JP2011221907A - Entering and leaving management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an entering and leaving management system for performing data collection of entering and leaving history information during an optimum term.SOLUTION: The entering and leaving management system includes: a controller 5 for controlling a card reader for reading authentication data stored in an IC card carried by a user to acquire the authentication data, and controlling a locked state of an electric lock on the basis of a comparison result between the acquired authentication data and preliminarily stored identification information; a history data storing part 11 for storing information of operation history of locking/unlocking of the electric lock; an information collector 42 for collecting information of operation histories stored in a plurality of buildings; an information storing part 47 for storing the collected information of the operation histories; and a history data acquisition commanding device 50 for determining a period for collecting the information of the operation histories on the basis of the number of operation histories for a predetermined term in the collected history information.

Description

  The present invention relates to an entry / exit management system, and more particularly to determination of a collection period of entry / exit history information stored in each building.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an electric lock system that locks and unlocks with a tag or card with a built-in IC (Integrated Circuit) instead of a key is used as a locking system with high crime prevention in a detached house or an apartment house. In an entrance / exit management system using such an electric lock system, personal information of an individual who has entered or exited and history information of entrance / exit are stored based on ID (IDentification) information built into the tag or card. Yes.

  In a conventional entrance / exit management system, the personal information and entrance / exit history information of the entrance / exit are controlled by a card reader or electric lock control device installed at the entrance / exit management device (site), and the identification number of the occupant, the entrance time, etc. The data related to the personal information of entry / exit and the entry / exit history information are stored in the storage unit of the entry / exit management device, and the data is transmitted from the controller to the monitoring center when a predetermined period of time elapses. When the storage capacity of the storage unit is almost full, a notification is sent from the controller to the monitoring center, and history data is collected before the full notification is received (for example, , See Patent Document 1)

JP 2008-52350 A

  In the above-described entrance / exit management system, when the number of history data increases rapidly due to an increase in the number of residents, a notification of full notification is transmitted from the controller before a predetermined period of time has passed, Historical data collection occurs every time before the period elapses. For this reason, there is a problem that it is necessary to change the data collection period in order to make room for the storage capacity of the controller, resulting in an operational burden on the operator.

  In addition, when the number of history data is small, the data collection period starts while the storage part of the entry / exit management device has sufficient margin, and history data is transmitted, resulting in extra communication costs. There was a problem of doing.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an entry / exit management system that collects data of entry / exit history information in an optimum period.

  In order to solve the above problems, one aspect of the present invention is an entrance / exit management system for managing entrance / exit of a building whose door is locked by an electric lock, and a user who is permitted to enter / exit the building is provided. An information reading control unit that acquires an identification information by controlling an information reading device that reads the identification information stored in a possessed storage medium, the acquired identification information, and permission to enter and exit the building An electric lock control unit that controls a locking state of the electric lock that locks the door of the building based on a comparison result with identification information stored in advance as information to be performed, the information reader control unit, and the electric lock control unit An operation history information storage unit for storing the operation history information, an operation history information collection unit for collecting the operation history information stored in the plurality of buildings, and a collection history of the collected operation history information Based on the number of operation histories for a predetermined period in the collection history information stored for each building, the operation history information collection unit stores the operation history from the plurality of buildings. And a collection period determining unit that determines a period for collecting information.

  According to the present invention, by providing an entry / exit management system that collects data of entry / exit history information in an optimal period, even in the case of a sudden increase in the number of records, the operator manually changes the data collection cycle. Data can be collected without any problems. In addition, when the number of history data is small, it is possible to reduce the communication cost by suppressing redundant data collection processing.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the entrance / exit management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the controller which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the determination operation | movement of the log | history collection period which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in the scheduled processing group management part which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the apparatus contained in the entrance / exit management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an entry / exit management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the entire entrance / exit management system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the controller in the entrance / exit management system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 shows the data collection period of the history data stored in the controller in the entrance / exit management system according to the embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure to calculate.

  The entrance / exit management system according to this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of buildings (managed bases) 1a, 1b owned by customers (hereinafter referred to as contract customers) who have entered into an exit / exit management contract with a management company. ... (hereinafter collectively referred to as building 1), entrance / exit management devices 2a, 2b (hereinafter generally referred to as entrance / exit management device 2), and these entrance / exit management devices 2 and communication lines 3 and a monitoring center 4 connected via the network 3. As the communication line 3, any communication means such as a telephone line, a high-speed data line, and a wireless line can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the entrance / exit management device 2 is an electric that locks and unlocks an entrance door of the building 1 or an entrance door of a room in the building 1 (hereinafter referred to as an entrance door of an entry / exit management target base). Locks 71a, 72a, 71b, 72b (hereinafter collectively referred to as electric locks 7) and authentication data necessary for determining whether to enter the entrance of the building 1 or each room provided in the building 1 are stored. A reading device (card reader) 61a, 62a, 61b, 62b (hereinafter collectively referred to as a card reader 6) for reading an authentication recording medium (not shown) made of an IC card or the like, A controller that verifies the read authentication data of the authentication storage medium with previously stored data and determines that entry or exit is possible when both data match, and outputs an unlock command to the electric lock 7 La 5a, 5b ··· (hereinafter, collectively and controller 5) are equipped with. That is, the controller 5 functions as an information reading control unit that acquires the authentication data by controlling the card reader 6 that is an information reading device, and also uses the electric lock 7 based on a comparison between the read authentication data and prestored data. It functions as an electric lock control unit for controlling the unlocking / locking.

  Here, the authentication recording medium is carried by a user who uses the building 1 or each room provided in the building 1, and in the entrance / exit management system using the electric lock 7 according to the present embodiment, To play a role. The entrance / exit management device 2 can detect whether or not the electric lock 7 and the reading device 6 have failed and whether or not an abnormality such as opening / closing of the entrance / exit door at the entrance / exit management target site is detected by the controller 5. When the occurrence of failure and abnormality are detected, the entrance / exit management device 2 notifies the monitoring center 4 of the occurrence of failure and abnormality. The electric lock 7 is controlled by an electric signal from the controller 5, and locks and unlocks the entrance door of the entry / exit management target base.

  The monitoring center 4 is provided with a data management device for monitoring and managing entry / exit information and customer information stored in the controller 5 of the entry / exit management device 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the data management device installed in the monitoring center 4 includes a line control device 41, an information collection device 42, an abnormality reception device 43, an information transfer device 44, a scheduled processing group management unit 45, and an information storage device 46. , An information storage unit 47, an information disclosure device 48, a history number calculation device 49, and a history data take-in command device 50.

  The line control device 41 performs information communication with the controller 5 included in the building 1 as a management target base via the communication line 3. The information collection device 42 collects information from the controller 5 of the building 1 via the line control device 41. The abnormality receiving device 43 receives an abnormality detection signal transmitted from the controller 5 when an abnormality is detected in the controller 5. The information transfer device 44 transfers information stored in the information storage unit 49, which is a storage medium, in response to a request from the outside.

  The scheduled processing group management unit 45 stores a period for collecting information stored in the controller 5 such as entry / exit information in the monitoring center 4 for each controller 5. The information storage device 46 stores the information collected from the controller 5 in the information storage unit 47 that is a storage medium. In the present embodiment, information on the operation history stored in the controller 5 is stored in the information storage unit 47. That is, the information storage device 46 and the information storage unit 47 work together to function as a collection history information storage unit.

  The information disclosure device 48 displays the information stored in the information storage unit 47 or provides it in response to an external request. The history number calculation device 49 calculates the number of history records such as entry / exit information stored in the information storage unit 47. The history data take-in command device 50 outputs an information collection command from the controller 5 in accordance with the set information collection cycle.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 5 is connected to the monitoring center 4 through the communication line 3 and constitutes a history number report means, a history number count detection unit 9, a history number count detection unit 9, a history data management unit 10, a history A data storage unit 11 and a receiving unit 12 are included. In the history data storage unit 11, the authentication data of the authentication recording medium read by the reading device 6 and the reading time are stored as history information data (hereinafter referred to as history data) by the history data management unit 10. That is, the history data management unit 10 in the controller 5 functions as an operation history information storage unit.

  The history number count detection unit 9 counts the number of history data stored in the history data storage unit 11 (hereinafter referred to as history number), and the measured history number is stored in the history number count detection unit 9 in advance. When the stored threshold value is exceeded, the reporting unit 8 is operated to notify the monitoring center 4 that the measured history number has exceeded the threshold value. Thereby, each device provided in the monitoring center 4 collects the history data stored in the history data storage unit 11. That is, the history number count detection unit 9 and the reporting unit 8 work together to function as a collection request transmission unit.

  The history data take-in command device 50 controls the collection of history data stored in the controller 5 of each entry / exit management device 2 based on the history data collection cycle determined by the processing that is the gist of the present embodiment. . In the entrance / exit management system according to the present embodiment, a plurality of history data collection cycles are set in the history data take-in command device 50. Then, the history data take-in instruction device 50 determines a history data collection cycle to be adopted from a plurality of history data collection cycles based on the average number of history cases per day calculated by the history number calculation device 49. In the present embodiment, when the history data full notification is 4000, the history data collection cycle is determined so that the threshold does not exceed 3000, which is 75% of the number of full notifications. That is, in the present embodiment, the history number calculation device 49 and the history data fetch command device 50 work together to function as a collection cycle determination unit.

  If the collection period of history data is 3 every day, every 3 days, and every 7 days, and the number of history data calculated per day by the history number calculation device 49 is 1000 or more, the threshold value is 3000 for every 3 days. , May not be able to respond to sudden changes. Therefore, the history data take-in command device 50 sets the collection cycle to the scheduled processing group management unit 45 as daily. In addition, when the number of history data per day calculated by the history number calculation device 49 is 400 or more and less than 1000, the number of threshold values approximates to 2800 in 7-day intervals. Accordingly, the history data cancellation command device 50 sets the collection cycle in the scheduled processing group management unit 45 as a three-day interval.

  Furthermore, when the number of history data items per day calculated by the history number calculation device 49 is less than 400, the history data cancellation command device 50 sets the collection period to the scheduled processing group management unit 45 as the longest 7-day interval. To do. When the collection cycle set in the scheduled processing group management unit 45 is reached, the history data fetch command device 50 collects history data via the line control device 41.

  In the entrance / exit management system according to the present embodiment, when a user who uses the building 1 or each room provided in the building 1 enters the room, the authentication record including an IC card carried (owned) by the customer A medium is set in the card reader 6. Then, the authentication data (identification information) stored in the authentication recording medium is read by the card reader 6. The controller 5 collates the read authentication data (identification information) with data for identifying a customer stored in advance in the controller 5. When both data match as a result of the collation, the controller 5 releases the electric lock 7. As a result, it is possible for a user who carries (owns) the authentication recording medium to enter the room.

  Then, when the user carrying the authentication recording medium enters the room and closes the door, the authentication data of the authentication storage medium read by the card reader 6 and the read time are stored as history information data, and the history data of the controller 5 is stored. Stored in the unit 11. Note that the history information data is stored in advance in addition to the timing after the entrance door is closed as described above, the timing when the authentication data is read by the card reader 6, and the read authentication data. It may be the timing when the collation with the identification data is completed.

  In the entrance / exit management system according to the present embodiment, when a user leaves the building 1 or each room provided in the building 1, the card reader 6 stores an authentication recording medium that the user carries (owns). Set to. Then, the authentication data (identification information) stored in the authentication storage medium is read by the card reader 6. The controller 5 collates the read authentication data with data for identifying a user stored in advance in the controller 5. If the two data match as a result of the collation, the controller 5 releases the electric lock 7. As a result, it is possible for a customer carrying (owning) the authentication recording medium to leave the room.

  Then, when the user carrying the authentication recording medium leaves the room and closes the door, the authentication data of the authentication recording medium read by the card reader 6 and the reading time are used as history data, and the history data storage unit of the controller 5 11. As in the case of entering the room described above, the history data may be stored at other timings.

  As described above, the history information data stored in the history data storage unit 15 of the controller 5 is information based on a command from the history data fetch command device 50 when a predetermined period set in the scheduled processing group management unit 45 elapses. The data is acquired by the collection device 42 via the line control device 41 and the communication line 3 and stored in the information storage unit 47 of the monitoring center 4.

  Next, in the entrance / exit management system according to the present embodiment, the history data acquisition command device 50 sets the history data collection cycle according to the number of history records per day calculated by the history record calculation device 49. This will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 3 is periodically executed, for example, on the first day of every month. Thereby, the collection period of history data is always kept at a suitable period.

  As shown in FIG. 3, first, for the history data stored in the information storage device 46, the history number calculation device 49 counts the number of history records for one month (S301), and calculates the number of history records per day. (S302). Then, the history data take-in instruction device 50 determines whether or not the number of history records per day calculated in S302 is 1000 or more (S303). As a result of the determination in S303, when it is determined that the number of history records per day is 1000 or more (S303 / YES), the history data acquisition command device 50 sets the history collection cycle once a day and processes the setting information on a regular basis. The data is stored in the group management unit 45 (S304).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of history records per day is less than 1000 (S303 / NO) and 400 or more (S305 / YES), the history data acquisition command device 50 sets the history collection cycle to 3 days. The setting information is stored in the scheduled processing group management unit 45 once (S306). Furthermore, when it is determined that the number of history records per day is less than 400 (S305 / NO), the history data acquisition command device 50 sets the history collection cycle to once every seven days and sets the setting information as a scheduled processing group management unit. 45 (S307).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the scheduled processing group management unit 45 by the operation of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the scheduled processing group management unit 45 associates information indicating the controller 5 installed in the building 1 that is a management target base with a history collection period for collecting history data from each controller 5. Stored. At a certain time every day, the history data take-in command device 50 searches for the controller 5 as a history collection target stored in the scheduled processing group management unit 45. Then, according to the history collection cycle associated with each controller 5, a history data collection command is transmitted to the controller 5 via the communication line 3. As a result, the controller 5 transmits history data to the monitoring center 4 via the communication line 3 and is collected by the information collecting device 42 of the monitoring center 4. That is, the line control device 41, the information collection device 42, and the history data take-in command device 50 work together to function as an operation history information collection unit.

  As described above, according to the entrance / exit management system of the present embodiment, since the period for collecting history data is determined based on the average number of history records per day, the number of history data increases rapidly due to an increase in the number of residents, etc. Even in the case of an increase, the history collection period is automatically changed to a short period, and the storage capacity of the controller on the building side becomes insufficient before the predetermined period elapses every time, and the collection process of history data on the monitoring center side occurs. This can be prevented.

  Furthermore, according to the entrance / exit management system of the present embodiment, when the number of history data is small, the history collection period is set to be long, so that communication costs can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, the IC card has been described as an example of the authentication recording medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Identification means using a barcode, a wireless tag, or a fingerprint, iris, vein pattern, etc. In addition, identification means using manipulative information may be used.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the case where the period which collects historical data was selected from the 1st, 3rd, or 7th was demonstrated as an example. Not limited to this, for example, by multiplying the number of histories per day obtained in S302 by an integer, the number of histories in each case is calculated as 2, 3, 4,... By comparing with an integral multiple of the number of records, the number of days before the integral multiple of the number of records per day reaches the threshold may be used as the collection cycle.

  Similarly, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the average number of records per day is obtained in S302 of FIG. 3 and the number of records is compared with thresholds such as 1000 and 400. . This is an example of a calculation method, and the gist of the above embodiment is to determine the collection period of history data based on the number of histories in the history data stored in the scheduled processing group management unit 45. Therefore, other calculation methods can be used. For example, based on the number of histories in the history data stored in the scheduled processing group management unit 45, the number of days when the number of histories reaches a threshold such as 3000 is obtained, and an integer number of days smaller than the obtained number of days is collected. It is also good.

  Further, since the use of the average number of history records per day is an example of the calculation method as described above, the unit period for obtaining the average number of history records is not limited to one day, and may be, for example, half a day or one week. This unit period is preferably determined in accordance with the determination result of the collection period that can be predicted.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the main process is executed by each device provided in the monitoring center 4. The functions of the devices provided in the monitoring center 4 are realized by functions configured by interlocking hardware and software. Hereinafter, a hardware configuration of each device (hereinafter referred to as a center side device) provided in the monitoring center 4 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the center side device according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the center-side device according to the present embodiment includes the same configuration as that of a general server or PC. That is, the center side apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 103, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 104, and an I / F 105. Connected through. Further, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 106 and an operation unit 107 are connected to the I / F 105.

  The CPU 101 is a calculation means and controls the operation of the entire center side device. The RAM 102 is a volatile storage medium capable of reading and writing information at high speed, and is used as a work area when the CPU 10 processes information. The ROM 103 is a read-only nonvolatile storage medium and stores programs such as firmware and various control programs. The HDD 104 is a non-volatile storage medium capable of reading and writing information, and stores an OS (Operating System), various control programs, application programs, and the like. Further, the information storage unit 47, the scheduled processing group management unit 45, the history data storage unit 11 and the like according to the present embodiment are realized by the HDD 104.

  The I / F 105 connects and controls the bus 108 and various hardware and networks. The LCD 106 is a visual user interface for the user to check the state of the center side device. The operation unit 107 is a user interface such as a keyboard and a mouse for the user to input information to the center side device.

  In such a hardware configuration, a program stored in a storage medium such as the ROM 103, the HDD 104, or an optical disk (not shown) is read into the RAM 102, and operates according to the control of the CPU 101, thereby configuring a software control unit. The function of the center-side device according to the present embodiment is realized by a combination of the software control unit configured as described above and hardware.

1, 1a, 1b building,
2, 2a, 2b Entrance / exit management device,
3 Communication line,
4 monitoring center,
41 line control equipment,
42 information collecting device,
43 Abnormal receiver,
44 Information transfer device,
45 Regular processing group management department,
46 Information storage device,
47 Information storage unit,
48 Information disclosure device,
49 History number calculation device,
50 History data import command device,
5, 5a, 5b controller,
6, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b card reader,
7, 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b electric lock,
8 Reporting Department,
9 History count detection part,
10 History data management department,
11 History data storage unit,
12 Incoming part

Claims (3)

An entrance / exit management system for managing entrance / exit of a building whose door is locked by an electric lock,
An information reading control unit that controls an information reading device that reads identification information stored in a storage medium possessed by a user permitted to enter and leave the building, and acquires the identification information;
An electric lock that controls the locking state of the electric lock that locks the door of the building based on the comparison result between the acquired identification information and the identification information stored in advance as information that permits entry into and exit from the building A control unit;
An operation history information storage unit for storing information of operation history of the information reading device control unit and the electric lock control unit;
An operation history information collecting unit that collects information of the operation history stored in a plurality of the buildings;
A collection history information storage unit for storing the collected operation history information as collection history information;
Collection cycle determination for determining a cycle in which the operation history information collection unit collects the operation history information from the plurality of buildings based on the number of operation histories in a predetermined period in the stored collection history information for each building. Including
The entry / exit management system, wherein the operation history information collection unit collects the information of the operation history according to the determined period. A collection request transmission unit for transmitting a collection request for operation history information to the operation history information collection unit when a predetermined number of pieces of operation history information are stored in the operation history information storage unit;
The collection cycle determination unit determines the cycle so that the number of operation histories in the operation history information stored in the operation history information storage unit reaches the collection cycle before reaching the predetermined number. The entrance / exit management system according to claim 1, wherein   The collection cycle determination unit obtains the number of operation histories per unit time based on the number of operation histories for the predetermined period, and compares the number of operation histories per unit time with the predetermined number, The entrance / exit management system according to claim 2, wherein a period that is an integral multiple of a unit time is determined as the period.

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