JPH07208001A - Id card control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to supply an ID card, which is used for an entering and leaving administrative system or the like to a user himself or herself without any room for any illegality when using the ID card. CONSTITUTION:A finger print reading device c1 is installed to an ID card control device, thereby detecting finger print patterns of card users. Finger print detection signals based on the finger print patterns are compared with individual information preliminarily stored in a memory a5 where the individual information which agrees with the finger print detection signals, is extracted. An address selection device determines a specific card storage address. To comply with the card storage address, a card carrier means c7 takes out the ID card from the card storage c6 equivalent to the card storage address and carries the card to a card take-out opening 8. This construction makes it possible to supply an ID card used for an entering/leaving control system or the like to a user him-self or herself definitely without any room for illegality.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ID card management device used for an entrance / exit management (access control) system or the like when entering or exiting a special facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, an entrance / exit management (access control) system is installed at an entrance / exit of a designated place in a special facility such as a nuclear facility or a computer center, so that dangerous goods can be stolen. In addition, measures are taken against intentional illegal acts such as illegal contributions of confidential materials.

In such an entrance / exit management system, an ID card is generally used, and this ID card has an identification code of a person who is permitted to enter / exit the designated place as an important place. It is recorded. Then, each person is allowed to read the ID card possessed by a card reader installed at the doorway at the designated place, and further, by inputting the personal identification number on the ten-key pad of the keyboard installed at the doorway, the authorized person It is determined whether or not When the relationship between the identification code on the ID card and the input personal identification number matches, it is determined that the person is an authorized person and the door lock is unlocked.

The ID card used in the entrance / exit management system as described above is generally used in a specific place of a facility (for example, beside a security room) in order to prevent or suppress loss, deformation, and forgery. ) Is arranged in the storage rack, and the storage rack is centrally stored in the storage rack, and the person himself / herself takes in / out his / her ID card from the storage rack as needed.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the storage rack. The storage rack 1 has a plurality of I's in the vertical and horizontal directions.
A storage space 3 for the D card 2 is provided, and a name plate 4 is attached to the upper portion of each storage space 3. In the lower right part of the figure, the storage shelf portion of one ID card is shown enlarged. And each nameplate 4 has the name of each individual to be stored in the storage space 3 of that part, and when going in and out of the designated place, each person has the corresponding nameplate part. The ID card 2 stored in is taken out, and after use, it is returned to the same storage space again.

[0006]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional ID card management apparatus, a third party steals the manager's eyes and pulls out the ID card of the person concerned from the ID card storage shelf 1 without permission. Is possible. In addition, if the third party knows in advance the personal identification number that the parties should enter, the entry / exit management system determines that the third party is the party and unlocks the door lock. Have Therefore, even if there is some annoyance as a preventive measure for this kind of work, the entry / exit management system is further combined with another verification system to achieve multiplexing,
A method of further strengthening the security level is being considered.

However, when trying to strengthen the security level for the entrance / exit management system in this way, a card reader for an ID card and a keyboard for inputting a personal identification number at each entrance of a designated place, and further other multiplexes. Must have a matching system
There is an unavoidable increase in investment in hardware and operating costs for the entire system. In addition, each person will be forced to perform multiple operations at each entrance of the designated place, and especially for those who frequently come in and out of the place, the annoyance is not only a mere time loss. However, the accumulation of them will be a mental burden.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and by strengthening the security level for the ID card management device, as a result, an access control system is provided. This is intended to raise the security level, and to eliminate the conventional problems.

[0009]

The ID card management apparatus according to the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, serves as fingerprint reading means for detecting a fingerprint pattern and generating a fingerprint detection signal based on the fingerprint pattern. Fingerprint reader,
A card that compares a fingerprint detection signal from this fingerprint reading device with personal information registered in a memory in advance, extracts personal information that matches the fingerprint detection signal, and generates a card storage address corresponding to the personal information. An address selection device as a storage address generation device, and a card transportation device that receives the card storage address from the address selection device, carries out the ID card from the card storage corresponding to the card storage address, and carries it to the card ejection port. Is provided.

In addition to the above configuration, the management device according to the present invention further comprises:
The present invention is characterized in that a switching means for allowing manual input from the key input means is provided, and the key input code from the key input means selected by the switching means is compared with the personal information registered in the memory. To do. Further, the management device according to the present invention is equipped with, for example, a porcelain reader that reads an ID code from an ID card inserted into a card inlet, and for a card storage address of a card storage corresponding to the ID code obtained by the porcelain reader, It is characterized in that the ID card is carried in by the card carrying means.

[0011]

In the ID card management device according to claim 1, the fingerprint reading device detects the fingerprint pattern of the card user, and the fingerprint detection signal based on the fingerprint pattern is compared with personal information registered in advance in the memory. Then, the personal information that matches the fingerprint detection signal is extracted. Then, the address selection device identifies the card storage address corresponding to the personal information. Upon receiving the specified card storage address, the card transport means carries out the ID card from the card storage corresponding to the card storage address and transports it to the card take-out port. Therefore, the ID used for the entrance / exit management system, etc.
The card can be reliably supplied to the user without any room for fraud.

Further, in the apparatus according to the second aspect, when the failure of the fingerprint reading apparatus is further detected, the input code from the ten-key pad is accepted and the input code is compared with the personal information registered in the memory. It Therefore, a backup function is built in the event of a failure in the fingerprint reader.

Further, in the apparatus according to claim 3,
When the ID card is returned to the device, the ID code is read from the ID card by, for example, a magnetic reader. Then, the returned card is stored in the card storage address corresponding to the ID code. Therefore, when the ID card is stored, address management is performed in the storage box, so that erroneous delivery can be eliminated when the ID card is supplied to the person again.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an ID card management device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, which is roughly divided into a control unit A, an input / output unit B, and an ID management unit C.

First, the control unit A is provided with an interface (hereinafter abbreviated as I / F) a1 for exchanging information with the input / output unit B and the ID management unit C, and this I / Fa1 is provided. Is connected to an analog / digital converter (hereinafter abbreviated as A / D) a2 for converting fingerprint information into personal identification information. Further, the I / Fa 1 is connected to the control unit A and the CPUa 3 which controls the overall information exchange between the input / output unit B and the ID management unit C connected to the control unit A. A ROMa4 storing a program for operating the CPUa3 in accordance with a predetermined processing procedure is connected to the CPUa3. Further, the CPUa3 and the I / Fa1 are provided with personal identification information based on the fingerprint information from the A / Da2,
Alternatively, a first memory a5 for storing backup ID information, which will be described later, processing control signals between the respective devices, etc. is connected.

The input / output unit B is provided with a man-machine function for a system administrator, and has an input keyboard b1 for fingerprint registration processing, fingerprint registration data management, and personal data registration and update. It is composed of a CRTb2 for displaying input / output data and a printer a3 for printing data, which are connected to the I / Fa1 of the control unit A.

Further, the ID management unit C has a function of taking out and taking in the user of the ID card,
Fingerprint reader c that reads the user's fingerprint as an input function
1 and a ten-key c2 that functions as a backup function when there is a failure such as a failure of the fingerprint reading device c1 and these are connected to the I / Fa1 of the control unit A.

Further, the ID management unit C is provided with an operation indicator c3 such as a liquid crystal display panel, and this operation indicator c3 is connected to the I / Fa1 so that the operation procedure is displayed and the ID card is displayed. Works as a guidance function for users. The second memory c4 provided in the ID management unit C is connected to the I / Fa1 and performs an excess / deficiency check of the ID card stored in the management unit C and a start function of an address selection device c5 described later. Have An address selection device c that receives information from the memory c4
5 assigns an address corresponding to the card storage c6 to extract the target ID card, and the carrier c7 extracts the card from the card storage c6.
Is configured to carry out the extracted ID card.

The conveying means c7 conveys the ID card returned to the card inlet c9, and the card storage c6.
Carry in. At this time, the ID code carried by the carrying means c7 is read by the magnetic reader c10 from the magnetic stripe provided on the side surface of the card and collated with the memory c4 to determine a predetermined storage portion of the card storage C6. Bring in the ID card.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the external appearance of the ID management unit C having an operation function for the user of the ID card. An operation display device c3 such as a liquid crystal display plate is arranged on the upper part of the front surface of the housing, and the operation procedure for the user of the ID card is displayed thereby. A fingerprint reading device c1 for reading the user's fingerprint is arranged at the lower right portion of the operation display c3, and the operation display c3 is also provided.
A numeric keypad c2 for inputting a code when a failure such as a failure occurs in the fingerprint reading device c1 is arranged in the lower right part of the. The outputs from the fingerprint reading device c1 and the numeric keypad c2 are transmitted to the control unit A as described above. A card inlet c9 is opened on the lower side of the management unit C, and a card outlet c8 is opened further below the card inlet c9.

Next, the ID of the management device having the above configuration
The card carry-out operation will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, first, in the standby state of the device as shown in step S1, the operation display c
3 "Please press your fingertip on the fingerprint reader"
A message to that effect is displayed. This is the message code stored in the first memory a5
3 is called according to the program and is supplied to the display device c3. When the person who is going to pull out the ID card puts the designated fingertip on the fingerprint reading device c1, the fingerprint reading device c1 detects the fingerprint pattern,
Generate a fingerprint detection signal based on the fingerprint pattern. This fingerprint detection signal is supplied to A / Da2 via I / Fa1 and digitized by this A / Da2. Then, the digitized fingerprint detection signal is compared with the personal information registered in advance in the first memory a5 in step S2. Then, the process proceeds to step S3, and the operation display c
A message "please wait for a while" is displayed in 3.

When it is determined in step S4 that personal information matching the fingerprint detection information is present, the process proceeds to step S5, and the matching personal information is extracted by the action of the CPUa3, and the personal information is passed through the I / Fa1. And the second memory c4 as a card storage address generating means. The second memory c4 has a function of a conversion table between the individual information and the card storage address, and the card storage address corresponding to the personal information is specified here.

Then, the process proceeds to step S6, and the specified card storage address is supplied to the address selection device c5, and the address selection device c5 corresponds to the card storage address c6.
Assign the address of. That is, in this step S6, of the many cards stored according to the address, the card corresponding to the address is set in a state in which it can be physically withdrawn. Then, the process proceeds to step S7, and the card is unloaded from the card storage c6 to which the address is assigned by the carrying means c7. Then, in step S8, the card is sent to the card outlet c8. When the card is ejected to the card ejection port c8, the process proceeds to step S9, and the operation display c
At 3, a message saying "Please take your card" is displayed.

If it is determined in step S4 that personal information that matches the fingerprint detection information does not exist, the process proceeds to step S10, and the comparison count in step S4 is incremented to determine whether the predetermined count has been reached. Is determined. In the state where the number of times is not increased to the predetermined number (numerical value), the process returns to step S2 again and the above-described routine is repeated. This is step S4
An error may occur in the coincidence detection in step S4, and it is programmed to execute the coincidence detection in step S4 several times. When it is determined in step S10 that the number of comparisons has reached the predetermined number, the process proceeds to step S11, and the operation display device c3 displays a message "There is no corresponding ID card" for a predetermined time. Then the operation ends.

Next, FIG. 4 shows the operation of another embodiment of the present invention in which measures are taken when a failure such as a failure occurs in the fingerprint reading device c1. Note that steps in FIG. 4 which have the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 have the same operations, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 4, first in step S12, it is determined whether or not a failure has occurred in the fingerprint reading device c1. Various means are conceivable as means for detecting whether or not a failure has occurred in the fingerprint reading device c1. For example, a touch switch (not shown) is provided in the fingerprint reading device c1 part, and the touch switch reacts. Reading device c
It is possible to use a means for logically determining the case where an output does not occur at 1.

When it is determined No in step S12, that is, when the operation of the fingerprint reader is determined to be normal, the program including steps S1 to S11 similar to that described in FIG. 3 is executed. To be done. Here, if Yes is determined in step S12, the process proceeds to step S13, and a message "Please input the ID with the ten keys when the fingerprint reader is in trouble" is displayed on the operation display c3. . In this state, the CPU a3 issues a command to the I / Fa1 to accept the key input code from the ten key c2. Then, the person who tries to pull out the ID card inputs his or her ID code into the ten-key c2, and in step S14, the ID code by key input and the personal information for backup registered in the memory a5 in advance are displayed. Compare. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S15, and a message "please wait for a while" is displayed on the operation display device c3.

When it is determined in step S16 that the personal information matching the ID code entered by the ten-key input is present, the process proceeds to step S5, and the matching personal information is extracted by the action of the CPUa3, and the personal information is I / Fa1. And the second memory c4 as a card storage address generating means. Then, as described above, the ID card is carried out to the card ejection port according to the routine of steps S5 to S9. If it is determined in step S16 that there is no personal information matching the ID code input by the ten-key pad, the process proceeds to step S11, and the operation display device c3 indicates that "there is no corresponding ID card". The message is displayed for a predetermined time and the operation ends. As described above, according to the flow shown in FIG. 4, in response to the occurrence of a failure such as a failure in the fingerprint reading device c1, the function of collation and identification by the ten keys is automatically provided.

The input / output unit B shown in FIG.
As described above, the system has a man-machine function for the system administrator, and the keyboard b1 is an input means for fingerprint registration processing, fingerprint registration data management, and personal data registration and update, and the system startup. It functions as an input means such as retrieval, data change and search. Further, the printer b3 is used to output operation history based on application software and management materials such as daily reports.

[0028]

As is apparent from the above description, the ID card management apparatus according to the present invention is designed so that an ID card can be stored in the card storage unit based on the fingerprint detection signal detected by the fingerprint reading apparatus.
Since the D card is configured to be pulled out, the ID card used for the entrance / exit management system or the like can be reliably supplied to the user himself without illicit room. Therefore, as a result, the security level of the entrance / exit management system can be raised, and the cost is significantly reduced compared to the case where the security level is secured by combining the entrance / exit management system with multiple verification means. It can be done and does not bother the user himself. Since it is impossible to obtain another person's card, there is no need for a guard to monitor the card management device, and further labor saving can be achieved.

Further, the management apparatus according to the present invention further accepts the input code from the ten-key pad and compares the input code with the personal information registered in the memory when a failure occurs in the fingerprint reading apparatus. Since it was configured to
The backup function at the time of failure is guaranteed and the stability of management on the operator side can be secured. Furthermore, when the ID card is returned to the return port, the management device according to the present invention ensures that the code is read from the ID card by, for example, a porcelain reader, and is surely stored in the card storage address corresponding to the code. Is made. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly carry out the card carry-out action when the ID card is pulled out again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an ID card management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of an external appearance of an ID management unit in the device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG.

4 is a flowchart for explaining another operation of the device shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of a conventional card management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A control unit a1 interface a2 analog / digital converter a3 CPU a4 ROM a5 first memory B input / output unit b1 keyboard b2 CRT b3 printer c ID management unit c1 fingerprint reader c2 numeric keypad c3 operation indicator c4 second memory c5 address selector c6 Card storage c7 Conveying means c8 Card outlet c9 Card inlet c10 Magnetic reader

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A fingerprint reading unit that detects a fingerprint pattern and generates a fingerprint detection signal based on the fingerprint pattern, and compares the fingerprint detection signal from the fingerprint reading unit with personal information registered in a memory in advance. Card storage address generation means for extracting personal information matching the fingerprint detection signal and generating a card storage address corresponding to the personal information; and receiving the card storage address from the card storage address generation means to store the card An ID card management device, comprising: a card carrying means for carrying out an ID card from a card storage corresponding to an address and carrying it to a card take-out port. 2. A fingerprint reading unit for detecting a fingerprint pattern and generating a fingerprint detection signal based on the fingerprint pattern, and comparing the fingerprint detection signal from the fingerprint reading unit with personal information registered in a memory in advance, Card storage address generation means for extracting personal information matching the fingerprint detection signal and generating a card storage address corresponding to the personal information; and receiving the card storage address from the card storage address generation means to store the card A card carrying means for carrying out an ID card from a card storage corresponding to an address and carrying it to a card take-out port, and when a failure of the fingerprint reading means is detected, a manual key input means is used. A switching means for allowing input is further provided, and the key input code from the key input means selected by the switching means and the message Management apparatus ID card, characterized in that so as to compare the personal information registered in the directory. 3. A fingerprint reading unit that detects a fingerprint pattern and generates a fingerprint detection signal based on the fingerprint pattern, and compares the fingerprint detection signal from the fingerprint reading unit with personal information registered in a memory in advance. Card storage address generation means for extracting personal information matching the fingerprint detection signal and generating a card storage address corresponding to the personal information; and receiving the card storage address from the card storage address generation means to store the card A card carrying means for carrying out the ID card from the card storage corresponding to the address and carrying it to the card taking-out port, further comprising a reading means for reading an ID code from the ID card inserted in the card taking-in port. The card carrying means is provided for the storage address of the card storage corresponding to the ID code obtained by the reading means. Therefore, the ID card management device is characterized in that the ID card is carried in.