JP2006291488A - Cabinet device for cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cabinet device for a cellular phone capable of preventing the cellular phone from being carried into effectively without incurring psychological repulsion by incorporating a box with an electric lock unlocked by authentication operation into a cabinet. <P>SOLUTION: This cabinet device is provided with the cabinet 10 incorporating a plurality of boxes 20, 20, an authentication terminal unit 12 for authenticating a card, and a controller 11 for unlocking the electric lock of the box 20 specified in advance per authenticated card. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet device for a mobile phone that is useful when, for example, a room with a camera that is not subject to secret leakage is prohibited from bringing in a mobile phone with a camera.

  Mobile phones with cameras are widely used.

  A mobile phone with a camera incorporates a high-performance small camera in the mobile phone, and can not only take a picture but also send the taken picture information as it is.

On the other hand, in buildings and rooms such as laboratories, offices, factories, etc. that do not like secret leakage, the entrance gate is equipped with an electric lock, and only authorized persons are allowed to enter the room. The system may be adopted. Further, a dedicated cabinet for storing a mobile phone is known (Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-290083 A

  According to such a conventional technique, a person who is permitted to enter the room at the entrance gate may bring a mobile phone with a camera, and there is a risk that secrets may be leaked by misusing it. Since mobile phones store personal information such as phone numbers and e-mail addresses, it is easy to cause a psychological repulsion of the occupants to leave the occupant's mobile phone temporarily in a guard. In terms of labor costs, it is not practical. Further, even if a simple cell phone cabinet is installed near the entrance gate, other people can easily access their cell phones, so there is a similar psychological resistance.

  Therefore, in view of the problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to enable the carrying of a mobile phone without causing psychological repulsion by incorporating a box with an electric lock that is unlocked by an authentication operation into the cabinet. An object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet device for a mobile phone that can be prevented.

  In order to achieve the above object, a configuration of the present invention includes a cabinet in which a plurality of boxes for storing mobile phones are incorporated, an authentication terminal for authenticating a card, and an electric lock of a box designated in advance for each authenticated card. And an authentication terminal having a function of discharging an authenticated card.

  Note that the authentication terminal can have a used card collection function and can be incorporated into a cabinet.

  According to the configuration of the invention, each box of the cabinet is designated in advance for each card to be authenticated via the authentication terminal, and the controller unlocks the electric lock of the box corresponding to the authenticated card. Therefore, the user holding the card opens the door of the box unlocked by the card authentication, stores his mobile phone, closes the door, and stores the mobile phone without learning psychological resistance. Can enter the room. This is because it is guaranteed that the mobile phone in the box cannot be accessed by others. Further, after the mobile phone is correctly stored in a predetermined box, the authentication terminal returns the card to the user by using the authenticated card ejection function and causes the user to carry it. Therefore, after leaving the room, the user can perform the authentication operation again with the card he possesses, unlock the predetermined box, and take out his mobile phone.

  The entrance gate may be automatically unlocked upon completion of the storage operation of the mobile phone, or may be unlocked using an authenticated card returned to the user. However, in the latter case, the authentication terminal preferably records the storage completion information of the mobile phone as an authentication history on the card and discharges it in order to refuse entry of a user who has not yet completed storage of the mobile phone.

  The card used for the authentication terminal may be a contact type or non-contact type IC card in addition to a magnetic card, or may have both functions of a magnetic card and an IC card mounted on a single card. May be. When the mobile phone in the box is taken out and used, these cards are automatically collected using the collection function of the authentication terminal, and can be reissued and reused by another user.

  The authentication terminal may be integrated into the surface portion of the cabinet or may be a floor-standing type, a wall-mounted type, a wall-embedded type, or the like that is separate from the cabinet.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The cabinet device for a mobile phone includes a cabinet 10 in which boxes 20, 20... Are incorporated, a controller 11 and an authentication terminal 12 incorporated in the cabinet 10 (FIGS. 1 and 2). However, the authentication terminal 12 is bidirectionally connected to the controller 11. 1A is an overall configuration system diagram, and FIG. 1B is an installation plan view including a gate G for entering a room.

  In the cabinet 10, a plurality of boxes 20, 20,... A controller 11 is incorporated in the lower part of the cabinet 10 via a lockable door (not shown), and an authentication terminal 12 is incorporated on the surface of the cabinet 10.

  Each box 20 can store a mobile phone T (FIG. 3). 3A to 3C are a configuration plan view, a longitudinal sectional view, and an electrical component system diagram of the box 20, respectively.

  The box 20 is a box that is open on the front side, a door 21 with a transparent window is attached to the front side, and a support frame 22 that supports the mobile phone T obliquely is incorporated in the front of the inside. Left and right guide plates 22a, 22a are erected on the support frame 22, and a micro switch 23 for detecting the mobile phone T on the support frame 22 is attached on the back side. However, the micro switch 23 can detect the presence / absence of the mobile phone T on the support frame 22 via the swing piece 23 a that protrudes and appears in the square hole 22 b in the center of the support frame 22.

  An electric lock 24 is incorporated in the box 20. The electric lock 24 has a latch 24a that engages with a hook 21a of the door 21, and the latch 24a automatically engages with the hook 21a when the door 21 is closed to lock the door 21, and a solenoid (not shown) is connected. The engagement with the hook 21a can be released and the lock can be unlocked. The electric lock 24 incorporates a limit switch 25 (not shown) that detects that the door 21 is closed and locked. The electric lock 24 is incorporated in the box 20 on the side opposite to the hinge of the door 21 via the partition door 24b and the mounting bases 24c and 24c. Red and blue lamps 26 and 27 are disposed above the front portion of the box 20. The micro switch 23, the electric lock 24, the limit switch 25, and the lamps 26 and 27 are connected to the controller 11 for each box 20 via, for example, a multi-core cable 28 (FIG. 1A).

  The authentication terminal 12 includes a reader 12b for a card CD inserted through the insertion port 12a, and a flapper 12c that switches the path of the card CD that has passed through the reader 12b to either the lower collection box 12d or the front discharge port 12e. Are built in (FIG. 4). The used card CD is collected in the collection box 12d, and the authenticated card CD authenticated by the authentication terminal 12 is discharged into the discharge port 12e. On the front surface of the authentication terminal 12, a tray 12f for receiving the card CD discharged through the discharge port 12e is mounted, and a lockable door 12g for collecting the card CD in the collection box 12d is provided. The flapper 12c has a discharge position for forcibly discharging the card CD from the reader 12b to the discharge port 12e (solid line in FIG. 4) and a recovery position for dropping the card CD directly into the lower recovery box 12d (two points in the figure). And can be electrically switched to a chain line). Note that the reader 12b is assumed to be a reader / writer having a writing function for the card CD.

  The cabinet 10 is installed on the outdoor side in the vicinity of the entrance gate G (FIG. 1B). The entrance gate G is equipped with an electric lock (not shown). The gate G is a card CD that has been authenticated by the authentication terminal 12 via the entrance terminal device Gc installed outside the door in the vicinity of the gate G. Can be used to unlock. The gate G can be freely opened from the indoor side when leaving the room to the outdoor side, and is automatically closed and locked when the room is completed.

  When the user enters the room from the gate G, the user can store the mobile phone T in the predetermined box 20 and enter the room by inserting the pre-issued card CD into the authentication terminal 12 and performing an authentication operation. When leaving G, the mobile phone T can be taken out of the box 20 by performing the authentication operation in the same manner. Therefore, when the card CD is inserted into the authentication terminal 12 for entering the room, the controller 11 and the authentication terminal 12 as a whole operate according to the program flowchart of FIG.

  The program first checks whether the authentication result of the inserted card CD is correct or not by the reader 12b of the authentication terminal 12 (program step (1) in FIG. 5; hereinafter simply described as (1)). That is, the program discharges the card CD from the reader 12b from the discharge port 12e by positioning the flapper 12c of the authentication terminal 12 at the discharge position if the card CD inserted into the authentication terminal 12 is not a regular card. Return it to the user (2) and finish.

  On the other hand, when the program confirms that the inserted card CD is a legitimate card (1), the program unlocks the electric lock 24 of the box 20 designated for the card CD (3), and then inside the box 20 The red lamp 26 is flashed (4), and the mobile phone T of the user who has inserted the card CD is waited for being stored in the box 20 (5). That is, the user knows that the electric lock 24 of the box 20 to be used has been unlocked by blinking the red lamp 26, so the door 21 of the box 20 is opened and the mobile phone T is stored. Then, the door 21 may be closed and automatically locked. When the mobile phone T is stored in this way and the door 21 is closed, the microswitch 23 is activated and the limit switch 25 is activated.

  When the mobile phone T is stored in the box 20 (5), the program instructs the red lamp 26 of the box 20 to turn on and closes the door 21 (6), and when the door 21 is closed (7). Then, the red lamp 26 is turned off and the blue lamp 27 is turned on (8) to notify the user of the completion of the storage of the mobile phone T. Subsequently, the program records necessary information such as date and time on the card CD as an authentication history via the reader 12b (9), and sets the flapper 12c to the discharge position to discharge the card CD from the discharge port 12e. (10).

  Therefore, the user can unlock the gate G by the terminal device Gc for entering the room using the authenticated card CD that has been ejected, and open the gate G to enter the room. On the other hand, the program waits for a predetermined fixed time (11), turns off the blue lamp 27 of the box 20 (12), and ends. However, the gate G can be freely opened from the outside of the room by unlocking the electric lock. When the user enters the room, the gate G is automatically closed and automatically locked. It is assumed that the user carries the card CD after leaving the gate G until he leaves the room.

  A user who has left the gate G can insert the card CD being carried into the authentication terminal 12 and execute an authentication operation to take out the mobile phone T in the box 20. At this time, the controller 11 and the authentication terminal 12 can take out. Operates according to the program flowchart of FIG. 6, for example.

  When the program confirms that the authentication result of the inserted card CD is normal (program step (1) in FIG. 6, hereinafter referred to simply as (1)), the box 20 designated for the card CD is displayed. The electric lock 24 is unlocked (3), and the red lamp 26 of the box 20 is turned on (4). Therefore, the user can open the door 21 of the box 20 and take out his / her mobile phone T. If the authentication result of the inserted card CD is invalid (1), the card CD is ejected from the ejection port 12e and returned to the user (2).

  When the mobile phone T is properly taken out (5), the red lamp 26 blinks to prompt the user to close the door 21 (6), and when the door 21 is closed (7), the red lamp 26 is turned off ( 8). Therefore, the program records information necessary for the card CD as an authentication history (9), collects the card CD in the lower collection box 12d with the flapper 12c in the collection position (10), and ends. The collected card CD can be used again by reading the recorded authentication history as storage data, erasing the authentication history, and issuing it to another user.

  In the above description, instead of providing the flapper 12c and the discharge port 12e with the tray 12f, the authentication terminal 12 combines a card CD feed roller capable of forward and reverse rotation with the reader 12b, and the authentication result is invalid. The card CD or the authenticated card CD may be returned to the insertion slot 12a and discharged.

  Further, the terminal device Gc of the gate G for entering the room may use another card without using the card CD that has been authenticated by the authentication terminal 12, and is a ten-key system that inputs a password or a password. In addition, a biometrics authentication method that reads fingerprints, palm prints, voice prints, irises, face shapes, and the like may be employed. In FIG. 6, for example, after executing the program step (10), a signal for unlocking the gate G is sent from the controller 11 to the terminal device Gc for the gate G for a predetermined fixed time, and the gate G is automatically activated. Unlocking may allow the user who has authenticated the card CD and stored the mobile phone T in the box 20 to enter the room without requiring an additional authentication operation.

  Furthermore, in each program step (9) of FIGS. 5 and 6, the authentication history may be transmitted directly to a separate computer and stored without being recorded on the card CD. Since new information is not written on the collected card CD, it can be delivered to another user as it is and reused.

  Generally, since the card CD individually corresponds to the boxes 20, 20,..., The same number as the number of the boxes 20, 20. However, if information that designates an actually unused box 20 is newly written on the card CD and delivered to the user, even if the number is smaller than the number of boxes 20, 20,. Absent.

Other embodiments

  In order to operate the microswitch 23, the support frame 22 in each box 20 can be combined with a swing plate 23b that can support the entire mobile phone T instead of the swing piece 23a (FIG. 7). . However, FIGS. 7A to 7C are respectively an exploded perspective view of a main part and a vertical sectional operation diagram when the mobile phone T is not placed.

  The swing plate 23b is swingably assembled on the support frame 22 via hinge pins 23c and 23c attached to the rear end. Therefore, when the mobile phone T is not placed, the swing plate 23b swings upward via the actuator of the microswitch 23 (FIG. 7B). The micro switch 23 can be operated by swinging downward ((C) in the figure). Even if the external shape of the mobile phone T is other than a rectangular parallelepiped, for example, streamlined, the microswitch 23 can be operated reliably and the storage operation of the mobile phone T can be reliably detected. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, the support frame 22 may be integrally formed in a smooth shape as a whole including the left and right guide plates 22a and 22a with a plastic material.

Overall configuration diagram Front view of cabinet Box configuration illustration Schematic cross-sectional explanatory diagram of the authentication terminal Program flow chart (1) Program flow chart (2) Main part structure explanatory drawing which shows other embodiment. The principal part perspective view which shows other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

T ... Mobile phone CD ... Card 10 ... Cabinet 11 ... Controller 12 ... Authentication terminal 20 ... Box 24 ... Electric lock

Patent Applicant Fuji Seiko Head Office
Attorney Tadaaki Matsuda, Attorney

Claims (3)

  A cabinet incorporating a plurality of boxes for storing mobile phones, an authentication terminal for authenticating a card, and a controller for unlocking an electric lock of the box designated in advance for each authenticated card, An authentication terminal has a function of discharging an authenticated card, and a cabinet device for a mobile phone.   2. The cabinet device for a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the authentication terminal has a function of collecting used cards. The mobile phone cabinet apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the authentication terminal is incorporated in the cabinet.

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