JP2012036592A - Article storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article storage device capable of executing end processing even when there is an article not stored in a storage part.SOLUTION: When all keys are already returned to the storage part in a key management unit (YES in step S32), a control part transmits a locking instruction to the key management unit (step S37). When (an authority of) a user who has logged in is a bank employee (NO in step S36), all the keys whose importance is "high" or "middle" are already returned and the key whose importance is "low" is not returned yet (YES in step S38), the control part transmits the locking instruction to the key management unit 21. To the contrary, when the key whose importance is "high" or "middle" is not returned yet (NO in step S38), the control part does not transmit the locking instruction to the key management unit.

Description

  The present invention relates to an article storage apparatus that stores articles, and more particularly to an article storage apparatus that includes a key storage unit that stores keys.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an article storage device that is installed in an office of a financial institution or the like and stores documents, electronic devices, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “articles”) shared by a plurality of employees is known. The article storage device includes a storage unit having a storage unit for storing articles, and an operation control unit for performing a locking / unlocking operation of each storage unit. As this storage unit, for example, a key management unit including a storage unit having a number of key holders for storing keys may be used.

  Each storage part of the key management unit is provided with a door that can be opened and closed. In normal operation, the door is closed and locked. When taking out / returning the key, the operator operates the operation control unit to unlock the door of the key management unit, opens the door by hand, and takes out / returns the key from the key holder. The operator closes the door by hand after the key is taken out / returned, and operates the operation control unit to lock the door.

  In the article storage apparatus, in addition to the normal operation as described above, there is a case where a key management unit door opening operation in which the door is always open is prepared for the key management unit. In the key management unit door opening operation, for example, after the door is unlocked by the manager at the start of business, the door is opened. For example, the door is maintained in an open state until the end of business, and when the business ends, the door is closed and the door is locked.

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  The lock processing of the key management unit door during the key management unit door opening operation is permitted only to a user having the authority of the administrator (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “administrator”). Further, when all keys are returned to the key management unit, the door is allowed to be locked regardless of whether or not it is an administrator. Therefore, if all keys are returned to the key management unit, even a user without administrator authority can lock the door, but if there is an unreturned key in the key management unit Can not lock the door without the administrator.

  However, it is assumed that the administrator is not in the office, and it is inconvenient to request the administrator's operation in all cases where there is an unreturned key. The keys stored in the key management unit also include less important keys (for example, keys for office supplies lockers). Therefore, even if there is an unreturned key in the key management unit, when the key is a low importance key, it is desired that the door can be locked without depending on the manager.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an article storage device capable of executing a termination process even when there is an uncontained article in a storage unit.

The invention according to claim 1 is a storage section (B1 to B12) for storing a plurality of predetermined articles, a setting means (105) for setting the importance of each article stored in the storage section, The article storage device (1) includes permission / prohibition means (105) that allows or prohibits execution of a predetermined end process based on the importance of an unstored article in the storage unit.
The numbers in parentheses represent corresponding components in the embodiments described later, but are not intended to limit the scope of the claims to the embodiments. The same applies hereinafter.

  According to this configuration, when there is an uncontained (unreturned) article in the storage unit, execution of the termination process is permitted or prohibited based on the importance of the article. That is, even when there is an unstored article in the storage unit, the termination process may be permitted depending on the importance of the article. Therefore, even when there is an unstored article in the storage unit, it is possible to execute the termination process.

The invention according to claim 2 further includes means (105) for setting the authority of the user, wherein the permission / inhibition means assigns the user who can execute the termination process, the authority of the user, and the storage section. The article storage device according to claim 1, wherein execution of the end process is permitted or prohibited based on the importance of an uncontained article.
According to this configuration, when there is an uncontained article in the storage unit, execution of the termination process is permitted or prohibited based on the authority of the user and the importance of the article. That is, even if there is an unstored article in the storage unit, the termination process may be permitted depending on the importance of the article and / or the authority of the user. Therefore, even when there is an unstored article in the storage unit, it is possible to execute the termination process.

As described in claim 3, the permission / prohibition means includes, as a permission condition, authentication of one or a plurality of users other than the user for a specific user among the users. Also good.
In the article storage apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, as described in claim 4, the storage unit includes a lockable / unlockable door (215), and the end processing is performed on the door. It may be a locking process. In this case, if there is an unstored article in the storage section, the door is locked or prohibited based on the importance of the article, so even if there is an unstored article in the storage section. It is possible to lock the door.

  In this case, as described in claim 5, there is provided notification means (105, 102) for notifying the fact based on the fact that the door of the storage portion where there is an uncontained article is locked. Also good. In this case, it is notified that a predetermined user has locked the door. If the predetermined user is a user having a relatively low authority, for example, there is an unstored article and the fact that the door is locked by the user is used, for example, with a relatively high authority. Can be notified to the person.

Such notification may be executed in connection with a shutdown process of the article storage device. The notification destination can recognize that there is an uncontained article in relation to the shutdown process.
Moreover, in the article storage apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, as described in claim 6, the termination process may include a shutdown process of the article storage apparatus. In this case, when there is an unstored article in the storage unit, the shutdown process of the article storage device is permitted or prohibited based on the importance of the article, so there is an unstored article in the storage unit. Even in such a case, the article storage device can be shut down.

  Furthermore, as described in claim 7, the article may be a key, and the storage unit may include a key holder (A1 to A30) capable of holding a plurality of the keys. In this case, when there is an unreturned key in the storage unit, execution of the termination process is permitted or prohibited based on the importance of the key. Therefore, even when there is an unreturned key in the storage unit, the termination process can be executed.

1 is an external front view of an article storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the key management unit shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the article storage apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the user management table shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the key management table shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the key importance degree-user authority correspondence table shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the key management unit shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the bankbook management unit shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which the article storage apparatus shown in FIG. 1 performs. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a key removal process. It is a figure which shows an example of the key removal / key return selection screen displayed on touch panel LCD. It is a figure which shows an example of the key position guidance screen displayed on touchscreen LCD. It is a figure which shows an example of a key position guidance screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the key removal process completion screen displayed on touch panel LCD. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the door closing process in key management unit door opening operation. It is a figure which shows an example of the key removal / door closing selection screen displayed on a touch panel LCD. It is a figure which shows the other example of the key importance degree-user authority corresponding | compatible table shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the two-party authentication request | requirement screen displayed on touchscreen LCD. It is a figure which shows an example of the non-manager locking confirmation screen displayed on a touch panel LCD. It is a flowchart which shows the shutdown process of the article storage apparatus concerning other embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external front view of an article storage device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The article storage apparatus 1 includes an operation control unit 10, a key management unit 21, a passbook management unit 22, and general units 23 and 24, and is installed in a financial institution office such as a bank. As described above, the article storage device 1 is configured by combining a plurality of units 10 and 21 to 24. In each of the units 21 to 24, article management is performed according to the type (property) of the article to be stored. Yes.

  The general units 23 and 24 are storage units having storage units B3 to B9 that store articles and locking / unlocking units that lock and unlock the doors of the storage units B3 to B9. Specifically, the general unit 23 includes four storage units B3 to B6 and four locking / unlocking units that lock and unlock the doors of the storage units B3 to B6, and stores articles such as files and bankbooks. It is an important material management unit. The general unit 24 includes three storage units B7 to B9 and three locking / unlocking units that lock and unlock the doors of the storage units B7 to B9, and stores a particularly important item such as loan documents. It is.

On the other hand, the key management unit 21 and the passbook management unit 22 are storage units B1, B2, B10 to B12 for storing articles, and locking and unlocking for locking and unlocking the doors of the storage units B1, B2, B10 to B12. And a management unit for managing the articles stored in the storage units B1, B2, B10 to B12.
The key management unit 21 is a management storage unit that individually manages the removal and return of a plurality of keys. Specifically, the key management unit 21 stores a plurality of (for example, a maximum of 30) keys in the storage unit B2 of the two storage units B1 and B2.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the key management unit 21. A specific configuration of the key management unit 21 will be described with reference to FIG.
The storage part B2 of the key management unit 21 has a door 215 that opens and closes the storage part B2, a door locking part 212 that locks and unlocks the door 215, and a key holder part 213 provided inside the storage part B2. Yes. The door 215 is provided so as to be openable with respect to the main body (housing).

In the article storage device 1, a normal operation and a key management unit door opening operation are prepared in association with the door 215 of the key management unit 21. The normal operation is an operation in which the door 215 is normally closed and the door 215 is locked except when the key is taken out / returned. In contrast, the key management unit door opening operation is an operation in which the door 215 is always open.
After the door 215 is pulled out to an attitude of about 90 degrees with respect to the front surface of the key management unit 21, the door 215 is slid in the depth direction of the key management unit 21, thereby the side plate of the main body of the storage unit B2 and the key. It can be stored in a storage space formed between the holder part 213 and the holder part 213. If the opened door 215 is stored in this storage space during the key management unit door opening operation (the state where the key management unit door opening operation is set), the door 215 does not get in the way.

  The door locking part 212 includes a lock plate for locking (locking) the door 215 and a motor for driving the lock plate. As the motor rotates, the tip of the lock plate moves up and down. For example, when the front end of the lock plate is at the lower position, it engages with the engaging portion 215a disposed at the upper and lower intermediate positions of the door 215, and the door 215 is locked. On the other hand, when the front end of the lock plate is at the upper position, for example, the engaging portion 215a of the door 215 and the lock plate are not engaged, and the door 215 is unlocked. That is, the door 215 is locked and unlocked by moving the tip of the lock plate up and down using a motor.

The key holder part 213 includes a plurality of key holders A1 to A30. Each of the key holders A1 to A30 is inserted into the key holder portion 213 so as not to be extracted. These key holders A <b> 1 to A <b> 30 are provided so as to be locked or unlocked individually based on a control signal (instruction) from the operation control unit 10. In other words, the key holder part 213 is an individual locking / unlocking part.
Note that lamps R for informing the user of the state of the key holders A1 to A30 are provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the upper portions of the key holders A1 to A30. Specifically, each lamp R is turned off when the corresponding key holders A1 to A30 are locked, and illuminated (lit) in green when the corresponding key holders A1 to A30 are unlocked. When the key holders A1 to A30 are extracted from the key holder portion 213 (in the case of non-insertion or incomplete insertion), they are illuminated (lit) in red.

The key holder part 213 includes an emergency dial lock 216. The emergency dial lock 216 is used to manually unlock the key holders A1 to A30 in the event of a failure or a power failure.
With reference to FIG. 1 again, the bankbook management unit 22 will be described. The bankbook management unit 22 is a management storage unit including a bankbook counting unit for counting stored bankbooks (hereinafter simply referred to as “passbook”). The bankbook management unit 22 has three storage units B10 to B12. A plurality of passbooks are stored in the storage unit B10 and the storage unit B11, respectively.

Each of the storage units B10 and B11 is divided into four individual storage units, and can store different types of passbooks for each individual storage unit. Further, the passbook counting unit individually counts the passbooks stored in the individual storage units.
The operation control unit 10 is a control unit that controls locking and unlocking of the general units 23 and 24 and the management storage units 21 and 22. When a user takes out an article from the article storage device 1, the user operates a touch panel LCD (Liquid Crystal Display; notification means) 102 provided in the operation control unit 10 to store the target article. Unlock the doors of the storage sections 21, 22, 23, and 24.

  When the user performs an operation of taking out the key from the key management unit 21, the article storage device 1 displays a key position guide screen (see FIG. 12) indicating the position of the key holder to which the logged-in user has the release authority. Displayed on the touch panel LCD 102. In addition, when the logged-in user performs an operation of taking out the passbook from the passbook management unit 22, the article storage device 1 indicates the position of the individual storage unit in which the passbook that the user intends to take out is stored. A passbook position guidance screen is displayed on the touch panel LCD 102.

In this way, by displaying the key position guidance screen or the passbook position guidance screen on the touch panel LCD 102, the user can store the target key or passbook in any position of the key management unit 21 or the passbook management unit 22. Can be easily grasped.
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, in the article storage device 1, the key management unit 21 and the passbook management unit 22 are arranged at positions adjacent to the operation control unit 10. Therefore, in the article storage device 1, the key management unit 21 and the passbook management unit 22 are located in the vicinity of the touch panel LCD 102. Therefore, the user can take out / return the key to / from the key holder unit 213 while viewing the key position guide screen displayed on the cook panel LCD 102. Thereby, the operation for taking out / returning the key can be more easily performed.

Further, in the article storage apparatus 1, a key management unit 21 having a door-type door 215 that can be opened one by one is disposed at the same height as the operation control unit 10, and a passbook management having a drawer-type door that can be pulled out to the front side. The unit 22 is arranged at a position lower than the operation control unit 10. Thereby, the visibility of the key holder part 213 and an individual storage part can be improved.
In the following description, the passbook management unit 22 and the general unit 24 installed immediately above the floor surface are referred to as a lower unit, and the operation control unit 10, the key management unit 21 and the general unit installed above the lower unit. 23 may be referred to as an upper unit.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the article storage device 1. FIG. 3 shows only the components necessary for explaining the characteristics of the article storage device 1.
The article storage device 1 includes an operation control unit 10 and a controlled unit 20. Here, the controlled unit 20 includes the key management unit 21, the passbook management unit 22, and the general units 23 and 24.

The operation control unit 10 includes a card reader 101, a touch panel LCD 102, a storage unit 104, and a control unit 105 (means for permitting or prohibiting execution of termination processing, setting means, means for setting user authority, notification means). And.
A card reader 101 (see also FIG. 1) is a reading device that reads an ID (Identification) from a magnetic card. The touch panel LCD 102 is a display operation unit that displays various operation screens and transmits information touched by a fingertip or the like to the control unit 105.

  The storage unit 104 is configured by a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory or a hard disk drive. The storage unit 104 stores controlled unit management information 104a, user management table 104b, article management information 104c, and key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d. The article management information 104c includes, for example, a key management table 104e.

  The controlled unit management information 104a is information regarding the key management unit 21, the passbook management unit 22, and the general units 23 and 24 that are the controlled units 20. The controlled unit management information 104a includes position information of each unit 21, 22, 23, 24, information on the state of the key holder unit 213 (hereinafter referred to as “key holder state information”), count result information by the passbook counting unit 222, and the like. Is included.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user management table 104b. The user management table 104b stores (stores) user data registered in the article storage device 1.
The user management table 104b includes a user name, a door to which the user has the unlocking authority (hereinafter referred to as “authority door”), a key to which the user has the authority to take out (hereinafter referred to as “authority key”), and The user authority is stored in association with the user ID. That is, the user is registered in the article storage device 1 in association with the ID, the authority door, the authority key, and the user authority. The user ID is a card ID of a card (magnetic card, IC card, etc.) distributed to the user.

  The user's authority refers to the authority (degree) given to each user in managing the article storage device 1. The authority of the user is given to the user according to the job title and / or duties of the user. In FIG. 4, the authority of the user is divided into two stages, that is, an administrator and a bank employee. As the authority of the user, it may be stored in the user management table 104b with the post (and / or duties) such as “administrator” or “bank” shown in FIG. It may be stored in the user management table 104b with the authority level such as “low”.

Registration of a user in the article storage device 1, that is, storage of data in the user management table 104 b is performed by operating the touch panel LCD 102 of the operation control unit 10.
In FIG. 4, “Eiko Taro”, “Eiji Jiro”, and “Eiko Saburo” are listed as examples of users registered in the article storage device 1. A card having a card ID of “012” is distributed to the user “Eiko Ichiro”. This user “Eiko Ichiro” has the authority to open and close the doors of the storage units B1 to B12, has the authority to take out the keys from the key holders A1 to A30, and the authority of the user is “ "Administrator" (high authority).

  Also, a card having a card ID of “345” is distributed to the user “Eiko Jiro”. This user “Eiko Jiro” has the authority to open and close the doors of the storage units B3 to B5, has the authority to take out the keys from the key holders A11 to A30, and the user's authority is “ Employees (low authority). Furthermore, a card having a card ID of “678” is distributed to the user “Eiko Saburo”. This user “Eiko Saburo” has the authority to open and close the doors of the storage units B3 to B5, has the authority to take out the key from the key holders A21 to A30, and the authority of the user is “ Employees (low authority).

In FIG. 4, as an example of users registered in the article storage device 1, three people of “Eiko Taro”, “Jiro Eiko”, and “Euro Saburo” are listed. Needless to say, it can be registered in the article storage device 1.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the key management table 104e. The key management table 104e stores key data to be stored in the storage unit B2 of the key management unit 21. Specifically, the key management table 104e stores (stores) a key holder for storing the key, the type of the key, and the importance of the key. The importance of a key takes into account the importance of the device / device (for example, safe, ATM, etc.) provided with the lock corresponding to the key, the importance of the item stored in the device / device, etc. The degree of importance to be determined. In this embodiment, the importance of the key is divided into, for example, three levels.

  In FIG. 5, examples of keys stored in the key management unit 21 include a “safety” key, an “ATM” key, a “passbook management unit” 22 key, and a “office supplies locker” key. The key storage location of the “safe” is the key holder A1, and the importance of the key is “high”. The key “ATM” is stored in the key holder A2, and the importance of the key is “high”. The key storage destination of the “passbook management unit” 22 is the key holder A11, and the importance of the key is “medium”. The key storage location of the “office supplies locker” is the key holder A21, and the importance of the key is “low”.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the key importance / user authority correspondence table 104d.
The key importance level-user authority correspondence table 104d is a table that is referred to in order to determine whether to permit / inhibit the locking process of the door 215 of the storage unit B2 of the key management unit 21 during the key management unit door opening operation. The key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d stores the user's authority to lock the door 215 in correspondence with the importance of the unreturned key. In the key importance level-user authority correspondence table 104d in FIG. 6, when a key having a high importance level is not returned, or all keys having a high importance level have been returned and the importance level is “medium” If the key is not returned, the user who has the authority of “administrator” (high authority) has the authority to lock the door 215, but the user who has only the authority of “person” (low authority) Does not have the right to lock the door 215. Further, in the key importance level-user authority correspondence table 104d in FIG. 6, all the keys with the importance level “high” and all the keys with the importance level “medium” have been returned and the importance level is “low”. When the key has not been returned and when all the keys have been returned, the user having any authority has the authority to lock the door 215.

Again, the control part 105 is demonstrated with reference to FIG.
The control unit 105 is a processing unit that performs processing such as acquisition of information from the controlled unit 20, user authentication, display control of the touch panel LCD 102, and various instructions to the controlled unit 20. The control unit 105 includes an information acquisition unit 105a, an authentication unit 105b, a display control unit 105c, and an instruction unit 105d.

The information acquisition unit 105 a is a processing unit that acquires information from the controlled unit 20. For example, the information acquisition unit 105a acquires the position information of the units 21 to 24, the open / close state information of the doors of the storage units B1 to B12, and the like from the key management unit 21, the passbook management unit 22, and the general units 23 and 24.
Further, the information acquisition unit 105a acquires the position information and key holder state information of the key holders A1 to A30 from the key management unit 21. The key holder state information includes lock / unlock information indicating whether each of the key holders A1 to A30 is in a locked state / unlocked state, and whether the key is returned to each key holder A1 to A30. The presence / absence information indicating whether the key has been returned or the key has been taken out is included. Furthermore, the information acquisition unit 105a acquires the position information of the individual storage unit, the count result information by the passbook counting unit 222, and the like from the passbook management unit 22.

The authentication unit 105b is a processing unit that performs user authentication. Specifically, when receiving the ID read from the card possessed by the user from the card reader 101, the authentication unit 105b determines whether or not the received ID matches the ID stored in the user management table 104b. If it is determined and the two match, the user is authenticated.
The display control unit 105 c is a processing unit that displays various screens on the touch panel LCD 102. For example, when the user is authenticated by the authentication unit 105b, the display control unit 105c causes the touch panel LCD 102 to display various screens for allowing the user to select various operations.

The instructing unit 105 d is a processing unit that instructs to lock / unlock the doors of the storage units B <b> 1 to B <b> 12 included in the controlled unit 20, to execute a passbook counting process for the passbook management unit 22.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the key management unit 21.
The key management unit 21 includes an I / F (Interface) unit 211, a door locking unit 212, a key holder unit 213, and a key management unit 214. The key management unit 214 includes a key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a, a state detection unit 214b, a storage unit 214c, and an information notification unit 214d.

The I / F unit 211 is a processing unit for communicating with the operation control unit 10. Specifically, when receiving an unlocking instruction or a locking instruction for the door (door 215) of the key management unit 21 from the operation control unit 10, the I / F unit 211 receives the key management unit 21 based on the received instruction. The door (door 215) is locked and unlocked.
The I / F unit 211 not only provides an unlocking instruction or locking instruction to the key management unit 21 but also a lower unit installed below the key management unit 21, that is, an unlocking instruction or locking to the door of the general unit 24. Receive instructions. When the I / F unit 211 receives an unlocking instruction or locking instruction for the general unit 24 from the operation control unit 10, the I / F unit 211 locks and unlocks the door of the general unit 24 according to the received instruction. For example, RS-485 can be used as a communication interface between the operation control unit 10 and the I / F unit 211, between the I / F units of the adjacent upper unit, and between the I / F unit and the lower unit.

Further, when the door 215 of the key management unit 21 is unlocked or locked, the I / F unit 211 notifies the operation control unit 10 that the door 215 has been unlocked or locked. The I / F unit 211 performs the same processing when the door of the general unit 24 that is the lower unit is unlocked or locked.
The key holder unit 213 individually locks and unlocks the 30 key holders A1 to A30. For example, when the key holder unit 213 receives an instruction to unlock the key holder A1, the key holder unit 213 receives an instruction to unlock only the key holder A1 and unlock the key holders A1 to A5. Then, the key holders A1 to A5 are unlocked together.

  The key management unit 214 is a processing unit that performs processing such as a lock / unlock instruction to the key holder unit 213, detection of the state of the key holders A1 to A30, and storage and notification of the state of the key holders A1 to A30. Specifically, the key management unit 214 includes a key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a, a state detection unit 214b, a storage unit 214c, and an information notification unit 214d. Note that the communication between the key management unit 214 and the operation control unit 10 is not performed directly via the I / F unit 211 but using a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like.

  The key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a is a processing unit that instructs the key holder unit 213 to unlock or lock the key holders A1 to A30. Specifically, when the key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a receives the unlocking instruction or the locking instruction for the key holders A1 to A30 from the instruction unit 105d of the operation control unit 10, the key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a instructs the key holder unit 213 according to the received instruction. The key holders A1 to A30 are unlocked or locked.

  The state detection unit 214b is a processing unit that detects the state of the key holder unit 213. Specifically, the state detection unit 214b determines whether each of the key holders A1 to A30 is in the locked state / unlocked state and whether the key is returned to each of the key holders A1 to A30 ( Whether the key has been returned or the key has been taken out). The state of each key holder A1 to A30 detected by the state detection unit 214b (whether it is in the locked state / unlocked state and whether or not the key is returned to each key holder A1 to A30). The key holder state information is stored in the storage unit 214c.

The storage unit 214c is configured by a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory or a hard disk drive. The storage unit 214c stores position information of the key holders A1 to A30, states of the key holders A1 to A30, and the like.
The information notification unit 214d is a processing unit that notifies the operation control unit 10 of information stored in the storage unit 214c. Specifically, when the information stored in the storage unit 214c is updated, the information notification unit 214d extracts the updated key holder state information from the storage unit 214c and notifies the operation control unit 10 thereof. . The information notification unit 214d notifies the operation control unit 10 of the position information of the key holders A1 to A30 when the article storage device 1 is activated.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the passbook management unit 22. The bankbook management unit 22 includes a door locking unit 221, a bankbook counting unit 222, and a bankbook review unit 223. The passbook review unit 223 includes a count instruction unit 223a, a storage unit 223b, and an information notification unit 223c. The door locking unit 221 is a locking / unlocking unit for locking and unlocking the door of the passbook management unit 22.

The door locking unit 221 locks and unlocks the doors of the storage units B <b> 10 to B <b> 12 according to an instruction from the I / F unit of the general unit 23 installed on the upper part of the passbook management unit 22.
The passbook counting unit 222 is a mechanism for counting the passbooks stored in the storage unit B10 (see FIG. 1) of the passbook management unit 22.
The passbook counting unit 222 includes a reflective sensor (not shown) and a sensor substrate to which the reflective sensor is attached. The reflection type sensor is a sensor including a light emitting element and a light receiving element. The reflective sensor moves in the front-rear direction in the storage portion B10 as the sensor substrate is operated. In the reflective sensor, the light emitting element irradiates the passbook with the operation of the sensor substrate, and the light receiving element receives the reflected light while moving in the storage unit B10 in the front-rear direction (from the front side). Move to the back). And the passbook counting part 222 detects the unevenness | corrugation between passbooks based on the light reception level of the reflected light which the light receiving element received, and determines the number of passbooks based on the number of this unevenness | corrugation. When the passbook counting unit 222 completes the passbook counting process, the passbook counting unit 222 notifies the information notifying unit 223c that the counting process has been completed, and stores the counting result in the storage unit 223b.

The passbook review unit 223 is a processing unit that performs processing such as a passbook counting instruction to the passbook counting unit 222, storage of count result information, and notification. Specifically, the passbook review unit 223 includes a count instruction unit 223a, a storage unit 223b, and an information notification unit 223c.
The counting instruction unit 223a is a processing unit that instructs the bankbook counting unit 222 to execute the bankbook counting process. Specifically, the count instruction unit 223a instructs the passbook counting unit 222 to execute the passbook counting process when receiving an instruction to execute the passbook counting process from the instruction unit 105d of the operation control unit 10.

The storage unit 223b is configured by a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory or a hard disk drive. The storage unit 223b stores the count result information obtained by the passbook counting unit 222.
The information notification unit 223c is a processing unit that notifies the operation control unit 10 of count result information stored in the storage unit 223b. Specifically, when the information notification unit 223c receives from the passbook counting unit 222 that the counting process is completed, the information notification unit 223c acquires the count result before the update and the count result after the update from the storage unit 223b.

  Then, the information notification unit 223c calculates the number of passbooks taken out or the number of replenished passbooks using the count results before and after the update, and notifies the operation control unit 10 together with the count results after the update as count result information. For example, when the count result before the update is “131” and the count result after the update is “123”, the information notification unit 223c determines that the number of bankbooks taken out “8” and the count result after the update “123” To the operation control unit 10 as count result information.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure executed by the article storage apparatus 1. The article storage apparatus 1 performs an initialization process when the power is turned on (step S1). In this initialization process, the information acquisition unit 105a of the operation control unit 10 acquires the position information of the controlled unit 20, the position information of the key holders A1 to A30, the key holder state information, the count result information, and the like. The information is stored in the storage unit 104 as management information 104a. When the initialization process is completed, in the article storage device 1, the display control unit 105c of the operation control unit 10 displays a standby screen on the touch panel LCD 102 (step S2).

  Next, the authentication unit 105b of the operation control unit 10 determines whether or not a login operation has been performed (step S3). The authentication unit 105b determines that a login operation has been performed when a magnetic card is passed through the card reader 101. In this process, when it is determined that a login operation has been performed (YES in step S3), the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S4, the authentication unit 105b determines whether the user authentication (user authentication) has succeeded. Specifically, the authentication unit 105b determines that the user has been successfully authenticated when the ID read from the magnetic card by the card reader 101 matches the ID stored as the user management table 104b. Note that the authentication unit 105b may perform not only authentication by the card reader 101 but also authentication by ID input.

  If the user authentication fails in step S4 (NO in step S4), the display control unit 105c displays on the touch panel LCD 102 that the authentication has failed (step S5). And when the process of step S5 is complete | finished or when login operation is not performed in step S3 (it is NO at step S3), the operation control unit 10 repeats the process after step S3.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the user authentication is successful (YES in step S4), the display control unit 105c then displays an operation selection screen (operation menu screen) on the touch panel LCD 102 (step S6). Here, icons (operation buttons) corresponding to the key management unit 21, the passbook management unit 22, and the general units 23 and 24 are displayed on the operation selection screen.

  Next, the control unit 105 of the operation control unit 10 determines whether or not an icon corresponding to the key management unit 21 is selected on the operation selection screen (step S7). In this process, when it is determined that the icon corresponding to the key management unit 21 has been selected (YES in step S7), the article storage device 1 executes a key take-out process or a key return process (step S9). Such key take-out processing and key return processing will be described later.

  On the other hand, when the icon corresponding to the key management unit 21 is not selected in step S7 (NO in step S7), the control unit 105 of the operation control unit 10 determines whether the icon corresponding to the passbook management unit 22 is selected. Is determined (step S10). In this process, when it is determined that the icon corresponding to the passbook management unit 22 has been selected (YES in step S10), the control unit 105 further determines whether or not a passbook selection operation has been performed (step S11).

  Specifically, when an icon corresponding to the passbook management unit 22 is selected on the operation selection screen, the display control unit 105c causes the touch panel LCD 102 to display the passbook selection screen. The passbook selection screen is a screen for allowing the user to select one passbook from a plurality of types of passbooks in the passbook management unit 22. When one passbook is selected on this passbook selection screen, the control unit 105 determines that a passbook selection operation has been performed. When determining that the passbook selection operation has been performed in step S11 (YES in step S11), the control unit 105 executes passbook entry / exit processing (step S13).

  On the other hand, when the icon corresponding to the passbook management unit 22 is not selected in step S10 (NO in step S10), the control unit 105 of the operation control unit 10 determines whether the icon corresponding to the general units 23 and 24 is selected. Is determined (step S14). In this process, when it is determined that the icon corresponding to the general units 23 and 24 has been selected (YES in step S14), the control unit 105 determines whether or not a storage unit selection operation has been performed (step S15). .

  Specifically, when the icon corresponding to the general units 23 and 24 is selected on the operation selection screen, the display control unit 105c causes the touch panel LCD 102 to display the storage unit selection screen. The storage unit selection screen is a screen for allowing the user to select one storage unit from among the storage units B3 to B9 of the general units 23 and 24. When a storage unit on the storage unit selection screen is selected by the user (YES in step S15), the control unit 105 executes article entry / exit processing of the storage units B3 to B9 in which the selection operation has been performed ( Step S17).

  In the article loading / unloading process, first, the instruction unit 105d of the operation control unit 10 issues an unlocking instruction for the storage unit selected by the user. Here, when the storage units B3 to B6 of the general unit 23 which is the upper unit are selected, the instruction unit 105d instructs the I / F unit of the general unit 23 to unlock the storage unit. On the other hand, when the storage units B7 to B9 of the general unit 24 that is the lower unit are selected, the instruction unit 105d passes through the I / F unit 211 of the key management unit 21 installed on the upper part of the general unit 24. Instruct to unlock the storage. Then, the general units 23 and 24 that have received the unlocking instruction unlock the storage unit in accordance with this instruction.

  When the key take-out process in step S9, the passbook entry / exit process in step S13, or the article entry / exit process in step S17 are completed, or the icon corresponding to the general units 23, 24 is not selected in step S14 (in step S14). NO), the control unit 105 of the operation control unit 10 determines whether or not a logout operation has been performed (step S18). In this process, when the logout operation is not performed (NO in step S18), the control unit 105 repeats the processes after step S6. On the other hand, when it is determined that a logout operation has been performed (YES in step S18), the control unit 105 repeats the processes in and after step S2.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the key removal process. 11 to 13 are examples of screens displayed on the touch panel LCD 102 during the key removal process. Hereinafter, a case where normal operation is being performed in a state related to the key management unit 21 (a state in which normal operation is set) will be described as an example.
Prior to the execution of the key removal process, a key removal / key return selection screen (see FIG. 11) is displayed on the touch panel LCD 102. In this key removal / key return selection screen, a key removal button 291 for instructing execution of a key removal process and a key return button 292 for instructing a key return process for returning a key are displayed in the center of the screen. Is provided. In the key removal / door closing selection screen, a return button 293 for returning to the previous display screen is arranged at the corner of the screen (lower left corner in FIG. 11).

When the key removal button 291 is selected by a touch operation on the key removal / key return selection screen (see FIG. 11), the instruction unit 105d of the operation control unit 10 refers to the controlled unit management information 104a and determines the key. It is determined whether or not the door 215 of the storage unit B2 (see FIG. 1) of the management unit 21 is open (step S21).
If the door 215 is not open (NO in step S21), that is, if the door 215 is closed, the operation control unit 10 unlocks the door 215 of the key management unit 21 (step S22). Specifically, the instruction unit 105 d of the operation control unit 10 instructs the I / F unit 211 of the key management unit 21 to unlock the door locking unit 212, and the I / F unit 211 controls the door locking unit 212. Perform unlocking.

After the process of step S22 is completed or when the door 215 is open in step S21 (YES in step S21), the operation control unit 10 unlocks the key holders to which the logged-in user has the unlocking authority. Lock (step S23).
Specifically, in the article storage device 1, the instruction unit 105d of the operation control unit 10 refers to the user management table 104b, and authority key information corresponding to the logged-in user (the user has the unlocking authority). Information such as a key holder). Next, the instruction unit 105d instructs the key holder unlocking instruction unit 214a of the key management unit 21 to issue a key holder unlocking instruction including the acquired authority key information. When the key holder unlocking instruction unit 214a receives the key holder unlocking instruction, the key holder unlocking instruction unit 214a corresponds to the authority key information included in the key holder unlocking instruction, that is, the key holder to which the logged-in user has the authority to unlock. To unlock.

Next, the display control unit 105c of the operation control unit 10 displays a key position guide screen (see FIG. 12) on the touch panel LCD 102 (step S24).
The key position guidance screen is a screen for allowing the user to grasp the positions of keys that can be taken out. The key position guide screen is provided with a key holder part image schematically depicting the key holder part 213. In the key holder part image, images of key holders corresponding to the key holders A1 to A30 provided in the key holder part 213 are displayed in the same arrangement as the key holders A1 to A30. In the key position guide screen (key holder part image), the image of the key holder corresponding to the key holder from which the user can take out the key is different from the other key holder images (for example, different colors). Is displayed. In addition to the key holder part image, the key position guidance screen displays the user name and ID of the logged-in user, a message 311 indicating that the key should be taken out, a decision button 312 pressed when the operation is completed, and the like. Is done.

  Next, the control unit 105 of the operation control unit 10 determines whether or not the user has completed the operation (step S25). Specifically, the control unit 105 determines that the user has completed the operation when the determination button 312 displayed on the key position guidance screen is pressed. In this process, when it is determined that the user has completed the operation (YES in step S25), the control unit 105 locks the unlocked key holder, that is, the key holder to which the logged-in user has the unlocking authority. (Step S26).

Specifically, when the determination button 312 displayed on the key position guidance screen is pressed, the instruction unit 105d of the operation control unit 10 sets the key holder to the key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a of the key management unit 21. Instruct the locking. When receiving the key holder locking instruction, the key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a locks the key holder in the unlocked state.
Next, in the article storage device 1, the key holder state information is updated (step S27). Specifically, the state of each key holder A1 to A30 detected by the state detection unit 214b of the key management unit 21 (whether it is in the locked state or the unlocked state, and the key is returned to each key holder A1 to A30). Whether it is in a closed state). The states of the key holders A1 to A30 stored in the storage unit 214c are updated to the states detected by the state detection unit 214b. The information notification unit 214d notifies the operation control unit 10 of the key holder state information updated by the state detection unit 214b. The information acquisition unit 105a of the operation control unit 10 stores the key holder state information notified from the information notification unit 214d in the storage unit 104.

  At the end of the key removal process, the display control unit 105c of the operation control unit 10 causes the touch panel LCD 102 to display a key removal process completion screen (see FIG. 13). In the key take-out process completion screen, a logout button 321 for ending operation (logout) for the article storage device 1 (touch panel LCD 102) and an operation selection button 322 for shifting to the operation selection screen are provided in the center of the screen. ing. A message 323 indicating that the key removal process has been completed is provided at the top of the key removal process completion screen.

  In the above description, the case where the user unlocks the key holders for which the user has the unlocking authority is taken as an example. However, only the key holder selected by the user may be unlocked. In this case, the instruction unit 105d of the operation control unit 10 instructs the key holder locking / unlocking instruction unit 214a only to unlock the key holder corresponding to the key holder image pressed by the user on the key position guidance screen. You can do it.

Further, when the key return button 292 is selected by a touch operation on the key removal / key return selection screen (see FIG. 11), a key return process is executed. The key return process is almost the same process as the key take-out process, and a description thereof will be omitted.
Next, the key management unit door opening operation will be described. Key management unit door opening operation
This is an operation in which the door 215 is normally opened. During this key management unit door opening operation, for example, the door 215 is unlocked at the start of daily business, and then the door 215 is kept open. For example, the door 215 is closed and locked at the end of business.

The key take-out process during the key management unit door opening operation is substantially the same as the key take-out process during the normal operation shown in FIG. 10, but the door 215 is always unlocked during the key management unit door open operation. Since it is in the state, the processing of step S21 and step S22 is skipped.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the door closing process during the key management unit door opening operation.

  Prior to the execution of the door closing process, a key removal / door closing selection screen (see FIG. 15) is displayed on the touch panel LCD 102. In this key take-out / door close selection screen, a key take-out button 301 for instructing execution of key take-out processing and a door close button 302 for instructing execution of lock processing of the door 215 are provided in the center of the screen. ing. In this key removal / door closing selection screen, a return button 303 for returning to the previous display screen is arranged at the corner of the screen (lower left corner in FIG. 15).

  When the door closing button 302 is selected by a touch operation on the key removal / door closing selection screen (see FIG. 15) (YES in step S31), the control unit 105 of the operation control unit 10 refers to the storage unit 214c. If all keys registered in the article storage device 1 (stored in the key management table 104e) have been returned, and there are unreturned keys, the key is the key holder. (Step S32). If all keys have been returned (YES in step S32), the control unit 105 (instruction unit 105d) transmits a locking instruction to the key management unit 21 (step S37). Thereby, the door 215 is locked.

  When there is an unreturned key (NO in step S32), the control unit 105 refers to the user management table 104b to acquire the authority of the logged-in user (step S33), and the key management table. With reference to 104e, the importance of the unreturned key is acquired (step S34). Then, the control unit 105 acquires the authority of the logged-in user and the importance of the unreturned key, and the logged-in user has the locking authority based on the key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d. It is checked whether or not (step S36).

  If the logged-in user has the locking authority (YES in step S36), the door is locked (step S37), and the process is terminated. In the case of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the administrator has not returned the key with the importance “high”, has not returned the key with the importance “medium”, or has the importance “low”. Regardless of whether the key has not been returned, that is, regardless of the type of the key that has not been returned, the user has the right to lock the door 215.

Therefore, when the logged-in user (authority) is an administrator (YES in step S36), the control unit 105 (instruction unit 105d) transmits a locking instruction to the key management unit 21 (step S36). S37). Thereby, the door 215 is locked.
On the other hand, the bank employee (the user who has the authority) has the locking authority for the door 215 when the key with the importance level “low” is not returned, but the key with the importance level “high” has not been returned. In the case of return or when the key with the importance level “medium” has not been returned, the user does not have the right to lock the door 215. In other words, if a key with a low importance level is not returned, the bank employee is allowed to perform the locking process, but has not returned a key with a high or medium importance level. In this case, execution of the locking process is prohibited.

  Therefore, when the logged-in user (authority) is a bank employee (NO in step S36), all the keys having the importance “high” or “medium” have been returned, and the importance is “low”. Is not returned (YES in step S38), the control unit 105 (instruction unit 105d) transmits a locking instruction to the key management unit 21 (step S37). Thereby, the door 215 is locked. On the other hand, when the user does not have the locking authority (NO in step S36), an error display (step S40) is performed and the process ends. In the case of this embodiment, when the logged-in user is a bank employee and the key of importance “high” or “medium” has not been returned, the control unit 105 transmits a locking instruction to the key management unit 21. Otherwise, an error display such as “It is not a closing process by the administrator” or “There is an unreturned key” is displayed on the touch panel LCD 102 (step S40). Thereafter, the door closing process shown in FIG. 14 ends.

  At the end of the door closing process, the display control unit 105c of the operation control unit 10 causes the touch panel LCD 102 to display a door closing process completion screen. This door closing process completion screen is the same as the key removal process completion screen shown in FIG. On the screen of the door closing process completion screen, a message indicating that the door closing process has been completed is provided instead of the message 323 of the key removal process completion screen.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, when there is an unreturned key in the storage unit 21B of the key management unit 21, execution of the locking process is permitted or not based on the authority of the user and the importance of the key. It is forbidden. Even if there is an unreturned key in the storage unit 21B, if the importance level of the key is “low”, a person with the authority of the clerk executes the locking process without depending on the authority of the administrator can do.

Therefore, even when the manager is absent, the door 215 can be locked. In addition, since the lock processing by the clerk is only permitted when the importance of the unreturned key is low, such as the key of the office supplies locker, even if the lock processing not performed by the administrator is performed. The problem does not occur.
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating another example of the key importance / user authority correspondence table 104d.

The key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d shown in FIG. 16 is different from the key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d shown in FIG. 6 in that the user authority is not in two stages, It is divided into three stages of bankers and bytes, and two-party authentication is required for user authentication. This will be specifically described below.
In the key importance level-user authority correspondence table 104d in FIG. 16, when the key having the importance level of “high” has not been returned, the user having the authority of “administrator” (the highest authority) is assigned to the door 215. A user who has the locking authority but only the “byte” authority (the lowest authority) does not have the locking authority for the door 215. Further, in this case, a user who has the authority of “bank” (an authority between “administrator” and “byte”) has the right to lock the door 215 on the condition of two-party authentication. Here, the two-party authentication refers to the authentication of one user other than the user (a user registered in the article management apparatus 1 in advance as a certifier for two-party authentication; hereinafter referred to as “two-party certifier”). To grant a locking authority to a condition. That is, the clerk cannot lock the door 215 alone, but can lock the door 215 when the two-party authenticator is authenticated. In this case, a two-party authentication request screen shown in FIG. The two-party authentication screen is provided with an image and a message 331 for prompting the card reader 101 to pass the card of the two-party authenticator. Further, a return button 332 for returning to the previous display screen is arranged at the corner of the screen (lower left corner in FIG. 17). Then, by passing the card of the two-party authenticator through the card reader 101, the two-party authentication is authenticated and the door 215 is locked. In this case, the registration as a two-party certifier is limited to those having the authority of “bank” or “manager”.

  In the key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d in FIG. 16, when all the keys with the importance “high” have been returned and the keys with the importance “medium” have not been returned, “administrator”. The user having the authority of “No.” and the authority of “person” has the authority to lock the door 215, but the user having the authority of “byte” has the authority to lock the door 215 on the condition of two-party authentication. That is, a user having the authority of “byte” cannot lock the door 215 alone, but can lock the door 215 when a user other than the user is authenticated. In this case, a two-party authentication request screen (see FIG. 17) is displayed on the touch panel LCD 102, and the two-party authentication card is passed through the card reader 101, whereby the two-party authentication is authenticated and the door 215 is locked. .

Further, in the key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d in FIG. 16, all the keys with the importance “high” and all the keys with the importance “medium” have been returned and the importance is “low”. When a certain key has not been returned, and when all keys have been returned, a user having any authority has the authority to lock the door 215.
In addition, although the case where two-party authentication is requested for a specific user has been described as an example using FIG. 16, a plurality of (two or more) users other than the user are used instead of the two-party authentication. Multiple (three or more) authentications that require the above-described authentication as a permission condition may be employed.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment (the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 17), when the locking process is executed by a user who has the authority of a clerk or a part-time job (a user who does not have a high authority), this fact is displayed on the touch panel. It can also be displayed on the LCD 102. More specifically, when the lock processing is performed by a user having the authority of a clerk or part-timer since the last power-on of the article management apparatus 1, this is displayed in connection with the shutdown process. It may be a thing. Further, in the article storage apparatus 1, the execution (operation) of the shutdown process is permitted only to an administrator (a user with high authority).

Specifically, for example, when an operation of pressing a shutdown button displayed on the touch panel LCD 102 is performed by a user having the authority of the administrator, the touch panel LCD 102 displays the operation shown in FIG. The non-administrator lock confirmation screen shown is displayed.
On this non-administrator lock confirmation screen, a confirmation is made to the logged-in user that “the key XX (key holder A ○) has not been returned and the door has been closed with the user name □□□”. A message prompting the user who is logged in asking “Are you sure you want to continue with the shutdown?” Is displayed. Thereafter, the user having the authority of the administrator presses the “Yes” button 341 (see FIG. 18) or the “No” button 342 in the non-manager lock confirmation screen. When the “Yes” button 341 is operated, the shutdown process is continued, and when the “No” button 342 is operated, the shutdown process is stopped.

In this case, a user having the authority of the administrator can know that there is an unreturned key, so that the user having the authority of the administrator does not know that there is an unreturned key. It is possible to prevent the storage device 1 from being turned off.
In this case, the position of the key holder that should store the unreturned key may be displayed graphically on the touch panel LCD 102.

  Furthermore, in this case, the article storage apparatus 1 considers a case where execution (operation) of the shutdown process is permitted by a user having a clerk or part-time authority (a user who does not have high authority). In this case, when the locking process is being executed by a user with the authority of a clerk or part-timer since the last power-on, only the user with the authority of the administrator (the user with high authority) is shut down. Execution of processing may be allowed.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a shutdown process of the article storage device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the key importance level-user authority correspondence table 104d is a table that is referred to in order to determine whether to permit or prohibit execution of the shutdown process as the end process in the article storage apparatus 1. The case where the contents of the key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d are the same as those in FIG. 6 will be described as an example.

  The key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d stores the user's shutdown authority for the door 215 in correspondence with the importance of the unreturned key. In the key importance level-user authority correspondence table 104d, when a key having a high importance level has not been returned, or all keys having a high importance level have been returned and the importance level is “medium”. If the key has not been returned, the user who has the “administrator” authority (high authority) has the shutdown authority for the article storage device 1, but the user who has only the “personnel” authority (low authority). Has no shutdown authority for the article storage device 1. Further, in the key importance level-user authority correspondence table 104d in FIG. 6, all the keys with the importance level “high” and all the keys with the importance level “medium” have been returned and the importance level is “low”. When the key has not been returned and when all the keys have been returned, the user having any authority has the authority to shut down the article storage device 1.

  Referring to FIG. 19, when a shutdown button displayed on touch panel LCD 102 is pressed (YES in step S51), control unit 105 of operation control unit 10 refers to storage unit 214c, and stores the article storage device. 1 All keys registered in 1 (stored in the key management table 104e) have been returned, and if there is an unreturned key, the key should be stored in any key holder Is checked (step S52). If all keys have been returned (YES in step S52), the control unit 105 executes a shutdown process (step S57).

  If there is an unreturned key (NO in step S52), the control unit 105 refers to the user management table 104b to acquire the authority of the logged-in user (step S53), and the key management table. With reference to 104e, the importance of the unreturned key is acquired (step S54). Then, the control unit 105 acquires the authority of the logged-in user and the importance of the unreturned key, and the logged-in user has the shutdown authority based on the key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d. It is checked whether or not it has (step S56).

  If the logged-in user has the locking authority (YES in step S56), the shutdown process (step S57) is performed, and the process ends. In the case of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the administrator has not returned the key with the importance “high”, has not returned the key with the importance “medium”, or has the importance “low”. Regardless of whether the key has not been returned, that is, regardless of the type of the key that has not been returned, the user has the authority to shut down the article storage device 1.

Therefore, when the logged-in user (authority) is an administrator (YES in step S56), the control unit 105 executes a shutdown process (step S57).
On the other hand, the bank employee (the user who has the authority) has the shutdown authority for the article storage device 1 when the key with the importance level “low” has not been returned, but the key with the importance level “high”. If the key has not been returned or if the key with the importance level “medium” has not been returned, the user does not have the authority to shut down the article storage device 1. In other words, if a key with a low importance level is not returned, the bank employee is allowed to execute the shutdown process, but a key with a high or medium level is not returned. In this case, execution of the shutdown process is prohibited.

  Therefore, when the logged-in user (authority) is a bank employee (NO in step S56), all the keys having the importance “high” or “medium” have been returned and the importance is “low”. "Is not returned (YES in step S58), the control unit 105 executes a shutdown process (step S57). Thereby, the door 215 is locked. On the other hand, if the user does not have the shutdown authority (NO in step S56), an error display (step S59) is performed and the process is terminated. In the case of the present embodiment, when the logged-in user is a bank employee and the key of importance “high” or “medium” has not been returned, the control unit 105 does not execute the shutdown process, An error display such as “Not a shutdown process” or “There is an unreturned key” is displayed on the touch panel LCD 102 (step S59). Thereafter, the shutdown process in FIG. 19 ends.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, when there is an unreturned key in the storage unit 21B of the key management unit 21, the execution of the shutdown process is permitted based on the authority of the user and the importance of the key. It is forbidden. Even if there is an unreturned key in the storage unit 21B, if the importance of the key is “low”, the person having the authority of the clerk executes the shutdown process regardless of the person having the authority of the administrator. can do.

In this embodiment, the content of the key importance-user authority correspondence table 104d may be the same as that shown in FIG. 16 instead of FIG.
The two embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of example, but the present invention can be implemented in other forms.
For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, the authority of the user registered in the article storage device 1 may be divided into four or more levels. Moreover, the importance of the key registered in the article storage apparatus 1 may be classified into two stages, or may be classified into four or more stages.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case where only the authentication by the card reader 101 is performed in the user authentication has been described as an example. However, the user may input his / her ID using the touch panel LCD 102. In such a case, the authentication unit 105b may receive the ID input by the user from the touch panel LCD 102 and determine whether or not the received ID matches the ID stored in the user management table 104b.
In each of the embodiments described above, the magnetic reading type card reader 101 has been described. However, the article storage device 1 includes a non-contact IC compatible with a non-contact IC instead of the card reader 101 or together with the card reader 101. A card may be provided. An IC card can be used as a card possessed by the user.

Further, the key position guide screen may not be displayed on the touch panel LCD 102 during the key removal process / key return process.
Further, as the end process, the locking process of the door 215 of the storage unit B2 of the key management unit 21 has been described as an example, but the locking process of the door of another storage unit B1 of the key management unit 21 may be used. The doors of the storage units B3 to B12 of the other units 22 to 24 may be locked.

  For example, a case where the number of books of files stored in the storage units B3 to B9 of the general units 23 and 24 is managed by the article management apparatus 1 (operation control unit 10) for each file type is considered. In this case, for all file types stored in a storage unit B3 to B9, if the number of books of the file matches a predetermined number of books, any user can store the file regardless of the authority of the user. It is assumed that the door B3 to B9 can be locked. In addition, when the number of books of a certain type of file stored in a storage unit B3 to B9 is less than the predetermined number of books, the user cannot have the door of the storage unit locked unless the user has administrator authority. If the missing file is a low-importance file, even a bank employee or a byte (a user who does not have high authority) may be allowed to execute the door locking process.

The number and type of articles such as files may be grasped by an operation input by the user when the article is taken in or out, or an IC tag is attached to each article, and the article is stored in each storage unit. May be identified.
Further, in this case, if the number of books of a file matches the predetermined number of books for all file types, any user should perform the shutdown process of the article storage device 1 regardless of the user's authority. Suppose you can. Further, when the number of books of a certain type of file stored in a storage unit B3 to B9 is less than a predetermined number of books, the shutdown process of the article storage device 1 cannot be executed unless the user has administrator authority. When the missing file is a low-importance file, even a bank employee or a byte (a user who does not have high authority) may be allowed to execute the shutdown process of the article storage device 1. .

Moreover, regarding each of the storage units B1 to B12, when a shutdown operation is performed in a state where the door is not locked, a warning such as “not locked” may be displayed. Further, when the shutdown operation is performed in a state where the door is not locked, the execution of the shutdown process may be stopped (interrupted).
Further, when the articles to be stored in the storage units B1 to B12 are not returned (not stored), or when the number of articles stored in the storage units B1 to B12 is different from the number of articles to be stored. In addition, even when the number of stored articles cannot be determined, the number of users who can execute the end process (the door locking process or the article storage apparatus 1 shutdown process) may be limited. As a cause when the number of articles cannot be determined, in addition to the failure of the sensor for detecting the state of the key holders A1 to A30 and the passbook counting unit 222, the number of articles registered in the article storage device 1 is not entered, It is conceivable that the number of articles required for taking out / returning is not entered.

Further, when the number of passbooks stored in the passbook management unit 22 is less than a predetermined number, it may be displayed on the touch panel LCD 102 that the passbook should be replenished. Furthermore, the management storage unit that may display in which storage unit the replenishment bundle passbook is stored is not limited to the key management unit 21 or the passbook management unit 22. The management storage unit may be a bar management unit that counts the number and amount of bars stored using an optical sensor or a weight sensor.

  In addition, the management storage unit may be a deposit management unit that counts the amount of money stored by identifying the denomination at the time of deposit (during storage). It may be a withdrawal management unit that counts the amount of money stored by identifying. Further, the management storage unit may be a deposit / withdrawal management unit having both functions of a deposit management unit and a withdrawal management unit.

  In addition, various design changes can be made within the scope of matters described in the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods storage apparatus 21 Key management unit 102 Touch panel LCD (notification means)
105 control unit (means for permitting or prohibiting execution of termination process, setting means, means for setting user's authority, notification means)
212 Door Locking Section 215 Door A1-A30 Key Holder B1-B12 Storage Section

Claims (7)

A storage section for storing a plurality of predetermined articles;
Setting means for setting the importance of each article stored in the storage unit;
An article storage device including permission / prohibition means that allows or prohibits execution of a predetermined end process based on the importance of an unstored article in the storage unit. Further comprising means for setting user rights;
The permission / prohibition means permits or prohibits a user who can execute the termination process based on the authority of the user and the importance of an unstored article in the storage unit from being executed. The article storage device according to claim 1.   3. The article storage apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the permission / prohibition means includes, as a permission condition, authentication of one or a plurality of users other than the user for a specific user among the users. The storage unit includes a door that can be locked and unlocked,
The article storage device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the termination process is a door locking process.   The article storage device according to claim 4, further comprising an informing means for informing the fact based on the fact that the door of the storage section where there is an uncontained article is locked.   The article storage device according to claim 1, wherein the termination process includes a shutdown process of the article storage device. The article is a key;
The article storage device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit includes a key holder capable of holding a plurality of the keys.

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