JP2014203385A - Management system of automatic dispenser, and management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system of an automatic dispenser capable of determining whether a key with which fraud is performed is a normal key or not, and taking an effective measure, and provide a management device.SOLUTION: A management system 1 of an automatic dispenser includes: an automatic dispenser 2; a key 3 locking and unlocking the automatic dispenser 2 and mounted with an IC chip 3a; and a management device 4 including an antenna 22 arranged on the front face of a door 12 of the automatic dispenser 2 and in the outer periphery of a lock device 13, and a key information reading control unit 23 reading information on the IC chip 3a of the key 3 through the antenna 22 and storing the read information into a storage unit. The antenna 22 and the key information reading control unit 23 are provided in the management device 4 of the automatic dispenser.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine management system and a management apparatus used for managing a key for opening and closing a vending machine door.

  A management company that manages a plurality of vending machines can open and close the doors of the plurality of vending machines with a single key in order to simplify management. Therefore, when the key is used illegally or illegally passed to a third party, there has been a problem that an illegal act such as ruining a plurality of vending machines is performed.

  Therefore, a vending machine has been proposed in which an opening / closing detection sensor for detecting opening / closing of the door is provided in the vending machine, and the opening / closing state of the door is recorded by storing the date / time when the door was opened / closed. (Patent Document 1). In this vending machine, the key management record (usage record) and the door opening / closing record are collated to identify the person who used the key illegally or the date and time when the door was opened or closed illegally. Can exert a deterrent effect against fraudulent activity.

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, when a legitimate key is duplicated and passed to a third party, the person who used the key illegally is identified from the key management record or the door opening / closing record. There was a problem that could not be.

  By the way, when a fraudulent act is performed with a legitimate key, it is necessary to strengthen key management as a countermeasure. On the other hand, when a fraudulent act is performed with a duplicated key, it is copied as a countermeasure. It is necessary for the vending machine to cope with it so that the used key cannot be used. On the other hand, in the technique of Patent Document 1, it has not been possible to determine whether the key used for opening and closing the door of the vending machine is a regular key or a duplicated key. For this reason, even though the countermeasures differ depending on whether or not the key that has been fraudulent is a legitimate key, an effective countermeasure against fraud cannot be established.

  Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a vending machine management system and a management apparatus capable of determining whether or not a key that has been fraudulent is a legitimate key and taking effective measures. Offering is an issue.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the management system of the vending machine according to the present invention is described as follows: “A box-shaped main body whose front side is open, and the front side of the main body is closed so that it can be opened and closed, and a mounting hole is formed. A cylindrical housing inserted from the front side into the mounting hole of the door, a flange portion extending along the front surface of the door from the front end of the housing over the entire circumference, and A locking device for locking when the door is closed, an opening / closing detection sensor for detecting opening / closing of the door, and detection of opening / closing by the opening / closing detection sensor. A vending machine provided with a storage unit for storing the date and time; a key to which an IC chip is attached and which operates the cylinder lock to unlock the locked door; and a front side of the door At An antenna arranged on the outer periphery of the apparatus, and a key information reading control unit for reading the information of the IC chip of the key via the antenna and storing the read information in the storage unit of the vending machine; And a management device provided. ”

  Here, examples of the “antenna” include a film antenna (FPC antenna), a printed antenna, and a loop antenna. Further, the “key information reading control unit” is preferably a control unit compatible with NFC (Near Field Communication), and a control unit corresponding to standards such as ISO / IEC 14443 and ISO / IEC 18092 is exemplified. be able to. The key information reading control unit is a key information reading control unit that transmits the read IC chip information to the control unit on the vending machine side and causes the control unit on the vending machine side to store the information in the storage unit. Alternatively, a key information reading control unit that directly stores the read IC chip information in the storage unit of the vending machine may be used.

  According to the vending machine management system of the present invention, when a vending machine door is opened using a regular key to which an IC chip is attached, the regular key is moved closer to the locking device to open and close the door. Then, the information (for example, ID) of the IC chip attached to the regular key is read by the antenna arranged on the outer periphery of the lock device, and the information is stored in the storage unit. Then, when the door is opened by inserting the regular key into the cylinder lock of the locking device and the door is opened, the opening / closing detection sensor detects the opening of the door, and the fact that the door has been opened is stored in the storage unit together with the date and time. Remembered. As a result, the information on the regular key and the opening / closing of the door are stored together (may be associated) in the storage unit.

  On the other hand, when the door of the vending machine is opened using the duplicated key, the IC key is not attached to the duplicated key, so the key information is not read from the antenna, and the unlocking is performed in that state. When the door is opened, only the date of opening / closing the door is stored in the storage unit.

  Therefore, by looking at the door opening / closing history stored in the storage unit of the vending machine, it is possible to easily determine whether the key used for opening / closing the door is a legitimate key. Even if the IC chip is attached to the duplicated key, the information read by the antenna is different from the information of the regular key, so that it can be easily determined that the key is not the regular key.

  And, when a fraudulent act is performed using a legitimate key, it is possible to take crime prevention measures such as identifying the user of the key based on the key management record or changing the key management method. . In addition, if fraudulent activity is performed using a duplicated key, security measures can be taken by changing the cylinder lock and key of the vending machine so that the duplicated key cannot be used. . In this case, in the lock device of the vending machine, it is desirable to use a variable cylinder lock that can be changed to another key without replacement. Thereby, the key can be easily changed for a plurality of vending machines.

  By the way, it is conceivable to arrange an antenna for reading information on the IC chip inside the door, in the lock device, etc., but in a general vending machine, it can cope with an illegal act of destroying the door or the lock device. Therefore, the door and the locking device are made of strong metal, and when the antenna is placed inside the door or in the locking device, the electric wave is blocked or absorbed by the conductive metal. The information on the IC chip cannot be read. On the other hand, in the present invention, since the antenna is arranged on the front side of the door, the radio wave is not blocked by the door, the lock device or the like, and the information on the IC chip can be read well.

  In addition, if the vending machine has a function of storing the opening / closing of the door, the IC chip is attached to the regular key and the management device (antenna and key information reading control unit) is attached to the vending machine. It is possible to construct a management system for a vending machine that exhibits the effects as described above. Therefore, it is possible to easily deal with an existing vending machine later, and the crime prevention performance of the existing vending machine can be improved.

  The vending machine management system according to the present invention may include, in addition to the above-described configuration, “the management device has a passage hole through which the housing of the lock device can pass, The antenna may be embedded in the periphery, and may further include a flat frame-shaped antenna base sandwiched between the flange portion of the lock device and the front surface of the door.

  According to the management system of the vending machine of the present invention, the antenna can be easily arranged (attached) on the front side of the door only by holding the antenna base of the management device between the flange portion of the locking device and the front surface of the door. )be able to. Also, since the antenna around the passage hole is embedded, the antenna can be placed on the outer periphery of the lock device by attaching it to the vending machine, and when locking and unlocking the lock device using a regular key The information of the IC chip attached to the regular key can be read reliably.

  Furthermore, the management device of the vending machine according to the present invention includes: a box-shaped main body whose front side is open, a door that is closed so that the front side of the main body can be opened and closed, and an attachment hole is formed; A cylindrical housing inserted into the mounting hole from the front side, a flange extending along the front surface of the door over the entire circumference from the front end of the housing, and a cylinder lock housed inside the housing A vending machine comprising: a locking device for locking when the door is closed; an opening / closing detection sensor for detecting opening / closing of the door; and a storage unit for storing the opening / closing detection by the opening / closing detection sensor together with the date and time. IC chip attached to an antenna disposed on the outer periphery of the locking device on the front side of the door and a key for unlocking the door locked by operating the cylinder lock The With read through the antenna, and a key information reading control unit in the storage unit of the vending machine read information "be characterized.

  According to the management device of the vending machine of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether or not the key that has been fraudulent is a legitimate key by attaching it to the vending machine, and an effective measure can be taken. A vending machine management system can be constructed.

  Thus, according to the present invention, a vending machine management system and a management device capable of determining whether or not a key that has been fraudulent is a legitimate key and taking effective measures are provided. it can.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an entire vending machine to which a vending machine management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. It is a front view which expands and shows the site | part of the locking device of the vending machine of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the site | part of the locking device of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the functional structure of the management system of the vending machine of FIG.

  A vending machine management system 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as a management system 1) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The management system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a vending machine 2, a regular key 3 for unlocking the vending machine 2, and a management device 4 that is attached to the vending machine 2 and manages the key 3. And.

  The vending machine 2 includes a box-shaped main body 11 whose front side is open, a door 12 in which the front side of the main body 11 is closed so that it can be opened and closed, and a mounting hole 12a is formed. A locking device 13 that is inserted and fixed from the front side and locks the door 12 with respect to the main body 11, an open / close detection sensor 14 that detects opening / closing of the door 12, and detection of opening / closing by the open / close detection sensor 14 along with the date and time. And a storage unit 15 for storing.

  Further, the vending machine 2 is connected to the open / close detection sensor 14 and the storage unit 15, and has a vending machine side control unit 16 for controlling the sale of the product stored in the main body 11, and the vending machine side. A clock unit 17 that outputs date and time information to the control unit 16, an operation unit 18 for operating the vending machine side control unit 16, operation contents by the operation unit 18, various information stored in the storage unit 15, etc. And a display unit 19 for displaying. These vending machine side control units 16 and the like are provided inside the main body 11 or on the back side of the door 12.

  The door 12 of the vending machine 2 constitutes the front surface of the vending machine 2 and has a flat front plate 12b in which a mounting hole 12a is formed, and is attached to the back side of the front plate 12b to fix the lock device 13. And a fixed stay 12c for the purpose (see FIG. 3).

  The locking device 13 includes a housing 13a inserted into the mounting hole 12a of the door 12 from the front side, a flange portion 13b extending along the front surface of the door 12 from the front end of the housing 13a, and a housing 13a. A cylinder lock 13c housed in the housing 13a, a handle portion 13d housed in the housing 13a, a rotating member 13e attached to the rear surface of the housing 13a and rotated by the operation of the handle portion 13d, and the housing And a recess 13f that is recessed forward from the rear surface of 13a. The cylinder lock 13c of the present embodiment is a variable cylinder lock that can be changed to another key without replacement.

  When the lock device 13 is rotated by inserting the key 3 into the cylinder lock 13c, the handle portion 13d protrudes forward from the housing 13a, and the handle portion 13d can be rotated. Then, by rotating the handle portion 13d, the rotation member 13e is rotated, and a locking claw (not shown) that operates in conjunction with the rotation of the rotation member 13e operates. The locking claw can engage the main body 11 and the door 12, and the locking claw is operated to engage (lock) the door 12 with respect to the main body 11 or release the engagement ( Can be unlocked).

  In the vending machine 2, the main body 11, the door 12, the lock device 13, and the like are made of metal so that they are not easily broken by a vandalism or the like.

  An IC chip 3a is attached to the key 3. The IC chip 3a of the key 3 uses an IC tag. When a radio wave of a specific frequency is irradiated from the outside, the IC chip 3a is driven by an induced electromotive force generated by the radio wave, and key information including an individual ID number is obtained. Send on radio waves.

  The management device 4 has a passage hole 21a through which the housing 13a of the lock device 13 can pass, and a flat antenna base 21 attached to the front side of the door 12 together with the lock device 13, and a passage hole 21a of the antenna base 21. The information of the IC chip 3a attached in advance to the antenna 22 embedded around and the key 3 for unlocking and locking the door 12 by the lock device 13 is read through the antenna 22 and the read information is stored. And a key information reading control unit 23 to be stored in the unit 15.

  The antenna base 21 is formed of a synthetic resin, a fiber reinforced resin, or the like that has excellent weather resistance and can easily transmit radio waves. The antenna 22 of the present embodiment uses a film antenna and is embedded when the antenna base 21 is formed.

  The key information reading control unit 23 is mounted in the recess 13f of the locking device 13, and is electrically connected to the antenna 22 embedded in the antenna base 21 by a connection line (not shown) through the mounting hole 12a of the door 12. ing. Although not shown, the key information reading control unit 23 is received by a transmitting unit that transmits radio waves for driving the IC chip 3a, a receiving unit that receives radio waves from the IC chip 3a, and a receiving unit. An information acquisition unit that acquires key information from radio waves and an output unit that outputs information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the vending machine side control unit 16 are provided. The key information reading control unit 23 is supplied with power from the vending machine 2.

  Next, the attachment of the management device 4 to the vending machine 2 will be specifically described. First, with the lock device 13 removed from the vending machine 2, the housing 13 a of the lock device 13 is inserted into the passage hole 21 a of the antenna base 21, and the key information reading control unit 23 is placed in the recess 13 f of the lock device 13. Install (accommodate). Then, the housing 13a of the locking device 13 is inserted into the mounting hole 12a from the front side of the door 12, and a flat spacer 24 having the same thickness as the antenna base 21 is disposed between the housing 13a and the fixed stay 12c. In this state, a screw 13g is screwed into the housing 13a from the rear side of the fixed stay 12c to fix the housing 13a (lock device 13) (see FIG. 3). As a result, the antenna base 21 is sandwiched between the flange portion 13b of the locking device 13 and the front plate 12b of the door 12.

  Thereafter, the key information reading control unit 23 and the vending machine side control unit 16 are electrically connected by a connection line (not shown), whereby the attachment of the management device 4 to the vending machine 2 is completed. The key information reading control unit 23 and the vending machine side control unit 16 may be connected before the lock device 13 is fixed to the fixed stay 12c.

  Next, the management method of the vending machine 2 using the management system 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated. First, when the door 12 of the vending machine 2 is opened using the regular key 3 to which the IC chip 3a is attached, the lock is released when the regular key 3 is brought close to the lock device 13 to open and close the door 12. The key information of the IC chip 3a attached to the regular key 3 is obtained via the antenna 22 embedded in the antenna base 21 sandwiched between the flange portion 13b of the device 13 and the front plate 12b of the door 12. It is read by the key information reading control unit 23. The key information read by the key information reading control unit 23 is transmitted to the vending machine side control unit 16 and stored in the storage unit 15 together with the date / time information acquired from the clock unit 17.

  Thereafter, when the regular key 3 is unlocked by being inserted into the cylinder lock 13 c of the locking device 13 and the door 12 is opened, the opening / closing detection sensor 14 detects the opening of the door 12, and the detection signal is sent to the door 12. Is sent to the vending machine side control unit 16 as opening information. Then, this open information is stored in the storage unit 15 together with the date and time information acquired from the clock unit 17.

  On the other hand, when the door 12 of the vending machine 2 is opened using the duplicated key, the IC 22 is not attached to the duplicated key. Key information is not read via Accordingly, nothing is transmitted from the key information reading control unit 23 to the vending machine side control unit 16. When the door 12 is opened by being unlocked by the duplicated key, the opening / closing detection sensor 14 detects the opening of the door 12, and the storage unit 15 stores only opening information and date / time information. By the way, when the IC chip 3a is attached to the duplicated key, the key information of the IC chip 3a is read and stored in the storage unit 15 together with the date / time information, like the regular key 3.

  In the present embodiment, when the door 12 of the vending machine 2 is closed, the opening / closing detection sensor 14 detects the closing of the door 12, so the closing information of the door 12 is stored in the storage unit 15 together with the date / time information. The In addition to the above information, the storage unit 15 stores product sales information, inventory information, deposit / withdrawal information, and the like.

  These pieces of information stored in the storage unit 15 can be displayed and confirmed on the display unit 19 by operating the operation unit 18. In the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storage unit 15 of the vending machine 2, the key information including date / time information that is the same as or close to the date / time information included in the opening information of the door 12 is the regular key 3. If it is information, it can be seen that the regular key 3 was used to open and close the door 12. On the other hand, when the key information is different from the information of the regular key 3 or when the key information is not stored with only the opening information, it is understood that the duplicated key is used to open and close the door 12.

  Therefore, if a fraudulent activity is being carried out using the regular key 3, take security measures by identifying the key user based on the key management record or changing the key management method. Can do. In addition, when an illegal act is performed using the duplicated key, the new regular key 3 is stored in the cylinder lock 13c of the vending machine 2 using the change key, and the previous regular key is stored. By preventing the use of keys and duplicated keys, security measures can be taken.

  As described above, according to the management system 1 of the present embodiment, by checking the opening / closing information (history) of the door 12 stored in the storage unit 15 of the vending machine 2, the regular key 3 for opening / closing the door 12 is used. It is possible to easily determine whether or not is used, and an effective measure can be taken according to the key used.

  In addition, since the antenna 22 is embedded in the antenna base 21 sandwiched between the flange portion 13b of the lock device 13 and the front plate 12b of the door 12, the door 12 and the lock device 13 formed of metal or the like. Therefore, the radio wave is not blocked and the information of the IC chip 3a attached to the regular key 3 can be read well.

  Further, the antenna base 21 in which the antenna 22 is embedded is sandwiched between the flange portion 13b and the front plate 12b, and the management device 4 is simply attached to the recess 13f of the lock device 13 by attaching the key information reading control portion 23. Can be easily attached to the vending machine 2 and can be easily attached to the existing vending machine 2 later to construct the management system 1. The crime prevention performance of 2 can be improved.

  The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as described below. And design changes are possible.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the key information reading control unit 23 that transmits the key information of the read IC chip 3a to the vending machine side control unit 16 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the read IC chip is not limited thereto. The key information reading control unit 23 can directly store the key information 3a in the storage unit 15 without using the vending machine side control unit 16.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the key information reading control unit 23 is accommodated and attached in the recess 13f of the lock device 13 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the outer surface of the lock device 13 and the door 12 are not limited thereto. It may be attached to the rear surface or the like.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, information on opening / closing of the door 12 and information on the key 3 used for opening / closing are stored in the storage unit 15 in the vending machine 2 and the information is operated by operating the operation unit 18. Is displayed on the display unit 19 in the vending machine 2, but the present invention is not limited to this. The key information reading control unit 23 and the vending machine side control unit 16 are connected to an external management server via a communication line. The management server may be able to display information on opening / closing of the vending machine 2, information on the key 3 used for opening / closing, and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine management system 2 Vending machine 3 Key 3a IC chip 4 Management device 11 Main body 12 Door 12a Mounting hole 12b Front plate 12c Fixing stay 13 Locking device 13a Housing 13b Flange part 13c Cylinder lock 13d Handle part 13e Rotating member 13f Concave portion 13g Screw 14 Open / close detection sensor 15 Storage unit 16 Vending machine side control unit 17 Clock unit 18 Operation unit 19 Display unit 21 Antenna base 21a Passing hole 22 Antenna 23 Key information reading control unit 24 Spacer

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-120421

Claims (3)

A box-shaped main body whose front side is open, a door in which the front side of the main body is closed so as to be opened and closed, and a mounting hole is formed; a cylindrical housing inserted into the mounting hole of the door from the front side; A flange portion extending along the front surface of the door over the entire circumference from the front end of the housing, and a cylinder lock housed in the housing, wherein the door is closed A vending machine provided with a lock device for sometimes locking, an opening / closing detection sensor for detecting opening / closing of the door, and a storage unit for storing the opening / closing detection by the opening / closing detection sensor together with the date and time;
An IC chip is attached, a key for operating the cylinder lock and unlocking the locked door;
The antenna disposed on the outer surface of the lock device on the front side of the door, and the information of the IC chip of the key are read via the antenna, and the read information is stored in the storage unit of the vending machine A management device comprising a key information reading control unit
A vending machine management system characterized by comprising: The management device
The housing of the locking device has a passage hole through which the housing can pass, and the antenna is embedded around the passage hole, and is sandwiched between the flange portion of the locking device and the front surface of the door The vending machine management system according to claim 1, further comprising a flat frame-shaped antenna base. A box-shaped main body whose front side is open, a door in which the front side of the main body is closed so that it can be opened and closed and a mounting hole is formed, and a cylindrical housing inserted into the mounting hole of the door from the front side, housing A locking device for locking when the door is closed, having a flange portion extending along the front surface of the door from the front end of the door, and a cylinder lock housed inside the housing. An opening / closing detection sensor for detecting opening / closing of the door, and a storage unit for storing the detection of opening / closing by the opening / closing detection sensor together with the date and time,
An antenna arranged on the outer periphery of the locking device on the front side of the door;
Key information reading control for reading the information of the IC chip attached to the key for unlocking the door that has been locked by operating the cylinder lock through the antenna, and for storing the read information in the storage unit of the vending machine And a vending machine management device.

Images