System and method for managing entrance and exit using driver face identification within vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for managing entrance and exit of a vehicle from a facility using a driver'"'"'s facial identification within a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a vehicle configured to photograph a driver'"'"'s face using a camera in the vehicle and to extract facial characteristic information from the photographed image data to perform a first driver identification operation immediately after a driver gets into the vehicle, and send the facial characteristic information via a wireless communication to a vehicle access control center if a positive identification of the driver'"'"'s face was made in the first driver identification and the vehicle is passing a gate for vehicle access; and
the vehicle access control center configured to perform a second driver identification operation of the face of the driver by comparing the facial characteristic information received from the vehicle with the facial characteristic information stored in the vehicle access control center and to control an opening and closing of a gate for vehicle access according to a result of the second driver identification operation of the face of the driver.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for managing entrance and exit of a vehicle from a facility via a driver facial identification operation within a vehicle. More specifically, the present invention includes a vehicle configured to recognize driver'"'"'s face within vehicle by performing a driver identification operation, and then configured to send driver information via a wireless communication to a vehicle access control center in response to a positive identification of the driver'"'"'s face. The vehicle access control center in the present invention then performs a verification of the driver information upon receiving the driver information from the vehicle, and controls an opening and closing of a gate for vehicle access according to of the verification of the driver information.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for managing entrance and exit of a vehicle from a facility using a driver'"'"'s facial identification within a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a vehicle configured to photograph a driver'"'"'s face using a camera in the vehicle and to extract facial characteristic information from the photographed image data to perform a first driver identification operation immediately after a driver gets into the vehicle, and send the facial characteristic information via a wireless communication to a vehicle access control center if a positive identification of the driver'"'"'s face was made in the first driver identification and the vehicle is passing a gate for vehicle access; and the vehicle access control center configured to perform a second driver identification operation of the face of the driver by comparing the facial characteristic information received from the vehicle with the facial characteristic information stored in the vehicle access control center and to control an opening and closing of a gate for vehicle access according to a result of the second driver identification operation of the face of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing entrance and exit of a vehicle from a facility using a driver facial identification operation within a vehicle, the method comprising:
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photographing a face of driver within a vehicle using a camera in the vehicle immediately after a driver gets into the vehicle; extracting facial characteristic information from data associated with the photographed image of the driver'"'"'s face; performing a first driver identification operation in the vehicle by using the extracted facial characteristic information; if a positive identification of the driver'"'"'s face was made in the first driver identification operation and vehicle is passing a gate for vehicle access, sending the facial characteristic information to a vehicle access control center via a wireless communication; performing a second driver identification operation of the face of the driver in the vehicle by comparing the facial characteristic information sent to the vehicle access control center with facial characteristic information stored in the vehicle access control center; and opening a gate to allow the vehicle to access the facility in response to a positive verification. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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