JP2003132444A - Article storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for storing an article to be carried in and out by a user in a prescribed place for preliminarily preventing burglary by checking the authentication of the user when the user carries out the stored article. SOLUTION: When the use of this system is started, user ID information (telephone number) is noticed to a control center 10 by a telephone 40 so that the use permission can be obtained by ID check, and when the use is ended, a storage release request is announced by the telephone so that the storage release permission can be obtained. The control center notices the result to terminals 20A-F. The terminal detects the presence or absence of the stored article by a sensor, and at the time of detecting the change of a state from the presence to absence of the article when any storage release permission is not noticed, the terminal recognizes that the stored article is stolen, and reports the burglary.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management system for storing articles in a predetermined storage location, for example, a bicycle parking lot, and monitors release (takeout) of a storage state by a person other than a user to store the articles. The present invention relates to an article storage system capable of preventing theft.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Bicycle parking lots have been used as facilities for parking bicycles in recent years, and in recent years, various improvements have been made from the aspect of managing stored bicycles in consideration of the facilities users' convenience. ing. In particular, we have prepared a facility to store in a prescribed storage location, introduced a method to give permission for use of the designated location to the number of stored bicycles (users), and in order to properly operate the bicycle parking lot There are some places where they can be stored and managed by placing them. Although the storage and management have been improved to a great extent due to the establishment of such a system, there is no effective means to prevent theft, which should occupy a large part of the bicycle parking management contents. The current situation is that they rely on individually equipped keys.

[0003]

As described above, under the present circumstances in which it is unavoidable to rely on the method of locking the lock provided on each bicycle, even if the lock is locked, the only anti-theft key is destroyed. If you do, you can take away your bicycle,
It is difficult to completely prevent theft by this method alone. Even if there is a manager at the bicycle parking lot, there are many examples of theft that happened without finding the site where the key was destroyed. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems that have conventionally occurred in a storage system such as a bicycle parking lot, and an object thereof is to store an article brought in or taken out by a user, such as a bicycle in a bicycle parking lot, at a predetermined storage place. In the system,
Articles that enable users to check that they are genuine users when they take out stored items from the storage location and release the storage state, and prevent theft of the articles based on the check results. To provide a storage system.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article storage system for storing an article of a user in a predetermined storage location, wherein a terminal provided in the storage location and information between the terminal and the terminal are provided. The management device comprises a communication-enabled management device, and the management device includes means for generating a storage release permission signal based on user information sent from the exchange network by a user's operation. Means to detect the presence or absence, the stage at which the storage release permission signal is not sent from the management device,
An article storage system comprising a theft recognition means for recognizing the theft of an article that has been stored and a means for notifying the recognition result when a state change from the presence of the article to the absence of the article is detected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the article storage system according to the first aspect, the user information is sender information to be notified to a called side based on a user's calling operation.
The management device, means for checking whether or not the received caller information matches user information registered in advance,
Also, the article storage system is provided with means for prohibiting generation of a storage release permission signal based on the sender information for which the check results do not match.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the article storage system according to the first aspect, the user information is sender information to be notified to the called side based on the user's calling operation.
A tag is attached to the storage parts, and a tag reader for reading the user information written in the tag is provided in the terminal, and the management device is
Means for checking whether the received caller information matches the user information read by the tag reader,
And a means for prohibiting generation of a storage release permission signal based on the sender information for which the check results do not match.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the article storage system according to the first aspect, the terminal is provided with an input means for transmitting personal identification information to the management device by a user operation, and the user information is the user information. The caller information to be notified to the receiving side based on the calling operation of the above, and the management device checks whether or not the received caller information and the input personal identification information match the correspondence relationship of both registered in advance. An article storage system comprising means and means for prohibiting generation of a storage release permission signal based on the sender information when the check results do not match.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the article storage system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the terminals provided corresponding to a plurality of storage locations are configured as elements. The article storage system is provided with a means for delivering a storage release permission signal to a specific terminal that is determined in advance in association with user information.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the article storage system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the terminals provided respectively corresponding to a plurality of storage locations are configured as elements, the management device includes: An article storage system comprising means for identifying a transmission source terminal from a transmission signal of information generated by a terminal and delivering a storage release permission signal to the specified terminal.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An article storage system according to the present invention will be described based on the following embodiments shown with accompanying drawings. The following example shown as an embodiment is a storage system for a bicycle, and the system has a function of preventing the stored bicycle from being stolen. In addition,
Here, the system applied to a bicycle parking lot is shown, but the article is not limited as long as it is a system for storing the article brought in / taken out by the user at a predetermined storage location. The anti-theft function of this storage system is
When the sensor detects that the bicycle at the storage location has been taken out at a stage when there is no request to release the storage (a signal requesting the system to take out the stored bicycle) from a genuine user, the storage is stored. Recognize stolen items,
By issuing an alarm. In order to check that it is the above-mentioned "authentication request for storage cancellation by the user", the storage cancellation request signal indicated by the user information (user ID) is input by the operation of the user, and the user information Is checked based on the user information registered in advance so that an unauthorized storage release request can be detected.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the entire system of this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, the system includes a storage location 50 for storing bicycles provided at a predetermined position in a bicycle parking lot.
The terminals A to F are provided with terminals 20A to 20F, respectively, and each terminal is connected to enable communication of information with the management center 10 as a management device that controls the system. Further, a telephone terminal 40 such as a mobile phone is connected to the management center 10 via a telephone line 42. Next, the elements related to the terminal 20 and the management center 10 which constitute the above-mentioned storage system will be described in detail.
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of this example, in which (A) is the terminal 2
No. 0 and the management center 10 always have them, and (B) in the figure shows an IC tag attached to a stored bicycle. The terminal 20 includes a transmission unit 22, an alarm unit 23, an IC tag reader 24, a sensor 25, and a display / operation unit 27 that operate under the control of the control unit 21.

The sensor 25 is a means for detecting the presence / absence of a bicycle in the storage place, and may be of any type as long as it is a detector (or a switch that opens / closes) whose detection signal changes when the bicycle is stored / removed. IC tag reader 24
Is a means for reading the information written in the IC tag 30 of FIG. The IC tag 30 includes a control unit 31, a transmission unit 3
2. The data section 33 is provided, and signals are exchanged with the IC tag reader 24 by a wireless method. The IC tag 30 attached to the stored bicycle is driven from the IC tag reader 24 side. In this example, the user ID information stored in the data section 33 for operating this storage system is stored in the terminal 20.
In accordance with an instruction from the IC tag reader 24, the control unit 31 reads it and transfers it to the terminal side via the transmission unit 32. Also,
The alarm unit 23 is means for issuing an alarm when the stolen bicycle stored in the storage location where the terminal 20 is installed is recognized, and has a role of notifying not only a person near the terminal but also a manager. good. Display / operation part 2
Reference numeral 7 is a function as an interface with the user on the operation panel. When the operation of inputting the personal identification number shown in the following embodiment is performed or the check result of the user ID information is proper, Notification is given to confirm proper operation. The transmission unit 22 is an operation means for communicating information (user ID, storage release request, etc.) with the management center 10. The control unit 21 controls the operations of the above-described units of the terminal 20, and also performs signal / data processing necessary for the operations of the units. Here, as one of them, the process of recognizing the theft (when the sensor 25 detects that the bicycle at the storage location has been taken out without the storage release permission notified from the management center 10, the storage is stored. Processing for recognizing the theft of goods).

The management center 10 includes a line unit 12, a registrant DB 13, and a transmission unit 14 which operate under the control of the control unit 11. The transmission unit 14 communicates information (user I
D, storage release request, etc.). The line unit 12 is connected to a telephone terminal 40 such as a mobile phone through a telephone line, and the caller information notified to the called side by the telephone terminal 40 shown in the following embodiment is used as user ID information. It is used to receive a storage request and a storage release request signal transmitted to the management center 10. The control unit 11 controls the operation of each unit of the management center 10 and also performs signal / data processing necessary for the operation of each unit. Here, as one of them, the telephone terminal 40 and the terminal 20
Checking the sender information, user ID, etc. received from At that time, the management information previously registered in the registrant DB 13 is referred to.

Next, an embodiment of a storage system having the above system as a basic configuration will be described in detail based on the illustrated sequence. Here, systems according to three different systems are shown as the first to third embodiments. The first to third embodiments are common in that the caller information notified to the receiving side when the telephone terminal 40 such as a mobile phone transmits is used as the storage release request signal transmitted to the management center 10. However, the first and third embodiments are methods that do not require the IC tag 30, and the first embodiment is premised on allocating a predetermined storage location to the user, and the third embodiment is based on a plurality of user ID information. Is a method to check. In addition, the second embodiment is a system that requires checking of the IC tag 30. It should be noted that not all the components of the system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are necessary as the components of the system that implements each of the first to third embodiments, so unnecessary elements (for example, the IC tag 30 The system of each embodiment is configured by deleting the IC tag 30 and the IC tag reader 24 in the unnecessary system.

Each embodiment will be described in detail below. [First Embodiment] In the system according to the first embodiment, the user allocates a predetermined storage location to the user, and the user stores the user ID information (telephone number here) at the start of use. To obtain permission to use the ID check. In addition, notification will be given at the end of use and permission for storage cancellation will be obtained. User-owned telephone terminal 4 as the communication means
0 is used. The telephone number notified by the user to the management center 10 functions as a user ID used for authentication and is also used as a storage release request signal for theft prevention.
FIG. 3 shows a sequence during operation of the storage system of the first embodiment. In the figure, (A) shows the main sequence, and (B) shows the theft monitoring sequence. The operation during operation of the storage system will be described with reference to FIG. 3. First, since the storage location is determined in this example, the user places a bicycle at that location, and the mobile phone 40 directs the management center 10 to the management center 10. And makes a usage permission request (S1). in this case,
At the management center 10 that receives a telephone call, the ID of the user is identified by the caller information (telephone number) of the telephone, and this telephone number is registered in advance as the user ID information (telephone number). Registration) and use a method that interprets the license request. Management center 1
When the user can be identified in this way, 0 notifies the terminal 20 of the use permission (S2). In this case, since the storage location determined for each user is managed by the registrant DB 13, the terminal 20 designated there is notified. In the terminal 20 that has received the notification, the display unit 27 provided there
Informs the permission of use (S3). At that time, it is possible that you accidentally put your bicycle in a place other than the designated one, so check that. The presence or absence of a bicycle is detected by the output of the sensor 25 provided in the designated terminal, and the result is checked for an error. If the result is correct, the process proceeds to the next sequence. When an error is detected, an alarm may be given to inform the user of this.

In addition, the terminal 20 receives the usage permission notification from the management center 10 and confirms that there is a bicycle at the storage location, and then starts the theft monitoring operation (S).
4). The theft monitoring is to recognize the theft of the stored article when the sensor 25 detects that the bicycle at the storage location has been taken out at a stage where the storage release permission is not notified from the management center 10. Method. In order to carry out this method, for example, the detection signal of the sensor 25 is periodically observed to catch the timing when the bicycle is taken out and the detection signal changes, and at that time, the management center 10
A means for checking whether or not the storage release permission has been notified from is used. As a result of the check, if the storage release permission is notified, it is determined that the user has taken it out normally, and if the storage release permission is not notified, it is determined that it has been taken out by another person and is stolen. Referring to FIG. 3 (B) showing the sequence for monitoring the theft, while the monitoring of the theft is continued as described above, if the bicycle is suddenly taken out before the storage release permission is received, the normal user Since it is not taken out by the terminal, the terminal 20 determines that it is stolen, and notifies the management center 10 of the theft (S4-
1). Upon receiving the notification, the management center 10 confirms the theft,
After performing the process at the time of the theft, an alarm is instructed to the terminal 20 (S4-2). In accordance with this instruction, the terminal 20 issues an alarm with the alarm unit 23 (S4-3).

Returning to the sequence of FIG. 3 (A), when the user takes out the bicycle in the storage state in which the theft monitoring (S4) is continued, the user ID is again sent to the management center 10 by the mobile phone 40. A storage cancellation request is made by notifying the information (here, the telephone number) (S5). At this time, the management center 10 checks the user ID information (telephone number) as in the case of making the above-mentioned usage permission request,
When the user can be identified, the storage release permission is notified to the designated terminal 20 (S6). In the terminal 20 that has received the notification, the display unit 27 provided there notifies the user that the storage release is permitted (S7). If the user takes out the bicycle after checking this display, the storage sequence can be ended without causing a malfunction. The timer may be started when the storage release permission is notified, and if the bicycle is not taken out even after a certain period of time, the storage state may be set again and the sequence may not be ended.

[Embodiment 2] The system of Embodiment 2 is
As in the case of the above-described first embodiment, assuming that the user does not assign a predetermined storage location to the storage location, the user can freely place the storage location.
The management center 10 via the input means provided on the terminal 20 side.
To notify. Specifically, the IC tag reader 24 reads the telephone number written in the IC tag 30 attached to the bicycle brought by the user. The telephone number notified to the management center 10 by the user is the user I used for authentication.
Besides functioning as D, it is also used as a storage release request signal for theft prevention. FIG. 4 shows a sequence during operation of the storage system of the second embodiment. In the figure, (A) shows the main sequence, and (B) shows the theft monitoring sequence. The operation during operation of the storage system will be described with reference to FIG. 4. First, since the storage location is free in this example, the user places the bicycle at an appropriately determined location. An IC tag 30 is attached to the bicycle, and the telephone number written in the tag 30 is read by the IC tag reader 24 that is activated when the bicycle is placed in the storage location (S1).
1). The IC tag reader 24 may be activated by using the detection signal of the sensor 25 when the bicycle is placed. The terminal 20 indicates the telephone number read from the IC tag 30 as the transmission source (terminal number) and the management center 10
(S12). Management Center 1 to receive this notification
In 0, the telephone number of the tag that functions as an ID is the registrant DB.
It is checked whether it is in the user ID information (registered by telephone number) managed in 13, and authentication is performed. The management center 10 confirms that the telephone number of the tag was NG information when the user could not be authenticated.
0 is notified (S13). The terminal 20 that has received the notification issues an alarm to notify that the user is an unregistered user (S14).

Further, the terminal 20 confirms that the tag NG information is not received from the management center 10 and starts the theft monitoring operation (S15). Theft is monitored by the management center 1
When the sensor 25 detects that the bicycle at the storage location has been taken out without the storage release permission notified from 0, the stolen article is recognized as stolen. The means for executing this method and the theft monitoring sequence (FIG. 4B) are the same as those in the first embodiment. Therefore, reference will be made to the corresponding portion of the first embodiment (FIG. 3 (B)), and duplicate description will not be given here.

Returning to the sequence of FIG. 4A, when the user takes out a bicycle in a storage state in which theft monitoring (S15) is continued, the user ID information is sent to the management center 10 by the mobile phone 40. A storage release request is made by notifying (here, a telephone number) (S16). At this time, the management center 10 checks the user ID information (telephone number) in the same manner as when the storage release request is made in the first embodiment, and when the user can be specified, the management center 10 stores it in the designated terminal 20. The cancellation permission is notified (S17). In the terminal 20 that has received the notification, the display unit 27 provided there notifies the user that the storage release is permitted (S18).
If the user takes out the bicycle after checking this display, the storage sequence can be ended without causing a malfunction. The timer may be started when the storage release permission is notified, and if the bicycle is not taken out even after a certain period of time, the storage state may be set again and the sequence may not be ended.

[Third Embodiment] The system of the third embodiment is
A user may be assigned a predetermined storage location as in the first embodiment, or a free installation method may be used as in the second embodiment. This embodiment is characterized by adopting a method of checking a plurality of user ID information such as a telephone number and a secret code, eliminating the need for a tag, and eliminating the need to request a use permission at the start of use. Therefore, in this method, a telephone number and a password associated with the user are registered in the management center 10 in advance as user ID information and managed by the registrant DB 13, and a password is input to the operation unit 27 of the terminal 20. It is necessary to provide a means for doing so. The telephone number and secret code notified to the management center 10 function as a user ID used for authentication, and are also used as a storage release request signal for theft prevention.

FIG. 5 shows a sequence during operation of the storage system of the third embodiment. Note that (A) in the figure shows the main sequence, and (B) shows the sequence for monitoring theft. It should be noted that this sequence shows an application example to the free installation method. The operation during operation of the storage system will be described with reference to FIG. 5. First, since the storage location is free in this example, the user places the bicycle at an appropriately determined location. When the bicycle is placed in the storage location, the terminal 20
Then, since the state change can be known by the detection signal of the sensor 25 and the installation can be detected, the theft monitoring operation is started when the installation is detected (S21). In this embodiment, it is not necessary to notify the management center 10 from the terminal 20 during this period, and the terminal 20 independently initiates and advances the monitoring operation. The theft monitoring is performed when the sensor 25 detects that the bicycle at the storage location has been taken out at a stage where the storage release permission notified from the management center 10 is not available.
This is done by recognizing the theft of stored items. Here, except for adopting the method of making a two-step storage release request of telephone and password notification, the means for executing the monitoring method and the theft monitoring sequence (FIG. 5B) are the same as those in the first embodiment. There is no change. Therefore, reference will be made to the corresponding portion of the first embodiment (FIG. 3 (B)), and duplicate description will not be given here.

In the sequence of FIG. 5 (A), when the user takes out the bicycle in the storage state in which theft monitoring (S21) is continued, the user makes a storage release request to the system. Here, it is necessary to make a two-step storage release request, and first, a request is made by inputting one of the passwords (S22). For example, if the password is a number,
The storage release request is made by the user operating the ten-key pad provided on the operation unit 27 of the terminal 20 to input the personal identification number. The personal identification number input by operating the ten keys of the terminal 20 in this way is notified to the management center 10 as a storage release request (S23). The other storage release request is made by notifying the management center 10 of the telephone number by the mobile phone 40 (S24). The management center 10 receiving both storage release requests receives the user ID information in which both the personal identification number and the telephone number are managed by the registrant DB 13, that is, the personal identification number and the telephone number registered in association with the user. Check whether the number matches or not and determine whether the authentication was successful.

Any one of the management center 10 IDs
When the verification is not successful and the user cannot be authenticated, the storage release permission is prohibited and the storage release permission is not notified. By doing so, the monitoring state of theft can be continued, and therefore, if the bicycle is taken out without storage release permission, the theft alarm is issued in the sequence of FIG. 5B. If both IDs can be authenticated, the management center 10
Notifies the designated terminal 20 of the storage release permission (S2
5). In the terminal 20 that has received the notification, the display unit 27 provided there notifies the user that the storage release is permitted (S26). If the user takes out the bicycle after checking this display, the storage sequence can be ended without causing a malfunction. The timer may be started when the storage release permission is notified, and if the bicycle is not taken out even after a certain period of time, the storage state may be set again and the sequence may not be ended.

[0025]

According to the article storage system according to the invention of each claim, the storage release request for the stored article is issued by notifying the user information sent from the exchange network according to the operation of the user, and based on this request. The management device generates a storage release permission by the management device, and the storage of the stored item is stolen when the state change from the presence of the item to the absence of the item is detected before receiving the generated storage release permission on the terminal side. Since it is equipped with a means for recognizing the above and notifying the theft, it becomes possible for the storage facility side to prevent theft, which conventionally relied only on the key provided on the article, and it is possible to obtain high reliability as a storage system. It will be possible. Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the system can be easily constructed by using the caller information which is notified to the receiving side based on the call operation of the user as the user information. Further, according to the invention of claim 3, the user information written in the tag attached to the storage component is used as the sender information to be notified to the receiving side based on the user's calling operation, and the storage release request is issued to store the storage component. Since it is possible to check the relationship between the person making the storage release request and the theft, it is possible to monitor theft without registering user information in the storage facility. Further, according to the invention of claim 4, the user information is authenticated in two steps, that is, the caller information for notifying the called side based on the user's calling operation and the input of the secret code, thereby reducing the error of the authentication. It does not complicate the configuration of. According to the invention of claim 5, a plurality of storage locations are assigned to predetermined users,
It is possible to build a system applicable to a system for storing articles at each place. Further, according to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to construct a system that can be applied to any method of allocating a plurality of storage locations to a predetermined user or any method of free installation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an entire system of an embodiment relating to a storage system of the present invention.

2 shows in more detail the components of the storage system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a sequence during operation of the storage system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 shows a sequence during operation of the storage system of the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows a sequence during operation of the storage system of the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Management center, 13 ... Registrant DB (database), 20, 20A-F ... Terminal, 23 ...
Alarm unit, 24 ... IC tag reader, 25 ... Sensor, 27 ... Display / operation unit, 30 ... IC tag, 40 ... Mobile phone, 50A-F ... Storage place.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takaaki Yoshida             2-3-3 Shimo-Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Stock Association             Inside the Tamura Electric Works F term (reference) 3F022 BB01 CC10 FF08 MM03 MM07                       MM27 MM52 MM70 QQ01                 5C084 AA03 AA09 AA13 BB31 CC34                       DD09 EE01 EE10 FF02 FF27                 5C087 AA02 AA03 BB20 BB74 DD05                       DD11 EE07 EE14 FF01 FF02                       FF04 FF23                 5H180 AA05 BB04 BB05 BB12 BB17                       DD08 KK05 KK06

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An article storage system for storing articles of a user in a predetermined storage location, the terminal being provided in the storage location,
A management device capable of exchanging information with the terminal,
The management device includes means for generating a storage release permission signal based on user information sent from the exchange network by a user's operation, and the terminal detects means for presence / absence of an article in a storage location, management When the storage release permission signal is not transmitted from the device, when a state change from the presence of an article to the absence is detected, a theft recognition means for recognizing the theft of the stored article and a means for notifying the recognition result are provided. An article storage system characterized by being provided. 2. The article storage system according to claim 1, wherein the user information is sender information to be notified to a called side based on a user's calling operation, and the management device is:
A means for checking whether or not the received caller information matches the user information registered in advance, and prohibiting generation of a storage release permission signal based on the caller information for which the check result does not match An article storage system, characterized by comprising: 3. The article storage system according to claim 1, wherein the user information is sender information to be notified to a called party based on a user's calling operation, and a tag is attached to the storage part, The terminal is provided with a tag reader for reading the user information written in, and the management device checks whether the received caller information matches the user information read by the tag reader, and the check result is An article storage system comprising means for prohibiting generation of a storage release permission signal based on the sender information that has become inconsistent. 4. The article storage system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is provided with an input means for transmitting personal identification information to a management device by a user's operation, and the user information is based on a user's transmission operation. The caller information to be notified to the called side, the management device checks whether or not the received caller information and the input personal identification information match the correspondence relationship of both registered in advance, and the check result. An article storage system comprising means for prohibiting generation of a storage release permission signal based on the sender information when the two do not match. 5. The article storage system according to claim 1, wherein each of the terminals provided corresponding to a plurality of storage locations is configured as an element, and the management device is associated with user information. An article storage system comprising means for delivering a storage release permission signal to a specific terminal that has been determined in advance. 6. The article storage system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each of the terminals provided corresponding to a plurality of storage locations is configured as an element. An article storage system comprising means for identifying a transmission source terminal from the transmission signal of and transmitting a storage release permission signal to the specified terminal.