JP4184589B2 - Locker equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a personal identification number locker device that can be used by a plurality of users and unlocked by inputting a personal identification number.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a password-type locker device has been widely used because it does not need to store a key or the like and can avoid inconvenience due to loss or theft of a key. For example, some sports facilities such as golf courses provide members (members) by specifying a locker. In addition, there is a locker device that allows a specific user to designate and use a specific area of a plurality of locker boxes in order to store important business items in a company or the like.
[0003]
In addition, means for connecting a single locker or a plurality of lockers to a personal computer via a LAN is known in order to collectively control and manage locker users, usage times, code settings, and the like. In the case of centralized control and management by this personal computer or the like, the specification of the area to be used by the user and the setting of the personal identification number are input and set on the central personal computer or the like.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the case of control and management in the central part of a personal computer etc., the same data such as the password used by the user is also shared in the central part, so it can be easily unlocked on the issuing side, and the user side Because the password cannot be changed freely, there is a problem that complete management on the user side is not possible. In addition, when a plurality of users can use the same locker repeatedly, the same personal identification number must be used, and there is a problem that usability is poor. Furthermore, when a plurality of areas are designated in advance on the administrator side, there is a problem in that it is difficult to use a personal identification number because it is troublesome in terms of management such as setting a personal identification number.
[0005]
It is an object of the present invention to provide a locker device that allows a plurality of users to input and set a personal identification number in a predesignated area of a locker box, and that can be managed independently by the user and is easy to use.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The locker device according to claim 1 is a locker device comprising a plurality of locker boxes and control means for controlling locking / unlocking of the locker boxes, and any number of the locker boxes with respect to user information for identifying a user. Box setting means for setting the locker box of the user, user identification means for identifying the user information of the user by a user operation, and the locker set in the user information identified by the user identification means Corresponding to the box, the personal identification number setting means for the user to set the personal identification number, and the specific mode setting means for enabling the specific mode when the user information of the specific ID card is recognized, control means, when the password input with the identified user information in the user identification means is authenticated, when the not the specific mode, the usage The unlocking process for unlocking the locker box is performed by the authentication of the box number input for the locker box corresponding to the user information identified by the identifying means, and in the specific mode, the user identifying means It is determined whether the identified user information is user information when the specific mode is set, and if the user information is not set when the specific mode is set, the locker box corresponding to the user information If it is user information when the unlocking process is avoided and the specific mode is set, the unlocking operation for unlocking the locker box by the authentication of the box number input for the locker box corresponding to the user information It is characterized by performing processing.
[0007]
According to the locker device of claim 1 configured as described above, for example, the administrator can set an arbitrary number of necessary locker boxes in association with user information by the box setting means. In addition, a plurality of locker boxes can be set for a plurality of users. User information is recorded on a card etc., for example. The user can identify user information by the user identification means, and can set a personal identification number corresponding to the locker box set in the user information by the personal identification number setting means. The specific mode setting means can set the specific mode when the user information of the specific ID card is recognized. The control means is a locker box corresponding to the user information identified by the user identification means when the user information identified by the user identification means and the input personal identification number are authenticated or not in the specific mode. The unlocking process of unlocking the locker box is performed by authenticating the box number input for. Therefore, a locker box in a predetermined area can be assigned to the user, and the user can set a desired personal identification number. In addition, even when one locker box is set for a plurality of users, the user can be identified by the user information, so that each user can set a personal identification number for one locker box. . Further, in the specific mode, it is determined whether the user information identified by the user identification means is the user information when the specific mode is set, and the user information when the specific mode is set must be used. For example, if the unlocking process for the locker box corresponding to the user information is avoided and the user mode is set to the specific mode, the box number input for the locker box corresponding to the user information The unlocking process for unlocking the locker box is performed by the authentication. Therefore, in this specific mode, a specific user such as a person in charge can use the locker box preferentially, and therefore, it is possible to use such that only a specific person in charge can manage particularly important items.
[0008]
The locker device according to claim 2 has the configuration according to claim 1, and the user identification means is an entrance / exit door control device that controls locking / unlocking of the door of the storage room containing the locker box. Features.
[0009]
According to the locker device of claim 2 configured as described above, the same effect as that of claim 1 can be obtained, and only an operation for entering the storage room containing the locker box can be performed. Since user information can be recognized, the operation is simplified.
[0010]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the locker device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the user identifying means reads the user information from a card in which the user information is recorded.
[0011]
According to the locker device of claim 3 configured as described above, the same effect as that of claim 1 or claim 2 can be obtained and, for example, an existing ID card such as an employee card can be read out of the user information. Can be used for
[0012]
The user information can also be used as a user identification means with a fingerprint reading device or the like based on the user's fingerprint.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an important material storage box system using a locker device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and this system is constructed in a company building or factory. The locker device 1 is installed in a predetermined security room (storage room) 2 and the personal computer 3 is installed in a management room or the like. The security room 2 is provided with an entrance / exit door control device 4 that controls locking and unlocking of a door (not shown) of the security room 2. The locker device 1, the personal computer 3, and the entrance / exit door control device 4 are connected to each other via a LAN (local area network). In FIG. 1, only the locker device 1 in one security room 2 is shown, but the same is true even if another security room and the locker device are connected by a LAN.
[0014]
The locker device 1 includes a plurality of locker boxes 11 and an operation display unit 12 arranged in the center. In addition, the locker device 1 includes a control unit 13 that controls the locking and unlocking of the doors of each locker box 11, control of input and display in the operation display unit 12, and a LAN board 14 that controls connection with the LAN. ing.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 2A, the door 111 of the locker box 11 is provided with a sticker 112 with a door number and a handle 113 with a built-in lamp. An electric lock 114 for locking and unlocking is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 2 (B), the operation display unit 12 includes a card slide unit 121a of the built-in card reader 121, a touch panel 122 composed of a liquid crystal display, etc., energy saving that senses a user by infrared rays or the like. A sensor 123 is provided.
[0016]
The control unit 13 is composed of a microcomputer or the like and executes a control program described later. Then, control of card data input, display on the touch panel 122 and control of operation input are performed, password setting input, collation, determination, etc. are performed, and locking / unlocking of the electric lock 114 is controlled. Further, mutual communication is performed with the personal computer 3 and the entrance / exit door control device 4 via the LAN board 14.
[0017]
The entrance / exit door control device 4 includes a card reader 41, and a card slide portion of the card reader 41 is exposed to the outside of the security room 2.
[0018]
With the above configuration, the locker device 1 is used using an ID card (employee card). In this ID card, employee information such as employee number, employee name, department, etc. is magnetically recorded as card data. In this embodiment, this card data corresponds to user information. This card data is registered in the personal computer 3 on the manager side. When the area of the locker box 11 is allocated (registered) to the user, the locker number of the locker box 11 of the allocated area is stored in association with the card data using the personal computer 3. Data indicating the correspondence between the card data and the locker number is registered in the control unit 13 of the locker device 1 via the LAN.
[0019]
Further, the card data (employee number, etc.) of the user who is permitted to enter the security room 2 is registered in the entrance / exit door control device 4 via the LAN, and the card reader 41 uses the ID card of the user. When the card data is read and authenticated to allow entry, the door is unlocked and the card data is transferred from the entrance / exit door control device 4 to the control unit 13 of the locker device 1.
[0020]
The area of the locker box 11 is allocated to each department in the locker boxes 11 shown in FIG. 1, for example, the vertical column at the right end is A department and the next vertical line is B department. Alternatively, for example, the area indicated by the two-dot chain line (1) may be assigned to a plurality of users by overlapping some locker boxes 11 such as the employee A and the area indicated by the two-dot chain line (2) as an employee B. Good. This assignment can be set arbitrarily.
[0021]
In addition, data such as the usage status of the locker box 11 in the locker device 1 is managed by the personal computer 3 by transferring the data from the control unit 13 to the personal computer 3 or supplying data transfer from the personal computer 3 to the control unit 13. You can also.
[0022]
3 is a flowchart of the control program of the entrance / exit door control device 4 in the embodiment, FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts of the control program of the control unit 13 of the locker device 1 in the embodiment, and FIG. It is a figure which shows a display example, Operation | movement is demonstrated based on the figure. The controller 13 of the locker device 1 stores the user's card data registered in the locker device 1 and the locker number of the area assigned to each card data in association with each other. Has been. When a password is input and set, the password is also stored in association with the card data and the locker number.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 3, the entrance / exit door control device 4 monitors the detection of the ID card by the card reader 41 in step S1, and when the ID card is detected, the card data of the ID card is converted in step S2. On the basis of this, it is authenticated whether entry is permitted. If the authentication is not OK, a refusal warning is issued such as displaying “cannot enter room” in step S3 and the process returns to step S1. If the authentication is OK, the door electric lock of the security room 2 is unlocked in step S4, and the card data that has been authenticated to enter the room is transferred to the control unit 13 of the locker device 1, and step S1. Return to.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 13 of the locker device 1 monitors whether or not entry has been detected based on the data signal from the entrance / exit door control device 4 in step S <b> 11 and detects entry. Then, the process proceeds to step S12. Here, there are a plurality of ID cards corresponding to a plurality of users, and card data of an ID card to which the use area of the locker device 1 is assigned is registered in the control unit 13 of the locker device 1 in advance. . Therefore, in step S12, it is determined whether or not the card data is registered in the locker device 1 (control unit 13).
[0025]
When the card data is not registered, the card operation instruction screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed in step S13 in FIG. 5 to wait for card input, and the card data of the ID card input by the card reader 121 is displayed. read. Then, in step S14, it is determined whether or not the locker use authentication is OK based on the card data. If the authentication is not OK, the use non-permission screen shown in FIG. 6B is displayed in step S15. Return to step S11. On the other hand, if the use of the locker is OK, such as in the case of a specific ID card, the card data is registered so that the unregistered locker box corresponds to the card data in step S16, and the process proceeds to step S18 in FIG. Go to the PIN setting registration mode.
[0026]
If the card data is registered in step S12 of FIG. 4, it is determined in step S17 whether or not a password has been registered for the card data. If the password is not registered, the password setting screen shown in FIG. 6C is displayed in step S18, and the entered number is set and registered as the password. Next, in step S19, it is determined whether or not the specific mode is set. If the specific mode is not set, the process proceeds to step S25. If the specific mode is set, the corresponding locker box is specified in step S20. The mode is set and the process proceeds to step S25.
[0027]
This specific mode is set so that, for example, a specific user such as a person in charge can use the locker box preferentially when one locker box or an area is allocated to a plurality of users. Mode. The locker box set in this specific mode cannot be used even if another user registers a password.
[0028]
By assigning multiple locker boxes to multiple users, multiple users can usually use or manage the same locker box. However, it is particularly important to use a specific mode as described above. It can be used in such a way that only a specific person in charge can manage the goods.
[0029]
If a personal identification number is registered for the current card data in step S17, the personal identification number input screen shown in FIG. 6D is displayed in step S21 and the entered personal identification number is read. Then, in step S22, it is determined whether it is a password corresponding to the current card data. If the password is not OK, the process returns to step S21. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6 (E), the message on the password input screen is changed to a display of “the password is wrong”. In step S21, if a password is entered and a change instruction is issued, when the current password is authenticated, the process returns to step S17 to set the password setting registration mode. it can.
[0030]
If the personal identification number is OK in step S22, it is determined whether or not the specific mode is set in step S23. If the specific mode is set, the current card data is set in the specific mode in step S24. If it is the card data when the specific mode is set, the process proceeds to step S25. If not, for example, a message such as “Set to the specific mode” is displayed and step S11 is performed. Return to.
[0031]
If the specific mode is not set in step S23, the red lamp of the locker box registered in the current card data is turned on in step S25, and the box number input shown in FIG. 6 (F) is entered in step S26. Display the screen and read the input data. In step S27, it is determined whether or not the operation input is a stop or end. If the input is a stop or end operation, the process returns to step S11. If the input is not stop or end, the box number is determined in step S28. It is determined whether or not it is OK (whether or not it is the box number of the locker box corresponding to the current card data). If the box number is not OK, the process returns to step S26. In this case, a “box number is different” message is displayed as shown in FIG.
[0032]
If the box number is OK, in step S29, the locker box with the input box number is unlocked, and the in / out operation screen shown in FIG. 6 (H) is displayed. Thereby, since the user can put in and out the article, it is monitored in step S30 whether the locker box door is closed. When the door is closed, the locker box is locked in step S31, and the process returns to step S26.
[0033]
When entering / leaving with a plurality of locker boxes, the desired locker numbers are sequentially input. When the process is to be terminated, the process returns to step S11 by performing a stop or end operation when the box number input screen is displayed in step S26.
[0034]
With the above processing, the user is confirmed by the card data of the ID card, the operator is confirmed to be a legitimate user by the personal identification number registered corresponding to the card data, and the locker box is unlocked. So it can be safely and securely stored.
[0035]
Further, since the area of the locker box can be allocated to the user by the personal computer 3 on the administrator side, the usage status and the like can be managed. On the other hand, the password can be set and changed freely by the user, so that the user can independently manage it and is easy to use. In addition, since the administrator does not need to set a personal identification number, the management becomes easy.
[0036]
If the card data read by the card reader 41 of the entrance / exit door control device 4 is transferred to the control unit 13 of the locker device 1 and the card data is registered in the locker device 1 when entering the security room 2. Then, the password setting registration or password input screen is displayed, and it is only necessary to input the number as it is. Therefore, reading of the ID card by the card reader 121 in the locker device 1 can be omitted, and the operation is simplified. In this case, the card reader 41 of the entrance / exit door control device 4 and the control unit 13 of the locker device 1 correspond to “user identification means” in the claims.
[0037]
Needless to say, the card data may be read by the card reader 121 of the locker device 1. In this case, the card reader 121 and the control unit 13 of the locker device 1 correspond to “user identification means” in the claims.
[0038]
In the above embodiment, an ID card such as an employee card is used, but a locker-dedicated card may be issued. Also, the present invention can be applied to a locker device such as a sports facility such as a golf course, a hotel, and other game facilities, and the use place or use of the locker device is not limited to the embodiment.
[0039]
Further, instead of the card and card data, data such as a fingerprint may be used as user information.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the locker device of claim 1 of the present invention, a locker box in a predetermined area can be assigned to a user, a user can set a desired personal identification number, and a plurality of Even when one locker box is set for the user, the user can be identified by the user information such as card data, so that each user can set each password for one locker box. Therefore, the user can independently manage and the usability is improved. In the specific mode, since a specific user such as a person in charge can use the locker box preferentially, it can be used in such a way that only a specific person in charge can manage particularly important items.
[0041]
According to the locker device of claim 2, the same effect as in claim 1 can be obtained, and the user information can be recognized only by performing an operation when entering the storage room containing the locker box. Can be easily operated.
[0042]
Further, according to the locker device of claim 3, the same effect as that of claim 1 or claim 2 can be obtained, and for example, an existing ID card such as an employee card can be used for reading user information. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an important item storage box system using a locker device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a door and an operation display unit in the locker device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a control program of the entrance / exit door control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a control program of a control unit of the rocker device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is another part of the flowchart of the control program of the control unit of the rocker device in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example in the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Locker apparatus 2 Security room 3 Personal computer 4 Entrance / exit door control apparatus 11 Locker box 12 Operation display part 13 Control part

Claims (3)

In a locker device comprising a plurality of locker boxes and control means for controlling the locking and unlocking of the locker boxes,
Box setting means for setting an arbitrary number of locker boxes among the locker boxes for user information for identifying users;
User identification means for identifying the user information of the user by a user operation;
Corresponding to the locker box set in the user information identified by the user identifying means, a password setting means for setting a password by the user;
Specific mode setting means for enabling setting to a specific mode when user information of a specific ID card is recognized;
With
The control means, when the user information identified by the user identification means and the entered password are authenticated,
When not in the specific mode, the unlocking process for unlocking the locker box by the authentication of the box number input for the locker box corresponding to the user information identified by the user identifying means,
In the case of the specific mode, it is determined whether the user information identified by the user identification means is the user information when the specific mode is set. If the user information is not the user information when the specific mode is set If the unlocking process for the locker box corresponding to the user information is avoided and the user information is set in the specific mode, the box number input for the locker box corresponding to the user information A locker device that performs an unlocking process for unlocking the locker box by authentication.   The locker device according to claim 1, wherein the user identification means is an entrance / exit door control device that controls locking / unlocking of a door of a room accommodating the locker box.   The locker device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the user identification unit reads the user information from a card on which the user information is recorded.

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