JP2004353397A - Security system utilizing cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for executing security control by using a cellular phone approximately in a same way as a conventional non-contact ID card without using an exclusive bar-code reader. <P>SOLUTION: A security control center connected with communication units executing a short distance radio communication with the cellular phone and having a locking/unlocking function for a security zone comprises a means for registering call information for each call item according to an input, a means for transmitting call permission information capable of specifying the registered call item including part of the call information to the cellular phone of a visitor, a means for reading the call permission information recorded in the cellular phone by executing the short distance radio communication between a communication adaptor connected with the cellular phone of the visitor and the communication unit at the time of a call, a means for certifying and verifying the call on the basis of the call permission information read from the cellular phone and the call information registered in advance and a means for locking and unlocking the security zone on the basis of the result of the call certification/verification. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a security system that uses a mobile phone instead of an ID card or a fingerprint in a security system such as entry / exit management.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a system in which information such as a concert ticket, a credit card, a bank card, and the like incorporated in a mobile phone is displayed as a bar code on a display screen, and the bar code is read and used as data (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-64597
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when reading a barcode or the like displayed on the display screen of such a mobile phone, a dedicated barcode reader is required. For example, when this is applied to a security system, it is not directly applicable to a system for performing short-range wireless communication between an ID card formed of a non-contact IC card for identity verification and an ID reader. Was needed.
[0005]
The present invention relates to a security system using a mobile phone that performs security management using a mobile phone almost in the same manner as a contactless ID card generally used in a security system without using a dedicated barcode reader or the like. The purpose is to provide.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In view of the above object, the present invention provides a system for performing security control using a mobile phone at a security management center connected to each communication unit having short-range wireless communication with a mobile phone and also having a security zone locking / unlocking function. Means for registering visit information for each visit case according to the input, and sending visit permission information including at least a part of the visit information, which can specify each of the registered visit cases, to a visitor's mobile phone. Means for performing short-range wireless communication between the communication unit and the communication unit connected to the visitor's mobile phone at the time of the visit, and reading the visit permission information recorded in the mobile phone; Means for performing visit authentication confirmation based on the visit permission information read from the mobile phone and the previously registered visit information; In security system using mobile phones, characterized in that it comprises means for causing locking and unlocking of the security zone based on the result, the.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a security system using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the facility 1 provided with the security system 10 according to the present invention, a security system for performing security management is provided to a LAN system 3 (not limited to a LAN) in which terminals 2 and the like used by employees at the facility 1 are connected to a network. A contactless ID card (not shown) or a mobile phone 100 that also has a function of locking and unlocking doors (not shown) in each of the security centers A to D in the management center 2 and the facility 1. A communication unit 4 for performing short-range wireless communication with the communication unit 4 is connected. When communication with the communication unit 4 is performed by the mobile phone 100, predetermined information is read from the mobile phone 100 and a communication adapter 200 that performs short-range wireless communication with the communication unit 4 is connected to the mobile phone 100. The security management center 2 is composed of a security management computer, to which a terminal 5 and a memory 6 for registering information related to security management are connected. The security management center 2 is connected to the Internet 11 via a public line and further to a mobile phone network 12.
[0008]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the security system at the time of visiting information registration, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the security system at the time of visiting. The visitor to the facility 1 informs the employee of the facility 1 of the purpose, date and time of the visit to the employee of the facility 1 by telephone or the like in advance. Based on the received information, the employee inputs, via the terminal 2, visit information on the visit according to predetermined items. On the system side, the security management center 2 registers the input visit information in the memory 6 of the security management center 2 (step S1 in FIG. 2).
[0009]
FIG. 4 shows an example of visit information registered in the memory 6. The visit information for each visit is “Name”, “Company name”, “TEL No. (telephone number)” “TL”, “E-mail address“ MA ””, “Image” TL ′ ””, “Security information (to which security zone Is permitted), "period (date of visit)", "time zone (from what time to what time)", and the like. “Image“ TL ′ ”” is a TEL No. Is image data in which is embedded as a watermark. This is created and registered in the system in the next visit permission information creation stage.
[0010]
Next, the security management center 2 sends visit permission information to the visitor's mobile phone 100 via the Internet 11 and the mobile phone network 12 for each visit case. The visit permission information only needs to be able to specify the permitted visit to this visitor. Here, as an example, the above-mentioned “image“ TL ′ ”” is created as the visit permission information. “Image“ TL ′ ”” is stored in a predetermined position of predetermined image data by TEL No. Is embedded automatically in the system and registered in the memory 6 together with the other visit information. From the image displayed by this image data, TEL No. Is not known, but is obtained by decoding the image data (step S2 in FIG. 2).
[0011]
Then, “TEL No.“ TL ””, which can be used as an index (mark for search) later, is attached to the “image“ TL ′ ””, and this is transmitted as e-mail to the visitor's mobile phone 100 as visit permission information. And give permission to visit. As a result, the visitor's mobile phone 100 receives TEL No. (For example, an image with a logo of a visit destination) is displayed, and the visitor can confirm the visit permission (step S3 in FIG. 2). If the image includes detailed information such as “period (visit date)” and “time zone (from what time to what time)”, the visitor can check the details of the visit from now on.
[0012]
After that, when visiting the facility 1, the visitor connects the communication adapter 200 prepared in the facility 1 to the communication port of the mobile phone 100 of the visitor. FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of the configuration of the communication adapter 200. The mobile phone I / F 201 is connected to the mobile phone 100 connected to one of a plurality of connectors 213a to 213c (a structure extended by a cord is also possible) provided for each mobile phone maker having a different communication port. Interface. The CPU 203 performs a predetermined process using the RAM 205 as a temporary storage memory according to a program stored in the ROM 205. The transmission / reception unit 209 performs short-range wireless communication with the communication units 4 provided in the security zones A to D of the facility 1 by using an antenna 209a built in the communication adapter 200. The communication adapter 200 may be prepared for each mobile phone maker.
[0013]
When the communication adapter 200 is connected to the mobile phone 100 (step S11 in FIG. 3), the communication adapter 200 reads the visit permission information previously sent from the memory of the mobile phone 100. This reading is performed based on, for example, existing address editing software for a mobile phone or a similar software stored in the ROM 205. At this time, the search may be made for “image“ TL ′ ”” using “TEL No.“ TL ”” attached to the visit permission information “image“ TL ′ ”” as an index. “TEL No.“ TL ”” is from the “period (visited date)” and “time zone (from what time to what time)” of the visit information shown in FIG. 4 registered in the memory 6 of the security management center 2. The information may be obtained from “TEL No.“ TL ”” which may be visited at that time. At this time, short-range wireless communication is performed between the communication adapter 200 and the communication unit 4 by the transmission / reception unit 209 and the antenna 209a. For this, a communication protocol of a desired communication protocol can be selected. By using the same communication protocol as that used for the ID card, the communication unit 4 can be shared with the non-contact ID card (the same applies hereinafter) (step S12 in FIG. 3).
[0014]
Next, the communication adapter 200 collates the read visit permission information with the registered corresponding visit information read from the memory 6 to perform authentication confirmation of the visit, and compares the collation result, that is, the authentication confirmation result, with the security management center 2. (Step S13 in FIG. 3). If the visit is authenticated, the security management center 2 instructs the communication units 4 in the security zones A to D, which are permitted to enter the room, based on the "security information" of the corresponding visitor in the memory 6 to unlock the visit. The visitor can enter the security zone in which the facility has accepted entry (step S14 in FIG. 3).
[0015]
In the above description, the visit authentication confirmation (the functional unit is shown by the authentication unit 300 in FIG. 5) by comparing the visit permission information from the mobile phone 100 with the corresponding visit information from the memory 6 is a communication adapter. Although the confirmation is performed at 200, the visit authentication confirmation may be performed at the security management center 2. In this case, the communication adapter 200 retrieves and reads out the visit permission information “image“ TL ′ ”” with the index “TEL No.“ TL ”” from the mobile phone 100, and reads it out to the security management center 2 via the communication unit 4. The processing load on the communication adapter 200 is reduced.
[0016]
Regarding the visit authentication confirmation method, if the index is not attached, the visit permission information “image“ TL ′ ”” stored in the mobile phone 100 is included in the visit information registered in the memory 6. The determination may be made based on whether or not. In addition, it decodes the visit permission information “image“ TL ′ ”” stored in the mobile phone 100 to obtain “TEL No.“ TL ””, and determines whether or not this is included in the visit information registered in the memory 6. (Comparison with the corresponding part of the memory 6) may be used for the determination. The visit information registered in the memory 6 can be narrowed down to information on the possibility of visit at that time from “period (visit date)” and “time zone (from what time to what time)”.
[0017]
Further, the TEL No. is set at a predetermined position of the predetermined image data. Instead of the “image“ TL ′ ”” created by embedding the image, image data capable of identifying each visiting matter is created, registered in the memory 6, and transmitted to the visitor's mobile phone as visit permission information. The visit authentication confirmation may be performed by sending them.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a system for performing short-range wireless communication with a mobile phone and performing security control using the mobile phone at a security management center connected to each communication unit having a security zone locking / unlocking function Means for registering visit information for each visit case according to the input, and sending visit permission information including at least a part of the visit information capable of specifying the registered visit cases to a visitor's mobile phone. Means for performing short-range wireless communication between the communication unit and the communication unit connected to the visitor's mobile phone at the time of the visit, and reading the visit permission information recorded in the mobile phone; Means for performing visit authentication confirmation based on the visit permission information read from the mobile phone and the previously registered visit information; And a means for locking and unlocking the security zone based on the results.This is a security system that utilizes a mobile phone, and is commonly used in security systems without using a dedicated barcode reader. Security management can be performed using a mobile phone in almost the same manner as a contactless ID card.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a security system utilizing a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the security system according to the present invention when registering visit information.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation at the time of a visit of the security system according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of registered visit information in the security system according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a configuration of a communication adapter in a security system according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 facility, 2,5 terminal, 3 LAN system, 4 communication unit, 6 memory, 10 security system, 11 Internet, 12 mobile phone network, 100 mobile phone, 200 communication adapter.

Claims (7)

A system for performing security control using a mobile phone in a security management center connected to each communication unit that performs short-range wireless communication with a mobile phone and also has a function of locking and unlocking a security zone,
Means for registering visit information for each visit matter according to the input,
Means for transmitting to the visitor's mobile phone visit permission information capable of identifying each of the registered visit cases including at least a part of the visit information,
Means for performing short-range wireless communication between the communication unit and the communication unit connected to the visitor's mobile phone at the time of the visit and reading the visit permission information recorded in the mobile phone;
Means for performing visit authentication confirmation based on the visit permission information read from the mobile phone and the visit information registered in advance,
Means for locking and unlocking the security zone based on the result of the visit authentication confirmation;
A security system using a mobile phone, characterized by having a mobile phone. Means for creating the visit permission information, which is image data of an image displayed on the mobile phone in which at least a part of the visit information is incorporated as a watermark, wherein the visit permission information is also registered as the visit information The security system utilizing a mobile phone according to claim 1. The said visit authentication confirmation means decodes the said visit permission information, calculates | requires the visit information embedded as a watermark, and compares it with the corresponding said registered visit information. A security system that utilizes mobile phones. 4. The security system using a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the visit authentication confirmation unit is provided in the security management center. 4. The security system using a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the visit authentication confirmation unit is provided in the communication adapter. 6. The security system using a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein a communication protocol between the communication unit and the communication adapter is the same as a communication protocol of a contactless ID card. . 7. The security system using a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the communication adapter includes a plurality of types of connectors corresponding to a plurality of types of communication ports of the mobile phone, respectively.

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