Identification system

• US 10,332,371 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2017
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Yamashiro, Takahisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Tanmay K
• Application Number:
  US16/078,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20190051128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 340541
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/04 Access control involving a hierarchy in access rights
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19 using infrared-radiation detection systems G08B13/194 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/22 Electrical actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/04 using a single signalling line, e.g. in a closed loop
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

An identification system includes a facility-side device and a transmitter which is carried by a registered individual and transmitting an identification signal containing identification information. The facility-side device includes: an identification signal receiving device receiving the identification signal transmitted from the transmitter; an identification information storage unit in which identification information assigned to the transmitter carried by the registered individual is previously stored; an event detection unit detecting an occurrence of an event; and an individual identification unit determining whether the individual present in the detection area is the registered individual by comparing the identification information, which is exhibited by the identification signal received during a detection time zone, with the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit. The detection time zone is determined according to a detection time of the occurrence of the event and includes at least the detection time of the occurrence of the event.

Claims

1. An identification system identifying whether an individual present in a predetermined region is a registered individual who is preliminarily registered, the predetermined region being a detection area set within a facility, the identification system comprising:

a facility-side device installed to the facility; and

a transmitter carried by the registered individual and transmitting an identification signal containing identification information using a radio wave of a predetermined frequency band,

wherein the facility-side device includes;

an identification signal receiving device configured to receive the identification signal transmitted from the transmitter present within the detection area;

an identification information storage unit in which identification information assigned to the transmitter carried by the registered individual is previously stored;

an event detection unit detecting an occurrence of an event, the event triggering a processing which determines whether an individual present in the detection area is the registered individual; and

an individual identification unit determining whether the individual present in the detection area is the registered individual by comparing the identification information, which is exhibited by the identification signal received by the identification signal receiving device during a detection time zone, with the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit, the detection time zone being determined with reference to a detection time of the occurrence of the event detected by the event detection unit and the detection time zone including at least the detection time of the occurrence of the event,

the event detection unit detects an individual who enters the detection area as the event,

the facility-side device further includes a crime prevention processing unit performing a crime prevention processing when the event detection unit detects the individual who enters the detection area,

the individual identification unit determines whether the individual who enters the detection area is the registered individual by a comparison of the identification information,

the crime prevention processing unit does not perform the crime prevention processing when the individual identification unit determines that the individual who enters the detection area is the registered individual,

the identification information storage unit further stores mobile object identification information which is the identification information assigned to the transmitter, the transmitter is attached to a mobile object of the registered individual and the registered individual carries the mobile object when goes out, and

the crime prevention processing unit performs the crime prevention processing in a case where the identification signal exhibiting the mobile object identification information is not received during the time zone even when the individual identification unit determines that the individual who enters the detection area is the registered individual.

2. The identification system according to claim 1, wherein:

the detection area is defined with respect to a residence where the registered individual resides and the detection area covers a predetermined range where the registered individual passes through when the registered individual returns to the residence;

the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit includes identification information of the registered individual, who is set as a protection target person by a user, and the identification information of the registered individual is stored in association with information for identifying the registered individual as the protection target person; and

the facility-side device further includes

a returned person determination unit determining whether an individual who returns to the residence is the protection target person according to the identification information of the registered individual in a case where the individual identification unit determines that the individual who enters the detection area is the registered individual, and

a home return notice processing unit transmitting a home return notice informing that the protection target person returns to the residence to a pre-registered point of contact in a case where the returned person determination unit determines that the individual who returns to the residence is the protection target person.

3. An identification system employed in a facility and identifying whether a package delivered to the facility by a delivery person is a good notified beforehand by an authenticated sender, the identification system comprising:

a facility-side device installed to the facility; and

a transmitter attached to an authenticated package which is a package dispatched from the authenticated sender, the transmitter transmitting an identification signal containing identification information using a radio wave of a predetermined frequency band,

wherein the facility-side device includes;

an identification signal receiving device configured to receive the identification signal transmitted from the transmitter present within a predetermined placement area;

an expected package storage unit in which identification information assigned to the transmitter attached to the authenticated package is registered;

an event detection unit detecting, as an occurrence of an event, a placement of the package within the placement area;

a package identification unit determining whether the package placed within the placement area is the authenticated package by comparing the identification information, which is exhibited by the identification signal received by the identification signal receiving device during a detection time zone, with the identification information stored in the expected package storage unit, the detection time zone being determined with reference to a detection time of the occurrence of the event and the detection time zone including at least the detection time of the occurrence of the event; and

a notification processing unit notifying a user that the package is the authenticated package in a case where the package identification unit determines that the package is the authenticated package, the notification processing unit further notifying the user that the package is not the authenticated package in a case where the package identification unit determines that the package is not the authenticated package.

4. The identification system according to claim 3, wherein:

the facility-side device further includes

a wide area communication unit receiving package information including the identification information assigned to the transmitter attached to the authenticated package, the package information being broadcasted, via a wide area communication network, from a delivery center that manages delivery of the package, and

a registration processing portion registering the package information received by the wide area communication unit into the expected package storage unit.

5. The identification system according to claim 4, further comprising

a deletion processing portion deleting the package information of the package received by the user from the expected package storage unit.