KR101554867B1 - System for managing visitor using Near Field Communication - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a visit management system using NFC. The visit management system using NFC according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a tag management terminal which transmits a tag issuing signal and a tag returning signal, at least one entry control device which transmits an entry state signal related to a visitor tag, at least one charger terminal which transmits visit authentication information by recognizing the visitor tag by an application for visit management, and a visit management server which manages visitor reliability information or the movement information of the visitor. The visit management system using the NFC according to the present invention improves the reliability of a security.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a visit management system using near field wireless communication,

The present invention relates to a visit management system using short-range wireless communication, and more particularly, to a method and system for controlling access to a security zone using a visitor tag using short-distance wireless communication, The present invention relates to a visit management system using short-distance wireless communication,

The purpose of the visit is to share information and find an orientation through mutual exchange. Most people started to visit the area and place for the purpose of communicating with other people or culture, and exchanging information, and so far, information exchange through visits has been frequently performed.

However, in the case of a visitor who has a malicious purpose, there is no way to prevent the visit of the visitor in advance. It mainly attempts to prevent visitor's malicious visit in advance by using visitor recording method or electronic door.

The method of recording the visitor records the personal information of the visitor, distributes the visit log and the visitor's ID and wears it, and when the visitor finishes the work at the place of visit, the person's signature is used to prove it. However, visitors with malicious intent can be falsified by signing through a third person, not by the person in charge, and are exposed to the risk of infiltrating the place outside the place of visit and leakage of information.

In order to maintain security within a company or a building requiring security, a security officer is set up separately in the security area, and the security officer handles tasks such as access to the building, outbound visitor management, and other processor, program and data protection management do.

Even if there is a security officer in the security area, it is possible that a visitor who wears a visit may maliciously attempt to enter a security area other than the place of visit and that the security officer is limited in checking the visit place, the purpose of visit, have.

Recently, with the increase of the popularity of smart devices equipped with NFC (Near Field Communication), researches on payment services and application services using NFC are increasing. NFC is a technology that performs short-range communication within 10cm using 13.56MHz frequency band based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag technology. Since RFID reads the tag information using a dedicated reader, the initial installation cost may be burdensome. However, since NFC uses a smart device, the initial cost can be reduced to construct the system. In addition, although RFID supports unidirectional communication, it is easy to develop additional application services because NFC can perform bidirectional communication.

As a prior art document, Korean Patent No. 10-1269695 discloses a technical content of an NFC-based electronic patrol system.

In the conventional NFC-based electronic patrol system, an NFC tag is provided at a patrol point, and a patrol inspector holds a portable terminal having a reader and a wireless communication module to patrol the security area, When read by a reader, the information is registered and managed in real time on the management server through the wireless communication module.

Such an NFC-based electronic patrol system can confirm whether the patrol has faithfully carried out the patrol duty, and can recognize the movement path of the patrol inspector in real time, and can quickly spread to the person in case of an emergency during the patrol I have.

However, the conventional NFC-based electronic patrol system has a problem that it is difficult to confirm whether a visitor is maliciously entering or exiting a place other than the visiting place, and can not grasp the total visiting time or the moving route of the visitor and thus can not be applied to actual visit management.

On the other hand, as prior art data, Korean Patent No. 10-1254641 discloses a technical content of an emergency data providing system using ENF.

In an urgent situation data providing system using a conventional NFC, when an urgent and urgent matter is tagged with an information tag through an NFC, the user NFC terminal automatically provides peripheral location information and its own terminal information to the control server, The control server transmits the emergency information to the control server and the control center so as to promptly inform the user of the location and the status of the user. The control server periodically inquires the current location of the user NFC terminal, Make sure you know where you are right now.

However, in the emergency data providing system using the conventional NFC, it is possible to grasp the neighboring location information and the terminal information of the user NFC terminal through the NFC. However, when applied to the visit management, The travel route and the like can not be grasped.

Korean Patent No. 10-1269695 entitled "NFC-based electronic patrol system" Korean Patent No. 10-1254641 entitled " Emergency situation data providing system using ENF "

The present invention can control access to a security zone where an access control device is installed by using a visitor tag using a short-range wireless communication, and also can prevent visiting authentication forgery by performing visit authentication for a visitor at a contact terminal, Provided is a visit management system using short-range wireless communication that can keep security by blocking access to places other than the place of visit in advance.

Among the embodiments, the visit management system using the near field wireless communication, when a visit application signal including the visitor's personal information and the visit place is inputted, the tag issue signal for the visitor tag for the short- A tag management terminal for transmitting a tag return signal when the return of the visitor tag is detected; At least one access control device for recognizing the visitor tag and performing access blocking or access permission and transmitting an access status signal related to the visitor tag; At least one representative terminal that executes a visit management application that performs visit confirmation or visit management of the visitor, identifies the visitor tag by the visit management application and transmits visit authentication information; And a visit management server for managing the visit time of the visitor by analyzing the tag issue signal or the tag return signal and managing the visitor's movement information or visitor's trustworthiness information using the visit authentication information or the entrance / exit state signal .

The access control device compares its own position data with position data recorded in the visitor tag, and when the position data is inconsistent, the access control device transmits to the visit management server the tag read information of the visitor tag or the access state signal To the mobile station.

The visit management server transmits a visitor's location request message to the visitor terminal using the personal information of the visitor when the error occurrence information is confirmed through the signal analysis by receiving the entrance state signal, And a method of transmitting a visitor location request message to the terminal of the person who performed the operation.

The visit management server transmits a visit change signal to the visitor terminal or the contact terminal to change the access right to the access control device when the visitor response message for the visitor location request message is received.

Wherein the tag management terminal initializes information of the visitor tag and outputs a tag return signal when the return of the visitor tag is detected.

And the visit management server calculates the reliability information of the visitor using the movement information of the visitor, the visit time or the occurrence frequency of the error occurrence information.

The visit management server calculates a normal travel route using the visit place according to the visit application signal, calculates an actual travel route in accordance with the visitor's travel information, compares the normal travel route with the actual travel route, And generates departure information and reflects it in the reliability information of the visitor.

Wherein the visit management server provides the visit management application to the visitor terminal, the visitor terminal executes the visit management application, inputs the visit application signal, and receives the visitor tag from the visit management server according to the tag issue signal Information is received.

The visitor terminal inputs the visit information including the visit time, the visit place or the person in charge, and transmits an additional visit request signal to the visit management server. Upon receiving the additional visit request signal, the visit management server transmits a visit And determines the visit permission or the visit rejection.

Wherein the visit management server comprises: a communication module for performing communication; An application management module that provides the visit management application through user authentication; The visit issuance time and the total visit time are calculated by analyzing the tag issuance signal and the tag return signal to manage the visit time of the visitor and analyze the visit authentication information or the entrance / A visit management module for managing the visitor's movement information and calculating reliability information using the visit time, access state information or movement information of the visitor; And a database for storing information processed in the communication module, the application module, or the visit management module.

The visit management server may further include a warning module for outputting a warning message when an error occurs in the visit time or movement information of the visitor or when the location of the visitor can not be confirmed.

The visit management system using the near field wireless communication of the present invention can control access to the security zone in which the access control device is installed by using the visitor tag using the near field wireless communication as well as performing the visit authentication to the visitor at the contact person terminal It is possible to prevent forgery of visiting authentication and to grasp the moving state of the visitor so as to prevent the access to the place other than the visiting place in advance and to maintain the security.

In addition, the present invention can calculate the reliability information using the visit history including the visit time and the movement information of the visitor, and further increase the reliability of the security by using the reliability information to use the visitor's request for additional visit or evaluation of the person in charge There is an effect that can be.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a visit management system using short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining a visit authentication screen of the contact person terminal of Fig.
3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the visit management server of FIG.
4 is a view for explaining a visit management screen of the visit management server of Fig.

The description of the present invention is merely an example for structural or functional explanation, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments are to be construed as being variously embodied and having various forms, so that the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing technical ideas. Also, the purpose or effect of the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, since it does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effect.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in the present invention should be understood as follows.

The terms "first "," second ", and the like are intended to distinguish one element from another, and the scope of the right should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but there may be other elements in between. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. On the other hand, other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

It should be understood that the singular " include "or" have "are to be construed as including a stated feature, number, step, operation, component, It is to be understood that the combination is intended to specify that it does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

In each step, the identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of explanation, the identification code does not describe the order of each step, Unless otherwise stated, it may occur differently from the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in reverse order.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used predefined terms should be interpreted to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and can not be interpreted as having ideal or overly formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a configuration of a visit management system using short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a visit authentication screen of a contact terminal shown in FIG.

1 and 2, a visit management system using short-range wireless communication includes at least one tag management terminal 110, at least one access control device 120 installed in each security zone, at least one contact terminal 130 And a visit management server 140.

The tag management terminal 110 inputs a visit application signal including the telephone number of the visitor terminal, the personal information of the visitor including the personal information, the visit purpose and the visit place, and displays the visitor tag in which the visitor data And outputs a tag issuance signal so as to issue the tag. The visitor tag is preferably a tag using short-range wireless communication such as an NFC tag or an RFID tag, but is preferably an NFC tag capable of bidirectional communication.

When the visitor returns the visitor tag, the tag management terminal 110 initializes all the information of the visitor tag, and then generates a tag return signal and transmits it to the visit management server 140.

The tag management terminal 110 may be disposed at an entrance or an exit of the security area. For example, when the security area is a factory complex, the tag management terminal 110 can be installed in a management booth in which an access control circuit breaker is installed, and when the security area is a building such as a company, The tag management terminal 110 may be installed in a security room or a management room installed at an entrance or exit of the apartment complex when the security area is a public housing complex.

The access control device 120 incorporates an NFC reader function. When the visitor tag is recognized, the access control device 120 permits the entrance / exit or access, and transmits an entrance / exit state signal related to the visitor tag to the visit management server 140. Since each access control device 120 determines fixed position data, that is, GPS information, the position data recorded in the visitor tag is compared with its own position data so that access control is permitted only when the two position data coincide with each other.

In addition, since the access control apparatus 120 is given a unique ID, the access management server 140 transmits an access status signal including its ID to the visit management server 140, so that when the access management server 140 receives the access status signal, It is possible to confirm whether or not the signal is transmitted from the access control apparatus 120.

On the other hand, when access control is permitted as a result of recognition of the visitor tag, the access control device 120 transmits an access state signal including the ID information, the tag read information and the access permission information to the visit management server 140, To the visit management server 140, the ID information, the tag read information including the ID of the visitor tag, and the access state signal including the error occurrence information.

The contact person terminal 130 incorporates a visit management application, recognizes the near-field wireless communication by the visit management application, and transmits visit authentication information indicating that the visitor's visit has been completed. The representative terminal 130 can perform the visit authentication using the visit application information input at the time of application of the visitor tag in cooperation with the visit management server 140 to perform more accurate authentication of the visitor.

As shown in Fig. 2, when the contact person terminal 130 executes the visit management application, the visitor information, the visit start time, the visit end time, the contact person information, and the visit details are displayed on the screen. When the contact person terminal 130 confirms the visit-related items displayed on the screen, the visit authentication information is sent to the visit management server 140 by the visit management application.

The tag management terminal 110 or the contact terminal 130 may be a communication device capable of network connection such as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smart phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), a navigation terminal, And there are no limitations on its kind.

The visit management server 140 analyzes the tag issuance signal or the tag return signal to check the visit start time, the visit end time, and the total visit time of the visitor, and determines whether the visitor is authenticated using the visit authentication information or the entrance / Or the travel path of the visitor, and the reliability information per visitor.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the visit management server of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a diagram for explaining a visit management screen of the visit management server of Fig.

3 and 4, the visit management server 140 includes a communication module 141, an application management module 142, a visit management module 143, a warning module 144, and a database 145.

The communication module 141 is connected to a local area wireless communication network, a telephone network, a data network, and the like, and communicates with the tag management terminal 110, the contact person terminal 130, or the visitor terminal.

The application management module 142 provides the visit management application to the contact person terminal 130 or the visitor terminal through the user authentication of the contact person or visitor, and performs update to the visit management application.

The visit management module 143 analyzes the tag issuance signal and the tag return signal to check the visiting start time, the visiting end time, and the total visiting time to manage the visiting time of the visitor, and analyzes the visiting authentication information or the entrance / After confirming that the visitor has completed the visit, the visitor is moved and the visitor movement information is managed.

The visit management module 143 determines whether or not the visit to the visitor terminal or the contact person terminal 130 is completed if the visit is confirmed to be entered or exited to the specific access control device 120 through the access state signal but the visit authentication information is not transmitted within the set time And sends a visit authentication request message to confirm the visit. If the response message to the visit authentication request message is not received, the visit management module 143 outputs a warning message to the visitor terminal or the contact terminal 130 through the warning module 144. [

As shown in FIG. 4, the visit management module 143 manages visitor information on visiting time and movement information, contact person information for performing visit verification for each visitor, and manager information on information of the contact person terminal 130 And can perform functions such as organization management, authority management, and visit statistics.

In the case of visitor management, the visit management module 143 records and stores the visitor order number, the ID of the visitor tag, the visitor name, the location data of the visit place, the visit history, the visit effective date, and the contact person information.

The visit management module 143 can calculate the reliability information of the visitor by using the total visit duration of the visitor, the travel distance of the visitor, and the occurrence frequency of the error occurrence information. The visitor's credibility information can be used to request a visitor's visit or to evaluate the person in charge of the visitor.

The visit management module 143 calculates the normal travel route of the visitor according to the visit place requested by the visitor, calculates the actual travel route according to the travel information of the visitor who has moved the actual visitor, And then calculates the visitor departure information. Visitor deviation information can be reflected in the visitor's credibility information, and the visitor can be informed of the departure of the visitor prior to the additional visit.

The warning module 144 may prevent the visitor from entering the place other than the place of visit through the visit management module 143 for more than the preset number of times or if the position of the visitor is not confirmed through the visitor terminal or the contact person terminal 130, And sends a warning message to the security officer or the contact person terminal 130.

The visit management server 140 includes a database 145 for storing visit application information, visit time and movement information management history, visit statistical information, and the like.

In another embodiment, the visit management server 140 provides the visit management application to the visitor terminal, and the visitor terminal receives and stores the visit management application.

When the visitor terminal executes the visit management application and transmits the visit application information to the visit management server 140 by inputting the visit date, the visit details, the visit place, the contact person, etc., the visit management server 140 transmits the visitor tag information to the visitor To the terminal.

Accordingly, the visitor can store the visitor tag information in his / her visitor terminal and display the visitor tag information on the screen of the visitor terminal to obtain the visitor authentication or access right. At this time, the access control apparatus 120 can read out the visitor tag information displayed on the screen of the visitor terminal, and can perform the access allowance or the access denial.

When receiving the error occurrence information, the visit management server 140 transmits a visitor location request message to the visitor terminal or the contact person terminal 130 through the ID of the visitor tag, When the visitor response message is received, the visiting change signal for changing the access right to the access control device is recorded in the visitor tag information.

At this time, the visit management server 140 confirms the visitor response message transmitted from the contact person terminal 130 and transmits a visit change signal for permitting access when the visit change reason is justified.

The visitor terminal can change the visit time, the visit place, the visit details or the person in charge and transmit an additional visit request signal to the visit management server 140. At this time, the visit management server 140 can notify the visit waiting time, the visit permission or the visit rejection using the reliability information on the visitor, the visit statistical information, and the like.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

110: Tag management terminal 120: Access control device
130: Person in charge terminal 140: Visit management server

Claims (11)

When a visit request signal including a visitor's personal information and a visit place is inputted, a tag issue signal for a visitor tag for a short-range wireless communication in which position data on the visit place is recorded is transmitted, and when a return of the visitor tag is detected, A tag management terminal for transmitting the tag; At least one access control device for recognizing the visitor tag and performing access blocking or access permission and transmitting an access status signal related to the visitor tag; At least one representative terminal that executes a visit management application that performs visit confirmation or visit management of the visitor, identifies the visitor tag by the visit management application and transmits visit authentication information; And a visit management server for managing the visit time of the visitor by analyzing the tag issuance signal or the tag return signal and managing the visitor's movement information or the visitor's trustworthiness information using the visit authentication information or the access state signal,
The access control device compares its own position data with position data recorded in the visitor tag, and when the position data is inconsistent, the access control device transmits to the visit management server the tag read information of the visitor tag or the access state signal Lt; / RTI >
Wherein the visit management server calculates the reliability information of the visitor using the movement information of the visitor, the visit time or the occurrence frequency of the error occurrence information.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The visit management server transmits a visitor's location request message to the visitor terminal using the personal information of the visitor when the error occurrence information is confirmed through the signal analysis by receiving the entrance state signal, And a method of transmitting a visitor location request message to a person terminal performing the visit.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the visit management server transmits a visit change signal for changing the access right to the access control device to the visitor terminal or the contact person terminal when the visitor response message for the visitor location request message is received A visit management system using wireless communication.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the tag management terminal initializes information of the visitor tag when the return of the visitor tag is detected, and then outputs a tag return signal.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The visit management server calculates a normal travel route using the visit place according to the visit application signal, calculates an actual travel route according to the visitor's travel information, compares the normal travel route with the actual travel route, And generates the departure information and reflects the departure information on the reliability information of the visitor.
The method according to claim 1,
The visit management server provides the visit management application to the visitor terminal,
Wherein the visitor terminal executes the visit management application and inputs the visit application signal and receives the visitor tag information according to the tag issue signal from the visit management server.
9. The method of claim 8,
The visitor terminal inputs the visit time, the visit place or the visit information including the person in charge, transmits an additional visit request signal to the visit management server,
Wherein the visit management server confirms visit details of the visitor terminal and determines visit permission or visit rejection when the additional visit request signal is received.
The method according to claim 1,
The visit management server,
A communication module for communication;
An application management module that provides the visit management application through user authentication;
The visit issuance time and the total visit time are calculated by analyzing the tag issuance signal and the tag return signal to manage the visit time of the visitor and analyze the visit authentication information or the entrance / A visit management module for managing the visitor's movement information and calculating reliability information using the visit time, access state information or movement information of the visitor; And
And a database for storing information processed by the communication module, the application module or the visit management module.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the visit management server further comprises a warning module for outputting a warning message when an error occurs in the visit time or movement information of the visitor or when the location of the visitor can not be confirmed. system.

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