Patent ID: 11972648
Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first storage unit configured to store image data captured by each of a plurality of monitoring cameras disposed in a plurality of restricted areas in which entry is restricted by a plurality of electric locks according to an authority associated with each piece of authentication information; and
an access control unit configured to permit only a registrant corresponding to the authentication information that allows entry into the restricted area to access the image data captured in the restricted area by any of the plurality of monitoring cameras;
wherein the registrant requests the image data remotely via a communication network;
wherein
a security system corresponding to the plurality of electric locks is configured to store, for each piece of authentication information, a locking/unlocking authority for each of the plurality of electric locks and registration information registered in association with the authentication information, and
an acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from the security system, registration information corresponding to the authentication information that allows entry into the restricted area in a case where an access request to image data captured in the restricted area is made in association with registration information corresponding to the authentication information, wherein
the access control unit collates the registration information associated with the access request with the registration information acquired by the acquisition unit to determine whether to permit access.