JP2872168B2 - Access control device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an entry / exit management device used for controlling locking and lighting of a private room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, an entry / exit management device and an entry / exit management device having almost the same functions as the entry / exit management device have been known. Some of the entry / exit management devices manage the presence / absence of a person in a private room, and others perform lock control or lighting control of a door in a private room. On the other hand, some entry / exit management devices manage entry and exit of humans.

[0003]

However, in the conventional entrance / exit management apparatus and the like, the entire apparatus has a complicated structure, and a high-performance detector for detecting the entry / exit of a human is used. For this reason, there is a disadvantage that the cost is high. Further, the conventional entry / exit management device is not designed in consideration of a case where a plurality of people enter / exit a room, and thus has a drawback that it cannot handle entry / exit of a plurality of people. The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and has as its object to provide an entry / exit management apparatus which has a simple configuration, is inexpensive, and can cope with entry / exit of a plurality of persons. .

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an existing terminal carried by a user and a terminal operated by the user in an emergency to monitor the terminal via a wireless line. An existing wireless communication means for notifying the device that an emergency has occurred, and a support which is installed outside the private room where the user is active, supports the terminal detachably, and monitors the detachment state of the terminal. Means for identifying whether the user has entered or left the private room based on the monitoring result of the support means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the entry / exit management apparatus according to the first aspect, when the identification means identifies that the user enters the private room, the door of the private room is unlocked. And a lock control means for locking the door when the user is identified as having left the private room.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the entry and exit management device according to the first or second aspect, the identification means includes:
When the user identifies that he / she enters the private room, the lighting of the private room is turned on, and when it is identified that the user has left the private room, lighting control means for turning off the lighting is provided. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the access control apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the support means is a charger for charging a secondary battery of the terminal. It is characterized by the following.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of terminals are carried by a plurality of users and the terminals are operated by the user in an emergency, the terminal is connected to the monitoring device via a wireless line. Wireless communication means for notifying that a situation has occurred, and each of the plurality of terminals is provided outside the private room in which the user is active, corresponding to the plurality of terminals, and each of the plurality of terminals is detachably supported, and A plurality of support means for monitoring each state of attachment / detachment of the terminal, and identification means for identifying whether the user has entered or exited the private room based on the monitoring result of the support means. It is characterized by having.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

<First Embodiment> An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entry / exit management device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a terminal having a wireless transmission unit, a notification switch, a secondary battery, and the like, and is carried by a user in a private room. When the user operates the notification switch when any trouble (sudden illness, seizure, etc.) occurs in the user, the terminal 1 transmits the trouble to the emergency notification control device (not shown) via a wireless line. Report occurrence.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a charger installed near (outside the private room) a door of the private room and a door (hereinafter, simply referred to as a door), and detachably supports the terminal 1. This charger 2
When the terminal 1 is inserted, the secondary battery of the terminal 1 is charged. The charger 2 outputs a "high" entry / exit signal Sn when the terminal 1 is disconnected, and outputs a "low" entry / exit signal Sn when the terminal 1 is inserted. The “high” entry / exit signal Sn is a signal indicating that the user enters the private room from outside the private room via the door. On the other hand, the "low" entry / exit signal Sn is a signal indicating that the user has exited from the private room to the outside of the private room via the door.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a control device, which controls the door locking device 4 and the lighting control device 5 based on the entrance / exit signal Sn. Specifically, when the "high" entry / exit signal Sn is input, the control device 3 outputs the "low" locking control signal Sd and the "high" illumination control signal Ss
Is output. On the other hand, when the “low” entry / exit signal Sn is input, the control device 3 sets the “high” locking control signal Sd.
And outputs a “low” illumination control signal Ss.

The door locking device 4 controls the locking of the door of the private room based on the input locking control signal Sd.
Specifically, the door locking device 4 unlocks the door when the “low” locking control signal Sd is input, while the “
When the "high" locking control signal Sd is input, the door is locked.

The lighting control device 5 controls the lighting device in the private room based on the input lighting control signal Ss. Specifically, the illumination control device 5 turns on the illumination when the “high” illumination control signal Ss is input, and turns off the illumination when the “low” illumination control signal Ss is input.

Next, the operation of the entry / exit management apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described. First, when the user is outside the private room, in other words, when the user does not carry the terminal 1, the terminal 1 is inserted into the charger 2. Therefore, the charger 2 charges the secondary battery of the terminal 1. When the user is outside the private room, the door of the private room is locked and the lighting is turned off.

When the user removes the terminal 1 from the charger 2 to enter the private room, the charger 2 outputs a "high" entry / exit signal Sn to the control device 3. Thus, after recognizing that the user enters the room, the control device 3 outputs the “low” locking control signal Sd to the door locking device 4 and outputs the “high” lighting control signal Ss to the lighting control device 5. Output to This unlocks the door and turns on the lighting in the private room. And
The user performs work and the like after entering the private room from the door with the terminal 1 being carried.

When the user leaves the room, the user inserts the terminal 1 being carried into the charger 2. As a result, the charger 2 outputs a “low” entry / exit signal Sn to the control device 3. Thereby, after recognizing that the user leaves the room, the control device 3 outputs the “high” locking control signal Sd to the door locking device 4 and outputs the “low” lighting control signal Ss to the lighting control device 5. Output to This locks the door and turns off the lighting in the private room.

<Second Embodiment> Next, the configuration of an entry / exit management device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. This second
In the entry / exit management device according to the embodiment, a control device 6 shown in FIG. 2 is provided instead of the control device 3 shown in FIG. 1, and a plurality of terminals 1 and chargers 2 shown in FIG. ing.

In the control device 6 shown in FIG.
(In this case, n = 4) is a plurality of chargers 2 (see FIG. 1).
And a plurality of memory buffers provided correspondingly to the input / output signals Sn of “high” from the plurality of chargers 2, respectively. The memory buffers 71 to 74 are turned off when the "low" entry / exit signals Sn are input from the plurality of chargers 2, respectively.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a processing unit, and a memory buffer 7
When any one of 1 to 74 is turned on, a flag is set and then a "low" locking control signal Sd and a "high" lighting control signal Ss are output. When all of the memory buffers 71 to 74 are turned off, the processing device 8 sets the "high" lock control signal Sd and the "low"
Are output. Reference numerals 91 to 9n (in this case, n = 4) denote output ports provided corresponding to the memory buffers 71 to 74, respectively. The processing device 8 and the door locking device 4 and the lighting control device 5 shown in FIG. It is interposed between.

Next, the operation of the entry / exit management device according to the second embodiment will be described. In the access control device according to the second embodiment, a plurality of terminals 1 are assigned to a plurality of users one by one. First, in a state where there is no user in the private room, the first user
In order to first enter the private room, the user removes the terminal 1 inserted into the charger 2 assigned to himself from the plurality of chargers 2. Thus, similarly to the above-described operation, the charger 2 outputs a "high" entry / exit signal Sn, for example, to the memory buffer 71 shown in FIG. 2, and the memory buffer 71 is turned on. You.

Thus, the processing device 8 sets a flag indicating that the first user enters the room, and then outputs a "low" locking control signal Sd to the door locking device 4 via the output port 91. And the “high” lighting control signal Ss
Is output to the lighting control device 5. This unlocks the door and turns on the lighting in the private room.

Then, the second user has already unlocked the door by the first user and turned on the lighting, so that the terminal 1 assigned to himself / herself is assigned to the charger 2 After pulling out of the room, enter the private room immediately. When the terminal 1 is removed from the charger 2, a "high" entry / exit signal Sn is output from the charger 2, for example, to the memory buffer 72, and the memory buffer 72 is turned on. At this time, the processing device 8 does not perform any processing since the flag has already been set.

When the first user leaves the room after completing work in the private room, the first user inserts the terminal 1 carried by the user into the charger 2. As a result, the charger 2 outputs a "low" entry / exit signal Sn to the memory buffer 71. As a result, the memory buffer 71 is turned off. At this time, since the memory buffer 72 is turned on, the processing device 8 does not output any signal.

Then, when the second user, who is the last person who leaves the room, inserts the portable terminal 1 into the charger 2 in order to leave the private room, the charger 2 outputs "low". Is output to the memory buffer 72. Thereby, after recognizing that the user leaves the room, the control device 3 outputs the “high” locking control signal Sd to the door locking device 4 and the “low” lighting control signal Sd.
s is output to the memory buffer 72. As a result, the memory buffer 72 is turned off, that is, the memory buffer 71
When all of .about.74 are turned off, the processing device 8 releases the flag and then outputs a "high" locking control signal Sd to the door locking device 4 via the output port 92, and " The lighting control signal Ss of “low” is output to the lighting control device 5. This locks the door and turns off the lighting in the private room.

As described above, according to the room entry / exit management devices according to the first and second embodiments described above, since the existing facilities of the emergency call system are used, the conventional room entry / exit management device is not used. As a result, an effect is obtained that the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced. Also,
According to the entrance and exit management devices according to the first and second embodiments described above, the user cannot enter the private room unless the terminal 1 is carried, so that an effect is obtained that the user does not forget to carry the terminal 1.

Further, according to the entrance and exit management devices according to the above-described first and second embodiments, since the door can be locked with a simple configuration, it is possible to improve security without increasing costs. The effect is obtained. Furthermore, according to the entrance and exit management devices according to the above-described first and second embodiments, the lighting is automatically turned off when the user is not present in the private room, so that an effect of saving energy can be achieved. Can be In addition, according to the entry / exit management device according to the above-described second embodiment, since a plurality of terminals 1 and a plurality of chargers 2 are provided, it is possible to cope with a case where there are a plurality of users. The effect that it can be obtained is obtained.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and a design change or the like may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Even if present, it is included in the present invention. For example, in the entry and exit management devices according to the above-described first and second embodiments, the locking control and the lighting control for one private room have been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The control may be performed.

In this case, the door locking device 4 shown in FIG.
A plurality of lighting control devices 5 may be provided for a plurality of private rooms. In the entry and exit management devices according to the first and second embodiments described above, entry and exit management for a private room has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to a private room and can be applied to entrance and exit management for a gate.

[0029]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since it is configured using existing terminals and wireless communication means, it is possible to manage the entry and exit with a simpler configuration than the conventional entry and exit management device. And the effect that the cost is low can be obtained. Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the user cannot enter the private room unless the terminal is carried, an effect of preventing the terminal from being carried is obtained.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to control the locking of the door with a simple configuration, and it is possible to obtain the effect of improving security without increasing the cost. According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to control the lighting of the private room with a simple configuration, to turn on the lighting only when the user enters the private room, and to leave the user. Sometimes, the lighting is automatically turned off, so that an effect of saving energy can be obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since a charger which is indispensable for an existing terminal is used, the effect that the cost can be further reduced can be obtained. In addition, according to the invention as set forth in claim 5, since a plurality of terminals and support means are provided, an effect is obtained that even if there are a plurality of users, it is possible to respond.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entry / exit management device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control device 6 applied to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal 2 Charger 3 Control device 4 Door locking device 5 Lighting control device 6 Control device 71-7n Memory buffer 8 Processing device 91-9n Output port Sn Entry / exit signal Sd Lock control signal Ss Lighting control signal

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] An existing terminal that is carried by a user and an existing terminal that informs a monitoring device via a wireless line that an emergency has occurred by operating the terminal in an emergency. Wireless communication means, installed outside the private room in which the user is active, detachably supports the terminal, and supporting means for monitoring the state of attachment and detachment of the terminal, based on the monitoring result of the support means, Identification means for identifying whether or not the user has entered or left the private room. 2. When the identification means identifies that the user enters the private room, the door of the private room is unlocked, and when the user identifies that the user has exited from the private room, the door is opened. 2. The entry / exit management device according to claim 1, further comprising a lock control unit that locks the room. 3. When the identification means identifies that the user enters the private room, turns on the illumination of the private room, and when it identifies that the user has left the private room,
The entrance / exit management device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: lighting control means for turning off the lighting. 4. The entry / exit management device according to claim 1, wherein the support unit is a charger that charges a secondary battery of the terminal. 5. A plurality of terminals each carried by a plurality of users, and a notification that an emergency has occurred to a monitoring device via a wireless line by operation of the terminals by the users in an emergency. And wireless communication means to be installed outside of the private room in which the user is active, corresponding to the plurality of terminals, respectively, supporting the plurality of terminals in a detachable manner, and setting each of the detached states of the plurality of terminals. A plurality of support means for monitoring each, and identification means for identifying whether or not the user has entered or exited the private room based on the monitoring result of the support means, Access control device.