JPH04133197A - Attendance condition display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable each employee in an office room to immediately find the place where another employee is or the like by connecting a display device and a time recorder by a cable and sending data of the managed present condition to the display device through the cable to display it on a display board. CONSTITUTION:A time recorder 1 is provided with a controller, and the controller 2 consists of a data processor 3, an attendance condition managing means 4, a present condition data sending means 5, etc. The time recorder 1 reads on employee code from an employee card and prints a name, the date, the time, etc., on recording paper or the like. A display device 7 is provided in a place distant from the time recorder 1, and the present condition data sending means 5 is connected to this device 7 through a cable 10 by a display control means 9. Thus, a display board 8 is provided in each office room to immediately and easily find that an employee is in the office or not or is travelling on official business.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] This invention relates to an attendance status display system that makes it possible to easily grasp the attendance status of employees at a company, government office, or other office. The purpose of this invention is to provide an attendance status display system that displays on a display panel the attendance status of employees, such as being at work, leaving the office, taking leave, and being out of the office, so that such information can be immediately known. The device is connected to a time recorder by a cable, and the control device includes at least an attendance status management means for managing the attendance status of each employee, such as attendance at the office, leaving the office, vacation, being out, and the like, and management by the attendance status management unit. current status data sending means for sending current status data to the display device via the cable;
The display device is configured to include display control means for displaying data sent by the current status data sending means on the display panel.

(Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an attendance status display system, and more particularly to an attendance status display system that allows the attendance status of employees at a company, government office, or other office to be easily grasped.

[Prior art] Various types of time recorders are known, and some of them are controlled by a computer system, and when a card such as a telephone card is inserted into the slot, the device (CPU) There are systems that read employee codes and perform processing such as recording arrival and departure times. In recent years, it has become mainstream in many business establishments to use such time recorders to manage the attendance status of employees.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in companies etc., from the perspective of relationships with business partners,
There are many cases where a call comes in saying, ``Please call so-and-so.'' In such cases, if that person is within the line of sight of the person passing the call, the call will be passed on to that person immediately.
There are often cases where it is impossible to do so. When this happens, I don't know if the person in question is in the company or not, so I have been unable to convey accurate information to the person on the other end of the phone.

However, it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive to go to where the time recorder is located and find out if the person you couldn't find is still in the office, or call another person's extension to confirm. It's very annoying.

The present invention is applicable to information recorded by a time recorder, for example,
To provide an attendance status display system that displays on a display panel the attendance status of employees such as being at work, leaving the office, taking leave, and being out of the office, and allowing such information to be immediately known.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the basic configuration of the present invention.

In the figure, a time recorder 1 has a control device 2, and the control device 2 is composed of a data processing device 3, an attendance status management means 4, a current status data sending means 5, and the like. Further, the time recorder 1 is equipped with a mechanical device 6 such as a printer or a card reader similar to that provided in a conventional time recorder, and is capable of reading an employee code from an employee card or recording names, dates, and times on recording paper, etc. etc. can be printed.

Further, there is a display device 7 located away from the time recorder 1, and the display device 7 includes a display panel 8 and a display control means 9. The display control means 9 is connected to the current status data sending means 6 via a cable 10.

[For production]

When an ID card such as an employee ID card is inserted into the card insertion slot, the employee code is read by the card league of the mechanical device 6, and the attendance status management means 4 associates it with the employee code and records the information of the employee. Working time, leaving time,
Items such as the time to go out, the time to return to work, and the fact of vacation are created in the memory of the data processing device 3. In this way, data is created that shows the attendance status of all employees.

Then, the contents are sent from the current status data sending means 6 to the display control means 9 via the cable IO,
Having received the data, the display control means 9 controls the display panel 8.
Display the contents of the navel. Therefore, by providing the display panel 8 in each office, it is possible to easily know whether an employee is in the company or not, or on a business trip, if necessary.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an overview of the configuration of the attendance status display system according to the present invention. In the figure, a time recorder 1 and a display device 7 are connected by a cable 10, and are configured so that data created on the time recorder 1 side can be displayed on the display panel of the display device 7.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the attendance status display system according to the present invention. In the figure, the time recorder 1 is equipped with a mechanical device 6, such as a printer or a card reader, which is similar to that of a conventional time recorder, and is capable of reading an employee code from an employee card or printing it onto recording paper, etc. You can print your name, date, time, etc.

Further, the time recorder 1 includes a microprocessor unit (MPU) 11, and the MPU 11 includes a CPU,
, ROM, RAM, parallel input/output port, serial input/output port, clock signal generator, etc., and is a unit that can be used to configure a computer system by itself.

The serial input/output port is configured to be able to exchange data with the modem 12s. Further, the parallel input/output board is connected to an electronic circuit (not shown) provided on the mechanical device 6 side, so that it can operate a printer or a card reader.

On the other hand, the display device 7 includes a display panel 8, a controller 13, a modem 12. The modem 12M and the modem t2s are connected by a communication cable 10. The controller 13 includes an MPU having the same configuration as the MPU II and a display controller including a driver for the display panel 8. Further, the MP in the controller 13
The serial input/output port of U is configured to be able to exchange data with the modem 12R.

The display panel 8 is of the dot matrix type and can directly display symbols and characters, but as shown in Figure 4, the employee's name and attendance status should be associated with each other, so that the corresponding attendance status can be displayed. It is also possible to use a type of display board that lights up the display element of the column to which it belongs, for example, an LED.

Various programs for operating the system are written in the ROM of the MPU II, and FIG. 5 shows a schematic flowchart showing an example of such programs.

In the figure, when the system is activated, the M
The CPU of PLJII finishes executing the initial routine (not shown) and jumps to the entry shown in the figure. Then, in step s1, the card reader receives the employee code read from the ID card (magnetic stripe card) and the time data output by the clock circuit, and stores them in a data file provided in a predetermined area of RAM or a floppy disk. Write data. Next, it is determined whether an operation key provided on the time recorder 1 has been operated (step Sz). Here, if no operation key is operated (No), the process proceeds to step S3, where the attendance data is retrieved from the data file of all the employees that has already been created, and the attendance data is retrieved from the display panel. The data is written in a video column allocated to a predetermined area of the RAM so as to arrange the format for display. In this step S3, it is preferable to improve the processing speed by rewriting only the changed portion, rather than rewriting the entire contents of the vidioram.

Next, the process proceeds to step S4, and the contents of the vidioram (
current status data) is transferred to the display device 7 via the communication cable 1o. Thereafter, the process returns to step S1 and repeats the routine described above. Normally, this operation allows the attendance status to be displayed on the display panel.

Now, in step S2, some operation keys, such as keys to be operated before inputting new data, keys to be operated before inputting the company name and location of a business trip, and the fact that the person is on vacation, are displayed. When keys, etc. are operated prior to inputting data for
(YES), the routine branches to execute the routine after step S5 and it is checked which key is being operated. Therefore, first, in step S5, it is determined whether a key to be operated prior to inputting new data is being operated. When this key is being operated, the process proceeds to step S6, where, for example, the name of a new employee, a new employee code, etc. are input from a keyboard (not shown) to create a new data file. After that, the process returns to step S1.

If the key is not operated in step S5, the process proceeds to step S7, where it is determined whether or not a key is operated prior to inputting the company name and location of the business trip destination. . If this key is being operated, the process proceeds to step s8, where the employee code is input from the keyboard to specify an existing file, and then the name of the company and location of the business trip destination are input from the keyboard. After that, the process returns to step S1. If a large number of operation keys are provided, a determination routine similar to step S5 and step S7 is provided to perform corresponding processing for each key.

In step S7, if the key has not been operated, it means that another key has been operated, and the process proceeds to step S9, where processing corresponding to the function previously assigned to that key is performed. In this way, in steps S5 to S, the latest employee attendance data is input into the data file to manage the attendance status.

The controller 13 is provided with a display control program, and the display panel is controlled in the same way as a known electronic bulletin board by the operation of the CPU in the controller 13 and the display controller.

Then, the display device is installed in each office,
By connecting these to the time recorder with a cable and displaying the current attendance status on a display panel, the whereabouts of each employee can be known immediately when needed. In addition, when used in a large-scale business office, etc., it is possible to divide the system into closely related groups and control the attendance status of the related groups to be displayed for each office.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, each employee can instantly know the whereabouts of other employees while in the office, and as a result, calls from outside can be made to absentee employees. When someone calls you, you can give them an accurate reply without confusing them.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a basic configuration diagram explaining the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the outline of the structure of the attendance status display system according to the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the attendance status display system according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating another configuration of the display panel, and FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart showing an example of a time recorder control program. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Time recorder, 2...Control device, 4...Attendance status management means, 6...Current status data sending means, 7...Display device, 8...Display panel , 10... Cable. Patent applicant Fujitsu Kiden Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Display device (7) with display panel (8) and control device (2)
The control device (2) is connected to a time recorder (1) having a time recorder (1) with a cable (10), and the control device (2) includes at least an attendance status management means ( 4) and the attendance status management means (4)
The display device (7) includes a current status data transmitting means (5) for transmitting current status data managed by the display device (7) to the display device (7) via the cable (10). An attendance status display system characterized by comprising display control means (9) for displaying the data sent in step (5) on the display panel (8).