JP2021163029A - Time acquisition device and time recording system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a time acquisition device that prevents a user from forgetting an operation of forming association between identification information on an identification medium and identification information on the user, or causes the user to perform the operation at an early stage.SOLUTION: A time recorder as a time acquisition device includes a notification control unit. Based on association state information indicating whether association between an employee ID of an employee who uses a time card as an identification medium and a card ID of the time card has been formed, the notification control unit determines whether the association between the employee ID and the card ID has been formed (step S37), and in a case where the association between the employee ID and the card ID has not been formed, performs notification processing (step S45). In the notification processing, the notification control unit has the employee recognize that he/she has not performed time card usage application which is an operation for forming the association between the employee ID and the card ID, or performs a notification operation for prompting the employee to perform the time card usage application.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

Description

The present invention relates to a time acquisition device that acquires times such as work time and leave time, and a time recording system that acquires and records time by the time acquisition device.

For example, a time recorder is known as a time acquisition device. A time recorder is a device that prints the time such as the time of arrival and departure of an employee who works for a company or the like on a time card.

Further, for example, an attendance management system is known as a time recording system including a time acquisition device and a management device. The attendance management system is a system configured by connecting a time recorder and a computer via a computer network, and can perform employee attendance management such as totaling working hours of individual employees and payroll calculation. .. In such an attendance management system, the time recorder has a function of printing the time on a time card and a function of transmitting the time information indicating the time to the computer in order to store the time information in the storage device of the computer. ..

For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 below describe a system similar to the above-mentioned time management system.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-4097 JP-A-2002-230606

A time recorder in an attendance management system usually performs a process of reading a card ID from the time card and a process of printing the time on the time card when the time card is inserted into the card insertion part, and then the read card ID. Then, the time information indicating the time printed on the time card is transmitted to the management device. On the other hand, the management device in the attendance management system accumulates the time information transmitted from the time recorder for each employee. The time information accumulated for each employee becomes the basis for totaling the working hours of each employee and calculating salary.

In order to accumulate the time information transmitted from the time recorder for each employee, it is necessary to associate the time information transmitted from the time recorder with the employee ID of the employee. Therefore, the management device in the attendance management system has information indicating the association between the card ID of the time card and the employee ID. Here, this information is referred to as "card registration information". The management device stores the card ID and time information of the time card simultaneously transmitted from the time recorder in association with each other, associates the stored time card card ID with the time information, and the time card indicated by the card registration information. Based on the association between the card ID and the employee ID, the correspondence between the time information transmitted from the time recorder and the employee ID is recognized, and the time information transmitted from the time recorder is accumulated for each employee.

By the way, the usage period of the time card is usually one month from the beginning of the month to the end of the month. That is, the employee switches the time card to a new time card after printing the work time, the time of leaving work, etc. from the beginning of the month to the end of the month on the time card. The attendance management manager prepares a new time card with an unprinted time once a month, for example, at the end of the month, according to the number of employees subject to attendance management. Then, the administrator inputs the card ID of the new time card into the management device, and performs the work of storing the entered time card card ID in the management device in association with the employee ID. By this work of the administrator, the card registration information is generated in the management device. The administrator issues a time card after completing this work. That is, the manager hands the new time card with which the above association is formed to each employee, or puts the new time card in the time card storage rack or the like so that each employee can use the new time card.

The manager needs to perform the work of forming an association between the card ID and the employee ID for each of the number of new time cards corresponding to the plurality of employees subject to attendance management. Therefore, when the number of employees subject to attendance management is large, the work takes a long time and the work load of the manager is large.

In this regard, in Patent Document 1 (paragraph 0013), in the time recorder network system, the time recorder transmits all the time card number information to the Web client by the communication function at the time of card issuance at the beginning of the month, and the operator of the Web client informs the Web client. It is described that the time card number information read from the time recorder and the registered personal information are linked while looking at the screen of the Web client. However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, when the time card is issued, the attendance management administrator (or the operator of the Web client) links the time card number information read from the time recorder with the registered personal information. Work must be done. Therefore, the workload of the administrator is still heavy.

Further, Patent Document 2 describes that in the time card issuing system, the names and the like of employees to be written on the time card are printed by using a time recorder. According to this technology, when an administrator issues a new time card, it is possible to save the trouble of writing the name of the employee who uses the time card on each time card. However, even if this technique is used, the work of forming an association between the card ID of the new time card and the employee ID cannot be reduced, and the work load of the administrator is still large.

On the other hand, in order to reduce the work load of the administrator at the time of issuing the time card, a method of allocating the work of forming the association between the card ID of the time card and the employee ID to each employee can be considered. For example, the administrator performs the work of inputting the card ID of the time card into the management device and storing it, but does not perform the work of forming the association between the card ID and the employee ID. On the other hand, each employee accesses the management device using, for example, a personal computer used by himself / herself at work, and transmits his / her employee ID and the card ID of the time card used by himself / herself to the management device. , Form an association between the card ID and the employee ID. According to this method, the work load of the administrator at the time of issuing the time card can be reduced. Further, since each employee only has to perform the work of forming the association between the card ID and the employee ID for only one time card used by himself / herself, the burden on each employee is not so great.

However, it is possible that the employee forgets the task of forming an association between the card ID and the employee ID. In addition, even if it is not forgotten, there is a possibility that the employee does not perform the work of forming the association between the card ID and the employee ID even near the end of the month. Although the time information transmitted from the time recorder is stored in the storage device of the management device in a state of being associated with the card ID, the working hours of the employee until the association between the card ID and the employee ID is formed. It cannot be used for totaling or payroll. Therefore, if the employee forgets the work of forming the association between the card ID and the employee ID, or does not perform the work even near the end of the month, the attendance management may be hindered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, for example, and the subject of the present invention is the identification information (for example, a card) of the identification medium, which has been conventionally performed by the administrator when issuing the identification medium (for example, a time card). When a method of allocating the work of forming an association between the ID) and the user's identification information (for example, employee ID) of the identification medium to each user is adopted, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting the work. , Or to provide a time acquisition device and a time recording system capable of causing the user to perform the work at an early stage.

In order to solve the above problems, the time acquisition device of the present invention has a medium identification information reading unit that reads the medium identification information of the identification medium from the identification medium, and a time when the medium identification information reading unit reads the medium identification information. A time information transmission unit that transmits the time information indicating the time acquired by the time acquisition unit to an external device together with the medium identification information read by the medium identification information reading unit, and the identification medium. The association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is formed based on the association state information indicating whether or not the association between the user identification information of the user who is using the above and the medium identification information is formed. If the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is not formed, the association forming operation for forming the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is performed. It is characterized in that it is provided with a notification unit that performs a notification operation for causing the user to recognize that the above is not performed or for urging the user to perform the association forming work.

According to the time acquisition device of the present invention, it is necessary that the association forming work for forming the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is not performed or the association forming work is performed by the notification operation of the notification unit. It is possible to make the user recognize such things. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting the association forming work, or to have the user perform the association forming work at an early stage.

Further, in the time acquisition device of the present invention, the notification unit causes the user to recognize that the association formation work is not performed as the notification operation, or causes the user to perform the association formation work. It may be configured to output voice, vibration or light to urge the user. Further, in the time acquisition device of the present invention, the notification unit causes the user to recognize that the association formation work is not performed as the notification operation, or causes the user to perform the association formation work. It may be configured to display a message for urging the user.

Further, in the time acquisition device of the present invention, the notification unit recognizes the issuance time of the identification medium based on the issuance time information indicating the issuance time of the identification medium, and the user identification information and the medium identification information. It may be configured to determine whether or not to perform the notification operation when the association with the identification medium is not formed, based on the elapsed time from the time when the identification medium is issued. Further, in the time acquisition device of the present invention, the notification unit recognizes the issue time of the identification medium based on the issue time information indicating the issue time of the identification medium, and the elapsed time from the issue time of the identification medium. The mode of the notification operation may be changed according to the above.

Further, the time acquisition device of the present invention may be provided with an operation button, and the notification unit may be configured to continue the notification operation after the notification operation is started until the operation button is pressed.

Further, the time acquisition device of the present invention may include an association state information receiving unit that receives the association state information transmitted from the external device.

Further, the time acquisition device of the present invention includes a card insertion unit for inserting a time card as the identification medium and a printing unit for printing the time on the time card inserted in the card insertion unit. The identification information reading unit may read the medium identification information printed on the time card inserted in the card insertion unit.

In order to solve the above problems, the time recording system of the present invention is a time recording system including a time acquisition device and a management device, and records the time acquired by the time acquisition device by the management device. The acquisition device includes a medium identification information reading unit that reads the medium identification information of the identification medium from the identification medium, a time acquisition unit that acquires the time when the medium identification information is read by the medium identification information reading unit, and the time acquisition unit. The time information transmission unit that transmits the time information indicating the time acquired by the above to the management device together with the medium identification information read by the medium identification information reading unit, and the user identification of the user using the identification medium. Based on the association state information indicating whether or not the information is associated with the medium identification information, it is determined whether or not the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is formed, and the use is performed. When the association between the person identification information and the medium identification information is not formed, the user recognizes that the association forming work for forming the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is not performed. The management device includes a notification unit that performs a notification operation for prompting the user to perform the association formation work, and the management device includes media identification information and time information transmitted from the time information transmission unit. The first storage control unit that associates the information with each other and stores the information in the storage device provided or connected to the management device, the medium identification information of the identification medium used by the user, and the user identification of the user. A second storage control unit that associates information with each other and stores it in the storage device, an association between medium identification information and time information stored by the first storage control unit, and the second storage control unit. Based on the association between the medium identification information stored in the above and the user identification information, the time information storage unit that stores the time information transmitted from the time information transmission unit for each user and the association state information are generated. The association state information generation unit and the association state information transmission unit for transmitting the association state information formed by the association state information generation unit to the time acquisition device are provided, and the second storage control unit is the management device. Based on the operation of the medium identification information registration unit that stores the medium identification information of the identification medium in the storage device and the input / output device connected to the management device, the user identification information of the user is obtained. In the storage device in association with the medium identification information stored by the medium identification information registration unit. The association state information generation unit is provided with an association formation unit to be stored, and for each medium identification information stored by the media identification information registration unit, any user identification information stored by the association formation unit can be stored. It is characterized in that the association state information is generated by determining whether or not it is associated.

According to the present invention, a method of allocating to individual users the work of forming an association between the identification information of the identification medium and the identification information of the user of the identification medium, which has been conventionally performed by the administrator at the time of issuing the identification medium. When adopted, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting the work, or to have the user perform the work at an early stage.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the attendance management system which is the embodiment of the time recording system of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management apparatus in the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the time recording process in the management apparatus of the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the new card registration screen. It is a flowchart which shows the time card use application processing in the management apparatus of the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the login screen and the time card use application screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the card ID input screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the card ID selection screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transition of the formation of the association between the card ID of the time card of the current month and the employee ID in the card registration information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the association state information. It is an external view which shows the time recorder in the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the time recorder in the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the time card. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the time recorder in the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display in the display part of the time recorder of the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the notification processing in the time recorder of the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the 1st modification of the notification processing in the time recorder of the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the 2nd modification of the notification processing in the time recorder of the attendance management system of embodiment of this invention.

(Time recording system)
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an attendance management system 1 which is one embodiment of the time recording system of the present invention. The attendance management system 1 is, for example, a system for managing attendance of employees working in a company or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the attendance management system 1 includes a plurality of time recorders 2, a management device 3, and a plurality of input / output devices 4. The time recorder 2, the management device 3, and each input / output device 4 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via a computer network 5 such as the Internet. The management device 3 is, for example, a server computer, but may be a personal computer. Further, as the input / output device 4, various information processing devices that can be connected to a computer network by wire or wirelessly, such as a personal computer, a tablet, and a smartphone, can be used. Further, in the attendance management system 1, the number of time recorders 2 and the number of input / output devices 4 are not limited. The time recorder 2 is a specific example of the time acquisition device, and the management device 3 is a specific example of the external device.

Each time recorder 2 has a function of printing the time such as the employee's work time, going out time, return time, and leaving time on the time card. The time card is a specific example of the identification medium. Further, each time recorder 2 has a function of reading the card ID of the time card from the time card. Further, each time recorder 2 has a read card ID, time information indicating the time printed on the time card (time when the card ID is read from the time card), type information indicating the type of time, and the recorder ID of the time recorder 2. Has a function of transmitting to the management device 3. In each time recorder 2, printing the time on the time card and reading the card ID from the time card are performed substantially at the same time. Therefore, the time printed on the time card and the time when the card ID is read from the time card are substantially equal. Further, each time recorder 2 has a function of notifying the employee to recognize that he / she has not applied for the time card use, which will be described later, or to urge the employee to apply for the time card use. There is.

The management device 3 has a function of generating stamped information in which the card ID, time information, type information, and recorder ID transmitted from each time recorder 2 are arranged in association with each other, and stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3. have. Further, the management device 3 has a function of generating card registration information in which a card ID, an employee ID, and the like are associated with each other and arranged, and storing the card registration information in the storage unit 12. Further, the management device 3 has a function of storing the employee attendance information in which the time information transmitted from each time recorder 2 is accumulated for each employee in the storage unit 12.

As shown in FIG. 1, each input / output device 4 includes an input unit 71 (for example, a keyboard and a mouse, or a touch panel, etc.) and a display unit 72 (for example, a display). Each input / output device 4 accesses the management device 3 via the computer network 5, displays the information transmitted from the management device 3 on the display unit 72, or operates the input unit 71 by the employee to input the information. Has a function of transmitting to the management device 3. That is, each input / output device 4 functions as a terminal device in which an employee inputs / outputs information to / from the management device 3.

Here, the recorder ID is information for identifying the time recorder 2, and is, for example, a unique number different for each time recorder 2. The card ID is information for identifying the time card, and is, for example, a unique number different for each time card. The type information is information indicating the type of time such as commuting, going out, returning, and leaving work. As described above, the time information is information indicating the time printed on the time card (the time when the card ID is read from the time card). Specifically, the time information is a numerical value indicating a year, month, day, hour, minute, and second when an employee goes to work, goes out, returns, or leaves. The employee ID is information for identifying an employee, and is, for example, a unique number that differs for each employee. The card ID is a specific example of the medium identification information, and the employee ID is a specific example of the user identification information.

(Management device)
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the management device 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 3 includes a communication circuit 11 that communicates with each time recorder 2 and each input / output device 4 via a computer network 5, and a storage unit 12 that stores information. The storage unit 12 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory and a hard disk device. The storage unit 12 stores stamping information, card registration information, and employee attendance information. The storage unit 12 is a specific example of the storage device. Further, the management device 3 includes an input unit 13 (for example, a keyboard and a mouse) for inputting information, and a display unit 14 (for example, a display) for displaying information. Further, the management device 3 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 15. The CPU 15 controls the communication circuit 11, the storage unit 12, and the display unit 14.

Further, the CPU 15 reads and executes, for example, a computer program stored in the storage unit 12, thereby performing the stamping information generation unit 21, the employee attendance information generation unit 22, the additional card registration unit 23, the new card registration unit 24, and the like. It functions as a card usage application unit 25, an association status information generation unit 26, and an association status information transmission unit 27. The stamping information generation unit 21 generates stamping information in the time recording process described later. The employee attendance information generation unit 22 generates or updates employee attendance information in the time recording process and the time card usage application process. The additional card registration unit 23 adds the card ID of the time card to the card registration information when the use of the time card that does not exist in the card registration information is recognized in the time recording process. The new card registration unit 24 performs a new card registration process described later. The card usage application unit 25 performs the time card usage application processing described later. The association status information generation unit 26 generates association status information indicating whether or not an association between the employee ID of the employee using the time card and the card ID is formed in the time card usage application process. The association status information transmission unit 27 transmits the association status information to each time recorder 2. The stamp information generation unit 21 is a specific example of the first memory control unit, and the employee attendance information generation unit 22 is a specific example of the time information storage unit. Further, the new card registration unit 24 is a specific example of the medium identification information registration unit of the second memory control unit, and the card use application unit 25 is a specific example of the association formation unit of the second memory control unit.

The management device 3 performs the following processing.
(1) Time recording process (2) New card registration process (3) Time card usage application process The contents of these processes will be described in order below.

(Time recording process)
First, the time recording process will be described. In the time recording process, the time information transmitted from the time recorder 2 is accumulated for each employee each time the time card is stamped, and the employee is the basis for totaling the working hours of each employee and calculating salary. This is the process of generating or updating attendance information. FIG. 3 shows the time recording process. As shown in FIG. 3, in the time recording process, the CPU 15 of the management device 3 controls the communication circuit 11 and receives the recorder ID, card ID, time information, and type information transmitted from each time recorder 2. Subsequently, the stamp information generation unit 21 of the management device 3 generates stamp information by associating the received recorder ID, card ID, time information, and type information with each other, and the generated stamp information is used in the management device 3. Is stored in the storage unit 12 of the above (step S1).

Subsequently, the CPU 15 of the management device 3 is stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3 in order to determine whether or not there is a card ID that matches the card ID transmitted from the time recorder 2 in the card registration information. Search for the card registration information (step S2).

As a result of the search, if there is a card ID that matches the card ID transmitted from the time recorder 2 in the card registration information (step S3: YES), the employee attendance information generation unit 22 of the management device 3 determines the card registration information. Is examined, and it is determined whether or not the employee ID is associated with the card ID that matches the card ID transmitted from the time recorder 2 (step S4).

When the employee ID is associated with the card ID that matches the card ID transmitted from the time recorder 2 (step S4: YES), the employee attendance information generation unit 22 is stored in the storage unit 12. An employee who stamped using a time card based on the association between the card ID and the time information in the time information and the association between the card ID and the employee ID in the card registration information stored in the storage unit 12. Recognizes the correspondence between the employee ID of the above and the time information transmitted from the time recorder 2 according to the time stamp. Then, the employee attendance information generation unit 22 has time information and type information corresponding to the employee ID of the employee who has made the time stamp from the time stamp information stored in the storage unit 12. Is read, and the read time information and type information are associated with the employee ID and added to the employee attendance information to update the employee attendance information (step S5). The time recording process ends when the update of the employee attendance information is completed.

On the other hand, if the employee ID is not associated with the card ID that matches the card ID transmitted from the time recorder 2 (step S4: NO), the employee attendance information generation unit 22 does not update the employee attendance information. In this case, the time recording process ends without updating the employee attendance information.

As will be described later, the card ID of the time card is added to the card registration information by the new card registration work performed by the attendance management administrator when issuing a new time card. On the other hand, the association between the card ID and the employee ID is formed by a time card usage application made by each employee after a new time card is issued and each employee starts using the new time card. The time card use application is a work of forming an association between the card ID of the time card used by the employee and the employee ID of the employee. Therefore, there may be a difference between the time when the card ID is added to the card registration information and the time when the association between the card ID and the employee ID is formed. Therefore, there may be a card ID that is not associated with the employee ID in the card registration information. For example, if an employee stamps the time card with the time recorder 2 before applying for the use of the time card, the card ID sent from the time recorder 2 is included in the card registration information. Since the employee ID associated with the matching card ID does not exist, it is determined as NO in step S4, the employee attendance information is not updated, and the time recording process ends. In this case, the stamp information generated by associating the recorder ID, the card ID, the time information, and the type information transmitted from the time recorder 2 with each other is stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3.

On the other hand, as a result of the search in step S2, if a card ID matching the card ID transmitted from the time recorder 2 does not exist in the card registration information (step S3: NO), the additional card registration unit 23 of the management device 3 , Add the card ID sent from the time recorder 2 to the card registration information.

(New card registration process)
Next, the new card registration process will be described. The new card registration process is a process of adding the card ID of a new time card to the card registration information in response to the operation of the management device 3 by the administrator.

The administrator issues a new time card every month. Issuing a new time card means, for example, handing a new time card to each employee or putting it in a time card storage rack or the like to make the new time card available to each employee.

When issuing a new time card, the manager first prepares a number of unprinted new time cards according to the number of employees subject to attendance management. Time cards are sold as a set of 100 cards, for example. A serial number of card IDs is printed on a set of 100 time cards. By purchasing such a set of time cards, the manager prepares a number of new time cards according to the number of employees.

Next, the administrator operates the management device 3 to cause the management device 3 to execute the new card registration process, and registers each card ID of the prepared new time card in the management device 3. That is, when the administrator operates the input unit 13 of the management device 3 to input an instruction to start the new card registration process to the management device 3 in order to execute the new card registration process, the new management device 3 is new. The card registration unit 24 displays, for example, a new card registration screen as shown in FIG. 4 on the display unit 14 of the management device 3. The administrator operates the input unit 13 of the management device 3, for example, the first (minimum) card ID of the serial number printed on each of 100 time cards, and the number of time cards to be registered. And click the registration button on the new card registration screen. In response to this, the new card registration unit 24 adds 100 serial number card IDs printed on each of the 100 time cards to the card registration information stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3.

The administrator issues a new time card after causing the management device 3 to execute the new card registration process in this way. When issuing a new time card, the administrator does not perform the work of forming an association between the card ID of each time card and the employee ID. The work of forming the association between the card ID and the employee ID is performed by each employee who has started to use the new issued time card, as will be described later.

(Time card usage application processing)
Next, the time card usage application process will be described. In the time card usage application process, after each employee of the issued new time card starts to use the time card, the management device 3 sets the employee ID as the card ID according to the operation of the input / output device 4 by each employee. It is a process to associate and add to the card registration information.

FIG. 5 shows the time card usage application process. The time card use application process is realized, for example, by a web application program for time card use application stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3. As shown in FIG. 5, when an employee operates the input unit 71 of the input / output device 4 to access the management device 3 in order to apply for the use of the time card, the employee is based on the web application program for the application for the use of the time card. The time card usage application process is executed. In the time card use application process, first, the card use application unit 25 of the management device 3 displays the login screen shown in FIG. 6A on the display unit 72 of the input / output device 4 (step S11). When an employee operates the input unit 71 of the input / output device 4, enters the employee ID and password on the login screen, and clicks (or touches) the login button on the login screen, the employee entered by the employee. The member ID and password are transmitted from the input / output device 4 to the management device 3.

Subsequently, the card usage application unit 25 receives (acquires) the employee ID and password transmitted from the input / output device 4 (step S12), confirms whether or not these employee IDs and passwords are correct, and these If is correct, the time card usage application screen shown in FIG. 6B is displayed on the display unit 72 of the input / output device 4 (step S13).

In the time and attendance management system 1, the following two methods are prepared as a method of applying for the use of a time card that can be performed by an employee.
(1) How the employee directly inputs the card ID of the time card used by the employee (2) From multiple candidates for the card ID of the time card that the employee may be using How the employee selects the card ID of the time card used by the employee On the time card usage application screen, the employee uses the method (1) and the method (2) above as the method of applying for the time card. You can choose one of them.

On the time card usage application screen shown in FIG. 6B, when the employee selects "Enter card ID directly" and clicks the "Next" button, the selection instruction to that effect is given from the input / output device 4. It is transmitted to the management device 3. In response to this, the card use application unit 25 displays the card ID input screen shown in FIG. 7 on the display unit 72 of the input / output device 4 (step S14: YES, step S15). Then, the employee operates the input unit 71 of the input / output device 4, inputs the card ID of the time card he / she is using on the card ID input screen, and clicks the OK button in the card ID input screen. When (or touched), the card ID entered by the employee is transmitted from the input / output device 4 to the management device 3.

Subsequently, the card usage application unit 25 of the management device 3 receives (acquires) the card ID transmitted from the input / output device 4 (step S16). Subsequently, the card usage application unit 25 searches the card registration information stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3, identifies a card ID that matches the card ID transmitted from the input / output device 4, and employs the employee. The card registration information is updated by adding the employee ID (employee ID acquired in step S12 in FIG. 5) entered by the employee at the time of login to the card registration information in association with the specified card ID (the card registration information is updated). Step S17). Subsequently, the employee attendance information generation unit 22 of the management device 3 updates the employee attendance information by the same method as the employee attendance information in the time recording process (step S18).

On the other hand, on the time card usage application screen shown in FIG. 6 (B), when the employee selects "Select a card ID from the candidates" and clicks the "Next" button, a selection instruction to that effect is given. It is transmitted from the input / output device 4 to the management device 3. In response to this, the card use application unit 25 generates the card ID selection screen shown in FIG. 8 and displays the generated card ID selection screen on the display unit 72 of the input / output device 4 (step S14: NO, step S19). .. On the card ID selection screen, a plurality of candidates for the card ID of the time card that the employee may be using and the latest stamping information corresponding to the plurality of candidates for the card ID are displayed.

The card usage application unit 25 generates a card ID selection screen as follows, for example. First, the card usage application unit 25 identifies a card ID that is not associated with any employee ID from the card registration information stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3. Next, the card use application unit 25 identifies a card ID that matches the specified card ID from the stamped information stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3. Hereinafter, the card ID in the stamping information that matches the card ID that is not associated with any employee in the card registration information is referred to as an "unrelated card ID". Next, the card usage application unit 25 reads the latest time information associated with the unrelated card ID and the corresponding type information from the stamp information. Next, the card usage application unit 25 determines the unrelated card ID, the time indicated by the latest time information associated with the unrelated card ID (latest time stamped), and the latest time associated with the unrelated card ID. Generates a card ID selection screen in which the types and the like indicated by the type information corresponding to the information are arranged. The card ID selection screen may be displayed side by side in the order of the latest stamping time.

Employees applying for time card use can use the time card of their own from among the card ID candidates based on the latest stamping time displayed on the card ID selection screen. Select an ID. Then, the employee clicks (or touches) the selection button 29 corresponding to the selected card ID on the card ID selection screen, and then clicks the OK button. As a result, the card ID selected by the employee is transmitted from the input / output device 4 to the management device 3.

Subsequently, the card usage application unit 25 of the management device 3 receives (acquires) the card ID transmitted from the input / output device 4 (step S20). Subsequently, the card use application unit 25 identifies a card ID that matches the card ID transmitted from the input / output device 4 in the card registration information stored in the storage unit 12 of the management device 3. Subsequently, the card usage application unit 25 adds the employee ID (employee ID acquired in step S12 in FIG. 5) entered by the employee at the time of login to the card registration information in association with the specified card ID. As a result, the card registration information is updated (step S21). Subsequently, the employee attendance information generation unit 22 of the management device 3 updates the employee attendance information by the same method as the employee attendance information in the time recording process (step S22).

Here, FIG. 9 shows the transition of the formation of the association between the card ID of the time card of the current month (the time card whose usage period is the current month) and the employee ID in the card registration information. As shown in FIG. 9A, the time card usage application process is still performed for any of the current month's time cards immediately after the card ID of the new current month's time card is added to the card registration information by the new card registration process. In the situation where is not performed, the employee ID is not associated with all the card IDs of the time card of the current month in the card registration information. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9B, after the use of the time card of the current month is started and the time card usage application process is performed for some of these time cards, the time card of the current month in the card registration information is processed. Among the card IDs of the time cards, the employee IDs are associated with the card IDs of some time cards for which the card usage application process has been performed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9C, after the time card usage application processing is performed for all the time cards of the current month in the card registration information, the card ID of the time card of the current month in the card registration information. An employee ID is associated with all of them.

At the beginning of the month immediately after the administrator issues a new time card for the current month, even if there is no association between the card ID of the time card for the current month and the employee ID, at the end of the month, the current month When all the associations between the card ID of the time card and the employee ID of the time card are formed, the time recorder 2 sends the information to the management device 3 in the current month because each employee stamped the information. The time information and the like are associated with the employee ID by the employee attendance information update process (step S5 in FIG. 3 or step S18 or S22 in FIG. 5) executed in the time recording process or the time card usage application process. Has been added to employee attendance information. Therefore, after the administrator issues a new time card for the current month, all employees who are subject to attendance management apply for time card usage at the latest within the usage period (one month) of those time cards. At the end of the month, the time information of the current month for all employees subject to attendance management will be accumulated as employee attendance information for each employee.

By the way, in the time card use application process shown in FIG. 5, after the update of the employee attendance information is completed, the association status information generation unit 26 of the management device 3 generates the association status information (step S23). The association status information is information indicating whether or not an association between the employee ID of the employee using the time card and the card ID is formed. The association status information generation unit 26 generates association status information by determining whether or not an employee ID is associated with the card ID of each time card of the current month in the card registration information. Subsequently, the association status information transmission unit 27 of the management device 3 transmits the association status information generated by the association status information generation unit 26 to each time recorder 2 (step S24). This completes the time card usage application process.

FIG. 10 shows the association state information generated by the association state information generation unit 26 when the state of the card registration information is the state shown in FIG. 9B. As shown in FIG. 10, the association status information includes the card ID of the time card of the current month, the employee ID already associated with the card ID of the time card of the current month at the time of generating the association status information, and the use of the time card of the current month. Information indicating the period, information indicating the issue date of the time card of the current month, and information in which status flags are arranged in association with each other. The status flag is a flag indicating whether or not the card ID and the employee ID are associated with each other. When the association between the card ID and the employee ID is formed, the status flag is set to "1" (on). If the association between the card ID and the employee ID is not formed, it is set to "0" (off).

(Time clock)
FIG. 11 shows the appearance of the time recorder 2. FIG. 12 shows the configuration of the time recorder 2. As shown in FIG. 11, each time recorder 2 inputs an instruction or the like to the housing 31, the card insertion unit 32 for inserting the time card, the type button 33 for selecting the type of time to be printed on the time card, and the time recorder 2. A confirmation button 34 for checking the time, a display unit 35 for displaying the time, etc. (for example, a display), a speaker 36 for outputting sound, and an imaging unit 37 (for example, a CCD camera) for capturing the face of a person who makes a stamp with a time recorder 2 are provided. ing. The confirmation button 34 is a specific example of the operation button.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, each time recorder 2 determines whether or not the clock unit 38 including the clock, the time card is inserted into the card insertion unit 32, and whether or not the time card is removed from the card insertion unit 32. Card detection unit 39 to detect, card transport unit 40 to convey the time card inserted in the card insertion unit 32, printing unit 41 to print the time in the print area of the time card, card to read the card code printed on the time card It includes a code reading unit 42 and a vibration generating unit 43 that generates vibration. The card detection unit 39 and the card code reading unit 42 each have an optical sensor. The vibration generating unit 43 is provided to vibrate the housing 31 of the time recorder 2 and transmit a notification or an alarm to a person who makes a stamp by the time recorder 2 by vibration. Specifically, a means for generating vibration using a vibration motor is easy, but a means for generating vibration by driving a time card without printing using a print head (not shown) constituting the printing unit 41. Alternatively, a means for generating vibration by reciprocating at a high frequency using a stepping motor (not shown) constituting the card transfer unit 40 can be adopted.

Further, each time recorder 2 includes a communication circuit 44 that communicates with the management device 3 via the computer network 5, a storage unit 45 that stores information, and an external device connection unit 46 for connecting an external device to the time recorder 2. ing. The storage unit 45 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory. The recorder ID is stored in the storage unit 45. Further, the storage unit 45 stores the association state information received from the management device 3. The external device connection unit 46 has, for example, a USB (universal serial bus) receptacle.

Further, each time recorder 2 includes a CPU 47. The CPU 47 includes a clock unit 38, a card detection unit 39, a card transport unit 40, a printing unit 41, a card code reading unit 42, a communication circuit 44, a storage unit 45, a display unit 35, an imaging unit 37, a vibration generating unit 43, and the like. Control. Further, the CPU 47 reads and executes, for example, a program stored in the storage unit 45, thereby causing the card ID reading control unit 51, the time acquisition unit 52, the print control unit 53, the transport control unit 54, the communication control unit 55, and the notification. It functions as a control unit 56 and an association status information receiving unit 57.

The card ID reading control unit 51 controls the card code reading unit 42 to read the card ID from the time card. The time acquisition unit 52 acquires the time to be printed on the time card from the clock unit 38. The print control unit 53 controls the print unit 41 and prints the time on the time card. When the time card is inserted into the card insertion unit 32, the transport control unit 54 moves the time card to the back side of the card insertion unit 32, or after printing the time on the time card, the time card Is moved to the entrance side of the card insertion portion 32. The communication control unit 55 controls the communication circuit 44 and transmits the recorder ID, the card ID, the type information, and the time information to the management device 3. The notification control unit 56 controls the display unit 35, the speaker 36, and the vibration generation unit 43 to make the employee recognize that the time card use application has not been made, or urge the employee to make the time card use application. Perform a notification operation to do so. The association status information receiving unit 57 controls the communication circuit 44 and receives the association status information transmitted from the management device 3.

The card ID reading control unit 51 and the card code reading unit 42 are specific examples of the medium identification information reading unit. The communication control unit 55 and the communication circuit 44 are specific examples of the time information transmission unit. The notification control unit 56, the display unit 35, the speaker 36, and the vibration generation unit 43 are specific examples of the notification unit.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a time card. In FIG. 13, the time card 61 is formed of, for example, thick paper, and a print area 62 for printing the time, a card ID 63 of the time card 61, and a card in which the card ID 63 is bar-coded are formed on the front surface and the back surface of the time card 61, respectively. The code 64 is pre-printed.

(Operation of time recorder)
FIG. 14 shows the operation of the time recorder 2. FIG. 15 shows the display on the display unit 35 of the time recorder 2. In FIG. 14, when the power of the time recorder 2 is turned on, the CPU 47 of the time recorder 2 establishes communication with the management device 3, and then, as shown in FIG. 15 (A), the current time (month) is displayed on the display unit 35 of the time recorder 2. , Day, hour and minute) (step S31).

Subsequently, the association status information receiving unit 57 of the time recorder 2 determines whether or not the association status information has been received from the management device 3, and if the association status information is received (step S32: YES), the received association. The state information is stored in the storage unit 45 of the time recorder 2 (step S33).

Subsequently, the CPU 47 of the time recorder 2 determines whether or not the time card has been inserted into the card insertion unit 32 based on the detection signal output from the card detection unit 39 (step S34). Further, at this time, the CPU 47 detects the pressed state of the type button 33 and recognizes the type of the time selected by the employee. When the time card is not inserted in the card insertion unit 32 (step S34: NO), the CPU 47 returns the process to step S32. On the other hand, when the time card is inserted into the card insertion unit 32 (step S34: YES), the transfer control unit 54 of the time recorder 2 controls the card transfer unit 40, and the time card inserted into the card insertion unit 32. Is pulled into the back of the card insertion portion 32 (step S35). Subsequently, the card ID reading control unit 51 of the time recorder 2 controls the card code reading unit 42 and reads the card code printed on the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32. Subsequently, the card ID reading control unit 51 decodes the read card code and acquires the card ID of the time card (step S36). The time card is pulled in and the card code is read at the same time.

Subsequently, the notification control unit 56 of the time recorder 2 determines in the card registration information whether or not an association between the card ID of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 and the employee ID is formed (step). S37). Specifically, the notification control unit 56 searches for the association status information received from the management device 3 and stored in the storage unit 45, and in the association status information, the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32. A card ID that matches the card ID is specified, and it is determined whether or not the state flag associated with the specified card ID is "1". When the association between the card ID and the employee ID is formed in the card registration information, the status flag associated with the card ID is set to "1" in the association status information. Therefore, in the association status information, the fact that the status flag associated with the card ID that matches the card ID of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 is "1" is drawn into the card insertion unit 32. It means that the association between the card ID of the time card and the employee ID is formed.

As a result of the determination in step S37, if the card registration information is associated with the card ID of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 and the employee ID (step S37: YES), the time recorder 2 The CPU 47 reads the employee ID associated with the card ID of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 from the association status information, and as shown in FIG. 15B, reads the read employee ID into the time recorder. It is displayed on the display unit 35 of 2 (step S38).

Subsequently, the time acquisition unit 52 of the time recorder 2 acquires the current time from the clock unit 38, and the print control unit 53 of the time recorder 2 inserts the acquired current time into the card insertion unit 32. Prints in the print area of (step S39). Subsequently, the transport control unit 54 moves the time card inserted in the card insertion unit 32 to the entrance side of the card insertion unit 32 in order to eject the time card from the card insertion unit 32 (step S40). Subsequently, the CPU 47 of the time recorder 2 determines whether or not the time card has been removed from the card insertion unit 32 based on the detection signal from the card detection unit 39, and when the time card is removed from the card insertion unit 32. (Step S41: YES) returns the display of the display unit 35 of the time recorder 2 to the display of the current time (step S42). Subsequently, the CPU 47 receives card ID acquired from the time card by the card ID reading control unit 51, and time information indicating the time acquired from the clock unit 38 by the time acquisition unit 52 (time printed on the time card by the print control unit). And the type information indicating the type of the time selected by the employee is stored in the storage unit 45 of the time recorder 2 (step S43). Subsequently, the communication control unit 55 of the time recorder 2 transmits these card IDs, time information and type information, and the recorder ID stored in the storage unit 45 to the management device 3 (step S44).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S37, if the card registration information does not form an association between the card ID of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 and the employee ID (step S37: NO), The notification control unit of the time recorder 2 executes the notification process (step S45). In this case, after the notification process is executed, the processes from step S39 to step S44, that is, printing the time on the time card, ejecting the time card from the card insertion unit 32, switching the display of the display unit 35, and card. The ID and time information are stored, and the card ID and time information are transmitted to the management device 3.

(Notification processing)
FIG. 16 shows the content of the notification process executed by the time recorder 2 in step 45 in FIG. The notification process is a process of performing a notification operation for making the employee recognize that the time card use application has not been made or for urging the employee to make the time card use application. In the notification process shown in FIG. 16, the notification control unit 56 of the time recorder 2 first outputs an alarm (for example, an electronic sound, a beep sound, a buzzer sound, etc.) via the speaker 36 (step S51). Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 15C, the notification control unit 56 displays the card ID read from the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 on the display unit 35 of the time recorder 2 (step S52).

The notification control unit 56 maintains this state for a predetermined first waiting time (for example, about 1 second) (step S53). After the first waiting time has elapsed, the notification control unit 56 displays a message on the display unit 35 of the time recorder 2 (step S54). As shown in FIG. 15D, the message displayed at this time is preferably a message urging the employee to apply for the use of the time card. At about the same time, the notification control unit 56 outputs, for example, a voice message having the same content as the message displayed on the display unit 35 in step S54 via the speaker 36 (step S55). In addition, these messages may be messages such as "Please apply for the use of the time card." Further, vibration may be generated by the vibration generating unit 43 at the same time as displaying these messages and outputting voice. Further, the backlight of the display of the display unit 35 may be blinked while the message is being displayed.

The notification control unit 56 maintains this state for a predetermined second waiting time (for example, about 2 seconds) (step S56). After the second waiting time has elapsed, the notification control unit 56 stops outputting the voice message (step S57). When the vibration is generated by the vibration generating unit 43, the vibration is stopped, and when the backlight of the display is blinking, the blinking is stopped. This is the end of the notification process.

As described above, in the time recorder 2 in the time recording system of the embodiment of the present invention, when an employee inserts a time card into the card insertion unit 32, is the employee ID associated with the card ID of the time card? If the employee ID is not associated with the card ID of the time card, make the employee aware that the time card usage application has not been made, or apply for the time card usage. Performs a notification operation to urge the employee. By this notification operation, it is possible to make the employee aware that he / she has not applied for the use of the time card, or to make the employee aware that the application for the use of the time card is necessary. Therefore, it is possible to prevent employees from forgetting to apply for time card use, and it is possible to have each employee apply for time card use at an early stage. Therefore, it is possible to prevent some employees who are subject to attendance management from having trouble in attendance management because they do not apply for time card usage within the time card usage period of the current month.

Further, it is determined whether or not an association between the card ID and the employee ID is formed for each time card inserted into the card insertion unit 32, and the association between the card ID and the employee ID is not formed. Since the notification operation is performed only in the case, the notification operation is not performed for the employee who has already applied for the use of the time card. Therefore, the employee who has already applied for the use of the time card can smoothly stamp the work time and the like.

Further, as a notification operation by the time recorder 2, an alarm is first output, and after the first standby time elapses, a message is displayed on the display unit 35 and a voice message is output, so that the time card is inserted into the card insertion unit 32. It is possible to reliably inform employees who have not yet applied for time card use that they have not applied for time card use or that they should apply for time card use.

In addition, by ensuring that each employee applies for the use of the time card within the period of use of the time card, the administrator adopts a new time card card at the time of issuing the time card, which is adopted by the attendance management system of this embodiment. Smoothly operate the method of adding the ID to the card registration information and adding the employee ID to the card registration information by associating the employee ID with the card ID of the time card used by the employee. It becomes possible to do. As a result, the administrator does not have to perform the work of forming an association between the card ID of the time card and the employee ID for all the employees who are subject to attendance management at the time of issuing the time card. It is possible to reduce the workload of the administrator when issuing a card.

(First modification of notification processing)
FIG. 17 shows a first modification of the notification process of the time recorder 2 in the time management system 1 of the embodiment of the present invention described above. In the first modification of the notification process shown in FIG. 17, the process from step S61 to step S65, that is, the alarm is output via the speaker 36, the card ID of the time card is displayed on the display unit 35, and this state. After maintaining the first waiting time, a message urging the employee to apply for the use of the time card is displayed on the display unit 35, and almost at the same time, a voice message having the same content as this message is transmitted via the speaker 36. The process of outputting is the same as the process from step S51 to step S55 in the above notification process shown in FIG. However, in the first modification of the notification process shown in FIG. 17, unlike the above notification process shown in FIG. 16, a message is displayed on the display unit 35 in step S64, a voice message is output in step S65, and then an employee. However, the display of the message and the output of the voice message are continued until the confirmation button 34 provided on the time recorder 2 is pressed.

According to this first modification, the employee who has not yet applied for the use of the time card presses the confirmation button 34 for the voice message output from the time recorder 2 after inserting the time card into the card insertion unit 32. I'm forced to stop. As a result, the fact that he / she has the task of applying for the use of the time card will remain strongly in the memory of the employee. Therefore, it is possible to ensure that the employee applies for the use of the time card.

In step S65 in FIG. 17, the voice output of the message can be stopped by pressing the confirmation button 34 as shown in FIG. 15 (E) instead of the reminder message as shown in FIG. 15 (D). Guidance indicating that effect may be displayed on the display unit 35.

(Second variant of notification processing)
FIG. 18 shows a second modification of the notification process of the time recorder 2 in the time management system 1 of the embodiment of the present invention described above. The feature of this modification is that the notification control unit 56 recognizes the issue date of the time card based on the information indicating the issue date of the time card included in the association status information, and according to the elapsed time from the issue date. The point is to change the mode of the notification operation. The information indicating the issue date of the time card included in the association status information is a specific example of the issue time information.

This will be described in detail. As a result of the determination in step S37 in FIG. 14, when the card ID of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 and the employee ID are not associated with each other in the card registration information (step S37: NO). , The notification control unit 56 executes the process shown in FIG. 18 instead of the notification process in step S45. In the process shown in FIG. 18, first, the notification control unit 56 refers to the association state information received from the management device 3 and stored in the storage unit 45 of the time recorder 2, and the time is drawn into the card insertion unit 32. Recognize the issue date of the card (step S71). That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the association status information includes information indicating the issue date of the time card (hereinafter, this is referred to as "issue date information"). The notification control unit 56 is drawn into the card insertion unit 32 by reading the issue date information associated with the card ID that matches the card ID of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 in the association status information. Recognize the issue date of the time card.

Subsequently, the notification control unit 56 calculates the elapsed time from the issue date of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32, for example, the number of days from the issue date of the time card to the current date (step S72). .. Then, it is determined whether or not the calculated number of days is within a predetermined reference number of days (step S73). The predetermined reference number of days is set to be less than the number of days of the time card usage period. For example, it is preferable that the predetermined reference number of days is about half the number of days of the time card usage period.

When the number of days from the issue date of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 to the current date is equal to or less than the reference number of days (step S73: YES), the notification control unit 56 performs the first notification process. Execute (step S74). On the other hand, when the number of days from the issue date of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 to the current date exceeds the above reference number of days (step S73: NO), the notification control unit 56 is second. The notification process is executed (step S75).

For example, the notification control unit 56 executes the notification process shown in FIG. 16 as the first notification process, and executes the notification process shown in FIG. 17 as the second notification process. In this case, if the number of days from the issue date of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 to the current date is within the above reference days, a message prompting the user to apply for the use of the time card is displayed and voice is displayed. The output of the message automatically stops after the second waiting time (for example, about 2 seconds) elapses. On the other hand, if the number of days from the issue date of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 to the current date exceeds the above reference number of days, a message prompting the user to apply for the use of the time card is displayed and voice is displayed. The output of the message is continued until the employee presses the confirmation button 34 of the time recorder 2. As a result, when the number of days from the issue date of the time card used by the employee to the current date exceeds the above-mentioned reference days, the time card is used as compared with the case where the number of days is within the above-mentioned reference days. The degree of prompting for application becomes stronger.

According to the second modification of such notification processing, when the number of days from the issue date of the time card used by the employee to the current date exceeds the above reference number of days, a reminder to apply for the use of the time card is made. As the degree becomes stronger, employees will feel that they want to apply for time card use before the number of days from the issue date of the time card used by the employee to the current date exceeds the above standard number of days. .. Therefore, it is possible to have the employee apply for the use of the time card at an early stage.

In the second modification of this notification process, various methods can be considered in which the degree of prompting the time card use application is changed between the first notification process and the second notification process. For example, in the second notification process, the alarm sound may be made louder or the backlight of the display may blink faster than in the first notification process. Further, in the second notification process, the volume of the voice message may be increased or the time for maintaining the output of the voice message may be lengthened as compared with the first notification process. Further, in the first notification process, the vibration generation unit 43 does not generate vibration, but in the second notification process, the vibration generation unit 43 may generate vibration. Further, in the second notification process, the ejection speed of the time card after printing the time may be slower than that in the first notification process.

Further, in the second modification of the notification process, the change in the mode of the notification operation is in two stages, but the change in the notification operation is in three or more stages, and the number of days is short (for example, 7 days). The degree of reminder by the notification operation may be gradually increased as the lapse of time.

Further, as another embodiment, only when the association between the card ID and the employee ID is not formed, the image pickup unit 37 captures and memorizes the face of the person who makes the stamp, and notifies that fact. May be good. For example, the shutter sound may be output as a notification operation.

On the other hand, if the number of days from the issue date of the time card drawn into the card insertion unit 32 to the current date is within the above-mentioned reference days, the notification process is not performed, and if the number of days exceeds the above-mentioned reference days. Notification processing may be performed.

As shown in FIG. 10, the association state information in the above embodiment includes information (issue date information) indicating the issue date of the time card. However, the issue date information may not be included in the association status information and may be transmitted from the management device 3 to each time recorder 2 separately from the association status information. If the issue date is the same for all the issued time cards of the current month, for example, the administrator manually inputs the common issue date into the time recorder 2 and stores it in the storage unit 45 of the time recorder 2 at the beginning of the month. You may do so. In this case, the information indicating the issue date manually input and stored in the storage unit 45 corresponds to the issue date information (issue information).

In addition, the association status information in the above embodiment is the card ID, employee ID (only those for which the association has already been formed when the association status information is generated), usage period, and issue date for all the time cards of the current month. And the configuration includes the status flag. However, the structure of the association state information is not limited to this. For example, the association status information may not include the employee ID. Further, the association status information may be configured to include only the card ID of the current month for which the association with the employee ID has already been formed, or the card ID of the current month for which the association with the employee ID has not yet been formed. It may be configured to include only. If the association status information does not include the employee ID, it is recognized that the employee ID is associated with the card ID read from the time card inserted in the card insertion unit 32 of the time recorder 2. After that, the process of displaying the employee ID on the display unit 35 of the time recorder 2 (step S38 in FIG. 14) is omitted.

Further, in the time card usage application process of the management device 3 in the above embodiment, the card ID (unrelated card ID) that matches the card ID that is not associated with any employee is specified in the stamp information in the card registration information. Then, those card IDs are displayed on the display unit 72 of the input / output device 4 as a plurality of candidates for the card IDs of the time cards used by the employees who are applying for the use of the time cards. However, in the time card usage application process, the card ID of the time card used by the employee applying for the time card usage is accumulated in the time information associated with the unrelated card ID and the employee attendance information. It is estimated based on the similarity with the past time information of the employee, and a plurality of estimated card IDs are displayed on the display unit 72 as candidates for the card ID of the time card used by the employee. You may. As a result, the card ID candidates can be narrowed down, and the number of card ID candidates displayed on the display unit 72 can be reduced. Therefore, the employee who has applied for the use of the time card can easily select the card ID of the time card he / she is using.

Further, in the above embodiment, the employee attendance information is updated one by one in the time recording process and the time card usage application process. However, the timing of updating employee attendance information is not limited to these. For example, the stamping information may be stored in the storage unit 12 during the time card usage period, and the employee attendance information may be updated immediately after the time card usage period has expired.

Further, in the above embodiment, the usage period of the time card is set to one month, but for example, when the attendance management system 1 is used in a foreign country, the usage period of the time card is set according to the customs of the country. It may be a period other than one month.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the employee ID is a unique number different for each employee has been given as an example, but the biometric information of the employee such as the fingerprint information of the employee is used as the employee ID. You can also.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the time recording system of the present invention is applied to an attendance management system using a time card is taken as an example, but the time recording system of the present invention is, for example, attendance management using an IC card. It can also be applied to the system. Further, the time recording system of the present invention is not limited to the attendance management system, but acquires the ID of the identification medium from the identification medium used by an individual such as the entry / exit management system, and reads the ID of the identification medium. It can be applied to various systems that acquire time information indicating a time and grasp the time when an individual performs a specific action based on the acquired ID and time information of the identification medium.

Further, in the above embodiment, the example of issuing a new time card after the administrator causes the management device to execute the new card registration process has been described. However, in the time recording system of the present invention, the administrator registers the new card. The employee may perform the new card registration process without processing. Furthermore, if the card ID of the time card uses an ID with a number of digits that will not be duplicated even during a considerable period of operation, or if the card ID of the newly prepared time card is not duplicated, it is managed in advance. If so, neither the administrator nor the employee may perform the new card registration process, and the employee may randomly start using the new time card.

Further, the present invention can be appropriately modified within the scope of claims and within a range not contrary to the gist or idea of the invention that can be read from the entire specification, and a time acquisition device or a time recording system accompanied by such a modification is also present. It is included in the technical idea of the invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for an attendance management system for managing attendance of employees working in a company or the like, an entrance / exit management system for managing entry / exit of a room in a building, or the like.

1 Attendance management system (time recording system)
2 Time recorder (time acquisition device)
3 Management device 4 Input / output device 12 Storage unit (storage device)
15 CPU
21 Stamping information generation unit (first memory control unit)
22 Employee attendance information generation department (time information storage department)
24 New card registration unit (second memory control unit, medium identification information registration unit)
25 Card usage application department (second memory control department, association formation department)
26 Association status information generation unit 27 Association status information transmission unit 32 Card insertion unit 34 Confirmation button (operation button)
35 Display section (notification section)
36 Speaker (notification unit)
38 Clock section (time acquisition section)
41 Printing unit 42 Card code reader (media information reader)
43 Vibration generation unit (notification unit)
44 Communication circuit (time information transmitter)
45 Storage unit 47 CPU
51 Card ID reading control unit (media information reading unit)
52 Time acquisition unit 55 Communication control unit (time information transmission unit)
56 Notification control unit (notification unit)
57 Association status information receiver

Claims (9)

A medium identification information reading unit that reads the medium identification information of the identification medium from the identification medium,
A time acquisition unit that acquires the time when the medium identification information is read by the medium identification information reading unit, and a time acquisition unit.
A time information transmission unit that transmits time information indicating the time acquired by the time acquisition unit to an external device together with the media identification information read by the media identification information reading unit.
The user identification information and the medium identification information are related to each other based on the association state information indicating whether or not the association between the user identification information of the user using the identification medium and the medium identification information is formed. It is determined whether or not the association is formed, and if the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is not formed, the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is formed. The time is characterized by including a notification unit that performs a notification operation for causing the user to recognize that the association forming work has not been performed or for urging the user to perform the association forming work. Acquisition device. As the notification operation, the notification unit uses voice, vibration, or light to make the user recognize that the association formation work is not performed, or to urge the user to perform the association formation work. The time acquisition device according to claim 1, wherein the output is performed. As the notification operation, the notification unit displays a message for causing the user to recognize that the association forming work has not been performed or for urging the user to perform the association forming work. The time acquisition device according to claim 1 or 2. The notification unit recognizes the issuance time of the identification medium based on the issuance time information indicating the issuance time of the identification medium, and when the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is not formed, the notification unit is described. The time acquisition device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein it is determined whether or not to perform the notification operation based on the elapsed time from the issuance of the identification medium. The notification unit recognizes the issuance time of the identification medium based on the issuance time information indicating the issuance time of the identification medium, and changes the mode of the notification operation according to the elapsed time from the issuance of the identification medium. The time acquisition device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the time acquisition device is characterized. Equipped with operation buttons
The time acquisition device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the notification unit continues the notification operation after the notification operation is started until the operation button is pressed. The time acquisition device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising an association state information receiving unit that receives the association state information transmitted from the external device. A card insertion unit into which a time card as an identification medium is inserted,
A printing unit for printing the time on the time card inserted into the card insertion unit is provided.
The time acquisition device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the medium identification information reading unit reads the medium identification information printed on the time card inserted into the card insertion unit. A time recording system including a time acquisition device and a management device, which records the time acquired by the time acquisition device by the management device.
The time acquisition device
A medium identification information reading unit that reads the medium identification information of the identification medium from the identification medium,
A time acquisition unit that acquires the time when the medium identification information is read by the medium identification information reading unit, and a time acquisition unit.
A time information transmission unit that transmits time information indicating the time acquired by the time acquisition unit to the management device together with the media identification information read by the media identification information reading unit.
The user identification information and the medium identification information are related to each other based on the association state information indicating whether or not the association between the user identification information of the user using the identification medium and the medium identification information is formed. It is determined whether or not the association is formed, and if the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is not formed, the association between the user identification information and the medium identification information is formed. It is provided with a notification unit that performs a notification operation for making the user recognize that the association forming work is not performed or for urging the user to perform the association forming work.
The management device is
A first storage control unit that associates the medium identification information and the time information transmitted from the time information transmission unit with each other and stores them in a storage device provided or connected to the management device.
A second storage control unit that associates the medium identification information of the identification medium used by the user with the user identification information of the user and stores the information in the storage device.
The time is based on the association between the medium identification information stored by the first storage control unit and the time information, and the association between the medium identification information stored by the second storage control unit and the user identification information. A time information storage unit that stores time information transmitted from the information transmission unit for each user, and a time information storage unit.
The association state information generation unit that generates the association state information and
It is provided with an association status information transmission unit that transmits the association status information formed by the association status information generation unit to the time acquisition device.
The second memory control unit is
A medium identification information registration unit that stores the medium identification information of the identification medium in the storage device based on the operation of the management device.
Based on the operation of the input / output device connected to the management device, the association forming unit that associates the user identification information of the user with the medium identification information stored by the medium identification information registration unit and stores it in the storage device. With
The association state information generation unit determines whether or not any user identification information stored by the association formation unit is associated with each medium identification information stored by the media identification information registration unit. A time recording system characterized in that the association state information is generated by the above.

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