JP2005267198A - Representative confirmation method and representative confirmation apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably confirm the representative who should attend a field. <P>SOLUTION: At least imaged biometric authentication information about a field representative and current position information (GPS reception information) about the field representative are acquired from a construction field. The received biometric authentication information about the field representative is matched against corresponding biometric authentication information about the field representative registered in a database. The field position information acquired from the construction field is also matched against position information about the construction field registered in the database. If both biometric authentication information and position information match for authentication, the field representative registered in advance can be now found attending the construction field. If the biometric authentication information matches but the position information does not match, it is determined that the field representative is not present at the construction field, and an alarm is given to a client person in charge. If the position information matches but the biometric authentication information does not match, a similar alarm is given. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an agent confirmation method and an agent confirmation device. Specifically, the site agent registered in advance by collating the location information of the ordered construction site and the biometric authentication information obtained from the site agent (site agent) with the registered information registered in advance. The present invention relates to an agent confirmation method and an agent confirmation device capable of easily and surely confirming whether or not the device is resident.

  When ordering construction work, it is necessary to consider the impact on the neighborhood of the ordering work site, depending on the contents of the ordering work. In addition, there are some orders that require the construction period to be given top priority. In any of these cases, it is desired that a person who manages the entire construction site, such as the progress status of the construction site, be placed and dealt with appropriately. And even when an emergency situation occurs, it is desired to be able to analyze the situation calmly and quickly formulate an appropriate next-best measure. This is a very important responsibility for ensuring the reliability of the ordering party as well as the ordering party.

  Patent Document 1 is known as a system for performing on-site management of a construction manager and the like including such a construction site. Patent Document 2 is known as a system for managing the manager himself.

  The technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a site management system that grasps various site situations such as construction progress, materials and product procurement status, abnormal status occurrence status, etc. at construction sites, materials and equipment stock sites, etc. It is.

  The technology disclosed in Patent Document 2 is a management system using a net that uses the user information to confirm the user.

JP-A-9-78831 JP 2002-334162 A

  By the way, in recent years, when placing an order for construction work, a site manager (a person in charge, a site supervisor, etc., hereinafter referred to as a field agent) at the construction site is determined in advance, and a field agent is resident. The on-site agent is notified in advance to the ordering source, and the ordering source can manage the on-site agent.

  Here, there is no way to confirm whether or not a pre-registered on-site agent is resident at the construction site and directs and supervises the construction site unless the person in charge of ordering goes to the construction site. That is, in many cases, it cannot be confirmed whether the site agent is resident or whether the site agent is the registered site agent himself.

  For example, it may be possible to perform identity verification by transmitting a captured image of a local agent to the management center using a mobile phone with an imaging function. However, even in this case, it is possible to confirm whether or not it is a registered site agent based on the image information, but whether the mobile phone has been sent from the ordered construction site, that is, the resident location Since it cannot be easily confirmed, it is impossible to manage whether it is resident at the construction site.

  Note that the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 allows the construction status on the construction site to be managed in real time also on the related user terminal by accessing the network center from the site user terminal and uploading work information on the construction site. It is a thing. Therefore, there is no disclosure of a technique for confirming a site agent or confirming residence at a construction site.

  Moreover, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 is only a technique for confirming whether or not the person is the person using the person's biological information, and there is no suggestion of a link with the construction site.

  Therefore, the present invention solves such a conventional problem, and in particular, an agent confirmation method capable of easily and reliably confirming whether a pre-registered on-site agent is resident at the place where the order is placed, and The confirmation device is proposed.

In order to solve the above-described problem, an agent confirmation method according to the present invention described in claim 1 is a computer for confirming an agent at a construction site,
A means of retrieving agent information,
A means of searching for order construction information,
Means for storing agent information including received biometric authentication information;
Means to store the received construction site location information,
Means for checking biometric authentication information of the agent in the retrieved agent information and biometric information included in the received agent information;
Means for collating the location information of the construction site included in the ordering construction information with the received location information of the construction site;
It is made to function as a means to display the collation result of the biometric authentication information and the collation result of the position information.

Further, the agent confirmation device according to the present invention described in claim 5 is:
A means of retrieving agent information,
A means of searching for order construction information,
Means for storing agent information including received biometric authentication information;
Means to store the received construction site location information,
Means for collating the biometric authentication information of the agent in the retrieved agent information with the biometric authentication information included in the received agent information;
Means for collating the location information of the construction site included in the ordering construction information based on the collation result with the received location information of the construction site;
It has a means to display the collation result of the above-mentioned biometric information, and the collation result of the above-mentioned position information.

  In the present invention, at least the biometric authentication information of the site agent and the current position information of the site agent are obtained as information from the construction site. The biometric authentication information is information for proving that it is an on-site agent, such as fingerprint information, iris information, and face information of the on-site agent, and image data obtained by compressing the biometric information. Will be sent as.

  The position information is information on a place where the construction site information is transmitted, and for example, GPS reception information can be used as it is. Alternatively, the place name information calculated from the latitude and longitude as the GPS reception information can be used as the position information.

  The easiest way to obtain construction site information is via a communication line (network) such as the Internet. As an information transmission device from a construction site, a terminal device composed of a computer having an imaging function, which can acquire current position information of the terminal device, and a portable device having an imaging function and an acquisition function of current position information A telephone is considered.

  The construction site information is temporarily stored in a database provided in the agent management center provided on the construction order side. In the same or different database as described above, information related to the contractor that is the contractor of the construction work is stored in advance. This information includes the contractor name (name of the contractor), the construction period, the name of the field agent who is the administrator at the site of the ordering work, the biometric information, the contact information of the field agent ( Mobile phone number) is registered.

  Even when a plurality of construction sites can be used concurrently, the name of the on-site agent and the biometric authentication information thereof are registered for each construction site.

  Before starting the agent confirmation processing program provided in the ordering terminal device, the construction site information such as the site agent is acquired in advance by contacting the construction site. The contact timing to the construction site is not regular but irregular. This is because it is necessary to check whether it is resident.

  The biometric authentication information of the field agent received from the construction site is compared with the biometric authentication information of the site agent registered in the database. At the same time, the location information of the construction site acquired from the construction site is collated with the location information of the construction site registered in the database.

  When both the biometric authentication information and the position information match, it can be confirmed that the site agent registered in advance is resident at the construction site for the first time. However, if the verification results of the biometric authentication information match but the position information is different, it is determined that the site agent is not resident at the construction site, and an alarm is issued to the person in charge of ordering. A similar alarm is issued when the location information matches and the biometric authentication information does not match.

  In this invention, the biometric authentication information and the location information of the site agent received from the construction site are collated with the biometric information of the site agent and the location information of the construction site respectively registered in the database. Is.

  According to this, when both the biometric authentication information and the position information are matched, it can be confirmed that the site agent registered in advance is resident at the construction site for the first time. However, if the verification results of the biometric authentication information match but the location information is different, or the location information matches and the biometric authentication information does not match, the site agent is resident at the construction site. It can be judged that it is not.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, by verifying that the information is from the construction site, it is possible to remotely and easily confirm whether or not the site agent is resident at the construction site. As a result, the safety of the construction site can be secured.

  Next, a preferred embodiment of the agent confirmation method and confirmation apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an agent confirmation system 1 for realizing the present invention.
The agent confirmation device 10 according to the present invention is connected to a plurality of order receiving side terminal devices 4 (4A to 4N) via a communication line (network) 2 such as the Internet. By accessing the database 12, 14 by registering predetermined information in the database 12 (14) provided in association with the agent confirmation device 10, or by inputting a keyword or ID in some cases, the databases 12, 14 are registered. It is a system that allows you to obtain specific information registered in.

  The terminal device 4 may be any terminal device as long as it has at least an imaging function, a current position information acquisition function, and a communication function for connecting to the communication line 2. Usually, it is a terminal device (notebook personal computer, PDA, etc.) having a computer function, and communication means 8 is built-in. What added the imaging function and the present position information acquisition function to this is used. Alternatively, a camera-equipped mobile phone to which a current position information acquisition function is added can be used as the terminal device 4.

  The image pickup means is for obtaining biometric authentication information of a site agent at the construction site, and a CCD camera 6 or the like is conceivable. As biometric authentication information, in addition to iris information and facial photograph information of the on-site agent, fingerprint information of the on-site agent can be considered. Considering that the CCD camera 6 is used, it can be said that the facial photograph information is the most easily used biometric information. The CCD camera 6 may be a built-in type. The image data from the CCD camera 6 is compressed image data (for example, JPEG image data), but may be image data before compression.

  As the current position information acquisition means, the reception means 7 of the GPS system (global positioning system) can be considered. In the case of GPS, current position information can be acquired with an error of 20 to 30 cm. The current position information is usually longitude and latitude information of the site, but a place name can be determined from the longitude and latitude, and the place name information can be transmitted as position information. The conversion process to place name information may be performed on the ordering side (agent confirmation device 10 side).

  Information (construction site information) from the terminal device 4 includes information (contractor name, contact information, etc.) on the construction contractor (ordering contractor), construction site name, biometric authentication information of the site agent, and current status of the terminal device 4 Includes location information. These pieces of information are registered in the database, in this example, the database 12 for managing on-site agent information via the communication line 2. Incidentally, the other database 14 is for managing the related information of the ordering work (including the planned ordering work).

  The agent confirmation device 10 is installed in the management center on the ordering side, and the agent confirmation device 10 can naturally access the above-described databases 12 and 14, and information stored in the databases 12 and 14. New item registration processing, registration item update (including correction and addition) processing, and the like can be performed.

  The database 12 stores information about the contractor who has ordered. As mentioned above, the information includes the subject of the ordering work, the address of the construction site, the name of the contractor who placed the order, the contact information, the name of the contractor's field agent, contact information, and the biometric information of the field agent. It is.

  The biometric authentication information is information for identifying an on-site agent, such as on-site agent face photo information, iris information, or on-site agent fingerprint information. In this example, the simplest face photograph information is accumulated. The biometric authentication information is compressed image data (for example, JPEG image data), which can reduce the memory capacity, but may be image data itself before compression.

  Information regarding such a contractor can be used directly as electronic information from the contractor, or can be manually input on the ordering side.

  The other database 14 stores various information related to the ordering work, including the title of the ordering work, the address of the construction site, the construction period, the name of the contractor, the on-site agent information, and the like. The on-site agent information includes qualifications (grades) required for the construction, but the on-site agent biometric authentication information described above can also be included. In this way, the on-site agent information can be acquired immediately without accessing the database 12.

  Furthermore, it is possible to accumulate information such as history information relating to the work undertaken and the presence or absence of a field agent.

  FIG. 2 is a system diagram of a principal part showing an embodiment of the agent confirmation device 10 according to the present invention. The agent mentioned here is a field agent. In relation to this agent verification device 10, the two databases 12 and 14 described above are connected via an internal bus 20 and a LAN 16.

  The agent confirmation device 10 functions as a computer, and includes a CPU 22 as a control unit that controls the entire device, and memory means for storing a processing program for confirmation of a field agent as an agent. (ROM) 24 and working memory means (RAM) 26 are both connected to the internal bus 20. The working memory means 26 also functions as a memory for temporarily storing the information during the agent confirmation process.

  In addition, an input unit 28 such as a mouse and a keyboard, an output unit 30 such as a printer, and a monitor 32 are connected to the internal bus 20. In this example, a communication unit 34 such as the Internet and an audio output unit 36 are connected to the internal bus 20. Configured.

  The voice output means 36 can be provided as necessary. For example, when it is determined that the site agent is not resident at the construction site, the voice output unit 36 functions as a means for issuing an alarm to the operator of the agent confirmation device 10. be able to.

  As described above, it is assumed that the information related to the contractor and the field agent is stored in advance in the database 12 described above, and the information related to the ordering work is stored in the other database 14. In addition, as a pre-stage for executing the agent confirmation method according to the present invention, a randomly extracted construction site is contacted at a random time, and the site agent (not yet determined) from the construction site there Assume that the user is prompted to register information in the database 12.

  When the processing program for agent confirmation is started, the above-mentioned communication item (contact with the construction site) is displayed on the initial screen, and the agent confirmation processing may be executed after confirmation. .

  By starting the processing program and specifying the ordering work (subject) or on-site agent, information about the on-site agent and information about the ordering work can be obtained from the databases 12 and 14, respectively. Based on the respective information, on-site agent confirmation information as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the screen of the monitor 32.

  On the display screen shown in FIG. 3, registration information TI stored in the databases 12 and 14, received information RI and verification result information SI acquired from the terminal device 4 side are displayed.

  As the registration information TI, as shown in FIG. 3, the ordering work name, construction place, construction period, contractor (contractor), site agent, etc. are displayed. The received information RI may be the received on-site agent name, the received position information (latitude and longitude or place name), the received biometric information (biometric information acquired from the on-site agent), and the like.

  In the example of FIG. 3, a face photograph is illustrated as biometric authentication information. Furthermore, the registered biometric information stored in the database 12 or 14 and the received biometric information are displayed on the same screen so that visual verification is possible. The actual display is reduced display (thumbnail display), but by clicking on the thumbnail display area, it is possible to switch to 100% display instead of reduced display.

  The display field of the matching result information SI is associated with the received information RI display field. In this example, the matching result is displayed as either “match” or “mismatch” on the right side of the field agent display field. Regarding the position information, the matching result is displayed as either “match” or “not match” on the right side of the position information display field. Further, for biometric authentication information, the matching result is displayed as either “match” or “mismatch” on the right side of the biometric information display field. Biometric authentication is performed using an identification program based on image recognition.

  When any one of the collation information is “mismatched”, a warning column is displayed. This display can be easily recognized that there is mismatch information by blinking or changing the display color. In addition to this, in this example, the sound output means 34 is driven, and a warning is also notified by sound. For example, an alarm such as “position information does not match” is output, and the information is obtained from any organ for viewing.

Next, an example of realizing the agent confirmation method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
When the agent confirmation processing program is started, first, the received biometric information (received biometric information) of the on-site agent is acquired from the database 12 (or 14) and displayed as a thumbnail on the screen (step 41). . Similarly, the current position information (reception position information) of the received construction site is acquired from the database 12 and displayed on the screen (step 42).

  Since construction site information such as received biometric authentication information and reception position information transmitted from the site agent side is temporarily stored in the database 12, the construction site information can be acquired by searching the database 12. . Instead of being stored in the database 12, it may be temporarily stored in the working memory means 26.

  Next, the database 12 is searched to obtain the biometric authentication information (registered biometric authentication information) of the on-site agent accumulated in advance, and this is displayed as a thumbnail on the screen (step 43). Similarly, the database 14 is searched to acquire the construction site location information (registered location information) accumulated in advance, and this is displayed as a thumbnail on the screen (step 44). This registered position information is the longitude and latitude information of the construction site or the name of the location of the construction site.

  Subsequently, verification processing between the registered biometric authentication information and the received biometric authentication information is performed (step 46). As a result of the verification, the received biometric authentication information matches the registered biometric authentication information. If it is, it is proved that the field agent is a registered field agent.

  When the biometric authentication information matches, the next registered construction site position information and the received position information are collated (step 47). As a result of the collation, the registered position information is received. When the position information matches, the location where the position information is transmitted, that is, the transmission location of the terminal device 4 is proved to be within the registered construction site.

  The determination results of step 46 and step 47 are displayed on the screen as related information (step 48). That is, a mark such as a “re” point is displayed at a corresponding location provided in the display field of the collation information SI. In the above-described example, a “re” point is displayed in each matching item of position information and biometric authentication information.

  In the above-described steps 46 and 47, the confirmation process of the name of the on-site agent is not performed. However, if the collation results match at the stage of performing the verification process of the biometric authentication information, the name of the on-site agent is changed. Since it can be recognized as a registered on-site agent without confirmation, the person's name confirmation process is not dared. However, since the “match” and “non-match” fields of the person are provided in the display field of the screen, “re” points are displayed in all three match fields in the above-described example.

  In this step 46 and 47, the site agent who is registered in advance as the construction site agent is resident at the construction site and manages and supervises the construction. There is no problem.

  On the other hand, if the received biometric information does not match the registered biometric information as a result of the collation process in step 46, an administrator who is not registered as a site agent of the construction site In this case, processing such as warning display is performed (steps 46 and 50). As described above, the warning process is performed by displaying a “re” point on the screen and giving a warning, as well as a process of prompting attention by playing a voice message.

  Thereafter, a resident instruction is created so that an appropriate and therefore pre-registered field agent is resident, and information to that effect is registered in the database 14 (steps 51 and 52). The resident instruction states that the contract for the on-site agent is not fulfilled, states that countermeasures should be reported, and if the on-site agent is changed, the contents to be changed promptly are described. It shall be.

  Although the biometric authentication information matches, this time, when it is determined that the received location information is different from the registered location information of the construction site, warning display processing is performed and the resident instruction Issuance and registration processing in the database 14 are performed (steps 47, 51, 52).

  The position information is different when, for example, construction site information is transmitted from another construction site, and it can be determined that the location information is away from the construction site to be resident. In this case, the resident instruction is warned to return to the registered construction site.

  In this way, by taking into account the location information of the site, it is possible to easily and surely grasp whether or not the site agent is resident at the designated construction site from a remote location, and quickly take the next best measure. be able to.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the on-site management center side grasps the resident of the on-site agent. However, if the agent confirmation device 10 can be connected to the communication line 2, the connection location is not limited. Absent.

  This invention is for sites where the construction site is remote from the ordering management center, the number of orders is large, or the site is not easily accessible, such as power related construction. Applicable to agent resident confirmation system.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the construction example of the agent confirmation system which can apply this invention. It is a systematic diagram of the principal part which shows the Example of the agent confirmation apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display when the agent confirmation menu is selected. It is a flowchart which shows an example which implement | achieves the agent confirmation method which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Agent confirmation system 2 ... Internet 4 ... Contractor side terminal device 10 ... Agent confirmation device 12 ... Site agent database 14 ... Construction information management database 34 ... Communication means

Claims (8)

Computer to confirm agent at construction site,
A means of retrieving agent information,
A means of searching for order construction information,
Means for storing agent information including received biometric authentication information;
Means for storing the received location information of the contract site;
Means for collating the biometric authentication information of the agent in the retrieved agent information with the biometric authentication information included in the received agent information;
Means for collating the location information of the construction site included in the ordering construction information with the received location information of the construction site;
A proxy confirmation method, which functions as means for displaying a collation result of the biometric authentication information and a collation result of the position information. The above computer
A proxy confirmation method, further comprising a function for issuing an alarm when the verification result of the biometric authentication information or the verification result of the position information does not match. The agent confirmation method according to claim 1, wherein the biometric authentication information is any one of fingerprint information, iris information, and face information. 2. The agent confirmation method according to claim 1, wherein the location information of the construction site is GPS information. An agent confirmation device for confirming an agent at a construction site,
A means of retrieving agent information,
A means of searching for order construction information,
Means for storing field agent information including received biometric information;
Means for storing the received location information of the contract site;
Means for collating the biometric authentication information of the agent in the retrieved agent information with the biometric authentication information included in the received agent information;
Means for collating the location information of the construction site included in the ordering construction information based on the collation result with the received location information of the construction site;
An agent confirmation device comprising means for displaying a collation result of the biometric authentication information and a collation result of the position information. 6. The agent confirmation apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising means for issuing an alarm when the verification result of the biometric authentication information or the verification result of the position information does not match. 6. The agent confirmation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the biometric authentication information is any one of fingerprint information, iris information, and face information. 6. The agent confirmation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the location information of the construction site is GPS information.

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