ES2344444A1 - System of control of access in installations and construction works (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Access control system in installations and construction works, based on a team whose elements, integrated in a briefcase (1) or similar slides, are a portable computer, with software for processing and storing photographs, data and radio frequencies, a web camera (3), a label printer and a reader (6) of rfid identification cards by radiofrequency, in addition to an electrical distributor of the system and a plurality of rfid cards (5). The process requires a prior phase of identification, registration and allocation of a radio frequency in the database to each person, with the generation of a personal rfid card, to then monitor the entrances and exits by approaching the reader. The corresponding cards, with the consequent opening of each card and the automatic entry in the same of the entry and exit times. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Access control system in facilities and construction.

The present invention consists of a system of access control specifically designed to be applied to facilities and construction works.

The system is based on a team whose elements they are integrated in a similar, manageable briefcase or slide by a single operator, such as a security guard, of so that the control of the entrances and exits of the personnel to Workplace can be done anywhere and in any moment.

Said system component equipment consists of a computer or laptop, with appropriate processing software and storage of photographs, data and radio frequencies, at that are connected as peripherals, a webcam, a sticker label printer and an RFID card reader radio frequency identification, plus a distributor electrical system and a plurality of said RFID cards. The webcam and the RFID reader are located on the outside of the deck movable of the aforementioned briefcase, while the rest of the elements they are inside, although the laptop is removed from the Same when it should be used.

From this team, the process by which access control of workers, technicians and visits is carried out to the works and facilities where it is applied, it requires a phase prior identification, registration and assignment of a frequency of radio in the system database for each person subject to control, with generation of a personal RFID card and non-transferable, and then easily control successive entrances and exits of each person by approximation of the corresponding card to the RFID reader, which when capturing and transferring The radio frequency signal to the computer causes the opening of the related information sheet, which is visible, and the annotation automatic in the same of the entry and exit moments.

In this way, the system allows you to have controlled in such a fast and economical way, as inviolable, to all personnel who are in a work or installation, and have also controlled the time spent in the enclosure of each of individuals, solving problems such as hiring irregular, absenteeism or intrusion, in addition to facilitate the work of those responsible for safety and prevention of occupational hazards, being able to obtain historical permanence in rule of workers, technicians and external visits.

The technical field where this is framed invention is that of access control systems for people to buildings, facilities or enclosures.

State of the art

Within the aforementioned technical field related to invention, it has long been known the existence of different systems to regulate the entry and exit of people in enclosures diverse, whether industrial facilities, leisure spaces, parking lots or residential buildings.

Historically, these systems consisted of usually at the opening of a door or lathe by a watchman who read an identification card of the individual who I intended to access the place in question. Once the access, if it was also intended to control the time of entry and exit, the worker had to introduce a card in a device that in a rudimentary way, by drilling the card or printing on the same time and date, recorded the moment input These access control systems were deprecated several years ago, due to the lack of reliability they supposed in so much was possible to easily manipulate the records of access.

In recent years, various systems for access control taking advantage of new existing technologies These systems consist essentially of the regulation of the passage by means of lathes, revolving doors or to through a natural person (vigilant) that allows or prevents the worker or visitor access based on existing records In a database. Even systems have been presented quite complexes aimed primarily at access regulation and internal movement control in very specific facilities such as the hotels, using smart cards in it combination with readers-recorders to transfer Your data with a computer. See for example the case of Spanish patents with publication number ES2048094B1 "System of access control to buildings "and ES2114488B1" System security for access, identification and presence control in homes, stores and commercial surfaces, which you can do electronic transactions via smart card ", found after a search in the Invenes database of the SPTO.

However, for access control in facilities and construction works, which is a very sector particular, with large workspaces and with a problem and specific regulations, it is not known or found in the indicated patent search, no disclosure or practice, patented or no, to anticipate the system of the present invention, which represents a significant improvement over traditional operations that are still used for access control in works, at solve frequent and well-known problems, such as the presence of workers of subcontracted companies without due qualification or authorization for certain performances, that of the people who access reserved spaces without permission, or that of absences during working hours, among others.

Nor is it known that a system similar to developed, as for the set of elements dynamically related that integrate it, has been applied, even with some functional adaptation to access control in buildings, facilities or spaces of other sectors, so it is considered meets the requirements of novelty, inventive activity and Industrial application to be worthy of patent right.

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Compendium of the invention

The system access control system and construction works object of invention can be framed within of the physical systems applied to buildings a few years ago, usually commercial and hospitality, using as elements basic to perform its function, a computer, cards smart and a card reader-recorder smart, although in this case, the type of card used, a RFID transponder for radio frequency identification, and webcam as an additional peripheral, it makes the system, only in its elements, already different from what has been known so far.

Specifically, the system component team in question integrates the following elements in a briefcase or similar slide:

a) A computer or PC personal computer of portable type, removable from inside the top cover movable case, with processing software and data storage, photographs and radio frequency signals specifically designed for its functionality.

b) A webcam, located outside the upper case cover. It is a connected digital camera by wiring to the USB port of the PC placed outside the case, It works thanks to the accompanying software.

c) A sticker label printer, located inside the lower case cover, as another terminal of the PC, with its corresponding software functioning.

d) A certain number of cards, tags or RFID transponders for radio frequency identification, type passive, each card with a unique identification frequency, which they must support printed labels.

e) An RFID card or tag reader, with its card reading software, located in the outside of the top cover of the briefcase, next to the webcam, and that together with the interior label printer constitutes the third terminal of the PC, and finally,

f) A distributor of the power supply of the equipment, located inside the lower deck of the briefcase.

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The laptop PC on which the equipment is equipped with a processing and storage software of data, photographs and radio frequency signals, capable of perform the following functions: create a database of personnel of the company or work center to be controlled, include in the same photographs of each person captured with the webcam, print stickers with the photo and relevant data, associate to each personal record the radio frequency coming from the RFID card or tag reader on which the tags, and recognize the tab later by said frequency.

With the described equipment, the access control of the personnel to a work or installation is carried out with a single operator, such as a security guard, following a process comprising two fundamental phases: a first of identification, recording and assignment of radio frequency of each person subject to control, with generation of an RFID card of radiofrequency identification, and a second one in which performs the control of entrances and exits of people properly saying.

The initial process of identification, registration and radio frequency assignment to each person under control can be done when that person must first access the work or installation, without having to assume a process specific or independent, and, in any case, includes the following stages:

1) Physical supervision by the operator of that the person’s documentation is in order to access to the work or installation, so if it is not, the person is Sent to regularize your situation.

2) Creation of a personal and professional file on the computer of the person who is enabled to access, according to a standard file model in which the information related to that person and is recorded on the basis of System data This sheet will be updated based on the various incidents that affect that person during their service or contract.

3) Photographed of the person through the camera web, capturing your image and including it in your personal file in the PC

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4) Automatic tag generation Informational identification of the person, with an assigned number, the most relevant photography and data, and label printing on one or more paper stickers using the printer labels

5) Paste one of the labels-stickers identifying the person in one of the RFID identification cards by radiofrequency, and pasted from the rest of labels-stickers on certain visible parts of the dress, uniform or equipment of work and

6) Assignment, to the information sheet of the person, of the radio frequency of the RFID card on which one of the labels-stickers of said person, by approximation of the card to the RFID reader, that at pick up the radio frequency signal emitted by the card, the transferred to the computer using the processing software of the database.

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Identified and registered in the system each of people who may have access to the work or installation according to the described protocol, which can be operative, technical, auxiliary personnel, etc., who will have an RFID card personal and non-transferable, with photography, data and a frequency associated to your card in the PC database, the control of entrances and exits of these people to the space or workplace in question is done easily and quickly using these cards, as follows:

1) Ticket control: Each person who must access to the enclosure passes through the checkpoint and approximates the corresponding card to the RFID reader, which when capturing and transferring The radio frequency signal to the computer causes the opening of the fact sheet of the person in question and the entry automatic in your file at the time of entry. The operator, at contrast the data and the photograph that appear in the file with those of the card and the person who carries it, authorizes or, if If not, deny access.

2) Output control: In the same way, in the upon departure, the person in question must go through the checkpoint and bring your card to the RFID reader, causing the opening of your information sheet and the automatic entry of the time of departure.

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The essential function of the present system of access control is, as has been made explicit, having controlled all personnel in a facility or construction work, and also have controlled the time of permanence in the same of each of the people, well be the authorized technicians and operators, or external visits.

The implementation and use of the system in any area or workplace is easy, fast and economical, since that the required equipment is integrated in a simple briefcase and the Management staff is reduced to a single operator, which makes especially profitable considering the possibilities and advantages offered, which can be summarized in the following:

- Allows control of the input and output of the personnel to the facilities and works, preventing access from workers without proper documentation, or without proper company authorization.

- Allows you to control both the exact moment (hour and minute) of the entry and exit of workers, such as of your breaks, thus avoiding possible absenteeism labor.

- It allows the personnel to be monitored on site and at all times, since since the necessary equipment is easily portable and when all the persons susceptible to control of a card with identification sticker are provided, including a sticker in visible places of the uniform or clothing, such as the helmet, you can check the situation of them in certain places and moments, preventing outsiders from entering or being in the premises without permission.

- Enables in real time obtaining staff status information in the work areas and works, because due to the database management program, You can get transferable listings online or at memory media, about, for example, how many people they find at each moment in the installation, how many people missing to enter the work, times of entrances and exits of the personnel, people left to close a work, etc., what greatly facilitates the work of professionals such as responsible for safety and prevention of occupational hazards.

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Drawings and drawings

For the best understanding of the control system of recommended access, both in relation to the equipment that constitutes, as with the process carried out with it, it accompany a series of drawings at the end of this report and illustrative diagrams

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Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the briefcase where the equipment is integrated, along with a lot of RFID cards The webcam and the camera are visible in the briefcase card reader; the rest of the component elements remain in their inside.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the briefcase open, where now the rest of the components are shown: the removable PC, the label printer and the distributor electrical system.

Figure 3 represents the process diagram prior, the identification, registration and frequency assignment of radio to people susceptible to control.

Figure 4 is the process diagram of control of successive entries and exits of staff at facilities and construction works.

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Execution mode of the invention Team

The drawings in Figures 1 and 2 look good represented the necessary equipment for the implementation of the system of access control developed in places where it needs to be applied.

As can be seen in said figures, the equipment on which the system is based is integrated in a briefcase (1) or Similar slide, which includes a removable personal computer (2), with the appropriate processing and storage software of photographs, data and radio frequencies, a set of cards or RFID tags (transponders) (5) identification by radio frequency, and as terminals or peripherals of the PC, a camera web (3), a sticker label printer (4) and a reader (6) of RFID cards, in addition to the electrical distributor (7) of the team. You can see how on the outside of the case the webcam and the card reader are arranged while that inside the printer are inserted labels, the electric distributor and the laptop, this last so that it can be removable from the suitcase.

The cards, identification by radio frequency (5), technically known as tags or RFID transponders, which support stickers with the printed form of each worker, they are basically composed of an encapsulated material or chip, which in the present case is of "read only", that is, with an identification frequency unique, personalized during card making, and a mini antenna to allow the chip to transmit the signal from radiofrequency

For the invention system said cards RFID are passive type, no need power supply internal electric, which are only activated when the reader is close to supply the necessary energy. The signal that arrives from the reader induces a small and sufficient electric current to operate the integrated circuit, so that it can transmit a reply.

The team includes a set of these cards RFID, as many as people must be controlled, each with a certain radio frequency and, therefore, generator of a single radio frequency signal.

The RFID card reader (6) performs the card approximation reading, no need for contact physical. This device, consisting of an antenna and a decoder, periodically send signals to see if there is any RFID card in its surroundings When it picks up a radio frequency signal from a card, transfers it to the data processing subsystem of the personal computer.

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Process

Known the characteristics of the RFID transponders and readers identification by radio frequency, which are the most unique part of the equipment in which based access control system in question, it is easy to understand the process carried out in it.

The first thing to note is how fast and simple that is the implementation and start-up of the equipment necessary. It is enough that an operator or security guard is place at the entrance of the work or installation with the briefcase described, remove the laptop, start it together with its terminals located in the briefcase itself, the reader of cards, label printer and webcam, and system It will be fully operational in less than ten minutes.

As already explained, the operation of the invention system consists of two stages: a previous one identification, registration and assignment of radio frequency at people who access the facility for the first time, and a second, of control of the entrances and exits of the personnel that already is registered

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The previous phase of identification, registration and radio frequency assignment to each person under control, it is carried out according to the process diagram scheme of the Figure 3, according to the following steps:

1) Initial entry ID: The Operator or security guard should start by monitoring that each person under control has all the documentation in order to to be able to access the work or installation, so that if it lacks one of the requirements refers you to the Technical Office of the work o Department of Administration of the company to regularize its situation.

For example, in the particular case of works construction, so that a worker can work on it, it requires: 1) worker identification documents, 2) diploma accrediting a previous course on occupational hazards for works, 3) registration in the Social Security of the worker, and 4) absence of debts of the contractor company with respect to the worker. This documentation has the Technical Office of the company builder, who provides it to the system operator, well directly or through a flyer delivered to the worker to his presentation.

2) Creation of the personal file.- Once verified that the worker or person in question has the required documentation, a file of the same is opened in the base of system data, noting the corresponding information.

This information is personal data and worker's professionals (name, ID, profession, company of origin, qualification, ...), including those data specific to each trade / occupation or qualification, all which are included in the aforementioned access documentation.

After the creation of a file staff, the company is responsible for communicating to the operator of the system any incident that affects the worker or any modification in the information related to it, so that in the database always include people who are aware of All the requirements.

3) Photographed of the person and incorporation of the photograph to the corresponding file.- The photographs are taken with the webcam cover briefcase, lifting conveniently the same.

4) Generation of the information label.- With the data and photograph of the worker contained in his file personal, the computer generates an identification tag with a assigned number, the photograph and the most relevant data, which it is printed with the label printer on one or more stickers of paper.

One of the identifying labels (stickers) of the worker adheres to an RFID card or transponder, which becomes temporary property of the worker, during the time that exercise your work in the work, pasting the rest of the labels in certain visible parts of the dress, uniform or equipment of the worker, such as the helmet, which allows its control in Any place and time in the work.

5) Incorporation of the radio frequency contained in the worker's RFID card to his information sheet personal.- The RFID card reader transfers the frequency of radius of the worker's card upon registration at the base of data, where it is recorded.

Registered worker or susceptible person of control in the system database, with your photo, data personal and radio frequency identification, tracking the entrances and exits of the same in the work or workplace it is done as easily as deduced from the process diagram shown in Figure 4.

Ticket Control

At the entrance of the workplace, the person or worker passes his card through the RFID reader, which captures the emitted radio frequency signal and transfers it to the application of computer data processing, who recognizes it opens the worker information sheet, while automatically writing down the moment of entry (movement is generated in the history of Access).

The operator identifies the worker by the photo and your card details, which must match those of the Registered file If, according to the information on the file, the worker is or is still authorized to access the work, the operator gives way; otherwise, the operator prevents the passage, referring the worker to the Technical Office or Department of Administration to regularize your situation.

Output Control

At the exit of the installation or work, the person or worker passes his card through the RFID reader, opening in the computer screen your information sheet and writing down the moment of the exit (movement is generated in the historical of exits).

When a worker ceases to belong or work at the company or construction company, that is, you can no longer access Ordinarily to the work center, your card.

Claims (4)

1. Access control system for facilities and construction sites, of the type of system that is applied to buildings and facilities in general, using as a basic elements to perform its function, a computer, smart cards and a smart card reader-recorder , characterized in this case by being composed of a team that integrates the following elements in a briefcase (1) or similar slide: a computer or personal computer PC of portable type (2), removable from inside the top cover of the briefcase, with a software for processing and storing data, photographs and radio frequency signals specifically designed for its functionality, a webcam (3), on the top cover of the case, connected to the USB port of the PC extracted by wiring, a label printer ( 4), located on the inside of the lower case cover, such as another PC terminal, a certain number of cards or RFID tags (5) of radio frequency identification, passive type, each card with a unique identification frequency, which must support printed labels, a reader (6) of RFID cards or tags, with its reading software by approximation of the card, located on the top cover of the case as the third terminal of the PC, and a distributor (7) of the power supply of the equipment, located on the inside of the bottom cover of the case. 2. Access control system for facilities and construction works, according to the first claim, characterized in that the software of the portable PC (2) that is part of the team has the functionality of creating a database of the working personnel of a company, including in the same the frames captured with the webcam, print stickers type stickers with the photo and relevant data of each person, associate to each personal record the radio frequency from the RFID card reader or tags on which the tags have been attached, and recognize the card later by said frequency. 3. Access control system for facilities and construction works, according to previous claims, characterized in that the access control of the personnel is carried out based on the equipment that composes it following a process comprising the following stages: - Identification, registration and assignment of a radio frequency in the PC database to each person object control, with generation of an RFID identification card by radiofrequency - Control of entries of each person to the work or installation, by approximation of the corresponding card to the RFID reader, which when capturing and transferring the signal from radio frequency to the computer, causes the card to open information of the person and the automatic entry in the file of time of entry. - Control of exits of each person of the work or installation, by approximation of the corresponding card to the RFID reader, which when capturing and transferring the signal from radio frequency to the computer, causes the card to open information of the person and the automatic entry in the file of time of departure.

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4. Access control system for facilities and construction works, according to claim three, characterized in that the initial process of identification, registration and assignment of radio frequency to the person under control comprises the following steps: - Physical supervision of the documentation of the person is in order to access the work or installation, so that if it is not, the person is sent to regularize their situation. - Creation of a personal and professional file on the computer (2), by recording the information relative to the person in the system database, which will be updated based on the various incidents that the affect. - Photographed of the person through the camera web (3), capturing your image and including it in your file information. - Automatic generation of a label identification of the person, with an assigned number, photograph and most relevant data, and printing the label on one or more paper stickers using the label printer (4). - Paste one of the labels-stickers identifying the person in an RFID transponder card (5) identification by radiofrequency, and stuck from the rest of labels-stickers in certain visible parts of clothing, uniform or work equipment. - Assignment to the information sheet of the person, of the radio frequency of the RFID card on which one of the labels-stickers of said person, by approximation of the card to the RFID reader (6), that when picking up the radio frequency signal emitted by the card, the transferred to the computer using the processing software of the database.