted from the other image information; and

when the same person is determined to be captured in each of the image information, comparing the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless LAN communication spot at the first point of time, and the communication terminal identification information of the portable communication terminal that performs communication using the wireless LAN communication spot at the second point of time, corresponding to the respective pieces of image information, and identifying common communication terminal identification information.