Worker management device

• US 7,099,236 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2002
• Issued: 08/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Junichi Yamagishi, Unirec Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Junichi Yamagishi, Unirec Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamagishi, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska, Vit W.
• Application Number:
  US10/143,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20030210610A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,573 Days
• Field of Search: 368/9, 368/10, 368/11, 346/20, 346/80, 346/82, 235/377, 34082531- 34, 705/32, 702/178, 713/178
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1091 Recording time for administrative or management purposes
• 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 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A worker management device comprises time clocks (CL1) provided in a plurality of work places for having worker'"'"'s entrance and exit times recorded therein and managing means (CL2) for inputting time recording information from the respective time clocks and managing the work place where the worker entered and exited and how long he/she has engaged therein. The time clocks each comprise fingerprint inputting means (CL11) for inputting a fingerprint of each worker, worker specifying means for having personal information and fingerprint information of each worker stored therein in advance, conducting collation of the input fingerprint with the fingerprint inputting means to specify the worker, and time recording means (CL13) for having worker'"'"'s entrance and exit times recorded therein on the basis of the specification of the worker by the worker specifying means.

Claims

1. A worker management device comprising:

time clocks provided in a plurality of work places for recording entrance and exit times for each worker; and

managing means for inputting time recording information from the respective time clocks;

the managing means operating independently of and being connected to the time recorders so that said management device determines where the worker has entered and exited and tow long the worker has engaged therein;

the managing means including data storing means storings in advance fingerprint information and personal information of the workers and communicating the respective information to the time clocks;

wherein the time clocks each comprise;

fingerprint inputting means for inputting a fingerprint of each worker;

worker specifying means including;

fingerprint information/personal information data, said data including personal information and fingerprint information of each worker therein, said information being downloaded from the data storing means; and

a retrieving circuit for retrieving the personal information and the fingerprint information stored in the fingerprint information/personal information data and for conducting collation of the input fingerprint inputted with the fingerprint inputting means to specify the worker; and

time recording means for recording entrance and exit times on the basis of the specification of the worker by the worker specifying means, and information inputting means for inputting personal information and employment status of a worker, said employment status being one of full-time, temporary, or part-time; and

said worker specifying means reading said stored personal information and fingerprint information according to said personal information input into said information inputting means for conducting said collation.

2. A worker management device according to claim 1, wherein the time clocks each comprise information inputting means for inputting personal information, and the worker specifying means reads the stored personal information and fingerprint information according to the input personal information inputted with the information inputting means to conduct the collation.

3. A worker management device according to claim 1, wherein the managing means comprises data storing means for storing the fingerprint information and the personal information of the worker therein in advance and outputting the respective information to the time clocks, and being inputted the time recording information from the time clocks therein, a registration terminal device for inputting the fingerprint information and the personal information of the worker into the data storing means in advance, and a management terminal device for inputting the time recording information from the data storing means therein and managing a working situation of each worker on the basis of the time recording information.

4. A worker management device according to claim 2, wherein the managing means comprises data storing means for storing the fingerprint information and the personal information of the worker therein in advance and outputting the respective information to the time clocks, and being inputted the time recording information from the time clocks therein, a registration terminal device for inputting the fingerprint information and the personal information of the worker into the data storing means in advance, and a management terminal device for inputting the time recording information from the data storing means therein and managing a working situation of each worker on the basis of the time recording information.

5. A worker management device according to claim 1, wherein the work places each comprise an electric lock door for entrance and exit, and the time clocks each output a lock release signal to the electric lock door on the basis of the worker specification by the worker specifying means.

6. A worker management device according to claim 2, wherein the work places each comprise an electric lock door for entrance and exit, and the time clocks each output a lock release signal to the electric lock door on the basis of the worker specification by the worker specifying means.

7. A worker management device according to claim 3, wherein the work places each comprise an electric lock door for entrance and exit, and the time clocks each output a lock release signal to the electric lock door on the basis of the worker specification by the worker specifying means.

8. The management device of claim 1 wherein:

said information inputting means receives a unit wage table for each of full-time workers, temporary workers, and part-time workers; and

said device processing payroll accounting for each worker based on said worker specified by said worker specifying means, said unit wage table input into said information inputting means and said entrance and exit times recorded in said time recording means.