DE202022105143U1 - An attendance control system with multiple authentication levels - Google Patents

Abstract

A system (100) for monitoring attendance using multiple levels of authentication, the system (100) comprising:
a student module (102);
a teacher module (104);
a plurality of registration modules associated respectively with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), a first registration module (106a) for registering at least one student to create a student account and a second registration module (106b) for registering at least a teacher using credentials to create a student account and access student attendance details;
a large number of selection modules, which are each assigned to the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), with a first selection module (108a) selecting a subject from the student module (102) and a second selection module (108b) selecting a subject class from the teacher module (104 ) selects;
a plurality of authentication modules associated respectively with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104) for authentication, wherein a first authentication module (110a) performs student authentication to identify proxy attendance and a second authentication module (110b) performs teacher authentication carries out, which verifies the attendance of the students; and
a plurality of attendance modules associated respectively with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), a first attendance module (112a) allowing the student to mark attendance for each selected subject upon successful authentication, and a second attendance module ( 112b) allows the teacher to view the attendance record for the selected subject.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the field of attendance control. In particular, the present invention relates to a system for monitoring attendance using multiple levels of authentication, preferably three levels of authentication, based on MAC address.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Keeping attendance lists has always been mandatory in the education system. It is a list of present and absent students. When it comes to analyzing and improving student performance, this record is extremely useful. The professors or teachers record the attendance of the students by entering their names or their matriculation numbers in the attendance list. In each class, the teacher has to record attendance, which takes a lot of time with a large number of students. There are also some educational policies that require students to be present in order to receive a grade. Mandatory attendance also helps improve the quality of instruction and increases student engagement in the classroom, which in turn leads to better performance. Therefore, progress in the attendance system is very important.

Many intelligent attendance systems have been proposed, all capable of automatically collecting attendance data through the use of sensors and hardware devices. However, these systems rely on external sensors such as cameras and biometric devices. These systems are completely centralized. There are also some other attendance methods based on RFID tags, barcode scanners, etc. While these are effective, they also come with their own disadvantages, e.g. B. A centralized camera cannot capture the faces of all students; Fingerprint sensors take a long time to scan all students' fingerprints; RFID and barcode scanners suffer from the problem of proxies. Because of all these issues, the model cannot uniquely identify each student.

Today there are a variety of models for an automatic attendance system. Most of them focus on using different capture devices.

According to one system, the radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are used to identify each student through the use of unique RFID tag identifiers, and a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow for a more efficient way of attendance assessment. The RFID tags allow administration to track student movements on and off campus.

According to one researcher, a useful model has been developed for automatically detecting student presence by recognizing their faces in the classroom. The method of this face recognition system is divided into two stages, namely recognition and face recognition.

According to another researcher, an Internet-based attendance system will be introduced that will switch the old method of attendance to computers. Students must use QR readers in the classrooms to scan the unique QR code provided to them during or at the beginning of each lecture to verify their attendance at the start of each lecture.

According to another researcher, the employee's monitoring system is integrated with the payroll system, so overtime hours can be calculated automatically. Before submitting the information, the employee must first log into their account. The login or authentication process can be done either by voice recognition or fingerprint.

According to another researcher, the proposed model offered an attendance system based on fingerprints and GPS on smartphones or mobile devices. One type of biometric time attendance machine is the fingerprint time attendance machine, which captures employees' fingerprints to create attendance records.

According to another researcher, an attendance management system for a university using fingerprint technology is proposed. Authentication and enrollment are the two processes it encompasses. The user's fingerprint is taken upon enrollment, their unique characteristics are retrieved and stored in a database along with the user's identification as a template for the theme.

Another researcher describes an attendance control system based on the RFID technology and the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud technology. This model provides a quick way to determine if students are skipping class and to prevent it from happening again in the future.

According to another researcher, a new approach to detecting the presence of students, professors and other staff of institutions that does not require human interaction is proposed. Registered users must scan their fingerprint using the biometric fingerprint scanner and present their ID card embedded in the RFID tag in front of the RFID reader to verify their original identity. The system includes a biometric fingerprint scanner to prevent students from registering false attendance.

Conventional attendance control systems suffer from numerous problems, e.g. E.g. fraud, waste of time, manipulation of attendance and information security. Face recognition technology has various limitations such as: B. Image quality, image size, viewing angle and fluctuating light intensity.

To overcome these challenges, different approaches such as illumination invariance and histogram equalization are employed. Presence is automatically updated in this system after comparing the detected face to the original Eigen database in conjunction with the MATLAB GUI.

According to another researcher, an intelligent location-based time attendance system implemented in an Android mobile application on a smartphone has been presented. This system did not require separate biometric scanning hardware as was previously the case.

Another researcher proposes a facial recognition-based attendance system, and a number of different approaches are evaluated and compared. Face recognition is performed using the Haar cascade and face recognition using the LBPH (Local Binary Pattern Histogram), Fisher Face and Eigenface.

WO2006023557A2 discloses an automated attendance monitoring system comprising: (i) an identification tag with wireless communication capability for each potential participant, (ii) scanners for recognizing the participant tags upon entering a given room, (iii) at least one server that communicates with the scanners, ( iv) portable computing devices for use by attendance monitors, e.g. B. Teachers to review a preliminary attendance report generated by the scanners and the server, and to manage the attendance data received from the scanners and generate attendance reports.

CN111382633A discloses a method, apparatus, terminal, and computer-readable storage medium for managing classroom attendance, comprising the steps of: capturing image information of students entering a classroom; matching the image information to a preset image in a classroom student information base for the first time to generate credentials; capturing images of students in a classroom and performing a secondary comparison with the image information of the students entering the classroom or the images in the classroom student information base to determine classroom attendance information.

However, the prior art uses a one-step verification or a manipulative verification method that does not effectively determine the presence of proxies and does not provide accurate results, is expensive, and has a complex structure.

To overcome the above issues, a new system needs to be put in place that includes multi-factor verification for unambiguous attendance tracking without authorization or fraud with very little investment of time and effort.

The technical advance disclosed by the present invention overcomes the limitations and disadvantages of existing and conventional systems and methods.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to a multi-level authentication system for attendance control.

The object of the present invention is to provide a system for checking attendance with multiple levels of authentication;

Another object of the present invention is the unambiguous detection of attendance without authorization or fraud with very little expenditure of time and labor;

Another aim of the present invention is to use the functions built into the smartphone, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), Blue use tooth, the fingerprint scanner and the camera;

Another aim of the present invention is to propose a cheap, efficient and time-saving method for identifying students.

• ein Schülermodul;
• ein Lehrermodul;
• eine Vielzahl von Registrierungsmodulen, die jeweils mit dem Schülermodul und dem Lehrermodul verbunden sind, wobei ein erstes Registrierungsmodul zum Registrieren mindestens eines Schülers, um ein Schülerkonto zu erstellen, und ein zweites Registrierungsmodul zum Registrieren mindestens eines Lehrers unter Verwendung von Anmeldeinformationen, um ein Schülerkonto zu erstellen und auf Details der Schüleranwesenheit zuzugreifen;
• eine Vielzahl von Auswahlmodulen, die jeweils mit dem Schülermodul und dem Lehrermodul verbunden sind, wobei ein erstes Auswahlmodul ein Fach aus dem Schülermodul und ein zweites Auswahlmodul eine Fachklasse aus dem Lehrermodul auswählt;
• eine Vielzahl von Authentifizierungsmodulen, die jeweils mit dem Schülermodul und dem Lehrermodul zur Authentifizierung verbunden sind, wobei ein erstes Authentifizierungsmodul eine Schülerauthentifizierung durchführt, um die Anwesenheit eines Vertreters zu identifizieren, und ein zweites Authentifizierungsmodul eine Lehrerauthentifizierung durchführt, um die Anwesenheit des Schülers zu verifizieren; und
• eine Vielzahl von Anwesenheitsmodulen, die jeweils dem Schülermodul und dem Lehrermodul zugeordnet sind, wobei ein erstes Anwesenheitsmodul es dem Schülermodul ermöglicht, die Anwesenheit für jedes ausgewählte Fach nach erfolgreicher Authentifizierung zu markieren, und ein zweites Anwesenheitsmodul es dem Lehrermodul ermöglicht, die Anwesenheitsaufzeichnung für das ausgewählte Fach zu betrachten.

In one embodiment, a system for attendance tracking using multiple levels of authentication, the system comprising:

• a student module;
• a teacher module;
• a plurality of registration modules, each associated with the student module and the teacher module, wherein a first registration module for registering at least one student to create a student account, and a second registration module for registering at least one teacher using credentials to create a student account create and access student attendance details;
• a plurality of selector modules associated respectively with the student module and the teacher module, a first selector module selecting a subject from the student module and a second selector module selecting a subject class from the teacher module;
• a plurality of authentication modules connected respectively to the student module and the teacher module for authentication, wherein a first authentication module performs student authentication to identify the presence of a representative and a second authentication module performs teacher authentication to verify the student's presence; and
• a plurality of attendance modules associated respectively with the student module and the teacher module, a first attendance module enabling the student module to mark attendance for each selected subject upon successful authentication and a second attendance module enabling the teacher module to record attendance for the selected one subject to consider.

In one embodiment, student attendance details include: total number of students, attendance history, export a sheet, and analysis of attendance, which the teacher can access, manually edit, and analyze attendance history.

In one embodiment, a cloud database is connected to the student module and the teacher module to store student records and display student attendance records.

In one embodiment, the first login module allows the student to use a Media Access Control (MAC) address to automatically log into the student module to view attendance history, and the second login module generates a valid login ID and password for the student upon successful login Teacher module to access student data.

In one embodiment, the first authentication module is either a fingerprint scanner or a face recognition module or a combination thereof.

In one embodiment, a dashboard is coupled to the student module and the teacher module to display the student's details and a presence button to enable the plurality of presence modules for presence.

In one embodiment, a notification module is coupled to the dashboard and a user device to receive a notification of presence from the student module.

In one embodiment, a communication module such as e.g. B. Bluetooth enabled for the teacher module to log in to the dashboard with credentials.

In one embodiment, a student presence tagging option of the first presence module is enabled only upon automatic verification by the first verification module and upon receipt of a list of available student module MAC addresses, upon successful verification, the communications module and a location tracking sensor, such as a location tracking sensor. a global positioning sensor (GPS), enabling the student's MAC address and location to be sent to the database, with the teacher module simultaneously scanning the student module within a classroom.

If a student attempts to measure attendance outside of a threshold, e.g. B. outside the classroom, the presence is displayed as a substitution, the substitution is communicated to the teacher and stored in the cloud database together with the attendance statuses, i. H. present, absent and deputy, updated.

In order to further clarify the advantages and features of the present invention, a more detailed description of the invention will be made by reference to specific embodiments thereof illustrated in the attached figures. It is understood that these figures show only typical embodiments of the invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting its scope. The invention will be described and illustrated with additional specificity and detail with the accompanying figures.

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• 1 ein Blockdiagramm eines Systems zur Anwesenheitskontrolle mit mehreren Authentifizierungsebenen zeigt.

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read with reference to the accompanying figure, in which like characters represent like parts throughout the figure, wherein:

• 1 shows a block diagram of a system for checking attendance with multiple authentication levels.

Those skilled in the art will understand that the elements in the figure are shown for simplicity and are not necessarily drawn to scale. For example, the flow charts illustrate the method of key steps to enhance understanding of aspects of the present disclosure. Furthermore, one or more components of the device may be represented in the figure by conventional symbols, and the figure only shows the specific details relevant to understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure, in order not to obscure the figure with details overload that are readily apparent to those skilled in the art familiar with the present specification.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

For a better understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the figure and described in specific language.

It should be understood, however, that no limitation on the scope of the invention is intended, and such alterations and further modifications to the illustrated system and such further applications of the principles of the invention set forth therein are contemplated as would occur to those skilled in the art invention would normally come to mind.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory of the invention and are not intended to be limiting.

When this specification refers to "an aspect," "another aspect," or the like, it means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is present in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the phrases "in one embodiment," "in another embodiment," and similar phrases throughout this specification may or may not all refer to the same embodiment.

The terms "comprises," "including," or other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a method or method that includes a list of steps includes not only those steps, but may also include other steps that are not expressly stated or pertaining to any such process or method. Likewise, any device or subsystem or element or structure or component preceded by "comprises...a" does not, without further limitation, exclude the existence of other devices or other subsystem or other element or other structure or other component or additional device or additional subsystems or additional elements or additional structures or additional components.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one skilled in the art to which this invention pertains. The system, methods, and examples provided herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to be limiting.

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the attached figure.

1 Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a system (100) for attendance tracking using multiple levels of authentication, the system (100) comprising: a student module (102), a teacher module (104), a first registration module (106a), a second registration module (106b), a first selection module (108a), a second selection module (108b), a first authentication module (110a), a second authentication module (110b), a first presence module (112a), a second app senheitsmodul (112b), a cloud database (114), a dashboard (116), a notification module (118) and a communication module (120).

The plurality of registration modules is connected to the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), respectively, using a first registration module (106a) for registering at least one student to create a student account and a second registration module (106b) for registering at least one teacher of credentials to create a student account and access student attendance details. Student attendance information includes: total number of students, attendance history, export a spreadsheet and analysis of attendance which the teacher can access, edit manually and analyze attendance history. The first login module (106a) allows the student to automatically login to the student module (102) with a MAC (Media Access Control) address to view the attendance record and the second login module (106b) generates a valid login upon successful login ID and a password for the teacher module to access student data.

The plurality of selection modules is assigned to the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), with a first selection module (108a) selecting a subject from the student module (102) and a second selection module (108b) selecting a subject class from the teacher module (104). .

The multiple authentication modules are each associated with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104) for authentication, wherein a first authentication module (110a) performs student authentication to identify the presence of a representative and a second authentication module (110b) performs teacher authentication, to check student attendance. The first authentication module (110a) is either a fingerprint scanner or a face recognition module or a combination thereof.

The plurality of attendance modules are respectively associated with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), with a first attendance module (112a) allowing the student to mark attendance for each selected subject upon successful authentication, and a second attendance module (112b) allowing the Teacher allows to view the attendance record for the selected subject. The option "Mark Presence" of the first presence module (112a) for students is only activated after automatic verification by the first authentication module (108a) and after having a list of available MAC addresses of the student module, whereby after successful verification the communication module (120) and a location tracking sensor, such as a global positioning sensor (GPS), enabling the student's MAC address and location to be sent to the database (116) while the teacher module (104) simultaneously scans the student module (102) in a classroom. When a student attempts to mark attendance outside of a threshold range, e.g. B. outside a classroom, the attendance is shown as a substitute, the substitute is communicated to the teacher and stored in the cloud database together with the attendance statuses, i. H. present, absent and deputy, updated.

The cloud database (114) is connected to both the student module (102) and the teacher module (104) to store student data and view student attendance records.

The dashboard (116) connected to the student module (102) and the teacher module (104) to display the student's details and an attendance button to activate the multiple attendance modules for attendance.

The notification module (118) interfaces with the dashboard (116) and a user device to receive a notification indicating attendance from the student module.

According to one embodiment, the communication module (120), e.g. B. Bluetooth, enabled for the teacher module to log in to the dashboard with credentials.

According to one embodiment, the teachers open the teacher module and log into the database with their credentials. After successful login, the teacher can access the dashboard where all fields of the dashboard are available. The dashboard has fields such as total number of students, attendance history, export of an Excel spreadsheet and analysis of attendance that the teacher can access, edit manually and analyze attendance history. The dashboard has an option to record attendance. When the attendance button is clicked, students will receive a notification via cloud messaging. Then the teacher's Bluetooth will turn on automatically, and at the same time the students can log in with their credentials. The button to mark the properties Security for students is only activated after automatic verification using face or fingerprint recognition. Once verified, Bluetooth and GPS sensors enable the MAC address and location of the student device, which is sent to the cloud database. At the same time, the teacher's device scans all devices present in the classroom. The verification process begins after getting the list of available MAC addresses from nearby devices. In the verification phase, the proxy presence is displayed. If a student attempts to mark their attendance from outside the threshold range, their attendance will be treated as a proxy. If a proxy is found, the teacher is informed and the cloud database is updated with all correct attendance data, along with a notification of each individual attendance status, ie Present, Away and Proxy. Now the attendance data is stored in the cloud database which is used to analyze the data to get meaningful results. When developing the proposed system, Bluetooth and GPS modules will be connected to the cloud server. After that, the module for reorganizing fingerprints and faces will be created and tested. The QR code concept is used to ensure security. The user interface is implemented using XML (Extensible Markup Language) layouts and the Dart programming language. An analyzer has been developed that collects the attendance data and performs the analysis that helps improve the performance and grades of all students.

The accuracy of the system will be compared to other existing attendance systems based on RFID tags, numeric printing, GPS tracking and QR codes. The proposed system was found to have better accuracy than other systems. The cost of the proposed system is lower than that of RFID tags, number printing, GPS tracking and QR codes. The proposed system has a lower cost per 100 students than existing models. The proposed model is user-friendly and cost-effective, based on the latest and easy-to-implement technology to solve the problems with the previous solutions. The model has the potential to limit fake presence without using an external device such as a sensor, camera or microcontroller. The proposed system uses three levels of authentication process to ensure student security and privacy. This system can be used in classrooms and small offices.

According to an alternative embodiment, the range of the system can be extended by using advanced technologies like LoRa or other similar technologies.

The figure and the preceding description give examples of embodiments. Those skilled in the art will understand that one or more of the elements described may well be combined into a single functional element. Alternatively, certain elements can be broken down into multiple functional elements. Elements from one embodiment may be added to another embodiment. For example, the order of the processes described herein may be changed and is not limited to the manner described herein. Additionally, the actions of a flowchart need not be performed in the order shown; Also, not all actions have to be carried out. Also, those actions that are not dependent on other actions can be performed in parallel with the other actions. The scope of the embodiments is in no way limited by these specific examples. Numerous variations are possible, regardless of whether they are explicitly mentioned in the description or not, e.g. B. Differences in structure, dimensions and use of materials. The scope of the embodiments is at least as broad as indicated in the following claims.

Advantages, other benefits, and solutions to problems have been described above with respect to particular embodiments. However, the benefits, advantages, problem solutions, and components that can cause an advantage, benefit, or solution to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical, required, or essential feature or component of any or all claims.

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An attendance control system with multiple authentication levels.

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Patent Literature Cited

• WO 2006023557 A2 [0017]
• CN 111382633A [0018]

Claims (10)

A system (100) for monitoring attendance using multiple levels of authentication, the system (100) comprising: a student module (102); a teacher module (104); a plurality of registration modules associated respectively with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), a first registration module (106a) for registering at least one student to create a student account and a second registration module (106b) for registering at least a teacher using credentials to create a student account and access student attendance details; a large number of selection modules, which are each assigned to the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), with a first selection module (108a) selecting a subject from the student module (102) and a second selection module (108b) selecting a subject class from the teacher module (104 ) selects; a plurality of authentication modules associated respectively with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104) for authentication, wherein a first authentication module (110a) performs student authentication to identify proxy attendance and a second authentication module (110b) performs teacher authentication conducts verification of student attendance; and a plurality of attendance modules associated respectively with the student module (102) and the teacher module (104), a first attendance module (112a) allowing the student to mark attendance for each selected subject upon successful authentication, and a second attendance module ( 112b) allows the teacher to view the attendance record for the selected subject. system after claim 1 , where student attendance details include: total number of students, attendance history, export a sheet and analysis of attendance which the teacher can access, edit manually and analyze for attendance history. system after claim 1 wherein a cloud database (114) is connected to both the student module (102) and the teacher module (104) for storing student records and for displaying student attendance history. system after claim 1 , wherein the first login module (106a) allows the student to automatically log into the student module (102) using a MAC (Media Access Control) address to view attendance history, and the second login module (106b) provides a valid login ID and password generated for the teacher module upon successful login to access student records. system after claim 1 , wherein the first authentication module (110a) is either a fingerprint scanner or a face recognition module or a combination thereof. system after claim 1 wherein a dashboard (116) is connected to the student module (102) and the teacher module (104) for displaying the details of the student and an attendance button for activating the plurality of attendance modules for attendance. system after claim 6 wherein a notification module (118) is connected to the dashboard (116) and a user device to receive a notification message for marking presence from the student module. system after claim 1 , wherein a communication module (120), such as. B. Bluetooth, is enabled for the teacher module to log in using dashboard credentials. system after claim 1 , wherein a student presence marking option of the first presence module (112a) is activated only after an automatic verification by the first authentication module (108a) and a list of available MAC addresses of the student module, wherein upon successful verification the communication module (120) and a location tracking sensor, such as e.g. a global positioning sensor (GPS), enabling the student's MAC address and location to be sent to the database (116) while the teacher module (104) simultaneously scans the student module (102) within a classroom. system after claim 1 , where if a student attempts to detect attendance from outside a threshold range, such as B. outside a classroom, the presence is displayed as a delegate, the delegate is communicated to the teacher and updated in the cloud database along with the presence statuses, ie present, absent and delegate.

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