Patent ID: 8339455
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system with a camera configured to photograph an area which is close to a security gate, the system comprising: a personal authentication apparatus provided close to the security gate and configured to authenticate a person to be allowed to pass through the security gate; a camera configured to photograph an area which is located close to the security gate, and in which the personal authentication apparatus is provided; an entry/exit management apparatus configured to release an electromechanical lock of the security gate when the person is authenticated by the personal authentication apparatus as a person authorized to enter a room, and also configured to acquire personal attribute data on the authenticated person; an image storage apparatus configured to store and manage data; an image processing apparatus configured to extract image data on a person from video data transmitted from the camera, configured to produce metadata of the video data when the personal attribute data is transmitted from the entry/exit management apparatus, the metadata including man-region coordinate data on the person and the personal attribute data, and configured to transmit the metadata along with the video data to the image storage apparatus; and an apparatus which in a case where the person authenticated by the personal authentication apparatus passes through the security gate for a first time, and it is determined based on video data obtained by photographing the authenticated person with a plurality of cameras that the person photographed before passing through the security gate is identical to the person photographed after passing through the security gate, releases the electromechanical lock of the security gate without authentication by the personal authentication apparatus, when the authenticated person passes through the security gate from next time onward.