JP2006201871A - Electronic destination/schedule display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic destination/schedule display device capable of grasping the destination of an organization member, and quickly registering and displaying destination/schedule information therefor without through a terminal such as a personal computer. <P>SOLUTION: This device comprises a display screen displaying destination and schedule information for a registered organization member; a recognition means recognizing destination and schedule information inputted by touching a touch panel arranged on the front surface of the display screen; a wireless tag reader reading authentication information recorded in a wireless tag card carried by the organization member; and a transmitting and receiving means transmitting the authentication information of the organization member read by the wireless tag reader and the destination and schedule information recognized by the recognition means to a management device wirelessly or through a wired line, registering, in response to authentication by the authentication information, the destination and schedule information recognized by the recognition means to the management device, and receiving and transferring the destination and schedule information of the organization member registered in the management device at predetermined time intervals to display the information on the display screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic destination / schedule display device that constantly displays destination / schedule information of group employees in various organizations such as companies and organizations.

Conventionally, in companies and public organizations, a destination display board using a whiteboard and client / server groupware software have been used to inform organization members such as staff members belonging to the same group when they are away. The installed computer system is being introduced.
Among these, as a technique called groupware, for example, there are those disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-223210 “Destination Display Method and System Using Network” Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-43270 “Destination Management Terminal, Destination Management Server and Recording Medium” In addition, a destination display board using a whiteboard is permanently installed, so that reference is not troublesome and writing can be performed quickly by hand. On the other hand, it has the disadvantages that only the latest information can be written and the hands are dirty. As an electronic destination display technique as an alternative, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 3 below. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-180066 “Electronic Action Schedule Posting Device”

The groupware system using a computer has the advantage that group staff schedules are managed collectively using a server or the like, and a schedule for a plurality of days can be written, and can be viewed and edited from a personal computer. However, in order to use it, it is necessary to start an application and a computer, and it lacks responsiveness. For example, it takes time to reply to the other party at the time of telephone intermediation or the like, and it takes time to input a schedule when remembering forgetting to input after the computer is turned off.
On the other hand, in the electronic destination display technology disclosed in Patent Document 3, since only the display board itself has a part for recording destination information, the destination information cannot be shared by a wider group. There is a problem that only the schedule of can be recorded and displayed. In addition, since a mechanical button or the like is used as an input means, input is inconvenient or contents that can be input are limited. In addition, there is a problem that it is input when it hits accidentally, or input from a third party without registration authority is allowed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic destination / schedule display device capable of quickly grasping a destination of an organization member and quickly registering and displaying destination / schedule information without using a terminal such as a personal computer. There is.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display screen for displaying a registered organization member's destination and schedule information, and a destination and schedule information input by touching a touch panel arranged in front of the display screen. Recognizing means, a wireless tag reader that reads authentication information recorded on a wireless tag card carried by the organization member, authentication information of the organization member read by the wireless tag reader, and a destination recognized by the recognition means, The schedule information is transmitted to the management apparatus via a wireless or wired line, and the destination and the schedule information recognized by the recognition means after being authenticated by the authentication information are registered in the management apparatus and registered in the management apparatus. It is characterized by comprising transmission / reception means for receiving a destination and schedule information of an organization member at predetermined time intervals and transferring and displaying them on the display screen.
In addition, the authentication information of the RFID tag card possessed by each member of the organization is read when the member of the organization enters the room, and is wirelessly transmitted to the management device. Alternatively, the wireless tag readers are arranged side by side to transmit by a priority line and automatically update the destination of the member.

According to the present invention, in a system for managing destination / schedule information, the destination / schedule information of an organization member can be obtained instantaneously from a permanent electronic display device without requiring operation of a PC or the like.
Further, the destination / schedule information can be easily registered in the management apparatus by directly inputting the destination / schedule information using the touch panel on the front of the display screen.
In addition, by the authentication process using the RFID tag card, it is possible to limit the organization members that can be input, and it is possible to prevent erroneous input by accidentally touching the screen and unauthorized registration of information by a third party.
In addition, the RFID tag reader installed in each room of the organization reads the RFID tag authentication information, so that the current location is automatically registered in the management device, and the destination display on the display screen is automatically updated. This can improve user convenience.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a destination / schedule information sharing system using an electronic destination / schedule information display device according to the present invention.
In FIG. 1, 1 is an electronic display device / touch panel type input device (hereinafter abbreviated as an electronic display device), 2 is a wireless device, 3 is an RFID (wireless tag) card reader, and 4 is an RFID (wireless tag) card. Yes, a memory for storing the staff authentication information 5 is held. An application server 6 holds electronic display device information 7 in an internal storage device.
Reference numeral 9 denotes an RFID reader installed in each room in the company. Reference numeral 10 denotes a destination / schedule information server, which holds destination / schedule information 11 and staff authentication information 12 in an internal storage device.
Reference numeral 13 denotes a network, and reference numeral 14 denotes a personal computer (PC) as a client terminal.
The display device / input device 1 exchanges information with the network 13 by the wireless device 8.

In the destination / schedule information sharing system of the present embodiment, a group staff who is a user receives destination / schedule information 11 of the destination / schedule information server (management device) 10 from an application installed on the client terminal 14 via the network 13. Get and reference.
Also, staff authentication information is input from the client terminal 14, authentication processing is performed by the destination / schedule information server 10 via the network 13, and if it is authenticated, the destination / schedule information is input from the client terminal 14. The destination / schedule information of the server 10 is modified and newly registered.
An electronic display device 1 according to the present invention is connected to the destination / schedule information sharing system via a network 13 by wireless devices 2 and 8.

In the application server 6, a plurality of electronic display devices and group staff to be displayed by each electronic display device are registered in association with each other as electronic display device information 7 and acquired from the destination / schedule information server 10. The current destination of the group staff and the schedule information of the day are transferred to each electronic display device 1 via the network 13.
The electronic display device information 7 is registered in advance from the client terminal 14.
Each electronic display device 1 receives the current destination of the group staff and the schedule of the day from the application server 6 and displays a list of the destinations and schedules of the staff belonging to the group.
The list display content is rewritten with the latest information of the destination / plan information server 10 at predetermined time intervals.
Further, the group staff can grasp the destination / plan information of each staff instantaneously by looking at the display contents of the electronic display device 1 installed in the vicinity of the seat.
If the RFID card 4 possessed by each employee is read by the RFID reader 3 and authenticated by the application server 6, the touch panel type input device attached to the electronic display device 1 is contacted, and the destination / schedule information is displayed. When direct handwriting is input, the input information is recognized by an internal recognition unit and transferred to the application server 6 via the network 13 via the wireless devices 2 and 8.
In addition, since the means for recognizing the handwritten input on the touch panel is well known, detailed description is omitted.
The application server 6 registers the received destination / schedule information in the destination / schedule information server 10. Furthermore, when the RFID card 4 is read by the RFID reader 9 installed in each room in the company, the staff information and the room name are transferred to the application server 6, and the application server 6 is the destination of the staff of the electronic display device 1. Display the room name in the column.

FIG. 2 shows an example when input is made to the electronic display device 1.
Among the absentees, those who are outside the company 15 are displayed in red, for example, those who are outside the company 17 are displayed in yellow, and the name field is displayed. The schedule of the day is displayed in the destination, business, time, and remarks columns. When there are many schedules and the display area is exceeded, the schedule with the current time and time overlapping is displayed at the top.
When the user displayed in the absence state is authenticated by reading the RFID card 4 into the RFID reader 3, the name column of the staff member is displayed in the presence state.
When the user 16 displayed in the presence state reads the RFID card 4 into the RFID reader 3 and is authenticated, the character input window 22 is displayed, and the electronic display device 1 is ready for input.

The character input window 22 can be moved within the screen by touching and dragging the screen. The destination, requirement, time, and remarks columns are editable, and the display is reversed as the character input area 20 when the edit target column is touched. In this state, when a handwritten character string is input to the character input window 22 and the return button is pressed, the input character string is recognized and the character string is displayed in the character input area 20.
It is also possible to select and input an item from the pull-down menu 21 by setting.
When the schedule deletion button 18 is pressed, the target schedule information is hidden, and when the determination button 23 of the character input window 22 is pressed, the corresponding data is also deleted from the destination / schedule information sharing system.
When the schedule invisible button 19 is pressed, the target schedule information is hidden, but the data in the destination / schedule information sharing system is not rewritten even if the determination button in the character input window 22 is pressed.
When the enter button 23 of the character input window 22 is pressed, schedule information input by the user is transmitted to the application server 6.
When the end button 24 of the character input window 22 is pressed, the schedule information input by the user is transmitted to the application server 6, and then the character input window 22 is closed and the input is disabled.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the system when displaying the destination / plan on the electronic display device 1.
The application server 6 receives from the destination / schedule information server 10 information associated with the electronic display device 1 in each room, a list of staff members to be displayed, and authentication information of the RFID card 4 held by the staff members. Information acquisition conditions for acquisition are registered in advance (step 101). The information acquisition condition is, for example, information that destination / schedule information of “staff A, staff B, staff C,... Staff N” is obtained from the destination / schedule information server 10 at “5 minute intervals”.
The application server 6 steps the destination / schedule information of the staff belonging to the group managed by the server 10 from the destination / schedule information server 10 based on the information related to the electronic display device 1 and the staff. Obtained according to the conditions set in 101 (step 102).
The acquired information is converted into a format for transmission to the electronic display device 1 and transmitted to the electronic display device 1 via the network 13 and the wireless devices 8 and 2 (step 103).
The electronic display device 1 receives the destination / schedule information from the wireless device 2 and displays a list (step 104).
When the set time has elapsed, the application server 6 acquires the latest information from the destination / schedule information server 10 and transmits it to the electronic display device 1 (step 105).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the system when inputting destination / schedule information from the electronic display device 1.
The staff holds the RFID card 4 held by the RFID card reader 3 incorporated in the electronic display device 1 installed in the room to which the staff belongs to read the staff authentication information 5 (step 201). The RFID card reader 3 transmits the read staff authentication information 5 to the application server 6 via the wireless devices 2 and 8 and the network 13 (step 202).
The application server 6 receives the staff authentication information 5 (step 203), and performs comparison with the registered authentication information (step 204). If they match, the electronic display device 1 is ready for input (step 205), but if it does not match, input is not possible.

When the input is ready, the staff inputs the destination / schedule information by touching the screen, and cancels the input ready state using the input end button 24 or the like (step 206).
The input destination / schedule information is transmitted to the application server 6 via the wireless devices 2 and 8 and the network 13 (step 207).
The application server 6 receives the destination / schedule information, converts it into a format suitable for the destination / schedule information server 10, and transmits it (step 208).
The destination / schedule information server 10 receives and registers the converted destination / schedule information (step 209).
The application server 6 executes steps 102 to 104 in FIG. 3 to display the latest information on the electronic display device 1.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the system for managing destination / schedule information, the destination / schedule information of the organization members can be instantly read from the permanent electronic display device without requiring operation of the PC. can get.
Further, the destination / schedule information can be registered in the destination / schedule information server by directly inputting the destination / schedule information using the touch panel on the front of the display screen.
Further, by the authentication process using the RFID card, the organization members that can be input can be limited, and erroneous input by accidentally touching the screen and unauthorized registration of information by a third party can be prevented.
Also, the RFID reader provided in each room of the organization reads the authentication information of the RFID card, so that the current location is automatically registered in the destination and schedule information server, and the destination display on the display screen is automatically updated. can do.
In addition, by using an application server for exchanging data between the electronic display device and the destination / schedule information server, the present invention can be applied to an existing destination / schedule information server with minimal modification to the system. I can do it.

In the above embodiment, a wireless line and a wired line are used together for information transfer between an electronic display device and a network, a destination, a schedule information server, an application server, etc. It can be configured to connect and transfer only.
Further, the application server and the destination / schedule information server can be integrated.
Further, an RFID card reader that detects entry into each room can be used as an RFID card reader attached to the electronic display device by installing the electronic display device at the entrance / exit of each room.

It is a system configuration figure showing an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the electronic display apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing flow at the time of displaying a destination and schedule information on an electronic display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the processing flow at the time of inputting destination / schedule information from an electronic display device and registering it in a destination / schedule information server.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic display unit and touch-panel type input device 2 Wireless device 3 RFID card reader 4 RFID card 5 Staff authentication information 6 Application server 10 Destination / schedule information server 11 Destination / schedule information 12 Staff authentication information 13 Network 14 Client

Claims (2)

An electronic destination / schedule information display device for displaying the organization member's destination and schedule information,
A display screen for displaying a registered organization member's destination and schedule information; a recognition means for recognizing the destination and schedule information input by touching a touch panel arranged in front of the display screen; and A wireless tag reader for reading authentication information recorded on a portable wireless tag card, and a management apparatus for receiving authentication information of an organization member read by the wireless tag reader, a destination recognized by the recognition means, and schedule information via a wireless or wired line And the destination and schedule information recognized by the recognition means after being authenticated by the authentication information are registered in the management device, and the destination and schedule information of the organization members registered in the management device are registered at predetermined time intervals. An electronic destination / schedule information display device comprising: transmission / reception means for receiving and transferring to the display screen for display.   It is installed in each room of the organization to which the organizational member belongs, and when each organizational member enters the room, the authentication information of the RFID tag card possessed by the structural member is read, and the management apparatus is wirelessly or preferentially used. The electronic destination / schedule information display device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic destination / schedule information display device is provided in parallel with a wireless tag reader that transmits the line and automatically updates the destination of the member.

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