JP2007172089A - System and method for supporting attendance information management - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for supporting management of attendance information, using an electronic pen and a paper sheet exclusive therefor. <P>SOLUTION: The attendance information management support system using the electronic pen comprises the electronic pen having at least a writing means, an optical reading means, a storage means, a transmitting means and unique identification information; a communication terminal including at least an input means, a transmitting and receiving means and a display means, and connecting the electronic pen with a network; an electronic pen system management server provided on the network; a totaling terminal provided on the network; and an attendance information entry sheet for inputting attendance information by a dot pattern readable by the electronic pen, the dot pattern being printed on the sheet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an attendance information management support system and method, and more particularly, an attendance information management support system and an attendance information management support method for managing work information using an electronic pen and a work information description sheet using electronic pen dedicated paper. About.

Conventionally, in order to manage the work status of employees, the time recorder was used to enter and leave the time card on the time card, and the person in charge entered the time card on the last day on the computer. The work hours of employees were counted.
In recent years, systems that automatically count employee working hours have been used by issuing ID cards to employees and having the card reader read the cards when leaving or leaving the company.
On the other hand, the Labor Standards Law, which sets the minimum standards for working conditions of employees, has a clause (Article 32) that describes working hours, and changes in working hours in one month, flextime, and changes in one year. A system has been established for working hours and weekly atypical modified working hours.
In addition, overtime work (Article 36), overtime / holiday and late-night premiums (Article 37) are stipulated.
It is difficult to deal with such a law with the aforementioned time card or ID card.

Under such circumstances, a technology that manages employee entry / exit times without making new capital investments and automates the calculation of salary based on this information, “Attendance using telephone numbers” "Situation, salary calculation management system" is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
According to the system described in Patent Document 1, a telephone number and password for identifying an employee are stored as an employee information database, and a company entry / exit time information database is stored as date, time, and telephone number as data. An input terminal provided with a communication processing function for transmitting the data of the work / leaving time information database to the management server, an authentication database for storing terminal ID and password as data, date, time, terminal ID, sent from the input terminal It is constituted by a management server provided with a work / leaving time information database for accumulating the obtained work / leaving time information and a salary system database.

JP 2003-16239 A

  However, in the above-described disclosed technology, there is a problem that the input record and history are not left and it is not clarified at which location the message is transmitted.

  In order to solve the above problems, a first invention of an attendance information management support system according to the present invention is an attendance information management support system using an electronic pen, and includes at least writing means, optical reading means, storage means, and transmission means. An electronic pen having unique identification information, a communication terminal having at least an input means, a transmission / reception means, and a display means to connect the network and the electronic pen, an electronic pen system management server provided on the network, A totaling terminal provided on a network, and a work information description sheet on which a dot pattern readable by the electronic pen is printed and work information is input by the dot pattern is provided. is there.

  The second invention is characterized in that, in the first invention, the unique identification information of the electronic pen corresponds to the employee code on a one-to-one basis.

  The third invention is characterized in that in the first or second invention, the same dot pattern is printed on the work information description sheet.

  According to a fourth invention, in any one of the first, second, and third inventions, the electronic pen and / or the communication terminal has time information generating means.

  Further, the fifth invention is the invention according to any one of the first, second, third and fourth inventions, wherein the work information includes entry / exit information to / from the factory or the workplace, assembly line information, worker diary information. It is the information containing either of these, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Moreover, 6th invention is the attendance information management method using 5th invention, Comprising: At least the step which describes work information on a work information description sheet | seat using an electronic pen, From an electronic pen to a communication terminal A step of transmitting work information; a step of transmitting work information by attaching time information from the communication terminal to the electronic pen system management server; and a step of transmitting text information of work information from the electronic pen system management server to the counting terminal. And a step of storing work information received by the counting terminal.

1) An attendance information management support system using an electronic pen as in the first invention, wherein the electronic pen has at least writing means, optical reading means, storage means, transmission means, and unique identification information; A communication terminal having input means, transmission / reception means, and display means for connecting the network and the electronic pen; an electronic pen system management server provided on the network; a totaling terminal provided on the network; and the electronic pen A dot pattern that can be read by printing is printed, and a work information description sheet for inputting work information by the dot pattern is provided, so that entry time, exit time, work start time, and end time become clear. In addition, the relationship with the progress of work is clarified, and proper attendance information can be grasped.
2) Also, as in the second invention, in the first invention, the unique identification information of the electronic pen corresponds to the employee code on a one-to-one basis, thereby causing an injustice to cause another person to work overtime. I can't do it.
3) Further, as in the third invention, in either the first or second invention, the same dot pattern is printed on the work information description sheet, whereby the system can be simplified.
4) Further, as in the fourth invention, in any one of the first, second, and third inventions, the electronic pen and / or the communication terminal has time information generating means, so that the time is displayed on the work information description sheet. When is described, the relationship with the described time becomes clear.
5) Also, as in the fifth invention, in any of the first, second, third, and fourth inventions, the work information includes entry / exit information to / from the factory or work place, assembly line information, worker It is possible to manage work information reasonably in addition to the conventional entry / exit times, such as information in the work diary, or sending information. Information can be used in real time.

The attendance information management support system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, the attendance information management support system of the present invention will be described using an example of the attendance information management support system in a factory.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an apparatus and medium for constructing the attendance information management support system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of work information collected in a factory, and FIG. Is a diagram for explaining an example of a work information description sheet, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a flow of work information written on the work information description sheet by an electronic pen, and FIG. FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams for explaining the electronic pen dedicated paper.

With reference to FIG. 1, the apparatus and medium for constructing the attendance information management support system of this invention are demonstrated.
The attendance information management support system according to the present invention includes an electronic pen 1 having at least writing means, optical reading means, storage means, transmission means, and unique identification information, a network having at least input means, transmission / reception means, and display means. 9 and a communication terminal 2 that connects the electronic pen 1, an electronic pen system management server 3 provided on the network, a totaling terminal 4 provided on the network, and a dot pattern that can be read by the electronic pen 1. It is printed and constructed by the work information description sheet 5 for inputting work information by the dot pattern.
In the present invention, an electronic pen is provided (or lent) to each employee one by one, and must be brought at work.

  In the following description, the electronic pen will be described as an example of an anotopen developed by “Anoto” in Sweden, and the work information description sheet will be described as an example of a work information description sheet on which a dot pattern dedicated to an anotopen is printed.

First, an electronic pen will be described with reference to FIG.
The electronic pen 1 includes a writing unit 106 with an ink cartridge 108, an imaging unit 105 using a digital camera that reads a dot pattern, a storage unit 103 that stores writing information (dot pattern trajectory information) read by the digital camera, and a communication terminal. Is composed of a communication unit 102 that transmits coordinate information of a stroke, a control unit 104 that controls these functions, a pressure sensor 107 for an electronic pen, and a power supply unit (not shown). It is installed inside.
The electronic pen reads the dot pattern information printed on the electronic pen dedicated paper by the imaging unit 105 and stores it in the storage unit 103, and transmits the information from the communication unit 102 to the communication terminal 2 together with the unique identification information of the electronic pen.
The communication unit 102 is compatible with USB (Universal Serial Bus) or Bluetooth.
The writing unit 106 incorporated in the housing 101 of the electronic pen 1 can be used as a simple writing instrument.

The writing unit 106 plays a role of making the distance between the imaging unit 105 and the dot pattern printing surface by the digital camera constant in addition to the role of leaving the writing information in the description unit in a visible state.
When the writing unit 106 is attached to the electronic pen housing 101, the tip on the ink cartridge 108 side comes into contact with the pressure sensor 107 for the electronic pen attached to the electronic pen housing 101.
The pressure sensor 107 has a role of notifying the control unit 104 that information description is started and a role of separately reading the strength of the writing pressure.
Therefore, although it is not used in the present embodiment, it is possible to cope with a field of use in which characteristics of writing pressure are grasped at the time of signature and it is determined whether the signer is a registered person, for example. It is like that.
When checking or filling the remaining amount of the ink cartridge 108, for example, the writing unit 106 is pulled out from the tip of the electronic pen housing 101 to check the remaining amount of ink or to replenish ink.

The electronic pen dedicated paper will be described with reference to FIG.
The electronic pen-dedicated paper is paper on which an electronic pen-dedicated dot pattern as shown in FIG. A is printed on the entire surface of the paper (the vertical and horizontal virtual lines shown in FIG. Not actually printed).
Each dot of the electronic pen dedicated dot pattern is placed in one of four different directions near the intersection of vertical and horizontal virtual lines that intersect at right angles formed at intervals of 0.3 mm (recognizable by the electronic pen imaging unit) N) It is printed with colored ink.
FIG. b is an example in which the meaning of each dot of the electronic pen dedicated dot pattern shown in FIG. a is converted into a numerical value for easy understanding.
In the above-mentioned system of Anoto, 36 dots (dot group printed on the inner side of about 4 mm ² ) are handled as one unit information.

  When characters and symbols are written on the electronic pen dedicated paper with an electronic pen, the position of the pen tip is traced, and the coordinate information of the dot pattern printed in the vicinity is read by the imaging unit built in the electronic pen. The locus of unit information that the pen tip has moved is stored in the storage unit of the electronic pen.

The electronic pen system management server will be described.
In FIG. 1, some or all of the electronic pen system management functions are installed in an independent server and connected to the Internet for use. However, these functions can be used by incorporating them in the communication terminal 2. Can be connected and used as a unit.
In the following description, the case where the electronic pen system management server is made independent and connected to the Internet will be described.
Although not shown, the electronic pen system management server 3 is divided into a PLS server and an ASH server.
Stroke coordinate information (dot pattern address information of electronic pen dedicated paper) transmitted from the electronic pen via the communication terminal is first transmitted to an electronic pen system management server called PLS (Paper Look-up Service). .
The PLS server determines the application being used from the received stroke coordinate information, and sends the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and stroke coordinate information of the ASH (Application Service Handler) server that supports the application to the communication terminal 2. Send.
The URL and stroke coordinate information of the ASH server received by the communication terminal 2 are immediately transmitted to the electronic pen 1.

As described above, a part or all of the electronic pen system management function can be used by being incorporated in the communication terminal 2 or connected as a unit. However, in many cases, the PLS function is made independent and the ASH is used. Use built-in functions.
In a small-scale system, both a PLS function and an ASH function are built in and used.

A communication terminal will be described.
The communication terminal 2 is a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), or other device having a communication function.
If there is a higher-end model behind you, you can also use a mobile phone.
The communication terminal 2 receives work information based on the coordinate information of the stroke transmitted from the electronic pen 1, dot pattern information in the check column, electronic pen identification information, and the like through a USB or Bluetooth compatible interface.
As described above, the communication terminal is connected to the electronic pen by wire or wirelessly, and controls a plurality of electronic pens by one unit.
The communication terminal 2 transmits work information based on the coordinate data received from the PLS server to the URL of the ASH server.
The ASH server edits the coordinate information of the stroke received from the communication terminal 2 by an application program, converts it into text data, etc., and transmits it to the communication terminal 2.

The communication terminal 2 transmits the work information converted into text data or the like to the aggregation terminal 4 connected via the net. At this time, time information is pasted and transmitted for each unit of work information.
The time information may be generated with an electronic pen or within a communication terminal.

The aggregation terminal will be described.
The totaling terminal 4 is a device such as a host computer or a personal computer connected to the host computer.
The totaling terminal 4 stores the work information received from the communication terminal 2 in the storage unit of the totaling terminal or the host computer.
The stored work information is used for salary calculation and the like.

An example of work information collected in the factory will be described with reference to FIG.
The employee writes the employee code, name, attendance time, and the like on the work information description sheet (attendance book) 51 placed at the entrance of the factory or the workplace 7 with an electronic pen carried by each employee.
The time information may not be described by generating the time from an electronic pen or a communication terminal and pasting it on the description information.
In the work information description sheet (attendance book) 51, when leaving the office, the time of leaving the office is described in the same manner as when working.
Since the working hours can be identified by the identification code of the electronic pen (employee code associated with the identification code of the electronic pen), the work information description sheet (attendance record) 51 is common to both attendance and departure Can be used in
In this manner, the attendance time is collected from the work information description sheet (attendance book) 51.

When an employee arrives at each position, first, the date, his / her employee code, name, and time (generated from an electronic pen or a communication terminal) are pasted on the description information on the work information description sheet (business diary) Can be omitted).
The employee A moves the parts 8 as a base when assembling the parts from the warehouse, and writes the moved quantity and date information on the work information description sheet (business diary) 52 with the electronic pen 1a. The part 8 rides on the assembly line 71 and rotates to reach the employee B's position.
The employee B moves the plurality of parts 81 from the warehouse, and writes the moved parts quantity and date information on the work information description sheet (business diary) 53 with the electronic pen 1b. The part 81 is incorporated in the part 8, moves on the assembly line 71, and reaches the place where the employee C is held.
The employee C moves a plurality of parts 82 from the warehouse, and writes the quantity and date information of each moved part on the work information description sheet (business diary) 54 with the electronic pen 1c. The part 82 is incorporated in the part 8, moves on the assembly line 71, and reaches the place where the employee D is held.
The employee D moves the semi-finished product or the finished product arrived on the assembly line to a predetermined storage location, and inspects and inspects it using a dedicated device.
The inspection / inspection information is written on the work information description sheet (business diary) 55 with the electronic pen 1d.

As described above, the work information description sheet (attendance book) 51 and the work information description sheets (work diary) 52 to 55 described with the electronic pens owned by each employee are temporarily stored in a predetermined place in each workplace until the next day. Stored. On the next day, new work information description sheets (attendance books) 51 and work information description sheets (business diaries) 52 to 55 are distributed and described in the same manner.
On the distributed work information description sheet, the same dot pattern is printed for each purpose of use.
On the other hand, the attendance / leaving time information described in the work information description sheet (attendance book) 51 is transmitted to the aggregation terminal via the electronic pen system management server via the communication terminal.
Similarly, the quality information, quantity information, and delivery information of the parts described in the work information description sheet (business diary) 51 are transmitted to the totaling terminal via the electronic pen system management server via the communication terminal, and stored and operated. Is done.

An example of the work information description sheet will be described with reference to FIG.
A work information description sheet 51 shown in the figure is a time card that describes entry / exit times.
The work information description sheet 51 is collected in one day, and the next day is switched to a new sheet. Therefore, the date column 512 and the office code 513 may be printed or written in advance.
The employee writes the employee code in the employee code column 514 of the work information description sheet 51, the name in the name column 515, and the entry time (attendance time) in the time column 516 with the electronic pen held at the time of work. .
When the description is finished, check the check box 511 (describe a check mark).
When checked, the described contents are transmitted from the electronic pen to a communication terminal installed nearby.
The employee makes the same description when leaving (leaving), and when the description is completed, the check box 511 is checked (a check mark is described).
Different sheets may be used for the work information description sheet describing the attendance time and the work information description sheet describing the leaving time.
In addition, the check box 511 may be printed on a line-by-line basis, for example, in the remarks column 517, and a check mark is written every time work information of each person is written.

With reference to FIG. 4, an example of the flow of work information described on the work information description sheet by the electronic pen will be described.
First, the electronic pen 1 writes work information such as entry / exit times and diary information on a work information description sheet (S1: Step 1).
Stroke data of work information is transmitted from the electronic pen 1 to the communication terminal 2.
The communication terminal 2 receives the stroke data of work information from the electronic pen (S2).
The communication terminal 2 transmits the stroke data of work information to the electronic pen system management server 3 (S3).
The communication terminal 2 receives the text data of the entrance time from the electronic pen system management server 3 (S4).
First, the communication terminal 2 receives the stroke data of work information and the URL of the ASH server from the PLS server (one of the electronic pen system management servers) and transmits it to the electronic pen.
Next, the stroke data of work information is transmitted to the URL of the ASH server (one of electronic pen system management servers) received from the electronic pen.
The communication terminal 2 receives the work information converted into the text data from the ASH server, and transmits the work information converted into the text data and the time information generated by the communication terminal to the counting terminal 4 (S5). . The generated time information may be time information generated by an electronic pen.
The totaling terminal 4 receives the work information to which the time information is attached and stores it in the storage unit (S6).
The tabulation terminal 4 tabulates the received entry / exit time information (work / leaving) time information and business diary information, and creates basic data of salary calculation and personnel data.

  It can be used to manage work information at factories, large stores, construction sites, etc.

It is a figure for demonstrating the apparatus and medium for constructing the attendance information management support system of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the work information collected in a factory. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a work information description sheet. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the flow of the work information described in the work information description sheet with the electronic pen. It is a figure for demonstrating an electronic pen. It is a figure for demonstrating the paper only for an electronic pen.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d Electronic pen 2 Communication terminal 3 Electronic pen system management server 4 Totaling terminal 5, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 Work information description sheet 7 Factory 8, 81, 82 Parts 9 Network 71 Assembly Line 101 Housing 102 Communication unit 103 Storage unit 104 Control unit 105 Imaging unit 106 Writing unit 107 Pressure sensor 108 Ink cartridge 511 Check box 512 Date column 513 Office code column 514 Employee code column 515 Name column 516 Time Description column 517 Remarks column

Claims (6)

An attendance information management support system using an electronic pen,
An electronic pen having at least writing means, optical reading means, storage means, transmission means, and unique identification information;
A communication terminal having at least input means, transmission / reception means, and display means for connecting the network and the electronic pen;
An electronic pen system management server provided on the network;
An aggregation terminal provided on the network;
A dot pattern readable by the electronic pen is printed, and a work information description sheet for inputting work information by the dot pattern;
An attendance information management support system characterized by comprising: In the attendance information management support system according to claim 1,
The attendance information management support system characterized in that the unique identification information of the electronic pen corresponds to the employee code on a one-to-one basis. In the attendance information management support system according to claim 1,
The attendance information management support system characterized in that the same dot pattern is printed on the work information description sheet. In the attendance information management support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An electronic pen and / or a communication terminal has time information generation means, and an attendance information management support system. In the attendance information management support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The attendance information management support system characterized in that the work information is information including any one of entry / exit information to / from a factory or a workplace, assembly line information, and worker's work diary information. The attendance information management method using the attendance information management support system according to claim 5, comprising at least:
The step of describing work information on the work information description sheet using the electronic pen, the step of transmitting work information from the electronic pen to the communication terminal, and the work information by attaching time information from the communication terminal to the electronic pen system management server And a step of transmitting the text information of the work information from the electronic pen system management server to the totaling terminal, and a step of storing the work information received by the totaling terminal. Information management method.

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