EP3235277A1

EP3235277A1 - System having access control for informing visitors of a facility, which is public and/or is accessible to a group of persons authorized for access

Info

Publication number: EP3235277A1
Application number: EP15831063.1A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Ralf Sommer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2014-12-17
Filing date: 2015-12-17
Publication date: 2017-10-25
Also published as: WO2016097844A1; DE202014009932U1

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and to a method for informing visitors of a facility, which is public and/or is accessible to a group of visitors authorized for access, by using personal mobile telephones of the visitors having at least one data interface to receive and forward the information to the visitor in question, wherein a docking device in the region of the visited facility, which docking device initially requests the entry of a daily access code by means of the mobile phone for the purpose of activation after a data channel to the personal mobile telephone has been opened, which access code becomes visible on a display device located in the visited facility only after the visited facility has been entered and must be entered on the mobile phone, and does not transmit the desired audio data and possibly other information to the mobile telephone of the visitor in question until after the activation has occurred.

Description

Access control system for informing visitors to a public and / or accessible entity

The invention is directed to a system and method for informing visitors to a public and / or accessible entity using personal mobile phones having at least one data interface of the visitors for receiving and relaying the information to the respective visitor.

In many public institutions, especially museums, castles, attractions, exhibitions, zoos, botanical gardens, garden shows, etc., many visitors feel the need for deeper explanations of the various exhibits. Therefore, it has long been known to provide guidance in such public facilities, with a knowledgeable person giving a presentation on the various aspects of the perceptible items. However, this presupposes that the visitors have to wait until the beginning of such a tour, which can sometimes take a very long time, which is often spared by the audience.

A way out offer the well-known in the recent past, so-called audio guides, so recorded tapes, which can be borrowed together with a player at the cash register of the institution concerned and you can play individually in the course of a visit. Such tapes in turn have the disadvantage that the individual sound recordings are playable only in a predetermined order. Further progress has been made in the introduction of electronic recording media, where individual audio files are stored independently and then selected as needed and in any one

C0NFIRMATI0N C0PY Sequence can be played, for example by entering a code assigned to each exhibit. However, such players are relatively expensive and require constant care, especially a recharge of batteries, etc., which is especially staff-intensive.

In DE 199 35 564 A1, therefore, a mobile electronic travel companion is recommended, which is to be purchased by each visitor and then offers a variety of functionalities, in particular the reception of data with an infrared interface, the playback of speech by means of headphones and a LCD display for visual Output of information. However, this has proven to be disadvantageous that such an electronic travel companion in the purchase is relatively complex and thus not affordable for everyone, even more so since it can be used meaningfully only when traveling.

In DE 20 2012 006 008 U1 it is proposed to carry out by means of smartphones, tablets or laptops in museums, exhibitions, galleries, auctions, art fairs and art events on site image recognition of a work, and then to load relevant content from the Internet and superimpose and reproduce the image. However, this is anyway accessible on the Internet accessible data, which are therefore not subject to secrecy. On the other hand, since each person can thus view this content on the Internet, this reduces the incentive to visit a museum, an exhibition or the like.

From the disadvantages of the prior art described results in the invention initiating problem to develop a generic information system such that no expensive players kept and constantly maintained and maintained. Nevertheless, it should in any case be ensured that the playable information can not be forwarded as files or even accessed on the Internet. The solution to this problem is achieved by a docking device in the area of the visited device, which after opening a data channel to unlock further interactions initially unlocks the entry of a daily access code via the mobile phone, the first visible after entering the visited device on a local display device and is to be entered on the mobile phone, and transmits the desired audio data and possibly other information to the mobile phone of the visitor concerned only after activation.

By resorting to commercially available mobile phones with at least one data interface existing resources can already be used in a visitor anyway, so that the purchase and maintenance of expensive players omitted. On the other hand, it is not the loading of anyway all-accessible data from the Internet, but an application program and / or reproduced audio and / or image files od. Like. Are loaded on site via its own data interface from a server of the facility concerned. As a result, this is not publicly accessible data, but it can be used to process and share information that is not found elsewhere. This gives an incentive to visit a museum or other public institution. The data is particularly protected. For example, an application program playing the same can only become active after it has been unlocked on the basis of a daily updated code that is only displayed visibly after entering the actual exhibition. This queries whether the owner of the respective mobile phone is really the museum in question or an exhibition od. Like. Looks and, if necessary, has paid the required entrance fee.

The requested and entered by a person on the mobile phone access code is preferred over the open data channel transferred the docking station and can be compared there with the correct access code to enable further interactions if they match, or reject or block further interactions if there is no match. Of course, in case of an erroneous input a repeated or even multiple input can be offered.

Preferably, the access code to be entered is generated or at least stored in the context of the docking station or a server there and is therefore immediately available for comparison. In this case, the generation of the access code can take place, for example, by means of a random generator or by means of another, preferably complex function, which does not show any correlation between successive access codes. The access code can also be obtained from the docking station or a server coupled thereto, for example via the Internet from a remote (central) computer.

If the current access code is displayed on a screen or an electronic display that is controlled by the docking station, the access code can also be changed during a day, if necessary, so that unrestricted access to the protected data is not possible in the case of indiscretions , The term "daily updated" in this context may be interpreted as extended and may also be interpreted as "current" or even as "current." On the other hand, it would also be possible to change it only on a weekly or monthly basis, or at other time intervals However, the preferred time interval actually corresponds to one day, in which case the access code is kept constant during the opening hours of a day and is changed only after the closing of the box or before the opening the following day the galvanic coupling of a mobile phone has for data transmission by means of an electric cable, for example. According to the USB standard. Due to a cabled data transmission an inadvertent data transfer to uninteresting passersby is almost impossible. Only in the foyer or in the entrance area or other premises of an exhibition od. Dgt. a visitor finds the docking device with which he temporarily establishes a cable connection in order to receive the application program and possibly data with information to be displayed.

On the other hand, there is also the possibility that the docking device has an interface for the wireless coupling of a mobile phone for data transmission by means of an electromagnetic signal, for example according to the NFC, WLAN or Bluetooth standard. This is on the one hand more convenient than the production of a cable connection; In addition, multiple mobile phones can be contacted simultaneously with a single radio interface, and, finally, such a method is considerably faster for the arrival of larger groups of travelers than the successive plugging of the mobile phones of the individual subscribers of the group.

The invention recommends that the docking device after opening a data channel to the personal mobile phone and activation first reads information about the operating system used by that. This is essential for further communication as different operating systems behave differently.

The invention is further distinguished by an evaluation and / or control device which is coupled to the docking device and selects an application program and / or data format suitable for this mobile phone based on information read from a personal mobile phone and then sends the selected data to the mobile phone for forwarding transmits the docking device. The application program fed in must be compatible with both the hardware of the mobile phone concerned and with the operating system implemented thereon. If a specific for the invention Application program already located on the mobile phone in question, for example, due to a previous visit to the institution concerned or any other device connected to the system in question, the transfer of such an application program can be omitted.

Further advantages are provided by an evaluation and / or control device coupled to the docking device, which selects a data record suitable for this mobile phone on the basis of information read from a personal mobile telephone and transmits it to the docking device for data transmission to the mobile telephone. In general, information about the language used by the mobile telephone can already be obtained when the first contact is made, so that the language preferred by the visitor in question is known and the audio data in the language concerned can be selected.

Furthermore, the invention prefers that the docking device is designed or programmed in such a way that an application program written in the personal mobile phone is immediately loaded and executed in the main memory there. This facilitates the handling, because a special start procedure does not have to be entered by the visitor in question. Rather, he is prompted by the launched program immediately to perform certain actions in order to effect the activation, in particular to enter the daily updated activation code. In particular, a display device in the form of a data projector and / or an alphanumeric display or a monitor is suitable for displaying the daily updated activation code. In such peripherals, the display of changing content is programmatically possible. The display device may be coupled to an evaluation and / or control device for receiving data in order to obtain the daily code from there. It is within the scope of the invention that an evaluation and / or control device is coupled to a program and / or data memory for storing and / or reading information. There, on the one hand, the information to be transmitted can be stored, on the other hand also processing programs, according to which the evaluation and / or control device itself works.

It has been proven that the personal mobile phone has a bidirectional man-machine interface, for example in the form of a pressure-sensitive screen that can be used by the application program to query the daily code. In this case, on such a screen temporarily a keyboard for digits and / or other alphanumeric characters, symbols od. Like. Are faded in, and by tapping the digits, alphanumeric characters or symbols of the daily code this is entered sequentially.

Furthermore, the personal mobile phone should have a visual or acoustic human-machine interface, for example in the form of a loudspeaker, which can be used by the application program to pass on information to the respective visitor. In order not to distract a visitor from the visual impression of the work or exhibit, the invention prefers a verbal text output by voice over a speaker, headphones od. Like.

Furthermore, the personal mobile telephone should have its own date and / or time counter and / or be designed to receive a wireless date and / or time signal. Such a reference date and / or such reference time may form the basis for the review of Form validity of a received, daily updated code, which has only a limited validity period.

A further embodiment of the invention is that the daily updated code transmitted by the docking station is provided with a date stamp, so that the validity can be verified at any time by comparing the date stamp with the date currently available in the personal mobile phone. If a time-out of a previous daily code is detected as a result of this, different measures can be carried out, which in particular can go so far that the playable information in the memory of the mobile telephone is deleted.

Further advantages are provided by a computing device within the personal mobile phone, which generates a daily updated code from the date currently available in the personal mobile phone on the basis of a formula transmitted by the docking station. Such a feature of the invention has the advantage that a loaded application program can recognize and accept daily codes even on a later day.

A comparison device within the personal mobile telephone compares a code entered by a visitor with a daily updated code generated and / or stored in the personal mobile telephone in order to determine whether the visitor in question has entered the relevant exhibition, museum or the like and thus Receiving the respective information.

Further verification can be effected by a comparison device within the personal mobile phone, which performs a comparison of a transferred date stamp on the mobile phone with a current date stored in the personal mobile phone date. This is verifiable whether the relevant application program and / or the files to be played were loaded on the same day and are therefore not obsolete. According to the teaching of the invention, the personal mobile phone has a deletion device within the personal mobile phone, which completely or partially uninstalled and / or deleted the data to be displayed and / or the application program within the personal mobile phone, when older in the context of a comparison transferred to the mobile phone date stamp is as a date currently stored in the personal mobile phone. This makes the transfer of data after access authorization difficult or even impossible. Further features, details, advantages and effects on the basis of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention and from the drawing. Hereby shows:

Fig. 1 is a schematic circuit diagram of a system according to the invention with

Access control for informing visitors to a public and / or eligibility group; such as

2 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the

System of Fig. 1;

The system 1 of FIG. 1 is used to inform visitors to a publicly and / or for an accessible group of visitors accessible device and is used for example in museums or exhibitions, castles and other attractions, as well as zoos, botanical gardens or garden shows, etc. This system 1 comprises a central part of the installation or a docking station 2 and, on the other hand, accesses mobile phones 3 of visitors in order to use them for the transmission of information.

5 In order for a mobile phone 3 to be able to assume its assigned task, it must first be prepared for this by the central system part or the docking station 2. It uses at least one data interface 4 of the mobile phone 3.

10 The mobile phone 3 is reduced in the drawing to its essential components. For processing the data received via the data interface 4, the mobile telephone 3 has a central data processing unit 5.

The central data processing unit 5 operates according to programs which are stored in L 5 a data memory 6. There, in particular, there is also the operating system 7 of the mobile telephone 3.

Another element of the mobile phone 3 is a display device 8, for example. In the form of a so-called. Displays. This can be with a touch sensitive? o screen so that information can be entered via touches.

A voice output is possible by means of a loudspeaker 9. 5 Via a camera module 10 can be perceived by the mobile phone 3 its environment.

As a data interface, the mobile phone 3 has an antenna 11, for example, for the communication via WLAN or Bluetooth with other devices, as well as a 0 plug connection, eg. For plugging in a USB cable 12th Of course, the mobile phone 3 has more components, for example, the actual mobile radio antenna, a GPS module, etc., which, however, are not relevant in this context. In the central part of the plant 2 there is a counterpart to the antenna 11 in the form of another antenna 13, for example for communication via WLAN or Bluetooth, as well as a plug connection 14, for example for plugging in a USB cable 12 connected to a mobile telephone 3. The antenna 13 and the connector 14 of the central part of the plant 2 are served by an interface module 15, which in turn is fed by a central data processing unit 16 of the central part of the plant 2. The central data processing unit 16 of the central part of the plant or the docking station 2 in turn works for programs which are stored in a data memory 17, where, for example, is also a separate operating system 18 for operating the data processing unit 16. In addition to the interface module 15 and the data memory, the central data processing unit 16 also communicates with a display device 19 which is able to project data in the form of images 20 onto a screen or the like. To better explain the operation of the system 1, a more detailed structure is shown in Fig. 2, wherein the individual components of the system 1 are characterized by their respective function.

In the upper area you can see three different blocks for establishing a connection: The most comfortable method for the owner of the mobile phone is to establish contact with a server 21 by means of a WLAN connection, because there is no need for direct contact with a charging or docking station 2, nor a major action is required.

As soon as suitable station names are known, so-called service set identifiers - SSIDs, the stations - that is to say central system part 2 on the one hand and mobile telephone 3 on the other hand - largely contact each other automatically using a selection switching block 22.

On the other hand, there is also the possibility of establishing contact using a QR code 23, which is applied, for example, in the checkout area of a publicly accessible device and can be photographed by means of the camera module 10. Then, the information of the QR code 23 can be determined with an evaluation module 24, and this gives the mobile phone 3 clues as to how the connection should be established, for example. By calling a special area on the Internet home page of the device concerned, from where then an interface program via the mobile radio antenna in the mobile phone 3 can be loaded.

While these two methods are largely independent of a docking station or central plant part 2, although of course there may be a WLAN server 20 or a QR code 23 applied, other methods of connection establishment require close proximity to the loading or docking station second

This primarily includes contacting via near field communication NFC, ie by juxtaposing or approaching the mobile phone 3 to the central docking station 2, so that the antennas 11, 13 can establish a good radio contact. An even more intensive coupling can take place by means of a wired network LAN or by means of a coupling via a USB plug-in connection 12, 14. If several connections exist, a module 26 can select the most suitable, for example the fastest connection.

After a connection channel between the central docking station 2 and the mobile phone 3 is opened, a query 35 of the daily update code 20 takes place, which is od of a projector 19 or the like. Visible inside the exhibition area.

If the code 20 has been correctly recognized and input 36, then the transmission 34 of the audio data is in principle authorized; However, before the download is started 33, some important information of the mobile telephone 3 is first determined by a module 27, in particular via the operating system 7 used there and possibly additional information about the hardware.

This information is important for the following steps, but may also be output for a statistical evaluation.

A query 29 then takes place in a syntax compatible with the operating system 7 found, in particular for determining important parameters such as the language used by the mobile telephone 3 and thus also by the visitor concerned, which is then adopted by a selection module 30.

After a selection 31 of the compatible application program as well as audio data in the correct language has been made on the basis of the operating system 7 and the preferred language 30, the audio data is first encrypted with a daily updated code 32 and transmitted to the mobile telephone 3 33; Also, the code itself can be transmitted to the mobile phone 3 for comparison purposes. Then, the audio data 34 is installed in the mobile phone 3, the start address of which is made known to a playback app. Now the mobile phone 3 is able to reproduce suitable audio files via the integrated loudspeaker 9 at the request of the visitor.

If a time stamp transmitted with the application program, the audio files and the daily code 20 has expired, the audio files within the mobile telephone 3 can be deactivated or deleted by a special part 38 of the application program in order to avoid misuse.

As a measure for customer retention 39, the application program itself can be retained in the mobile phone 3 in order to provide certain functionalities. For example, when planning future trips and excursions, the application program may be questioned in advance as to which public facilities a comparable system 1 or a compatible docking station 2 is held.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

System 26 module

Docking station 27 building block

Mobile phone 28 Evaluation module

Data interface 29 Query module

Data processing unit 30 Selection module

Data memory 31 Selection module

Operating system 32 encryption module

Display device 33 Transmission module

Speaker 34 Installation module

Camera module 35 Interrogation module

Antenna 36 input

USB cable 37 playback module

Antenna 38 deactivation module

Connector 39 Customer loyalty module

Interface module

Data processing unit

data storage

operating system

display

image

WLAN Server

Selection switching block

QR code

evaluation module

Connection module

Claims

claims

A system (1) for informing visitors of a public and / or accessible visitor circuit using personal mobile phones (3) with at least one data interface (4) of the visitors for receiving and transmitting the information to the respective visitor, characterized by Docking device (2) in the area of the visited device, which after opening a data channel to the personal mobile phone (3) for the purpose of unlocking further interactions initially the input of a daily updated access codes on the mobile phone (3) queries, only after entering the visited facility at a local Display device (19,20) is visible and to be entered on the mobile phone (3), and transmits the desired audio data and possibly other information to the mobile phone (3) of the visitor concerned only after activation.

System (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the docking station (2) has an interface (14) for the galvanic coupling of a mobile phone (3) for data transmission by means of an electric cable (12), for example. According to the USB standard.

System (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the docking station has an interface (13) for the wireless coupling of a mobile phone (3) for data transmission by means of an electromagnetic signal, for example, after the NFC, WLAN or Bluetooth Default.

System (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the docking device (2) after opening a data channel to the personal mobile phone (3) first reads information about the operating system (7) used by that.

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by an interface with the data interface (15) of the docking device (2) coupled evaluation and / or control device (16) based on information read from a personal mobile phone (3), for example of the operating system (7) used there, selects an application program suitable for this mobile telephone (3) and / or suitable audio files or other data and transmits them to the mobile telephone (3) for data transmission to the data interface (15) of the docking device (2).

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by an interface with the data interface (15) of the docking device (2) coupled evaluation and / or control device (16) based on information read from a personal mobile phone (3), for example the language used there, a suitable for this mobile phone (3) record with reproducible information selects and for the purpose of transmitting data to the mobile phone (3) to the data interface (15) of the docking device (2).

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the docking device (2) is designed or programmed in such a way that an application program written in the personal mobile telephone (3) is immediately loaded and executed in the local working memory.

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the display device (19) has a data projector and / or an alphanumeric display or a monitor.

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the display device (19) is coupled to an evaluation and / or control device (16) for receiving data.

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an evaluation and / or control device (16) of the docking device (2) is coupled to a program and / or data memory (17) for storing and / or reading information ,

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the personal mobile telephone (3) has a bidirectional man-machine interface, for example in the form of a pressure-sensitive screen (8), which can be used by the application program to query the daily code ,

System (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the personal mobile telephone (3) has a visual or acoustic human-machine interface, for example in the form of a loudspeaker (9) provided by the application program for relaying information to the user relevant visitor is usable.

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the personal mobile telephone (3) has its own date and / or time counter and / or is designed to receive a wireless date and / or time signal.

14. System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the of the docking device (2) transmitted, Daily code is provided with a date stamp, so that the validity is verifiable at any time by comparing the date stamp with the currently available in the personal mobile phone (3) date.

15. System (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by a computing device (5) within the personal mobile phone (3) to a daily updated code from the currently available in the personal mobile phone (3) date from one of the docking device ( 2) to generate the transmitted formula.

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a comparison device within the personal mobile telephone (3) which effects a comparison of a code entered by a visitor with a daily updated code generated and / or stored in the personal mobile telephone (3).

System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a comparison device within the personal mobile telephone (3) which effects a comparison of a date stamp transmitted to the mobile telephone (3) with a current date stored in the personal mobile telephone (3).

18. System (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by a deletion device (38) within the personal mobile phone (3), which the record with reproducible

Information and / or the application program within the personal mobile phone (3) completely or partially uninstalled and / or deletes, when in the context of a comparison on the mobile phone (3) transmitted date stamp is older than a date currently stored in the personal mobile phone (3) , A method for informing visitors of a public and / or accessible to an accessible group of visitors using personal mobile phones (3) with at least one data interface (4) of the visitors to receive and disseminate the information to the visitor in question, characterized in that a docking device (2) in the area of the visited facility, which after opening a data channel to the personal mobile phone (3) via the mobile phone (3) for the purpose of activation first asks for the entry of a daily updated access code, which only after entering the visited device on a local display device (19 , 20) is visible and is to be entered on the mobile telephone (3), and transmits the desired audio data and possibly other information to the mobile telephone (3) of the relevant visitor only after activation.