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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2007
Hiroshi Sukegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Shimizu, Odawara, JP;
Hiroshi Sukegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Shimizu, Odawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A person identification device obtains information including biometric information of a person, detects the biometric information of at least one person from the obtained information, collates each detected biometric information with the biometric information of at least one registrant associated with group information and stored in a storage unit to thereby identify the person having the biometric information detected from the obtained information, classifies a plurality of successively identified persons into group candidates based on predetermined conditions, divides the persons of the group candidates into groups based on the group information of each person stored in the storage unit, and outputs a grouping result to an external device.