JPH0726808A - Electric lock controlling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to eliminate the need for replacement of an electric lock when changing how to use a room by incorporating programs which correspond to an operation form of each electric lock in a computer-aided system which controls various kinds of electric locks. CONSTITUTION:A transmission line in which a plurality of electric locks, such as motor lock electric locks and electromagnetic lock electric locks whose operation forms are different from each other, are connected by way of a gate control device responding to each electric lock is connected to a gate host computer 5 into which a lock type and an operation demand form are inputted from a terminal device 6 by way of a LAN. When information is inputted into the gate control device from the terminal device 6, if a physical lock form in an actual service is identical to an operation form demanded by way of the terminal device, it is necessary to perform a processing which complies with an input direction. In case when the operation forms are different from each other, it is necessary to incorporate a suitable program which can meet with the operation form of each electric lock so as to process. This construction makes it possible to eliminate the need for the replacement of a predetermined electric lock in case when it is required to change how to use a room.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control system for an electric lock used for controlling entrance and exit of a room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in response to the progress of BA (building automation) and social demand for high security, an electric lock is attached to a door in order to control the locking and unlocking of the door from a distance or from a machine such as a computer. I'm getting more and more. Electric locks are roughly classified into the following two lock systems. (1) Motor lock: Locked and unlocked. (2) Electromagnetic lock: The unlocked state is maintained for a short time and then automatically locked. The former is mainly used for doors that, like a normal office floor, are unlocked in the morning and remain unlocked until leaving work. The latter is also used in rooms where you do not want to leave it unlocked, such as a computer room.

[0003]

However, the method of using the room is artificial, and it is usually desirable to temporarily restrict access to an open floor (for example, at a commemorative event of a company, the general public There is a case where I am asked to visit the office, but it does not matter if I go anywhere. However, the conventional electric lock could not handle this. Also, it is not a temporary change in the usage pattern as described above. If the usage of the room itself has changed permanently, the electric lock itself needs to be replaced, but the external shape of the lock is usually very different, so the replacement often involves the door itself and is a major construction task. It was The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an electric lock capable of flexibly coping with a temporary or permanent change in a method of using a room without replacing the electric lock. The purpose is to provide a control method.

[0004]

In the electric lock control system according to [Claim 1] of the present invention, a plurality of electric locks having different operation modes are connected via a gate control device corresponding to each electric lock. A transmission line and a gate host computer to which a lock format and an operation request format are input from a terminal device are connected to each other via a LAN, and are actually used when information from the terminal device is input to the gate control device. If the physical lock format that is present and the operation format requested via the terminal device match, processing corresponding to the input instruction is performed, and if different, each corresponds to the electric lock operation format in the electric lock operation. The processing was performed with a program interposed. The electric lock control system according to [Claim 2] of the present invention is the above [Claim 1], wherein the electric lock is a motor lock electric lock and an electromagnetic lock electric lock, and information from the terminal device is input to the gate control device. Then, it is determined whether or not the physical lock format actually used and the operation format requested via the terminal device match, and in any case, the relevant day is a holiday or night. Whether it is a holiday or night is determined by using an electromagnetic lock electric lock.

[0005]

In the electric lock control method according to [Claim 1], when the operation form of the electric lock is input from the terminal device, the physical lock form (for example, motor lock or electromagnetic lock) and the required operation form. Information (for example, to operate like a motor lock or to operate like an electromagnetic lock) is sent to the controller as a pair. The controller that received the information performs processing corresponding to the input instruction when the physical lock format and the requested operation format match,
If they are different, a program corresponding to each electric lock operation type is inserted during the electric lock operation. Further, in [Claim 2], in the above [Claim 1], an electromagnetic system is automatically used on holidays or at night.

[0006]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a general motor lock electric lock and a general electromagnetic lock electric lock will be described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to any hardware type and any operation type of the electric lock. Figure 2
In the figure, 1 is a motor lock electric lock and a gate controller
The electromagnetic lock electric lock 2 as another type of electric lock is connected to the transmission line 8 via the gate control device 4-1. The electromagnetic lock electric lock 2 is also connected to the other transmission line 8-1 via the gate control device 4-1.
The motor lock electric locks 1 are connected to each other via the gate control device 3-1. Reference numeral 6 is a terminal device of the gate host computer for designating the lock format and the operation request format, which is connected to the gate host computer 5, and 7 is a LAN connecting the gate host computer and the gate control apparatus.

Next, the operation will be described. First, when it becomes necessary to change the operation form of the electric lock, the terminal device 6 calls the screen for setting the electric lock form and the operation form of FIG. In the gate number field of the setting information on the screen, enter the gate number (which door is to be set) for setting the electric lock type and operation type. Although the electric lock type is entered in the electric lock type field, it is usually a fixed value (since it is not changed unless door construction is performed). Set 1 for motor lock and 2 for electromagnetic lock. A desired operation format is set as the operation format. If you want to operate like a motor lock, set 1; if you want to operate like an electromagnetic lock, set 2. When the confirmation operation is performed on the screen after setting, the information in the format shown in Fig. 4 is sent to the LAN 7, and the lock format and operation format are retained via the receiving units on the gate control devices 3-1 and 4-1. Stored in memory.

The block diagram of the gate controller shown in FIG. 5 will be described below. In FIG. 5, 31 is a receiving unit that receives information from the gate host computer, 32 is a lock type operation type holding memory that holds a lock type and an operation type, 33 is an electric lock control unit, 34 is an ID card reading unit, 35 Is an ID card backlight, collation unit, 36 is a backlight input unit, 37 is a lock, and 38 is a button reading unit. Here, gate control device 3, (4)
Is installed for each door. For example, when a person wants to enter the room, an ID card is inserted and a backlit number is input. As a result, the ID number of the inserted ID card is ID
The ID reading is performed by the card reading unit 34 and entered by the dark-illumination number input unit 36, and collated and confirmed by the ID card dark-illumination collating unit 35. If the collation is normal, the electric lock control unit 33 gives an unlocking instruction from the locking / unlocking instruction block. When locking, push the lock button. As a result, the button reading unit 38 reads the locking button 37, and the locking / unlocking instruction block issues a locking instruction to the electric lock control unit 33. The electric lock control unit 33 refers to the lock format and operation format stored in the lock format operation format holding memory 32, and executes the program shown in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a program which operates on the electric lock control unit 33 when locking and unlocking a lock. The operation of the program will be described below with reference to FIG. In FIG.
In the main routine S61, it is first checked whether the physical lock type is a motor lock or an electromagnetic lock. If it is a motor lock, the process proceeds to S62, and if it is an electromagnetic lock, the process proceeds to S62.
Go to 63. In S62, it is checked whether the operation mode is a motor lock or an electromagnetic lock. If the motor is locked, the process proceeds to S64, and if it is the electromagnetic lock, the process proceeds to S65. S63
However, it is checked whether the operation mode is the motor lock or the electromagnetic lock. If the motor is locked, the process proceeds to S66, and if it is the electromagnetic lock, the process proceeds to S67.

The operation of the program is ultimately in the following four patterns. 1. Electric lock type is motor lock and operation type is motor lock → pattern 1 subroutine. 2. Electric lock type is electromagnetic lock and operation type is electromagnetic lock →
Pattern 2 subroutine. 3. Electric lock type is motor lock and operation type is electromagnetic lock → pattern 3 subroutine. 4. Electric lock type is electromagnetic lock and operation type is motor lock → pattern 4 subroutine.

First, the operation of the pattern 1 will be described with reference to FIG. When the locking / unlocking instruction comes from the locking / unlocking instruction block, the instruction is discriminated by the route of S71 to S72. If the unlocking instruction is issued, the unlocking instruction is issued to the electric lock in S73, and if the locking instruction is issued, the electric lock is issued. Locking instructions are issued for the locks. in this case,
Motor lock Holds the locked / unlocked state specified as a characteristic of the electric lock.

Next, the operation of the pattern 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When an unlocking instruction comes from the locking / unlocking instruction block, an unlocking instruction is issued to the electric lock by the route of S81 to S83. In this case, as a characteristic of the electromagnetic lock electric lock, the electric lock is automatically locked when the door is once opened and closed, or after a certain time has elapsed even if the door is not opened. In the patterns 1 and 2, the instruction from the locking / unlocking block is directly output to the electric lock by the branch at the head of the subroutine.

Next, the operation of the pattern 3 will be described with reference to FIG. When the unlocking instruction comes from the locking / unlocking instruction block, the unlocking instruction is first issued to the electric lock by the route of S91 to S93. At the same time, the internal timer is activated (S9
4) The program is an internal timer monitoring routine (S9
5, go to S96). When the internal timer counts up (expires). In S97, the program locks the electric lock. As a result, even though the electric lock is a motor lock electric lock, the electric lock is automatically locked after a certain period of time has passed like the electromagnetic lock electric lock.

Next, the operation of the pattern 4 will be described with reference to FIG. When an unlocking instruction comes from the locking / unlocking instruction block, an unlocking instruction is issued to the electric lock through the route of S101 to S103. In this case, the signal to the electric lock is output as a continuous signal in S103 (thus, the unlocking is continued). Next, when a locking instruction is also received from the locking / unlocking instruction block, the unlocking signal for the electric lock is cut off in S105, and the electric lock is locked. As a result, the electromagnetic lock electric lock holds the locked / unlocked state instructed like the motor lock electric lock. According to the above-mentioned embodiment, regardless of the form of the electric lock, it is possible to flexibly change the form of operation thereof, if necessary.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart of the processing of another embodiment. In this embodiment, it is a case where it is desired to operate like an electric lock on holidays and at night irrespective of the operation format designation. In this embodiment, only S111 and S112 are added to the flowchart of FIG. That is, according to the determination processing of S111 and S112, in the case of holiday and night,
It branches to the subroutines of pattern 3 and pattern 2 and forcibly operates like an electromagnetic lock. This makes it possible to improve security on holidays and at night. According to the above-mentioned embodiment, it is possible to realize an arbitrary locking form by changing the programs.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to flexibly change the operation form of the electric lock, if necessary, regardless of the form of the electric lock, and as a result, the following effects are obtained. In other words, you usually want to use the open floor with restricted access (for example, at night, on holidays, at company ceremonies, etc., you ask the general public to visit the office, but do not want to enter anywhere). If you want to keep the machine unlocked for a certain period of time because the machine is carried to the computer room, you can deal with it. In addition, even if the usage method itself of the room is permanently changed instead of the temporary change of the usage pattern as described above, it is not necessary to replace the electric lock itself, and therefore the outer shape of the lock is usually different. Therefore, the work required for the door itself is unnecessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the entire embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a screen for setting a lock format and an operation format on the terminal device.

FIG. 4 shows a lock format and an operation format transmitted from a gate host computer to a gate controller.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a gate control device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a program that operates when locking and unlocking a lock on the gate control device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process when the electric lock type is motor lock and the operation type is motor lock.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process when the electric lock type is an electromagnetic lock and the operation type is an electromagnetic lock.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process when the electric lock type is a motor lock and the operation type is an electromagnetic lock.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing when an electric lock type is an electromagnetic lock and an operation type is a motor lock.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Electric lock 2 Electric lock of another type 3, 4, 3-1, 4-1 Gate control device 5 Gate host computer 6 Terminal device 7 LAN 8 Transmission line

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoichi Ichihara No. 1 Toshiba-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo Inside the Toshiba Fuchu factory (72) Inventor Toshio Shimoda 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Toshiba Headquarters Co., Ltd. In the office

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A transmission line to which a plurality of electric locks having different operation forms are connected via a gate control device corresponding to each electric lock, and a gate host computer to which a lock form and an operation request form are input from a terminal device. Are connected to each other via a LAN, and when the information from the terminal device is input to the gate control device, the physical lock format actually used and the operation format requested via the terminal device are The electric lock control method is characterized in that when they match, the processing corresponding to the input instruction is performed, and when they are different, the processing corresponding to each electric lock operation type is performed through the intervening program. 2. A transmission line to which a motor lock electric lock and an electromagnetic lock electric lock are connected via a gate control device corresponding to each electric lock, and a gate host to which a lock form and an operation request form are input from a terminal device. When the computer and the computer are connected to each other via the LAN and the information from the terminal device is input to the gate control device, the physical lock format actually used and the operation format requested via the terminal device The electric lock is characterized by determining whether or not the two match, and in any case, determining whether the relevant day is a holiday or night, and making an electromagnetic lock electric lock when it is a holiday or night. control method.