Information processing system

Abstract

This system provides an information processing system that easily and reliably records students' attendance at lectures. [Solution] An information processing system 100, comprising a student terminal 20, an educational institution terminal 40, an attendance recording device 30, and a management server 10, all of which are interconnected via a network. The management server 10 works in cooperation with the student terminal 20 to perform identity verification using eKYC with a residence card or the like, and transmits the results of the student's identity verification to the educational institution terminal 40. The educational institution terminal 40 determines the attendees for each lecture based on the student's application and identity verification results and transmits them to the management server 10. The management server 10 creates an attendee list including the facial image taken during identity verification and transmits it to the attendance recording device 30. The attendance recording device 30 authenticates students passing through the classroom entrance / exit based on the facial image in the attendee list and the facial image of the student that was photographed, and records the attendance of the authenticated students in the attendee list.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing system that records student attendance at lectures. Background Art

[0002] Regarding information processing systems for recording student attendance at lectures, the following patents have been filed. For example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent No. 7371818) discloses a terminal that ensures the authenticity of content provided from a digital wallet. The terminal of Patent Document 1 comprises: an identity verification means that verifies the identity of an opener who opens a digital wallet by using biometric information obtained from an identification card and biometric information of the opener who opens the digital wallet; a storage means that, when the identity verification is successful, stores the biometric information obtained from the identification card or the biometric information of the opener who opens the digital wallet as biometric information of the digital wallet holder; and a certificate acquisition control means that requests a certificate issuer to issue a certificate to receive the certificate from the certificate issuer, and stores the received certificate in the digital wallet when basic information about the holder of the identification card obtained from the identification card matches basic information about the holder of the certificate obtained from the received certificate.

[0003] Patent Document 1 also describes that: "A device that transmits a beacon is installed in a university classroom. The beacon transmitting device transmits a beacon including a management number corresponding to a lecture given in the classroom. When the terminal receives the beacon transmitted by the beacon transmitting device, it activates a usage control unit. For example, attendance checking for lectures at a university may be performed by the terminal. In this case, when a student receives a service provided by the university (when the student attends a university lecture), the usage control unit of the terminal executes authentication processing using the biometric information of the digital wallet holder and the biometric information of the student. When the authentication processing is successful, the usage control unit determines whether the student has the authority to attend the lecture by using the student ID card stored in the digital wallet." (paragraphs

[0156] and

[0157] of the specification).

[0004] Furthermore, Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 2024-130633) discloses a device that can automatically visualize the correlation between people based on facial recognition information. The correlation estimation device described in Patent Document 2 includes an information acquisition unit, an information analysis unit, and an information output unit. The information acquisition unit acquires facial recognition order information, which includes information about participants who performed facial recognition at the venue and the order in which they were recognized. The information analysis unit estimates the correlation between participants based on the facial recognition order information and generates estimated correlation information. The information output unit outputs the estimated correlation information.

[0005] Furthermore, Patent Document 2 also states that "the information acquisition unit acquires facial recognition order information (S1, information acquisition step). The facial recognition order information includes information about the participants who performed facial recognition at the venue and the order in which they were recognized. The present invention is intended for use in places where people gather, such as universities, training centers, and club activities, to confirm attendance or participation status, and participants are, for example, students, company employees, members of local groups, etc." (paragraph

[0023] of the specification).

[0006] Furthermore, Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 2024-117747) discloses an attendance management system that uses sound waves to manage the attendance status of users.

[0007] The terminal device described in Patent Document 3 is a terminal device used by a user, and comprises: a sound wave acquisition unit that acquires sound waves including audible sound and predetermined identification information output by an information terminal; an extraction unit that extracts predetermined identification information from the sound waves; and an information transmission unit that, if it is possible to extract predetermined identification information from the sound waves, sends a registration request for attendance information including predetermined identification information, user identification information that identifies the user, and time information indicating the time when the predetermined identification information was extracted, to a management server that manages the user's attendance information, wherein the predetermined identification information is invalidated in processes other than the process in which the information transmission unit sends a registration request to the management server. [Prior art documents] [Patent Documents]

[0008] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 7371818 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2024-130633 [Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2024-117747 [Overview of the project] [Problems that the invention aims to solve]

[0009] In many educational institutions in Japan, students are often required to have an attendance rate of 70% to 90%. Especially for international students, Japanese language schools and vocational schools generally require an attendance rate of 90% or higher, with a minimum of 80% being considered. If attendance falls below this standard, the educational institution may issue guidance or a warning. Furthermore, if an educational institution issues a warning to an international student due to low attendance, it could ultimately lead to the revocation or denial of their residence status.

[0010] To prevent the revocation or denial of renewal of residence status, it is crucial for educational institutions, employers or workplaces of international students, and / or the international students themselves to keep track of attendance rates on a daily basis. However, in large lecture halls, it is difficult for educational institutions to reliably track which students are attending. On the other hand, while students themselves may be certain whether they attended on the day, attendance rates can become ambiguous if they do not keep records each time. Furthermore, it is difficult for employers or workplaces of international students to keep track of their attendance rates.

[0011] The terminal described in Patent Document 1, upon successful identity verification, stores biometric information obtained from an identification document or biometric information of the person opening the digital wallet as the biometric information of the digital wallet holder. Upon receiving a beacon containing a management number corresponding to the class, it performs an authentication process using the biometric information of the digital wallet holder and the student's biometric information. If authentication is successful, it notifies the university that the student has "attended the class". However, in order to record each student's attendance using the terminal described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to install a digital wallet application on each student's terminal. It is difficult to have all international students, who often carry different types of mobile devices, bring a terminal with the digital wallet application installed.

[0012] Furthermore, the invention described in Patent Document 2 aims to provide a device that can automatically visualize the correlation between people based on facial recognition information, and does not describe recording the attendance of each student. It also does not describe how the facial recognition information is acquired.

[0013] Furthermore, in the attendance management system described in Patent Document 3, if the terminal device acquires sound waves containing audible sound output by the information terminal and predetermined identification information, and is able to extract the identification information, it sends a request to register attendance information to a management server that manages the user's attendance information. However, in this case, there is a problem that attendance information can be registered even if the user themselves is not present, in other words, a proxy can register attendance.

[0014] The main objective of the present invention is to provide an information processing system that easily and reliably records students' attendance at each lecture. In this case, "easily" means that students do not need to bring a mobile device or the like to record their attendance at each lecture, and "reliably" means that attendance by someone other than the student is eliminated. A further objective of the present invention is to enable employers or workplaces of international students to understand the attendance rates of international students and to understand information such as long-term holiday schedules of educational institutions in their host countries, thereby preventing the revocation or refusal of residence status, improving the efficiency of management operations for employers, preventing illegal employment, and providing a more favorable working environment for legally employed foreign workers. [Means for solving the problem]

[0015] (1) The information processing system, which follows a single phase, is an information processing system for recording students' attendance at each lecture, and includes student terminals for students taking lectures, educational institution terminals installed at the educational institution to which the students belong, attendance recording devices installed at the entrance and exit of classrooms, and a management server interconnected with the student terminals, educational institution terminals, and attendance recording devices via a network. The student terminals are equipped with a function to verify identity using eKYC in cooperation with the management server, and when a student wishes to take a lecture, the management server, in cooperation with the student terminal, verifies the student's identity using eKYC with at least one of the following: residence card, specific residence card, special permanent resident certificate, My Number card, driver's license, or passport. If the identity verification is successful, the management server will verify the student's identity and the results of the identity verification. Information including the acquired facial image is transmitted to the educational institution's terminal. The educational institution's terminal determines the attendees for each lecture based on the student's application and identity verification results, contacts the applicants, and transmits a list of attendees' names to the management server. Student attendance confirmation for each lecture is performed by the management server creating an attendee list including the facial image taken during identity verification and transmitting it to the attendance recording device. The attendance recording device authenticates students passing through the classroom entrance based on the facial image in the attendee list and the facial image of the student that was captured, or by the attendance recording device transmitting the facial image of the student that was captured to the management server, and the management server authenticating the student based on the facial image obtained during identity verification and the facial image of the student that was received. The management server then records the attendance of the confirmed students in the attendee list.

[0016] In order to easily and reliably record students' attendance at each lecture, it is necessary to reliably obtain facial images of each student attending each lecture and to reliably identify attendees of each lecture through facial recognition. In an information processing system following a single-pronged approach, eKYC (electronic Know Your Customer) is used to acquire information including facial images of each student attending a lecture. A student list containing these facial images is created and sent to an attendance verification device. Student attendance is then verified by either the attendance recording device authenticating the student based on the facial images included in the student list and the facial images captured by the attendance recording device, or by the management server authenticating the student based on the facial images captured by the attendance recording device and the facial images obtained for identity verification. The attendance of authenticated students is then recorded.

[0017] Therefore, the facial image of each student attending each lecture can be reliably obtained by performing eKYC (Know Your Customer) when registering for each lecture. In addition, the attendance recording device or management server authenticates students based on the facial image included in the student list and the facial image captured by the attendance recording device, and records the attendance of authenticated students in the student list. Therefore, for attendance recording, students do not need to bring any mobile devices, and at the same time, it is possible to prevent students from registering on behalf of others. In a standardized information processing system, eKYC is performed when registering for each lecture. However, it is also possible to obtain information including a facial image of each student through eKYC upon enrollment, and then have them enter their name, student ID number, and other information obtained during eKYC when registering for each lecture. In addition to universities, educational institutions also include Japanese language schools and vocational schools that accept international students.

[0018] (2) The information processing system according to the second invention is an information processing system that follows one aspect, in which the management server may create an attendance list for each student based on the attendance records of the list of students attending each lecture and transmit it to the educational institution terminal.

[0019] In this case, each educational institution can easily grasp the attendance rate of each student for the courses they have taken, and can provide guidance such as encouraging each student to attend more courses as needed. The attendance list for each student can be created by extracting the corresponding portion of each student from the lecture attendance management database of the management server.

[0020] (3) An information processing system according to a third invention is the information processing system according to the second invention, further comprising a company terminal connected to a management server via a network at an international student's employing company or place of work, wherein the management server may transmit, among the attendance lists of each student, the attendance list of a foreign worker having international student qualification to the company terminal of the international student's employing company or place of work.

[0021] In this case, the international student's employing company or place of work can easily grasp the attendance rate of each international student, and can provide guidance such as encouraging each international student to attend more courses, or adjust shift work to enable international students to attend more courses as needed. By means of guidance and / or shift work adjustment performed by the employing company or place of work, revocation or refusal of renewal of residence status can be prevented in advance.

[0022] (4) An information processing system according to a fourth invention is the information processing system according to the second invention, wherein the management server may transmit the student's own attendance list to the student's own student terminal.

[0023] In this case, each student can grasp their own attendance rate for each course, and adjust the balance between course attendance and part-time work or the like to reach the required attendance rate.

[0024] (5) The information processing system according to the fifth invention, in the information processing system according to the second invention, may, based on the records of the attendance record device, notify the student of the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard when there is a high probability that the student's attendance rate at the end of the lecture will not meet the attendance rate standard.

[0025] In this case, each student can more reliably recognize the risk of not meeting the attendance rate requirement. Furthermore, if a student's attendance rate is likely to fall below the requirement, the system may calculate and present the necessary attendance rate for subsequent lectures to reach a predetermined level.

[0026] Furthermore, while the standard attendance rate is around 70% at universities, for international students, Japanese language schools or vocational schools generally require an attendance rate of 90% or higher, and at least 80%. However, since the required attendance rate often differs depending on the lecture, it is desirable that the information processing system according to the fourth invention obtains the required attendance rate for each lecture from each educational institution and notifies the student of the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard on their student terminal based on the obtained required attendance rate.

[0027] (6) The information processing system according to the sixth invention, in the information processing system according to the third invention, may, if the management server determines that the student is a foreign worker with the status of a foreign student and that there is a high probability that the student's attendance rate at the end of the lecture will fall short of the attendance rate standard based on the records of the attendance record device, notify the corporate terminal of the foreign student's employer or workplace of the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard.

[0028] In the case of foreign workers with student visa status, if an educational institution issues a warning to a student due to low attendance rates, it could ultimately lead to the revocation or refusal of renewal of their residence status. Therefore, it is desirable for employers or workplaces of international students to be aware of the risk of not meeting attendance standards and to instruct each student to attend more classes as needed.

[0029] (7) The information processing system according to the seventh invention may be such that, in the information processing system according to the fifth or sixth invention, the attendance rate at the end of the lecture is estimated based on the actual attendance rate up to the day of the lecture and the target value of the future attendance rate.

[0030] The attendance rate A at the end of the lecture is calculated by taking A1 as the actual attendance rate up to the day of the lecture, A2 as the target attendance rate going forward, n1 as the number of lectures up to the day of the lecture, and n2 as the number of lectures from the next lecture to the final day. A can be calculated as A = (A1 × n1 + A2 × n2) / (n1 + n2).

[0031] (8) The information processing system according to the eighth invention is an information processing system according to one aspect, further comprising a corporate terminal connected via a network to a management server at the employing company or workplace of the international student, wherein the management server may obtain information on long-term holidays from the educational institution where the international student is studying and transmit it to the corporate terminal at the employing company or workplace of the international student.

[0032] Foreign workers with a student visa are only permitted to work up to 28 hours per week, even if they have permission for activities outside their visa status. However, this 28-hour limit is waived during long breaks such as summer and winter holidays at their educational institution.

[0033] When an employer or workplace of an international student needs to instruct the student to attend more lectures as needed, or adjust their work shifts to allow them to attend more lectures, it is desirable for the employer or workplace to be aware of the long-term holiday information of the educational institution the student is attending. However, it is difficult to reliably obtain information about the long-term holiday information of the educational institution to which the international student belongs in advance. In the information processing system according to the eighth invention, students input long-term leave information from their educational institution terminal abroad to a management server, and the management server transmits the acquired long-term leave information to the student's employing company or workplace. This ensures that the employing company or workplace can reliably obtain information about the long-term leave schedule of the educational institution to which the student belongs in advance. Based on the student's attendance record and the educational institution's long-term leave information, the employing company or workplace can then provide guidance to the student and / or adjust their work shifts. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0034] [Figure 1] This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system in this embodiment. [Figure 2] This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a management server. [Figure 3] This is a schematic diagram showing an example of a student terminal configuration. [Figure 4] This is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of an attendance recording device. [Figure 5] This is a schematic diagram showing an example of a flowchart for the identity verification function using eKYC. [Figure 6] This is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a student information management database. [Figure 7] This is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a lecture attendance management database. [Figure 8] This is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an educational institution information database. [Figure 9] This is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a flowchart showing the flow from student registration to saving the student list in the attendance record system. [Figure 10] This is a schematic diagram showing an example of a participant list. [Figure 11] This is a schematic diagram showing an example of a flowchart for attendance recording in an attendance recording device. [Figure 12] This is a schematic diagram illustrating the method for calculating the estimated attendance rate at the end of a lecture. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0035] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, identical parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed descriptions of them will not be repeated.

[0036] [Embodiment] (Configuration of Information Processing System 100) Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system 100 in this embodiment, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the management server 10, Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the student terminal 20, and Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the attendance recording device 30.

[0037] As shown in Figure 1, the information processing system 100 is configured with a management server 10, student terminals 20, attendance recorder 30, educational institution terminals 40, and corporate terminals 50 connected via a network 60. The student terminals 20 are connected to the network 60, with one terminal for each student. The attendance recorder 30 is installed at the entrance / exit of each classroom in each educational institution. The educational institution terminals 40 are installed in each educational institution. The corporate terminals 50 are installed in the employing companies or workplaces of international students.

[0038] As shown in Figure 2, the management server 10 consists of an eKYC identity verification unit 11, a storage unit 12, a control unit 13, and a communication unit 14. The eKYC identity verification unit 11 works in conjunction with the student terminal 20 to perform identity verification using eKYC. Details of eKYC identity verification will be described later.

[0039] The memory unit 12 includes a student information management database 121, a lecture attendance management database 122, and an educational institution information database 123. Of these, the student information management database 121 is a database for each student and stores information about each student, including facial images used for identity verification via eKYC, the name of the educational institution to which each student belongs, the names of the lectures each student is taking, and, in the case of foreign workers with international student status, the name of the employing company or the name of the company where the student works. The lecture attendance management database 122 is a database for each lecture and stores the names of students and attendance records for each lecture.

[0040] The educational institution information database 123 is a database for each educational institution, and stores information such as long-term holiday information for each educational institution, the names of students belonging to each educational institution, and the names of the employing companies if the students are foreign workers with international student status. The management server 10 creates a student list 341 for each course, including facial images, based on the list of names of students taking each course, and sends it to the attendance recorder 30 in the corresponding classroom. The control unit 13 is equipped with a CPU and performs various information processing, which will be described later. The communications unit 14 has the function of connecting the management server 10 to the internet.

[0041] Figure 3 shows an example of the configuration of a student terminal 20. The student terminal 20 is, for example, a smartphone owned by a student and includes a camera 21, a display 22, an input device 23, near-field communication (NFC) 24, an audio output 25, a storage unit 26, a control unit 27, and a communication unit 28. When verifying identity via eKYC using at least one of the following documents (hereinafter referred to as "residence card, etc."): a residence card, a special residence card, a special permanent resident certificate, a My Number card, a driver's license, or a passport, camera 21 is used to take a photograph of the person's face and the residence card, etc. Near-field communication (NFC) 24 is used to read data from the residence card, etc.

[0042] Figure 4 shows an example of the configuration of the attendance recording device 30. The attendees of each lecture received from the management server 10 are stored in the attendee list 341 of the attendance recording device 30 along with their facial features. The attendance recording device 30 is installed at the entrance and exit of each classroom in each educational institution. Before the start of a lecture and / or after the end of a lecture, a camera 31 captures the facial features of students passing through the classroom entrance and exit. Based on the facial features of the students stored in the attendee list 341 and the captured facial features, the facial recognition unit 32 authenticates the students and records the attendance of the authenticated students in the attendee list 341. The attendance records recorded in the attendee list 341 are sent to the management server 10 and stored in the lecture attendance management database 122.

[0043] The capture of a facial image by camera 31 and facial recognition by facial recognition unit 32 may be performed consecutively before the start of the lecture and / or after the end of the lecture, or when a student presses a button (not shown), or when a human presence sensor (not shown) detects the passage of a person, or when a residence card, etc., is read via short-range communication (not shown). If a residence card, etc., is read via short-range communication, the facial appearance image corresponding to the residence card, etc., is compared with the captured facial appearance image of the student.

[0044] (Identity verification via eKYC) Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a flowchart for the identity verification function using eKYC. When a student wishes to take a new course, the management server 10 requests that the student terminal 20 perform identity verification using eKYC (Step S1). If a student requests identity verification via eKYC, the student terminal 20 prompts the student to present their residence card, etc., and reads the data from the residence card, etc., via short-range communication 24 (step S2).

[0045] Next, the student terminal 20 guides the student to the camera 21 to capture the student's facial features (step S3). In this case, the student terminal 20 may display on the display 22 the image of the student captured by the camera 21 and a frame indicating the desired position and orientation of the student's face. Once the photo shoot is complete, the student terminal 20 transmits data containing the student's facial features image and the facial features image of the residence card holder, read from the residence card, etc., to the management server 10 via the network 60 from the communication unit 28 (step S4).

[0046] The management server 10, which receives the student's facial image and data read from the residence card, performs a first authentication by comparing the captured facial image with the facial image read from the residence card (step S5). In the first authentication, it is desirable to also check whether there are any suspicious points in the name and other information recorded on the residence card.

[0047] If the facial image does not match during the first authentication, or if there are suspicious points in the data read from the residence card, and the first authentication fails, the management server 10 will instruct the student terminal 20 to restart the authentication process by reading the residence card again (step S6). It is desirable that the number of repetitions of this first authentication be limited to a predetermined number of times, and that if the first authentication is not successful within the predetermined number of times, the first authentication will be considered unsuccessful.

[0048] If the first authentication is successful in step S6, the management server 10 selects either active authentication or passive authentication as the second authentication (step S7). If active authentication is selected, the student terminal 20 is instructed to request the student to perform a predetermined action (step S8). It is desirable that the student be required to perform multiple predetermined actions. The student terminal 20 instructs the student to perform a predetermined action via the display 22 or audio output 25 (step S9). A predetermined action is, for example, turning the face to the right or left, or turning the gaze to the right or left.

[0049] After the student terminal 20 instructs the student to perform a predetermined action and a predetermined amount of time has elapsed, the camera 21 takes another picture of the student's face (step S10). It is desirable that steps S9 and S10 be repeated multiple times with different actions instructed to the student. Once the student's facial features have been captured, the student terminal 20 sends the captured facial feature data to the management server 10 (step S9).

[0050] The management server 10 compares the received student facial features data with the facial features data received in step S3 and determines, as a second authentication step, whether the instructed predetermined action has been performed (step S12). In the second authentication, if the instructed action is not performed, the management server 10 sends another action request to the student terminal 20 (step S8) and instructs it to resume the authentication process from the action request instruction (step S9) (step S14). It is desirable that this repetition of the second authentication be limited to a predetermined number of times, and that if the second authentication is not successful within the predetermined number of times, the second authentication will be considered unsuccessful. If it is determined that the prescribed actions instructed during the second authentication process have been performed, the student will be considered to be the person whose name is on their residence card, etc. In other words, identity verification is successful.

[0051] If passive authentication is selected as the second authentication method, the management server 10 performs passive authentication (step S13). The specific flow of passive authentication varies depending on the passive authentication method. For example, if authentication is performed to determine whether an image is of a real person's face based on whether or not they blink, a video of the face is captured for a certain period of time. Alternatively, if authenticity is determined by projecting a flash from a smartphone screen and analyzing the reflection of the face, the flash projection and face capture are repeated several times, changing the color of the projected light. Recently, a passive authentication method has also been announced that performs high-level quality judgment at the time of capture based on knowledge of image processing technology, achieving both ease of capture and high image quality (see, for example, https: / / liquidinc.asia / 2023-05-31 / ). Since the passive authentication method is not particularly limited, the flowchart does not describe a specific flow. In addition, even in the case of passive authentication, if authentication fails, the authentication process may be repeated a predetermined number of times, and if the second authentication is not successful within the predetermined number of attempts, the second authentication may be considered unsuccessful. If the second authentication is successful via active or passive authentication, the management server 10 sends the authentication result to the student terminal 20, and the student terminal 20 displays the authentication result (step S15).

[0052] In the above embodiment, identity verification is performed via eKYC when a student wishes to take a new course. However, for example, identity verification via eKYC could be performed during the enrollment process, and when applying for each course, students could simply enter their name, student ID number, etc.

[0053] (Database on management server 10) Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a student information management database 121, Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a lecture attendance management database 122, and Figure 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an educational institution information database 123. The student information management database 121 in Figure 6 records each student's name, date of birth, photograph, name of the educational institution they belong to, name of the courses they are taking, nationality, period of stay, and name of their employer or company. For students with Japanese nationality, the period of stay and name of the employer or company can be left blank.

[0054] The lecture attendance management database 122 in Figure 7 records, for each lecture, the names of the students taking the course, the start date and scheduled start date of the lecture, whether each student attended on the start date, and the actual attendance rate. Whether each student attended on the start date is updated based on the student list 341 transmitted to the management server 10 from the attendance recording device 30 installed at the entrance of each classroom in each educational institution. The educational institution information database 123 in Figure 8 records information such as the duration of long holidays (such as summer vacation), the name of the student belonging to the educational institution, the student's nationality, period of stay, and the name of the employing company for each educational institution to which the student belongs or to which the student is studying abroad. If the student is a Japanese national, the period of stay and the name of the employing company can be left blank. In Figure 8, the educational institution information database 123 records student names, nationalities, periods of stay, and employer names for each faculty because long-term holiday periods may differ even within the same educational institution. If the long-term holiday periods are the same across the educational institution, there is no need to record them separately for each faculty. Also, in Figure 8, the term "faculty" in the educational institution information database 123 refers to a group of students within an educational institution who share the same long-term holiday period; for example, it could be referred to as "○○ Campus."

[0055] (Database registration, participant list saving) Figure 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a flowchart of the flow from student registration to saving the student list in the attendance recording device 30. When a student wishes to take a course, they apply from the student terminal 20 to the educational institution terminal 40 and, in cooperation with the management server 10, perform identity verification using eKYC (steps S21, S22). However, if identity verification using eKYC has already been completed at the time of enrollment or elsewhere, identity verification may be omitted.

[0056] If identity verification is successful, the management server 10 sends the student's identity verification results and information including the facial image obtained during identity verification to the educational institution terminal 40 (steps S23, S24). The educational institution terminal 40 determines the participants for each lecture based on the student application and identity verification results, contacts the applicants, and sends a list of the participants' names to the management server 10 (steps S25, S26). The management server 10 stores the list of student names received from the educational institution terminal 40, along with information including facial images obtained through eKYC identity verification, in the student information management database 121, the lecture attendance management database 122, and the educational institution information database 123 (step S27). Based on the list of student names received from the educational institution terminal 40, the management server 10 creates a student list 341 including facial images for each course and sends it to the attendance recorder 30 in the corresponding classroom (steps S28, S29). The attendance recording device 30 saves the student list 341.

[0057] (Attendance record) Figure 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a student list 341, and Figure 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an attendance record flowchart of the attendance recording device 30. The student list 341 in Figure 10 contains the names and facial images of students attending each lecture, as recorded in the lecture attendance management database 122 in Figure 7, as well as the lecture start date, the attendance status of each student on the start date, and future scheduled lecture dates. The attendance records in the student list 341 are periodically sent to the management server 10 (for example, after the end of a lecture) to update the data in the lecture attendance management database 122.

[0058] The attendance record flowchart in Figure 11 may be activated sequentially before and / or after the start of a lecture, when a student presses a button, when a human presence is detected by a motion sensor, or when a residence card or similar document is read via short-range communication. When the attendance record flowchart is activated, the camera 31 of the attendance record device 30 takes a photograph of the student's face (step S31).

[0059] Next, the facial recognition unit 32 sequentially compares the captured facial image of the student with the facial images C1 to C7 in the student list 341. For example, if the similarity with facial image C1 is above a predetermined value, the unit records student A1's attendance (S32-S33-S35). If a residence card or the like is read via short-range communication, the unit compares the facial image corresponding to the residence card or the like with the captured facial image of the student. On the other hand, if none of the facial photographs C1 to C7 have a similarity to the student's facial photograph taken that exceeds a predetermined value, the system will output a warning from the display 36 and / or audio output, indicating that the student is not permitted to take the course (S34 to S35). In the flowchart in Figure 11, the attendance recording device 30 takes a photograph of the student's face and compares it with the photographs C1 to C7 in the student list 341. However, the attendance recording device 30 may take a photograph of the student's face and send it to the management server 10, and the management server 10 may then compare the photographs of the student's face and compare them with the photographs C1 to C7 in the student list 341.

[0060] (Reporting attendance records) The management server 10 updates the data in the lecture attendance management database 122 based on the attendance list transmitted from the attendance recording device 30 or the attendance list it has confirmed, and periodically, and / or upon request from the educational institution terminal 40, creates an attendance list for each student in the lecture attendance management database 122 and sends it to the educational institution terminal 40. Furthermore, the management server 10 transmits the attendance list of foreign workers who are eligible to be international students to the corporate terminal 50 of the company employing or working for the international student.

[0061] Furthermore, the management server 10 periodically and / or upon request from the student terminal 20, sends the student's attendance list to the student terminal 20. Furthermore, if there is a high probability that the student's estimated attendance rate at the end of the lecture will fall below a predetermined value, the student's terminal 20 and / or the educational institution's terminal 40 will be notified of the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard. In addition, if the student is a foreign worker with international student status, the company's terminal 50, which employs the international student or where they work, will also be notified of the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard. In this case, the specified value is approximately 70% for universities, and generally 80% to 90% for Japanese language schools or vocational schools.

[0062] (Method for estimating attendance rate at the end of a lecture) Figure 12 shows an example of a method for estimating the attendance rate at the end of a lecture. The attendance rate A at the end of each lecture is calculated by taking A1 as the actual attendance rate up to the day of the lecture, A2 as the target attendance rate going forward, n1 as the number of lectures up to the day of the lecture, and n2 as the number of lectures from the next lecture to the final day. A can be calculated as A = (A1 × n1 + A2 × n2) / (n1 + n2). Figure 12 shows the estimated attendance rate at the end of each lecture day, assuming an actual attendance rate of 0.6 up to the day of the lecture, and future attendance rates of 0.85 and 0.95. Note that in Figure 12, the attendance rate baseline is set at 0.8.

[0063] For example, if the attendance rate up to the day of the lecture is 0.6 and the expected attendance rate going forward is 0.85, the estimated attendance rate at the end of the fifth lecture will be 0.788, which is lower than the attendance rate standard. Therefore, the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard is notified to the student terminal 20 and the company terminal 50 of the employing company or workplace of the international student, as there is a high probability that the attendance rate will fall below the standard on the fifth lecture day.

[0064] On the other hand, if the future attendance rate is 0.95, the estimated attendance rate at the end of the 9th lecture will be 0.793, which is lower than the attendance rate standard. Therefore, there is a high probability that the attendance rate will fall below the attendance rate standard on the 9th lecture, and the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard will be notified to the student terminal 20 and the company terminal 50 of the employing company or workplace of the international student. Regarding the setting of these future attendance rates, for example, risk notifications could be issued twice: once for lecture days when the attendance rate is calculated to be lower than the standard based on a future attendance rate of 0.85, and again for lecture days when the attendance rate is calculated to be lower than the standard based on a future attendance rate of 0.95. Alternatively, a risk notification could be issued to the student's own terminal 20 on the fourth lecture day when the attendance rate is calculated to be lower than the standard based on a future attendance rate of 0.85, and to the company terminal 50 of the international student's employing company or workplace on the ninth lecture day when the attendance rate is calculated to be lower than the standard based on a future attendance rate of 0.95.

[0065] (Report on information about long-term holidays) Furthermore, the management server 10 periodically, and / or upon request from the corporate terminals 50, transmits long-term holiday information for each educational institution or each faculty of an educational institution, which is recorded in the educational institution information database 123, to the corporate terminals 50 of the companies employing students belonging to those educational institutions or faculties. Furthermore, information regarding long-term holidays may also be sent to student terminals 20 of students belonging to those educational institutions or faculties.

[0066] In this embodiment, the information processing system 100 corresponds to the "information processing system," the student terminal 20 corresponds to the "student terminal," the educational institution terminal 40 corresponds to the "educational institution terminal," the attendance recording device 30 corresponds to the "attendance recording device," the network 60 corresponds to the "network," the management server 10 corresponds to the "management server," the student list 341 corresponds to the "student list," and the corporate terminal 50 corresponds to the "corporate terminal."

[0067] While the above describes a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the invention is not limited thereto. It will be understood that various other embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Furthermore, although the operation and effects of the configuration of the present invention are described in this embodiment, these operations and effects are examples and do not limit the invention. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0068] 10 Management Server 20 Student terminals 30 Attendance Recording Device 40 Educational Institution Terminals 50 Enterprise terminals 60 Networks 100 Information Processing Systems 341 Participant List

Claims

1. An information processing system for recording students' attendance at each lecture, The student terminals of students attending the lecture, The educational terminals provided at the educational institution to which the student belongs, An attendance recording device installed at the entrance to the classroom, The system includes a management server that is interconnected via a network with the student terminal, the educational institution terminal, and the attendance recording device. The aforementioned student terminal is equipped with a function to perform identity verification via eKYC in cooperation with the management server. When a student wishes to attend a lecture, the management server, in cooperation with the student terminal, performs identity verification via eKYC using at least one of the following: residence card, specific residence card, special permanent resident certificate, My Number card, driver's license, or passport. If identity verification is successful, the management server transmits the results of the student's identity verification and information including the facial image obtained during the verification to the educational institution terminal. The aforementioned educational institution terminal determines the participants for each lecture based on the student application and identity verification results, contacts the applicants, and transmits a list of the participants' names to the management server. To confirm students' attendance at each lecture, The management server creates a student list including facial images used for identity verification and sends it to the attendance recording device. The attendance recording device authenticates students passing through the classroom entrance / exit based on the facial images in the student list and the facial images of the students that have been photographed, or The attendance recording device transmits the student's facial image captured by the device to the management server, and the management server authenticates the student based on the facial image obtained for identity verification and the received facial image. The aforementioned management server is an information processing system that records the attendance of confirmed students in the aforementioned student list.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the management server creates an attendance list for each student based on the attendance records of the student list for each lecture and transmits it to the educational institution terminal.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, further comprising a corporate terminal connected via a network to the management server at the employing company or workplace of the international student, wherein the management server transmits the attendance list of foreign workers who are international students from among the attendance lists of each student to the corporate terminal at the employing company or workplace of the international student.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the management server transmits the student's attendance list to the student's terminal.

5. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the management server, based on the records of the attendance recording device, notifies the student terminal and / or the educational institution terminal of the risk of not meeting the attendance rate standard when there is a high probability that the student's attendance rate at the end of the lecture will not meet the attendance rate standard.

6. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the management server notifies the corporate terminal of the employing company or workplace of the international student of the risk of failing to meet the attendance rate standard when the student is a foreign worker with the status of an international student and there is a high probability that the international student's attendance rate at the end of the lecture will not meet the attendance rate standard based on the records of the attendance recording device.

7. The information processing system according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the attendance rate at the end of the lecture is estimated based on the actual attendance rate up to the day of the lecture and the target value of the future attendance rate.

8. The company employing or working for the international student will further have a corporate terminal connected to the management server via a network. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the management server obtains information on long-term holidays from the educational institution where the international student is studying and transmits it to the company terminal and / or student terminal of the company employing or working for the international student.

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