JP2010170498A - Passage management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To report an emergency state to a center device, in an entrance/exit management system, without newly providing a special key and without being detected by a threatener. <P>SOLUTION: A user who is to pass through a gate 400 holds a card over an entrance noncontact card reader 200 or an exit noncontact card reader 300 to input card data to an entrance/exit management device 100. In the entrance/exit management device 100, the frequency of continuously inputting the same card data is counted, and when the count value reaches a predetermined threshold, a message which reports occurrence of abnormality in the gate 400 is transmitted to a center device 500. Consequently, the user can report the emergency state only by holding the card longer than in usual without operation of a numerical keypad or without being detected by the threatener. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for managing entrance at, for example, an entrance of an office building, an apartment, a hospital, or the like.

In order to improve security in office buildings, condominiums, hospitals, etc., a gate is provided at the entrance, and a numeric keypad and a card reader with a numeric keypad are placed near the gate as an authentication terminal. There is an entrance / exit management system that authenticates a user by pressing a personal identification number, holding an IC (Integrated Circuit) card or the like over a card reader, and allowing only the user who has been successfully authenticated to enter the room.
The gate is, for example, a traffic lane type flapper gate, a door provided with an electric lock, or an automatic door.

  Also, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-076377 discloses a technique related to the use of a combination of a card reader with a numeric keypad and a personal identification number, and security is achieved by combining the personal identification number as a countermeasure against theft or loss of a card. Is increasing.

JP 2005-076377 A

  As described above, according to Patent Document 1, although there is an effect of improving security against theft or loss of a card, a user with a legitimate passage authority uses a legitimate card, a personal identification number, or the like due to a threat of a suspicious person or the like. There is a problem that it is impossible to prevent the gate from being unlocked.

As a countermeasure against the situation where the gate is unlocked due to the threat of such a threatening person, a key for notifying the emergency situation must be provided to the numeric keypad attached to the card reader, and the gate must be unlocked due to the threat. In such a case, a system may be considered in which an emergency situation is reported to the center device or the like by operating the card by pressing this key.
However, when the numeric keypad device is not attached to the card reader, there is a problem that the occurrence of an emergency cannot be notified to the center device or the like.
In addition, even when a numeric keypad device is attached to the card reader, there is a problem in that it is necessary to newly set an emergency notification key.
In addition, when the card reader is operated, there is a problem in that the threatening person is perceived to press the emergency notification key, and the user may be harmed by the threatening person.

  One of the main objects of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and without providing a new emergency notification key, an emergency notification operation is detected by a threatening person or the like. The main purpose is to realize a system capable of notifying the occurrence of an emergency without the occurrence of an emergency.

The traffic management device according to the present invention includes:
A traffic management device that authenticates a passer attempting to pass through a gate and determines whether the passer is allowed to pass through the gate,
An authentication information input unit for inputting authentication information for authentication of the passer;
An abnormality detection threshold value storage unit that stores a threshold value of the number of consecutive inputs of the same authentication information as a threshold value for detecting an abnormality in the gate;
Each time authentication information is input by the authentication information input unit, it is determined whether or not the same authentication information is continuously input, and the number of times the same authentication information is continuously input is detected as the abnormality. It is determined whether or not the threshold value of the continuous input number stored in the threshold value storage unit has been reached, and the number of times the same authentication information has been continuously input has reached the threshold value of the continuous input number. And an abnormality determining unit that determines that an abnormality has occurred in the gate.

  According to the present invention, when the number of times the same authentication information is continuously input reaches a predetermined threshold value, an abnormality in the gate can be determined and an abnormality can be issued. Since the same authentication information can be entered continuously for a longer period of time, etc., the abnormality can be reported, so there is no need to provide a new emergency notification key, The occurrence of an emergency can be notified without being notified of the notification operation.

The figure which shows the structural example of the entrance / exit management system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an entrance / exit management device according to Embodiment 1; The flowchart figure which shows the operation example of the entrance / exit management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the hardware structural example of the entrance / exit management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of an entrance / exit management system according to the present embodiment.
In FIG. 1, a non-contact card reader 200 for entrance is provided at the entrance of an area 600 where entry to an office, a living room, a hospital room, etc. is restricted, and a non-contact that is possessed by a user who intends to enter the area 600 User authentication information (user name, password, etc.) is input from an IC card or the like.
The contactless card reader 300 for leaving the room inputs user authentication information from a contactless IC card or the like possessed by the user who wants to leave the area 600.
The gate 400 is a traffic lane type flapper gate provided at the entrance of the area 600, a door provided with an electric lock, an automatic door, or the like.
The entrance / exit management device 100 stores registered user verification information, and a user who tries to pass through the gate from the non-contact card reader 200 for entry or the non-contact card reader 300 for exit (passer of trial) ) Is entered, and authentication is performed by comparing the authentication information with the verification information to determine whether the user's gate 400 is permitted to pass. The entrance / exit management device 100 is an example of a traffic management device.
The center device 500 is a higher-level device of the entrance / exit management device 100 disposed in a management center or the like that manages a building in which the entrance / exit management device 100 is installed.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the entrance / exit management device 100 according to the present embodiment.

In FIG. 2, the control unit 101 controls the overall operation of the entrance / exit management device 100.
The card reader management unit 102 manages the non-contact card reader 200 for entry and the non-contact card reader 300 for exit, and the user who is going through the gate from the non-contact card reader 200 for entrance and the non-contact card reader 300 for exit Enter authentication information for authentication of the (passer). The card reader management unit 102 is an example of an authentication information input unit.

The authentication processing unit 103 compares the authentication information input by the card reader management unit 102 with the verification information stored in the verification information storage unit 104, and authenticates whether or not the user is permitted to pass.
Each time authentication information is input by the card reader management unit 102, it is determined whether or not the same authentication information is continuously input, and the number of times the same authentication information is continuously input is described later. When it is determined whether or not the threshold value of the continuous input number stored in the abnormality detection value storage unit 105 is reached, and the number of times the same authentication information is continuously input reaches the threshold value of the continuous input number In addition, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the gate 400, and a notification message for notifying the center apparatus 500 that an abnormality has occurred in the gate 400 is generated.
The authentication processing unit 103 is an example of an abnormality determination unit.

The verification information storage unit 104 stores verification information (user name, password, etc.) for verification with authentication information for each registered user.
The abnormality detection value storage unit 105 stores a threshold value for the number of consecutive inputs of the same authentication information as a threshold value for detecting an abnormality in the gate 400.

The card data temporary storage unit 106 temporarily stores authentication information input by the card reader management unit 102.
When the authentication processing unit 103 determines that the same authentication information has been continuously input, the continuous input number counting unit 107 counts the number of times the same authentication information has been input (continuous input number).

  The door management unit 108 unlocks the gate 400 when the user is authenticated by the authentication processing unit 103.

The center apparatus communication unit 109 is connected to the center apparatus 500, and transmits a notification message to the center apparatus 500 when a notification message is generated by the authentication processing unit 103.
The center device communication unit 109 is an example of a communication unit.

  The threshold value changing unit 110 changes the threshold value of the continuous input count stored in the abnormality detection value storage unit 105.

As shown in FIG. 4, for example, the entrance / exit management device 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a storage device such as a magnetic disk device 920, and a communication device. It can be realized by a computer including a board 915 and the like.
In this case, each element of the entrance / exit management device 100 can be realized by a program, for example. These programs are stored in a storage device such as a magnetic disk device, and read and executed by the CPU.
The RAM temporarily stores at least part of a program to be executed by the CPU.
The RAM stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU.
For example, in the description of the present embodiment, “determined by”, “collation of”, “comparison of”, “setting of”, “registration of”, “selection of”, etc. are stored in the RAM. Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters indicating the results of the processing described in FIG.
Further, each element (“˜part”) of the entry / exit management device 100 may be a circuit. Moreover, you may implement | achieve with the firmware memorize | stored in ROM. Alternatively, it may be implemented only by software, or only by hardware such as elements, devices, substrates, and wirings, by a combination of software and hardware, or by a combination of firmware.
In addition, each element of the entrance / exit management device 100 can be expressed as “˜step”, “˜procedure”, and “˜processing”.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 911 includes a card reader 905, a display device 901 of the card reader 905, a keyboard 902 such as a numeric keypad on the card reader 905, an electric lock 903 of the gate 400, and a camera 904 for photographing a passerby. Etc. to control these hardware devices.

  Next, an operation example of the entrance / exit management device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a non-contact card is held over the card reading range of the non-contact card reader 200 for entry or the non-contact card reader 300 for exit, the card data is read by the non-contact card reader 200 for entry or the non-contact card reader 300 for exit; The non-contact card reader 200 for entry or the non-contact card reader 300 for exit outputs the read card data (authentication information) to the entrance / exit management device 100.
In the entrance / exit management device 100, the card reader management unit 102 inputs the card data from the non-contact card reader 200 for entry or the non-contact card reader 300 for exit (YES in S301), and the authentication processing unit 103 collates with the card data. Collation with the collation information in the information storage unit 104 is performed (S302).
As a result of the verification, if the card data does not match the verification information and the passage of the gate 400 is not permitted (NO in S304), the process returns to S301.

On the other hand, when the passage of the gate 400 is permitted (YES in S303), the authentication processing unit 103 temporarily stores the input card data in the card data temporary storage unit 106 (S304).
Next, if the card reader management unit 102 does not input the card reader data again within a predetermined time after the card data is input in S301 (NO in S305), the authentication processing unit 103 sends the gate 400 to the door management unit 108. The door management unit 108 controls the door to unlock the door (S306).
Further, the authentication processing unit 103 clears the card data temporarily stored in the card data temporary storage unit 106 and the count value of the continuous input count of the continuous input count counter 107 (S307).

On the other hand, when the card data is input again for a predetermined time after the card data is input in S301 (YES in S305), that is, the non-contact card reader 200 for entry and the non-contact card reader 300 for exit once read the card data. If the card data is read continuously thereafter, the authentication processing unit 103 determines whether the card data input in S301 is the same as the card data input in S305 (S308).
If they are not the same card data (NO in S308), the authentication processing unit 103 clears the card data temporarily stored in the card data temporary storage unit 106 and the count value of the continuous input count of the continuous input count counter 107. (S309), and the processing after S302 is performed.

On the other hand, if the data is the same card data (YES in S308), the authentication processing unit 103 increments the count value of the continuous input count of the continuous input count counter 107 (S310).
Further, the authentication processing unit 103 determines whether or not the count value of the continuous input number of the continuous input number counting unit 107 has reached the abnormality detection threshold value of the abnormality detection value storage unit 105 (S311).
When the count value of the number of continuous inputs has not reached the abnormality detection value (NO in S311), the authentication processing unit 103 performs the processing after S305.
On the other hand, if the count value of the number of continuous inputs has reached the abnormality detection value (YES in S311), the authentication processing unit 103 sends a notification message to notify the center device 500 that an abnormality has occurred in the gate 400. The center device communication unit 109 transmits the notification message to the center device 500 (S312).
After the notification message is transmitted, the authentication processing unit 103 clears the card data temporarily stored in the card data temporary storage unit 106 and the count value of the continuous input count of the continuous input count counter 107 (S307). To S301.

Reading of card data by the non-contact card reader 200 for entering and the non-contact card reader 300 for leaving is performed continuously while the non-contact card is held over the card reading range.
While the same card is held over the card reading range, the processing of S305 to S311 in FIG. 3 is repeated, and the count value of the continuous input count is continuously incremented. As a result, the count value of the continuous input count is abnormal. When the detection threshold is reached, an abnormality in the gate 400 is reported to the center device 500. For example, the abnormality detection threshold value of the abnormality detection value storage unit 105 is set to any one of 3 to 5 times, and when the same card data is input 3 to 5 times continuously, the abnormality is reported to the center device 500. May be.
For this reason, the operation that the user performs to detect an abnormality is simply to hold the contactless card over the card reading range longer than usual.
Note that the abnormality detection threshold value may be a fixed value, but the threshold value may be changed by the threshold value changing unit 110 in consideration of the usage status and the like.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to report the occurrence of an emergency to the center device by simply holding the contactless card over the card reading range longer than usual, without operating the numeric keypad, In addition, it is possible to notify the center device that an emergency has occurred without the threatening person realizing it.

In the above description, the card data is read by the card reader. However, for example, a biometric authentication device such as fingerprint authentication or iris authentication may be used.
Even when a biometric authentication device is used, the user can place an emergency in the center device by placing his / her finger in the fingerprint reading range longer than usual, or by placing his / her face in the iris reading range longer than usual. The center device can be notified that an emergency has occurred without operating a numeric keypad or the like, and without being recognized by the threatening person.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Entrance / exit management apparatus, 101 Control part, 102 Card reader management part, 103 Authentication processing part, 104 Verification information storage part, 105 Abnormality detection value storage part, 106 Card data temporary storage part, 107 Continuous input frequency count part, 108 Door Management unit, 109 Center device communication unit, 110 Threshold change unit, 200 Non-contact card reader for entry, 300 Non-contact card reader for exit, 400 Gate, 500 Center device, 600 area

Claims (3)

A traffic management device that authenticates a passer attempting to pass through a gate and determines whether the passer is allowed to pass through the gate,
An authentication information input unit for inputting authentication information for authentication of the passer;
An abnormality detection threshold value storage unit that stores a threshold value of the number of consecutive inputs of the same authentication information as a threshold value for detecting an abnormality in the gate;
Each time authentication information is input by the authentication information input unit, it is determined whether or not the same authentication information is continuously input, and the number of times the same authentication information is continuously input is detected as the abnormality. It is determined whether or not the threshold value of the continuous input number stored in the threshold value storage unit has been reached, and the number of times the same authentication information has been continuously input has reached the threshold value of the continuous input number. A traffic management device comprising: an abnormality determination unit that determines that an abnormality has occurred in the gate. The traffic management device further includes:
Communication that is connected to a higher-level device and transmits a notification message to the higher-level device when the abnormality determination unit determines that an abnormality has occurred in the gate. The traffic management device according to claim 1, further comprising a unit. The traffic management device further includes:
The traffic management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a threshold value changing unit that changes a threshold value of the number of continuous inputs stored in the abnormality detection threshold value storage unit.

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