JP6937667B2 - Visitor reception system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a visitor reception system, particularly a visitor authentication at a facility reception.

In the buildings of relatively large companies, it is often the case that the admission of visitors is strictly controlled. For example, the receptionist hands a guest card (admission card) to each visitor who has been authenticated at the time of reception. The visitor has the guest card read by a card reader installed at the entrance of the building. This will open the entrance gate and allow visitors to enter.

By the way, the visit date and time of the customer is often set to a good time such as 00 minutes or 30 minutes for each time. For example, if the visit date and time is set at 13:00 immediately after the lunch break, visitors may concentrate at that time and a line may be formed at the reception.

In order to eliminate the delay in reception that may occur due to the temporary concentration of visitors, conventionally, the ID known in advance is bar-coded and printed on the visitor's business card, and the visitor , A system has been proposed in which the business card is automatically accepted by being read by a card reader installed at the reception desk of the visited destination (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-186292 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-063401 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-021263 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-12327 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-267525 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-301861 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-246041 JP-A-2009-030307 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-229780

However, barcodes must be formed according to standards defined in the system, such as fixed length data and the need for a predetermined print range. Further, although there are a plurality of standards, there are various restrictions such as the need to form by printing.

An object of the present invention is to provide a visitor reception system that provides an authentication key that is flexible and can improve authentication accuracy by using a symbol for a visitor's authentication key.

Visitor reception system according to the present invention includes: a generating means for generating an authentication key represented by the symbol on the basis of the information about the visitor that visits have been scheduled, the visiting plan authentication key generated by the generating means and notifying means for notifying the visitor that is, an authentication information storage means for storing authentication information including at least an authentication key generated by said generating means, in the reception facility, the card a visitor comes to the portable during the visit A photographing means for photographing a card to which the authentication key notified by the notification means is attached, an acquisition means for acquiring an authentication key by analyzing an image of the card photographed by the photographing means, and the above. It is characterized by having an authentication means for authenticating a visitor when the authentication key acquired by the acquisition means matches the authentication key included in the authentication information.

Further, the card is a business card, and the authentication information further includes the description items of the visitor's business card included in the information about the visitor, and the acquisition means analyzes the image of the card. As a result, the items described in the visitor's business card are further acquired, and the authentication means includes the authentication key acquired by the acquisition means and the items described in the visitor's business card in the authentication information and the visitor. It is characterized in that a visitor is authenticated when it matches the information on the person's business card.

Also, the authentication key to be added to the card, characterized by the handwriting der Turkey written by visitors.

Further, the authentication information includes an additional condition in which a condition for adding the authentication key to the card is set, and the notification means is a visitor who is scheduled to visit the additional condition. notify, the authentication unit may authenticate the visitor when the authentication key is added to the card is added to meet the conditions set in the additional condition.

Further, the additional condition is set by using the information about the visitor who is scheduled to visit .

Further, the additional condition is characterized that it contains at least one additional position of the authentication key in the direction or on the card strings when adding the authentication key to the card.

In addition, the items described on the visitor's business card are characterized by including at least the name of the organization to which the visitor belongs and the name of the visitor.

In addition, it has a business card information storage means in which the layout information of the visitor's business card is set in advance, and the acquisition means describes the items to be described in the business card used for authentication by referring to the layout information of the visitor's business card. It is characterized by specifying the position.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an authentication key that is flexible and can improve the authentication accuracy by using a symbol as the authentication key of a visitor.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment and block structure of the whole structure of the visitor reception system which concerns on this invention. It is a hardware configuration diagram of the server computer which forms the entrance / exit management device in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the authentication information registered in the authentication information storage part in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the collation process of the visitor in this embodiment.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment and a block configuration of the overall configuration of the visitor reception system according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a camera 1, an entrance / exit management device 10, an external system 2, and a network 3 such as the Internet that connects the entrance / exit management device 10 and the external system 2. In this embodiment, the building 4 of a relatively large-scale company (company A) is assumed as a facility. At the entrance (reception floor) of Building 4, there is a gate and a reception counter with employees (reception staff) who accept visitors outside the gate. The gate opens at, and you can enter the building 4.

The entrance / exit management device 10 is installed at a predetermined position in the building 4 such as a server room, and the camera 1 is installed outside the gate on the reception floor of the building 4. Although only one camera 1 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of cameras 1 may be installed. The external system 2 is a system of a company (company B) that is a customer of the company. Although only one external system 2 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of systems may be connected via the network 3.

The "customer" may refer to a company (company B) or an employee (visitor) who visits company A. However, when referring to an individual visitor, it will be referred to as a "visitor". Further, the "visitor" is a visitor to the company A, and in the case of the present embodiment, is an employee of a customer (company B) of the company A. The "visitor" is a person who visits company A, and in the case of this embodiment, is an employee of a customer (company B) of company A. In this way, the "visitor" and the "visitor" refer to the same person ("Taro Yamada" according to the description on the business card in FIG. 1).

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a server computer forming the entrance / exit management device 10 according to the present embodiment. The server computer forming the entrance / exit management device 10 in the present embodiment can be realized by a general-purpose hardware configuration that has existed in the past. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the entrance / exit management device 10 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a hard disk drive (HDD) 24, a mouse 25 and a keyboard 26 provided as input means, and a display provided as a display means. An input / output controller 28 for connecting the 27s and a network interface (IF) 29 provided as a communication means are connected to the internal bus 30.

Returning to FIG. 1, the camera 1 captures a business card carried by the visitor at the time of the visit. The entrance / exit management device 10 in the present embodiment includes a visitor information acquisition unit 11, an authentication information generation unit 12, a notification unit 13, an acquisition unit 14, an authentication unit 15, an authentication result display unit 16, a reservation information storage unit 17, and so on. It has an authentication information storage unit 18 and a business card information storage unit 19. The components not used in the description in the present embodiment are omitted from FIG.

The visitor information acquisition unit 11 reads information about a customer who is scheduled to visit the company A from the reservation information storage unit 17. The authentication information generation unit 12 generates authentication information based on the visitor information read by the visitor information acquisition unit 11 and registers it in the authentication information storage unit 18. The notification unit 13 notifies the customer of the authentication key included in the authentication information generated by the authentication information generation unit 12. The acquisition unit 14 acquires the authentication key and the items described in the business card by analyzing the image of the business card taken by the camera 1. In this embodiment, the "business card entry" is the information used for the visitor authentication process, and in the case of this embodiment, the company name of the company to which the visitor belongs and the name of the visitor are added to this. Applicable.

The authentication unit 15 visits when the description items of the authentication key and the business card acquired by the acquisition unit 14 match the description items of the authentication key and the business card included in the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit 18. Authenticate the person. The authentication result display unit 16 displays the authentication result by the authentication unit 15 on the display 27. In the present embodiment, "authentication" means proving that the visitor is not an unauthorized third party but a reserved legitimate customer. However, in some cases, it may represent an authentication work (authentication process), such as "authentication result".

In the reservation information storage unit 17, reservation information regarding the reservation of the visit of the customer to the company A is set and registered before the visit of the customer. In the reservation information, the reservation date and time, the information about the customer who made the reservation, and the information about the visited destination (company A) side are set and registered. The information about the customer includes company information such as the company name, address, and telephone number, and information about the individual visitor such as the title, name, and e-mail address of the visitor. In addition, the information on the visited destination (company A) side includes information on the person in charge of responding to the visitor, the conference room to be used, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of authentication information registered in the authentication information storage unit 18 according to the present embodiment. Authentication information is composed of information items such as visitor information, authentication key , additional conditions, and time zone. Of these, the visitor information, the authentication key, and the additional conditions are information used when authenticating the visitor. The visitor information is information about the visitor, and in the present embodiment, the company name and the visitor's name are used. The information to be read from the business card (items to be described on the business card) is determined by the information items set in the visitor information.

The authentication key is identification information for authentication given to the customer by the company A. As will be described later, the customer will add the authentication key to the visitor's business card, but the additional conditions set in the authentication information include how to add it to the business card and the additional conditions to the business card. Set. In the present embodiment, the character string direction and the addition position are set as an example of the addition condition. In the present embodiment, since it is assumed that the authentication key is expressed by using characters among the symbols, the character string is arranged in the character string direction, such as horizontal writing, vertical writing, and wrapping to a plurality of lines. Conditions for and direction are set. The position and range to which the authentication key should be added on the business card are set as the addition position. In FIG. 3, it is set to show an approximate position such as the upper right, but the entire business card may be represented by coordinate data and a range to be added by the coordinate data may be specifically specified. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3, a plurality of locations may be set. This is to give the customer room to select the additional position because the authentication key may not be added to the additional position specified in one place because the company log or the like is printed depending on the business card.

The layout information of the customer's business card is preset in the business card information storage unit 19. Specifically, information is set so that the company name, name, and if necessary, the print position of the address or telephone number of the customer can be easily identified.

Each component 11 to 16 in the entrance / exit management device 10 is realized by a cooperative operation of a computer forming the entrance / exit management device 10 and a program running on the CPU 21 mounted on the computer. Further, each of the storage units 17 to 19 is realized by the HDD 24 mounted on the entrance / exit management device 10. Alternatively, the RAM 23 or an external storage means may be used via the network.

Further, the program used in the present embodiment can be provided not only by communication means but also by storing it in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a USB memory. Programs provided from communication means and recording media are installed in a computer, and various processes are realized by sequentially executing the programs by the CPU of the computer.

Next, the operation in the present embodiment will be described. First, the process of issuing an authentication key to a customer (visitor) and notifying the customer (visitor) will be described.

When a customer is scheduled to visit, reservation information about the customer is registered in the reservation information storage unit 17. When the reservation information is newly registered, the visitor information acquisition unit 11 extracts the information used for the authentication of the visitor as the visitor information from the registered reservation information.

The authentication information generation unit 12 generates authentication information based on the extracted visitor information. In the present embodiment, the information about the visitor and the authentication key are used together for the authentication of the visitor. Since the visitor information set in the authentication information is used for collation of the information (items to be described in the business card) extracted from the image captured by the business card by the camera 1, it is necessary to select from the items to be described in the business card. In this embodiment, the name of the company to which the visitor belongs (company name) and the name of the visitor are used as illustrated in FIG. 3, but it is not necessary to limit the information to this information, and it is a description item of the business card. Information that is also set in the reservation information, such as an address or a telephone number, may be used. In addition, such information may be added to the company name and the name. By adding information, it is possible to improve the accuracy of authentication.

In addition, the authentication information generation unit 12 generates an authentication key based on the visitor information acquired by the visitor information acquisition unit 11. The authentication key may be generated by any method as long as it does not overlap with other authentication keys. The administrator may manually set it. However, in this embodiment, it depends on the customer's information. For example, Chinese characters, katakana, hiragana, English characters, etc. are used for the company name, and the company name and the company name length also vary, so that basically different authentication keys are likely to be generated.

For example, each character constituting the company name is quantified according to a predetermined rule, and the authentication key is generated according to a predetermined generation algorithm for generating a character string (authentication key) by multiplying the numerical value by a constant. In this way, since the authentication key is generated depending on the characters and the number of characters of the company name, the authentication key is not always generated with a fixed length unlike the case where a barcode is used. Of course, it may be generated so as to have a fixed length.

In the present embodiment, the additional conditions are also automatically set by using the visitor information. For example, when a company name is used, each character that constitutes the company name is quantified according to a predetermined rule, and one value is calculated by multiplying the numerical value by a constant. If the value is odd, it is written vertically, and if it is even, it is written horizontally. Use a predetermined generation algorithm that is set.

Similarly, the additional position may be set using a predetermined algorithm. In the present embodiment, the character string direction and the additional position are taken as an example as additional conditions, but separately or in addition to this, for example, when specifying the character color, whether to print or handwrite, and when to print. May set other conditions such as font, character size, etc., and in the case of handwriting, the type of writing instrument such as a pencil.

In the above explanation, the authentication key is generated from the company name, but the name may also be generated. On the contrary, some characters may be used instead of all the characters included in the company name. In addition, in consideration of the case where the authentication key is handwritten, the authentication key is generated so as not to include characters that are difficult to identify or characters that are easily misidentified, such as "l", "1", "o", and "0". You may try to do it.

Further, since the visit date and time of the visitor can be specified from the reservation information, 30 minutes before and after the visit date and time is set as a time zone in which the visitor may visit. FIG. 3 shows an example in which a visitor makes a reservation at 15:00.

In the present embodiment, it is possible to authenticate the visitor only with the authentication key. However, the certification system can be further improved by combining visitor information (company name and name). In addition, if the scheduled visit time zone is set, it is possible to prevent unauthorized visits. In addition, there is a high possibility that a problem can be avoided when the authentication keys match by chance.

When the authentication key is generated as described above, the notification unit 13 notifies the corresponding customer of the authentication key and additional conditions included in the authentication information. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the notification is sent by e-mail to the predetermined e-mail address of the customer or the e-mail address of the individual visitor, but the method of notification is not particularly limited.

When the customer (company B) is notified of the authentication key, the customer (company B) adds the authentication key to the visitor's business card by the method specified by the additional conditions. The work to be added to the business card may be performed by the visitor or by a specialized staff.

Here, in the present embodiment, the expression "adding" the authentication key to the business card is used. "Addition" includes all means of attaching an authentication key to a business card, such as printing an authentication key on a business card, handwriting, or attaching a paper or sticker to which an authentication key is attached to a business card. Shown.

When the authentication key is added to the visitor's business card as described above, the visitor visits the visit destination (company A) with the business card to which the authentication key is attached. Then, the camera 1 installed on the entrance floor of the company A is made to take a picture of the business card. At this time, the visitor does not need to come into contact with the employee (receptionist) who is accepting the request. Hereinafter, the collation process of the visitor will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the visitor places the business card in the shooting range of the camera 1, the application that executes this process is automatically started. Then, the camera 1 takes a picture of the business card (step 101). When the business card is photographed by the camera 1, the acquisition unit 14 analyzes the captured image to describe the authentication key and the business card, and in the case of the present embodiment, the visitor set in the authentication information storage unit 18. The item information (company name, name) corresponding to the information is acquired (step 102).

By the way, the acquisition unit 14 acquires the company name and the name of the visitor by analyzing the captured image of the business card as described above. The layout of business cards seems to be patterned to some extent, but some business cards have a strange layout, and it may be difficult to extract the company name and name. Therefore, by registering the business card layout information of each company, especially the layout information of the business card with an unpatterned design, in the business card information storage unit 19 in advance, the recognition accuracy of the visitor information (company name, name) Can be improved.

The acquisition unit 14 may extract the authentication key by using the additional position included in the authentication information. In the case of a legitimate visitor, it is possible to improve the reading accuracy of the authentication key. Further, the business card holder may be used so that the business card can be positioned at a predetermined position in the shooting range of the camera 1 to improve the reading accuracy of the written items of the business card.

Subsequently, the authentication unit 15 collates the authentication key and visitor information acquired by the acquisition unit 14 with the authentication key and visitor information set in the authentication information registered in the authentication information storage unit 18 ( Step 103). A visitor may be authenticated by matching the authentication key acquired by the acquisition unit 14 with the authentication key set in the authentication information, that is, the visitor may be authenticated as a legitimate visitor. However, in the present embodiment, the visitor is further visited. Authentication accuracy is improved by collating personal information.

Further, in the present embodiment, whether or not the authentication key read from the business card matches the additional conditions set in the authentication information, specifically, at which position on the business card the authentication key is added. It verifies the direction of the character string, whether it is written vertically or horizontally.

In this way, when the authentication key and the visitor information match the authentication information, and the authentication key on the business card matches the additional conditions (Y in step 104), the visitor is authenticated. Once authenticated, the gate will open and visitors will be able to enter Building 4.

In the present embodiment, the authentication accuracy of the visitor can be improved by considering the items described in the business card and the additional conditions of the authentication key in addition to the authentication key.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a time zone including the visit time of the visitor is set. Therefore, the information extracted from the image of the business card can be collated by narrowing down to the authentication information in which the time zone including the actual visit time of the visitor is set.

On the other hand, if the visitor cannot be authenticated (N in step 104), the gate remains closed and the visitor cannot enter the building 4, but at this time, the authentication result display unit 16 is displayed. , The display 27 shows that the authentication has failed. The display 27 may be installed at a position that can be visually recognized by the receptionist or near the installation position of the camera 1, and the installation location may be selected according to the operation. In the former case, the receptionist will contact the visitor who failed the authentication for the first time and respond directly. In the latter case, the visitor attempts to reread the business card. In addition, the response when the authentication fails is not limited to this example, and may follow the operation of company A.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, if the authentication is successful, the visitor does not have to contact the receptionist at all. That is, it is possible to reduce the number of receptionists. In addition, it will be possible to change to an operation that does not use a guest card (admission card) handed to visitors who are allowed to enter. That is, a business card to which an authentication key is attached can be used as a substitute for a guest card.

By the way, in the present embodiment, a character string is used as an authentication key to be added to a business card, and it is preferable that handwritten characters can be used by this. The fact that handwritten characters are sufficient means that you do not have to use a printer like barcodes. Therefore, for example, when a customer who is out of the office is to come to the office in a hurry, the authentication key is transmitted to the customer by telephone. A visitor who has been given an authentication key can write the authentication key on a business card. If the additional condition such as the additional position is transmitted, the authentication key is written so as to match the additional condition.

By using handwritten characters as in this example, it is possible to respond to urgent cases where a visit to company A is required on the go. Further, if a pencil is used to write the authentication key, the authentication key can be erased, so that the business card can be reused unlike the case of printing.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the authentication key is added to the business card. However, as mentioned above, it is possible to authenticate a visitor with just the authentication key. That is, an authentication key may be added to a card other than a business card so that the camera 1 can take a picture of the card. In this way, it is also possible to use a medium to which an authentication key can be added as a card.

Further, in the present embodiment, the authentication key is represented by a symbol. In the above description, the case where the authentication key is generated as a character string is taken as an example. However, symbols other than characters such as figures and ruled lines, or these symbols may be combined with characters to generate an authentication key. Further, by expressing the authentication key with a symbol, it is possible to give flexibility to the length of the authentication key, the size of the symbol constituting the authentication key, and the like, as compared with the barcode. In particular, since the space where the authentication key can be added on a business card with a relatively small size is limited, it is convenient to use a symbol that makes it easy to adjust the length, size, and orientation of the authentication key. Also, unlike barcodes, it is possible to add an authentication key to a business card by handwriting.

1 camera, 2 external system, 3 network, 4 buildings, 10 entrance / exit management device, 11 visitor information acquisition unit, 12 authentication information generation unit, 13 notification unit, 14 acquisition unit, 15 authentication unit, 16 authentication result display unit , 17 Reservation information storage, 18 Authentication information storage, 19 Business card information storage, 21 CPU, 22 ROM, 23 RAM, 24 Hard disk drive (HDD), 25 Mouse, 26 Keyboard, 27 Display, 28 I / O controller, 29 Network interface (IF), 30 internal buses.

Claims (8)

A generation method that generates an authentication key represented by a symbol based on information about a visitor who is scheduled to visit.
A notification means for notifying the visitor who is scheduled to visit the authentication key generated by the generation means, and a notification means.
An authentication information storage means for storing authentication information including at least an authentication key generated by the generation means, and an authentication information storage means.
At the reception desk of the facility, a shooting means for taking a picture of a card that a visitor carries when visiting and to which an authentication key notified by the notification means is attached.
An acquisition means for acquiring an authentication key by analyzing an image of a card photographed by the photographing means,
An authentication means that authenticates a visitor when the authentication key acquired by the acquisition means matches the authentication key included in the authentication information.
A visitor reception system characterized by having. The card is a business card
The authentication information further includes the items described in the visitor's business card included in the information about the visitor.
The acquisition means further acquires the items described in the visitor's business card by analyzing the image of the card.
The authentication means authenticates a visitor when the items described in the authentication key and the visitor's business card acquired by the acquisition means match the items described in the authentication key and the visitor's business card included in the authentication information. The visitor reception system according to claim 1, wherein the visitor reception system is characterized by the above. The authentication key, visitor reception system according to claim 1, wherein the handwriting der Turkey written by visitors to be added to the card. The authentication information includes additional conditions for setting conditions for adding the authentication key to the card.
The notification means notifies the visitor who is scheduled to visit the additional condition, and the notification means notifies the visitor who is scheduled to visit.
The authentication means, to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that to authenticate the visitor when the authentication key is added to the card is added to meet the conditions set in the additional condition The listed visitor reception system. The visitor reception system according to claim 4 , wherein the additional condition is set by using information about a visitor who is scheduled to visit. On the additional condition, visit of claim 4, wherein the included at least one additional position of the authentication key in the direction or on the card strings when adding the authentication key to the card Person reception system. The visitor reception system according to claim 2, wherein the items described in the visitor's business card include at least the name of the organization to which the visitor belongs and the name of the visitor. It has a business card information storage means in which the layout information of the visitor's business card is preset.
The visitor reception system according to claim 2, wherein the acquisition means specifies the description position of the description items of the business card used for authentication by referring to the layout information of the business card of the visitor.

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