JP3354094B2 - Attendance management scanner device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an attendance management system and an attendance management scanner device for confirming student attendance in a class such as a school and generating attendance management information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional attendance management system, a method of distributing an attendance card and collecting a student's name or attending by roll call is used. In the case of class, it takes 10 to 20 minutes just to confirm attendance, and that alone consumes valuable class time. Also, with the attendance card method, distribution and collection of the attendance card requires a large burden on the instructor / assistant.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-244652, a system in which attending students read a bar code of an ID card carried by a handy scanner using a handy scanner, count the read bar codes offline, and count attendance. Has been proposed.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional attendance management system, when a student number is entered from an ID card using a handy scanner, an ID requested by another student who is not present is required. It was easy to input the student number on the card, so that the so-called "return" could not be prevented, and there was a problem that the fraud was missed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an attendance management system and an attendance management scanner device, which can surely prevent a student from inputting a plurality of attendance confirmations for an attendance confirmation input using an ID card. Aim.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. The present invention is an attendance management scanner device that manages attendance information of students who attend lectures in a class such as a school, and the system configuration is pasted on a desk 12 in a classroom in advance as shown in FIG. A desk bar code 14 for specifying the unique desk number provided, a student bar code 18 for specifying a unique student number provided on an ID card 16 possessed by the student and identifying himself, The scanner device 10 checks attendance of students based on both reading results of the barcode 18 and creates attendance information, and a higher-level device that collects attendance information of the scanner device 10 and creates attendance management information.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the scanner device 10 reads the identification information for identifying the desk attached to the desk in the classroom and the identification information for identifying the student. A determination unit 58 that determines the type of the identified identification information as the student identification information or the desk identification information; and a management unit 60 that manages the pair of the student identification information and the desk identification information based on the determination result.

When it is determined that the same type of identification information has been successively read, the determination section 60 makes a type determination notifying that fact. The management unit 60 compares the identification information read from the reading unit 50 with the student identification information and the desk identification information already managed, and if the identification information overlaps with any of the identification numbers, the read identification information is used. Without registering information, perform verification to inform that fact.

Further, the attendance management scanner device 10 reads the student barcode 18 with the ID card 16 inserted and held in the reading portion 50 of the device main body, and reads the desk barcode 14. The second barcode reading section 54 is provided, and the reading operation of the desk barcode 14 is enabled in a state where the ID card 16 is set in the apparatus main body, and the two barcodes can be read by a simple operation.

According to such an attendance management system, the attendance confirmation registration is performed using data in which a specific desk number and a specific student number are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis. Attempts to enter multiple student numbers will be rejected, and incorrect entry of attendance can be reliably prevented.

[0011]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an attendance management system using an attendance management scanner device according to the present invention. The attendance management system in FIG. 2 takes the attendance management of a student at a university or the like as an example. For example, the classroom 1, the lecturer waiting room 2, the school affairs room 3, and the student hall 4 are given as examples of the system objects.

A desk bar code 14 is attached to each of the desks 12 installed in the classroom 1, for example, at a position out of the way at the upper left corner of the desk 12. Also, students taking classes in classroom 1 carry a student ID card 16, and the student ID card 16 is used to prove his / her identity, and has a unique student number. A student barcode 18 is provided.

When confirming attendance in the classroom 1, an instructor in charge brings in the scanner device 10 of the present invention prepared in the lecturer waiting room 2 and turns the scanner device 10 to a student to input for confirmation of attendance. Perform the operation. The input operation for attendance confirmation by the scanner device 10 of the present invention is performed by using both the desk barcode 14 of the desk 12 on which the user is sitting and the student barcode 18 of the student ID card 16 carried by the scanner device 10. This is done by reading using.

When the scanner device 10 is turned over to the student and the input operation of the attendance confirmation is completed, the instructor collects the scanner device 10 at the end of the class and returns to the instructor waiting room 2 and connects to the client 5. By setting it in the scanner data transfer device 7 as shown in the figure, the attendance information in the scanner device 10 in which the input operation of the attendance confirmation has been performed in the classroom 1 is read and stored in the attendance file 6.

The client 5 is connected via a LAN 19 to a server 20 as a higher-level device installed in the school office 3, and the attendance information transferred from the scanner device 10 to the attendance file 6 is sent to the server 20 via the LAN 19. The data is sent, the attendance information is tallyed, and stored in the master file 22. A client 24 is installed in the student hall 4 so that an attendance status display screen 26 showing attendance information such as an attendee list based on the attendance information from the scanner device 10 created by the server 20 can be displayed.

FIG. 3 shows a desk 1 installed in the classroom 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a desk barcode 14 pasted on 2;
A unique desk number is assigned to each of the desk bar codes 14 in order. For example, the desk number based on the desk bar code 14 is an identification number “1” indicating that the desk number is a desk number.
And a desk number "100001,
100002, 100003,...

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the student ID card 16 shown in FIG. 2. The student ID card 16 is provided with the year of admission, name, department of affiliation, and a photograph for proof of identity. A student barcode 18 representing a number is provided. The student number displayed by the student barcode 18 is, for example, “097001”, and a five-digit number “97001” is provided after the number “0” indicating the type of the student number.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the instructor ID card 28 held by the instructor used to start and end the input of the scanner device 10 of FIG. The instructor ID card 28 displays the title, name, affiliation, and further a photograph, and has an instructor barcode 30 for displaying the instructor number in the lower right corner of the card.
The instructor number displayed by the instructor barcode 30 is, for example, “A
00001 ", and a 5-digit number" 0000 "following the instructor" A "indicating the type of the first instructor number.
1 "is provided.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the scanner device 10 according to the present invention. The scanner device 10 is a handy type scanner device including an apparatus main body 32 and a handle portion 34. On the upper part of the apparatus main body 32, a desk barcode sensor unit 3 for reading the desk barcode 14 attached to the desk 12
5 are provided. A card slot 38 is provided on the right side surface of the apparatus main body 32, in which the student ID card 1 is inserted.
6 is mounted as shown. An ID card barcode sensor section 36 is provided inside the card slot 38.

On the front of the apparatus main body 32, there are provided function keys 40 such as "forgot card", "early retreat" and "late" used for exceptional processing by manual input. Is provided. A display unit 44 using liquid crystal or the like is provided above the function keys 40, and a speaker 46 for outputting an alarm sound or the like is provided.

At the lower end of the handle portion 34, a connector portion 48 is provided. When the connector portion 48 is set in the scanner data transfer device 7 provided in the lecturer waiting room 2 in FIG. Like that. FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the scanner device 10 of FIG. That is, the scanner device 10 includes the reading unit 5
0, read buffer 56, determination unit 58, management unit 60, alarm display unit 62, attendance information file 64, and data transfer unit 6.
6 is provided.

The reading unit 50 includes a first barcode reading unit 52 for reading the student barcode 18 on the student ID card 16 and a second barcode for reading the desk barcode 14 attached to the desk 12. A code reading unit 54 is provided. More specifically, the first barcode reading unit 52 is a
It corresponds to the D-card barcode sensor unit 36, and the second
The barcode reading unit 54 corresponds to the desk barcode sensor unit 35 in FIG.

The reading buffer 56 stores bar code reading numbers 70a and 70b read by the first and second bar code reading units 52 and 54 of the reading unit 50, respectively. The read numbers 70a and 70b are a one-to-one combination of the student number and the desk number if a correct attendance confirmation input operation is performed. The determination unit 58 determines the two read numbers 70a and 70 stored in the read buffer 56 in order by reading the barcode.
First, the type of 0b is determined. This type determination is, for example, 6
Determined by the first character of the digit's read number. If the first character is "1", determine the desk number, if the first character is "0", the student number, and if the first character is "A", determine the type as the instructor number. I do.

In this way, the two read numbers 70a, 7
If the type determination of 0b is performed, if either the student number and the desk number are determined according to the reading order, or conversely, the desk number and the student number are determined, the two student numbers and the desk number are used as valid data. And stored in the reading buffer 56. On the other hand, if it is determined that two numbers of the same type have been read in succession, such as a student number and a student number or a desk number and a desk number in the reading order, the alarm display section 62 is activated to operate the alarm. And prompt re-reading.

The management section 60 takes in the student number and desk number held in the reading buffer 56 as valid data by the judgment section 58, and stores the attendance information which is a combination of the student number and desk number registered in the attendance information file 64. Perform verification to compare. As a result of this comparison verification, if there is no duplicate registration, the combination data of the student number and desk number obtained at that time is newly registered in the attendance information file 64.

On the other hand, if at least one of the student number and the desk number is duplicated in the registration of the attendance information file 64, the read numbers 70a and 70b on the read buffer 56, The cleared student number and desk number are cleared, and the alarm display unit 62 prompts for normal input. Here, the input processing of the attendance confirmation by the scanner device 10 of FIG. 7 is performed by the lecturer ID card 2 shown in FIG.
The process is started by reading the instructor barcode 30 of No. 8. That is, first, the instructor barcode 30 of the instructor ID card 28 is read, and if it is determined that the type is the instructor number from the leading code “A”, initialization processing for attendance confirmation processing is performed.

After that, when the scanner device 10 is turned to the student to perform an input operation combining the desk bar code and the student bar code and the scanner device 10 is collected at the end of the lesson or the like, the ID card 28 in FIG. Instructor Barcode 3
By reading 0, the attendance confirmation end processing is performed. FIG. 8 shows a program operation of the scanner device 10 of the present invention having the functions of FIG. That is, the functional blocks of the scanner device of the present invention shown in FIG. 7 are specifically realized by the program of the attendance management module 72 as shown in FIG. The attendance management module 72 has the variable area 7
In the variable area 74, the desk number 78 read from the desk bar code 14 of the desk 12 and the student ID card 1
Student number 80 read from 6 and instructor ID card 28
Is stored.

The desk number 78 stored in the variable area 74
The set of the student number 80 is stored in the attendance information file 64 after it is confirmed by the management unit 60 shown in FIG.
In this case, the format of the stored data is instructor number, student number,
The desk number is stored as a set of data for the number of attendances.

Next, an input process for attendance management using the scanner device 10 of FIG. 6 will be described. Scanner device 10
The input operation procedure is as follows. The instructor brings the scanner device 10 into the classroom, and the instructor ID
After reading the instructor bar code on the card and starting the processing operation, the scanner device 10 is turned to the student. The student receiving the scanner device 10 inputs both the desk barcode and the student barcode of his / her student ID card. At this time, if a correct input is not performed, an alarm sound is issued.

When the input processing by all the students is completed, the instructor collects the scanner device 10 and, at the end of the class, forgets the student card, and enters the function keys 4 such as late, early leave, etc.
Exception processing by manual input using 0 is performed. The instructor who has collected the scanner device 10 reads the instructor barcode again, thereby ending the attendance confirmation input process.

FIG. 9 shows a desk bar code and student ID when the scanner device 10 is turned to a student for inputting an attendance confirmation.
It is a flow chart of the whole processing of attendance management processing by reading a student bar code of a card. First, step S
When the barcode is input in step S1, the code "A" indicating that the head of the read number is the instructor number in step S2.
Check whether or not.

When the type of the instructor number is determined in step S2, the process proceeds to step S3, where the attendance management module 7 shown in FIG.
The instructor number 76 is set in the second variable area 74, and the process proceeds to the student number / desk number processing routine in the next step S4. FIG. 10 is a subroutine flowchart showing the student number / desk number processing routine of step S4 in FIG. In FIG. 10, when a bar code is input in step S1, it is checked in the next step S2 whether or not the head number is the code "A" indicating the type of the instructor number. If it is a tutor number,
Since this is an end process, the process returns to the main routine of FIG. 9 and ends.

If it is not the instructor number, the process proceeds to step S3,
It is checked whether the head of the number is a number "1" indicating a desk number. If the head number is not "1", it is "0" indicating the student number in this case, and the process proceeds to step S4, where the student number is put into the student number 80 in the variable area 74. Then, in step S5, input of the next bar code is waited, and in step S6, it is checked whether the number is head number or "1" indicating the type of desk number.

If the head number is "1" indicating that it is a desk number, in step S7 the desk number is set to the variable area 74 in FIG.
Into the desk number 78 in. On the other hand, if the head of the number is not the number "1" indicating the desk number in step S6, specifically, the head of the number indicating the type of the student number is "0".
If so, since the student number has been input twice consecutively, an error alarm is sounded in step S8 to prompt the user to input again.

If the numbers can be read by inputting two barcodes in the order of the student number and the desk number by the processing of steps S3 to S7, the routine proceeds to the check and registration processing routine of step S9. If the first bar code input indicates the desk number at the beginning of the number corresponding to the input of the student number and desk number in steps S3 to S7, the desk number read from the bar code is "1". Is stored in the desk number 78 of the variable area 74 in FIG. Then, step S1
At 1, the next barcode input is waited. Since the step S 10 is the input of the desk number, if the input operation is a normal input operation, the input of the desk number at the head of “1” is next.

If the first number is "1" and the number is correct, the read student number is stored in the student number 80 of the variable area 74 in step S13. Step S1
If the head of the number becomes "1" in step S2 and the type of the same desk number is determined twice consecutively in step S12 following the input of the desk number in step S10, an error alarm is generated in step S14. Prompt for re-entry.

The input of the student number and desk number in steps S3 to S7 or the input of the desk number and student number in steps S10 to S13 is correct, so the check and registration processing of step S9 is performed. Execute the routine. This check and registration processing routine is as shown in the flowchart of the subroutine of FIG. First, a registered desk number is searched in step S1, and whether or not there is a match is checked in step S2. If not, a registered student number is searched in step S3.
If there is no match in step S4, variables and contents are added to the attendance file in step S5.

On the other hand, if the registered desk number matches the registered desk number in step S2, an error alarm is sounded in step S8 because the desk number has been duplicated.
In step S9, the contents of the desk number 78 and the student number 80 in the variable area 74 in FIG. 8 are cleared. If the registered student number matches the registered student number in step S4, an error alarm is sounded in step S6 because the student number is duplicated, and in step S7, the desk number in the variable area 74 of FIG. Clear 78 and student number 80.

If there is no duplicate registration between the registered desk number and the registered student number in steps S1 to S4, the process proceeds to step S5, where the contents of variables at that time, ie, the instructor number, student A pair of a number and a desk number is added as shown in the attendance information file 64 in FIG. 8, and an input by the next student for confirming the attendance is awaited. FIG. 12 shows the attendance management system of FIG. 2, in which the attendance information file of the scanner device 10 used for confirming the attendance in the classroom is transferred to the server 20 as a higher-level device, and the attendees created based on the contents of the master file 22. Attachment information display screen 2 of student hall 4 by client 24
6 is a display example in the case where the image is displayed in FIG.

The attendee list includes a student master 82, a lecture master 84, and a classroom master having the structure shown in FIG. 13 including the attendance data file obtained from the scanner device 10 of the present invention provided in the master file 22 of the server 20. 86, desk master 88, teacher and staff master 90, and course file 92. In the above embodiment, a scanner device capable of reading the desk barcode 14 with the student ID card 16 set in the card slot 38 as shown in FIG. 6 is taken as an example, but only the barcode sensor unit 35 is provided. It is needless to say that the scanner device may be such that the desk bar code 14 and the student bar code 18 of the student ID card 16 are separately read.

In the above embodiment, bar codes are taken as examples of desk identification information and student identification information. However, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to bar codes. For example, a simple identification number without a bar can be used as the identification information. Further, in the above-described embodiment, it has been described that an alarm is sounded when the scanner device continuously reads the same type of identification information, but the fact is displayed on the display unit 44 instead of or together with the alarm. It may be.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, the unique desk number read from the desk bar code attached to the desk and the identification read from the student bar code of the student ID card held by the student. Enter student numbers from multiple student ID cards using the same desk number by reading the bar code of the same desk in order to confirm and register attendance using data that associates student numbers one-to-one. , Which can reliably prevent unauthorized attendance input.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a system configuration of an attendance management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a desk barcode attached to a desk.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a student ID card.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a lecturer ID card.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a scanner device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the scanner device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an internal program operation of the scanner device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an input confirmation process in the scanner device of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart showing a student number desk number process of FIG. 9 as a subroutine.

11 is a flowchart showing a check and registration process of FIG. 10 as a subroutine.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of an attendance status display screen of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the data structure of the master file in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Classroom 2: Lecturer's waiting room 3: Teacher's office 4: Student hall 5, 24: Client 6: Attendance file 7: Scanner data transfer device 10: Scanner device 12: Desk 14: Desk barcode 16: Student ID card 18: Student Barcode 19: LAN 20: Server (upper device) 22: Master file 26: Attendance status display screen 28: Lecturer ID card 30: Lecturer barcode 32: Device body 34: Handle 35: Desk barcode sensor 36: Barcode sensor for ID card 38: Card slot 40: Function key 42: Numeric keypad 44: Display unit 46: Speaker 48: Connector unit 50: Reading unit 52: First barcode reading unit (for ID card) 54: Second Bar code reading unit (for desk) 56: reading buffer 58: determining unit 60: managing unit 6 2: Alarm display section 64: Attendance information file 66: Data transfer section 70a, 70b: Read number 72: Attendance management module 74: Variable area 76: Lecturer number 78: Desk number 80: Student number 82: Student master 84: Lecture master 86: Classroom master 88: Desk master 90: Faculty and staff master 92: Course file

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shigeru Murakami 4-1-1, Kamidadanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Limited (56) References JP-A-7-244652 (JP, A) JP-A-7-160771 (JP, A) JP-A-8-315198 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/60 G06K 7/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] An attendance management scanner device for managing attendance information of a student of a lecture, a reading unit for reading identification information for identifying a desk pasted on a desk in a classroom and identification information for identifying a student. A determining unit for determining whether the identification information read from the reading unit is the student identification information or the desk identification information; and managing the pair of the student identification information and the desk identification information based on the determination result. And an attendance management scanner device. 2. The attendance management scanner device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit performs a type determination for notifying the user that the identification information of the same type is determined to be continuously read. Attendance management scanner device. 3. The attendance management scanner device according to claim 1, wherein the management unit compares the identification information read from the reading unit with the student identification information and desk identification information already managed. If any of the identification numbers are duplicated,
An attendance management scanner device for performing verification for notifying the user without registering the read identification information. 4. The attendance management scanner device according to claim 3, wherein the reading unit reads a student barcode in a state where the ID card is inserted and held in a device main body; An attendance management scanner device, comprising a second barcode reading unit for reading the desk barcode on a desk, and enabling a desk barcode reading operation with an ID card set in the device main body.