KR20170053264A - system for management of attendance of employee by using wearable device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for managing a user's state of affairs using a wearable device, comprising: a wearable unit worn by a user and recognizing position information of a user; A plurality of recognition units disposed in various places in the working space of the user to receive a signal transmitted from the wearable unit and recognize the position of the wearable unit; And a management server for storing space information of the work space and for each of the plurality of recognizing units to store the location information in the work space and to map the location information in the work space of the wearable unit to the space information, So that it is possible to automatically measure the time and attendance.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a time attendance management system using a wearable device,

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a time and attendance management system that monitors and manages the current state of employees, that is, the current state of commute, using a wearable device.

Companies need to monitor and manage the work situation of their employees. Typical examples are management of attendance and work time.

In view of the fact that it is difficult for companies to directly monitor the commute time of their employees, the company manages the attendance of employees by introducing various time -

The time and attendance technology that is notified and performed is to manage the attendance of the employees by tagging the RFID tag installed in the employee's certificate of the employee. The related patents related to this are 'Kim Mi-hee's' Management and progress monitoring system (Patent Registration No. 10-1132129, hereinafter referred to as "Prior Patent 1").

Prior art 1 has a disadvantage in that only a maximum of 1 m can be recognized, relatively expensive equipment is a problem, and frequency setting of each country may be different.

In addition, corporations use fingerprint recognition of employees as well as employee IDs as a means to record additional time and attendance records. As a related patent document, there is a method of managing time and attendance using a fingerprint recognition kiosk of " Open No. 10-2003-0028621, hereinafter referred to as " Prior Patent 2 ").

Prior Patent 2 using recognition of fingerprint has a fear of dissemination and infringement of personal information, and there is a relatively inconvenient procedure for recognition of fingerprint, and it is possible to cause infection among a large number of people by touching the fingerprint of the finger .

In recent years, there have been technical attempts to manage the employees' attitudes by tagging the smart phones of employees using NFCs installed in smartphones. The patents related to this are 'Honam University' Management system (publication No. 10-2015-0093044, hereinafter referred to as "prior patent 3").

Previous patent 3 also requires NFC to be tagged, which requires a certain act of the employee, and there is a fear of losing a card equipped with an NFC antenna.

In addition, there are technical attempts to manage time and attendance by utilizing the actual location information of the employees. In the "Time and attendance management system and method using location information" of Digital Interactive Co., Ltd. (Publication No. 10-2010-0108748, Hereinafter referred to as "prior patent 4").

In the prior patent 4, there is a possibility that the company is socially criticized due to the problem of invasion of the privacy of the employees, and the company is reluctant to introduce it.

In recent years, there have been technical attempts to manage time and attendance using Bluetooth, which is a short-range wireless communication. For this, a system and method for access / attendance management using Bluetooth (ID No. 10-2003- 0034704, hereinafter referred to as "prior patent 5").

Bluetooth has a problem in that power consumption for communication is relatively large as it goes through a process called pairing every time.

The present invention provides a time and attendance management system using a wearable device according to the present invention. The present invention provides a system capable of managing time and attendance by sensing accurate positioning of employees in the room.

The solution of the present invention is not limited to those mentioned above, and other solutions not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to solve the above problems, a time and attendance management system using a wearable device according to the present invention has the following problem solving means.

The wearable management system using the wearable device according to the present invention includes a wearable unit worn by a user and recognizing the positional information of the user; A plurality of recognition units disposed in various places in the working space of the user for receiving a signal transmitted from the wearable unit and recognizing the position of the wearable unit; And a management server for storing location information of the work space and for each of the plurality of recognition units to store location information of the wearable unit in the work space and mapping location information in the work space of the wearable unit to the space information, And a control unit.

The wearable unit of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention includes a beacon module for transmitting the location information of the user using a beacon communication method; And an ID module for storing terminal unique ID information and recognizing the terminal unique ID information in a part of the plurality of recognition units using the beacon module.

Each of the plurality of recognition units of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention includes: a recognition module for recognizing a signal from the wearable unit; A networking module for transmitting to the management server that the recognition module recognizes a signal from the wearable unit; And a storage module for storing individual unique numbers for each of the plurality of recognition units.

The storage module of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention may store the serial number designated for each of the plurality of recognition units as the unique number.

The management server of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention may further comprise: a map unit for holding the space information in two dimensions or three dimensions; And a database for storing employee information wearing the wearable unit, terminal unique ID information of the wearable unit, and a unique number of the plurality of recognition units.

The map unit of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention stores indoor positional information of the working space and point information in the spatial information of each of the plurality of recognition units as the spatial information .

The database of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention includes: an employee DB for storing the employee information; And a terminal DB for storing terminal unique ID information of the wearable unit and a unique number of the plurality of recognition units.

The management server of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention generates a time signal and maps a time unit in the work space of the wearable unit to the space information according to the time signal And further comprising

The management server of the time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention may record the location information of the user in the space information on a preset format table according to the time signal.

The time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention having the above-described configuration has the following effects.

First, the power consumption of the wearable unit is minimized by using short-range wireless communication using a beacon.

Second, employees wear beacons in the form of wristbands that can be worn all the time, that is, wearable devices, so that attendance management can be automatically performed only by belonging to a desired position of employees.

Third, it is possible to measure the precise position of the employees only in the preset room, so that the time attendance management can be performed simultaneously with the prevention of the invasion of the privacy of the manager.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

Fig. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram exemplarily showing subcomponents of a wearable unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram exemplarily showing sub-configurations of a recognition unit corresponding to one configuration of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram exemplarily showing sub-configurations of a management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a conceptual diagram exemplarily showing a preset format stored in a management server corresponding to one configuration of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating space information of a hospital stored in a management server corresponding to one configuration of the present invention and a plurality of recognition units installed in various places in such space information.
FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating space information of a shopping mall stored in a management server corresponding to one configuration of the present invention and a plurality of recognition units installed in various places in such space information.

The time and attendance management system using the wearable device according to the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Hereinafter, a time and attendance management system using a wearable device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram exemplarily showing subcomponents of a wearable unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a block diagram exemplarily showing sub-configurations of a recognition unit corresponding to one configuration of the present invention. 4 is a block diagram exemplarily showing sub-configurations of a management server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a conceptual diagram exemplarily showing a preset format stored in the management server corresponding to one configuration of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating space information of a hospital stored in a management server corresponding to one configuration of the present invention and a plurality of recognition units installed in various places in such space information. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating space information of a shopping mall stored in a management server corresponding to one configuration of the present invention and a plurality of recognition units installed in various places in such space information.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wearable management system using a wearable device according to the present invention includes a wearable unit 100 that can be basically worn by a wearer's body; A recognizing module (200) installed in the work space and recognizing the wearable unit (100); And a management server 300 that stores positional information of the recognition module 200 recognizing the wearable unit 100 and space information of the working space and recognizes the position of the wearable unit 100 in the space information do.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the wearable unit 100 may be in the form of a wristband or a clock worn by a user, that is, an employee's arm, or may be in the form of a necklace in which an employee hangs around his neck.

The wearable unit 100 is not limited as long as the wearer can wear the wearer's body.

The wearable unit 100 generates signals continuously or discontinuously, and it is preferable that the signals are beacons.

Beacons can be divided into sound-based low-frequency beacons, LED beacons, Wi-Fi beacons, and Bluetooth beacons depending on how signals are transmitted. In recent years, beacons, which are generally in contact with each other, are classified into low-power Bluetooth (BLE: In addition to Bluetooth, various technologies such as beacons using ultrasound or visible light and RF beacons having different frequencies exist. In the present invention, based on Bluetooth 4.0, i.e., BLE, disclosed by Bluetooth SIG, .

The positioning method using the BLE is based on i) a method in which a unit that is simply tagged recognizes that a unit to be tagged at a specific position is located by passing through a specific position, ii) And iii) when there are a plurality of access points and a specific tag is recognized in at least three access points, a method of recognizing the presence of a specific tag from the three access points There is a method of recognizing the position of a specific tag in real time by calculating whether a specific tag is present at a certain position through comparison of signal intensities. The present invention uses the iii) method.

Accordingly, when at least three recognition units 200 among the plurality of recognition units 200 are located in a specific wearable unit 100, when the user, that is, the wearer, wears the wearable unit 100 in Fig. 1 and moves within the work space, A specific position in the working space of the specific wearable unit 100 recognized by the three recognition units 200 is mapped to the position of the specific wearable unit 100 mapping).

For example, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the working space corresponds to a hospital or a shopping mall, the management server 300 knows three-dimensional space information more preferably two-dimensionally of such a working space, The location information of the recognition unit 200 is also stored.

When the work space is a hospital or a shopping mall as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when a worker is positioned between the recognition units 200b, 200c, and 300d while wearing the wearable unit 100, the management server 300 The recognition unit 200b also knows information about the positions of the recognition units 200b, 200c and 300d in the work space of the hospital. When these recognition units 200b, 200c and 300d recognize the wearable unit 100, The beacon signal strengths of the wearable unit 100 among the recognition units 200b, 200c, and 300d are compared with each other to analyze the weakest signal received from the recognition unit having the largest signal and the medium signal strength, It is possible to recognize the degree to which the wearable unit 100 is positioned between these recognition units 200b, 200c and 300d in a very accurate manner (error range of about 1 to 3 meters) according to the ratio of these signal sizes.

The management server 300 for recognizing the location of the user transmits the information to the in-house time and attendance management server. The person in charge of the time and attendance management server, for example, the person in charge of the general affairs department, can manage the attendance of the employee.

The wearable unit 100 comprises a beacon module 110, as shown in Fig. And an ID module 120.

First, the beacon module 110 generates a beacon signal, that is, a BLE signal, as described above, thereby recognizing the position information of the wearer wearing the wearable unit 100.

The ID module 120 stores terminal unique ID information of the wearable unit 100. As described above, the ID module 120, together with signal transmission of the beacon module 110, (200).

5, it can be assumed that a user named Hong Gil Dong wearing a wearable unit 100 wears a wearable unit 100 having a terminal unique ID TK7-007. 6, when at least one of the three recognition units 200a, 200b, and 200c is located in the wheelchair, the at least three recognition units 200a, 200b, and 200c are identified as the terminal unique ID TK7-007 worn by Hong Kil Dong The at least three recognition units 200a, 200b and 200c recognize the BLE signal strength received from the wearable unit 100 of the terminal unique ID TK7-007 by the management server 300, respectively At the same time, these three recognition units 200a, 200b, and 200c also transmit their serial number 241. [ Thereafter, the management server 300 compares the intensities of the signals received by the three recognition units 200a, 200b, and 200c to determine whether the recognition unit 200b most closely received the signal, the recognition unit 200c, Then, the position information of the wearable unit 100 having the terminal unique ID TK7-007 existing therebetween is calculated according to the ratio of the signal size of the weakest recognition unit 200a, and the position of Hong Kil-dong .

As shown in FIG. 3, the plurality of recognition units 200 corresponding to one configuration of the present invention includes a recognition module 210; A networking module 220; And a storage module 240.

The recognition module 210 is configured to receive and recognize the BLE signal from the wearable unit 100. The networking module 220 notifies the recognition server 210 of recognition of the signal from the wearable unit 100 300). At this time, the strength of the BLE signal and the terminal unique ID of the wearable unit 100 that recognized the BLE signal are transmitted. In addition, the networking unit 220 transmits the serial number 241 of the recognition unit 200 itself. The serial number 241 is information stored in the storage module 240.

As shown in FIG. 4, the management server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a map unit 310; And a database 320.

As described above, the map unit 310 is a configuration for holding spatial information of a user's working space two-dimensionally, preferably three-dimensionally.

The database 320 is a general store. The database 320 stores user information such as a photograph, a name, an employee number, and a terminal unique ID of the wearable unit 100. In the database 320, And the position information in the spatial information of the recognition unit 200, that is, the point information.

The spatial information stored in the database 320 stores location information of each room in the work space and location information of the recognition unit 200 according to the location of each of the rooms.

More preferably, the management server 300 of the present invention may further include a time unit 330, as shown in FIG.

The time unit 330 generates a time signal having a predetermined time period, maps the position information in the working space of the wearable unit 100 to the space information according to the time signal, It is possible to recognize the location movement of the employees at real time or at predetermined intervals.

The time unit 330 may have a predetermined format table, which may be the same as the table shown on the right side of FIG.

The time unit 330 records the location information of the user in a clear manner according to the time information provided by the time unit 330, thereby allowing the user to recognize the location information according to the time of the user, The location information of the employees will be able to manage the employees' work and management time.

As used herein, the singular " include "should be understood to include a plurality of representations unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and the terms" comprises & , Parts or combinations thereof, and does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components, components, or combinations thereof.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, the parentheses used in the claims are not used for optional limitation but are used for the definite components and the description in parentheses is also interpreted as an essential component .

100: wearable unit 110: beacon module
120: ID module 130: Battery module
140: Display module 150: Memory module
200: recognition unit 210: recognition module
220: networking module 230: power module
240: storage module 241: serial number
300: management server 310: map unit
311: indoor position information 312: recognizer position information
320: Database 321: Employee DB
322: Terminal DB 330: Time unit

Claims (9)

A wearable unit that is worn by a user and recognizes the location information of the user;
A plurality of recognition units disposed in various places in the working space of the user for receiving a signal transmitted from the wearable unit and recognizing the position of the wearable unit; And
A management server for storing the space information of the working space and for each of the plurality of recognition units to store the location information in the work space and to map the location information in the work space of the wearable unit to the space information; And the time and attendance management system.
The wearable unit according to claim 1,
A beacon module for transmitting the location information of the user using a beacon communication method; And
And an ID module for storing the terminal unique ID information and recognizing the terminal unique ID information in a part of the plurality of recognition units using the beacon module.
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of recognition units comprises:
A recognition module for recognizing a signal from the wearable unit;
A networking module for transmitting to the management server that the recognition module recognizes a signal from the wearable unit; And
And a storage module for storing individual unique numbers for each of the plurality of recognition units.
The storage system of claim 3,
And stores the serial number designated for each of the plurality of recognition units as the unique number.
The management server according to claim 1,
A map unit for holding the spatial information in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional manner; And
And a database for storing employee information wearing the wearable unit, terminal unique ID information of the wearable unit, and a unique number of the plurality of recognition units.
6. The map display apparatus according to claim 5,
And stores the indoor position information of the working space and the point information in the spatial information of each of the plurality of recognition units as the space information.
6. The method according to claim 5,
An employee DB for storing the employee information; And
And a terminal DB for storing terminal unique ID information of the wearable unit and a unique number of the plurality of recognition units.
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,
Further comprising a time unit for generating a time signal and for mapping the position information in the work space of the wearable unit to the space information according to the time signal.
9. The system according to claim 8,
And records the location information of the user in the space information on a preset format table according to the time signal.

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