JP3531606B2 - User management system using fingerprint matching - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to user management using various facilities such as a private parking lot for automobiles and stores,
In particular, the present invention relates to a user management system that uses fingerprint collation for authenticating and identifying a user based on the user's fingerprint when the user who uses various facilities enters and leaves the facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of motorization, it is no exaggeration to say that the number of cars owned is two to three per home. However, even if you own a single-family home, it is not often that you have a parking space for two or more cars.
Further, there are many cases in which there is no parking space even if it is owned by itself, and in the case of living in an apartment / condominium, parking spaces for all residents are not necessarily secured. As described above, along with the increase in the number of vehicles, the number of vehicles that have to use a dedicated parking lot is increasing. In addition, when using a car for commuting, it means that there is no choice but to use a parking lot near the office or the nearest station.

On the other hand, it is difficult to secure a parking lot in the center of the city,
As a measure for parking a car that does not have its own parking lot, the owner of the private parking lot can expand the parking space from a two-dimensional space to a three-dimensional space by using an underground, rooftop, or three-dimensional parking lot. It is designed so that an extra car can be parked on a stand.

In a situation where the parking lot is tight, there are many cases of illegal use of the parking lot, and the owner of the private parking lot is obliged to perform detailed parking lot management including monitoring of unauthorized parking. It is in.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a conventional parking lot management system when entering a dedicated parking lot. User 4
If the monthly contract magnetic card 52 is inserted in the card reading device 51 of the parking lot blocking control device 3 and the card is registered, the blocking bar (gate) 2 is opened and the parking lot can be used.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a conventional parking lot management system when a magnetic card 52 is issued. User 4
Had to go to the card issuer 54 of the management company 13 in the parking lot, pay the parking fee, and have the magnetic card 52 issued every certain period (for example, every month).

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the contents of the magnetic card 52 in the conventional parking lot management system. The registration number 55 of the magnetic card 52 and the contract month 56 are stored in the magnetic area.

[0008] Further, there are many cases where a temporary parking lot is used in which a fee for using the parking lot is set at a fixed time. For example, shopping by car to superstores and department stores is routinely carried out at every home, but in this case, use the special parking lots of supermarkets and department stores and pay the excess fee if a certain time is exceeded. become. In either case, when entering the parking lot, when the parking card stamped with the entry time is received from the ticket issuing machine, the blocking bar opens and you enter the parking lot. When you settle the fee for using the parking lot, the blocking rod will still open and you will be able to leave.

[0009]

Generally, the leased form of such a private parking lot is decided by the month, and the management of the parking lot is entrusted from the owner of the private parking lot or the owner of the private parking lot. In many cases, the designated parking lot manager issues a monthly card to clarify the users of the parking lot and receives the rental fee. However, these were sometimes troublesome because of the loss of the card and the presentation of the card for each entry and exit (withdrawal, etc.).

Furthermore, when using a temporary parking lot or shopping by car at a superstore or a department store, the loss of the parking card received from the ticket issuing machine at the time of entering the parking lot makes shopping difficult. It may be engrossed in it, and there is also a problem that it is troublesome to take out the parking card and pay the parking fee when exiting the car.

The present invention eliminates the need for a monthly card or a parking card by managing the person who uses the exclusive monthly parking lot or temporary parking lot with the fingerprint of the user when entering or leaving the parking lot. The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the problems of the loss of the card and the withdrawal of the card at the time of entry and exit, and to provide convenience to the parking lot users and managers.

Furthermore, regardless of the parking lot of a car, when a user uses various facilities such as a store, an amusement hall, a company, etc., by entering the fingerprint of the user when entering or leaving each facility, To the user management system of the facility, and when using the facilities of the facility, the user's fingerprint is entered so that the user management system can determine what facility in the facility the user used. It also has the content of grasping.

[0013]

The first user management system using fingerprint matching of the present invention is a user who uses a contracted parking lot that pays a parking fee on a regular period basis. Authentication is performed by matching the fingerprints collected from the user at the time of entering the user's parking lot with the registered fingerprints, and confirming that the fingerprint is already registered and that the parking fee for the entrance is paid. It is equipped with a barrier bar that opens to enter the car.

The second user management system using fingerprint collation according to the present invention authenticates whether or not a user uses a contracted parking lot that pays a parking fee on a regular period basis. When the user exits the parking lot, the fingerprints collected from the user are checked against the registered fingerprints, and if it is confirmed that the fingerprints have been registered and the parking fee for exiting has been paid, the blocking bar opens. Equipped to exit the car.

The third user verification system using fingerprint verification according to the present invention collects fingerprints of a user who uses a contracted parking lot that pays a parking fee on a regular period basis when entering or leaving the parking lot. A blocking control device having a fingerprint reading device and a blocking rod control device for controlling opening / closing of the blocking rod, a fingerprint information database in which a user's fingerprint is registered, a fingerprint read by the fingerprint reading device and the fingerprint information database. When the fingerprint comparator compares the registered fingerprints and determines whether they match or not, and if the fingerprint comparator determines that they match, it is confirmed whether the parking fee has been paid at the time of entry and exit. Then, the host computer having a parking lot management means for instructing the shutoff control device to open the shutoff rod when the payment has been completed, the shutoff control device and the host computer The and a network to connect to.

[0016]

The fourth user verification system using fingerprint collation according to the present invention includes a first fingerprint reader for collecting fingerprints when a user who enters or leaves a temporary parking lot of a store that sells products enters or leaves the store. A shutoff control device having a shutoff rod control device for controlling opening / closing of the shutoff rod and a cash calculation device for controlling presentation / receipt of a parking charge, and a shutoff control device for managing entry / exit of a parking lot user, and the use Second fingerprint reading device for collecting fingerprints of a person who purchased the product and the second fingerprint reading device, and the fingerprint information of the user read by the second fingerprint reading device and the purchase amount of the purchased product The POS register for notifying the user, fingerprint information at the time of entry of the user, a fingerprint information database in which a record including the entry time and the total price of the product purchased by the user is registered, and the first and second fingerprints. Read When the fingerprint information of the user is received from the device, a fingerprint comparator that detects a record having the fingerprint information corresponding to the fingerprint information from the fingerprint information database and the fingerprint information at the time of the user's entry when receiving the entry time taken out at that time At the same time, a record is generated and initially registered in the fingerprint information database, and when the notification of the fingerprint information and the purchase price of the user's product purchase is received from the POS register, the total amount of the records detected by the fingerprint comparator is notified. After adding the purchase amount and updating the record and receiving the fingerprint information of the user when leaving, the total amount and the entry time are obtained from the record detected by the fingerprint comparator, and the exit time retrieved at that time is calculated. A host computer having parking lot management means for calculating a parking charge and notifying the cash calculation device of the parking charge And a network for connecting the cutoff control device and the POS register and the host computer.

[0018]

A fifth aspect of the user management system using fingerprint collation according to the present invention stores, as one record, the fingerprint information and the entry time collected from the user when the user enters the temporary parking lot of the store. Then, the record is detected by the fingerprint information collected from the user when the user purchases the product,
The record at the time of admission is stored based on the fingerprint information collected from the user when the user exits by adding the purchase price to the total price of the purchased products of the detected record and updating the record. Is detected, and the parking fee is calculated from the total amount of the detected records, the entry time, and the exit time when exiting at that time.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is a user management system using fingerprint collation, in which the identification of a user who uses a facility including a store or a game center is collected at the time of entering the facility, and the fingerprint in the facility. The user is identified by the fingerprints collected when purchasing the product or when using the facilities provided in the facility and the fingerprints collected when leaving the facility, and purchased by the user in the facility. Prepare to settle the price of the products you have purchased and the fee for using the equipment you use when you leave.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, an automobile 1 using a parking lot, and a blocking rod 2 at the doorway of the parking lot that allows the automobile 1 to pass from the closed state to the open state when entry and exit to the parking lot are permitted. A shutoff control device 3 that controls the entire entry / exit of the vehicle 1, a user 4 in the vehicle 1 who uses a parking lot, and a fingerprint reading device 5 that reads a fingerprint of any finger of the user 4. , A blocking rod control device 6 for controlling the opening and closing of the blocking rod 2, a speaker 15 for giving an instruction to the user 4 by voice, and a fingerprint registration database DB7 in which various data such as fingerprint information of the user 4 is registered.
And a fingerprint comparator 8 for comparing the fingerprint read by the fingerprint reading device 5 with the fingerprint registered in the DB 7, and the user 4
Fingerprint / data registration device 9 for registering information such as fingerprints of users, and user account 10 held in the financial institution of user 4
And the management company account held by the management company at a financial institution 11
It includes a network 12, a management company 13 that manages a parking lot, a host computer 14, and a parking lot management means 21 that operates on the host computer 14 and controls the entire system.

The interruption control device 3 has a microcomputer and controls the fingerprint reading device 5, the interruption rod control device 6 and the speaker 15. Also, the host computer 1
4 is a DB 7, a fingerprint comparator 8, and a fingerprint / data registration device 9
And the parking lot management means 21 and can communicate with the user account 10 and the management company account 11 via the network 12. The management company 13 is assumed to have the shutoff control device 3 and the host computer 14.

Further, the cutoff control device 3 and the host computer 14 are connected by a LAN such as Ethernet (registered trademark) and can communicate with each other, but may be connected by a public network such as the Internet.

FIG. 2 shows an example of contents registered in the fingerprint registration database DB7.

According to FIG. 2, the user identifier 31 for uniquely identifying the user and the vehicle number NO which is the identification number of the vehicle 1.
32, contract period 33 showing the borrowing period of the parking lot, parking place NO 34 in the parking lot, usage fee payment status 35 showing the state of regular transfer to the management company account 11 in units of the period specified at the time of contract such as month and year 35 , User account 1 of user 4
0 handling financial institution name 36, registered fingerprint information 37
One record is composed of and. In the following description, the usage fee is transferred from the user account 10 to the management company account 11 on a monthly basis.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the steps from renting a parking lot to entering the parking lot.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for exiting the parking lot.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

When the fingerprint information registered in the DB 7 and the fingerprint of the user 4 who is about to enter the parking lot are compared and coincident with each other.
The blocking bar 2 opens and the car can enter. The condition is DB
It is necessary that the fingerprint registration is done in 7. Further, it is also necessary that the usage fee of the parking lot be automatically transferred from the user account 10 of the financial institution of the user 4 to the management company account 11 of the management company 13 on a fixed day every month.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the contents of data in which the person in charge of the management company 13 has registered various data of the user 4 by the fingerprint / data registration device 9. The fingerprint information of an arbitrary finger designated by the user 4 is digitized and registered as fingerprint information 37, and the user identifier 31, automobile NO 32, contract period 33, parking place NO 34, and handling financial institution name 36 are input. Will be done. Parking lot usage fee payment status 35
Shows that the automatic payment was made from the user account 10 to the management company account 11 on a monthly basis by the host computer 14
Then, the parking lot management means 21 of the host computer 14 reads the record of the paying user 4 in the DB 7 and determines that the corresponding month of the usage fee payment status 35 has been paid.

Next, a detailed description will be given with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 3 is a flow from the time the user 4 exchanges a parking lot borrowing contract with the management company 13 until the user enters the parking lot.

First, the user 4 determines whether it is necessary to rent a monthly parking lot (step S31). User 4
And the parking lot management company 13 conclude a contract to create a borrowing contract for the parking lot and to perform automatic transfer from the user account 10 of the user 4 to the bank or credit union, which is a financial institution, for example, monthly. (Step S32). Next, the person in charge of the management company 13 inputs the fingerprint registration of any finger of the user 4 and other necessary items using the fingerprint / data registration device 9 and registers it in the DB 7 (step S33).

This completes the borrowing of the parking lot (step S
34).

Next, the user 4 goes to the parking lot with the automobile 1 and determines that he / she wants to enter the parking lot for parking (step S35), and parks the automobile 1 in the parking lot owned by the management company 13. Suppose you try to enter. The cutoff control device 3 which recognizes this by an optical sensor or the like (not shown)
Sends a message "put your registered finger on the fingerprint reader" through the speaker 15.

The user 4 applies the finger whose fingerprint is registered in the DB 7 to the fingerprint reading device 5 connected to the cutoff control device 3 (step S36). The read fingerprint information is transmitted to the fingerprint comparator 8 of the host computer 14. The fingerprint comparator 8 sequentially compares the received fingerprint and the fingerprint information 37 in the record read from the DB 7 with all valid records in the DB 7 (step S37). The result of fingerprint collation by the fingerprint comparator 8 is reported to the parking lot management means 21. When the fingerprint comparator 8 detects a record with matching fingerprint information, the record is managed by the parking lot management means 21.
Pass to.

When the parking lot management means 21 receives a report indicating that the fingerprints match, the parking lot management means 21 checks the usage fee payment status 35 of the records passed at the same time and pays from the user account 10 to the management company account 11 for the month. It is confirmed whether it is performed (step S38). As a result of the above confirmation, the parking lot management means 21 instructs the blocking control device 3 to open the blocking rod 2 when the registered fingerprint matches the registered fingerprint and the parking fee for the current month has already been paid to the management company 13. Yes (step S3
9). Then, the automobile 1 enters the parking lot (step S41).

If the fingerprints do not match, or the parking fee has not been paid, the parking lot management means 21
Instructs the shutoff control device 3 not to open the shutoff rod 2 (step S40).

FIG. 4 is a flow chart when the player exits the parking lot.

First, it is determined whether it is necessary to enter the monthly parking lot (step S42). If it is determined that the player will participate, then the finger whose fingerprint is registered in the cutoff control device 3 is applied to the fingerprint reading device 8 (step S43). The same process as when entering the parking lot is performed, and if the fingerprint matches the registered fingerprint and the parking lot fee for the relevant month has already been paid, the blocking rod 2 opens (step S46). Then, the automobile 1 exits from the parking lot (step S48). If the fingerprints do not match or there is no payment, the blocking rod 2 is not opened (step S47).

In the above description, the user 4
I tried to automatically transfer the parking fee from my own user account 10 to the management company account 11 of the management company that manages and operates the parking lot, but the user 4 manages the parking fee (cash) every month. Bring to the company 13, D at the management company 13
In the field of the usage fee payment status 35 in B7, it is also possible to input data for which the usage fee has been paid in the next month from the fingerprint / data registration device 9 and update and operate it.

The fingerprint input is 1 in the description of the present invention.
Although the description has been given in the form of registering only the fingers of one book, when the fingerprints of a plurality of fingers of both hands are registered, the fingerprint information 37 of DB7 is provided for that number, and all the registered fingerprints are checked in the fingerprint verification. The collation may be performed in the order of registration.

In addition, the user 4 has a plurality of cars 1 in the parking lot.
In case of parking, the number of fields of car NO32 and parking place NO34 of DB7 should be plural,
By using the attributes of these fields as the attributes of repeated fields when constructing the database, it is possible to deal with them without significantly changing the structure of the record.

Further, when one management company 13 has a plurality of parking lots, the host computer 14 and the shutoff control device 3 installed for each parking lot are connected by the Internet or the like, and one host computer 14 makes a plurality of parking lots. You may manage the parking lot.

Further, when the entrance / exit of the parking lot is different, the shut-off control device 3 is installed at each of the entrance and the exit and is connected to the host computer 14 through the network, respectively. There is no difference in the configuration of the control device 3 itself.

Furthermore, the content of the present invention can be easily applied as it is to the management of bicycle parking lots such as bicycles and motorcycles.

Next, the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the second embodiment.
According to FIG. 5, the structural difference from the first embodiment is that
This is because the fingerprint / data registration device 9, the user account 10, the management company account 11, and the network 12 are not included, and the interruption control device 3 newly includes a user 4 who enters and leaves the automobile 1. A speaker 15 that provides voice guidance to the user, and a display board 16 that provides display characters similarly to the speaker 15.
And a bill insertion slot 17 into which bills for parking fee are inserted, a coin insertion slot 18, a change return slot 19 for bills and coins, calculation of parking fee paid by the user 4 and calculation of change to be returned to the user 4. And a cash calculation device 20 for performing. FIG. 6 shows an external view of the shutoff control device 3 according to this embodiment as seen from the front.

The present embodiment applies the present invention to a temporary parking lot used for temporary parking or a parking lot such as a superstore or a department store. The management company 13 means a management company of a temporary parking lot and a store such as a super store or a department store.

It is assumed that the user of the parking lot tries to enter the parking lot owned by the management company 13 in order to park the automobile 1. The cut-off control device 3 which recognizes this by an optical sensor or the like (not shown) sends a message “Please input the fingerprint of your favorite finger” through the speaker 15 and also displays the message on the display board 16.

The user 4 of the automobile 1 places an arbitrary finger on the fingerprint reading device 5 to read the fingerprint. The fingerprint information read by the fingerprint reading device 5 is transmitted to the parking lot management means 21 of the host computer 14 connected by a LAN such as Ethernet together with the information indicating the entrance of the automobile 1. The parking lot management means 21 is the host computer 1.
The time and date at this time are picked up by the timekeeping function (not shown) of FIG. 4 and the record as shown in FIG. register. When the registration in the DB 7 ends normally, the parking lot management means 21 notifies the shutoff control device 3 of the normal end.
The blocking control device 3 notifies the blocking rod control device 6 to open the blocking rod 2. The blocking rod control device 6 receives this notification, opens the blocking rod 2, and the automobile 1 enters the parking lot.

Next, the case where the user 4 finishes the business such as shopping and leaves the parking lot will be described. When the automobile 1 stops at the exit of the parking lot where the shutoff control device 3 is installed, the shutoff control device 3 recognizes it by the optical sensor as when entering the car, and the shutoff control device 3 recognizes the voice from the speaker 15 and the display board
A message such as “Please input the same finger fingerprint as when you entered” is output depending on the display.

When the user 4 again inputs the fingerprint of the same finger as at the time of entry by the fingerprint reading device 5, the fingerprint information read by the fingerprint reading device 5 together with the information indicating the leaving of the automobile 1 is stored in the parking lot of the host computer 14. It is transmitted to the management means 21. The parking lot managing means 21 passes the received fingerprint information to the fingerprint comparator 8 when it knows that the automobile 1 is leaving. The fingerprint comparator 8 sequentially compares the fingerprint information 40 of the valid record with the fingerprint information read and received from the DB 7. When a matching record is detected, the record is passed to the parking lot management means 21.

The parking lot managing means 21 takes out the date and time at the time of leaving the automobile 1 and sets it as the leaving date and time 42, and calculates the time difference from the entry date and time 41 in the record received from the fingerprint comparator 8. The calculated time and the parking charge per hour are multiplied to calculate the parking charge charged to the user 4. The parking lot management means 21 transmits the calculated parking charge to the cash calculation device 20 of the shutoff control device 3.

The cash calculation device 20 outputs the parking charge charged to the user 4 to the speaker 15 and the display device 16 to inform the user 4, and also the bill insertion slot 17 and the coin insertion slot 1
We instruct to open 8 and enter the state of receiving charges.
When the parking fee paid by the user 4 includes the change, the cash calculation device 20 takes out the change from a portion (not shown) of the shutoff control device 3 that stores the change and returns the change to the change return port 19.

When the above processing is completed, the cash calculator 20
Instructs the shutoff rod control device 5 to open the shutoff rod 2. The blocking rod control device 5 opens the blocking rod 2 and the user 4 exits the parking lot.

When the cash calculation device 20 acquires the parking fee from the user 4, the cash calculation device 20 notifies the parking lot management means 21 to that effect. The parking lot management means 21 deletes the record having the fingerprint information 42 of the user 4 from the DB 7.

Further, when the entrance / exit of the parking lot is different, the shut-off control device 3 is installed at each of the entrance and the exit and connected to the host computer 14 through the network. The cutoff control device 3 installed in the mouth does not require the bill insertion slot 17, the coin insertion slot 18, the change return slot 19, and the cash calculation device 20 for taking in the parking fee from the user 4.

Next, the third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the third embodiment.
The difference in configuration from the second embodiment is that the management company 13
Is a store such as a superstore or a department store, and when the user 4 parks the car 1 at the parking lot and makes a purchase in the superstore, the POS register 22 and the POS register 22 are used to make the payment. The point is that the connected fingerprint reading device 23 is added. The POS register 22 is connected to the host computer 14 via a network such as a LAN.

As in the case of the second embodiment, the user 4 uses the automobile 1
Suppose you came to a superstore or department store to shop and parked in the parking lot. At this time, the same processing as described in the second embodiment is performed, but at the time of the first record registration including fingerprint information in the DB 7 by the parking lot management means 21, a record in the form of (b) in FIG. be registered.
The difference from (a) of FIG. 8 is that the same day purchase amount 43 column representing the total value of the amounts of purchases by the user 4 is set. Purchase amount 43 on the day when first registered in DB7
The column is initialized with 0.

When the user 4 does some shopping and pays at the POS register 22 of a superstore or a department store,
For example, the fingerprint reading device 23 inputs the fingerprint of the user 4 who is visiting the store by the automobile 1 immediately before or after the settlement. The payment of shopping is over,
When the purchase price of the purchase of the user 4 is known, the POS register 22 sends the fingerprint information of the user 4 and the purchase price to the parking lot management means 21 of the host computer 14.

The parking lot management means 21 passes the received fingerprint information to the fingerprint comparator 8. The fingerprint comparator 8 accesses the DB 7 and searches the DB 7 for a record with a matching fingerprint based on the received fingerprint information. When a matched record is detected, this record is passed to the parking lot management means 21. If no matching record is found, that is the case.
The OS register 22 is notified. This is because the user 4 who paid for the shopping may not have visited the car 1.

The parking lot management means 21 adds the purchase amount received from the POS register 22 to the amount in the same day purchase amount column 43 of the record, and writes it again in the DB 7.

When the user 4 leaves the parking lot, the second
The record having the fingerprint of the user 4 is taken out and the exit date and time 42 is set by the parking lot management means 21 as in the embodiment of FIG.
The parking fee is calculated from the entry date and time 41, but the parking fee is discounted based on the same day purchase amount 43 in the record, and as a result, the parking fee becomes unnecessary or the discounted parking fee is charged. Will be done. Also in this case, when the user 4 leaves, the record having the fingerprint information of the user 4 is deleted from the DB 7.

By adopting the record format as shown in FIG. 8C, the parking lot management means 21 stores the record having the fingerprint information of the user 4 in the DB 7 even if the user leaves the parking lot.
It is possible to leave it as it is without erasing it from Fig. 8
In (c), the same day purchase amount 43 represents the amount of money purchased by the user 4 between the time he / she goes shopping and enters the parking lot and the time he / she exits. The total purchase amount 44 goes back to the past when the user 4 was present. It represents the total purchase amount that has been purchased from the point when the purchase was made. When the user 4 enters the parking lot, the parking lot management means 21 passes the fingerprint information received from the fingerprint reading device to the fingerprint comparator 8 and confirms whether the same fingerprint information is registered. If there is, the date and time at that time is entered in the entry date and time 41 of the record, and the record in the DB 7 is updated. In addition, each time the user 4 performs shopping and receives the notification of the purchase amount of the user 4 from the POS register 22, the purchase amount added to the purchase amount 43 on the day is added.

When the user 4 leaves the parking lot, the parking lot managing means 21 calculates the parking charge based on the entry date / time 41, the exit date / time 42, and the purchase amount 43 on the day of the record, and calculates it in cash. At the same time as notifying the device 20, the numerical value of the same day purchase amount 43 is added to the total purchase amount 44. Then, the entry date / time 41, the exit date / time 42, and the current day purchase amount 43 are cleared to 0 and the record is written in the DB 7.

If the total purchase amount 44 exceeds a certain amount, it is possible to give a privilege to the user, and by expanding the above contents further, what item this user 4 purchased in the past It is also possible to store such details.

When the parking lot managing means 21 adds the same day purchase amount 43 to the total purchase amount 44 in the process of leaving the user 4, the value of the total purchase amount 44 gives the user 4 a privilege. When the above is confirmed, the cutoff control device 3 is notified of this. The shutoff control device 3 is, for example, the display board 1.
A message such as "There is a gift for the customer. Please tell us the next time you visit the store" is displayed on 6 or speaker 15. When the user next comes to the store and informs the clerk of that fact, the clerk requests the user 4 to input a fingerprint from the fingerprint reading device 23.

The input fingerprint information is stored in the POS register 2
2 to the parking lot management means 21. The parking lot management means 21 searches the DB 7 using the fingerprint comparator 8 based on the received fingerprint information, and when a record having the fingerprint information of the user 4 is detected, the value of the total purchase amount 44 is set to the POS register 22. Reply to.

The POS register 22 has a total purchase price 44.
Notify the clerk of the privilege contents commensurate with the value of. The clerk notifies the user 4 of that fact, and when the user 4 receives the privilege, the POS register 22 notifies the parking lot management means 21 of the purchase amount of the privilege. The parking lot managing means 21 writes the updated record in the DB 7 by subtracting the purchase amount of the privilege from the total purchase amount 44. If the user 4 does not receive the privilege, the parking lot management means 21 purchases the total purchase price 44 until the amount of money corresponding to the higher level privilege is reached.
The value of will be retained without being reduced.

The above contents are not limited to the management of the temporary parking lot, but can be applied to amusement halls such as Disneyland and game centers. When the user 4 enters the game hall, the game hall has a fingerprint reader 5 installed at the entrance.
The fingerprint of the user 4 is collected by. The fingerprints collected are
The data is transmitted to the host computer 14 of the amusement hall by the LAN and is stored in the DB 7 together with the entry date and time 41 as one record if necessary. After that, each time the user 4 uses a paid play facility or game machine in the game arcade, he / she inputs the fingerprint of the same finger as that at the time of entry from the fingerprint reading device 5 placed in the play facility or game machine. The personal computer to which the fingerprint reading device 5 is connected sends information for identifying the game facility or the game machine and fingerprint information of the user 4 to the host computer 14. The host computer 14 searches the DB 7 for a record having the same fingerprint information 40 based on the received fingerprint information, detects the record, and records the identification information of the play facility or the game machine used by the user 4 in the detected record. .

When the user 4 leaves the game arcade, if he / she inputs the same finger fingerprint as at the time of entry from the fingerprint reading device 5 installed at the exit, the host computer 14 stores a record having the fingerprint information of the user 4 therein. The usage fee is calculated for the amusement facilities and game machines used by the user 4 detected from the DB 7, and the result is transmitted to the personal computer at the exit of the amusement hall. The usage fee is presented to the user 4, and the user 4 pays the usage fee. At this time, the names of the amusement facilities and the game machines used by the user 4 and the usage fees thereof may be edited as a list and printed on a printing machine together with the total amount to be presented to the user 4.

When the usage fee of the amusement facility or game machine changes depending on the usage time, the time before and after the usage can be captured by inputting a fingerprint.

Furthermore, when the user 4 goes to a public facility and uses various facilities installed in the public facility, when entering / leaving a company or when using a facility such as a cafeteria in the company. Applying the same content is easy.

[0078]

According to the present invention, a user who uses a dedicated monthly parking lot collects a user's fingerprint when entering or leaving the parking lot and collates it with a registered fingerprint to authenticate the user. This eliminates the need for the user to carry the monthly card, thereby eliminating the hassle of losing the card and putting it in and out at the time of entry and exit.

Further, when using a temporary parking lot or a parking lot such as a superstore or a department store, parking is performed by collecting and registering a fingerprint of a user when entering, and collating with a fingerprint registered when entering when leaving. There is an effect that it becomes possible to manage entrance / exit including the calculation of the charge for the parking lot without the need for a card.

Furthermore, in shopping using a temporary parking lot at a superstore, department store, etc., the user can receive a discount on the parking fee commensurate with the purchase price of the user only by the fingerprint information, and the purchase can be made in the past. There is an effect that you can receive benefits anonymously from superstores and department stores according to the amount of money.

Furthermore, when using the amusement facility such as a game center, the user can receive the payment of the fee for the game machine used by the user only when he / she leaves the amusement facility, using only the fingerprint information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of contents of a record of a fingerprint registration database according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an external view of the shutoff control device according to the second embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an example of contents of a record of a fingerprint registration database according to the second and third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional entrance / exit system for a private parking lot.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a case where a user contracts with a management company for a conventional dedicated parking lot.

FIG. 11 is an example of contents of a magnetic card lent from a management company to a user who rents a conventional dedicated parking lot.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car 2 blocking rod 3 Interruption control device 4 users 5 fingerprint reader 6 Blocking bar controller 7 DB 8 fingerprint comparator 9 Fingerprint / data registration device 10 user account 11 Management Company Account 12 networks 13 management company 14 Host computer 15 speakers 16 Display board 17 banknote insertion slot 18 coin insertion slot 19 Change return port 20 cash calculator 21 Parking lot management means 22 POS register 23 Fingerprint reader 31 User identifier 32 Car NO 33 contract period 34 Parking location NO 35 Payment of usage fees 36 financial institution name 37 Fingerprint information 40 fingerprint information 41 Admission date and time 42 Exit date and time 43 Same day purchase amount 44 Total purchase amount 51 card reader 52 magnetic card 54 Card Issuer 55 Registration No 56 contract months

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first fingerprint reading device for collecting fingerprints of a user who enters and leaves a temporary parking lot of a store that sells products, a blocking rod control device for controlling opening and closing of the blocking rod, and a parking fee. A blocking control device having a cash calculation device for controlling presentation / receipt of a device, for managing the entrance / exit of a user in a parking lot, and a second fingerprint reading device for collecting a fingerprint of the user when purchasing a product A POS register for connecting a device and the second fingerprint reading device to notify the fingerprint information of the user read by the second fingerprint reading device and the purchase price of the purchased product; When the user's fingerprint information is received from the fingerprint information database in which a record including the fingerprint information, the entrance time, and the total price of the product purchased by the user is registered, and the fingerprint information of the user is received. When a fingerprint comparator for detecting a record having fingerprint information from the fingerprint information database and the fingerprint information at the time of entry of the user are received, a record is generated with the entry time taken out at that time, and is initially registered in the fingerprint information database. When the user receives notification of the fingerprint information at the time of purchasing the product and the purchase amount from the POS register, the purchase amount notified is added to the total amount of the records detected by the fingerprint comparator to update the record. When the user receives the fingerprint information when leaving, the total amount of money and the entry time are obtained from the record detected by the fingerprint comparator, the parking fee is calculated from the exit time retrieved at that time, and the parking fee is calculated in the cash calculator. A host computer having a parking lot management means for giving notification, the shutoff control device, the POS register, and the host User management system using fingerprint matching, characterized in that it comprises a network connecting the computer, a. 2. The fingerprint information collected from the user when the user enters the temporary parking lot of the store and the entry time are stored as one record, and the fingerprint information collected from the user when the user purchases the product. To detect the record by
The record at the time of admission is stored based on the fingerprint information collected from the user when the user exits by adding the purchase price to the total price of the purchased products of the detected record and updating the record. The user management system using fingerprint collation, which is characterized in that the parking charge is calculated from the total amount of the detected records, the entry time, and the exit time when exiting at that time. 3. A fingerprint obtained by identifying a user who uses a facility including a store or a game center when entering the facility, and a fingerprint of a user who purchases a product in the facility or equipment installed in the facility. The user is identified by the fingerprint taken at the time of use and the fingerprint taken at the time of leaving the facility, and the payment of the price of the product purchased by the user or the fee for using the facility at the facility is canceled. A user management system using fingerprint matching, which is sometimes performed.