JP2019065698A - Item management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To prevent the setting error of the variable part and reduce the labor required for managing a seal for the seal whose part of the seal face can be changed by the setting of the variable part.SOLUTION: The item management device reads an ID card by the card reader to identify the user, and images the seal surface of the seal by the camera to specify the seal. The item management device cuts out the fixed area and the variable area from the seal, and performs fixed area determination and variable area determination. In the fixed area determination, the fixed area of the seal is compared with the seal registered in advance to identify the seal. In the variable area determination, the date indicated by the variable area is identified, it is determined whether the date is set properly, and if it is determined that the date is not valid, the user is notified. The article management device manages the seal by associating the results of user identification, fixed area determination, and variable area determination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an article management method for managing a seal capable of changing a part of a seal face.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in financial institutions and the like, various seals such as seal marks, seal marks, receipt marks, etc. are used properly depending on applications. As these seals are required to be strictly managed and used properly, techniques for managing the seals have been proposed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 makes it possible to take out a seal under the condition that the user is specified by an ID card or a password, and use date and time of use, date and time of return, type, number of times of sealing, user name (user symbol), etc. It discloses an important seal management system that detects and records.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-238123

  However, the prior art has a problem that the contents of the imprint can not be managed. For example, in the case of a delivery stamp or a receipt stamp, the stamp face includes an area indicating a date, and this date can be changed by setting of the variable part. Since the date of the receipts and receipts is an important factor in proving the date of receipts and receipts, mistakes in setting dates must be strictly prevented.

  Conventionally, management of variable parts such as date on the seal surface has been manually performed. Specifically, when taking out and returning the seal, the seal is sealed on the ledger, and the seal and the person in charge visually confirm the seal and the work load is very large. Further, even if such confirmation is made, it is impossible to completely prevent the setting error of the variable part.

  From these things, it is an important issue how to prevent the setting error of the variable part and reduce the labor required for managing the seal for the seal whose part of the seal face can be changed by the setting of the variable part. ing.

  The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an article management method for supporting management of articles.

In order to solve the problems described above and to achieve the object, the present invention provides an article management apparatus provided with a lock mechanism that locks a storage unit, user identification means for identifying a user who uses the article, and article data acquisition And an article management method in the article management system, the user identification step of identifying the user who uses the article, the storage portion identification step of identifying the storage portion to be unlocked, and the storage portion identification step Release step of unlocking the storage section specified by the item, item data acquisition step of obtaining item data, information of the user identified by the user identification step, and the item acquired by the item data acquisition step And a storage management data updating step for managing the information based on the data in association with each other.
The present invention also provides an article management system in an article management system including an article management apparatus having a lock mechanism for locking a storage unit, a user identification unit for identifying a user who uses an article, and an article data acquisition unit. A user identification step identifying a user who uses the item;
An article data acquisition step for acquiring article data, a storage portion identification step for identifying a storage portion to be unlocked, a lock release step for unlocking the storage portion identified in the storage portion identification step, and the user identification step Storage management data updating step for managing information of the user identified by the user and information based on the article data acquired by the article data acquisition step in association with each other.
Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the article is a seal, and the article data acquisition step acquires seal face data relating to the seal face of the seal, and the storage management data update step includes the user information and the information. It is characterized by managing in association with information based on seal face data.
Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, the seal includes a variable portion capable of changing a part of the seal, and is a change target by the variable portion in the seal surface data acquired in the article data acquisition step. The method may further include a variable area determination step of determining the legitimacy of the seal area data of the variable area.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the method further includes the step of updating seal management data in which the user information and the determination result in the variable area determination step are associated with each other and managed.
Further, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the article data acquisition means is an imaging means, and in the article data acquisition step, imaging data of the article is acquired, and the storage management data update step is information of the user And information based on the imaging data are associated and managed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent mistakes concerning setting of the variable part of the seal face and to support the management of the seal.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of management of a seal according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a view showing an appearance configuration of the article management apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the article management device shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining data stored in the storage unit of the article management apparatus. (1) FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining data stored in the storage unit of the article management apparatus. (Part 2) FIG. 6 is a specific example of the format of a notice of use such as a bank note. FIG. 7 is a specific example of the format of the Bank of Japan payment agent receipt agent delivery register. FIG. 8 shows a specific example of the format of the receipt seal imprint confirmation list. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure when taking out a seal in the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when storing the seal in the first embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of management of a seal according to the second embodiment. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the article management device and the individual storage device shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure when taking out a seal in the second embodiment. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure at the time of storing a seal in the second embodiment.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the article management method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

  First, management of the seal according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of management of a seal according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1A, the user who uses the seal causes the card reader to read his / her ID card and hold the seal of the seal to be used over the camera for photographing.

  The article management apparatus that manages the seal in this embodiment performs user identification that uniquely identifies the user by the read ID card. Further, from the image of the seal face picked up by the camera, the seal impression obtained when the seal is used is specified.

  The article management apparatus cuts out the fixed area and the variable area from the identified seal impression. The variable region of the seal impression corresponds to the variable region of the seal face to be changed by the variable part of the seal. For example, in the case of the checkout mark, the seal face indicating the day when the checkout was performed is the change target by the variable unit. An imprint corresponding to the variable area of the imprint surface is a variable area of the imprint. The fixed area of the seal impression corresponds to the fixed area of the seal face which is not to be changed by the variable part of the seal. For example, in the deposit and withdrawal seal, letters indicating that payment has been made, a seal name such as a bank name and a branch name are fixed areas. The seal impression corresponding to the fixation area of the seal face is the fixation area of the seal impression.

  The article management apparatus compares the fixed area of the seal impression with the pre-registered seal impression and performs fixed area determination to determine whether or not they match. This fixed area determination makes it possible to identify a seal. Further, the article management apparatus performs variable area determination to determine whether the variable area of the seal impression is valid. If it is determined that the date etc. is not valid by this variable area determination, the user can be notified.

  The article management apparatus performs seal management by associating the results of user identification, fixed area determination, and variable area determination. Therefore, it is possible to control which seal is used by whom and the setting of the variable part is valid.

  FIG. 1B is an explanatory diagram of fixed area determination and variable area determination. As shown in FIG. 1B, the imaging data obtained by imaging the seal surface of the seal represents the entire seal impression, and includes a fixed area and a variable area. The article management apparatus cuts out the fixed area and the variable area from the imaging data by image processing.

  The article management apparatus compares the cut out fixed area with registration data registered in advance to make a coincidence determination. As registration data, data in which a variable area is masked and which has an imprint corresponding to only a fixed area is preferable. By this determination, the type of seal or the like can be identified. In the seal impression shown in FIG. 1 (b), a character string indicating that it is a checkout mark and (2) that is an identification number of the checkout mark are included in the fixed area. As described above, if the information for uniquely identifying the seal is included in the fixed area, the seal can be uniquely identified by the fixed area determination.

  The article management apparatus identifies the contents of the cut out variable area and determines whether or not it is appropriate. In FIG. 1 (b), the date "25 7 31" is shown in the variable area. By identifying the date by character recognition and determining whether the date is correct or not, it is possible to determine whether or not the variable area is set correctly. Here, although the configuration for performing direct character recognition from an image has been illustrated, pattern data corresponding to each of elements such as characters, numbers, and symbols that may be included in the variable area are prepared, and The elements within the variable region may be identified by the comparison of

  Next, the appearance configuration of the article management apparatus will be described. FIG. 2 is a view showing an appearance configuration of the article management apparatus according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the article management device 10 has a display / operation unit 11, a card reader 12, a camera 13, and a plurality of storage units 15a.

  The display operation unit 11 is a user interface that performs display output and reception of an operation input, and includes a touch panel display and the like. The card reader 12 is a device that reads a user ID and the like from an ID card carried by a user. The camera 13 is used to capture the seal face of the seal. The plurality of storage units 15a can be individually locked and unlocked, and can store seals and the like inside.

  Next, the internal configuration of the article management device 10 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the article management device 10 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the article management device 10 includes a display / operation unit 11, a card reader 12, a camera 13, a printer 14, a lock mechanism 15, a storage unit 16, and a control unit 17.

  The printer 14 is used when printing data on a seal managed by the article management device 10 in a predetermined format. The lock mechanism 15 is a mechanism that locks the plurality of storage portions 15a individually.

  The storage unit 16 is a storage device including a hard disk drive, a non-volatile memory, and the like. The storage unit 16 stores user data 16a, registration data 16b, variable area determination data 16c, storage management data 16d, and seal management data 16e.

  The user data 16a is data used to identify the user. The registration data 16 b is data in which the seal imprint of the seal registered in advance and the identification data of the seal are associated with each other. The variable area determination data 16 c is data indicating a determination reference in variable area determination. The storage management data 16 d is data for managing the storage state of the seal, and the seal management data 16 e is data in which the user of the seal is associated with the determination result of the fixed area determination and the variable area determination.

  The control unit 17 includes a user identification unit 17a, an image extraction unit 17b, a fixed area determination unit 17c, a variable area determination unit 17d, a storage management unit 17e, a seal management unit 17f, and a lock control unit 17g.

  The user identification unit 17a is a processing unit that refers to the user data 16a based on the user ID read from the ID card by the card reader 12 and identifies the user. At this time, identity verification may be performed by matching a personal identification number or a face image.

  The image cutting out unit 17 b is a processing unit that performs image processing to cut out the fixed area and the variable area from the image pickup data of the seal surface picked up by the camera 13. The fixed area determination unit 17c is a processing unit that performs fixed area determination to determine whether the fixed area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b matches the imprint shown in the registration data 16b.

  The variable area determination unit 17d is a processing unit that performs variable area determination to determine whether the variable area of the imprint is valid. Specifically, the content of the variable area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b is identified, and it is determined whether the condition shown in the variable area determination data 16c is satisfied. When it is determined that the variable region of the seal impression is not valid as a result of the determination, the variable region determination unit 17d performs display control of the display control unit 11 to notify the user of the fact.

  The storage management unit 17 e is a processing unit that manages storage of the seal. Specifically, when the seal is stored or removed, the date and time, the identification information of the user who stored or removed the seal, the identification information of the seal, and the information for specifying the storage destination The storage management data 16d is updated in association with each other.

  The seal management unit 17 f updates the seal management data 16 e by associating the result of the determination by the variable area determination unit 17 d with the result of the user identification by the user identification unit 17 a and the determination by the fixed area determination unit 17 c.

  Specifically, the seal management unit 17f displays, for each date and seal ID, the user who took out, the image of the seal taken at the time of taking out, the user who displayed and stored the date of the variable area at the time of taking out, and when storing. It manages the image of the captured seal, the display of the date of the variable area at the time of storage, and the user ID of the checker who confirms the removal and storage of the seal.

  Further, the seal management unit 17f can cause the printer 14 to print the seal management data 16e. At this time, by printing the seal management data 16e in a predetermined format, it is possible to print in a format according to the conventional ledger.

  The lock control unit 17g is a processing unit that instructs the lock mechanism 15 to perform opening / closing of the storage unit 15a. Specifically, when the storage unit 15a in which the seal to be taken out is stored is specified or when the storage unit 15a which is the storage destination of the seal is specified, the unlocking instruction of the storage unit 15a is issued.

  The specification of the unlocking storage portion 15a may be performed based on the user's operation input. In this case, since the user can unlock any storage section 15a, it is preferable to use the user identification of the user as a condition.

  Alternatively, the storage unit 15a to be used may be allocated to the user, and the storage unit 15a to be unlocked may be specified according to the result of the user identification. Furthermore, the storage unit 15a may be allocated to the seal, and the storage unit 15a to be unlocked may be specified according to the result of the fixed area determination.

  Next, a specific example of data stored in the storage unit 16 of the article management device 10 will be described. FIG.4 and FIG.5 is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the data which the memory | storage part 16 of the articles | goods management apparatus 10 memorize | stores.

  The user data 16a shown in FIG. 4A is data used to identify the user, and the user ID is associated with a name and identification information. Identification information is data for use in personal identification, such as a personal identification number or a feature amount of a face image.

  In FIG. 4A, a name "AB" and identification information "1111" are associated with the user ID "A0101". Further, a name "CD" and identification information "1234" are associated with the user ID "A0102". Then, a name "EF" and identification information "9999" are associated with the user ID "A0103".

  The registration data 16 b shown in FIG. 4B is data in which the seal impression of the seal registered in advance is associated with the identification data of the seal, and the like. In FIG. 4B, the seal ID uniquely identifying the seal is associated with the seal type and the seal impression data which is the seal imprint of the seal registered in advance.

  Specifically, the seal ID "H0101" is associated with the seal type "payment stamp" and the seal impression data "H0001. Jpg". In addition, the seal type “payment stamp” and the seal impression data “H0002. Jpg” are associated with the seal ID “H0102”. Then, the seal type “receipt seal” and the seal impression data “H0013.jpg” are associated with the seal ID “H0201”. Further, the seal type “receipt seal” and the seal impression data “H0032. Jpg” are associated with the seal ID “H0202”.

  The variable area determination data 16c shown in FIG. 4C is data indicating the determination standard in the variable area determination. Specifically, when the seal is taken out from the storage unit 15a, it is determined that "the date indicated in the variable area of the seal impression is the date of the current day" is a condition for determining that the variable area is valid.

  In addition, also in the case of halfway return where the seal is stored in the storage section 15a in the middle of the work of the day, it is determined that the variable area is valid that "the date indicated in the variable area of the seal impression is the date of the day". It is a condition to be

  And, in the case of return at the end of work to store the seal in the storage unit 15a when the work of the day is finished, the variable area is "the date shown in the variable area of the seal impression is the date of the next business day" The condition is determined to be valid.

  Storage management data 16 d shown in FIG. 5D is data for managing the storage state of the seal. In FIG. 5D, the seal storage date and time, the user ID of the stored user, the seal ID, the storage destination, the stamp removal date and time, and the user ID of the user who took out are associated with one another. There is.

  Specifically, the storage management data 16 d indicates that the user of the user ID “A0102” stores the seal having the seal ID “H0001” in “BOX-01” at “20130771 19:00”. Then, it is shown that this seal is retrieved by the user of the user ID "A0102" at "20130801 8:10".

  In addition, the storage management data 16 d indicates that the user of the user ID “A0101” stores the seal having the seal ID “H0003” in “BOX-02” at “20130731 19:05”. And, this seal indicates that the removal has not been performed.

  The seal management data 16e shown in FIG. 5 (e) is data for managing the seal based on the date and the seal ID. In FIG. 5 (e), the user ID at the time of removal, the stamp image at the time of removal, the date display of the variable area at the time of removal, the user ID at the time of storage, the seal image at the time of storage The date display of the variable area, and the user ID of the checker who confirms the removal and storage of the seal are associated.

  Specifically, for the date "20130701" and the seal ID "H0101", the user ID "A 0102" at the time of removal, the seal image "G00001.jpg" at the time of removal, the date display "25 7 1" at the time of removal, storage The user ID “A0102” at the time, the seal image “G00033.jpg” at the storage time, the date display “25 7 2” at the storage time, and the user ID “A0301” of the checker.

  Also, for the date "20130701" and the seal ID "H0102", the user ID "A 0105" at the time of removal, the seal image "G00002.jpg" at the time of removal, the date display "25 7 1" at the time of removal The ID “A 0105”, the seal image “G00034.jpg” when stored, the date display “25 72” when stored, and the user ID “A0301” of the checker are associated.

  Also, for the date "20130701" and the seal ID "H0201", the user ID "A0110" at the time of removal, the seal image "G00027.jpg" at the time of removal, the date display "25 7 1" at the time of removal, the user at the time of storage The ID “A0110”, the seal image “G00051.jpg” when stored, the date display “25 72” when stored, and the user ID “A0301” of the checker are associated.

  Also, for the date "20130702" and the seal ID "H0101", the user ID "A0102" at the time of removal, the seal image "G00090.jpg" at the time of removal, the date display "25 7 2" at the time of removal, the user at the time of storage The ID "A0102", the seal image "G00127.jpg" when stored, the date display "25 7 3" when stored, and the user ID "A0301" of the checker are associated.

  Next, printing of the seal management data 16e by the seal management unit 17f will be described. The seal management unit 17f can print the seal management data 16e in the format according to the conventional ledger by causing the printer 14 to print the seal management data 16e in a predetermined format.

  Specific examples of formats for printing the seal management data 16e are shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is a specific example of the format of a notice of use such as a bank note. The notice of use shown in Fig. 6 is the user who took out, the user who did the storage, and the person in charge of keeping the seal used on the day. Is shown.

  Specifically, for the deposit and withdrawal marks of the identification numbers (1) to (15), the image of the seal at the time of removal, the user ID at the time of removal, and the user ID at the time of return are shown. It also shows the date and the custodian. All of these data can be obtained from the seal management data 16e. The person in charge of storage may use the verifier in the seal management data 16e. In addition, for the user ID at the time of removal, the user ID at the time of return, and the person in charge of storage, the name corresponding to the user ID may be printed. The name corresponding to the user ID can be identified by referring to the user data 16a.

  FIG. 7 is a specific example of the format of the Bank of Japan payment agent receipt agent delivery register. The Bank of Japan payment receipt agent receipt stamp shown in FIG. 7 shows the user who took out and the person in charge who confirmed the storage for each day for the receipt mark used in a predetermined month.

  Specifically, FIG. 7 is a "July 2013" Bank of Japan payment receipt agent receipt slip of "July 2013". And about five receipt marks of "receipt 1"-"receipt 5", the user ID at the time of taking out and the user ID of the official who confirmed the storage are shown every day. For example, the user ID of the user who took out the receipt mark of "receipt 1" on July 1 is "A0110", and it is the role of user ID "A0301" that the storage of the receipt mark was confirmed on July 1 It is a seater. All of these data can be obtained from the seal management data 16e. Note that, in FIG. 7, the user ID of the official who confirmed storage is printed in the column "Confirmation of Collection of Official Seats". In addition, the user ID at the time of removal, or the name corresponding to the user ID of the official who has confirmed storage may be printed. The name corresponding to the user ID can be identified by referring to the user data 16a.

  FIG. 8 shows a specific example of the format of the receipt seal imprint confirmation list. The receipt seal imprint confirmation list shown in FIG. 8 indicates the seal impression of the receipt seal for seven days. Specifically, the image of the seal at the time of taking out is shown about five receipt marks of "receipt 1"-"receipt 5". All of these data can be obtained from the seal management data 16e. In addition, about the receipt mark which is not taken out and is not used, there is no seal | sticker data at the time of taking out, and printing is not performed.

  Next, the processing procedure for taking out the seal will be described. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure when taking out a seal. The article management apparatus 10 first reads the user ID from the ID card by the card reader 12 (step S101). The user identification unit 17a refers to the user data 16a based on the user ID read from the ID card to perform user identification (step S102).

  The lock control unit 17g releases the lock of the storage unit 15a in which the seal to be taken out is stored (step S103). The storage unit 15a to be unlocked may be specified by designation by the user, or may be specified by allocating the storage unit 15a to a user ID or a seal in advance.

  The camera 13 of the item management device 10 captures an image of the seal face of the stamp that is held up (step S104). The image cutting out unit 17 b cuts out the fixed area and the variable area from the image pickup data of the seal face picked up by the camera 13 (step S 105).

  The fixed area determination unit 17c compares the fixed area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b with the seal impression shown in the registration data 16b, and determines whether a seal having a matching seal impression is registered (step S106). ). As a result, if a matching seal is not registered (step S107; No), the fixed area determination unit 17c causes the display operation unit 11 to display an unknown seal and notifies it (step S112), and the process is performed. finish.

  If a matching seal is registered (step S107; Yes), the variable area determination unit 17d identifies the contents of the variable area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b, and is indicated in the variable area judgment data 16c. It is determined whether the condition is met (step S108). If the condition is not satisfied, that is, if the date indicated in the variable area is not the date of the current day (step S109; No), the variable area determination unit 17d causes the display operation unit 11 to display that the date is incorrect. The notification is made (step S111), and the process ends.

  If the condition is satisfied, that is, if the date indicated in the variable area is the date of the current day (step S109; Yes), the storage management unit 17e updates the storage management data 16d, and the seal management unit 17f updates the seal management data 16e. Are updated (step S110), and the process ends.

  Next, the processing procedure for storing the seal will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when storing the seal. The article management apparatus 10 first reads the user ID from the ID card by the card reader 12 (step S201). The user identification unit 17a refers to the user data 16a based on the user ID read from the ID card to perform user identification (step S202).

  The camera 13 of the item management device 10 captures an image of the seal face of the stamp that is held up (step S203). The image cutting out unit 17 b cuts out the fixed area and the variable area from the image pickup data of the seal face picked up by the camera 13 (step S 204).

  The fixed area determination unit 17c compares the fixed area extracted by the image extraction unit 17b with the seal impression indicated in the registration data 16b, and determines whether a seal having a matching seal impression is registered (step S205). ). As a result, if a matching seal is not registered (step S206; No), the fixed area determination unit 17c causes the display operation unit 11 to display an unknown seal and notifies it (step S212), and the process is performed. finish.

  If a matching seal is registered (step S206; Yes), the variable area determination unit 17d identifies the contents of the variable area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b, and is indicated in the variable area judgment data 16c. It is determined whether the condition is satisfied (step S207). If the condition is not satisfied, that is, if the date indicated in the variable area is not appropriate (step S208; No), the variable area determination unit 17d causes the display operation unit 11 to display an indication that the date is incorrect. (Step S211), the process ends.

  In the determination of step S207, if it is in the middle of the work of the day, that is, if it is a halfway return, it is judged "whether the date indicated in the variable area of the seal impression is the date of the day" Is completed, that is, if it is returned at the time of storage, it is determined whether "the date indicated in the variable area of the seal impression is the date of the next business day".

  When the condition is satisfied, that is, when the date indicated in the variable area is appropriate (Step S208; Yes), the lock control unit 17g unlocks the storage unit 15a which is the storage destination of the seal (Step S209). . The storage destination may be specified by the user's designation, or may be specified by allocating the storage portion 15a to the user ID and the seal in advance. After step S209, the storage management unit 17e updates the storage management data 16d, the seal management unit 17f updates the seal management data 16e (step S210), and the process ends.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the article management apparatus 10 captures an image of the seal surface of the seal, determines whether or not the variable region to be changed by the variable portion in the seal surface is correctly set, Since notification is performed when it is not done, it is possible to prevent a mistake concerning setting of the variable part of the seal face and to support the management of the seal.

  In the first embodiment, the configuration in which the article management device 10 performs both the determination regarding the variable area and the storage of the seal has been described. In the second embodiment, the apparatus for performing the determination regarding the variable area of the seal and the seal are stored. A configuration in which the apparatus is separated from the apparatus to be

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of management of a seal according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the item management device 110 and the individual storage device 120 are communicably connected. The article management apparatus 110 picks up a seal, specifies a seal impression, cuts out a fixed area and a variable area, and performs fixed area determination and variable area determination.

  The individual storage device 120 can read the user ID from the ID card to perform user identification. Further, the individual storage device 120 has a large number of storage portions capable of storing a plurality of seals individually.

  As described above, even if the article management apparatus 110 performs the fixed area determination and the variable area determination, and the individual storage apparatus 120 performs the user identification and the storage of the seal, as in the first embodiment, who used the seal. It is possible to manage whether the setting of the variable part is valid.

  Next, the internal configuration of the item management device 110 and the individual storage device 120 shown in FIG. 11 will be described. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the article management device 110 and the individual storage device 120 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, the article management device 110 includes a display / operation unit 11, a camera 13, a printer 14, a lock mechanism 15, a storage unit 116, a control unit 117, and a communication unit 118.

  The communication unit 118 is a communication interface for communicating with the individual storage device 120. The storage unit 116 stores the registration data 16b, the variable area determination data 16c, the storage management data 16d, and the seal management data 16e, but does not store the user data 16a. The control unit 117 does not have a user identification unit, and includes an image cutout unit 17b, a fixed area determination unit 17c, a variable area determination unit 17d, a storage management unit 117e, a seal management unit 117f, and a lock control unit 17g.

  The storage management unit 117 e is different from the first embodiment in that the storage unit of the individual storage device 120 can be designated as a storage destination. Further, the seal management unit 117 f can manage storage of the seal in the individual storage device 120, and is different from the first embodiment in that the user identification result performed by the individual storage device 120 can be used. The other configuration and operation are the same as those of the article management apparatus 10 shown in the first embodiment, so the same reference numerals are given to the same components and the description will be omitted.

  The individual storage device 120 includes a display operation unit 121, a card reader 122, a lock mechanism 125, a storage unit 126, a control unit 127, and a communication unit 128. The display operation unit 121 is a user interface that performs display output and reception of operation input, and is configured of a touch panel display or the like. The card reader 122 is a device that reads a user ID and the like from an ID card carried by the user. The lock mechanism 125 is a mechanism for locking a plurality of storage sections of the individual storage device 120 individually. The communication unit 128 is a communication interface for communicating with the item management device 110.

  The storage unit 126 is a storage device including a hard disk drive, a non-volatile memory, and the like, and stores user data 16a. The user data 16a is the same as that of the first embodiment, and is used to identify the user.

  The control unit 127 includes a user identification unit 127a and a lock control unit 127g. The user identification unit 127a refers to the user data 16a based on the user ID read from the ID card by the card reader 122, and identifies the user. At this time, identity verification may be performed by matching a personal identification number or a face image.

  The lock control unit 127 g is a processing unit that instructs the lock mechanism 125 to lock and unlock the plurality of storage units included in the individual storage device 120. Specifically, when the storage unit in which the seal to be taken out is stored is specified or when the storage unit that is the storage destination of the seal is specified, the unlocking instruction of the storage unit is issued. The specification of the unlocking storage unit is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  Next, the processing procedure for taking out the seal will be described. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure when taking out a seal. First, the individual storage device 120 reads the user ID from the ID card by the card reader 122 and performs user identification (step S301).

  The lock control unit 127g specifies the storage unit in which the seal to be taken out is stored, that is, the storage unit to be opened (step S302), and releases the lock (step S303). The individual storage device 120 notifies the article management device 110 of the user as a result of the user identification and the storage unit in which the lock is released.

  The camera 13 of the item management device 110 captures an image of the seal face (step S401). The image cutting out unit 17 b cuts out the fixed area and the variable area from the captured image data of the seal surface captured by the camera 13 (step S 402).

  The fixed area determination unit 17c compares the fixed area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b with the impression shown in the registration data 16b, and performs fixed area determination (step S403). In addition, the variable area determination unit 17d identifies the contents of the variable area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b, and performs variable area determination (step S404). Then, the storage management unit 117e updates the storage management data 16d, the seal management unit 117f updates the seal management data 16e (step S405), and the process ends.

  Next, the processing procedure for storing the seal will be described. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure when storing a seal. First, the camera 13 of the item management device 110 captures an image of the seal face (step S501). The image cutting out unit 17 b cuts out the fixed area and the variable area from the image pickup data of the seal face picked up by the camera 13 (step S 502).

  The fixed area determination unit 17c compares the fixed area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b with the imprint shown in the registration data 16b, and performs fixed area determination (step S503). Further, the variable area determination unit 17d identifies the contents of the variable area cut out by the image cutting out unit 17b, and performs variable area determination (step S504). The lock control unit 17g specifies the storage unit to store the seal, that is, the storage unit to be opened (step S505), and requests the individual storage device 120 to release the lock.

  The individual storage device 120 reads the user ID from the ID card by the card reader 122 and performs user identification (step S601). After that, the lock control unit 127 g releases the lock of the storage unit designated by the item management device 110 (step S 602). The individual storage device 120 notifies the article management device 110 of the user as a result of the user identification and the storage unit in which the lock is released.

  Thereafter, the storage management unit 117e of the article management apparatus 110 updates the storage management data 16d, and the seal management unit 117f updates the seal management data 16e (step S506), and the process ends.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the article management device 110 performs the fixed area determination and the variable area determination, and the individual storage device 120 performs the user identification and the storage of the seal. For this reason, a storage part and a seal | sticker can be matched by one to one, and stricter mark management becomes possible.

  The configurations and operations shown in the above embodiments are merely examples, and the present invention can be appropriately modified and implemented without being limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the seal face is imaged at the time of storage and removal of the seal and the date is confirmed is described, but the seal surface may be imaged only at the storage time and imaging at the removal time may be omitted.

  When the imaging at the time of removal is omitted, the date may be confirmed using the image at the time of storage at the time of removal as well. For example, if the seal is not limited to be used every day, it is set to the date of the next day at the time of storage but is not used the next day because setting may be improper at the time of taking out. Also, if the date is confirmed at the time of storage and stored as date data, it is possible to read out the date data and determine whether it is an appropriate date instead of the confirmation of the date from the image at the time of taking out.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the seal surface is imaged and the seal impression is specified by image processing has been described, but any method may be applied for specifying the seal impression, such as detecting unevenness of the seal surface by an ultrasonic sensor. It is possible.

  As described above, the article management method according to the present invention is suitable for reducing the labor required for article management.

10, 110 Item Management Device 11, 121 Display Operation Unit 12, 122 Card Reader 13 Camera 14 Printer 15, 125 Locking Mechanism 15a Storage Unit 16, 116, 126 Storage Unit 16a User Data 16b Registration Data 16c Variable Area Determination Data 16d Storage Management Data 16e Seal management data 17, 117, 127 Control unit 17a, 127a User identification unit 17b Image cutout unit 17c Fixed area determination unit 17d Variable area determination unit 17e, 117e Storage management unit 17f, 117f Seal management unit 17g, 127g Lock control Unit 118, 128 Communication unit 120 Individual storage device

Claims (6)

An article management method in an article management system comprising an article management apparatus having a lock mechanism for locking a storage unit, user identification means for identifying a user who uses an article, and article data acquisition means,
A user identification step of identifying a user who uses the article;
A storage section specifying step for specifying a storage section to be unlocked;
A lock release step of unlocking the storage unit identified by the storage unit identification step;
An article data acquisition step of acquiring article data;
A storage management data updating step that manages the information of the user identified by the user identification step and the information based on the article data acquired by the article data acquisition step in association with each other; Method. An article management method in an article management system comprising an article management apparatus having a lock mechanism for locking a storage unit, user identification means for identifying a user who uses an article, and article data acquisition means,
A user identification step of identifying a user who uses the article;
An article data acquisition step of acquiring article data;
A storage section specifying step for specifying a storage section to be unlocked;
A lock release step of unlocking the storage unit identified by the storage unit identification step;
A storage management data updating step that manages the information of the user identified by the user identification step and the information based on the article data acquired by the article data acquisition step in association with each other; Method. The article is a seal and
In the article data acquisition step, seal surface data relating to the seal surface of the seal is acquired,
The article management method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage management data update step manages the information of the user and the information based on the seal surface data in association with each other. The seal has a variable part capable of changing part of the seal,
The method according to claim 3, further comprising a variable area determination step of determining the legitimacy of the seal surface partial data of the variable area to be changed by the variable portion among the seal surface data acquired in the article data acquisition step. Article management method described.   The article management method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of updating seal management data in which the user information and the determination result in the variable area determination step are associated with each other and managed. The article data acquisition means is an imaging means, and
In the article data acquisition step, imaging data of the article is acquired;
The article management method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the storage management data updating step manages the information of the user and the information based on the imaging data in association with each other.

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