Entry and exit management system and method for managing entry and exit

Abstract

To solve the issue that the accurate time of service provision in a building cannot be known.SOLUTION: An entry and exit management system includes: a delivery destination reception unit for receiving a delivery destination; a delivery destination moving route calculation unit for calculating a moving route to the delivery destination from the delivery destination received by the delivery destination reception unit; a delivery scheduled time calculation unit for calculating an arrival scheduled time to the delivery destination from the moving route calculated by the delivery destination moving route calculation unit; and an output unit for outputting the delivery scheduled time to a terminal of the delivery destination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an entrance / exit management system and an entrance / exit management method.

Background Art

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a server system capable of notifying a user of a service provided in a collective facility.

[0003] The server system includes an acquisition unit that acquires identification information related to services in an apartment building from a first information terminal provided outside an automatic locking door at the entrance / exit of a shared area in the apartment building, and an output unit that outputs notification information for notifying a user of the apartment building that a service is scheduled to be provided via a second information terminal based on the acquired identification information.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] There is a system in which a delivery person enters an apartment building and controls an elevator to the floor of the destination. However, in order to deliver to multiple rooms in the same apartment building, it is necessary to return to the communal entrance for each room and unlock and link the elevator again.

[0006] Also, when delivering to multiple rooms simultaneously, there is a problem that the time until arriving at one's own room is unknown.

[0007] Patent Document 1 discloses outputting notification information for notifying a user of an apartment building that a service such as the delivery of a parcel is scheduled to be provided via a second information terminal.

[0008] However, when the scale of the apartment house is large and there are many residents receiving services, there is a problem that it is not known when the residents can receive the services.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] The above problem is solved by an entrance and exit management system including a delivery destination receiving unit that receives a delivery destination, a delivery destination movement route calculation unit that calculates a movement route from the delivery destination received by the delivery destination receiving unit to the delivery destination, a delivery scheduled time calculation unit that calculates a scheduled arrival time at the delivery destination from the movement route calculated by the delivery destination movement route calculation unit, and an output unit that outputs the delivery scheduled time to a terminal of the delivery destination.

Effects of the Invention

[0010] The present invention can accurately know the service provision time received in the building.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0012] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each drawing for explaining the embodiments, the same components are given the same names and reference numerals as much as possible, and repeated explanations thereof are omitted.

[0013] The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, and includes various modifications and equivalent configurations within the scope of the appended claims. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described.

[0014] In addition, the processing units and processing modules described in the embodiments may be realized in hardware by designing part or all of them, for example, by using an integrated circuit, or may be realized in software by a processor interpreting and executing a program for realizing each function.

[0015] The information described in the embodiments may be a table or a database (DB), or may be data stored in the main memory.

Embodiment

[0016] FIG. 1 is an example of a system configuration diagram in an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an example of a delivery service by an employee of a delivery company to a customer such as a large-scale apartment building (building) for delivery of small parcels will be described.

[0017] The delivery company server 2 is connected to the access control server 1 via the network 18 and creates a delivery plan according to the layout of the apartment building. The created delivery plan is sent to the building access control device 3 and the delivery staff terminal 19.

[0018] The access control device 3 opens the automatic door 10 of the entrance 5 of the apartment building based on the door opening request received from the delivery staff terminal 19 via the card reader 11. In this example, an example of making a door opening request by having the card reader 11 read a 2D barcode or the like displayed on the delivery staff terminal 19 will be described, but other dedicated cards or door opening requests by near-field communication of the delivery staff terminal 19 may also be used.

[0019] Also, when the delivery staff arrives at the entrance of the apartment building, if the access control device 3 displays a delivery schedule screen on the room intercom 12 for which delivery is scheduled, the resident can prepare for receiving the package.

[0020] When delivering to rooms on the second floor or above, the delivery staff terminal 19 makes a call for the elevator, and the access control device 3 sends a signal to the elevator control device 4 to permit the use of the elevator. The use of the automatic door 10 at the entrance of the apartment building and the elevator is counted, and when there is use more than the planned number of times, security can be improved by notifying the access control server 1 and the delivery company server 2.

[0021] The monitoring center 20 is connected to the access control device 3 and the elevator control device 4 via the network and monitors the abnormalities of the automatic door and the elevator.

[0022] Figure 2 is an example of a block diagram of the access control server in an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an example of implementing with a stand-alone computer will be described, but it is also possible to manage a plurality of buildings by using a cloud service that provides computer resources.

[0023] The entry / exit management server 1 is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 23, a main memory device 21 connected to a LAN (Local Area Network), an external memory device 24, and a communication device 22. The main memory is composed of memory elements such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory).

[0024] The main memory device 21 includes an entry / exit control device 3, a remote operation unit 25 that gives instructions to an elevator control device 4, a delivery destination reception unit 26 that receives the room as the delivery destination, a delivery destination movement route calculation unit 27 that calculates the movement route to the delivery destination, a delivery scheduled time calculation unit 28 that obtains the delivery scheduled time, a building facility usage times calculation unit 29 that calculates the usage times of building facilities such as automatic doors and elevators used for delivery, and a building facility usage permission unit 30 that permits the use of building facilities.

[0025] These processing units are realized by software modules and are executed by the CPU 23 with reference to the information stored in the external memory device 24.

[0026] The external memory device 24 is composed of a non-volatile memory such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and an SSD (Solid State Drive), and includes a delivery destination table 31 that stores delivery destinations, a delivery route table 32 that stores delivery routes, a delivery scheduled time table 33 that stores delivery scheduled times, and a building facility usage table 34 that stores the usage status of building facilities.

[0027] These may be stored in the form of a table database, or a plurality of tables may be configured as one table.

[0028] Figure 3 is an example of a delivery destination table in an embodiment of the present invention. The delivery ID 41 of the package to be delivered, the building ID 42 of the building of the delivery destination, the room number 43 of the delivery destination, the floor 44 of the delivery destination, the number of packages 45, the delivery date 46, the delivery time 47, the delivery order 48 indicating the order of delivery in numbers, and a route creation flag 49 that is set to 1 when a delivery route is created and indicates whether a route has been created are stored in association with each other.

[0029] The delivery order 48 is created based on a rule such as delivering the luggage from the living rooms of the rooms on the higher floors in ascending order of the amount of luggage.

[0030] In addition to this, if information such as the size of the luggage and the availability of drop-off indicating that it is not necessary to obtain a receipt signature just by placing the luggage at the entrance, etc. is provided, it will be easier to perform the delivery.

[0031] FIG. 4 is an example of a delivery route table in an embodiment of the present invention. The delivery route ID 50, building ID 42, delivery date 46, delivery time 47, security release 54 indicating the security of automatic doors such as the entrance of the apartment building and elevators to be released in the current home delivery route, current floor 55 indicating the floor reached as a result of the security release, destination room number 43, and next delivery route 57 which is the ID of the route for the next delivery are stored in association. When the next delivery route 57 is 00000, it indicates the end of the delivery.

[0032] In addition, in a delivery that requires confirmation of the recipient, if information indicating whether the recipient has responded by an intercom or the like is stored, it becomes possible to post a notice of absence to a collective mailbox or the like.

[0033] FIG. 5 is an example of a delivery scheduled time table in an embodiment of the present invention. The delivery ID 41, room number 43, and delivery time 60 which is the calculated delivery scheduled time are stored in association.

[0034] In a large-scale apartment building, since there may be cases where a large amount of luggage is delivered to a large number of rooms, by displaying a more accurate delivery time calculated at the time of arrival at the collective entrance or when using building facilities on the intercom of the destination room, the recipient can prepare for receipt.

[0035] The delivery time 60 can obtain the route from the delivery route table to the destination room and accumulate the time required for each movement. The time required for movement is obtained from the content of the security release, the moving floor, and the number of rooms in the delivery route.

[0036] For example, it takes 1 minute to unlock the automatic door of the communal entrance, 1 minute to register the destination floor of the elevator, 1 minute for each moving floor, and 3 minutes for each room to be delivered to.

[0037] Also, when going out of the automatic door of the communal entrance to pick up the luggage once, 3 minutes are added. An example of arriving at the entrance of the apartment building at 10:00 and unlocking the automatic door is shown in FIG. 5. In the case of the delivery with delivery ID 00004, arriving at the entrance of the apartment building at 10:00, it is estimated that it takes 1 minute to unlock the automatic door, 1 minute for the elevator operation, and 3 minutes to move 3 floors by the elevator, so the scheduled delivery time is 10:05.

[0038] FIG. 6 is an example of a building facility usage table in an embodiment of the present invention. The delivery route ID 50, the security release 54 of the building facility to be used, and the used flag 72 indicating whether the planned usage times have been used are stored in association. The used flag may also be used as the remaining available usage times of the building facility.

[0039] FIG. 7 is an example of an in-home status screen in an embodiment of the present invention. It is used when inquiring whether someone is at home at the delivery destination 84, which is the room with a delivery on the same day, on the intercom screen of the apartment building entrance, and the delivery person receives the inquiry result 85.

[0040] This screen may be displayed on the delivery person terminal 19. The inquiry result of the delivery destination movement route calculation unit 27 is used when creating the information of the delivery destination table 31 and the delivery route table 32.

[0041] FIG. 8 is an example of a building facility usage screen in an embodiment of the present invention. It shows how many times each building facility can be used and to which floors the elevator can move.

[0042] There may be cases where it is necessary to use the elevator more times than planned, such as when the luggage cannot be fully loaded onto the trolley. Therefore, if the building facilities cannot be used when the available number of uses is exceeded, it will lead to a decrease in work efficiency. So, it may be a good idea to record the fact that the available number of uses has been exceeded and notify the courier company server.

[0043] Figure 9 shows an example of an elevator call screen in an embodiment of the present invention. When the delivery person terminal 19 inputs the current floor 101 and the destination floor 102 and presses the call button 103, the elevator control device 4 receives the call, and the elevator car is dispatched to the current floor. At the same time, the use of the elevator is recorded by the building facility use times calculation unit 29.

[0044] Figure 10 shows an example of a delivery status screen in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a screen that displays the current position 111 of the current delivery person on the intercom screen of the delivery destination room. The delivery destination movement route calculation unit 27 traces the current position of the delivery person based on the use information of building facilities such as the elevator and displays the current position.

[0045] Although it is possible to trace the more accurate current position based on the delivery completion information to the delivery destination, out of consideration for privacy issues, the delivery information to other rooms is not displayed.

[0046] Figure 11 shows an example of a delivery status screen in an embodiment of the present invention. It displays information indicating on which floor the delivery person has completed the delivery and which floor the delivery person is scheduled to deliver to next. By displaying such a screen, the delivery time to the home can be estimated. A specific scheduled time may be displayed like the message 121.

[0047] Figure 12 shows an example of a flowchart showing the processing of the entry / exit management server in an embodiment of the present invention. The entry / exit management server 1 reads the identification information of the delivery person from the courier company server 2 via the communication device 22, and the delivery destination reception unit 26 receives the registration of the information stored in the delivery destination table such as the delivery destination room (S1).

[0048] Based on the received delivery destination, the delivery destination movement route calculation unit 27 calculates the delivery order 48 in the delivery destination table, the information of the security release 54 stored in the delivery destination table, and the next delivery route 57 (S2). Based on the calculated delivery route, the scheduled delivery time calculation unit 28 calculates the scheduled delivery time (S3). The calculated scheduled delivery time is output to the terminal of the delivery destination.

[0049] If the resident is absent and leave-a-package is not specified, a notice of absence can be mailed to the collective mailbox, and the delivery efficiency can be improved by not creating a delivery route.

[0050] Based on the calculated delivery route, the building facility usage times calculation unit 29 calculates the building facility usage times (S4). When the building facility to be used is an elevator, the available times are obtained for each floor of the delivery destination. However, when there are more delivery destinations than a predetermined number on the same floor or when delivering more packages than a predetermined number, the available times of the elevator are calculated based on the delivery destination and the number of packages.

[0051] Furthermore, the available times of the elevator for each destination floor are calculated and registered in the used flag 72 column of the building facility usage table.

[0052] Reset the usage times of the building facility to be used (S5), and the building facility usage permission unit 30 sends a delivery entry URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to the email address entered in the delivery staff's entry registration for the building (S6).

[0053] When the delivery staff starts using the building facility, the building facility usage calculation unit 29 performs a building facility usage process (S7) and counts the building facility usage times (S8). When the counted building facility usage times exceed the available times (S9), a notification is sent to the delivery staff terminal 19 and the monitoring center 20 (S10). Furthermore, it may also be notified to the courier company server 2.

[0054] FIG. 13 is an example of a flowchart showing the building facility utilization process in an embodiment of the present invention. It waits for a facility utilization operation from the delivery-in building URL (S20). If there is a facility utilization operation for the building facilities at the entrance / exit management server 1 (S21), it determines whether it is an unlocking of the main entrance or an elevator call (S22). If it is an elevator call, it checks the availability of the elevator (S26).

[0055] If the elevator is available and there are remaining available times, it instructs the local entrance / exit control device to call the elevator (S27), moves the car to the current floor 101 specified by the delivery staff terminal, and subtracts 1 from the used flag 72 indicating the available times of the elevator in the building facility utilization table (S28). At this time, the delivery schedule time calculation unit 28 recalculates and updates the delivery time 60 in the delivery schedule time table based on the arrival time at the destination floor of the elevator.

[0056] If the delivery schedule time calculation unit 28 recalculates the arrival time at the destination floor when receiving an elevator call, it becomes possible to display the delivery schedule time on the intercom screen of the target room earlier.

[0057] When the entrance / exit management server 1 receives an elevator call and can confirm that there are remaining available times of the elevator, or when the elevator car arrives at the destination floor 102, the building facility utilization times calculation unit 29 outputs the delivery schedule time to the delivery destination on the destination floor, so that a more accurate delivery schedule time can be notified to the terminal of the delivery destination.

[0058] If it is an unlocking of the main entrance in S22, it checks the availability of using the main entrance (S23). If there are remaining available times, it instructs the local entrance / exit control device to unlock the automatic door of the main entrance (S24), and subtracts 1 from the used flag 72 indicating the available times of unlocking the main entrance in the building facility utilization table (S25). At this time, the delivery schedule time calculation unit 28 recalculates and updates the delivery time 60 in the delivery schedule time table based on the time of unlocking the automatic door.

[0059] If the available number of times of use is 0 in S23 and S26, it is determined whether the available number of times of use of all facilities is 0 (S29). If it is 0, the process ends. If it is not 0, wait for the facility use operation from the delivery and check-in URL (S20).

Explanation of symbols

[0060] 1 Entrance and exit management server, 2 Courier company server, 3 Entrance and exit control device, 4 Elevator control device, 5 Apartment building entrance, 6 Room, 7 Elevator landing, 8 Inside elevator car, 9 Apartment building entrance intercom, 10 Automatic door, 11 Card reader, 12 Room intercom, 13 Landing operation panel, 14 Card reader, 15 Inside car operation panel, 16 Card reader, 17 Router, 18 Network, 19 Courier terminal, 20 Monitoring center, 21 Main memory device, 22 Communication device, 23 CPU, 24 External storage device, 25 Remote operation unit, 26 Delivery destination receiving unit, 27 Delivery destination movement route calculation unit, 28 Scheduled delivery time calculation unit, 29 Building facility usage times calculation unit, 30 Building facility usage permission unit

Claims

1. In an entry / exit management system, a delivery destination receiving unit that receives a delivery destination, a delivery destination movement route calculation unit that calculates a movement route from the delivery destination received by the delivery destination receiving unit to the delivery destination, a delivery scheduled time calculation unit that calculates a scheduled arrival time at the delivery destination from the movement route calculated by the delivery destination movement route calculation unit, and an entry / exit management system including an output unit that outputs the delivery scheduled time to the terminal of the delivery destination.

2. In the entry / exit management system according to Claim 1, a building facility usage frequency calculation unit that calculates the available number of times of use of the building facility from the movement route calculated by the delivery destination movement route calculation unit, a building facility usage permission unit that permits the use of the building facility based on the usage frequency calculated by the building facility usage frequency calculation unit, counts the usage frequency of the building facility, and determines whether the usage frequency exceeds the available number of times of use obtained by the building facility usage frequency calculation unit, and the output unit notifies the terminal of the delivery person that the available number of times of use of the building facility has been exceeded when the building facility usage permission unit determines that the available number of times of use has been exceeded.

3. In the entry / exit management system according to Claim 2, the building facility is an elevator, the delivery destination receiving unit receives a plurality of delivery destinations, the delivery destination movement route calculation unit calculates the usage frequency for each destination floor, the building facility usage permission unit determines whether the usage frequency for each destination floor calculated by the building facility usage frequency calculation unit has been exceeded, and the output unit notifies the terminal of the delivery person that the usage frequency for each destination floor has been exceeded when the building facility usage permission unit determines that the usage frequency for each destination floor has been exceeded.

4. In the entry / exit management system according to Claim 3, the building facility usage permission unit subtracts the available number of times of use of the elevator when the elevator control device receives a call for the elevator including the destination floor from the terminal of the delivery person.

5. In the entry / exit management system according to Claim 4, when receiving information indicating that the elevator called from the terminal of the delivery person has arrived at the destination floor from the elevator control device, the delivery scheduled time calculation unit calculates the delivery scheduled time, and the output unit outputs the delivery scheduled time to the terminal of the delivery destination.

6. In the entry / exit management system according to Claim 2, the building facility is an automatic door, the building facility usage permission unit determines whether the usage frequency of the automatic door calculated by the building facility usage frequency calculation unit has been exceeded. When the output unit determines that the building facility usage permission unit has exceeded the usage limit of the automatic door, the access control system notifies the delivery person's terminal that the usage limit for each destination floor has been exceeded.

7. In an access control method, a delivery destination receiving unit receives a delivery destination, a delivery destination movement route calculation unit calculates a movement route from the delivery destination received by the delivery destination receiving unit to the delivery destination, a scheduled delivery time calculation unit calculates a scheduled arrival time at the delivery destination from the movement route calculated by the delivery destination movement route calculation unit, and an output unit outputs the scheduled delivery time to the terminal of the delivery destination.

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