Important item storage device

Abstract

To provide a key management machine for solving difficulty of storing a large number of key holders without requiring of manual work such as necessity to provide a new lock mechanism for checking a stored state of a key holder with a shape that does not correspond to the existing lock mechanism, and requiring of necessity to provide a unique locking mechanism for each key holder.SOLUTION: An important object storage device is provided with a storage housing capable of storing an important object equipped with an RFID tag, an internal antenna for receiving a signal indicating identification information recorded on the RFID tag, from an RFID tag of the important object stored in the storage housing, and an internal information identification unit for identifying the identification information based on the signal by receiving a signal from the internal antenna.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to valuable storage devices. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent document 1 discloses a key management machine that is easy to use and can prevent setting errors, by having multiple locking mechanisms that store unique key holders to which multiple keys are connected, a special operation unit that can perform a key exchange operation to exchange the keys, a memory unit that stores the history of operations performed in the special operation unit, and a printer that prints the history stored in the memory unit. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 5913667 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] A key management machine that manages keys by having a locking mechanism corresponding to a unique key holder to which multiple keys are linked can check the storage status of the key holder, but cannot identify multiple keys individually.Therefore, when replacing at least some of the multiple keys from the key holder, it is necessary to perform a key replacement operation using a special operation unit. Furthermore, although the key management machine has a unique locking mechanism for each key holder, the number of keys that can be connected to one key holder is limited, making it difficult to store a large number of keys. An object of the present invention is to provide a valuables storage device that solves the above-mentioned problems. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The important item storage device according to the present invention is an important item storage device that includes a plurality of storage casings that can store important items and is communicably connected to other important item storage devices, and includes a storage unit that stores storage information, which is information that associates user information indicating a user of the important item storage device and important item information, which is information indicating the important items, for each storage casing; an input unit that receives a discard input, which is an input for discarding the storage information of the storage unit of the important item storage device and the storage unit of the other important item storage device; and The memory unit of the important item storage device and the other important item storage device an update unit that deletes the storage information stored in the storage unit of the important item storage device; memory The update unit receives a deletion input, which is an input for deleting the storage information of the important item storage device, and when the update unit receives the deletion input, memory The storage information for only the part is deleted. [Effects of the Invention]

[0006] According to the above aspect, manual work for checking the storage status of various important items can be reduced, and the storage status of a large amount of important items can be checked. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an important item storage device according to one embodiment; [Figure 2] 1 is a diagram showing an example of an important item in an important item storage device according to an embodiment; [Figure 3] 1 is a diagram showing an example of an important item in an important item storage device according to an embodiment; [Figure 4] 1 is a diagram showing an example of an important item in an important item storage device according to an embodiment; [Figure 5] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the shape of a storage housing of an important item storage device according to an embodiment; [Figure 6] 1 is a diagram showing an example of the shape of a storage housing of an important item storage device according to an embodiment; [Figure 7] 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a portion of an important item storage device according to one embodiment. [Figure 8]1 is a side cross-sectional view of a portion of an important item storage device according to one embodiment. [Figure 9] 10 is an example of user information according to an embodiment. [Figure 10] 10 is an example of important object information according to an embodiment. [Figure 11] 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an important item storage device according to an embodiment; [Figure 12] 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of an important item storage device according to one embodiment. [Figure 13] 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an important item storage device according to an embodiment; [Figure 14] 1 is a diagram showing an important item storage device according to one embodiment; [Figure 15] 1 is a diagram showing an important item storage device according to one embodiment; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0008] First Embodiment <Configuration of important item storage device> Hereinafter, the embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a valuable item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment.

[0009] The important item storage device 10 can reduce the manual work required to check the storage status of important items 40 in various forms, and can check the storage status of a large amount of important items 40. The important item storage device 10 includes a storage device main body 11, a storage housing 110, a photographing unit 250, an external antenna 300, an operation display unit 400, and a control device 500.

[0010] Examples of important item 40 include a key 40A, a key holder 40B connected to the key, a card 40C, a personal seal, etc. RFID tag 50 may be embedded inside important item 40 or attached to the outside of important item 40. Here, RFID tag 50 records unique identification information.

[0011] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an important item 40. As shown in FIG. 2 is a tool for unlocking a door and has an RFID tag 50A built in. Examples of the key 40A include keys made of metal or plastic. The key 40A may also have an RFID tag 50 attached to its exterior.

[0012] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an important item 40. As shown in FIG. The key holder 40B shown in Figure 3, which has a key connected to it, is made up of a key holder 43 and one key 45. The key holder 43 is made up of a connector 41 and a numbered tag 42. The connector 41 connects the numbered tag 42 to the key 45. Examples of the connector 41 include a string and a ring. The numbered tag 42 is a tag on which a key number 44 is written, which allows the key holder 40B to which the key 45 is connected to be identified.

[0013] Instead of the key number 44, the numbered tags 42 may be printed with letters or symbols that can identify the key holder 40B to which the key is connected. Alternatively, the numbered tags 42 may be colored without the key number 44 so that multiple numbered tags 42 can be distinguished from one another. An RFID tag 50A is incorporated inside the numbered tags 42. The key holder 40B to which the key is connected may have an RFID tag 50 attached to the outside of the numbered tags 42.

[0014] That is, (1) as shown in FIG. 2, if the key 40A can be reliably and easily distinguished from other keys by itself and the RFID tag 50A is built in or attached to the outside, the numbered tag 42 as shown in FIG. 3 is not necessary. On the other hand, (2) regardless of whether the key 40A can be reliably distinguished from other keys by itself, if the RFID tag 50A cannot be built in or is difficult to attach to the outside, the numbered tag 42 with the RFID tag 50A inside is connected as shown in FIG. 3, and further, (3) the RFID tag For keys 40A with RFID tags 50A built in or attached externally, which cannot be reliably or easily distinguished from other keys by themselves, a numbered tag 42 without an RFID tag 50A inside can be attached, so that each key 40A can be identified visually by its unique external shape or numbered tag 42, and electronically by the RFID tag 50A built into the inside or outside of the key 40A or the numbered tag 42, and each key 40A is assigned one and only one RFID tag 50A.

[0015] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an important item 40. As shown in FIG. Card 40C is a tool that enables the operation of equipment or the unlocking of locking devices based on the identification information recorded on RFID tag 50. It is a so-called IC card with RFID tag 50B built in. In this embodiment, card 40C can be broadly classified into at least two types: IC cards that are valuable items 40 for other equipment managed by valuable item storage device 10 (IC cards for operating valuable item storage device 10, including IC cards not configured by a user), and IC cards for operating valuable item storage device 10. The former IC cards are referred to as managed IC cards, and the latter IC cards are referred to as operating IC cards. Furthermore, card 40C can be visually distinguished easily and reliably from other cards by having various printing, inscription, stickers, or text recorded on its surface.

[0016] 1 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape so that a user 20 of the important item storage device 10 can pull out a plurality of storage housings 110. That is, the front surface of the storage device main body 11 is provided with a plurality of recesses for receiving the insertion of the storage housings 110.

[0017] The wall surface provided in the recess is made of a material having a communication blocking property. An example of the material having a communication blocking property is metal. When the wall surface of the storage housing 110 that contacts the storage device main body 11 is made of a material having a communication blocking property, the wall surface provided in the recess of the storage device main body 11 may be configured not to have a communication blocking property.

[0018] The storage housing 110 is a housing capable of storing important items 40 equipped with RFID (Radio Frequency IDentifier) ​​tags 50. The storage housing 110 is configured to be insertable into a recess in the storage device main body 11. The important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment includes 30 storage housings 110, but may include a different number of multiple storage housings 110. Furthermore, the storage housings 110 may include multiple storage housings 110 of different sizes depending on the type of important items 40.

[0019] The storage housing 110 is formed so as to be able to be pulled out from the storage device main body 11, and is configured so as to be able to be opened and closed from the outside by the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 pulling out the housing. Note that in another embodiment, the storage housing 110 may be fixed to the storage device main body 11, and configured so that the front of the storage housing 110 can be opened and closed. That is, the storage housing 110 according to another embodiment may be configured by a plurality of walls forming a recess in the storage device main body 11, and an openable and closable lid provided at the opening of the recess.

[0020] A number plate 111 is provided on the upper front surface of the storage housing 110. A housing number 112 is written on the number plate 111, which allows the storage housing 110 equipped with the number plate 111 to be identified. Instead of the housing number 112, the number plate 111 may be written with letters or symbols that allow the storage housing 110 equipped with the number plate 111 to be identified. Furthermore, the number plate 111 may not have the housing number 112 written on it, but may be colored so that the storage housing 110 equipped with the number plate 111 can be identified.

[0021] The housing number 112 may be associated with the key number 44 on the number tag 42 of the key holder 40B to which the key is connected. For example, if the key numbers 44 are 1-1, 1-2, or 1-3, each number 1 is associated with the housing number 112 being 1. This allows the user 20 to visually check the key number 44 of the key holder 40B to which the key is connected, and thereby identify the housing number 112 of the storage housing 110 in which the key holder 40B to which the key is connected should be stored.

[0022] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the shape of the storage housing 110. As shown in FIG. The storage housing 110A is shaped like a rectangular parallelepiped with an open top and has five walls: two sides, a bottom, a front, and a rear. In other embodiments, if the storage housing 110A does not have a drawer that can be opened and closed, the storage housing 110A may have a wall that forms the top.

[0023] Internal antennas 120A are provided on the walls forming both side surfaces of storage housing 110A. Internal antenna 120B is provided on the wall forming the rear surface of storage housing 110A. Internal antenna 120C is provided on the wall forming the front surface of storage housing 110A. Internal antenna 120D is provided on the wall forming the bottom surface of storage housing 110A. The storage housing 110A is not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and the number of internal antennas 120 is not limited to this, as long as an internal antenna 120 is provided on at least one wall surface.

[0024] The wall surface of the storage housing 110 is made of a transparent resin material. In addition, one or more antenna connection terminals 109 are provided on the rear surface of the storage housing 110A, and when the storage housing 110A is inserted into the innermost part of each recess of the storage device main body 11, they are connected to connection terminals (not shown) on each recess side of the storage device main body 11, and are connected to the control device 500.

[0025] When an important item 40 is stored in the storage housing 110 and the storage housing 110A is inserted into the innermost part of each recess of the storage device main body 11, the internal antenna 120 of the storage housing 110 becomes able to receive a signal indicating the identification information registered in the RFID tag 50 from the RFID tag 50 of the important item 40 by connecting the antenna connection terminal 109 of the storage housing 110A to the connection terminal on each recess side of the storage device main body 11.

[0026] The storage housing 110 can store one or more important items 40. The storage housing 110 can have a variety of configurations depending on the number and size of the important items 40 stored in the storage housing 110.

[0027] Fig. 7 is a side cross-sectional view of the portion corresponding to A in Fig. 1 when the solenoid attached to the locking portion 116 is driven. Also, Fig. 8 is a side cross-sectional view of the portion corresponding to A in Fig. 1 when the solenoid attached to the locking portion 116 is not driven and the storage housing 110 is locked.

[0028] The locked portions 114 protrude rearward, and locking portions 116 attached to the rear of the storage device main body 11 engage with and disengage from the locked portions 114 protruding toward the rear wall of each recess of the storage device main body 11. When the locking portions 116 are engaged with and disengaged from the locked holes 115, a solenoid is driven to release the locked state. When the storage housing 110 is inserted into the innermost portion of each recess of the storage device main body 11, the state changes mechanically from the unlocked state to the locked state.

[0029] Two types of sensors are attached to the rear of storage device main body 11. These sensors are storage sensor 108, which detects when storage housing 110 has been inserted into the innermost portion of each recess of storage device main body 11, and locking sensor 107, which detects when locking portion 116 is ready to be locked into locking hole 115. As a result, storage sensor 108 detects locking portion 114, and locking sensor 107 detects that locking portion 116 is in the same position as when it was locked into locking hole 115, so that storage housing 110 is inserted into the innermost portion of each recess of storage device main body 11 and enters a locked state. Therefore, unless storage sensor 108 detects locking portion 114, even if locking sensor 107 detects that locking portion 116 is in the same position as when it was locked into locking hole 115, storage housing 110 is not inserted into the innermost portion of each recess of storage device main body 11 and enters an unlocked state.

[0030] When storage housing 110 is pulled out from storage device main body 11, as shown in Fig. 7, the solenoid is driven and locking portion 116 is lifted upward. When locking portion 116 is lifted and disengaged from locking hole 115, storage housing 110 becomes ready to be pulled out. When a user of important item storage device 10 pulls out storage housing 110, storage sensor 108 cannot detect locking portion 114, and therefore storage sensor 108 detects that storage housing 110 has been pulled out. Upon detecting that storage housing 110 has been pulled out, driving of the solenoid of locking portion 116 stops, and locking portion 116 moves downward due to spring 105 attached to locking portion 116, and is fixed by stopper 106.

[0031] When a user of the important item storage device 10 pushes the storage housing 110 into the deepest recess of the storage device main body 11, the locking portion 116 is not solenoid-driven. The spring 105 of the locking portion 116 is compressed by the locked portion 114 attached to the rear of the pushed-in storage housing 110, and the locking portion 116 is lifted upward, and then the locking portion 116 is inserted into the locked hole 115, thereby entering a locked state. In other words, when the storage housing 110 is pulled out, the solenoid is driven, but when the storage housing 110 is pushed into the deepest recess of the storage device main body 11, the solenoid is not driven, and the storage housing 110 is locked by the spring 105, etc., as described above.

[0032] The storage device main body 11 is provided with a light-emitting element (not shown) inside a recess facing the wall surface of the storage housing 110. The light-emitting element emits different colors depending on signals received from the control device 500. The light emitted by the light-emitting element is scattered inside the storage housing 110, which is made of a transparent resin material. This makes it appear to the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 that the entire storage housing 110 is emitting light. This allows the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 to visually recognize the colors emitted by the light-emitting elements provided in each of the multiple storage housings 110. Furthermore, the light emitting element stops emitting light in response to a signal received from the control device 500 .

[0033] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the shape of the storage housing 110. As shown in FIG. Storage housing 110 may be provided with partition plates 113, as in storage housing 110B in Fig. 6. There may be a plurality of partition plates 113 inside storage housing 110B. Also, unlike the embodiment in Fig. 6, partition plates 113 may be provided in storage housing 110 so as to be in contact with the front and rear wall surfaces of storage housing 110, for example.

[0034] Storage housing 110B separated by partition plate 113 may store different important items 40 in the separated spaces. For example, a key holder 40B with a key connected thereto may be stored in the space enclosed by partition plate 113 and the front wall surface of storage housing 110B, and a card 40C, which is an IC card to be managed, may be stored in the space enclosed by partition plate 113 and the rear wall surface of storage housing 110B.

[0035] As shown in Fig. 6, the partition plate 113 may be provided with an internal antenna 120E. The internal antenna 120E is provided to face the front wall surface of the storage housing 110B. The internal antenna 120E receives a signal indicating identification information registered in the RFID tag 50 from the RFID tag 50 of the important item 40 stored in the space between the opposing front wall surfaces of the storage housing 110B. The internal antenna 120E may be provided to face the rear wall surface of the storage housing 110B and receive a signal indicating identification information registered in the RFID tag 50 from the RFID tag 50 of the important item 40 stored in the space between the opposing rear wall surfaces of the storage housing 110B.

[0036] Like the other internal antennas 120A to 120D, the internal antenna 120E is led to a connection terminal 109 provided on the rear surface of the storage housing 110A through a line provided in the partition plate 113 and the storage housing 110B, and when the storage housing 110A is inserted into the innermost part of each recess of the storage device main body 11, it is connected to a connection terminal (not shown) on the side of each recess of the storage device main body 11 and connected to the control device 500.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 6, internal antenna 120A and internal antenna 120D are provided on the back side of the internal section of storage housing 110 separated by partition plate 113, but they may also be provided on the front side of the internal space, or on both the back and front sides of the internal space.

[0038] The photographing unit 250 receives a signal from the control device 500 and photographs an image of the important item 40. An example of the photographing unit 250 is a webcam. The photographing unit 250 may also photograph the surrounding space in front of the important item storage device 10, including the desk on which the important item storage device 10 is placed, and recognize the important item 40 that has entered this photographed space, thereby identifying or cutting out the image of the important item 40.

[0039] The external antenna 300 reads out the identification information recorded in the RFID tag 50 from the RFID tag 50 of an object to which the RFID tag 50 is attached, and when an object held over the external antenna 300 is an operation IC card 40C, the external antenna 300 further reads out user information pre-registered in the memory unit 220 based on the read out identification information. On the other hand, when an object held over the external antenna 300 is an important item 40 managed by the important item storage device 10, the external antenna 300 further reads out important item information indicating the important item 40 pre-registered in the memory unit 220 based on the read out identification information. As shown in FIG. 1, the external antenna 300 is provided on the front wall of the storage device main body 11.

[0040] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a table showing an example of user information stored in the storage unit 220. The user information is information indicating a user 20 of the important item storage device 10 and is unique to each user 20. The user information includes an ID (ID) of about four digits that can identify the user 20. The user information also includes identification information uniquely assigned to each user 20, which is recorded on an RFID tag 50 mounted on a card 40C, which is an operational IC card assigned to the user 20, and is the same type and equivalent to the identification information recorded on the RFID tag 50 of the important item 40. The user information also includes the name of the user 20 associated with the identification information and a classification indicating whether the user 20 has administrative authority.

[0041] The access right S indicates the housing number 112 of the storage housing 110 that allows the user 20 to operate the storage housing 110 upon receiving authentication from the user 20. The access right W indicates the housing number of the storage housing 110 that allows the user 20 to operate the storage housing 110 upon receiving authentication not only from the user 20 but also from a user 20 whose user information is classified as an administrator. For example, a user 20 whose user information has an ID of 1903 needs authentication from the user 20 whose ID is 1903 to operate the storage housing 110 whose housing number is 3. On the other hand, to operate the storage housing 110 whose housing number 112 is 21, the user needs authentication from the administrator, who is the user 20 whose ID is 1300 or the user 20 whose ID is 1588. Here, for convenience, authentication by both the user 20 and the administrator is referred to as double authentication. Furthermore, the second person does not need to be an administrator and can be a different user 20.

[0042] The important item storage device 10 may be provided with a device capable of biometric authentication of the user 20, and the biometric information may be associated with the identification information of the user 20 as user information. Examples of the biometric information include biometric information related to finger veins, biometric information related to palm veins, and biometric information related to face authentication.

[0043] The operation display unit 400 is a touch panel display device. The operation display unit 400 receives inputs from the user 20 of user information and a personal identification number, input of the storage housing 110 that the user 20 intends to operate, and input of user information and important item information to be stored in association with the identification information stored in the RFID tag 50.

[0044] Furthermore, the operation display unit 400, as an example of an output unit, displays the difference identification information identified by the difference identification unit 170 and the storage information stored in the storage unit 220 to the user 20. The storage information is information that associates user information and important item information for each storage housing 110.

[0045] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a table illustrating an example of important item information stored in the storage unit 220. The important item information is information indicating an important item 40 and is unique to each important item 40. The important item information includes identification information unique to the RFID tag 50 attached to, built into, or connected to the important item 40 by means of a number tag 42 or the like, important item application information, a storage location in which the housing number 112 of the storage housing 110 in which the important item 40 is stored is written, and image information. The important item application information is information displayed on the operation display unit 400, and allows the user 20 to recognize the important item by the important item application information. On the other hand, examples of important item information for an important item 40 include the name and machine number of a device that can be operated by the important item 40, the vehicle type and vehicle number, the name of an important item storage locker, the name of a library, and the like.

[0046] The operation display unit 400 accepts an addition input, which is an input for adding new storage information, and a deletion input, which is an input for deleting existing storage information, from the user 20 of the important item storage device 10. The operation display unit 400 accepts an input from the user 20 to take an image using the photographing unit 250.

[0047] FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of the control device 500. The control device 500 includes an internal information identifying unit 125, a difference identifying unit 170, a storage unit 220, an update unit 240, and an instruction unit 280.

[0048] After the storage housing 110 is once released from its locked state and then locked again, the internal information identification unit 125 receives a signal indicating the identification information recorded in the RFID tag 50 from the internal antenna 120, and identifies the identification information and the important item 40 to which the RFID tag 50 indicated by the identification information is attached based on the signal. At this time, if the storage housing 110 is provided with multiple internal antennas 120, these are scanned in order or multiple times to avoid missing any RFID tag 50 attached to the stored important item 40.

[0049] For example, the important item storage device 10 of FIG. 1 includes 30 storage housings 110. As shown in FIG. 5, each storage housing 110 includes five internal antennas 120. As a result, when each storage housing 110 is stored in a corresponding recess of the storage device main body 11, the internal information identification unit 125 is connected by wire to 150 of the internal antennas 120. On the other hand, since only one storage housing 110 is pulled out of the recess of the storage device main body 11 and then put back in, the internal information identification unit 125 identifies the identification information based on the signals received from the five internal antennas 120 provided in each storage housing 110. In other words, by limiting the pull-out and push-in operation of a storage housing 110 to one in principle, the internal information identification unit 125 can identify the internal antenna 120 that receives the identification information, thereby identifying only the important item 40 with the RFID tag 50 attached to the target storage housing 110. When a plurality of internal antennas 120 are provided in one storage housing 110, the plurality of internal antennas 120 are scanned at different timings.

[0050] The memory unit 220 is a storage device that stores storage information. That is, the user information includes, for each user 20 identified by the password input via the operation / display unit 400, the ID input via the operation / display unit 400 or the identification information read from the operation IC card via the external antenna 300, information such as the name of the user 20 that identifies the user 20, and information about the storage housing 110 to which the user 20 has been granted access. The important item information includes, for each identification information of the RFID tag 50 attached to the important item 40, important item information about the important item 40, such as the name and the name and serial number of the equipment used, and information about the storage housing 110 in which the important item 40 should be stored, such as the housing number 112. From this information, it is possible to determine, for each storage housing 110, based on the housing number 112, which important item 40 should be stored and which user 20 has access.

[0051] In addition, the storage unit 220 stores all operations from when the user 20 accesses the important item storage device 10 until the access is released (operation is completed), and the result of removal or storage (return) of the important item 40 detected by the operations, together with the processing time information, as a searchable history. Although not specified below in the explanation of each operation, detection operation, etc., it is assumed that each operation information, detection result information, etc., together with its processing time information, are stored as a searchable history in the storage unit 220. Examples of the storage unit 220 include a hard disk, on-premise storage, and cloud storage.

[0052] When the identification information identified by the internal information identification unit 125 has changed for the storage housing 110 accessed by the user 20, the difference identification unit 170 identifies difference identification information indicating the identification information that differs before and after the change. That is, if the identification information of the important item 40 stored in the storage housing 110 has changed after the storage housing 110 has been opened and then closed, the difference identification unit 170 identifies difference identification information because the identification information identified by the internal information identification unit 125 has changed.

[0053] For example, if a key 40A, which is an important item 40, or a key holder 40B to which a key, which is an important item 40, is connected is stored in one storage housing 110 of the important item storage device 10, and the key 40A or key holder 40B is removed from one storage housing 110 of the important item storage device 10 by the user 20, the identification information of the key 40A or key holder 40B will change. In other words, just before the storage housing 110 was pulled out, the identification information of the key 40A or key holder 40B was stored as stored, but just after the storage housing 110 was closed, the identification information of the key 40A or key holder 40B cannot be detected and is therefore stored as removed, and the difference identification unit 170 will identify the identification information of the key 40A or key holder 40B as the removed difference identification information.

[0054] Furthermore, when a key 40A, which is an important item 40, or a key holder 40B to which a key, which is an important item 40, is connected is stored (returned) in the storage housing 110 of the important item storage device 10, the identification information related to this important item 40 changes, that is, the identification information changes from a non-existent state to a present state, and the difference identification unit 170 identifies the identification information of the key 40A, which is an important item 40, or the key holder 40B to which a key is connected, as the stored (returned) difference identification information.

[0055] Similarly, when the card 40C, which is the IC card to be managed, is inserted or removed, the difference specifying unit 170 specifies that there is a difference after removal or storage.

[0056] The update unit 240 updates the storage information stored in the storage unit 220 based on the image captured by the image capturing unit 250 and the addition and deletion inputs received by the operation display unit 400 .

[0057] The external information identification unit 290 receives a signal from the external antenna 300 indicating the identification information of the RFID tag 50 related to the important item 40 or the user 20 received by the external antenna 300, and identifies the identification information based on the signal.

[0058] For example, when the external information identification unit 290 identifies the identification information of the RFID tag 50 of the important item 40 and the operation display unit 400 receives input of important item information of the important item 40 (such as the name, purpose, and unit number information if it is a device) and the casing number 112 of the storage casing 110 in which the important item 40 should be stored, the update unit 240 updates the storage information stored in the memory unit 220 using the identification information, important item information, and casing number 112. When the update unit 240 receives image information of the important item 40 from the photographing unit 250, it uses the image information to update the storage information stored in the memory unit 220. When the operation display unit 400 receives input to delete the storage information, it updates the storage information stored in the memory unit 220 based on the input.

[0059] When user information is input, the storage housing identification unit 260 compares the user information with housing authority information, which is information that associates the user information with the storage housing that allows operations by the user related to the user information, and identifies the storage housing 110 that allows operations by the user related to the user information.

[0060] When the user 20 selects, via the operation / display unit 400, one or more of the storage housings 110 for which the user 20 has been granted access authority, the instructing unit 280 releases the locked state of the selected one or more storage housings 110. Specifically, the instructing unit 280 releases the locked state of the storage housing 110 by issuing an instruction to drive the solenoid of the locking portion 116 of the storage housing 110. Furthermore, when the locking sensor 107 cannot detect the locking portion 116 and the storage housing 110 is unlocked, the instructing unit 280 issues an instruction to cause the light-emitting element associated with the storage housing 110 to emit white light. Furthermore, when the storage housing 110 is inserted into the storage device main body 11, the storage sensor 108 detects the locked portion 114, and the locking sensor 107 detects the locking portion 116, the instructing unit 280 issues an instruction to cause the light-emitting element emitting white light to stop emitting light. Furthermore, the instruction unit 280 accepts an input from the operation display unit 400 to the photographing unit 250 to take a photograph, and instructs the photographing unit 250 to take a photograph.

[0061] The authentication unit 291 compares the ID of the user 20 with authentication information, which is information in which the ID and the personal identification number are associated with each other, to authenticate the user 20. The authentication information is stored in the storage unit 220.

[0062] The recording unit 292 records the contents input to the important item storage apparatus 10 in the memory unit 220. For example, the recording unit 292 records the contents input by the user 20 to the operation display unit 400 in the memory unit 220.

[0063] <<Operation of the important item storage device>> The following describes the operation of the important item storage device 10. Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment.

[0064] The user 20 inputs the ID of the user 20 into the operation display unit 400, and then inputs a personal identification number (step S1).

[0065] The authentication unit 291 authenticates the user 20 by checking the ID and PIN accepted by the operation / display unit 400 in step S1 against the authentication information stored in the storage unit 220 (step S2). If the PIN is incorrect and the authentication unit 291 is unable to authenticate the user 20, the operation / display unit 400 displays an error. The recording unit 292 records the input of the user 20 in steps S1 and S2 and the details of the authentication by the authentication unit 291 in the storage unit 220. Note that instead of authentication using the ID and PIN, authentication using biometric information or user information identified by the external information identification unit 290 when the user 20 holds an ID card over the external antenna 300 may be performed.

[0066] The storage enclosure identification unit 260 compares the user information of the user 20 with the enclosure authority information stored in the storage unit 220 to identify the storage enclosures 110 that the user 20 can select. The operation display unit 400 references the user information stored in the storage unit 220 and displays a screen showing the details of the access right S associated with the user 20 authenticated in step S2 (step S3). That is, this screen allows the user 20 to know the enclosure numbers 112 that can be operated by single authentication. On this screen, for example, the enclosure numbers 112 associated with the access right S are highlighted (displayed dark), and enclosure numbers not associated with the access right S are displayed unhighlighted (displayed light).

[0067] Furthermore, the housing number related to the access right W associated with the user 20 is displayed in a manner different from the above-mentioned highlighted display and non-highlighted display. Furthermore, the housing number 112 related to the access right S may be displayed in different colors. Note that the instructing unit 280 may instruct the light-emitting element of the storage housing 110 of the housing number 112 related to the access right S associated with the user 20 to blink.

[0068] The user 20 selects the housing number 112 related to the access right S on the screen of step S3 (step S4). If the user 20 selects the housing number 112 related to the access right W on the screen of step S3, the operation display unit 400 further displays a message requesting input of the ID and password of the user 20, whose classification is administrator, and the administrator is input and authenticated by the authentication unit 291. The recording unit 292 also records the user's selection in step S4 in the storage unit 220.

[0069] The instructing unit 280 instructs the locking unit 116 of the storage housing 110 selected in step S4 to drive the solenoid, thereby releasing the lock of the storage housing 110 and causing the light-emitting element to emit white light (step S5). If the user 20 selects one housing number 112 in step S4, the operation display unit 400 may display a list of important items 40 stored in the storage housing 110 associated with that housing number 112. If the user 20 selects multiple housing numbers 112 in step S4, the operation display unit 400 may display a display icon on the screen so that the user 20 can refer to the list of important items 40 stored in the storage housing 110 associated with the selected housing number 112. If there are many important items 40 in the list, they may be displayed by scrolling.

[0070] The user 20 pulls out the storage housing 110 selected in step S4 within a certain time period (step S6). Thereafter, when the storage sensor 108 detects that the storage housing 110 has been pulled out by failing to detect the latched portion 114, the instructing unit 280 stops driving the solenoid of the latching portion 116. Furthermore, if the user 20 has not pulled out the storage housing 110 selected in step S4 within the certain time period, the instructing unit 280 stops driving the solenoid of the latching portion 116 and also stops the white light emitted by the light-emitting element, and the operation display unit 400 returns to step S1 again and displays a message urging the user 20 to enter their ID and PIN.

[0071] The user 20 takes out the important item 40 from the storage housing 110 drawn out in step S6, or the user 20 stores the important item 40 in the storage housing 110 drawn out in step S6 (step S7).

[0072] The user 20 pushes the storage housing 110 pulled out in step S6 into the storage device main body 11 to insert it (step S8). As a result, the locking portion 116 of the storage housing 110 is inserted into the locking hole 115 of the locked portion 114, and is locked. Furthermore, the storage sensor 108 detects the locked portion 114, and the locking sensor 107 detects the locking portion 116, thereby detecting that the storage housing 110 is locked.

[0073] The internal antenna 120 of the storage housing 110 inserted in step S8 scans the important item 40 and receives a signal of identification information from the RFID tag of the important item 40 (step S9).

[0074] The internal information identification unit 125 identifies the identification information based on the signal received in step S9 (step S10).

[0075] The difference identifying unit 170 compares the identification information identified by the internal information identifying unit 125 before the storage housing 110 was drawn out in step S6, more precisely, the identification information identified and stored when the storage housing 110 was previously drawn out or put away, with the identification information identified by the internal information identifying unit 125 in step S10, to identify difference identification information (step S11). For difference identification information that exists in the identification information identified by the internal information identifying unit 125 before the storage housing 110 was drawn out in step S6 but does not exist in the identification information identified by the internal information identifying unit 125 in step S10, the operation display unit 400 displays, for example, a message that the important item related to the identification information has been removed.

[0076] On the other hand, for difference identification information that does not exist in the identification information identified by the internal information identification unit 125 before the storage housing 110 was drawn out in step S6 but exists in the identification information identified by the internal information identification unit 125 in step S10, the operation display unit 400 checks the difference identification information against the important item information in the memory unit 220, and (1) if the storage housing 110 drawn out in step S6 is the storage housing 110 associated with the important item 40 related to the difference identification information, the operation display unit 400 displays a message that the important item 40 has been stored, and ( (2) If the storage housing 110 pulled out in step S6 is not the storage housing 110 associated with the important item 40 related to the difference identification information but is another storage housing 110, the operation display unit 400 displays a message to the effect that the important item 40 has been stored by mistake, and (3) if the storage housing 110 pulled out in step S6 is not the storage housing 110 associated with the important item 40 related to the difference identification information but is not another storage housing 110, the operation display unit 400 displays a message to the effect that the important item 40 is an item not to be managed. In addition, the difference identification information identified in step S11 is recorded in the memory unit 220 by the recording unit 292.

[0077] In the cases of (2) and (3) above, the indicator 280 issues an instruction to sound an alarm and causes the light-emitting element to emit a warning color to prevent the important item 40 from being stored. In this case, control is performed to remove the important item 40, etc., related to the incorrect storage.

[0078] In the cases of (2) and (3) above, the process returns to step S5, and the instructing unit 280 instructs the locking unit 116 of the storage housing 110 selected in step S4 to drive the solenoid, thereby releasing the locking of the storage housing 110 again, and the light-emitting element may emit white light or may change to a flashing light while maintaining the warning color. In this way, the important item storage device 10 can alert the user 20 to operate it correctly.

[0079] In addition, in the case of (2) above, if a preset time has elapsed since the operation and display unit 400 displayed a message indicating that the important item 40 has been stored incorrectly, or if the operation and display unit 400 displays a message indicating that the important item 40 has been stored incorrectly more than a preset number of times, the important item storage device 10 may stop operation and display a message indicating that handling has been discontinued.

[0080] In addition, in the case of (3) above, if a predetermined time has elapsed since the operation display unit 400 displayed a message indicating that the important item 40 is a non-managed item, or if the operation display unit 400 displays a message indicating that the important item 40 is a non-managed item more than a predetermined number of times, the important item storage device 10 may stop operation of the important item storage device 10 and display a message indicating that handling has been discontinued.

[0081] Furthermore, the important item storage device 10 may record an image of the important item 40 in the memory unit 220, compare the image with an image of the important item 40 captured by the photographing unit 250, calculate a similarity using a method such as CNN (Convolutional Neural Network), and if the similarity is equal to or greater than a preset threshold, identify the image captured by the photographing unit 250 as the image of the important item 40. If the image is identified as the image of the important item 40, the important item storage device 10 may identify the storage housing 110 operated by the user 20. This allows the user 20 to automatically proceed with the operation of storing (returning) the important item 40.

[0082] Furthermore, the important item storage device 10 may receive a signal indicating the identification information recorded in the RFID tag 50 from the external antenna 300, and the external information identification unit 290 may identify the identification information. In this case, the important item storage device 10 may use the identification information identified by the external information identification unit 290 to identify the storage housing 110 in which the important item 40 related to the identification information should be stored.

[0083] Actions and Effects Thus, according to the first embodiment, the important item storage device 10 comprises a storage housing 110 in which an RFID tag 50 is attached to each of the important items 40 and the important items 40 with the RFID tag 50 attached can be stored, an internal antenna 120 that receives a signal indicating the identification information recorded in the RFID tag 50 from the RFID tag 50 of the important item 40 stored in the storage housing 110, and an internal information identification unit 125 that receives the signal from the internal antenna 120 and identifies the identification information based on the signal.

[0084] According to the important item storage device 10 configured as described above, the important item storage device 10 is provided with a storage housing 110 that can store important items 40 equipped with RFID tags 50, and can identify the identification information of each important item 40. This reduces the manual work required for the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 to check the storage status of various types of important items 40, and allows the user 20 to check the storage status of a large amount of important items 40.

[0085] Furthermore, according to the first embodiment, the important item storage device 10 includes a plurality of storage housings 110 and a plurality of internal antennas 120 provided corresponding to each of the plurality of storage housings 110, and the internal antennas 120 receive signals from the RFID tags 50 of the important items 40 stored in the corresponding storage housings 110, and the internal information identification unit 125 receives the signals from the internal antennas 120 and identifies the identification information based on the signals. For the identified important items 40, the important item information stored in the memory unit 220 in association with the identification information can be displayed on the operation display unit 400.

[0086] With this configuration, the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 can reliably display each and every important item 40 that has been taken out or stored (returned).

[0087] Furthermore, according to the first embodiment, the storage housing 110 is configured to be able to be opened and closed from the outside, and the internal information identification unit 125 identifies the identification information after the storage housing 110 is opened and then closed again.

[0088] With this configuration, the important item storage device 10 identifies the identification information stored in the RFID tags 50 attached to the important items 40 stored in the important item storage device 10 each time the storage housing 110 of the important item storage device 10 is opened and then closed again. This allows the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 to obtain all of the identification information related to storage in the important item storage device 10, enabling more strict management of the important items 40. In other words, it is only necessary to identify the identification information stored in the RFID tags 50 attached to the important items 40 for only the storage housing 110 that has been accessed and opened / closed, which is efficient.

[0089] The important item storage device 10 also includes a storage housing identification unit 260 that, when user information indicating a user 20 of the important item storage device 10 is input, compares the user information with housing authority information, which is information that associates the user information with the storage housings that allow operations by the user related to the user information, and identifies the storage housings 110 that allow operations by the user related to the user information.

[0090] This reduces the effort required for the user 20 to store or remove the important item 40 from the important item storage device 10, thereby improving operability.

[0091] Furthermore, according to the first embodiment, the important item storage device 10 is equipped with a difference identification unit 170 that, when the identification information identified by the internal information identification unit 125 changes, identifies differential identification information that indicates the identification information that differs before and after the change, and an output unit that outputs important item information based on the differential identification information.

[0092] With this configuration, the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 can check important item information based on the identification number of the important item 40 that the user 20 has stored in or removed from the important item storage device 10, thereby reducing storage or removal due to mistaken identification.

[0093] The important item storage device 10 also includes a storage unit 220 that stores storage information, which is information that associates user information and important item information for each storage housing 110, and an output unit that outputs the storage information.

[0094] With this configuration, the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 can check the storage information stored in the memory unit 220, thereby reducing the chance of storing or removing important items 40 from the important item storage device 10 due to misidentification.

[0095] The important item storage device 10 also includes an external antenna 300 that receives a signal indicating identification information recorded on the RFID tag 50 from the RFID tag 50 of an important item 40 that is not stored in the storage housing 110, and an external information identification unit 290 that receives the signal from the external antenna 300 and identifies the identification information based on the signal.

[0096] This allows the user 20 to input the identification information using the external antenna 300, thereby reducing the effort required to store the important item 40.

[0097] The important item storage device 10 also includes an update unit 240 that accepts an addition input, which is an input for adding new storage information, or a deletion input, which is an input for deleting existing storage information, and updates the storage information stored in the memory unit 220.

[0098] With this configuration, the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 can easily update the storage information stored in the storage unit 220.

[0099] The important item storage device 10 also includes a photographing unit 250 that photographs an image of the important item 40, and the important item information includes information that associates the image photographed by the photographing unit 250 with the important item 40.

[0100] With this configuration, the user 20 of the important item storage device 10 can add an image of the important item 40 to the storage information that the user 20 can check, thereby reducing erroneous storage and removal of the important item 40. Also, the operation of storing (returning) the important item 40 can be automatically carried out using the image captured by the photographing unit 250 as a trigger.

[0101] Furthermore, according to the important item storage device 10 of the first embodiment, the recording unit 292 records in the memory unit 220 in a searchable manner all operations from when the user 20 accesses the important item storage device 10 to when the access is released (the operation is terminated), as well as the status of the removal or storage (return) of the important item 40 detected by the operations, together with the processing time information. With this configuration, each piece of operation information, detection result information, etc. is stored in the storage unit 220 in a searchable manner together with its processing time information.

[0102] The important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment may be provided with a remote control unit. The remote control unit is a mobile communication terminal or a personal computer and has the same functions as the operation and display unit 400. Examples of the mobile communication terminal include a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The remote control unit may also be provided with a handheld RFID tag reader that accepts input of identification information stored in various RFID tags 50. The remote control unit may also be provided with a photographing unit 250 that enables photographing of important items 40. The remote control unit is controlled primarily for operation by an administrator, so that it can be used not only to add new important items 40 or delete unnecessary important items 40, but also to allow users 20, including the administrator, to add new users 20 or delete unnecessary users 20. Note that even if an important item 40 or a user 20 is deleted, a record of this remains in the history.

[0103] It is also possible not to provide the internal antenna 120 in the storage housing 110, but to provide the internal antenna 120 on the wall surface of the recessed portion of the storage device main body 11 in which the storage housing 110 is stored, so as to scan the important item 40. Furthermore, by combining these, the internal antenna 120 may be arranged on any of the five faces of the storage housing 110 and the five wall surfaces of the recessed portion of the storage device main body 11, so as to surround a total of six faces, i.e., all six faces of the storage housing 110, so as to scan the important item 40.

[0104] Second Embodiment The important item storage device 10 according to the second embodiment will be described below. Fig. 13 is a diagram showing a control device 500 of the important item storage device 10 according to the second embodiment. The configuration of the control device 500 of the important item storage device 10 according to the second embodiment includes an important item designation unit 270 and a designation difference confirmation unit 293 in addition to the configuration of the control device 500 of the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment.

[0105] When the user information is input, the storage housing 110 that is permitted to be operated by the user 20 and the important item 40 stored in the storage housing 110 are identified according to the user information and housing authority information that permits operation by the user 20 related to the user information. Here, the user 20 can specify the important item 40 that he or she wishes to take out by operating the operation display unit 400.

[0106] That is, before step S4 of the flowchart of the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment, the casing number 112 has not yet been selected, and therefore a list of all important items 40 stored in all storage casings 110 that are operable by the user 20 is displayed on the operation display unit 400 so as to be specifiable. After step S4, the casing number 112 has been selected, and therefore a list of important items 40 stored in the selected storage casing 110 that is operable by the user 20 is displayed on the operation display unit 400 so as to be specifiable, and one or more important items 40 are specified as important items 40 to be removed. The important item specification unit 270 stores the specified important items 40. Generally, the number of important items 40 displayed after step S4 is smaller than the number of important items 40 displayed before step S4, but they can be displayed and selected as needed by scrolling the screen, for example.

[0107] <<Taking out important items>> The operation when taking out the important item 40 will be described below.

[0108] The following will focus on the changes made to the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment, based on the flowchart (FIG. 12). Steps S1 to S3 are the same as those of the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment.

[0109] Either before or after step S4, the operation display unit 400 displays important item application information related to the important item 40 so that the user 20 can specify the important item 40 to be taken out using the important item specification unit 270. Then, by specifying the important item 40 to be taken out, the important item specification unit 270 stores the specified important item 40, and even if this specification operation is performed before step S4, the storage housing 110 in which the important item 40 is stored is automatically identified. As a result, the process proceeds to after step S4.

[0110] Steps S5 to S11 are the same as those of the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment. After step S11, the designated difference confirmation unit 293 compares the identification information of the important item 40 stored in the important item designation unit 270 with the difference identification information specified in step S11, and determines whether the identification information of the important item 40 and the difference identification information are the same.

[0111] If the specified difference confirmation unit 293 determines that the identification information of the specified important item 40 stored by the important item designation unit 270 before or after step S4 above differs from the difference identification information specified in step S11, the process returns to step S5, and the instruction unit 280 generates a warning sound and causes the light-emitting element to light up in a warning color. The operation display unit 400 also displays a message urging the user to remove and store the important item 40 associated with the different difference identification information again and to correctly remove the specified important item 40. Additionally, if the error is not resolved within a specified time or a specified number of times, the operation of the device is halted.

[0112] Actions and Effects When user information is input, the important item storage device 10 has an important item designation unit 270 that, in accordance with the user information and the enclosure authority information that permits operation by the user 20 related to the user information, designates the storage enclosure 110 that is permitted to be operated by the user 20 and the important item 40 stored in the storage enclosure 110. Then, by comparing the designated important item 40 with the difference identification information after the removal operation, it is confirmed whether the item designated as the important item 40 to be removed has been correctly removed.

[0113] This allows the user 20, when removing the important item 40 from the important item storage device 10, to perform a purposeful removal operation and a confirmation operation, thereby enabling more strict handling.

[0114] <Modification of the second embodiment> In the second modified example described above, it was explained that it is possible to confirm whether the important item 40 designated as the item to be removed has been correctly removed, and that if the difference identification information after the removal operation differs from the designated difference identification information (designated difference identification information), storing and removing are repeated until they match (the designated difference identification information disappears). However, this is not limited to this, and in consideration of the possibility of incorrect or omitted designation when designating the important item 40 to be removed, a function may be provided to edit designated difference identification information identified as different from the designated one as correct. For example, it may be possible to input or confirm that the important item 40 associated with the designated difference identification information displayed on the operation display unit 400 was the correct item to be removed, or that the designation itself was incorrect.

[0115] Third Embodiment <Configuration of important item storage device> FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a valuable item storage device 10 according to the third embodiment.

[0116] The important item storage device 10 according to the third embodiment is capable of storing (returning) an important item 40 even when the user information, particularly the administrator information, cannot be entered when storing (returning) the important item 40 that is involved in double authentication. The important item storage device 10 according to the second embodiment includes a storage post 117 in addition to the configuration of the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment.

[0117] The storage post 117 is a post that can store important items 40 equipped with RFID tags 50, and has a post opening 118. The user 20 can store the important items 40 in the important item storage device 10 through the post opening 118. The shape of the post opening 118 can be varied in various ways depending on the shape of the important items 40 to be stored.

[0118] Unlike the storage housing 110, the storage post 117 is configured so that it cannot be pulled out from the storage device main body 11, and is fixed to the storage device main body 11. However, only the administrator can use a mechanism (not shown) to retrieve the important items 40 stored in the storage post 117 and store them back in the storage housing 110 where they belong. Similar to the storage housing 110, the storage post 117 also has an internal antenna 120 near the post opening 118. The internal information identification unit 125 receives a signal indicating the identification information from the internal antenna 120 and identifies the identification information based on the signal. The important item information based on the identification information can be confirmed by the user 20 via the operation and display unit 400.

[0119] By providing the important item storage device 10 with the storage post 117, the user 20 can store the important item 40 even if he / she is unable to input user information, particularly administrator information relating to double authentication.

[0120] If the important item storage device 10 is provided with a discharge outlet and the important item 40 stored through the post opening 118 is not an important item 40 equipped with an RFID tag 50 having preset identification information recorded thereon, the important item 40 may be discharged from the post opening 118 or from the storage post 117 through the discharge outlet and out of the storage post 117. In addition, the post opening 118 may be provided with a shutter that can be locked and unlocked to control whether or not the important item 40 can be inserted into the storage post 117 through the post opening 118.

[0121] That is, the discharge outlet is provided below post opening 118 of storage post 117. The path continuing from post opening 118 branches into a path continuing to storage post 117 and a path continuing to the discharge outlet, and a flap is attached at the branching point. When the RFID tag 50 is read and it is determined that the item is an important item 40 that exists in the storage information, the flap is driven to open the path leading to storage post 117 and block the path leading to the discharge outlet. When the RFID tag 50 is read and it is determined that the item is an important item 40 that does not exist in the storage information, the flap is driven to open the path leading to the discharge outlet and block the path leading to storage post 117. Furthermore, a shutter that can be locked and unlocked is provided at the post opening 118, and when it becomes clear that the operation by the user 20 is to store (return) the important item 40 related to double authentication and that no administrator input related to double authentication has been made, the shutter of the post opening 118 is unlocked to enable the important item 40 related to double authentication to be deposited into the storage post 117 via the post opening 118. This prevents the important item 40 from being deposited through the post opening 118 at other times, making it possible to prevent unnecessary deposits.

[0122] (In particular, the operation of storing (returning) important items related to double authentication) The operation when storing (returning) the important item 40 related to the double authentication will be described below.

[0123] The flowchart (FIG. 12) of the important item storage device 10 according to the first embodiment will be used, and the explanation will be centered on the changes thereto.

[0124] First, a normal operation when storing (returning) the important item 40 related to double authentication will be described.

[0125] After the operations up to step S1 and step S2 of the first embodiment, the administrator performs the operations up to step S1 and step S2 and inputs into the important item storage device 10 that the operation is related to an important item 40 that requires double authentication. Normally, a record of removal of an important item 40 related to double authentication is kept based on the user 20, and in step S3, a screen for confirming whether the important item 40 is to be stored (returned) and the casing number 112 of the storage casing 110 for the important item 40, indicating the storage (return) destination, are displayed on the operation display unit 400. The subsequent operations from step S4 to step S11 are the same as steps S3 to S11 of the first embodiment.

[0126] Next, a storing (returning) operation when the administrator is absent when storing (returning) the important item 40 related to double authentication will be described.

[0127] After the operations up to steps S1 and S2 of the first embodiment, because the administrator is absent, the important item storage device 10 cannot input that the operation is related to an important item 40 that requires double authentication, and therefore the storage housing 110 related to double authentication cannot be selected. Here, instead of steps S4 and onward of the first embodiment, the user 20 inserts the important item 40 that requires double authentication into the post opening 118 of the storage post 117. The identification information of the important item 40 inserted into the post opening 118 is detected by the internal antenna 120 near the post opening 118, and if a match is confirmed by referring to the removal record based on the user 20 who performed the insertion operation, the important item 40 is allowed to be stored in the storage post 117. On the other hand, if the important item 40 inserted into the post opening 118 does not match the removal record based on the user 20, it is determined that the important item 40 cannot be stored in the storage post 117, and the important item 40 is not allowed to be stored or is instead controlled to be discharged to the discharge outlet.

[0128] Actions and Effects The important item storage device 10 includes a storage post 117 that receives the storage (return) of the important item 40 related to double authentication.

[0129] This allows the user 20 to store (return) important items 40, particularly those related to double authentication, in the storage post 117 even when the administrator is not present, thereby improving safety, management, and operability.

[0130] Other Embodiments Although one embodiment has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to that described above, and various design modifications and the like are possible.

[0131] For example, in the first embodiment, regarding the difference before and after the operation of taking out or storing (returning) the important item storage device 10, the important items 40 related to the difference are recorded as having been taken out correctly or stored (returned correctly), while in the second embodiment, the important items 40 to be taken out are specified in advance, and their correct removal is confirmed and recorded. However, when taking out or storing (returning) a large number of important items 40 at once, it is also possible to specify the removal of all items from the storage housing 110, thereby enabling all items to be removed. When a specification of all removal is made, the storage (return) of all items taken out into the storage housing 110 may be based on the storage (return) of all items stored (returned). Furthermore, the following design changes can be applied to this operation of taking out all items or storing (returning all items).

[0132] 15 is a diagram showing another embodiment of a valuable item storage device 10a. The valuable item storage device 10 is portable. An example of the valuable item storage device 10a is a portable key storage cabinet for a security company.

[0133] The important item storage device 10a shown in FIG. 15 has a lid 121 and is configured to be able to open and close in the C direction. The important item storage device 10a also has ten storage handles 119, allowing important items 40 to be hung on the storage handles 119 for storage. An internal antenna 120 is provided below the storage handles 119. An internal antenna 120 is not necessarily required for each storage handle 119; one or more internal antennas 120 are sufficient within the important item storage device 10a. Preferably, one is required on each of the six walls forming the storage space, as with the storage housing 110 of the above-described embodiment. Although the storage handles 119 are not necessarily required, providing the storage handles 119 and hanging and storing the important items 40 one by one, i.e., storing them in compartments, allows the important items 40 to be stored separately. This makes it easier to reliably detect the important items 40 even with only one internal antenna 120.

[0134] The operation display unit 400 of the important item storage device 10a shown in Figure 15 allows the user to select a set mode, and when the user 20 selects that mode, the identification information of the important item 40 stored in the important item storage device 10a at the time of selection is stored in the memory unit 220 as storage information.

[0135] The above set mode may be selectable only when the administrator 25, who is a user different from the user 20 and is the administrator of the important item storage apparatus 10a, inputs user information.

[0136] Alternatively, as described above, in the important item storage device 10, by specifying the removal of all important items 40 from one storage housing 110, storage information as important items 40 to be stored may be stored by wired or wireless communication in the memory unit 220 in the control device 500 of the important item storage device 10a. As a result, all important items 40 stored in one storage housing 110 of the important item storage device 10 are managed as important items to be removed, and in the important item storage device 10a, these important items 40 are managed as important items to be stored. When the one storage housing 110 is closed, the important item storage device 10 confirms that all important items 40 have been removed, and on the other hand, when the lid 121 is closed, the important item storage device 10a manages whether all important items 40 have been stored based on the stored storage information.

[0137] These operations may also be performed by providing a remote control unit such as a laptop computer, smartphone, or tablet terminal.

[0138] In addition, in response to the above-mentioned all-removal specification, normally all removed items are to be stored (returned), so an operation called "all-storage (all-return)" is performed to store (return) all important items 40 in the important item storage device 10a back to the important item storage device 10. The important item storage device 10 confirms that all items have been stored (all-returned) in the corresponding storage housing 110, and the important item storage device 10a scans the interior of the important item storage device 10a with the internal antenna 120 when the lid 121 is closed. If this scan confirms that no important items 40 remain, the important item storage device 10a erases the storage information stored in the memory unit 220 in the control device 500 of the important item storage device 10a. Note that the history is either kept recorded or transferred to the important item storage device 10. On the other hand, if an important item 40 is detected during the scan of the internal antenna 120, the operation display unit 400 displays or an alarm is issued to indicate that an important item 40 has been forgotten to be returned to the important item storage device 10.

[0139] At the destination of the important item storage device 10a, the operation display unit 400 is operated to perform the take-out operation each time to use the necessary important item 40, and the storage (return) operation is performed to retrieve the taken-out important item 40, and these histories are recorded.

[0140] 15 may be configured to include a speaker, and after storing and removing important items 40 for the user 20, to notify the user 20 by voice of the number of important items 40 identified by the difference identification unit 170. Examples of the voice include a voice message to the user 20, an alarm, etc.

[0141] The important item storage device 10a may cause the operation display unit 400 to emit light in different colors according to the content displayed on the operation display unit 400.

[0142] When the important item storage device 10a receives, via the internal antenna 120, identification information that does not exist in the storage information, it may display a message on the operation display unit 400 to alert the user 20.

[0143] In addition to addition inputs and deletion inputs, the important item storage device 10 may also accept a discard input. The delete input is a deletion from the important item storage device 10, and is selected when management by the important item storage device 10 is no longer required, but is to be entrusted to management by another important item storage device 10. This is particularly useful when multiple important item storage devices 10 are provided and connected to each other via lines such as a LAN, making centralized management easier. In contrast, the discard input is an input when an important item 40 is to be discarded, and is selected when the important item is to be disposed of without being managed by another important item storage device 10.

[0144] In the case of the above disposal input, the user 20 may input information related to the disposal into the operation display unit 400 and the remote control unit, or may hold the important item 40 to be disposed of over the external antenna 300 so that the external antenna 300 receives the identification information of the RFID tag 50 attached to the important item 40.

[0145] When the update unit 240 receives the above discard input, it deletes the identification information and the like indicated by the discard input from the storage information. The disposal input may be limited to a specific user, such as the administrator 25. Furthermore, the operation display unit 400 and the remote control unit may accept the input of the reason for the disposal input when receiving the disposal input. In this case, when the important item storage device 10 receives the disposal input, the update unit 240 may delete the identification information indicated by the disposal input from the storage information, and may store in the storage unit 220 a disposal history that associates the deletion with the reason for the disposal input.

[0146] By providing multiple important item storage devices 10 and connecting the multiple important item storage devices 10 to each other via wired or wireless communication, the storage information and information history stored in the memory units 220 of the multiple important item storage devices 10 can be shared with each other. In the above case, if a user 20 takes out an important item 40 from one of the multiple important item storage devices 10 and stores it in another important item storage device 10 other than the one from which the important item 40 was taken out, if the storage is not completed within a certain period of time, a warning message may be displayed on the operation display unit 400 and remote control unit of the multiple important item storage devices 10.

[0147] The control device 500 according to the above embodiment includes a central processing unit (CPU), and storage devices such as a read-only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM). In all the embodiments, the user 20 is identified by inputting the user information ID into the operation display unit 400, or by reading the operation IC card with the external antenna 300, and then inputting the PIN into the operation display unit 400 to authenticate the user. However, this is not limited to this, and for example, the user 20 may be identified and authenticated simply by providing a biometric authentication device such as finger vein authentication and performing finger vein authentication of the user 20.

[0148] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes various modifications and improvements that can be made within the scope of the technical concept thereof. [Explanation of symbols]

[0149] 10 important item storage device 11 storage device body 20 user 40 important item 50 RFID tag 110 storage housing 300 external antenna 400 operation display unit 500 control device

Claims

1. An important item storage device that includes a plurality of storage housings that can store important items and is communicably connected to other important item storage devices, a storage unit that stores storage information, which is information that associates user information indicating a user of the important item storage device and important item information, which is information indicating the important item, for each storage casing; an input unit that receives a discard input for discarding the storage information of the storage unit of the important item storage device and the storage unit of the other important item storage device; an update unit that deletes the storage information stored in the storage unit of the important item storage device and the storage unit of the other important item storage device when the discard input is received; Equipped with The input unit receives a deletion input that is an input for deleting the storage information in the memory unit of the important item storage device, The important item storage device wherein the update unit deletes the storage information only from the memory unit of the important item storage device when the deletion input is received.

2. the object of value is provided with an RFID tag; the valuables storage device has an external antenna that receives a signal indicating the identification information recorded on the RFID tag; an external information identification unit that receives the signal from the external antenna and identifies the identification information based on the signal; Furthermore, The identification information received from the external antenna and specified by the external information specifying unit is set as the discard input.

2. The valuables storage device of claim 1.

3. an operation display unit that accepts input of a reason for the discard input, The update unit deletes the identification information indicated by the discard input from the storage information, and stores a discard history in the storage unit that associates the deletion with the reason for the discard input.

3. The valuables storage device according to claim 2.

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