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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsunori Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A store-entry management apparatus () includes: an output control unit () that causes, when a human detection sensor installed at an entrance of a store detects a person, an output unit () provided at the entrance to output voice guidance of a store-entry method; an acquisition unit () that acquires authentication information for authenticating a person from a terminal provided at the entrance; and an opening/closing control unit () that unlocks and opens a door of the entrance when the acquired authentication information satisfies a reference, wherein the output control unit () decides whether the voice guidance is needed by using a detection result of the human detection sensor before the authentication information is acquired, and controls an output of the voice guidance.