JP2004341694A - Illegal prevention system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent illegal handling of objects to be managed strictly. <P>SOLUTION: Each store is equipped with a client machine and an attendance fingerprint reader, and each cashbox is provided with a cashbox fingerprint reader and a monitoring camera. When an employee who comes to the store lets his/her fingerprint be read by the attendance fingerprint reader, the fingerprint data are sent to a server machine 101 in a management department via a communication network. The server machine 101 refers to an employee master 102 to create an attendance status file. When opening the cashbox, the employee lets his/her fingerprint be read by the cashbox fingerprint reader. The read fingerprint data are sent to the server machine 101, which in turn matches them against the attendance status file. If a record with the matching fingerprint data exists, the corresponding cashbox can be opened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for preventing unauthorized handling of objects handled with a limited number of operators, such as cash, valuables, and powerful drugs.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cash in retail business, merchandise in stores dealing with precious metals, powerful drugs in medical facilities, and the like have been required to be strictly managed. For example, in the retail and restaurant industries such as convenience stores, a plurality of stores are opened in a wide area, and a POS register and a cash box are installed in each store in combination. The management of the sales amount is performed by a POS register, and the management of cash is performed by a cash box. When the cash payment is made, the employee puts the received cash in a cash box, and pays out the cash remaining in the cash box when it is necessary to give change. A password is set in the cash box, and the password must be entered to open the cash box. That is, only a person who knows the password can open the cash box.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Originally, it is desirable for security to change the password set in the cash box at any time, but this change is not always made surely. If the same PIN is continuously used, for example, a malicious former employee can open the cash box using the PIN that has not been changed. Further, even if the password is changed appropriately, if the employee forgets to close the cash box, there is a risk that the cash therein is stolen during that time. In other words, there is a problem that fraud such as theft of cash in the cash box cannot be prevented beforehand simply by setting a password in the cash box.
[0004]
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to prevent fraud such as theft of an object that can be handled only by a specific person.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The fraud prevention system according to the present invention includes a storage unit in which an object to be handled is stored and which cannot be normally opened, and an authorized person information acquiring unit for acquiring information of an authorized person who is allowed to handle the object for a predetermined period. , Opening the storage means and acquiring the information of the handler who intends to handle the object to be handled, and acquiring the information of the handler acquired by the handler information acquiring means by the authorized person information acquiring means And a control unit that enables opening of the storage unit when there is information that matches the information of the authorized person.
[0006]
The information of the authorized person and the information of the handler are, for example, fingerprints. Further, for example, the storage means is a cash box installed in a store, and the object to be handled is cash.
[0007]
Preferably, there is provided an image recording means for recording images of the storage means and its surroundings while the storage means is open.
[0008]
More preferably, there is provided measuring means for measuring the time while the storage means is open.
[0009]
Preferably, the ID information of the handler, the identification information of the POS register used in combination with the cash box, the open time when the handler opened the cash box, the close time when the cash box was closed, and the open time There is provided monitoring information storage means for storing monitoring information in which the opening time until the close time is associated with the image recorded by the image recording means.
[0010]
In addition, the fraud prevention system according to the present invention is installed in a store of a company and has a storage device for storing an object to be handled, and a handler installed for each storage device in the store and acquiring information of a handler of the storage device. An information acquisition device, a worker information acquisition device that is installed in the store and acquires information on the attendees of the store, and a client machine that is installed in the store and transmits the operator information and the attendant information to the company server machine. In addition, the server machine compares the handler information with the attendance information, and when there is matching information, transmits a command to permit the opening of the storage device to the client machine.
[0011]
As described above, according to the present invention, the operation of the storage means (storage device) becomes possible when the information of the authorized person (information of the attendant) and the information of the handler match. In other words, only a person authorized as an authorized person can operate the storage means. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the object to be handled stored in the storage means from being illegally taken out.
[0012]
If the storage means and the surrounding image are recorded while the storage means is open, if the authorized operator opens the storage means and forgets to close it, the person who illegally took out the object to be handled can be known. be able to. Therefore, higher reliability can be obtained as a fraud prevention system.
[0013]
Further, if the above-mentioned monitoring information storage means is provided, the operating status of each cash register and the operating status of each employee can be grasped in detail. Therefore, a more precise security system can be established based on such information.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a fraud prevention system to which an embodiment according to the present invention is applied. The first store, the second store, the third store, and the Nth store are operated by the company A in a direct management / FC form or the like. Each of these stores is provided with a POS register and a cash box. One cash box is combined with one POS register. For example, in the first store, a POS register PR11 and a cash box CB11 are installed in combination, and in the second store, three POS registers PR21, 22, 23 are installed in combination with cash boxes CB21, 22, 23, respectively. In the third store, the cash boxes CB31, 32 are respectively installed in combination with the two POS registers PR31, 32, and in the Nth store, the cash box CBN1 is installed in combination with the POS register PRN1. The number of POS registers and cash boxes installed is determined by the size of each store.
[0015]
Each time a sales is generated, the sales type and the sales amount are input as electronic data to each POS register of each store. The sales category includes a case where cash is actually transferred, a case using a card settlement, a case using a gift certificate, and a case where credit is sold. When cash is transferred, the received cash is temporarily stored in the corresponding cash box, and the change is taken out of the cash box.
[0016]
Each store is provided with a cash box fingerprint reader (hereinafter, CB fingerprint reader) for opening each cash box. A CB fingerprint reader CF11 corresponding to the cash box CB11 is installed in the first store, and a CB fingerprint reader CF21, 22, 23 corresponding to the cash box CB21, 22, 23 is installed in the second store. At the third store, CB fingerprint readers CF31, 32 corresponding to the cash boxes CB31, 32 are installed, and at the Nth store, a CB fingerprint reader CFN1, corresponding to the cash box CBN1, is installed.
[0017]
One fingerprint reader for attendance is installed in each store. Attendance fingerprint reader FP1 is installed at the first store, attendance fingerprint reader FP2 is installed at the second store, attendance fingerprint reader FP3 is installed at the third store, and attendance fingerprint reader FPN is installed at the Nth store. You.
[0018]
The CB fingerprint reader and the attendance fingerprint reader are devices that read a fingerprint of a finger held by an operator. The fingerprint reader for CB is operated when the corresponding cash box is opened, and the fingerprint reader for attendance is operated when coming to each store.
[0019]
In each store, a surveillance camera for recording images of each cash box and its surroundings is installed. A surveillance camera CM11 corresponding to the cash box CB11 is installed in the first store, surveillance cameras CM21, 22, 23 corresponding to the cash boxes CB21, 22, 23 are installed in the second store, and a cache is installed in the third store. Surveillance cameras CM31 and 32 corresponding to boxes CB31 and CB32 are installed, and a surveillance camera CMN1 corresponding to cash box CBN1 is installed at the Nth store. Each monitoring camera starts recording when the corresponding cash box is opened, and stops recording after a predetermined time has elapsed.
[0020]
Also, one client machine is installed for each store. The first store has a client machine CL1, the second store has a client machine CL2, the third store has a client machine CL3, and the Nth store has a client machine CLN. Each client machine is connected to each cash box, each CB fingerprint reader, each attendance fingerprint reader, and each monitoring camera installed in the store. Each client machine has a data communication function, and is connected to a communication network connecting the head office management department of the company A and each store.
[0021]
A server machine 101 managed by the head office management department of the company A is connected to the communication network. The server machine 101 receives data transmitted from the client machines CL1 to CLN installed in the first to Nth stores of the company A. The data received by the server machine 101 is subjected to predetermined processing described later.
[0022]
The employee master 102 is a database in which information on employees of the company A is stored. In this database, the employee's ID information (name and charge code), the affiliated store, and the fingerprint data of the person are stored in association with each other. The employee master 102 can be accessed from the server machine 101.
[0023]
An employee who has come to work at each store operates the fingerprint reader for attendance at that store to read his / her own fingerprint. The fingerprint data of the employee read by the attendance fingerprint reader is transmitted from the client machine at the store to the server machine 101 via the communication network.
[0024]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a time data creation routine performed by the server machine 101 when an employee goes to work. This routine is resident in the server machine 101, and it is always checked whether fingerprint data has been received (step S100). When it is confirmed that the fingerprint data of the employee has been received from the client machine, the process proceeds to step S102. In step S102, the employee master 102 is searched using the received fingerprint data as a search key. In step S104, it is checked whether a record having fingerprint data that matches the received fingerprint data exists. If it is confirmed that a matching record exists, the process proceeds to step S106. In step S106, the attendance status file 103 (see FIG. 1) is created based on the record that matches the received fingerprint data. The attendance status file 103 is created as one record of employee ID information, employee fingerprint data, store name, and date of the day.
[0025]
The attendance status file 103 is cleared when the business day of the store is switched. Therefore, when the employee who has finished the work leaves the company and goes to work the next business day, the fingerprint is read again by the attendance fingerprint reader, and a record of the business day is created in the attendance status file 103. Become.
[0026]
In step S104, when it is confirmed that no record having fingerprint data matching the received fingerprint data exists in the employee master 102, the process proceeds to step S108, and a predetermined abnormal process is performed.
[0027]
When the process of step 106 or S108 is completed, the process returns to step 100, and the subsequent processes are repeated.
[0028]
When the employee opens the cash box, he / she operates the corresponding CB fingerprint reader to read his / her own fingerprint. The fingerprint data read by the CB fingerprint reader is transmitted from the client machine to the server machine 101 via the communication network together with an instruction to open the cache box. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a cash box control routine of each store executed by the server machine 101. This control routine is resident in the server machine 101, and it is checked whether a cash box open instruction has been received from a client machine in each store (step S200). If it is confirmed that a cache box open instruction has been received from the client machine, the process proceeds to step S202.
[0029]
In step S202, the attendance status file 103 is searched using the fingerprint data received together with the cache box open instruction as a search key. Next, in step S204, it is checked whether a record having fingerprint data matching the received fingerprint data exists in the attendance status file 103 as a result of the search. If the existence of the matching record is confirmed, the process proceeds to step S206. The fact that a record having fingerprint data that matches the received fingerprint data is present in the attendance status file means that the person who has read the fingerprint using the CB fingerprint reader is a regular employee who has come to the store, Indicates that the person is allowed to open the. Accordingly, an instruction to open the cash box is issued in step S206.
[0030]
The open permission command is transmitted from the server machine 101 to the client machine via the communication network. The client machine makes the corresponding cache box openable based on the open permission.
[0031]
In step S206, the above-described open permission is issued, the time at that time is stored in the memory as the open time, and the monitoring timer is started.
[0032]
In step S208, a command to start recording by the monitoring camera corresponding to the cache box for which the open permission has been issued is transmitted from the server machine 101 to the client machine via the communication network. The client machine starts the recording operation of the corresponding surveillance camera based on the recording start command. Image data recorded by the camera is temporarily stored in the client machine.
[0033]
When an employee who opens and closes the cash box and closes the cash box, the cash box close notification is transmitted from the client machine to the server machine 101 via the communication network. In step S210, it is checked whether a close notification has been received.
[0034]
If it is confirmed that the close notification has been received, the process proceeds to step S212. In step S212, a command to stop recording is issued and transmitted to the client machine via the communication network. The client machine stops recording by the monitoring camera based on the recording stop command. In step S212, the time at that time is stored in the memory as the close time together with the instruction to stop recording, and the monitoring timer is stopped.
[0035]
Next, the process proceeds to step S214, where recording processing of the recorded image data is performed. That is, the image data stored in the client machine is transmitted to the server machine 101 and stored in the memory.
[0036]
Next, the process proceeds to step S216, where the process of creating the monitoring file 104 is performed. First, the time from the open time to the close time of the cash box is calculated as the open time. Next, a record associating the code in charge of the employee who opened the cash box, the opening time, closing time, opening time of the cash box, and the POS number of the POS register combined with the cash box as the data of the monitoring file 104. Created. The recorded data stored in the memory is associated with this record.
[0037]
On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step S210 that the close notification has not yet been received, the process proceeds to step S218. In step S218, the monitoring timer is checked to determine whether a predetermined time has elapsed. If it is confirmed that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S210 and the subsequent processing is executed. If it is confirmed that the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S220. In step S220, a command to record image data is issued. The recording command is transmitted to the client machine via the communication network. Image data recorded by the monitoring camera within a predetermined time is recorded on the client machine. That is, while the cash box is open, the image data is recorded every predetermined time. Thereafter, the process returns to step S210, and the subsequent processing is repeated.
[0038]
The above processing is performed for each store and each cash box. Therefore, a record in the attendance status file 103 is created for each store for employees who have arrived at the store on that day. In addition, every time an attempt is made to open each cash box in each store, fingerprint authentication is performed, and while the cash box is open, a surveillance camera records the cash box and its surroundings.
[0039]
For example, when the employee A of the second store goes to the second store, the employee's fingerprint reader FP2 reads his / her own fingerprint. As a result, a record including the ID information of the employee A, the fingerprint data of the employee A, the second store name, and the date of the day is created in the attendance status file 103 by the above-described time data creating routine performed by the server machine 101. Is done.
[0040]
When the employee A of the second store operates the CB fingerprint reader CF21 to open the cash box CB21 of the second store, the fingerprint data of the first store and an instruction to open the cash box CB21 are transmitted to the server machine 101. As a result of the search of the attendance status file 103 in the above-mentioned step S204, the existence of the record of the first party is confirmed (YES in S204 of FIG. 3), and by the processing of the step S206, the first party can open the cash box CB21. Until the employee A closes the cash box CB21, the surveillance camera CM21 records the cash box CB21 and its surroundings.
[0041]
If the person who intends to open the cash box CB21 is a person who does not have his / her fingerprint reader FP2 read a fingerprint, for example, a person other than an employee of the second store (including a former employee of the second store) Alternatively, if the employee is at the second store and the day is not a work day, no record having fingerprint data that matches the fingerprint data read by the CB fingerprint reader CF21 does not exist in the attendance status file 103 (step S204). NO). Therefore, the process of step S206 is not executed, and the person cannot open the cash box CB21.
[0042]
The head office management department of the company A can check the operation status of the cash box of each store. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a monitoring data output routine executed by the server machine 101. In step S300, an output instruction screen for setting monitoring data extraction conditions is displayed. On the output instruction screen, it is possible to set search parameters such as date, store name, opening time, and the like.
[0043]
In step S302, search parameters are set, and when it is confirmed that an instruction to output monitoring data has been issued, the process proceeds to step S304. In step S304, the above-described monitoring file 104 is searched based on the search parameters set on the output screen. Records matching the search parameters are extracted, and an output target file 105 (see FIG. 1) is created.
[0044]
Next, the process proceeds to step S306, and it is checked whether the list output or the screen display is selected as the output form of the output target file 105. If the screen display has been output, the process proceeds to step S308, where an image item selection screen is displayed. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the image item selection screen. On the image item selection screen, the POS number, the name of the person in charge, and the release time are displayed as one record, and each record is assigned an item number.
[0045]
In step S310, when it is confirmed that the item number is selected on the image item selection screen, the process proceeds to step S312, and the corresponding image data (image data recorded by the surveillance camera) is displayed on the screen. Next, in step S314, it is checked whether the end of the screen display is selected. When it is confirmed that the end is selected, the already set search parameters are cleared, the process returns to step S300, an output instruction screen is displayed, and the subsequent processing is performed.
[0046]
If it is determined in step S314 that the end of the screen display has not been selected, the process returns to step S310, and the subsequent processing is performed. That is, on the image item selection screen displayed in step S308, image data associated with another record can be reproduced.
[0047]
If the list output is selected in step S306, the process proceeds to step S316. In step S316, “business day”, “store name”, “POS number”, “person in charge”, “open time”, “close time”, and “open time” are listed from a printer (not shown) connected to server machine 101. Is output. After the list output, the process returns to step S300, and the subsequent processing is repeated.
[0048]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, by checking the fingerprints of the employees who have come to each store to confirm that they are employees of the store, and when opening the cash box, by checking the fingerprints, , And that they are employees who came to work on the day. As a result, the cash box installed at each store can only be opened by an employee of that store and a regular employee who has actually come to work. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a person other than the employee from opening the cash box and stealing the cash therein.
[0049]
While the cash box is open, the surveillance camera records the status of the cash box and its surroundings. As a result, even if a regular employee commits fraud while the cash box is opened, it is recorded in the image data. Therefore, there is an effect of preventing employee fraud. Further, there is an effect that mistakes of forgetting to close after opening the cash box are reduced.
[0050]
In the present embodiment, a system configuration is adopted in which the data of each store and the data of each cash box are processed by the server machine 101 of the head office management department, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the number of stores is relatively small, a system configuration in which the above-described processing performed by the server machine 101 is performed by a client machine of each store may be adopted.
[0051]
In the present embodiment, the description has been given based on the fraud prevention system for cash boxes installed in convenience stores and restaurants in the restaurant industry. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention is also applicable to a case where goods are stored in a company that handles jewelry and precious metals, and a case where a powerful drug is stored in a pharmacy or hospital that handles powerful drugs.
[0052]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, fraud such as theft can be prevented for an object that can be handled only by a specific person.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a fraud prevention system to which an embodiment according to the present invention is applied;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a time data creation routine performed by a server machine when an employee goes to a store and causes a fingerprint reader for time and attendance to read a fingerprint.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a cash box control routine of each store executed by the server machine.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a monitoring data output routine executed by the server machine.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image item selection screen.
[Explanation of symbols]
PR11 to PR32, PRN1 POS register CB11 to CB32, CBN1 cash box CF11 to CF32, fingerprint reader FP1 to FP3 for CFN1 cache box, fingerprint reader for FTN attendance 101 server machine 102 employee master 103 attendance status file 104 monitoring file 105 output Target file

Claims (7)

A storage means in which the object to be handled is stored and which cannot be normally opened,
Authorized person information acquiring means for acquiring information of authorized persons who are allowed to handle the object to be handled in a predetermined period,
Handler information acquisition means for opening the storage means and acquiring information of a handler who intends to handle the object to be handled,
The information of the handler acquired by the handler information acquiring unit is compared with the information of the authorized person acquired by the authorized person information acquiring unit, and when there is matching information, the storage unit can be opened. A fraud prevention system, comprising: The fraud prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the information of the authorized person and the information of the handler are fingerprints. The fraud prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is a cash box installed in a store, and the object to be handled is cash. The fraud prevention system according to claim 1, further comprising an image recording unit that records an image of the storage unit and its surroundings while the storage unit is open. The fraud prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a measuring unit that measures time while the storage unit is open. ID information of the handler,
Identification information of a POS register used in combination with the cash box;
Open time when the handler opened the cash box;
Closing time at which the cash box was closed;
Opening time from the open time to the close time,
The fraud prevention system according to claim 3, further comprising a monitoring information storage unit that stores monitoring information associated with the image recorded by the image recording unit. A storage device that is installed in a company store and stores the objects to be handled,
A handler information acquisition device that is installed for each storage device in the store and acquires information of a handler of the storage device;
A worker information acquisition device that is installed in the store and acquires information on the employees of the store,
A client machine installed in the store and transmitting the handler information and the attendance information to a server machine of the company,
The server machine compares the handler information with the attendee information, and when there is matching information, transmits a permission command to open the storage device to the client machine.

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