JPH06252921A - Terminal position recognizing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To logically recognize the terminal positions without controlling the physical positions of terminals in a system where plural terminals are connected to each other via a network. CONSTITUTION:In a system where plural terminals 4 are connected to each other via a network 5, a user position detector means 1 is provided to detect the physical position of a user together with a log-in detector means 2 which detect the log-in of each terminal 4 caused by the operation of the user, and a terminal position recognizer means 3 which recognizes the position of each terminal 4 based on the physical position of the user detected by the means 1 and the data on the terminal 4 operated by the user which are detected by the means 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal position recognition system and is used for managing the physical positions of terminals and users in an office using a network environment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an office having a network environment, messages are transmitted between terminals having users by utilizing applications on the network such as electronic mail. However, the user with whom the message is transmitted is not always in front of the terminal. As a result, it has become necessary to recognize the physical location of the user.

As means for detecting the physical position of the user, for example, the user carries an ID transmitter using radio waves, and the radio waves are received by a leaky coaxial cable stretched in a grid pattern to detect the position of the user. A device for detecting is known. However, even if the physical location of the user is known, there is a problem of where to install a device that transmits a message to the user.

When a wireless network is used as a means for transmitting a message to a user, the user carries the message transmitting means as a device, which is a burden on the weight and capacity of the device and also the device cost. Will also be higher. On the other hand, when using a wired network, since it is rarely carried like wireless, the position of a message transmitting device such as a terminal does not match the position of the user. Therefore, when a wired network is used, one-to-one message transmission with the designated user cannot be reliably performed only by recognizing the user's position.
Therefore, there is a problem that not only the user but also the message transmission device needs to manage the physical position.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a physical system for terminals in a system in which a plurality of terminals are connected via a network. It is to make the position of a terminal logically recognizable without managing the target position.

[0006]

In the terminal position recognition system of the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, a plurality of terminals 4 are connected via a network 5 as shown in FIG. In this system, the user position detecting means 1 for detecting the physical position of the user, the login detecting means 2 for detecting the login of the terminal 4 by the user's operation, and the physical position of the user detected by the user position detecting means 1. And terminal position recognition means 3 for recognizing the position of the terminal 4 based on the data of the terminal 4 operated by the user detected by the login detection means 2.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the user position detecting means 1 detects the physical position of the user, and the login detecting means 2 detects the login of the terminal 4 by the user's operation and is logged in. The position management of the terminal 4 in front of or near the user is performed based on the assumption that the user is in front of or near the terminal 4.

[0008]

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a terminal position recognition system of the present invention. In this system, a plurality of terminals 4 (workstations in this case) are connected via a network 5, and each user can log in to any terminal 4 by inputting his or her own ID. Each user carries an ID transmitter 6 that generates a radio wave indicating his or her ID (identification number). Radio waves from the ID transmitter 6 carried by each user are received by the leaky coaxial cable 7 stretched in a grid pattern. The user position detecting means 1 detects the physical position of the user based on the strength of the radio wave received by the leaky coaxial cable 7, and manages the position information of each user. Further, the login detecting means 2 is connected to the network 5 and has a function of detecting the login of each user and the name of the terminal on which each user logged in. The login detecting means 2 is connected to the user position detecting means 1 described above, and is data indicating the physical position of each user detected at the time of login, that is, position information of the user's office in X and Y coordinates. And has the function of transmitting the extracted and detected data (terminal name and position information of the user's office in X and Y coordinates) to the terminal position recognition means 3. The terminal position recognition means 3 has a function of recognizing and storing the physical position of the terminal 4 from the data received from the login detection means 2.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the user position detecting means 1. First, in # 11, the ID of the user to be searched is set to the initial value in order to search for the user. In # 12, it is monitored whether the user indicated by the set ID is in the office. In this embodiment, the ID transmitter 6 received by the leaky coaxial cable 7
If there is a set ID in the ID information from, #
13 is executed, otherwise # 15 is executed. In the process of # 13, the physical position of the user is detected by the strength of the electric wave received by the leaky coaxial cable 7 stretched in a grid pattern, and X, Y in the user's office indicated by the set ID is detected. The coordinate position is detected, the position coordinate is recorded in the database using the ID as a key in the process of # 14, and the process proceeds to the process of # 15. As a result, when the database of the user position detecting means 1 is accessed using the ID as a key, it becomes possible to read the X and Y coordinates of the user indicated by the ID in the office. In the process of # 15, it is determined whether or not it is the last value of the registered ID, and the ID
If is the last value, the process proceeds to # 17 and the process is terminated. If it is not the last value, the process proceeds to # 16, the ID is incremented by 1, and the process returns to # 12. When the process is completed in # 17, the process automatically goes to the first # 10 and the same process is repeated. As a result, in the database of the user position detecting means 1, the correspondence between the user ID and the user position coordinates is always registered in the latest state.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the login detecting means 2. First, the determination unit of # 21 monitors the login state of the user via the network 5 in order to determine whether or not the user has logged in. If there is a login, the process of # 22 is performed, and the login must be performed. For example, continue to monitor logins. In the process of # 22, the user's ID is extracted. By referring to the login name / ID correspondence table, the ID used for registering the physical position of the user is extracted from the login name of the logged-in user. This ID is stored as a key of the database to be accessed in the process of # 23. Next, in the process of # 23, the previous #
Using the ID obtained by the process of 22 as a key, the database of the user position detecting means 1 is accessed to extract the position coordinate of the user. Next, in the process of # 24,
Extract the logged-in terminal name from the workstation network information. Further, in the process of # 25, the position coordinates X, Y of the user in the office and the name of the logged-in terminal extracted by the above process are transmitted to the terminal position recognition means 3. When the process is completed at # 26, the process automatically goes to the first # 20 and the same process is repeated.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the terminal position recognition means 3. First, in # 31, the presence / absence of data indicating the position coordinates X, Y of the user in the office and the name of the logged-in terminal received from the login detection means 2 is monitored. If there is data, the next process of # 32 is performed, and if not, the data reception is continued at # 31. # 32
In the process (1), the process of recognizing the position of the logged-in terminal is performed when the user logs in, assuming that the physical position of the user is in front of or in the vicinity of the logged-in terminal. That is, the position information of the user, which is the received data here, is registered as it is as the position of the terminal and registered in the database of the terminal position recognition means 3. In addition, when the process is completed in # 33, the first # 30 is automatically performed.
Then, the same process is repeated.

By performing the above processing, the result of automatically recognizing the position information of the terminal can be registered in the database of the terminal position recognizing means 3. Therefore,
Whenever the location of the terminal is changed due to a change in the office layout, the physical location of the terminal is automatically detected by logging in and automatically stored in the database without registering the terminal location information in the database each time. It becomes possible to register.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, each means 1, 2,
Although 3 is configured separately, these functions can be realized by one computer. Further, as a method of extracting the position detection data from the user without using the ID used as the key in the processes of FIGS. 2 and 3, the position detection data of the login detection unit 2 is synchronized with the login of the login detection unit 2. There is a method of extracting and a method of using a time stamp (temporal coincidence) as a key of the database, and the former method does not require a database. Further, although the leaky coaxial cable is exemplified as the hardware for detecting the position of the user, the one using infrared rays or magnetism may be used.

[0014]

According to the present invention, in a system in which a plurality of terminals are connected via a network, the physical position of the user is detected, the login of the terminal by the user's operation is detected, and the detected user's position is detected. Since the location of the terminal close to the user's whereabouts is recognized based on the physical location and the data of the logged-in terminal, even if the location of the terminal is unknown, the user's location is detected and this user detects the terminal. There is an effect that the position of the terminal can be recognized based on the login information by the operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of a user position detecting means used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the login detection means used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal position recognition means used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 user position detecting means 2 login detecting means 3 terminal position recognizing means 4 terminal 5 network 6 ID transmitter 7 leaky coaxial cable

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system in which a plurality of terminals are connected via a network, a user position detecting means for detecting a physical position of a user, a login detecting means for detecting login of a terminal by a user operation, and a user position. A terminal comprising: a physical position of the user detected by the detection means; and a terminal position recognition means for recognizing the position of the terminal based on the data of the terminal operated by the user detected by the login detection means. Position recognition system.