Integrated resource management system

• US 20100054546A1
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Doalltech Solution Provider
• Original Assignee: Doalltech Solution Provider
• Inventors: Choi, Cheol Ho
• Application Number:
  US12/150,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20100054546A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated resource management system, which can manage the authorization of the entry and exit of persons who enter and leave a construction site and the entry and exit of construction materials or construction equipment into and from a construction site in real time in an integrated manner, and can prevent the illegal incursion of outsiders, who are not authorized persons, and the forgery of the attendance and leave record information of entering and leaving persons through a multi-stage entry/exit authorization process.

Claims

1. An integrated resource management system, comprising:

a data storage unit for storing personal information including a name, resident registration number, place, entry/exit information, and facial image information of a person authorized for entry and exit, finger bloodstream information of the person authorized for entry and exit, a registration number of a vehicle authorized for entry and exit, and a unique number implemented using an encryption code;

a card reader unit for reading the registration number of the vehicle authorized for entry and exit and information about entry/exit of construction materials or construction equipment while reading personal information, finger bloodstream information and a unique number of the entering and leaving person from an information identification card carried by the person;

image capturing means for capturing a facial image of the entering and leaving person who carries the information identification card,

a data comparison unit for comparing information read by the card reader unit with information stored in the data storage unit;

a data output unit for notifying, using text or a voice, the entering and leaving person of availability of the information identification card, validity of entry and exit of the person, and validity of entry and exit of a vehicle depending on results of a comparison transmitted from the data comparison unit, and displaying the information about entry/exit of the construction materials or construction equipment read by the card reader unit;

a data communication unit for receiving data and control signals from an external system in real time and transmitting the information, read by the card reader unit, and the results of the comparison, transmitted from the data comparison unit, to the external system in real time while performing data communication with the external system; and

a control unit for opening or shutting an entrance so that the person enters and leaves the entrance depending on the results of comparison transmitted from the data comparison unit.

2. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, wherein the data storage unit stores the personal information and the finger bloodstream information at an address number matching the unique number.

3. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising a finger bloodstream detection unit for detecting the finger bloodstream information of the entering and leaving person.

4. The integrated resource management system according to claim 3, wherein the data comparison unit respectively compares the personal information, read by the card reader unit and the finger bloodstream information, detected by the finger bloodstream detection unit, with the personal information and the finger bloodstream information stored in the data storage unit.

5. The integrated resource management system according to claim 3, wherein the finger bloodstream detection unit designates at least one point on a finger of the entering and leaving person using near-infrared light, captures a vein pattern from the designated point, separates the captured vein pattern into two or more regions, sets each of separation regions to 0 or 1 depending on whether the vein pattern exists in the separation region, and then converts the finger bloodstream information into digital data.

6. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising a data input unit for receiving the unique number from the entering and leaving person.

7. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature detection unit for detecting a temperature of the integrated resource management system.

8. The integrated resource management system according to claim 7, wherein the control unit is operated such that, when there is a possibility of the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit increasing to a temperature higher than a suitable temperature, the control unit radiates heat generated from the integrated resource management system, and such that, when there is a possibility of the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit decreasing to a temperature lower than a suitable temperature, the control unit increases the temperature of the integrated resource management system.

9. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising an infrared sensing unit for sensing movement of a vehicle at a site at which the integrated resource management system is installed.

10. The integrated resource management system according to claim 9, wherein the control unit controls the image capturing means so that, when the vehicle is sensed by the infrared sensing unit, the image capturing means captures an image of a license plate of the vehicle.

11. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising an illuminance detection unit for detecting surrounding illuminance of the integrated resource management system.

12. The integrated resource management system according to claim 11, wherein the image capturing means comprises a flash.

13. The integrated resource management system according to claim 12, wherein the image capturing means captures a registration number of the vehicle or a facial image of the entering and leaving person after turning on the flash when the illuminance detected by the illuminance detection unit is equal to or less than a suitable value.

14. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the image capturing means so that the image capturing means captures surroundings of the integrated resource management system in response to a capturing control signal transmitted from an external system through the data communication unit.

15. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, further comprising a warning lamp unit for notifying the entering and leaving person of validity of entry and exit using a warning lamp.

16. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is operated such that, when external voltage, transmitted from an external power source, is higher than a drive voltage of the integrated resource management system, the control unit steps down the external voltage to the drive voltage of the integrated resource management system, and such that, when the external voltage is lower than the drive voltage of the integrated resource management system, the control unit steps up the external voltage to the drive voltage of the integrated resource management system, thus controlling power that is supplied to the integrated resource management system.

17. The integrated resource management system according to claim 16, wherein the control unit is operated such that, when the external voltage, transmitted from the external power source, is interrupted, voltage from an internal power source is supplied to the integrated resource management system, and such that when the external voltage is supplied again after interruption, the voltage from the internal power source is interrupted so that the external voltage from the external power source is supplied to the integrated resource management system.

18. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, wherein the information identification card is implemented using a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card.

19. The integrated resource management system according to claim 1, wherein, when the integrated resource management system is installed in a construction site, the data storage unit further stores security management information, such as security rule violation information and security education state information of relevant workers in the construction site, material information, such as unique numbers of construction materials and parts used in the construction site, a factory approval date, an order date, a primary inspection date for products, a secondary inspection date for products, an entry date, a scheduled date of installation of construction materials and parts, an installation date, a present state of returned products, and quality, standards, and weights of materials, and information about administration of physical distribution, including information about a present state of exit from a factory, such as depart times of vehicles loaded with construction materials and parts, vehicle registration numbers, and amounts of materials loaded on vehicles, and information about a present state of entry into the construction site, such as entry/exit times of vehicles into/from the construction site, vehicle registration numbers, and amounts of materials.