# US 11,308,743 B2 · Gate apparatus, control method of gate apparatus, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,743 B2 - Document ID: US11308743B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/852,918 - Filed: 2020-04-20 - Published: 2020-07-30 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-12 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Risa Tagawa; Noriyuki Hiramoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308743B2 ## CPC - G07C 9/00: Individual registration on entry or exit - A01G 18/60: Cultivation rooms; Equipment therefor - E06B 11/02: Gates; Doors - G06V 10/147: Details of sensors, e.g. sensor lenses (fingerprint or palmprint sensors G06V40/13; vascular sensors G06V40/145; eye sensors G06V40/19) - G06V 40/166: {using acquisition arrangements} - G06V 40/172: {Classification, e.g. identification} - G06V 40/67: {by interactive indications to the user} - G07B 15/00: Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points (handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00) - G07B 15/04: comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile, or the like {(turnstiles with registering means G07C9/10; coin-freed aspects G07F17/00)} - G07C 9/00563: {using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns} - G07C 9/10: Movable barriers with registering means - G07C 9/15: with arrangements to prevent the passage of more than one individual at a time - G07C 9/257: {electronically (G07C9/26 takes precedence)} - G07C 9/27: with central registration - G07C 9/37: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition - G07C 9/38: with central registration - E06B 11/08: Turnstiles; {Gates for control of entry or exit of persons, e.g. in supermarkets} (control gates on vehicles B60N5/00 {; bank protection devices E05G5/00}; with registering means G07C9/10 {; coin-freed facilities for turnstiles G07F17/14}) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS ## Abstract A gate apparatus includes: an exit gate door; a first biometrics information acquisition unit that acquires, from a user who moves toward the exit gate door in a closed state, first target biometrics information to be compared with registered biometrics information registered in advance; a second biometrics information acquisition unit that acquires second target biometrics information to be compared with the registered biometrics information from the use who stops in front of the exit gate door when there is no matching in a comparison between the first target biometrics information and the registered biometrics information or the comparison is unable to be performed; and a door control unit that opens the closed exit gate door in accordance with a result of a comparison between the first target biometrics information or the second target biometrics information and the registered biometrics information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: control a camera device to capture a first facial image of a person using a long-range capture mode; determine whether the first facial image matches any of a plurality of registered facial images; control the camera device to change from the long-range capture mode to a short-range capture mode based on the determination that the first facial image does not match any of the plurality of registered facial images; control the camera device to capture a second facial image of the person using the short-range capture mode; and output information to control a barrier to allow the person to pass the barrier based on a determination that the first facial image matches one of the plurality of registered facial image or based on a determination that the second facial image matches one of the plurality of registered facial images. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein in the long-range capture mode, the first facial image is captured when the person is at a first location, and in the short-range capture mode the second facial image is captured when the person is at a second location closer to the barrier than the first location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera device comprises: a first camera configured to capture the first facial image of the person, and a second camera configured to capture the second facial image of the person. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, the camera device comprises one or more cameras configured to capture the first facial image and the second facial image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera device comprises: a first camera configured to capture the first facial image; a second camera configured to capture the second facial image; and a housing configured to encompass the first camera and the second camera. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first camera is a long range camera; and wherein the second camera is a short range camera. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to output the information configured to open the barrier based on a declaration information associated with the registered facial image matching the second facial image, wherein the declaration information is information for customs declaration. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: output display information to a display apparatus to display information instructing the person to stop in front of the barrier when there is no match between the first facial image of the person and the plurality of registered facial images, or when the matching is unable to be performed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: output display information to a display apparatus to display information instructing the person to remove an item covering the face of the person when there is no match between the first facial image of the person and the plurality of registered facial images, or when the matching is unable to be performed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: output display information to a display apparatus to display information instructing the person to face the display apparatus when there is no match between the first facial image of the person and the plurality of registered facial images, or when the matching is unable to be performed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an exit gate, which is the barrier installed at an exit of a passageway at an airport terminal; and an entrance gate installed at an entrance of the passageway, wherein the processor is further configured to output information to control the entrance gate to be closed when the person has entered the passageway and output information to control the entrance gate to open when the exit gate is opened and the person has exited the passageway. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the barrier is an exit gate at an airport terminal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information is a control signal to control the barrier to open. ### Claim 14 A method comprising: controlling a camera device to capture a first facial image of a person using a long-range capture mode; determining whether the first facial image matches any of a plurality of registered facial images; controlling the camera device to change from the long-range capture mode to a short-range capture mode based on the determination that the first facial image does not match any of the plurality of registered facial images; controlling the camera device to capture a second facial image of the person using the short-range capture mode; and outputting information to control a barrier to allow the person to pass the barrier based on a determination that the first facial image matches one of the plurality of registered facial image or based on a determination that the second facial image matches one of the plurality of registered facial images. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for performing a method comprising: controlling a camera device to capture a first facial image of a person using a long-range capture mode; determining whether the first facial image matches any of a plurality of registered facial images; controlling the camera device to change from the long-range capture mode to a short-range capture mode based on the determination that the first facial image does not match any of the plurality of registered facial images; controlling the camera device to capture a second facial image of the person using the short-range capture mode; and outputting information to control a barrier to allow the person to pass the barrier based on a determination that the first facial image matches one of the plurality of registered facial image or based on a determination that the second facial image matches one of the plurality of registered facial images.