JPS623368A - Lease house control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the foul use of the room of a lease house by storing an available period and the amount paid in advance for heat/light expenses in a card given from a house owner when a lease contract is made so that the room door is opened only in the available period and the heat/light source is unavailable if its expenses are not paid in advance. CONSTITUTION:A card 2 is delivered to a user from an owner of a short lease house when the contract is made (the rent is paid). The card 2 serves as a door key when it is applied to a door lock device and also as the cash for use of the heat/light source when it is put into a heat/light supply unit 1. The card 2 stores the available room number in an area M10 and the card available period, i.e., the lease contract period in an area M11 respectively together with the amount paid in advance for the heat/light expenses stored in an area M12 respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field This invention relates primarily to a management system for apartments that are rented for a short period of time, and more particularly to a rental housing management system that uses cards to manage crowds and utility costs. .

(b) Summary of the Invention The rental housing management system according to the present invention stores the expiration date and prepaid amount of utility charges on a card held by the user, and locks and unlocks doors (hereinafter simply referred to as "opening/closing"). management of the apartment, by only allowing the user to open the light source during the expiry date of the card, and only when the utility fee has been paid in advance and within the expiration date of the card. In addition, it is possible to prevent the user rental contract holder from illegally using the room even after the rental contract period has elapsed, and to prevent the card holder from illegally using the light source, etc.

(C) Background of the Invention In recent years, apartments that are rented out for a contract period of -weeks or -months (so-called weekly apartments, monthly apartments) have become popular, especially in urban centers, and in many of them, rental contracts have been concluded. The system then issues a card with the room number and key code memorized to the user, and when the card is inserted into a card league installed near the room door, the door will be unlocked.

Generally, the locks on the doors of rental housing such as apartments are changed every time the rental contractor (user) changes. This is to prevent the previous user from entering the room illegally afterwards. However, if cylinder locks such as those commonly used in apartments with short-term contracts as mentioned above are used, it would be costly and labor-intensive to replace them every time a new user changes. Met. On the other hand, with the card lock mentioned above,
When a new user changes, the user's card can be invalidated simply by changing the key code that is valid for opening and closing the door, and the changed code can be memorized and the new user's card Can be enabled. Therefore, card locks are becoming increasingly popular in apartments with short-term contracts such as those mentioned above.

However, even with such a card lock, the key code of the door slotter was not changed until the next user was determined, and the key code of the previous user remained valid.
Even after the user's rental contract period had expired, the door could be unlocked at any time until the user of the garment was determined. As a result, some people continued to illegally use the rooms even after the rental contract period had expired, resulting in considerable damage not only from the rent but also from the utility costs.

Furthermore, because the contract period was short, it was often impossible to recover the utility costs used during the rental contract period.

(d) Purpose of the Invention This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned current situation, and is a rental housing management system that unlocks the door and opens the main valve of the light and heat source only during the rental contract period and the period when the advance payment of the utility bill is valid. The purpose is to provide a system.

(1) 4) Structure and Effects of the Invention The present invention includes a card in which the prepaid amount of utility charges and the expiration date are stored, and an expiration date judgment that determines the expiration date of the card when the card is inserted. means, a card locking means for unlocking the door only when the expiration date determining means determines that the inserted card is within the expiration date; and the expiration date determining means determines that the inserted card is within the expiration date. and a light and heat supply means that opens the main valve of the light and heat source within the remaining amount of the prepaid amount when there is a remaining amount.

By configuring as described above, the following effects can be obtained according to the present invention.

Store the rental contract period (expiration date) and prepaid amount of utility bills on the card, and ensure that the door to the room cannot be opened or closed unless it is within the expiry date, and that light and heat sources such as electricity and gas must be used within the expiration date. By making it possible to use the room in a building where the user pays the utility fee in advance, users who have expired the contract period will not be able to use the room illegally, and even within the contract period, they will not be able to use the light source in excess of the prepaid amount. This prevents damage to the business owner (landlord).

(f) Embodiment A rental housing management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a card carried by a user, a light and heat supply unit installed indoors, and a door lock device installed on the door. This embodiment will be explained below in the following order.

■Configuration of the light and heat supply unit ■Card description ■Operation of the light and heat supply unit ■Configuration and operation of the door lock device ■Effects of the embodiment,') ■Configuration of the light and heat supply unit
``I, ゛, Figure 2 shows rental housing management as an embodiment of this invention.
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, Tsukeyo. Light and heat supply unit. There is an external view. , :
, 4j is a device that is installed near the door of the room and opens the light source when a valid card is inserted into the card reader 12. On the front of the panel is the card reader 12. A card return button 15 and a display 16 for displaying the validity period of the inserted card and the balance of the prepaid utility bill are installed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the light and heat supply unit 1. As shown in FIG.

The light and heat supply unit 1 includes a CPU10 and a memory 1) connected to the CPU10. It has a card reader 12, interfaces 13 and 14, and the display 16 connected to the interface 13. Also, interface 1
3 is the power relay 20. A gas valve solenoid 21 and a water tap solenoid 22 are connected to the interface 14, and an electricity rate counter 23. A gas electricity bill counter 24 and a water bill counter 25 are connected. The power supply relay 20 opens and closes the lead-in line to this room, the gas valve solenoid 21 opens and closes the gas main valve, and the water faucet solenoid 22 opens and closes the water main valve. The electricity rate counter 23 is a device that is connected to the electricity rate needle and outputs a pulse for each electricity rate corresponding to a predetermined amount, and the gas rate counter 24 and water rate counter 25 also output pulses for each electricity rate corresponding to a predetermined amount. This device outputs a pulse for each flow rate. The card return button 15 is connected to the CPU10.

FIG. 3 shows a partial configuration diagram of the memory 1).

Area M1 stores the number of the room in which this device is installed, and area M2 stores the date of that day. Area M3 is an area for storing data read from card 2 inserted into card reader 12 (see FIG. 4). These data (M1 to M3) are stored in the RAM of the memory 1). A date update program for updating the date of area M2 is stored in area M4. This program is stored in ROM.

■Card Description The above-mentioned card 2 is issued to the user by the manager of a rental apartment under a short-term contract operated by the rental housing management system that is an embodiment of this invention when the contract is concluded (at the time of payment of the fee). It functions as a key when scanned into a door lock device, which will be described later, and functions as a cash voucher, which enables use of a light and heat source by inserting it into the light and heat supply unit 1. FIG. 4 shows the memory contents of this card 2. Area MIO stores the room number where this card can be used, area Mll stores the expiration date of this card, that is, the rental contract period, and area M1
2 stores the prepaid amount for utilities, etc. used in the room.

(2) Operation of the above-mentioned light and heat supply unit The operation of the above-mentioned light and heat supply unit will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step nl (Hereinafter, step ni will be simply referred to as ni.

) waits until card 2 is inserted into the card reader 12, and when card 2 is inserted, reads the card data (n2) and displays its contents (expiration date, prepaid utility bill (balance)
) is displayed on the display 16. The contents of the data (matching room number, expiration date, presence or absence of prepaid utility bill (balance)) are determined in n4 to n6, and if all of the above are not satisfied, the card is considered invalid and the main valve of the light source is turned off. Proceed to n18 to turn off the display and return the card. Return to n19) nl.

If the inserted card 2 is determined to be a valid card in steps n4 to n6, the main valves of the light and heat sources (electricity, gas, water) are opened (nl).

The operations below n8 are operations during light and heat supply. Update the date using the date update program on n8, charge counter 23 on n9
Input pulse from 25, card return button 1 with nlO
The routine from n8 to nlO waits until it is determined that 5 has been pressed. When the date is updated, ni is determined by n8.
Proceed to step l to change the display content on the display 16, and determine the expiration date of the data read from the card 2. If the expiration date is within the expiry date, return to the routine from n8 to nlO, and if the expiration date has passed, go to n16. Proceed (n12).

When a pulse is input from the rate counters 22 to 25, the process proceeds to n13 based on the judgment at n9, and the balance of the prepaid utility fee is updated. That is, the prepaid utility bill amount of the card reader read into area M3C of memory 1) is subtracted. After changing the displayed content on the display 16 at n14, the updated balance is determined, and if it is O, the process proceeds to n16, and if it is not O, the process returns to the routine from n8 to n1.0.

When the card return button 15 is pressed, nlO's judgment
16, the prepaid balance stored in the area M3c is stored in the area M12 (prepaid amount storage area) of the card 2.
After changing the writing to ``Nl'' and closing the main valves of electricity, gas, and water sources (nl?), turn off the display and return the card (n18, n19), and return to nl until the next card is inserted. stand by.

When the returned card is inserted into the device next time, the rewritten prepaid amount will be read into the area M3c.

(2) Structure and operation of door lock device FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the door lock device 3. As shown in FIG. This door lock device 3 includes a CPU 30 and a memory 31 . It consists of a card reader 32 and a lock control section 33.

The card reader 32 is a hand scanner that manually scans a magnetic card into a groove. The card 2 is scanned by this card reader 32. The lock control unit 43 controls a solenoid 34 that locks the door 35. When the movable part of the solenoid 34 is protruding, the door 35 is in a locked state, and when the movable part is retracted, the door 35 is in an unlocked state. This door 35 is a door for people to exit the room.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the door lock device control section. The control unit normally waits until the card 2 is scanned by the card reader 32 at n20. When the card 2 is scanned, it is determined whether the room number of the card read by scanning matches (n21) and whether it is within the expiration date (n22). Above n21. n22
If you judge that it is a valid card for this room, n
The process proceeds to n23, and if it is determined that the card is not valid, the process returns to n20 without unlocking the card. n23 determines the locked state of the door at that time, and if the door is unlocked at that time, it determines that the current card scan is for exiting and to lock the door, and locks the door. (n25) Return to n20. If the door is locked at the time of determination in n24, it is determined that the current card scan is for entering the room and for unlocking the door, the door is unlocked (n24), and the process returns to n20. n2
2 corresponds to the expiration date determining means of the present invention, and n25 corresponds to the door locking means of the present invention.

■Effects of this embodiment In this way, in this rental housing management system, the expiration date and prepaid amount of utility bills are stored in the card issued by the landlord at the time of contract, and the door of the room cannot be opened or closed unless it is within the expiration date. First, the light and heat source cannot be used unless the expiration date has expired and the utility fee is paid in advance, so the user can only use this room and the indoor equipment within the pre-contracted period and within the amount of the utility fee. This not only simplifies the fee structure, but also prevents unauthorized use of the room after the contract period has expired and the use of light and heat sources that exceed the prepaid amount, thereby preventing unexpected damage to the landlord. be able to.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of a light and heat supply unit used in a rental housing management system that is an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an external view of the light and heat supply unit, and Figure 3 is a memory portion of the light and heat supply unit. 4 is a diagram showing the storage contents of a card used in the rental housing management system of the above embodiment, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the operation of the light and heat supply unit, and FIG. 6 is a diagram of the above embodiment. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a door lock device used in a certain rental housing management system, and is a diagram showing the operation of the door lock device. 1-Light and heat supply device, 2-Card, 3-Door lock device, 20-Power relay, 21-Gas valve solenoid, 22-Water faucet solenoid, 23-Electricity bill counter, 24-Gas bill counter, 25-Water bill counter.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A card in which the prepaid amount of utility charges and expiration date are stored; expiration date determining means for determining the expiry date of the card when the card is inserted; and a card inserted by the expiration date determining means; a card locking means for unlocking the door only when it is determined that the card is within the expiration date; and a card locking means that unlocks the door only when the inserted card is determined to be within the expiration date by the expiration date determination means and there is a remaining amount of the prepaid amount; A rental housing management system comprising: a housing unit having a light and heat supply means for opening the main valve of a light and heat source; (2) The light and heat supply means includes a charge counter connected to a commercial power supply wattmeter, a gas flowmeter, and a water flowmeter, and means for subtracting the count value of the charge counter from the remaining amount. A rental housing management system according to claim 1.