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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A store management system includes: an acquisition unit that obtains a face image of a customer from an imaging apparatus that captures the face image of the customer at a timing at which the customer intends at least one of to enter a store, to make payment, and to leave the store; a notification unit that notifies the customer that the face image is to be obtained or is obtained by the acquisition unit; and a permission unit that permits the customer at least one of to enter the store, to make payment, and to leave the store on condition that the face image is obtained by the acquisition unit and that the customer is notified by the notification unit. It is thus possible to suitably manage the customer's entrance into the store or the like.