Patent ID: 8238617
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle operation control device comprising: an imaging unit for imaging an image of a checking target; a face image extracting unit for extracting a face image of the checking target from an image imaged by the imaging unit; a feature quantity extracting unit for extracting a feature quantity of the face image of the checking target extracted by the face image extracting unit; a registrant storage unit for storing the feature quantity of the face image of a registrant as a registrant information database; a non-registrant storage unit for storing the feature quantity of the face image of a non-registrant; a similarity degree calculating unit for calculating a similarity degree of the feature quantity of the face image of the checking target extracted by the feature quantity extracting unit and the feature quantity of the face image of the registrant stored in the registrant information database or the non-registrant stored in the non-registrant storage unit; a searching unit for checking the similarity degree and a predetermined threshold value in the order stored in the registrant information database or the non-registrant storage unit, searching the registrant having a higher similarity degree than the predetermined threshold value as the checking target, and searching the non-registrant having a higher similarity degree than the predetermined threshold value as the checking target if the registrant having higher similarity degree than the predetermined threshold value does not exist; a related information detecting unit for detecting information indicating a relationship with the registrant of the non-registrant searched as the checking target; an operation control unit for controlling a vehicle operation state to a state set in advance in correspondence with the registrant or a state set in advance in correspondence with the information indicating the relationship with the registrant of the non-registrant when the registrant or the non-registrant is searched by the searching unit; a statistical information database updating unit for updating, as a statistical information database, a statistical processing result of the information indicating the relationship with the registrant for every non-registrant with respect to the information indicating the relationship with the registrant in correspondence with the registrant or the non-registrant when the vehicle operation state is controlled by the operation control unit; and a sorting unit for sorting a storing order of the non-registrant stored in the non-registrant storage unit in correspondence with the statistical processing result of the information indicating the relationship with the registrant for every non-registrant registered in the statistical information database; wherein the searching unit checks the similarity degree and the predetermined threshold value for the non-registrant stored in the non-registrant storage unit in the storing order sorted by the sorting unit, and searches the non-registrant having a higher similarity degree than the predetermined threshold value.