Entering/leaving management system

• US 20060131400A1
• Filed: 12/27/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Mitsumoto, Hiroki
• Granted Patent: US 7,185,808 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0022 arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device "transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/18 with apparatus adapted for use with individual cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

An entering/leaving management system includes a mobile terminal and a managing server. The mobile terminal and a room IC card are carried to a room when using the room, and a start key of the mobile terminal is depressed, so that an IC card reading unit reads room identifier information from the room IC card. The mobile terminal adds time information acquired by a time management unit and the room identifier information to user identifier information read from a user IC card, so that the resulting information is stored into an information storage unit as entering/leaving managing information. After reading of all user IC cards is completed, the mobile terminal transmits the entering/leaving managing information to the managing server by using an information transmitting unit, so that the entering/leaving managing information is stored in the managing server.

Claims

1. An entering/leaving management system including a user IC card on which user identifier information to identify a specific user is recorded, a room IC card on which room identifier information to identify a specific room is recorded, a mobile terminal provided to access the user IC card and the room IC card, and a managing server, the mobile terminal comprising:

a time management unit provided to acquire a current time;

an IC card reading unit reading the user identifier information from the user IC card and reading the room identifier information from the room IC card;

an information storage unit provided to store the user identifier information read from the user IC card together with additional information as entering/leaving managing information; and

an information transmitting unit transmitting the entering/leaving managing information stored in the information storage unit, to the managing server,

wherein an administrator carries the mobile terminal and the room IC card to the room when using the room, and depresses a start key of the mobile terminal, so that the IC card reading unit reads the room identifier information from the room IC card,

wherein the mobile terminal adds the time information acquired by the time management unit and the room identifier information to the user identifier information read from the user IC card by the IC card reading unit, so that the resulting information is stored into the information storage unit as the entering/leaving managing information,

wherein, after reading of all user IC cards is completed, the mobile terminal transmits the entering/leaving managing information stored in the information storage unit, to the managing server by using the information transmitting unit, and the entering/leaving managing information is stored in the managing server, and

wherein the managing server manages times of arrival and departure of the user through cross reference of the stored entering/leaving managing information with user basic information and room basic information.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein, when the user enters the room, the user performs a reading operation of the user IC card using the IC card reading unit of the mobile terminal once.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein the mobile terminal is provided with an operation selection unit which allows the user to choose one of an operation at a time of entering the room and an operation at a time of leaving the room, and the user chooses either the operation at the time of entering the room or the operation at the time of leaving the room by using the operation selection unit, and performs a reading operation of the user IC card using the IC card reading unit of the mobile terminal twice at the time of entering the room and at the time of leaving the room.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein the user IC card has user biometric information recorded as information for identifying the user, in addition to the user identifier information,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises a biometric information collection unit collecting user biometric information from the user, and

wherein one of the user IC card and the mobile terminal comprises a biometric information matching unit determining whether the user biometric information collected from the user by the biometric information collection unit matches the user biometric information recorded on the user IC card.

5. An entering/leaving management system including a user IC card on which user identifier information to identify a specific user is recorded, an operator IC card on which operator identifier information to identify a specific operator is recorded, a mobile terminal provided to access the user IC card and the operator IC card, and a managing server, the mobile terminal comprising:

a time management unit provided to acquire a current time;

an IC card reading unit reading the user identifier information from the user IC card and reading the operator identifier information from the operator IC card;

an information storage unit provided to store the user identifier information read from the user IC card together with additional information as entering/leaving managing information; and

an information transmitting unit transmitting the entering/leaving managing information stored in the information storage unit, to the managing server,

wherein an operator carries the mobile terminal and the operator IC card to the room when using the room, and depresses a start key of the mobile terminal, so that the IC card reading unit reads the operator identifier information from the operator IC card,

wherein the mobile terminal adds the time information acquired by the time management unit and the operator identifier information to the user identifier information read from the user IC card by the IC card reading unit, so that the resulting information is stored into the information storage unit as the entering/leaving managing information,

wherein, after reading of all user IC cards is completed, the mobile terminal transmits the entering/leaving managing information stored in the information storage unit, to the managing server by using the information transmitting unit, and the entering/leaving managing information is stored in the managing server, and

wherein the managing server manages times of arrival and departure of the user through cross reference of the stored entering/leaving managing information with user basic information and operator basic information.

6. The system according to claim 5 wherein, when the user enters the room, the user performs a reading operation of the user IC card using the IC card reading unit of the mobile terminal once.

7. The system according to claim 5 wherein the mobile terminal is provided with an operation selection unit which allows the user to choose one of an operation at a time of entering the room and an operation at a time of leaving the room, and the user chooses either the operation at the time of entering the room or the operation at the time of leaving the room by using the operation selection unit, and performs a reading operation of the user IC card using the IC card reading unit of the mobile terminal twice at the time of entering the room and at the time of leaving the room.

8. The system according to claim 5 wherein the user IC card has user biometric information recorded as information for identifying the user, in addition to the user identifier information,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises a biometric information collection unit collecting user biometric information from the user, and

wherein one of the user IC card and the mobile terminal comprises a biometric information matching unit determining whether the user biometric information collected from the user by the biometric information collection unit matches the user biometric information recorded on the user IC card.