JP4353268B2 - Entrance management support system and method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an entrance management support system and method using a UHF band IC card.

  In large-scale offices, factories, power plants, etc., entrance management is performed in which only authorized persons enter the premises from the viewpoint of maintaining confidentiality and ensuring safety. In addition, there are very many people who commute using vehicles such as private cars.For example, when thousands of vehicles enter, vehicles dedicated gates are provided and entrance management is performed to smoothly enter a large number of vehicles. ing.

  Conventionally, entrance management to establishments, etc., is a person who has been permitted to enter by checking the entrance permit held by the passenger, with the guards located at the gate dedicated to the vehicle stopping the entrance vehicle Judgment whether or not. The admission permit is issued after a predetermined screening, with the name, department, expiry date, etc. printed on the face photo.

  In such a visual confirmation of the permit by the security guard, it is possible to immediately confirm whether or not the face photograph and the person holding the entrance permit are the same person, but the validity of the entrance permit itself is confirmed. However, it has been difficult for the security guards to completely eliminate the expiring entry permit and the counterfeit entry permit (hereinafter referred to as “illegal entry permit”).

  The importance and difficulty of entrance management are as follows. From the viewpoint of preventing suspicious persons (those who are not permitted to enter) from entering the office, etc., it is necessary to strictly manage the entrance.

  Furthermore, there are those who leave the office on a regular basis, those who work overtime, etc. at night leaving the office, and the number of vehicles leaving the office is rarely concentrated at a specific time. However, in the morning entry time, vehicles are extremely concentrated at a specific time. It must be avoided that the flow of such a large number of incoming vehicles is delayed and a traffic jam occurs. Therefore, it is not possible to confirm the entrance permits of all the passengers against the ledger or the like.

  Regarding the entrance management of those who commute using vehicles such as private cars, at the current technical level, it is mechanical whether or not the face photo displayed on the entrance permit is the same person as the holder of the entrance permit Or it seems that it is not in the stage which can be judged electronically. Therefore, although the conventional visual confirmation work by the entrance guard by the security guard remains as it is, no further substantial work is added to the guard, and the entrance management work itself is not delayed without delaying the entrance management work. The construction of a system that can confirm the effectiveness is desired.

Therefore, the present invention is a novel that can confirm the validity of the admission permit itself without adding substantial work beyond visual confirmation to the guard and without delaying the admission management work. It is an object of the present invention to provide an entrance management support system and method using a simple UHF band IC card.

  In view of the above object, an entrance management support system using a UHF band IC card according to the present invention is an entrance management support system used in a vehicle-dedicated lane for entering a large-scale office or the like. A UHF band IC card possessed by each passenger of the vehicle, a UHF reader / writer that reads ID information recorded on the IC card, an antenna thereof, and a vehicle detection device that detects passage of the entrance vehicle. The IC card is read in units of the incoming vehicle by reading the ID information recorded on the IC card with the UHF reader / writer while the vehicle detection device detects the passage of the incoming vehicle.

  Further, in the entrance management support system, the IC card may be read in units of entrance vehicles by installing the vehicle detection device in front of the vehicle stop line by about one vehicle length.

  Further, the entrance management support system further includes a computer and an ID database connected to the computer and recording registration information of the entrance permitter, and the vehicle detection device detects passage of the entrance vehicle. During the period, the ID information recorded on the IC card is read by the UHF reader / writer, and the computer compares the read ID information with the ID database to determine whether the ID information exists, The number of valid IC cards whose ID information exists in the ID database may be determined for each incoming vehicle.

  Furthermore, the entrance management support system may further include an earphone that receives voice information from the computer, and may notify the guards of the number of valid IC cards determined for each entrance vehicle through the earphone.

  Further, the entrance management support system may further include a monitor that receives video information from the computer, and notifies the security staff of the determined number of valid IC cards for each entrance vehicle through the monitor.

  Further, the entrance management support system may further include a mobile terminal having a UHF reader / writer function, and the IC card may be re-read by the mobile terminal.

  Furthermore, in the entrance management support system, the vehicle detection device may be an infrared detection device.

  Further, the admission management support method according to the present invention is an admission management support method for supporting an admission inspection of a security guard performed in a vehicle-dedicated lane for entering a large-scale office, etc. And detecting the passage of the entrance vehicle by the UHF reader / writer installed in the vehicle-dedicated lane while the vehicle detection device detects the passage of the entrance vehicle. Reading the ID information recorded on the UHF band IC card, and reading the IC card in units of incoming vehicles.

  Further, in the entrance management support method, the IC card may be read for each entrance vehicle by installing the vehicle detection device in front of the vehicle stop line by about one vehicle length.

  Further, in the entrance management support method, the number of valid IC cards may be determined for each entrance vehicle by comparing the read ID information with a database.

  Furthermore, the entrance management support method may further include a step of notifying the guards of the number of valid IC cards determined for each entrance vehicle.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to confirm the validity of the entrance permit itself without adding substantial work beyond visual confirmation to the security guard and without delaying the entrance management work. It is possible to provide an entrance management support system using a simple UHF band IC card.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an entrance management support system using a UHF band IC card according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements in the drawings, and a duplicate description is omitted.

[Examination of computerization]
In constructing the validity confirmation system for the admission certificate of the admission management support system, the present inventors, instead of the conventional admission certificate made of paper or plastic, etc., an IC card, an IC label, etc. (hereinafter, simply “ IC card ”) was considered. Here, as the use of IC cards, mainly those using a proximity non-contact IC having a frequency of 13.56 MHz and those using a UHF band (860 to 960 MHz) non-contact IC were considered. .

  The 13.56 MHz non-contact IC has a very short effective communication distance of 10 cm or less. For this reason, when it is adopted in this entrance management support system, all of the vehicle passengers including the passenger cannot be recognized unless the IC card is placed close to the card reader (IC card reader). It was easily assumed that when a person boarding thousands of vehicles was asked to hold an IC card over a card reader, the flow of the incoming vehicle immediately stopped and traffic jams occurred.

  Therefore, the present inventors decided to construct an entrance management support system using a non-contact IC in the UHF band (860 to 960 MHz), which has a relatively long effective communication distance of several meters.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the entrance management support system using the UHF band IC card according to the first embodiment. In order to facilitate understanding, the entrance management support system shown in FIG. 2 will be described in comparison with the current entrance management status shown in FIG.

  First, referring to FIG. 1 as a whole, a gate 5 is installed at the boundary between the premises and the premises of an office. In the example shown in the figure, two entrance dedicated roads 4 and entrance lanes 8 connected to the two entrance roads 4 for entering the office are formed on the left and right as viewed in the figure. Since the right and left entrance routes are the same, an example on the right side of the figure will be described. The vehicle 6 of the person who wishes to enter enters the entrance exclusive road 4 from the outside road 2, passes through the gate 5, enters the premises, proceeds on the entrance lane 8, and temporarily stops at the stop line 7. Here, a person boarding the vehicle 6 (including passengers, the same shall apply hereinafter) presents each entry permit to the guard 9 through the vehicle window, and obtains a determination of entry permission. This entrance permit is a card made of paper or plastic, and the name, department, expiration date, etc. are described, and a face photo is affixed. Thereafter, the vehicle 6 permitted to enter the vehicle proceeds on the entrance lane 8 and proceeds to a parking lot (not shown) in the office or the like. Currently, in this situation, thousands of vehicles are managed smoothly.

  The admission management support system according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 2 permits admission without significantly changing the current admission management status shown in FIG. 1 and without disturbing the flow of thousands of incoming vehicles. It adds a means for confirming the validity of the certificate itself.

  A device arrangement of the entrance management support system shown in FIG. 2 will be described. Looking at the right entrance route, the infrared sensors 12 and 13 composed of transmitting and receiving devices are arranged on the destination exclusive road 4 and after passing through the gate 5. A UHF reader / writer 14 and its antenna 14a (see FIG. 3) are arranged at the tip of the infrared sensors 12 and 13. The guard 9 wears an earphone or a receiver (hereinafter referred to as “earphone”) 17 (see FIG. 3) and has a portable terminal 19 (see FIG. 3). Further, a monitor 18 is disposed near the guard 9. The infrared sensors 12 and 13, the UHF reader / writer 14, the earphone 17, the monitor 18, and the portable terminal 19 are connected to an entrance management personal computer (ingress management control device) 15 by wire or wirelessly. The same applies to the left entrance route.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the entrance management support system. The configuration of the entrance management support system will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The entrance management support system includes infrared sensors 12 and 13 that detect passage of the entrance vehicle 6, a UHF reader / writer 14 that communicates with an IC card 11 possessed by each passenger of each entrance vehicle 6, and a UHF reader / writer 14. The entrance management control device 15 connected to the earphone, the earphone 17 that is attached to the security guard 9 and generates voice data from the entrance management control device 15, the portable terminal 19 possessed by the security guard 9, and the vicinity of the security guard 9 And a monitor 18 for displaying video data from the entrance management control device 15 and a collation ID database 20 connected to the entrance management control device 15.

  Here, the infrared sensors 12 and 13 are detection devices for passing vehicles, and may be vehicle detection devices using other electromagnetic waves. The infrared sensors 12 and 13 are devices that include transmission and reception devices and detect when the infrared rays are blocked, but may be integrated devices that emit reflected infrared rays and detect reflected waves.

  The UHF reader / writer 14 is a device that emits UHF band (860 to 960 MHz) radio waves from an antenna 14a, communicates with an IC card 11 possessed by a vehicle occupant, and repeatedly reads and writes information.

  A face photograph is displayed on the IC card 11, and ID information of the cardholder is recorded on the embedded IC chip.

  The UHF reader / writer 14 is controlled so as to repeatedly communicate with each IC card 11 of the vehicle occupant and read the ID information only during a period when the infrared sensors 12 and 13 detect the passage of the vehicle 6.

  The entrance management control device 15 may be a normal personal computer having a CPU that executes control, a RAM in a work area, a ROM that records an entrance management program, and the like.

  The portable terminal 19 possessed by the security guard 9 is a portable terminal having the same function as the UHF reader / writer 14 and its antenna 14a, and is a device that communicates with the IC card 11 and repeatedly reads and writes information.

  In the collation ID database 20, ID information of all permitted persons is recorded in advance.

  The admission management support system according to the first embodiment is characterized by maintaining the admission management status of the current several thousand vehicles described with reference to FIG. 1 as well as a validity confirmation system for the admission permit itself. It is in the point. At that time, it is possible to carry out without disturbing the flow of thousands of incoming vehicles smoothly flowing without significantly changing the current incoming management status.

  For this reason, the present inventors set the admission permit validity confirmation system as a system that does not permit admission of an admission person with the IC card 11 on an individual vehicle basis, rather than on an individual basis. Thus, the validity of the IC card (entrance permit) 11 can be confirmed without significantly changing the current entrance management status shown in FIG. 1 and without disturbing the flow of thousands of entrance vehicles flowing smoothly. .

  4A and 4B are diagrams showing an operation flow of the entrance management support system. FIG. 4A is a flow for determining the number of valid IC cards 11 possessed by the passenger of the incoming vehicle 6.

  In step S01, it is determined whether or not the infrared sensors 12 and 13 are blocked by the entry of the incoming vehicle 6. When the entry of the entering vehicle 6 is detected, the process proceeds to step S02.

  In step S02, the UHF reader / writer 14 repeatedly reads the ID information of the IC card 11 of all the passengers of the incoming vehicle 6 that have passed.

  In step S03, the ID information of each IC card read by the UHF reader / writer 14 is collated with the entrance permitter ID information recorded in the collation ID database 20 by the entrance management control device 15.

  In step S04, it is confirmed whether or not the incoming vehicle 6 has passed and the sensing of the infrared sensors 12 and 13 has been restored. This is because if the infrared ray is sensed again, the incoming vehicle 6 has passed the infrared sensors 12 and 13.

  In step S05, the cumulative number of valid IC cards for which the presence of ID information is determined in the verification ID database 20 is determined as the number of valid IC cards.

  In step S <b> 06, the number of valid IC cards is transmitted to the guard 9 through the earphone 17. By adopting the earphone 17 and transmitting the voice, it is possible to notify the guard 9 of the number of valid IC cards without forcing extra work / operation, and for cases where the voice transmission is not successful. The number of valid IC cards is also displayed on the monitor 18.

  In step S07, the total number of valid IC cards accumulated so far is reset to zero. Thereby, when the next vehicle 6 shuts off the infrared sensors 12 and 13 and the ID information is determined to exist in the verification database 20, the number of valid IC cards is accumulated from 1.

  FIG. 4B is a flow of admission management executed by the guard 9 using the number of valid IC cards determined in FIG. 4A.

  In step S11, the guard 9 receives a notification of the determined number of valid IC cards.

  In step S12, a visual inspection by the guard 9 is performed. As described with reference to FIG. 2, the entrance vehicle 6 temporarily stops at the stop line 7 and presents a face photograph of each IC card 11 to the security guard 9 through the vehicle window. The security guard 9 confirms that the face photograph is the same person as the IC card holder.

  In step S13, since the number of valid IC cards is transmitted by voice to the guard 9 through the earphone 17, the number of passengers in the entrance vehicle 6 stopped in front of the eyes is checked and confirmed. If they match, the process proceeds to step S16, and if the number of IC cards does not match the number of passengers, the process proceeds to step S14.

  In step S <b> 14, the security guard 9 individually rereads the IC card information of all the passengers with the portable terminal 19 that the security guard 9 possesses.

  In step S15, the ID information of the IC card read by the portable terminal 19 is collated with the entrance permission ID information recorded in the collation ID database 20. If the IC card is valid, the process proceeds to step S16, and if not valid, the process proceeds to step S17.

  In step S17, entry is not permitted. If you are going to enter, go to the reception desk.

  In step S16, when it is confirmed that the IC cards of all the passengers in the entering vehicle 6 are valid IC cards, entry of the vehicle is permitted.

[Second Embodiment]
A feature of the entrance management support system according to the second embodiment is that, in the entrance management support system shown in FIG. 2, only the passenger IC card 11 of the entrance vehicle 6 to be read is read. .

  As explained above in the discussion of computerization, the present inventors have managed a resident on several thousands of vehicles, and therefore have a relatively long effective communication distance of several meters and a UHF band non-contact IC. It was decided to construct an admission management support system using

  However, as a result of repeated experiments, the characteristic of the UHF band, which has a relatively long effective communication distance of several meters, is not only the in-vehicle 6 to be read, but also the IC card 11 possessed by the passenger of the in-vehicle 6 that follows. It turns out that it leads to the fault of reading. When reading of the IC card of the subsequent incoming vehicle occurs, the effective number of IC cards cannot be managed on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis and the incoming management cannot be performed smoothly.

  Therefore, in order to read only the occupant IC card 11 of the entrance vehicle 6 for one vehicle to be read and to prevent only the occupant IC card 11 of the second and subsequent entrance vehicles 6 from being read, the following means are used. Is adopted.

  (1) As described above, the infrared sensors 12 and 13 are adopted, and the passenger IC card 11 of the incoming vehicle 6 to be read is read by the UHF reader / writer 14 only during the period when the incoming vehicle 6 blocks infrared rays. Then, when the infrared sensors 12 and 13 sense the infrared rays again, when the incoming vehicle 6 passes, the read IC card information is transmitted to the incoming management control device 15 and collated with the collation database 20 to check the effective IC. The number of cards 11 is determined.

  (2) As shown in FIG. 2, the distance D from the infrared sensors 12 and 13 to the stop line 7 is set to the vehicle length of about one vehicle. Thus, while the first incoming vehicle 6 is temporarily stopped at the stop line 7, the subsequent second incoming vehicle 6 does not block the infrared sensors 12 and 13, and the UHF reader / writer 14. Will not resume reading. Even if the second incoming vehicle 6 shuts off the infrared sensors 12 and 13 and the reading is resumed, the number of effective IC cards is not determined. As a result, the number of valid IC cards of the passengers in the subsequent incoming vehicle 6 is not transmitted to the guards. The information on the IC card 11 is not read.

  (3) Further, when it is confirmed that the incoming vehicle 6 has passed the infrared sensors 12 and 13 by the combination of the means (1) and (2), the passenger IC card 11 of the subsequent incoming vehicle 6 is read. Is started. Then, the number of valid IC cards of the succeeding entrance vehicle 6 is transmitted to the guard 9 after the entrance vehicle 6 before stopping at the stop line has moved. As a result, it is possible to manage the passenger number data in units of entering vehicles. Furthermore, the guard 9 is not notified by mistake of the passenger number data of the preceding and following entrance vehicles.

[Advantages and effects of the embodiment]
(1) The validity of the entrance permit can be confirmed.

    An unauthorized IC card (unauthorized construction permit), for example, expiration, forgery, etc. can be reliably detected.

  (2) Since the history data of the entrant remains in the database, it is possible to check who is admitted.

  (3) By entering the admission permit validity confirmation system in units of vehicles rather than in person permitting admission of persons with IC cards, the current admission control status has not changed significantly. The validity of the IC card 11 can be confirmed.

  (4) By permitting entry in units of vehicles, the effectiveness of the IC card 11 can be confirmed without disturbing the flow of thousands of incoming vehicles 6 that flow smoothly.

  (5) The passenger IC of the subsequent incoming vehicle is read by reading the passenger IC card 11 of the incoming incoming vehicle 6 only during the period when the incoming vehicle 6 blocks infrared rays by using the infrared sensors 12 and 13. Reading the card 11 can be greatly reduced.

  (6) By making the distance from the infrared sensors 12 and 13 to the stop line 7 approximately the length of one vehicle, while the first incoming vehicle 6 is temporarily stopped at the stop line 7, the UHF reader / The writer 14 does not resume reading, and even if reading is resumed, the number of valid IC cards cannot be determined. Can be reduced.

  (7) In addition to handling illegal IC card possession, it is possible to cope with reading failure by the UHF reader / writer 14. In other words, by securing a certain period of time from reading by the UHF reader / writer 14 until registration in the database, the security guard 9 can individually reread the IC card information of all the passengers with the portable terminal 19 possessed by the guard.

[Others]
As mentioned above, although the embodiment of the entrance management support system using the UHF band IC card according to the present invention has been described, these are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Additions, deletions, changes, improvements, and the like that can be easily made by those skilled in the art with respect to the embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention. The technical scope of the present invention is defined based on the description of the appended claims.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the current entrance management status. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the entrance management support system using the UHF band IC card according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the entrance management support system of FIG. FIG. 4A is a diagram showing an operation flow for determining the number of valid IC cards 11 possessed by the passenger of the entrance vehicle 6 of the entrance management support system of FIG. FIG. 4B is a flow of admission management executed by the guard 9 using the number of valid IC cards determined in FIG. 4A.

Explanation of symbols

  2: general road, 4: entrance exclusive road, 5: gate, 6: vehicle, entrance vehicle, 7: stop line, 8: entrance lane, 9: security guard, 11: IC card, 12, 13: infrared sensor, 14 : UHF reader / writer (R / W), 14a: antenna, 15: entrance management control device, 17: earphone, 19: portable terminal, 20: ID database for verification

Claims (4)

In the admission management support system used for vehicle lanes for entering large-scale offices ,
A UHF band IC card possessed by each passenger of the entrance vehicle;
A vehicle detection device that is installed in front of the vehicle stop line of the vehicle-dedicated lane by about one vehicle length and detects the passage of the entry vehicle;
A UHF reader / writer (R / W) that reads ID information recorded on the IC card during a period in which the vehicle detection device detects passage of an incoming vehicle ;
An ID database in which ID information of persons permitted to enter the office is recorded in advance;
An effective IC whose ID information is present in the ID database when the ID information read by the UHF reader / writer is collated with the ID information recorded in the ID database, and the vehicle detection device no longer detects an incoming vehicle. An entrance management support system comprising an entrance management control device for determining the number of cards . The entrance management support system according to claim 1, wherein at least an earphone for notifying a guard with the number of valid IC cards in units of the entrance vehicle determined by the entrance management control device, and a monitor for notifying with video information. An admission management support system characterized by having either one . 3. The entrance management support system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the vehicle detection device is an infrared detection device . In the admission management support method that supports the admission inspection of security guards that are carried out in a vehicle lane for entering a large-scale office,
Detecting the passage of the entrance vehicle by a vehicle detection device installed in front of the vehicle stop line of the vehicle-dedicated lane by about one vehicle length;
The ID information recorded on the UHF band IC card possessed by each passenger of the entrance vehicle is read by the UHF reader / writer installed in the vehicle lane during the period when the vehicle detection device detects the passage of the entrance vehicle. Steps,
When the read ID information is collated with the ID information of the ID database in which the ID information of the person permitted to enter the office is recorded in advance, the ID database is not detected by the vehicle detection device. And determining the number of valid IC cards in which ID information exists .

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