JP2008129826A - Access control system using portable electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an access control system which eliminates the necessity of verifying reading program for each gate and preventing a setting error of a memory address to be read by a reader. <P>SOLUTION: The access control system comprises a portable electronic apparatus having a non-contact IC card function mounted thereon and an access control device which controls a gate to permit entry/exit on the basis of authentication ID information received from the portable electronic apparatus. The portable electronic apparatus includes a storage means wherein different authentication ID information are stored, a display means for displaying stored gate information, a selection means for selecting gate information displayed on the display means, and a means for storing authentication ID information selected by the selection means into a prescribed storage area preliminarily provided to be read by the access control device so that this information can be rewritten. The access control device includes a means which reads authentication ID information stored in the storage area of the portable electronic apparatus when reading authentication ID information from the portable electronic apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable electronic device that controls an entrance / exit management device that manages the open / close state of a gate based on authentication ID information transmitted from a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone equipped with a non-contact IC card function. The present invention relates to an entry / exit management system using a device.

Conventionally, entry / exit is performed by controlling the gate open / close state by reading authentication ID information stored in a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone and performing authentication processing based on the authentication ID information. Since the management system is effective as a security measure, it is used in many places, and these techniques are already known. (For example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2)
In particular, since the number of people who always have a mobile phone is increasing, a plurality of different authentication ID information used for authentication processing is registered in the memory of the mobile phone, and one mobile phone is connected. It can also be used for opening and closing a plurality of gates having different entrance purposes that are installed in different places.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-4660 JP 2002-352282 A

For example, the ID information for authentication used as a key for unlocking the door of the house is stored in the memory of one mobile phone, and when entering the office building of the company in the memory. If the ID information for authentication used for the authentication process of the permission of passage of the entrance gate provided is also stored, it is possible to enter the home door and the office building using one mobile phone.
Thus, if there is one mobile phone, it is possible to manage the opening and closing of doors and gates provided in a plurality of different places.

FIG. 5 shows the relationship between the mobile phone 31 and the reader / writers 30a, 30b, and 30c, which are a plurality of readers installed at different locations, as a conventional technique.
Conventionally, in order to perform authentication processing by a plurality of reader / writers 30a, 30b, 30c with one mobile phone 31, authentication ID information 33 is previously stored in a plurality of memory addresses 34 in a memory area 32 of the mobile phone 31, respectively. Let me.
Each reader / writer 30a, 30b, and 30c is set to read authentication ID information from a memory address in which predetermined authentication ID information is stored in advance in the memory area of the mobile phone for each reader / writer. It is necessary to prepare a reading program.
Therefore, on the manufacturer side, according to the installation purpose of each reader / writer, whether the reader / writer is reading the authentication ID information stored at a predetermined memory address from the memory area of the mobile phone accurately. It is necessary to perform verification processing.

In addition, if a reading program in which the memory address that the reader / writer is reading is set wrongly is installed in the mobile phone, it causes a trouble that the authentication ID information cannot be read from the mobile phone.
For this reason, it is necessary to accurately install a dedicated control program to be used corresponding to each gate in the memory of the mobile phone, and there is a risk that it will take time for verification and troubles due to misconfiguration of the reading program There is a problem such as.

  Accordingly, the present invention enables a portable electronic device such as a single mobile phone to be used in combination with a plurality of gate opening / closing authentication processes for different entrance purposes. Even when a plurality of ID information for authentication is stored, it is not necessary to install a dedicated program to be used for each gate in the reading device on the gate side. There is also provided an entry / exit management system capable of preventing an error in setting a memory address to be read by a reading device.

  To achieve the above object, an entry / exit management system using a portable electronic device according to the present invention includes a portable electronic device having a non-contact IC card function and an authentication ID received from the portable electronic device. An entrance / exit management system that uses a portable electronic device comprising: an entrance / exit management device that controls entry / exit by a gate based on information; and wherein the portable electronic device includes a plurality of different authentications. A storage unit that stores ID information; a display unit that displays gate information stored in the storage unit; a selection unit that selects gate information displayed on the display unit; and a selection unit that is selected by the selection unit. Means for storing the authentication ID information in a predetermined storage area provided in advance for reading by the entry / exit management device, and the entry / exit management device. , When reading the authentication ID information from the portable electronic device, characterized in that it comprises means for reading said portable the authentication ID information storage area are stored in the electronic device.

  Therefore, in the entry / exit management system using the portable electronic device of the present invention, the storage means of the portable electronic device is provided with a dedicated storage area for the entry / exit management device to read the authentication ID information. Even a plurality of entrance / exit management devices installed at different locations can be handled by reading the authentication ID information stored in the same storage area. There is no need to install a dedicated reading program. Therefore, there is no need to verify each reading program, and it is possible to prevent a setting error in which a memory address read by the reading device is set incorrectly.

Hereinafter, an entrance / exit management system using a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of an entry / exit management system using a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an entry / exit management using a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a selection screen is displayed on a mobile phone regarding the system, and FIG. 3 shows a display screen displayed on the mobile phone in relation to an entry / exit management system using the portable electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a memory area of a portable electronic device according to an entry / exit management system using the portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of a conventional portable electronic device. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a memory area, FIG. 6 relates to an entry / exit management system using a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, a system block diagram of the portable electronic device, and FIG. 7 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a system block diagram showing another configuration of the portable electronic device according to the entry / exit management system using the portable electronic device according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an entry / exit using the portable electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process sequence of a management system.

In the description of the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention, a case where a mobile phone is used as the portable electronic device will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. 1, a user 1 has a cellular phone 2 equipped with a non-contact IC card function.
In this cellular phone 2, a plurality of different authentication ID information to be used for each gate in advance is stored in association with the gate information to be used, and the gate stored in the storage means Display means 3 for displaying information, selection means 4 for selecting gate information to be used from gate information displayed on the display means, and gate information selected by the selection means 4 in association with the gate information. Means for storing rewritable authentication ID information in a predetermined storage area provided in advance so as to be read by the entry / exit management device.
Here, the predetermined storage area provided in the storage means of the cellular phone 2 is defined as storing authentication ID information necessary for opening a gate provided in the entrance / exit management device in advance. This is a storage area, and refers to a storage area that is read in common even when there are a plurality of entrance / exit management devices that use the mobile phone 2 to perform gate unlocking.

Here, the gate does not simply indicate a gate having an opening / closing door, but a door that must be passed when entering a predetermined place or inside a room, such as a door with a lock or an automatic door. It has a broad meaning as an entrance management facility provided in the city.
Therefore, in the case shown in FIG. 1, an example using the door 5 that is locked and managed with an electronic lock as a gate is shown. In the following description of the embodiment of the present invention, locking is managed with an electronic lock. The door 5 is described as an entrance management facility similar to a gate.
Then, when the user brings the mobile phone 2 close to the wall near the entrance of the door 5, the authentication ID information stored in a predetermined storage area of the mobile phone 2 is read, and based on the read authentication ID information. In addition, an entry / exit management device 6 that controls the electronic lock to an unlocked state to open the door 5 is provided.
Further, the mobile phone 2 is read by a plurality of entrance management facilities as required by the user 1 so that the mobile phone 2 can be used in common by a plurality of entrance management facilities provided in different places. A plurality of different gate information controlled to be ready can be stored in the storage means in advance.

Gates installed in different locations are, for example, entrance gates and doors at home entrance doors, offices of offices such as companies, and when the user is a salesman, when entering the customer's building. There are admission gates.
Then, depending on the user's behavior, a plurality of authentication ID information corresponding to the gate that needs to be passed is stored, and when the authentication ID information is read and used, the authentication ID information to be used is selected, The entry / exit management device of a plurality of different gates selects and processes the authentication ID information corresponding to the gate by rewriting and storing it in a predetermined storage area provided in advance for reading by the entry / exit management device. There is no need to perform the authentication process by simply reading the authentication ID information stored in a predetermined storage area, so that the processing burden on the entrance / exit management device side of the gate can be reduced.

  FIG. 2 shows a state in which the selection screen is displayed on the mobile phone 2, but when the user passes the gate, the authentication already stored in the display means of the mobile phone 2 is shown. All ID information is listed and a selection screen is displayed. From the selection screen, the user selects authentication ID information to be used, and stores and registers the selected authentication ID information in a predetermined storage area. Thus, the authentication ID information corresponding to each gate can be set to a state that can be easily read by the gate entrance / exit management device.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the user wants to open the door of the room of his home apartment, he selects the display part of the second apartment key from the selection screen shown in FIG. By pressing the button, a process of registering authentication ID information corresponding to the apartment key in a predetermined storage area is performed.
As a result, the entrance / exit management device 6 that controls the electronic lock to the unlocked state so that the door 5 can be opened can read the authentication ID information necessary for opening the door 5 from the mobile phone 2. After being processed, the door 5 is unlocked.
The entry / exit management device 6 that reads the authentication ID information stored in the mobile phone 2 used in the entry / exit management system using the portable electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention is portable in any entry / exit management device. The authentication ID information stored in the same predetermined storage area set for registering the authentication ID information in the telephone 2 is set to be read.
As a result, it is not necessary to select and process authentication ID information adapted to each entry / exit management device.

Next, the system configuration of the memory unit of the mobile phone 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the memory area 13 of the memory unit of the mobile phone 2, first reader / writers 14 a, 14 b, 14 c respectively provided in a plurality of entry / exit management devices are commonly prepared for reading from the mobile phone 2. A memory area 15 is prepared.
Here, the first memory area 15 refers to a predetermined storage area provided in advance for reading the selected authentication ID information by the exit management device.
In the second memory area 16 of the memory area 13, a plurality of authentication ID information is registered in advance in each of the memory areas 16a, 16b, and 16c, and an authentication ID to be used from among the plurality of authentication ID information. Information is selected, moved to the first memory area 15, and temporarily stored.
Therefore, the authentication ID information stored in the first memory area 15 is rewritten as necessary.

  The reader / writers 14a, 14b, and 14c respectively provided in the plurality of entry / exit management apparatuses store the memory area 13 of the memory unit of the mobile phone 2 even when it is necessary to read different authentication ID information. Since it is sufficient to read the stored authentication ID information, it is only necessary to use a reading program having the same contents, and there is no need to verify each reading program as before, and the memory address read by the reading device is incorrect. It is possible to prevent setting mistakes such as setting.

Next, the system configuration of the mobile phone 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
As shown in FIG. 6, the cellular phone 2a includes an input unit 17, a display unit 18, a memory unit 19, an antenna unit 20, an IC chip 21, a control unit 22, and the like.
The antenna unit 20 receives the signal transmitted from the reader / writer 14 and transmits a response radio wave.
FIG. 7 shows the system configuration of the mobile phone 2b having another configuration. The input unit 17, the display unit 18, the memory unit 19, the antenna unit 20, the control unit 22, the IC chip interface 23, the IC A storage medium 24 and the like are provided.
In the mobile phone 2b, an IC storage medium 24 is detachably attached.

Next, based on FIG.3 and FIG.4, the process sequence of the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.
In this processing procedure, a procedure will be described in which a user registers authentication ID information to be used in a predetermined storage area set for registering authentication ID information in the mobile phone 2.
By performing an operation for activating a program for registering authentication ID information from the input means of the mobile phone 2, an activation screen is displayed on the display means. (Step S1)
After the program is started, an employee ID screen 7 is displayed on the display means of the mobile phone 2 as shown in FIG. (Step S2)
On the employee ID screen 7, an “ID / key selection” display 8 and an “end” display 9 are displayed.
Then, the selection screen 10 is displayed by selecting the part of the “ID / key selection” display 8 (step S3). (Step S4)
If the “end” display 9 is selected, the program ends.

  In the example displayed in FIG. 3B, the selection screen 10 is provided with, for example, five setting frames that can set five authentication ID information corresponding to every five gates. Employee ID information is set in the “1” setting frame, condominium key information is set in the “2” setting frame, and the setting frames after “3” are currently not set. It shows that it is in a state.

When the user uses the employee ID information, the user selects the setting frame “1” from the selection screen 10 and presses the button. (Step S5)
When the user uses condominium key information, the user selects the setting frame “2” from the selection screen 10 and presses the button. (Step S6)
Further, the user may mistakenly select the setting frame “3” to “5” from the selection screen 10 and press the button. (Step S7)

When a setting frame is selected from the selection screen 10 and the button is pressed, next, a confirmation display by a dialog is displayed as shown in FIG. (Steps S8-10)
When “YES” is selected from the confirmation display by this dialog, an “employee card screen”, “apartment key screen”, and “download screen” are displayed, respectively. (Steps S11-13)
On these screens, as shown in FIG. 3D, an “ID / key selection” display 11 and an “end” display 12 are displayed.
The user selects either the “ID / key selection” display 11 or the “end” display 12 and presses the button. (Step S14)

When the “end” display 12 portion is selected, the selected authentication information is stored in a predetermined storage area. (Step S15)
Then, an end screen is displayed and the process ends. (Step S16)
When the user selects the “ID / key selection” display 11, the user returns to the selection screen and displays it again. (Step S4)
Through the above processing, a predetermined storage area in which authentication ID information to be used is selected from a plurality of authentication ID information stored in advance in the mobile phone 2 and the entry / exit management device reads the authentication ID information. Can set authentication ID information to be used in the future.

It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which displayed the selection screen with the mobile telephone regarding the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen displayed with a mobile telephone regarding the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the memory area | region of a portable electronic device regarding the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the memory area of the conventional portable electronic device. 1 is a system block diagram of a portable electronic device according to an entry / exit management system using the portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a system block diagram which concerns on the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and has another structure of a portable electronic device. It is a flowchart explaining the process sequence of the entrance / exit management system using the portable electronic device which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 user
2. A mobile phone equipped with a non-contact IC card function according to the present invention
3 Display means
4 selection means
5 Doors controlled by electronic locks
6 Entrance / exit management device
7 Employee ID screen
8,11 “ID / key selection” display
9,12 “End” display
10 Selection screen
13, 16a, 16b, 16c Memory area
14a, 14b, 14c, 30a, 30b, 30c Reader / Writer
15 First memory area
16 Second memory area
17 Input section
18 Display section
19 Memory section
20 Antenna section
21 IC chip
22 Control unit
23 IC chip interface
24 IC storage media
31 Mobile phone
32 memory area
33 ID information for authentication

Claims (1)

A portable electronic device including a non-contact IC card function and an entry / exit management device that controls entry / exit by a gate based on authentication ID information received from the portable electronic device. An entrance / exit management system using electronic devices,
The portable electronic device selects a storage unit that stores a plurality of different authentication ID information, a display unit that displays gate information stored in the storage unit, and a gate information displayed on the display unit And a means for storing the authentication ID information selected by the selection means so as to be rewritable in a predetermined storage area provided in advance for reading by the entry / exit management device,
The entry / exit management device has means for reading authentication ID information stored in the storage area of the portable electronic device when reading the authentication ID information from the portable electronic device. An entry / exit management system using a portable electronic device.

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