JP2000163617A - Passage management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a passage management device which allows passengers to pass through doors even when a specific device, such as the data setting terminal gets out of order. SOLUTION: Each terminal controller 2 discriminates whether or not passengers can pass through doors by using the passage history of each division in a building as passage information and reports outer terminal controllers 2 of the passage information by using a multi-address communication function without through a data setting terminal 1. Each terminal controller 2 controls an electric lock 4 based on the personal information from an individual reader 3 and the abovementioned passage information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for controlling the opening and closing of a door based on personal traffic information read by a personal reading device to manage personal traffic.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the entire structure of a conventional traffic management device, in which a data setting terminal 1 for setting an individual who is permitted to pass for each door, and a personal reading device installed for each door. 3, an electric lock 4 for locking / unlocking the door, and a terminal controller 2 for controlling a sensor 5 for detecting opening and closing of the door.

[0003] The conventional traffic management device is constructed as described above, and the information of the individual traffic permission / inhibition table 25 set by the data setting terminal 1 shown in FIG.
The terminal controller 2 controls the electric lock 4 by comparing the personal information from the personal reading device 3 with the pass / fail table 25. The sensor 5 determines whether the door has been opened or closed by traffic.
Confirmed by. When the terminal controller 2 recognizes the individual's traffic, it transmits the traffic information to the data setting terminal 1 as shown by the arrow B.

[0004] On the other hand, in recent years, demands for high security have been increasing, and it has been necessary to determine not only whether each terminal controller 2 is allowed to pass, but also whether or not the terminal controller 2 is allowed to pass according to the location and route of the individual. . When there is such a request, the terminal controller 2 needs to obtain information from another terminal controller 2. In such a case, the data setting terminal 1 transmits individual location information to each terminal controller 2 based on the traffic information transmitted from each terminal controller 2.

[0005]

In the conventional traffic management apparatus as described above, the data setting terminal 1 transmits personal traffic information to each terminal controller 2.
The data setting terminal 1 is often realized by a personal computer, a workstation or the like, and may be down due to a failure of a hard disk or the like. Therefore, it becomes impossible to pass traffic information between the terminal controllers 2,
There is a problem that the whole system goes down.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a traffic management device which can pass through a door even if a specific device such as a data setting terminal fails. And

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traffic management device which transmits traffic information recognized by a terminal controller to another terminal controller by a broadcast function. It is.

[0008] The traffic management device according to the second aspect of the present invention determines whether or not the door can be passed as individual traffic history as traffic information,
This traffic information is reported from the terminal controller to another terminal controller by a broadcast communication function.

Further, the traffic management device according to the third aspect of the present invention sets a section on the entrance side and a section on the exit side of the door, thereby changing the section in which the individual is present along with the individual's passage, and When an individual passes through, the system determines whether or not the door can be passed as the current route and the current occupancy section, and reports the passing information from the terminal controller to another terminal controller by a broadcast communication function. It is like that.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 1 to 12 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the first to third inventions of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a building, FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the moving section table.
FIG. 5 is a view showing the contents of the section passing table, FIG. 6 is a view showing the contents of the traffic information table, FIG.
Is an operation flowchart of personal information and route information registration means,
FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart of the door passage availability determination means, and FIG.
0 is an operation flowchart of the traffic information transmitting means, FIG. 11 is a diagram of the content of the traffic information transmission data, and FIG. 12 is an operation flowchart of the traffic information receiving means.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a data setting terminal for setting data described in FIG.
A terminal controller connected via a network to
Reference numeral 3 denotes a personal reading device which is connected to the terminal controller 2 and is provided at each of the entrance and exit sides for each door, and reads an individual via a medium such as a card or a fingerprint, and 4 also locks / unlocks the door. Is a sensor for detecting the opening and closing of the door.

In FIG. 2, 11 to 15 are sections to be managed by this system, 16 is a door between the section 11 and an unmanaged section (for example, outdoors), and 17 is a section 11 and a section 1
2 is the door between 18, 18 is the door between sections 12 and 15, 19
Is a door between sections 11 and 13, 20 is a door between sections 12 and 14, 21 is a door between sections 13 and 14, 2
2 is a door between the section 14 and the section 15.

In the traffic management device configured as described above, the administrator operates the data setting terminal 1 to determine which doors 16 to 22 for each individual as shown in the traffic permission table 25 in FIG. Set whether or not traffic is allowed. For example, the person with the personal number “00000001” is the door 1
6,17 are allowed and personal number "00000000"
2 "indicates that the passage of the doors 17 and 22 is permitted. Thus, the data setting terminal 1 transmits the information to each terminal controller 2.

The terminal controller 2 inputs card information, fingerprint information, and the like of an individual who intends to pass through the personal reading device 3 and checks the information with pre-registered information to determine whether the person is permitted to pass. Determine. If it is permitted, the electric lock 4 is controlled to permit the passage. Door 1
Opening / closing of 6 to 22 is detected by the respective sensors 5, and a signal is sent to the terminal controller 2.

Next, as shown in the moving section table 26 of FIG. 4, the sections 11 to 15 to which the individuals who pass by the doors 16 to 22 move are defined in the terminal controller 2 which manages the doors 16 to 22. Have been. For example, it is defined that when the door 16 passes on the entrance side, an individual moves from a section not managed by the system to the section 11. vice versa,
It is defined that when the door 16 passes on the exit side, the door 16 moves from the section 11 to an unmanaged section.

In order to enter each of the sections 11 to 15,
As shown in the section passing table 27 of FIG. 5, it is defined that the vehicle must pass through a predetermined section. For example, the section 11 has no designated route, and the doors 16, 17, 19
Anyone who is allowed to pass through can enter the room. On the other hand, section 13 is section 11, section 12, and section 14.
It is defined that the user has to enter the room via the section 11 or via the section 11. As described above, in order to restrict entry to the sections 11 to 15 depending on the traffic route,
Which doors 16 to 22 and which section 11 to 15
You must have the traffic information of whether you came through.

FIG. 6 shows individual traffic information managed as the traffic information table 28. The route information added by the terminal controller 2 is managed by the passage of the doors 16 to 22 so far corresponding to the personal number. The terminal controller 2 determines whether or not the doors 16 to 22 shown in FIG. 3 can be passed, the entry sections 11 to 15 based on the passage (entry or exit direction) of the doors 16 to 22 shown in the moving section table 26, and the section passing table 27. The permission of the passage of the doors 16 to 22 is determined based on the individual passage shown in FIG.

Then, when the actual passage is made, the route information of the corresponding individual in the passage information table 28 is changed and transmitted to the other terminal controller 2 by broadcast communication as shown by the arrow A in FIG. I do. Here, the broadcast communication function is a function in which all messages output from a transmission destination are transmitted to slave stations in a preset group. However, in the case of the broadcast function, there is no guarantee that the data will be transmitted to the partner station without fail, so a program that covers this is required.

Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the terminal controller 2 stores personal information having the tables 25 to 28,
Personal information for receiving and registering personal information and route information (hereinafter collectively referred to as “passing information”) transmitted from the data setting terminal 1, centering on a route information database (hereinafter simply referred to as a database) 31. A route information registration unit 32, a door passage permission / non-permission judgment unit 33 for judging whether or not an individual can pass, a traffic information transmission unit 34 for transmitting the traffic information changed by the passage, and a traffic transmitted from another terminal controller 2. Passage information receiving means 35 for receiving information
It is composed of

Next, the operation of the terminal controller 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. A Operation of Personal Information and Route Information Registering Unit 32 In step S1, commands for adding, changing, and deleting personal information and route information are received from the data setting terminal 1.
In step S2, the personal information and the route information in the database 31 are changed as specified by the command.

B Operation of Door Passage Permission Judgment Means 33 (FIG. 9) In step S11, a personal number such as a card number is received from the personal reading device 3, and in step S12, is this individual permitted to pass through this door? Is determined based on the passage availability table 25. If permitted, step S1
Then, it is determined from the passage information table 28 whether or not the occupied room section of the collated individual matches the location of the door in the moving section table 26, that is, the position of the personal reading device 3.

If they match, the process proceeds to step S14, in which the route of the individual stored in the traffic information table 28 is compared with the route-by-section table 27, and the route of the collated individual is permitted. Is determined, and if the route is a permitted route, the process proceeds to step S15 to unlock the electric lock 4 of the door. Steps S12 and S1
If the condition is not satisfied in S3, the process ends with the electric lock 4 of the door kept locked.

In steps S16 and S17, it waits for the door to open for a predetermined time from the output of the sensor 5, and if the door does not open after the lapse of the predetermined time, it is determined that there is no traffic and step S2
At 0, the electric lock 4 is locked. If it is confirmed in step S16 that the door has been opened, the process proceeds to step S18, where it is determined that the permitted individual has passed through the door, and the occupancy section and route of the individual in the passage information table 28 are updated to the latest information. Step S
At 19, a request is made to the traffic information transmitting means 28 to notify the other terminal controller 2, the electric lock 4 is locked at step S20, and the processing is terminated.

C Operation of the Traffic Information Transmitting Means 34 (FIG. 10)
And FIG. 11) In step S21, waits for a transmission request from the passage permission / inhibition determining means 33. If there is a transmission request, the process proceeds to step S22, where the information such as the door number, personal number, occupied compartment, route, etc. As shown in FIG. 11, the command is transmitted to another terminal controller 2 in a command format. D Operation of Passage Information Receiving Means 35 (FIG. 12) In step S31, the process waits for reception of a pass notification of the door from another terminal controller 2. If the pass notification is received, the process proceeds to step S32, where the pass is performed by the received data. The information table 28 is changed.

In this way, when the individual passes through the door, the terminal controller 2 notifies the other terminal controllers 2 of the change in the traffic information, so that other devices such as the data setting terminal 1 can be used. It is possible to update the traffic information without passing through the. Therefore, even if the data setting terminal 1 goes down due to a failure or the like, the door can be operated without hindrance. Further, since the location information and the route information of the individual are added to the traffic information, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the traffic can be passed across a plurality of partitions.

[0026]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the traffic information recognized by the terminal controller is reported from the terminal controller to another terminal controller by the broadcast function. Even if the vehicle goes down due to a failure or the like, it is possible to prevent the passage of the door from being hindered.

Further, in the second invention, it is determined whether or not the door is allowed to pass as the passage history of the individual, and in the third invention, the section in which the individual is occupied is changed with the passage of the individual, and the door is opened. When an individual passes, information on the current route and the current occupancy section is used to determine whether or not the door can pass, and the above-mentioned traffic information is reported from one terminal controller to another terminal controller by a broadcast function. I decided to
It is possible to easily determine whether or not traffic is possible across a plurality of sections.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the building showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of a passage permission / prohibition table according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of a moving section table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents of a section passing table according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a content diagram of a traffic information table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a terminal controller of FIG. 1;

8 is an operation flowchart of a personal information / route information registration unit of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart of a door passage availability determination unit in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an operation flowchart of a traffic information transmitting unit of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the contents of the traffic information transmission data of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an operation flowchart of a traffic information receiving unit of FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional traffic management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 data setting terminal, 2 terminal controller, 3 personal reading device, 4 electric lock, 5 sensors, 11 to 15 sections, 16 to 22 doors, 25 passage permission table, 26
Moving section table, 27 section passing table, 28 traffic information table.

Claims (3)

[Claims] An information processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of personal reading devices provided corresponding to a door for reading an individual via a medium, and controlling the opening and closing of the door based on passing information generated by the read individual passing; A traffic management device, comprising: a personal information transmitting means for reporting the personal traffic information from the terminal controller to another terminal controller by a broadcast communication function. And a plurality of personal reading devices provided corresponding to the doors for reading an individual through a medium, and controlling opening and closing of the door based on the passage information generated when the read individual passes. In a device in which a plurality of terminal controllers are installed, door readability determining means for determining the readability of the door using the read individual's travel history as the travel information, and transmitting the travel information from the terminal controller to another terminal. A traffic management device comprising: a personal information transmitting unit that reports to a controller by a broadcast communication function. 3. A plurality of personal reading devices provided corresponding to the door and reading an individual via a medium, and controlling opening and closing of the door based on the passage information generated by the read individual passing. In a device in which a plurality of terminal controllers are installed, by setting the entrance section and the exit section of the door, the section where the individual is present is changed along with the passage of the individual, and the door is changed. Door passability determining means for determining the passability of the door when the individual passes through the current route and the current occupancy section as the pass information; and transmitting the pass information from the terminal controller to another terminal. A traffic management device comprising: a personal information transmitting unit that reports to a controller by a broadcast communication function.