JP2007233745A - Access control system for entering or leaving room - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform priority processing of communication requirement of a customer even during a start-up test. <P>SOLUTION: This control system for entering or leaving a room has: controllers each reading information of a card to perform unlocking/locking control to an electric lock of a door of a living room or an entrance door, and storing operation information that is time of unlocking/locking of the electronic lock in each door of the entrance door or the living room; an instruction device 8 for the customer outputting an instruction signal for the unlocking/locking of the electric lock; a testing instruction device 9 outputting a test signal for an operation test of the electric lock and the controller; and a center device 7 receiving the instruction signal and the test signal, distributing them to the controllers, and acquiring and storing the operation information stored in the controllers. The center device 7 has: priority order setting means 15, 16, 18 distributing a plurality of piled-up instruction signals to the controllers in prescribed order; and a test line selection means 15, 16, 19 identifying the test signal, selecting a test dedicated line, and distributing it to the controllers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an entrance / exit management system.

As a conventional entrance / exit management system, a system has been developed to prevent errors by restoring the management of location information when a passerby is present during maintenance work involving system initialization. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-94328 A (paragraph number 0012 to paragraph number 0023, FIGS. 1 to 3)

  However, in the conventional entrance / exit management system described in JP 2004-94328 A, communication requests such as door unlocking operations performed by customers and requests for start-up tests are processed in order. If the startup test is initiated at multiple locations because the customer request cannot be distinguished from the startup test request, the customer's communication request will not be executed immediately and later. There was a problem that there were many complaints from. Moreover, even during the start-up test, in order to process customer communication requests, it is necessary to increase the number of communication lines, which inevitably increases the cost.

  The object of the present invention is considered in view of the above-mentioned problems, and prioritizes processing of customer communication requests, and does not affect customer communication requests even during start-up testing. To provide a management system.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention reads the information of the card when a predetermined card is inserted into a card reader provided in the vicinity of the entrance door of the customer building and the door of each living room, and the entrance door and the living room. A controller that performs unlocking / locking control on the electric lock of the door and stores operation information that is the time of unlocking / locking of the electric lock for each door of the entrance door and the living room, and unlocking / locking of the electric lock A command device for a customer that outputs a command signal, a test command device that outputs at least a test signal for an operation test of the controller and the electric lock, and the command signal and the test signal are received and distributed to the controller And at least a center device that acquires the operation information stored in the controller and stores the operation information. The center device has a priority setting means for distributing a plurality of the remaining command signals to a corresponding controller in a predetermined order, and a test for identifying the test signal and selecting a test-dedicated line for distribution to the corresponding controller. It is characterized by comprising at least a line selection means.

  Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the priority order set by the priority order setting means is the order of the number of the controllers installed in the customer building.

  According to the present invention, by setting the operating state in the controller, the priority order for all communication requests is set by distinguishing the communication request from the normal customer and the communication request to the controller during the start-up test. This makes it possible to obtain an entrance / exit management system that can preferentially process communication requests from large customers without delaying customer communication requests.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an entrance / exit management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entrance / exit management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the entrance / exit management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The entrance / exit management system 1 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a card reader 3 to 3N provided in the vicinity of the entrance doors of the customer buildings 2 to 2N and the doors of the respective rooms, and a predetermined number of card readers 3 to 3N. The information of the card is read by inserting a card (not shown), and the unlocking / locking control is performed for the electric locks 4 to 4N of the entrance door and the door of the living room, and the time of the unlocking and locking of the electric locks 4 to 4N It is comprised at least from the controllers 5-5N which memorize | store the operation information etc. which are these for every door of a front door and a living room. The card readers 3 to 3N have a function of reading a predetermined card (not shown) and authenticating whether or not the customer building 2 to 2N is a resident.

  The controllers 5 to 5N are communicably connected to the center device 7 through a communication line 6 such as an ISDN line. The controllers 5 to 5N store information about the reading of a predetermined card (not shown) by the card readers 3 to 3N and the electric locks 4 to 4N activated by authenticating the predetermined card as entry / exit information, The stored entry / exit information is distributed to the center device 7 in accordance with a command from the center device 7. Further, the controllers 5 to 5N are provided with a function of performing automatic door opening / closing control or lighting device blinking control.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the center device 7 includes a customer personal computer 8 (hereinafter referred to as a customer PC 8) that constitutes a customer command device that outputs command signals for unlocking and locking the electric locks 4 to 4N. And a start-up test personal computer 9 (hereinafter referred to as a start-up test PC 9) constituting a test command device that outputs at least test signals for operation tests of the controllers 5 to 5N and the electric locks 4 to 4N. Are connected to each other via a communication line 10 such as an Internet line. The customer PC 8 is provided in a management room that manages each of the customer buildings 2 to 2N, and is owned by the owner or administrator of each of the customer buildings 2 to 2N. The startup test PC 9 is used when introducing the entrance / exit management system into each of the customer buildings 2 to 2N.

  The center device 7 has a function of receiving a command signal and a test signal, distributing them to the controllers 5 to 5N, acquiring operation information stored in the controllers 5 to 5N, and storing the operation information. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication means 11 that receives communication requests from the customer PC 8 and the startup test PC 9, the control device 12 that controls the communication requests received by the communication means 11, and various management information are displayed. Operating state for identifying four types of operating statuses of non-operating, inactive, testing, and operating for the display device 13 to be stored, the storage device 14 to store various management information, and the controllers 5 to 5N in the customer buildings 2 to 2N An identification unit 15, a priority setting unit 16 that sets priority according to the four types of operating conditions, a transmission buffer 17 for transmitting a communication request from a customer, and a customer A normal transmission process 18~18N that communicates with the controller 5~5N installed in customer buildings 2~2N by a communication line 6 to the communication request, a test transmission process 19 includes.

  In the center device 7, the operating state identification unit 15, the priority setting unit 16, and the normal transmission processes 18 to 18N distribute the plurality of remaining command signals to the corresponding controllers 5 to 5N in a predetermined order. A test in which priority setting means is used to identify the test signal, select a test-dedicated line and distribute it to the corresponding controllers 5 to 5N by the operating state identification unit 15, the priority setting unit 16, and the test transmission process 19. Each of the line selection means is configured. The priority order set by the priority order setting means is the order of the numbers of the controllers 5 to 5N installed in the customer buildings 2 to 2N.

  In the entrance / exit management system 1, when the manager of the customer building 2 unlocks the electric lock 4 of the customer building 2, the manager of the customer building 2 connects the communication means 11 of the customer PC 8 and the center device 7. Are connected via the communication line 10 so that the information from the customer PC 8 is received on the center device 7 side. Further, in the entrance / exit management system 1, it is desired to perform the unlocking test of the electric lock 4N of the customer building 2N using the startup test PC 9 against the controller 5N of the customer building 2N that is conducting the startup test. When the test operator operating the startup test PC 9 connects the startup test PC 9 and the communication means 11 of the center device 7 via the communication line 10, Information can be received on the center device 7 side.

  Next, the operation procedure of the entrance / exit management system 1 having the above configuration will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

First, as shown in step S1 of FIG. 2, when the communication means 11 of the center apparatus 7 receives information, it is determined in step S2 of FIG. 2 whether or not the received information is information from the customer PC 8. Is done. The control device 12 of the center device 7 determines the customer PC 8 information transmitted from the communication means 11 and the customer PC 8 specific information stored in the storage device 14 in advance. And a predetermined menu screen stored in the storage device 14 is transmitted from the communication means 11 to the customer PC 8 via the communication line 10. Next, in step S2 of FIG. When it is determined that the incoming information is from the customer PC 8 stored (registered) in the storage device 14 in advance, the process proceeds to step S3 in FIG. Information (status information) related to the operating status of the controllers 5 to 5N is added, and information (priority information) related to the priority for the operation in the priority setting unit 16 After being pressurized, the process proceeds to step S4 of FIG. 2, is stored in the transmission buffer 17. For example, when the information is related to the unlocking of the electric lock 4 of the customer building 2 from the customer PC 8 to the control device 12 of the center device 7, the operation state identifying unit 15 stores the information related to the unlocking in the “controller 5 After the status information that “the operation state is operation” is added, and the priority order information that the priority order for the operation is “high priority” is added by the priority order setting unit 16, the transmission buffer 17. Stored in

  Next, since the unlocking information of the electric lock 4 of the customer building 2 stored in the transmission buffer 17 is in an operating state, communication is performed as shown in step S5 of FIG. 2, and the process proceeds to step S6 of FIG. It is determined whether the process is a normal transmission process.

  If it is determined in step S6 in FIG. 2 that the process is a normal transmission process, the process proceeds to step S7 in FIG. 2 and the normal transmission process 18 of the center device 7 is selected, and the controller of the customer building 2 via the communication line 6 is selected. The unlocking information of the electric lock 4 is transmitted to 5. And the controller 5 will transmit the unlocking signal to the electric lock 4, if the unlocking information of the electric lock 4 from the center apparatus 7 is received. Here, even if a plurality of unlocking information of the electric locks 4 to 4N of the customer buildings 2 to 2N are transmitted from the customer PC 8 to the center device 7, priority order information is added to the plurality of unlocking information. Then, the communication processing is performed according to the priority order stored in the transmission buffer 17 and based on the added priority order information.

  If it is not determined in step S2 in FIG. 2 that the information transmitted from the communication means 11 is from the customer PC 8 stored (registered) in the storage device 14 in advance, the process proceeds to step S8 in FIG. It is determined whether or not the information transmitted from the means 11 is information from the startup test PC 9. The determination is performed by combining the information for specifying the start-up test PC 9 transmitted from the communication unit 11 with the specific information for the start-up test PC 9 stored in the storage device 14 in advance. A predetermined menu screen stored in the storage device 14 is transmitted from the communication means 11 to the startup test PC 9 via the communication line 10.

  Next, in step S8 of FIG. 2, it is determined that the information for specifying the startup test PC 9 transmitted from the communication unit 11 is from the startup test PC 9 stored (registered) in the storage device 14 in advance. 2, the process proceeds to step S10 in FIG. 2, and information (status information) about the operating status of the controllers 5 to 5N is added to the information by the operating status identifying unit 15 and the priority setting unit 16 After the information regarding the priority for the operation (priority information) is added, the process proceeds to step S4 in FIG. That is, when the information is related to the unlocking of the electric lock 4N of the customer building 2N from the start-up test PC 9 to the control device 12 of the center device 7, the operating state identification unit 15 includes the controller 5 The state information indicating that the operation state of ˜5N is active is added, and the priority order setting unit 16 adds priority information indicating that the priority for operation is low priority, and then the transmission buffer 17. Stored in

  Thereafter, since the unlock information of the electric lock 4N of the customer building 2N stored in the transmission buffer 17 is in an operating state, communication is performed as shown in step S5 of FIG. 2, and the process proceeds to step S6 of FIG. It is determined whether the process is a normal transmission process. In this case, since it is not a normal transmission process, the process proceeds to step S11 in FIG. 2, the test transmission process 19 of the center device 7 is selected, and the electric lock 4N is transferred to the controller 5N of the customer building 2N via the communication line 6. By transmitting the unlocking information, the start-up test of the center device 7 for the customer building 2N is performed.

  When it is determined in step S8 in FIG. 2 that the information for specifying the startup test PC 9 transmitted from the communication unit 11 does not come from the startup test PC 9 stored (registered) in the storage device 14 in advance. In step S9 of FIG. 2, the communication is disconnected and forcibly completed.

  As described above, according to the operation procedure of the entrance / exit management system 1, the communication request from the customer PC 8 and the communication request from the start-up test PC 9 are identified, and the identified communication request is respectively transmitted to the controller 5. The priority is set depending on whether the state of 5N is at least the test state or the normal state, and the high priority uses the normal transmission processes 18 to 18N with many lines, and the low priority has one Since the communication with the controllers 5 and 5N is performed using the line test transmission process 19, the unlocking operation of the electric lock 4 installed in the customer building 2 and the customer building 2N during the start-up test are installed. Since the unlocking operation of the electric lock 4N does not compete with the communication request processing and does not affect each other, it is necessary to arrange a large number of communication lines in order to process customer communication requests. Kunar.

  Further, according to the operation procedure of the entrance / exit management system 1, when the information received by the communication means 11 of the center device 7 is not information by access from the customer PC 8 or information by access from the startup test PC 9. Because the communication is forcibly completed, it is safe.

  Furthermore, according to the entrance / exit management system 1, priority is set for the communication request of the customer and the communication request during the start-up test, and the communication request of the customer takes priority over the communication request during the start-up test. Then, since it is sent to the controllers 5 to 5N of the customer buildings 2 to 2N, it becomes possible to preferentially process communication requests from large customers, greatly reducing customer complaints. it can.

  According to the present invention, the reliability and responsiveness of the entrance / exit management system 1 can be improved, which can contribute to the popularization of the entrance / exit management system 1. In addition, this invention is not limited only to the entrance / exit management system 1 shown to the said embodiment, An application change is possible in the range which includes the meaning of this invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the entrance / exit management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the entrance / exit management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Entrance / exit management system 2-2N Customer building 3-3N Card reader 4-4N Electric lock 5-5N Controller 6 Communication line 7 Center device 8 Customer PC (customer command device)
9 Start-up test PC (test command device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Communication line 11 Communication means 12 Control apparatus 13 Display apparatus 14 Storage apparatus 15 Operation | movement state identification part 16 Priority order setting part 17 Transmission buffer 18-18N Normal transmission process 19 Test transmission process

Claims (2)

  When a predetermined card is inserted into a card reader provided in the vicinity of the entrance door of the customer building and the door of each room, the information on the card is read and the unlocking and locking control for the electric lock of the door of the entrance door and the room is performed. A controller that stores operation information that is the time of unlocking and locking of the electric lock for each door of the entrance door and the living room, and a customer command device that outputs a command signal for unlocking and locking of the electric lock, A test command device that outputs at least a test signal for an operation test of the controller and the electric lock; and the operation information stored in the controller while receiving the command signal and the test signal and delivering the command signal and the test signal to the controller At least a center device that stores the operation information and stores the operation information. A priority order setting unit that distributes the command signal to the corresponding controller in a predetermined order, and a test line selection unit that identifies the test signal, selects a test-dedicated line, and distributes the test signal to the corresponding controller; An entrance / exit management system characterized by that. The entrance / exit management system according to claim 1, wherein the priority order set by the priority order setting unit is the order of the number of the controllers installed in a customer building.

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