JP2011164675A - Visitor access control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a visitor access control system wherein a visitor does not perform access before an acceptance responsible person knows even if using a temporary ID information which is sent to the visitor in advance and is to be disposed after the event. <P>SOLUTION: The visitor access control system includes: a central control means; an acceptance setting information storage means storing advance sending information, an access authority level, a level transition condition, and the ID information or the like as acceptance setting information; and an access gate terminal control means reading the ID information, and controlling an access gate. The level transition condition includes a result of a human authentication operation of the visitor by the acceptance responsible person; visitor acceptance information includes specification information about the acceptance responsible person performing the authentication operation, and the central control means sends the ID information to the visitor in advance, and changes the access authority level of each access gate terminal control means based on the level transition condition of the acceptance setting information related to the ID information and the result of the authentication operation by the acceptance responsible person. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a visitor entrance / exit management system.

In the conventional entrance / exit management method for temporary visitors such as visitors and contractors in companies and offices, the manager in charge receives the visitor's visit date and time in advance by telephone or e-mail. Apply for a visitor's information and date / time in advance to the department and get permission, and enter / exit ID card with pre-set entry / exit permission information for each entry / exit gate device such as electric lock door and flapper gate in the facility. I was preparing.
The visitor records the visitor information at the reception on the day of the visit, asks the reception operator to call the reception staff after confirming that the visit is as requested, and the entrance / exit ID card from the reception staff or operator After that, it was possible to pass through the security gate. The entrance / exit management is completed when the visitor returns the entrance / exit ID card to the person in charge of reception or the operator when leaving.

Here, when an IC card often used as an entry / exit ID card is also used for visitors, it takes time to collect the card at the time of leaving, and there is a risk that security deterioration may be reduced due to omission or loss. When there are a large number of visitors, there is a problem that costs are required for issuance and setting of an IC card, and the issue procedure time is long and other visitors are waiting.
Therefore, it is considered to use a visitor's own portable information terminal that can distribute information necessary for entrance / exit management to the visitor at a low cost in advance and does not require collection, or RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) information. It has been.

  In this regard, for example, in a conventional visitor entrance / exit management system, an entrance cordless handset installed at an entrance of a detached house or an entrance of a housing complex having an interphone and a camera for making a call with a living room, and an entrance An electric lock control unit for locking and unlocking the electric lock provided on the camera, and when the camera recognizes the visitor from the recognition information by reading the recognition information for identifying the visitor with the camera, the electric lock control unit is used. A TV door phone with an electric lock / unlock function configured to unlock the electric lock, and can be arbitrarily displayed as recognition information on a display unit of a portable information device having a display unit such as a mobile phone It is known that a bar code-like pattern is used, and the entrance unit has mode switching means for shifting to a visitor recognition mode that reads the barcode-like pattern as recognition information input (for example, See Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a visitor authentication system that connects a reception terminal and a group of internal terminals for the purpose of ensuring identity verification when a visitor enters a security area such as a company or public facility. In the internal terminal, the registration of visitor information for identifying the prospective visitor from the person in charge of the visit and the registration of the PIN code corresponding to the visitor information are accepted, and the visitor information is received from the visitor at the reception terminal. It is known to accept at least a part of a password and input the visitor's entry when the visitor's input content matches the pre-registered visitor information and the password. Reference 2).

  An entry / exit management system that manages the entrance / exit of visitors to the managed facilities, with the purpose of managing the entrance / exit by issuing cards to visitors even if the reception is unattended. The visitor information input device that accepts the entry of the visitor data for identifying the visitor, and the instruction data that indicates whether or not the card issuance is permitted upon receipt of the visitor data. Card issuance instruction device received from a terminal, a card issuance device for writing permission data for permitting entry / exit into a recording medium provided in the card when instruction data permitting card issuance is received, and a card recording medium Provided in the facility, a reading device for reading the permission data written in, a passage determination device for referring to the read permission data and outputting an instruction as to whether or not to allow passage And a passage restriction device that permits the passage of the visitor when the instruction is a passage permission and restricts the passage of the visitor when the passage is not permitted (for example, patent document) 3).

  In addition, in the entrance / exit management system that manages the entrance / exit of individuals passing through the facility using a card that can write and read information, the identification number and access level of the card issued to the persons concerned in the facility A storage means for storing the number in advance for each person concerned, and a visitor who has obtained the identification number and access level number of the visit partner from the storage means for visitors who have visited the facility, and recorded the acquired information A receiving means for issuing a card, a verification means for performing personal authentication by comparing the identification number of the card read by the reading means with the identification number stored in the storage means, and the card detected by the reading means is visited If the visitor's visitor card matches the identification number, whether the visitor is allowed to pass based on the access level number read from this card And a control means for controlling the opening and closing of an electric lock provided on the door based on the result of the passage permission determination by the passage permission determination means (for example, (See Patent Document 4).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-090006 JP 2007-087334 A JP 2008-021263 A Japanese Patent No. 4246573

  However, in the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the usage is for residential use, it is also necessary for a third party such as a management department at the company to approve the valid time of the barcode-like pattern that is recognition information. There is no mechanism, and the period during which the resident operates the mode switching means one by one and switches the authentication mode is only allowed to pass, and the predetermined door is allowed for the predetermined time and period set in advance. Unlocking cannot be permitted, and there is a problem that it is not suitable for entrance / exit management performed in a security section of a company or the like.

In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 2, an entry operator is not required, and entry / exit management for security such as the validity period of entry / exit permission can be performed. On the other hand, a bar related to an encryption code applied and set in advance by the person in charge of receipt During the validity period of information such as codes, there is a security problem that visitors can enter using this barcode or the like at any time without having to meet with the person in charge.
For this reason, unless the person in charge accepts the visitor completely, he / she guarantees that he / she has not been engaged in fraudulent activities before entering and meeting with the person in charge without knowing. Therefore, there is a problem that it is necessary to continue to wait at the entrance from the start time of a valid period set in advance for information such as a barcode related to the encryption code to the actual arrival of the visitor.

In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 3, even if the reception is unattended, the person in charge of the reception can issue the IC card after directly confirming the visitor through the interphone system, but the IC card is used. Therefore, as described above, there are various problems related to the IC card (for example, pre-distribution is not possible / the card issuance costs).
In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 4, it is possible to distribute a visitor card, which is an IC card, in advance. However, at the time of admission, the entry / exit information such as the management number in the card is stored in the card writer. Therefore, there is a problem that the cost associated with the writer device is increased, and there is a problem that an inexpensive card that cannot be rewritten afterwards such as a paper-printed barcode card or an RFID wireless tag cannot be used.

  In addition, as a trouble peculiar to the visitor, if the person in charge accepts the entry permission remotely, there is only one visitor, so there is no way to know the door to get lost in the building. There are things such as trying to unlock the door improperly to try, and trying to re-enter if you want to return again with forgotten things etc. after the entry permission information becomes invalid after leaving, but in the above patent documents In any of the cases shown, there is a problem that the person in charge of receiving often knows the occurrence of these troubles only by being notified from the system side, and cannot be appropriately dealt with.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem. Information necessary for entrance / exit management can be pre-distributed at low cost, and collection is not required, but the person in charge of the reception confirms the identity of the visitor. You can restrict entry to areas with low security level, such as entrance halls, where you have no entry / exit authority before, and you can enter / exit other areas according to the level confirmed for the first time after your identity is confirmed. Thus, a visitor entrance / exit management system is obtained in which entrance / exit authority can be sequentially changed in accordance with a setting that has been applied in advance and has been permitted.

  In the visitor entry / exit management system according to the present invention, temporary entry / exit visitor ID information is used, and the entry / exit to the security zone is based on the visitor ID information presented by the visitor at the entrance / exit gate. A visitor entrance / exit management system for managing a visitor ID information for prescribing a visitor confirmation profile information, a means for sending the visitor ID information to a visitor in advance, Two or more entry / exit authority levels that define the entry / exit authority of the security section using the visitor ID information, and an entry / exit that specifies transition conditions between the entry / exit authority levels related to the visitor ID information Visitor acceptance information including authority level transition conditions, a visitor acceptance application input means for inputting and applying in advance for a visit, and the visitor acceptance information input to the visitor acceptance application input means, and Receiving setting information storing means for storing, as receiving setting information, the visitor ID information issued by the central management means in advance associated with the received visitor receiving information; ID information reading means for reading the visitor ID information presented by a visitor approaching the gate, and transmitting the read visitor ID information to the central management means and reading the visitor ID An entrance / exit gate terminal that controls opening / closing of the entrance / exit gate based on the information and the control information of the entrance / exit gate distributed from the central management means, and executes entrance / exit control of the security section for a visitor Control means, and the entry / exit authority level transition condition includes a result of an authentication operation of a human visitor by an accepting person as a transition condition between the entry / exit authority levels, The visitor acceptance information further includes acceptance person identification information for identifying an acceptance person who performs the authentication operation included in the entry / exit authority level transition condition, and the central management means includes the visitor prior to the visit. The ID information is sent to the visitor based on the ID advance sending information saved in the acceptance setting information saving means, and the acceptance related to the visitor ID information sent from the entrance / exit gate terminal control means Setting information is acquired from the acceptance setting information storage means, and the visitor ID information is obtained based on the entry / exit authority level transition condition included in the obtained acceptance setting information and the result of the authentication operation by the person in charge of acceptance. The entry / exit authority level is changed, and the control information corresponding to the changed entry / exit authority level is distributed to the entry / exit gate terminal control means.

  In the visitor entrance / exit management system according to the present invention, information required for entrance / exit management can be pre-distributed at low cost, and collection is not required, but before the person in charge accepts the visitor, the entrance / exit is confirmed. It is possible to restrict entry to areas with lower security levels, such as unauthorized halls, entrance halls, etc. so that entry and exit to other areas can be made according to the level confirmed for the first time after identity verification. There is an effect that the authority can be changed sequentially in accordance with the settings that have been applied for and permitted in advance.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the visitor entrance / exit management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an entry / exit authority level setting which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of the transition conditions between the entrance / exit authority levels which concern on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of the reception person calling method which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of prior meeting of the visitor entrance / exit management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of visitor entrance of the visitor entrance / exit management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of visitor leaving of the visitor entrance / exit management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the terminal with a face authentication function which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of visitor face authentication of the visitor entrance / exit management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

  The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts, and redundant description thereof will be simplified or omitted as appropriate.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIGS. 1 to 7 relate to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a visitor entry / exit management system, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of entry / exit authority level setting, and FIG. Is a diagram showing a setting example of transition conditions between entrance / exit authority levels, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting example of a reception person calling method, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation at a prior meeting of a visitor entrance / exit management system, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of the visitor entrance / exit management system when entering the visitor, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the operation of the visitor entrance / exit management system when leaving the visitor.

In the figure, 10 is used for temporary entry / exit visitor ID information that can be pre-issued and discarded after use, in order to perform temporary entry / exit management for visitors such as visitors and contractors in companies and offices. A central management CPU that controls the overall operation of the visitor entrance / exit management system that reads the ID information indicated by the visitor at the entrance / exit gate control terminal and manages entry / exit into the security section. The central management CPU 10 is provided with a setting database 11 for storing various information related to the control of the visit / exit management system.
Here, an example using a barcode printed material such as a two-dimensional barcode (QR code (registered trademark)) as the ID information will be described.

At the prior meeting 20 by telephone or e-mail between the visitor and the person in charge of reception, the person in charge of the reception is profile information for identifying the person such as the affiliation and name of the prospective visitor. Preliminary destination and delivery means (e-mail, mail, etc.) of visitor confirmation profile information, visit time, and reception ID information 22 (later upgraded to entry / exit ID information), which is ID information for visitors ID pre-sending information that is information to be acquired is obtained.
And the person in charge uses the application input terminal 21 for inputting the visitor acceptance application, and obtains the visitor confirmation profile information, the visit time and the ID pre-send information, and the entry / exit authority level information described later. Then, the transition condition of the entrance / exit authority level and the method of calling the person in charge of reception are input as visitor acceptance information.

  The central management CPU 10 stores the reception setting information input from the application input terminal 21 in the reception setting information database configured in the setting database 11 and sets the application state for the visitor reception, and also to the prospective visitor. The reception ID information 22 that can be uniquely identified is provisionally issued, the provisionally issued reception ID information 22 is associated with the visitor acceptance information input from the application input terminal 21, and the associated data is newly accepted. Stored in the acceptance setting information database as information. The acceptance setting information database of the setting database 11 constitutes acceptance setting information storage means.

The acceptance permission department of the company or the like, that is, a third party to the person in charge of acceptance, permits, modifies or accepts the acceptance setting information that is input to the application input terminal 21 and is in a visitor acceptance application state. A permission operation terminal 23 for performing a non-permission operation is installed.
When the permission operation terminal 23 performs a permission operation on the acceptance setting information in the application state, the central management CPU 10 that has received this makes the acceptance setting information valid and plans to visit the reception ID information 22 based on the ID pre-send information. Sent to the person.
In addition, when the permission operation terminal 23 performs a non-permission operation on the acceptance setting information in the application state, the central management CPU 10 that has received this deletes the acceptance setting information. Alternatively, when performing an operation of keeping an application as a record, the acceptance setting information is made invalid.

  In addition, regarding the timing of sending the reception ID information 22 at the time of application permission, it is assumed here that it is sent when the application is permitted and the acceptance setting information becomes valid. Only when the application is rejected, the central management CPU 10 may notify the prospective visitor to that effect. Even in this case, even if the application is not permitted, there is no problem because the received reception ID information 22 and reception setting information are merely invalidated. In this case, it goes without saying that it is desirable for the person in charge of the reception to notify the prospective visitor when the application is denied.

The setting database 11 is information indicating the level of authority for the visitor to enter / exit the security zone or call the reception person using the ID information, and the result of the authentication operation of the human visitor by the reception person Stored is entry / exit authority level information regarding two or more entry / exit authority levels that change according to.
A specific example of the entry / exit authority level information is shown in FIG.
First, here, it is assumed that the security section of a building such as a company provided with the visitor entrance / exit management system is partitioned as follows by a flapper gate, a door, or the like, which is an entrance / exit gate.

  That is, the entrance waiting space separated from the outside of the building by the flapper gate X provided at the entrance of the building, the reception space separated from the entrance waiting space by the door A and door B, and further separated by the door C and door D. And a computer server space which is a high security section further divided by a door E.

The entry / exit authority level includes predetermined 0 to 3 and custom setting C1.
First, level 0 is a level indicating an invalid state and cannot enter any security zone.
Level 1 is the default level. During the visit period and the validity period of ID information with some margin before and after, the entrance flapper gate X enters the entrance waiting space and enters the reception space. The ID information is read by the entrance terminal 31 that controls the connected door A or door B, and is the “reception ID” level that only has the authority to call the first reception person.
In this level 1, the flapper gate X can be entered a predetermined number of times (three times here) during the validity period of the ID information, and the first person in charge can be called from the entrance terminal 31 during the validity period. Is possible. Door C, door D, and door E can be withdrawn only once.

Level 2 is an “entrance / exit ID (low security level)” that allows the door A or door B to enter and exit once after the visitor is authenticated.
In this level 2, the flapper gate X can exit once during the same effective period, the door A and door B can enter and exit during the same effective period, and only one exit after the effective period elapses. Regarding C, door D, and door E, it is possible to call the person in charge of reception from the intra-compartment access terminal 32 and to exit once during the same effective period.

Level 3 is set to “entrance / exit ID (during security level)” that enables entry / exit to door C or door D to the reception person's office by the personal authentication by the reception person again. .
In this level 3, the flapper gate X can be withdrawn once in the same effective period, and the door A and door B and the door C and door D can be entered and exited in the same effective period, and once after the effective period has passed, Only the exit is possible, and for the door E, the person in charge of receiving can be called from the intra-compartment access terminal 32 and exited once in the same effective period.

Furthermore, level C1 is a custom setting obtained as an option for a higher security section, and there is no authority to permit entry to the building together with the first reception staff. Is the entry / exit authority level up to door E, which requires the authentication of a total of two persons, who are the second person in charge of working with visitors in the computer server space without entry authority.
In this level 3, the flapper gate X can be withdrawn once in the same effective period, and the door A and door B and the door C and door D can be entered and exited in the same effective period, and once after the effective period has passed, Only the exit is possible, the door E can be entered and exited during the same effective period, and only one exit is possible after the effective period has elapsed.

As described above, in the entry / exit authority level information, the entry / exit authority for each gate, each door, and the like is defined in multiple stages in accordance with two or more security levels with respect to the entry / exit ID information.
Then, when the person in charge of the reception inputs the reception setting information to the application input terminal 21 in the reception application using the application input terminal 21, the entrance / exit authority level for the prospective visitor is appropriately set from among levels 1 to 3. Select or apply for custom settings (C1).

The setting database 11 stores entry / exit authority level transition condition information that defines transition conditions between the entry / exit authority levels for the ID information corresponding to the authentication result of the visitor.
A specific example of the entry / exit authority level transition condition information is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, in each authority level, what level is to be changed to which level is set is set.

  Here, the first person in charge confirms the first identity, the first person in charge confirms the second person, the first person in charge and the second person in charge of the event that is the condition. The following five items are defined: the identity has been confirmed, the predetermined entry / exit operation has been performed, and the ID information is not valid (out of time).

In this example, at level 1, when the first person in charge of the first confirmation confirms the identity of the first time, the level shifts to level 2, and when the flapper gate X enters the predetermined number of times (three times), the level 0 is reached. Transition to.
In level 2, if the first person in charge of the person confirms the identity for the second time, the process proceeds to level 3, and if the person is confirmed by both the person in charge of the first person and the person in charge of the second person, the level is confirmed. When transitioning to C1 and exiting door A and door B, transition to level 1 is made.

In level 3, when identity verification is performed by both the first person in charge of reception and the second person in charge of reception, a transition is made to level C1, and when door A and door B are exited, a transition is made to level 1.
At level C1, when door A and door B are exited, transition to level 1 is made.
At any level, if the ID information is outside the valid period (out of time), the level transitions to level 0.

  In the above, the entry / exit authority level information and the entry / exit authority level transition condition information are set in the setting database 11 as separate setting tables, but both are set in the setting database 11 as a single authority table. You may do it.

  An entrance terminal 31 is installed in the vicinity of the door A and the door B that lead from the entrance waiting space to the reception space. The entrance terminal 31 controls the locking and unlocking of the door A and the door B. That is, the door A and the door B constitute an entrance door 31 a whose locking and unlocking is controlled by the entrance terminal 31. The entrance terminal 31 constitutes entrance / exit gate terminal control means for controlling the opening / closing of the doors A and B which are entrance / exit gates.

The entrance terminal 31 is provided with a camera interphone / barcode reader 33 having a camera unit and a microphone / speaker unit for capturing video, and the camera interphone / barcode reader 33 corresponds to an interphone slave unit function.
When the bar code pattern of the reception ID information 22 held by the visitor is held over the camera unit of the camera intercom / bar code reader 33, the camera interphone / bar code reader 33 recognizes the bar code pattern and receives the reception ID. A bar code recognition function 34 for reading the information 22 is provided.
The entrance terminal 31 is also provided with a control device 35 that controls the locking and unlocking of the doors A and B, which are the entrance doors 31a.

  Intracompartment access terminals 32 are respectively installed in the vicinity of doors C and D connected to the office space and door E connected to the computer server space. The intra-compartment access terminal 32 controls the locking and unlocking of the door C, door D, and door E. That is, the door C, the door D, and the door E are compartments controlled by the intra-compartment access terminal 32. An inner door 32a is configured. The intra-compartment access terminal 32 constitutes an entrance / exit gate terminal control means for controlling the opening / closing of doors C, D and E, which are entrance / exit gates.

  The intra-compartment access terminal 32 includes a camera unit having a bar code recognition function 34 that captures an image, recognizes a bar code pattern held over it, and reads the reception ID information 22, and doors C and doors serving as intra-compartment doors 32a. D and a control device 35 for controlling the locking and unlocking of the door E, respectively.

Camera interphone software (hereinafter referred to as camera interphone S / W) of a TV conference system is installed on a desktop PC terminal installed on the desk of the person in charge of reception, and a camera interphone S / W terminal 41 is configured. This camera intercom S / W terminal 41 is a visitor authentication means for a reception person to authenticate a visitor.
On the operation screen of the camera intercom S / W terminal 41, a camera intercom unit 41a, an application information display unit 42, a permission button 43, and a non-permission button 44 are displayed.

The camera interphone unit 41a corresponds to the interphone master unit function, and is connected to the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 of the entrance terminal 31, and the person in charge of the reception confirms the camera image that has photographed the visitor standing in front of the entrance terminal 31. Or by confirming the voice of the visitor input through the microphone unit, it is possible to directly confirm the identity of the visitor.
In FIG. 1, the communication lines connecting the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 of the entrance terminal 31 and the camera intercom unit 41a of the camera intercom S / W terminal 41 are not shown.

  The application information display unit 42 displays application information (acceptance setting information) stored in the acceptance setting information database in the setting database 11. For example, the barcode recognition of the entrance terminal 31 and the intra-compartment access terminal 32 is performed. When the reception ID information 22 is recognized from the barcode pattern held by the visitor by the function 34, the reception setting information database in the setting database 11 is searched as the reception setting information associated with the recognized reception ID information 22. The received acceptance setting information is displayed.

  The permission button 43 and the non-permission button 44 indicate whether the person in charge of the reception is the person confirmation OK as a result of confirming the identity using the video and audio of the camera intercom unit 41a and the acceptance setting information of the application information display unit 42. This is for performing an authentication operation in which permission and non-permission instructions are given to the visitor confirmation means 12 of the central management CPU 10 in accordance with whether or not.

The setting database 11 stores setting information of a reception person calling method, which is reception person identification information for identifying a reception person who performs an authentication operation based on visitor identification included in the entry / exit authority level transition condition. ing.
The reception person calling method is a method of calling the reception person who is to verify the identity of the visitor under the entry / exit authority level transition condition, in other words, associated with the entry / exit authority level transition condition. This is a method for identifying a person in charge of receiving who is performing the authentication operation.
In the setting information of the person in charge calling method, the person in charge who is the object of calling and the calling terminal which is the means of calling are defined in association with the calling execution order, and until one of these calling methods succeeds, Calls are executed in order from the top to the bottom of the order according to the call execution order.

FIG. 4 shows two examples (A) and (B) as specific examples of the setting information of the reception person calling method.
(A) is a specific example of a simple routine setting.
The first PC in the call execution order is the desktop PC of the first reception person who is the main person in charge, and the second mobile phone terminal of the first reception person in charge is also the second person in the call execution order. The third place in the call execution order is the desktop PC of the third receiving person who is the agent in charge, and the fourth place in the call execution order is that if all the reception staff are not available The desk PC of the general affairs department general reception person in charge for general reception is set as the person in charge and the calling terminal, respectively.
In a normal case, it is only necessary to select from these standard setting patterns (A) and assign actual persons to the first and third receiving persons.

Further, (B) shows an example of custom setting that can be finely set according to the situation by the person in charge of receiving.
Here, the entrance / exit authority level illustrated in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 and the second reception person in charge (acceptance person 2) in this transition condition have the authority to authenticate the first (first) visitor identity verification. Therefore, the person in charge and the call terminal in each call execution order are changed depending on whether it is before or after the first visitor identification by the first person in charge of reception.

In the call method setting of (B), the person in charge of each call execution order and the call terminal before the first visitor identification by the first reception person (first condition) This is the same as the case, and the description thereof is omitted.
After the first visitor identification by the first reception person (second condition), the desktop PC of the first reception person or the second reception person is first in the call execution order. However, in the first place in the call execution order, the extension portable terminals of the first reception person or the second reception person are set as the person in charge and the call terminal, respectively, and the third place and the fourth place in the call execution order. In particular, the person in charge and the calling terminal are not set.

In this system, it is also possible to limit acceptance authority for each person in charge of acceptance.
In addition, the setting of the method of calling the receptionist is normally done in advance by the receptionist from the time of application for acceptance to the day of visit, but the receptionist is in his / her place. Accordingly, the validity / invalidity of each setting and the priority order can be dynamically switched.

The central management CPU 10 includes visitor confirmation means 12 for performing control related to visitor identity confirmation, and level transition means 13 for performing control relating to entry / exit authority level transition associated with establishment of conditions such as visitor identity confirmation. Is provided.
When a visitor reads the receipt ID information 22 sent in advance by holding the barcode pattern over the camera unit of the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 of the entrance terminal 31, the entrance terminal 31 recognizes the receipt ID that is recognized for calling the person in charge of receipt. The information 22 is transmitted to the central management CPU 10. When the central management CPU 10 receives the reception ID information 22, the central management CPU 10 searches the reception setting information management database of the setting database 11 for valid reception setting information related to the reception ID information 22.

The visitor confirmation unit 12 refers to the setting information of the reception person calling method in the setting database 11 in accordance with the setting of the reception person calling method in the valid reception setting information related to the retrieved reception ID information 22. The call processing of the person in charge of receiving is executed.
In addition, after the reception person is called, the visitor confirmation unit 12 displays the effective reception setting related to the retrieved reception ID information 22 in the application information display unit 42 of the camera person in charge S / W terminal 41 of the reception person. When the information is displayed and the result of the authentication operation via the permission button 43 and the non-permission button 44 by the person in charge of receiving is received, the result is output to the level transition means 13.

When the level transition means 13 receives the authentication result of the visitor identity confirmation from the visitor confirmation means 12, the retrieved receipt ID information 22 is referred to while referring to the entry / exit authority level transition condition information in the setting database 11. It is determined whether or not the entry / exit authority level transition condition of the valid acceptance setting information related to is satisfied, and if the entry / exit authority level transition condition is satisfied, the reception ID information 22 according to the established condition is determined. Transition the entry / exit authority level related to.
Then, with the transition of the entry / exit authority level, the control settings of the control device 35 of the entrance terminal 31 and the intra-section access terminal 32 are updated so as to correspond to the level after the transition.

In this embodiment, the visitor entrance / exit management system operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG.
That is, first, the person in charge receives the visitor confirmation profile information, the visit time, and the ID pre-send information of the prospective visitor who is the visitor, and the application input terminal 21 together with this information, the security section at the time of visit Information regarding the setting of the entrance / exit authority level for each entrance and the setting of the calling method of the person in charge of reception upon arrival of the visitor (visitor acceptance information together with the above) is input (step S1).

Next, in step S2, the central management CPU 10 provisionally issues reception ID information 22 that can be uniquely specified for the reception setting information input to the application input terminal 21, and associates with the reception setting information in the setting database 11 Is stored in the acceptance setting information database, and the acceptance setting information is set to the application state.
In step S3, when the acceptance-permitted department performs an acceptance permission operation on the acceptance application using the authorization operation terminal 23, it is determined in step S4 whether or not the acceptance application is permitted by the acceptance permission operation in step S3. .

If it is determined in step S4 that the acceptance application is permitted, the process proceeds to step S5, where the central management CPU 10 validates the permitted acceptance setting information, and the acceptance setting information Based on the ID advance transmission information, the reception ID information 22 associated with the reception setting information issued in the previous step S2 is sent to the prospective visitor.
Then, the process proceeds to step S6, and the prospective visitor who has received the receipt ID information 22 prints the barcode pattern of the receipt ID information 22 on, for example, paper or transfers it to his / her portable information terminal on the screen. Prepare in advance so that it can be displayed.

  Here, when sending the reception ID information 22 to the prospective visitor, additional information such as an operation guide and a map at the time of visit may be sent together with the barcode pattern of the reception ID information 22. When a prospective visitor prints on paper in advance preparation of this step S6, this additional information is printed together and is convenient. In addition, when displaying on a portable information terminal, there is a merit on the visitor side that the cost of paper printing is not required and the amount of additional information is not limited by the area of the paper.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S4 that the acceptance application is not permitted and is not permitted, the process proceeds to step S7, and the central management CPU 10 deletes the rejected acceptance setting information. Or invalid.
And after this step S7 or step S6, it will reach to step S8 and a series of operation | movement flows will be complete | finished.

Further, in this embodiment, the visitor entrance / exit management system operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG. 6 when entering the visit day.
That is, when a visitor visits, he / she first enters the entrance waiting space through the flapper gate X of the entrance. Hold the barcode pattern of the reception ID information 22 sent in advance to the camera unit of the code reader 33 (step S101).

In step S201, the entrance terminal 31 recognizes the barcode pattern held by the barcode recognition function 34 and reads the reception ID information 22, and in step S202, the entrance terminal 31 reads the received receipt to call the receptionist. The ID information 22 is transmitted to the central management CPU 10.
Here, as described above, the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 has a built-in bar code recognition function 34 and shares the camera unit with the intercom.

As described above, the reception ID information 22 becomes level 1 upon entering the valid period including the requested visit period, and calls the first reception person from the entrance of the flapper gate X and the entrance terminal 31. However, it is still in a state where it cannot be used for entering and exiting the inside of the sitting space.
In addition, once the reception ID information 22 is used to enter the flapper gate X, the same reception ID information 22 cannot be re-entered unless the reception ID information 22 is held even when leaving. Furthermore, assuming re-entry due to lunch or forgotten items, for example, up to three times of flapper gate X admission are permitted, and after that number of times, it will be downgraded to level 0 (invalid state) without waiting for the expiration of the validity period. . When use in an invalid state is detected, an illegal entry / exit alarm and recording are made.

Next, in step S <b> 301, the central management CPU 10 that has received the reception ID information 22 searches the reception setting information management database of the setting database 11 for valid reception setting information associated with the reception ID information 22.
In step S302, the visitor confirmation unit 12 of the central management CPU 10 sets the reception person calling method of the setting database 11 in accordance with the setting of the reception person calling method in the reception setting information related to the reception ID information 22. The call process of the person in charge is executed according to the call execution order while referring to the setting information. Here, it is assumed that the setting shown in (B) of FIG.

  On the other hand, at the entrance terminal 31, after step S202, the entrance door 31a (door) using an ID card by another entry / exit authority is also kept during the calling process so that visitors do not occupy the entrance terminal 31. The entrance / exit from A, B) is accepted (step S2000). Therefore, the visitor leaves the entrance terminal 31 after recognizing the reception ID information 22 and waits until it is called again from the calling intercom unit of the entrance terminal 31.

In step S302, the visitor confirmation means 12 tries to call until one of the reception staff responds according to the call execution order set in the reception staff calling method setting. Here, for example, it is assumed that the first receiving person responds to the receiving person calling at the camera intercom S / W terminal 41 in step S401 (step S402).
Then, the visitor confirmation means 12 executes the visitor call processing in step S303 when the reception person in charge is successfully called, and calls the visitor using the speaker unit of the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 of the entrance terminal 31. Is performed (step S203).

  In response to this call, the visitor responds at step S102 to again present the barcode pattern of the reception ID information 22 to the entrance terminal 31, and the reception ID information 22 is read by the barcode recognition function 34 of the entrance terminal 31 at step S204. In step S205, the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 of the entrance terminal 31 and the camera intercom unit 41a of the camera intercom S / W terminal 41 pass through the visitor confirmation means 12 of the central management CPU 10. Connected, and a call can be made between the visitor and the person in charge of reception.

In this state, the visitor makes a call with the reception person via the intercom (step S103), and the reception person confirms the camera image obtained by photographing the visitor via the camera interphone part 41a or through the microphone part. By confirming the input voice of the visitor, it is possible to directly confirm the identity of the visitor while confirming the acceptance setting information displayed on the application information display unit 42.
In step S403, when the person in charge of the acceptance performs the identity confirmation operation by pressing the permission button 43, in step S304, the level transition means 13 of the entrance / exit management CPU 10 “accepts” the acceptance setting information according to the entry / exit authority level transition condition of FIG. “ID (level 1)” is upgraded to “entrance / exit ID” of level 2, and the authentication control setting of the control device 35 provided in the entrance terminal 31 and the intra-section access terminal 32 is updated.

  In the subsequent step S206, the entrance terminal 31 in which the setting of the control device 35 has been updated unlocks the entrance door 31a (doors A and B) using the reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) that has already been confirmed by re-presentation. The visitor enters the reception space through the entrance door 31a without falling into the situation where the person in charge of the reception does not know the visit (step S104), and the barcode of the reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) By allowing the camera unit of the intra-compartment access terminal 32 to read the pattern, the other intra-compartment door 32a can also be passed with level 2 authority.

  In the above, the reception person operates the camera interphone S / W terminal 41 at his / her desk to confirm the identity of the visitor, but the camera interphone S / W corresponding to the camera interphone S / W terminal 41 is used. The personal information of the visitor may be checked after looking at the portable information terminal in which the person in charge is installed with the person in charge holding the portable information terminal.

Further, as a mechanism for using the voice interface (voice I / F) or the videophone I / F of the local mobile phone terminal in the second place in the call execution order of FIG. 4 as a visitor confirmation terminal, although not shown in FIG. A voice gateway function for converting between the voice and telephone voice or a videophone gateway function including video, and a function for identifying the push tone sound of the telephone terminal as an operation button such as a permission button or a permission button.
In this case, it is possible to verify the identity of the visitor without disclosing the telephone number to the visitor, as compared with the case where the visitor calls the reception person in charge of the on-site mobile phone terminal by a normal dial operation from the extension telephone at the entrance. In addition, since the button of the mobile phone terminal is directly used as a confirmation button for the system, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to carry a terminal other than the mobile phone terminal.

After the visitor enters the reception space using the reception ID information 22 that has been upgraded to level 2 in step S104, the visitor sees the visit guidance that is known in advance together with the barcode pattern of the reception ID information 22, for example. However, it moves to the door C or the door D which is the intra-compartment door 32a in front of the office space.
Here, if the person in charge of receiving is not yet in the intra-compartment door 32a, in step S111, a barcode pattern is placed over the camera unit of the intra-compartment access terminal 32 in the same manner as in the previous step S101. The access terminal 32 reads the reception ID information 22 from the held barcode pattern by the barcode recognition function 34 (step S211).

In step S202, the intra-compartment access terminal 32 transmits the received reception ID information 22 to call the reception person in charge to the central management CPU 10, and in step S311, the central management CPU 10 receiving the reception ID information 22 Effective reception setting information associated with the reception ID information 22 is searched from the reception setting information management database of the setting database 11.
Thereafter, through the same processing as the above-described steps S401, S402, S303, S203, S102, S204, S205, and S103, calling the receiving person through the use of the intercom function in accordance with the person calling method of FIG. The identity of the visitor is verified.

  In the following step S413, the reception person confirms that the visitor has reached the intra-compartment door 32a (door C or door D) and presses the permission button 43 of the camera intercom S / W terminal 41 which is the visitor confirmation terminal. Then, in step S314, the level transition means 13 of the entrance / exit management CPU 10 changes the entrance / exit authority level from 2 to 3 or C1 according to the entrance / exit authority level transition condition of FIG. The control setting of the control device 35 provided is updated. If the person who has confirmed the visitor is the first person in charge of the reception, the level is level 3, and if the person in charge of the second reception is the person in charge, the level is C1.

  In the subsequent step S216, the intra-compartment access terminal 32 in which the setting of the control device 35 has been updated releases the intra-compartment door 32a (doors C and D) using the already confirmed reception ID information 22 (entry / exit ID information). The visitor enters the office space through the intra-compartment door 32a (doors C and D) (step S114) and presents the barcode pattern of the reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) to enter the entrance space. In the case of the door 31a (doors A and B), the intra-compartment door 32a (doors C and D), and the level C1, the door E can further pass through the computer server space.

A means for visitor confirmation operation may also be provided on the door terminal (entrance terminal 31 or intra-compartment access terminal 32), and the camera interphone S / W terminal 41 whose reception person is a visitor confirmation terminal as described above. If it is possible to confirm the identity by meeting a visitor directly in front of an office space, etc., the confirmation operation can be performed at the door terminal.
As a visitor confirmation operation function using this door terminal, for example, immediately after the visitor has read the reception ID information 22 on the door terminal, the ID card of the person in charge of reception can be read within a predetermined time, or from the door terminal A method such as key entry of a personal identification number may be employed, or a conventional technique may be used.
In this case, when the confirmation operation is performed by the first person in charge of reception, the confirmation operation of the second person in charge of reception is also required when entering the computer server space thereafter.

In this embodiment, the visitor entrance / exit management system operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG. 7 when leaving the visit day.
First, when the visitor leaves, and in step S491, the person in charge performs a predetermined end operation such as pressing the non-permission button 44, the process proceeds to step S391, and the level transition means 13 of the management CPU 10 If the entry / exit authority level related to the reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) is within the validity period of the reception ID information 22 from the level 2, 3 or C1, the level is 1; The level is changed to level 0, and the reception ID information 22 is downgraded from “entry / exit ID” to “reception ID”.

Then, in step S291, the control settings of the control device 35 provided in the entrance terminal 31 and the intra-compartment access terminal 32 are updated, and only the exit from each entrance door 31a and the intra-compartment door 32a is allowed.
The visitor presents a barcode pattern to the camera unit of the exit terminal of the entrance terminal 31 (step S191), and the barcode recognition function 34 of the exit terminal of the entrance terminal 31 reads the reception ID information 22 (step S293). The entrance door 31a is unlocked (step S293), and the visitor passes through the entrance door 31a and enters outside the reception space.

Once the visitor passes through the entrance door 31a and enters the outside of the reception space, the bar code pattern is then displayed on the camera unit of the entrance terminal of the entrance terminal 31 (step S192), and the entrance side of the entrance terminal 31 is displayed. When the bar code recognition function 34 of the terminal reads the reception ID information 22 (step S294), authentication is refused in step S295, so that the visitor cannot enter the reception space.
In the above, the fact that the visitor has actually entered and exited the entrance door 31a, the intracompartment door 32a, etc. (entrance / exit time, etc.) is stored in the setting database 11 of the central management CPU 10 as an entry / exit record.

Here, since the function of the reception ID level is maintained within the predetermined time even at this time point, the person in charge of receiving from the entrance terminal 31 is supposed to contact the person in charge of receiving again after forgetting things etc. Only the call is possible.
Also, after leaving the entrance flapper gate X, the admission authority remains up to twice, which is convenient for visitors. If the barcode pattern of the reception ID information 22 becomes completely unnecessary, the visitor discards it.

The reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) to be used is not limited to two-dimensional information such as a barcode. For example, information such as RFID is directly sent to the portable information terminal to authenticate the portable information terminal. A configuration in which functions are used instead may be used.
In this case, a configuration in which the security level is further increased by directly transmitting the reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) to the portable information terminal or dynamically changing the information is possible. However, in order to send directly to such portable information terminals, it is necessary to obtain information belonging to the visitor's personal information such as telephone numbers and terminal e-mail addresses, etc. When applying to an unspecified number of visitors It should be noted that it is necessary to obtain permission from the person.
Furthermore, it goes without saying that a normal plastic RFID card or a paper card embedded with an RFID tag can be used as the reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) (in this case, by mail or the like in advance) It is necessary to send the card to the prospective visitors).

  The visitor entrance / exit management system configured as described above uses temporary visitor ID information, and enters the security zone based on the visitor ID information presented by the visitor at the entrance / exit gate. A visitor entrance / exit management system for managing exits, including central management means, visitor confirmation profile information, ID advance sending information that prescribes means for sending visitor ID information in advance to visitors, visitor visits Two or more entry / exit authority levels that define entry / exit authority for security sections using the visitor ID information, and entry / exit authority level transition conditions that define transition conditions between the entry / exit authority levels for visitor ID information Visitor acceptance application input means for entering and applying for visitor acceptance information in advance, visitor acceptance information entered in the visitor acceptance application entry means, and entered visitor acceptance information Associated with The reception setting information storage means for storing the visitor ID information issued by the central management means prior to the visit as the reception setting information, and the visitor ID presented by the visitor approaching the entrance / exit gate at the time of the visit It has ID information reading means for reading information, and transmits the read visitor ID information to the central management means, and also reads the read visitor ID information and the control information of the entrance / exit gate distributed from the central management means And an entrance / exit gate terminal control means for controlling the opening / closing of the entrance / exit gate and executing the entrance / exit control of the security zone for the visitor, and the entry / exit authority level transition condition is between the entrance / exit authority levels. The transition condition includes the result of the human visitor's authentication operation by the acceptor, and the visitor acceptance information is the acceptance that identifies the acceptor who performs the authentication operation included in the entry / exit authority level transition condition The central management means further includes visitor identification information, and sends the visitor ID information to the visitor based on the ID advance sending information stored in the acceptance setting information storage means prior to the visit, and the entrance / exit gate terminal The acceptance setting information related to the visitor ID information transmitted from the control means is obtained from the acceptance setting information storage means, the entry / exit authority level transition condition included in the obtained acceptance setting information, and the result of the authentication operation by the acceptance person, The entry / exit authority level related to the visitor ID information is changed based on the control information, and control information corresponding to the changed entry / exit authority level is distributed to each entry / exit gate terminal control means.

  For this reason, information necessary for entrance / exit management can be pre-distributed at low cost, and collection is not required, but the person in charge does not have entry / exit authority before verifying the identity of the visitor or security level such as entrance hall You can restrict entry to lower compartments, and you have applied for and have been granted permission to enter and exit other compartments depending on the level confirmed for the first time after you have been verified. It can be changed sequentially according to the setting, and even if temporary ID information that is sent in advance to the visitor and discarded after the incident is used, the visitor does not enter without knowing it and the details are fine. It is possible to perform entry / exit control.

Also, because the entrance / exit authority will be validated by human beings, for example, even if a large number of inexpensive ID information is distributed when accepting a large number of visitors, a part of the visitors will be in charge. It is possible to prevent an unauthorized act without being known by a person.
In addition, since the entrance / exit authority level is managed for each door, for each authority, and for each hour, even if an unfamiliar visitor is lost from the leader and gets lost inside the building, the door access authority is not If only the call function is enabled for the terminal as shown in Fig. 2, and if the call function is used, the call procedure should be set so that the trigger is called. Can be used to contact the leader by reading the ID information from the door terminal in the surroundings without knowing the passable door or the telephone number for calling the leader.
Furthermore, when an illegal door passage is attempted, the trigger is called, so that it is possible to know the illegal passage attempt.

  The entry / exit authority level further defines the call authority of the reception staff, and the entrance / exit gate terminal control means calls the reception staff for the visitor based on the read visitor ID information and control information. In order to perform further control, it was necessary to make the extension number information, which is in-house information, clear to the visitor so that the visitor used an extension telephone to call the person in charge of reception. On the other hand, the visitor can call the individual person in charge of the reception without revealing the in-house information such as the extension number for the person in charge of the reception to the visitor.

  Also, the acceptance setting information related to the visitor ID information read by the entry / exit gate terminal control means is obtained from the acceptance setting information storage means, and the acceptance person is in charge based on the acceptance person specifying information included in the obtained acceptance setting information. The visitor confirmation profile information included in the acquired reception setting information is provided to the reception staff and the reception staff is further equipped with a visitor authentication means for performing an authentication operation. It is convenient for the person in charge to easily answer the visitor call, and even if the person in charge does not go directly to the place where the visitor is located, it is possible to confirm whether the person is the person himself or herself.

  The visitor acceptance information further includes call method setting information including a plurality of call methods for calling the person in charge at the time of visit, and the visitor authentication means is the visitor read by the entrance / exit gate terminal control means. Based on the call method setting information included in the reception setting information related to the business ID information, a plurality of calling methods are performed in a predetermined order until the reception person is successfully called. Even if there is no call, it is possible to designate a call for a substitute person in charge of the substitute, and the visitor is not unnecessarily kept waiting.

  The entrance / exit gate terminal control means further has an interphone handset function for acquiring at least one of a visitor's image and sound, and the visitor authentication means is an image and / or sound obtained by the interphone handset function. Is further provided with an interphone master unit function for allowing the person in charge of reception to use the information, so that the identity of the visitor can be confirmed more reliably by the person in charge of reception.

  In addition, a third party other than the person in charge of the visitor confirms the visitor acceptance application that is performed when the visitor acceptance information is input to the visitor acceptance application input means, and performs an operation of permitting, correcting, or disapproving it. In addition, it is possible to prevent the reception person from accepting unauthorized visitors, and the visitor ID information can be a barcode pattern or a disposable RFID tag. Therefore, the ID information can be made inexpensive and disposable.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
8 and 9 relate to the second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of a terminal with a face authentication function, and FIG. 8 is an operation during visitor face authentication of the visitor entrance / exit management system. FIG.
In the second embodiment described here, in addition to the configuration of the first embodiment described above, the face of the visitor is photographed using the camera unit provided in the entrance terminal and the access terminal in the section, and the face image is entered and exited. It is used for recording and face authentication.

In this embodiment, the entrance terminal 31 and the intra-compartment access terminal 32 which are door terminals installed corresponding to the doors (entrance door 31a and intra-compartment door 32a) provided at the boundary of each security compartment, The face authentication function-equipped terminal 36 further includes a face authentication processing unit 36a.
In other words, the face authentication function-equipped terminal 36 is provided with a camera interphone / barcode reader 33 having a camera unit and a microphone / speaker unit for capturing a video, like the entrance terminal 31 and the intra-compartment access terminal 32 of the first embodiment. The barcode pattern of the reception ID information 22 possessed by the visitor is held by the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 over the camera unit of the camera intercom / barcode reader 33, and the barcode pattern is recognized. A barcode recognition function 34 for reading the reception ID information 22 is provided.

In addition, the camera intercom / barcode reader 33 includes a face authentication processing unit 36a that performs face authentication by identifying the visitor's face 24 from the image of the visitor's face 24 taken by the camera unit. It has been.
The face authentication processing unit 36a can be configured by employing a conventionally known technique. Here, for example, it has a biometric feature amount extracting unit that extracts a biometric feature amount that is a face image or a facial feature point from a camera image, and a biometric feature amount collating unit that collates the biometric feature amount. As a result of the feature amount matching by the feature amount matching means, ID information unique to the person (visitor), which is information corresponding to the reception ID information 22 in the case of the barcode pattern, can be obtained.

The acceptance setting information database managed in the setting database 11 of the management CPU 10 stores the visitor confirmation profile information, the visit time, the ID pre-send information, the entry / exit stored as the visitor acceptance setting information in the first embodiment. In addition to the authority level information, the entry / exit authority level transition condition, the reception person calling method, and the reception ID information 22, the visitor's face image of the face 24 and the biometric feature amount extracted from the face image are also displayed. Save as acceptance setting information.
Further, a face image of the visitor's face 24 is further added and stored as the entry / exit record stored in the setting database 11.
Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

In this embodiment, the visitor entrance / exit management system operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG. 9 when entering the visit day.
In FIG. 9, steps S101, S102, S201 to S204, S2000, S301 to S303, S401, and S402 are the same as the operations of the steps with the same reference numerals in FIG. Is omitted.

  When the reception ID information 22 is read and confirmed by the barcode recognition function 34 of the entrance terminal 31 which is the face authentication function-equipped terminal 36 in step S204, the process proceeds to step S205, and the entrance terminal 31 also functions as a camera interphone. The bar code reader 33 and the camera interphone unit 41a of the camera interphone S / W terminal 41 are connected via the visitor confirmation means 12 of the central management CPU 10, and a call can be made between the visitor and the person in charge of reception.

In this state, the visitor makes a call with the reception person via the intercom (step S103), and the reception person confirms the camera image obtained by photographing the visitor via the camera interphone part 41a or through the microphone part. By confirming the input voice of the visitor, it is possible to directly confirm the identity of the visitor while confirming the acceptance setting information displayed on the application information display unit 42.
In step S103, the visitor faces the camera unit of the camera interphone / barcode reader 33 and directs the face 24 of the visitor to the camera unit to capture a face image, and during the call using the interphone in step S205. Then, the face authentication processing unit 36a of the terminal 36 with face authentication function (entrance terminal 31) detects the visitor's face 24 from the face image and extracts a biometric feature amount from the visitor's face 24 (step S501).

  In step S502, the face authentication processing unit 36a of the terminal 36 with face authentication function (entrance terminal 31) associates with the reception ID information 22 with the image and biometric image of the visitor face 24 obtained in the previous step S501. The central management CPU 10 transmits the feature amount to the central management CPU 10 and receives the visitor face 24 image and biometric feature amount in step S3031, and the visitor face 24 image and biometric feature amount as transmission information. Is added to the reception setting information related to the reception ID information 22 and stored in the reception setting information database in the setting database 11.

In step S403, when the person in charge of the reception presses the permission button 43 based on the visitor identity confirmation via the intercom in the previous step S205 and performs the identity confirmation operation, the level transition of the entrance / exit management CPU 10 in step S3041. The means 13 upgrades the “acceptance ID (level 1)” of the acceptance setting information to the “entrance / exit ID” of level 2 in accordance with the entry / exit authority level transition condition of FIG. The authentication control setting of the device 35 is updated. At this time, information on the biometric feature amount (face feature point) associated with the reception ID information 22 saved in the previous step S3031 is also used in the face authentication function-equipped terminal 36 together with the update information of the authentication control setting. It is distributed to a certain entrance terminal 31 and intra-compartment access terminal 32.
In step S206, the entrance terminal 31 that has received the authentication setting update information and the facial feature point information is updated based on the reception ID information 22 (entrance / exit ID information) whose settings of the control device 35 have been updated and have been confirmed by re-presentation. The door 31a (doors A and B) is unlocked, and the visitor enters the reception space through the entrance door 31a (step S104).

After such an authentication operation by the person in charge of reception, the visitor holds the barcode pattern over the camera unit of the entrance terminal 31 and directs the visitor's face 24 to the camera unit (step S111), whereby the terminal with face authentication function The mouth terminal 31, which is 36, reads the reception ID information 22 from the barcode pattern held by the barcode recognition function 34 (step S211), and the face authentication processing unit 36a detects the visitor's face 24. A facial feature point, which is a biometric feature amount, is extracted from the detected face 24 of the visitor (step S521).
In step S222, each of the reception ID information 22 and the biometric feature amount is collated, the reception ID information 22 is permitted to pass, and the face feature point (biometric feature amount) corresponding to the reception ID information 22 is obtained. If the information matches the distributed information, the entrance door 31a (doors A and B) can be entered and exited according to the permitted entry / exit authority level (step S122).

  Note that the entry / exit level can be changed for the intra-compartment door 32a (doors C to E) in a similar manner so that the facial feature points in the intra-compartment access terminal 32 are collated. Specifically, the processing contents in steps S211 and S212 in FIG. 6 of the first embodiment are compared with the facial feature points collated by the face authentication processing unit 36a like the processing contents in steps S221, S521, and S222 in FIG. May be changed to include.

Also, here, facial feature points are used as biometric information, but other biometric pattern information such as veins is obtained using a camera that can separate and detect fingerprints, irises, and infrared components by imaging the finger surface and eyes. The biometric information can be used for authentication. Of course, a plurality of biological information may be used in combination. In this case, the face authentication processing unit 36a is replaced with biometric information acquisition means for acquiring the biometric information of the visitor.
Furthermore, when the reliability of the biometric information is sufficiently high for the application purpose of this system, only the biometric information is used without performing ID authentication using the barcode pattern after obtaining the biometric information once. You may make it permit passage only by ID authentication.
Other operations (such as prior meetings and leaving on the day of visit) are the same as those in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In the visitor entrance / exit management system configured as described above, in the configuration of Embodiment 1, the entrance / exit gate terminal control means further includes biometric information acquisition means for acquiring biometric information of the visitor, and at the time of the visit Since biometric information is acquired from the visitor by biometric information acquisition means and added to the visitor confirmation profile information, and the biometric information is stored as a visitor entry / exit record, it is ensured after the visitor enters Information that can identify the person can be recorded.

  In addition, since the entry / exit gate terminal control means uses the biometric information acquired from the visitor by the biometric information acquisition means for verifying the identity of the visitor, the biometric authentication is also used after the visitor enters the site. It is possible to identify the visitor himself / herself and improve the security.

10 Central management CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Setting database 12 Visitor confirmation means 13 Level transition means 20 Prior meeting 21 Application input terminal 22 Reception ID information 23 Permitted operation terminal 24 Face of visitor 30 Visit day (visitor)
31 Entrance terminal 31a Entrance door 32 Access terminal in compartment 32a Door in compartment 33 Camera intercom / bar code reader 34 Bar code recognition function 35 Control device 36 Terminal with face authentication function 36a Face authentication processing unit 40 Visiting day (person in charge)
41 Camera Interphone S / W Terminal 41a Camera Interphone Unit 42 Application Information Display Unit 43 Permission Button 44 Non-Permission Button

Claims (9)

A visitor entrance / exit management system for managing entrance / exit to a security zone based on the visitor ID information presented by a visitor at an entrance / exit gate using temporary entrance / exit visitor ID information,
Central management means,
Specify visitor confirmation profile information, ID advance sending information that prescribes means for sending the visitor ID information to the visitor in advance, and entry / exit authority of the security section using the visitor ID information Enter visitor acceptance information including entrance / exit authority level transition conditions that define two or more entrance / exit authority levels and transition conditions between the entrance / exit authority levels related to the visitor ID information in advance of the visit. Visitor acceptance application input means to apply,
The visitor acceptance information entered in the visitor acceptance application input means, and the visitor ID information issued by the central management means in advance of a visit associated with the entered visitor acceptance information. Receiving setting information storing means for storing as receiving setting information;
It has an ID information reading means for reading the visitor ID information presented by a visitor approaching the entrance / exit gate at the time of visit, and transmits the read visitor ID information to the central management means and reads it. Further, it controls opening / closing of the entrance / exit gate based on the visitor ID information and the control information of the entrance / exit gate distributed from the central management means, and controls entrance / exit of the security section to the visitor. An entry / exit gate terminal control means for executing,
The entry / exit authority level transition condition includes a result of an authentication operation of a human visitor by an accepting person as a transition condition between the entry / exit authority levels,
The visitor acceptance information further includes acceptance person identification information for identifying an acceptance person who performs the authentication operation included in the entry / exit authority level transition condition,
The central management means sends the visitor ID information to a visitor based on the ID advance sending information stored in the acceptance setting information storage means before visiting, and from the entrance / exit gate terminal control means. The acceptance setting information related to the transmitted visitor ID information is acquired from the acceptance setting information storage means, and the entry / exit authority level transition condition included in the acquired acceptance setting information and the authentication operation by the person in charge of acceptance And changing the entry / exit authority level related to the visitor ID information based on the result of the distribution, and distributing the control information corresponding to the changed entry / exit authority level to the entry / exit gate terminal control means. A unique visitor entrance / exit management system. The entry / exit authority level further defines the call authority of the receptionist,
2. The visit according to claim 1, wherein the entrance / exit gate terminal control unit further controls a call of a person in charge of reception to the visitor based on the read visitor ID information and the control information. Entrance / exit management system.   The acceptance setting information related to the visitor ID information read by the entrance / exit gate terminal control means is acquired from the acceptance setting information storage means, and based on the reception person specifying information included in the acquired acceptance setting information The reception person in charge, and providing the visitor confirmation profile information included in the acquired reception setting information to the reception person, and further comprising visitor authentication means for the reception person to perform the authentication operation The visitor entrance / exit management system according to claim 2. The visitor acceptance information further includes call method setting information composed of a plurality of call methods for calling the person in charge at the time of visit,
The visitor authentication means accepts the plurality of call methods based on the call method setting information included in the acceptance setting information related to the visitor ID information read by the entrance / exit gate terminal control means. 4. The visitor entrance / exit management system according to claim 3, wherein the visitor entrance / exit management system is performed in a predetermined order until the person in charge is successfully called. The entrance / exit gate terminal control means further has an interphone handset function for acquiring at least one of a visitor's image and sound,
The said visitor authentication means further has an interphone master unit function for allowing a person in charge to use the image and / or the sound acquired by the interphone slave unit function. The visitor entry / exit management system according to any one of 4 above.   A third party other than the person in charge confirms and accepts, modifies, or disallows a visitor acceptance application made by inputting the visitor acceptance information into the visitor acceptance application input means. The visitor entrance / exit management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an acceptance application permission operation means.   The visitor entrance / exit management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the visitor ID information is sent to the visitor by a barcode pattern or a disposable RFID tag. The entrance / exit gate terminal control means further includes biological information acquisition means for acquiring biological information of a visitor,
The biometric information is acquired from a visitor by the biometric information acquisition means during a visit, added to the visitor confirmation profile information, and the biometric information is stored as an entry / exit record of the visitor. The visitor entrance / exit management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7.   9. The visitor entrance / exit management system according to claim 8, wherein the entrance / exit gate terminal control unit uses the biometric information acquired from the visitor by the biometric information acquisition unit for identity verification of the visitor.

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