JP2001290928A - Employee management device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To rationalize business trip travel expense settlement work and prevent fraudulent billing of business trip travel expenses. In an employee management device including a radio mobile station, a radio fixed station, and a source location processing device of the radio mobile station, the radio mobile station includes: a physical characteristic data input unit; Means for encrypting and transmitting the characteristic data, and means for transmitting identification data of the wireless mobile station, wherein the employee management device receives the data transmitted by the wireless mobile station, and receives the encrypted data. Means for decoding physical characteristic data to obtain the physical characteristic data; employee identifying means using the physical characteristic data; means for obtaining the location data of the wireless mobile station from wireless mobile station identification data; and , A means for specifying the nearest station name, a means for obtaining the reception date and time, and a means for storing employee identification data, the station name and the date and time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an employee management apparatus for automatically performing an employee's business trip expense settlement process and preventing illegal business trip travel billing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to enable employees to spend as much time as possible on business, it is desired to automate the processing of travel expenses for business travelers. Further, in order to reduce costs and prevent employee fraud, it is desired to prevent fraudulent travel expenses such as empty business trips. Furthermore, in recent years, services for outsourcing (outsourcing) employee management and the like of a company to a third-party organization have been started.

As a conventional technique for managing an employee's business trip destination, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-231421, in order to manage the employment situation when an employee goes out, Using a database that stores information for recognizing the voiceprint of employees, while storing the name of the destination, its location, and the telephone number in association with each other,
A telephone number is extracted from a call request with a telephone number received from a certain place via a public line, a destination corresponding to the telephone number is specified in a database, and a voiceprint database is created based on voices spoken by the caller. There is a technique for specifying the location of an employee (business trip destination) by searching and specifying the name of the employee.

[0004] In recent years, mobile communications such as mobile phones and personal handy systems (PHS) have rapidly become widespread. Techniques for specifying the current location of a user of a mobile communication terminal include: As described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-9451, there is an invention for specifying the location of a user using a mobile communication network.

Further, as a technique for identifying an individual, there is a technique for identifying whether or not an individual is a person by using physical information such as a fingerprint, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-187976.

[0006]

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-2314
According to the invention described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 21, in the method of identifying the location of a specific person using a fixed subscriber telephone, the location that can be identified is limited to a location corresponding to a telephone number registered in a database in advance. In addition, when the customer is on a business trip, there is a problem that it is difficult to use the telephone of the customer.

In the present location information service using a mobile communication network and the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-9451, the location of a radio mobile station can be specified. It is impossible to specify whether the user is talking without recognizing the other party's voice or how to talk, and it is necessary to manually perform the identification to determine whether or not the person is the person. In the method of automatically specifying a user by using voiceprint collation processing, it is relatively easy to impersonate another person by recording a voice.

An object of the present invention is to automate a travel expense settlement process for a business traveler.

It is another object of the present invention to prevent a trouble such as an improper billing of travel expenses.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile communication device provided with wireless communication means (hereinafter referred to as a wireless mobile station) and means for wirelessly communicating with the wireless mobile station are provided. A plurality of wireless communication devices (hereinafter, referred to as wireless fixed stations); a source identification processing device connected to the wireless fixed station to identify the location of the wireless mobile station; An employee management device having a means for communicating with a mobile station, wherein the wireless mobile station includes means for inputting physical characteristic data (eg, a fingerprint) and encrypts and transmits data including at least the physical characteristic data Means for transmitting the data for identifying the wireless mobile station, and transmitting the encrypted data within a predetermined time after the input of the physical characteristic data.

The employee management device may include means for receiving the data transmitted by the radio mobile station via a radio fixed station, and decoding the received encrypted data to obtain physical characteristic data. Means for identifying an employee using the physical characteristic data, and location data of the wireless mobile station from the source identification device using the received identification data of the wireless mobile station. Means for obtaining the nearest station name from the location data, means for obtaining the date and time when the data transmitted by the wireless mobile station was received, and an employee number such as an employee number. Means for storing member identification data, station name, date and time are provided, and the location of the wireless mobile station is acquired from the source location specifying processing device within a predetermined time after receiving the data transmitted by the wireless mobile station.

Further, there is provided means for obtaining a travel route from the employee identification data, the station name, and the date and time, calculating the travel expense amount from the travel route, and storing the amount in a form correlated with the employee identification data.

After a user of the wireless mobile station inputs physical characteristic data such as a fingerprint, the physical characteristic data and data for identifying the wireless mobile station (such as a telephone number) are encrypted within a predetermined time. After that, using wireless communication means,
The data is transmitted to a predetermined employee management device via a wireless fixed station. The employee management device, upon receiving the data transmitted by the wireless mobile station, obtains the location of the wireless mobile station corresponding to the wireless station identification data included in the received data within a predetermined time from the transmission source identification processing device, Obtain the station name closest to the location using the means for specifying the station name, and obtain data for identifying the employee from the employee identification means using the physical characteristic data included in the received data Then, after obtaining the reception date and time of the reception data from the reception date and time obtaining means, the station name, the employee identification data and the date and time are stored in the storage means.

In addition, the travel route of the employee is calculated using the data stored in the storage means, and travel expenses corresponding to the route are calculated and stored in the storage means.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 is a mobile communication terminal device (hereinafter referred to as a wireless mobile station) carried by an employee, 2 is a data input / output unit, 3 is a fingerprint sensor for inputting a fingerprint of an operator of the wireless mobile station, 4 is a data storage unit, 5 is an encryption processing unit for encrypting fingerprint data and the like, and 6 is a wireless communication processing unit for transmitting fingerprint data wirelessly. 7 is a fixed wireless communication device (hereinafter, referred to as a wireless communication device) that wirelessly communicates with the wireless mobile station.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a communication network to which a plurality of wireless fixed stations 7 are connected. Reference numeral 9 denotes the wireless mobile station using the electric field strength of radio waves received by the wireless fixed station 7. This is a source location specifying processing device that specifies the location of the first location. Reference numeral 10 denotes an employee management device, reference numeral 11 denotes a communication processing unit that communicates with the wireless mobile station or the source location specifying processing device via a communication network, and reference numeral 12 denotes an encryption processing unit that decrypts received encrypted data. Reference numeral 13 denotes a personal identification processing unit (fingerprint verification unit) for identifying an employee corresponding to fingerprint data transmitted from the wireless mobile station via the communication network, and 14 denotes location data of the wireless mobile station. , A station name identification processing unit for identifying the nearest station name, 15 is a clock for acquiring the date and time when data transmitted from the wireless mobile station is received, and 16 is a travel expense calculation processing unit for calculating travel expenses from a series of station name data. , 17 are business trip data management units for managing employee identification data, station names, reception dates and times, and travel expenses.

Using the communication message flow diagram of FIG.
The processing flow will be described.

At the time of a business trip, an employee inputs an instruction to board the vehicle from the input unit 2 of the wireless mobile station 1 at the boarding station. The wireless mobile station 1 uses the wireless communication unit 6 to start message 10 including a telephone number of the wireless mobile station 1 and data indicating that the user has boarded.
1 is transmitted to the wireless fixed station 7. Here, the communication destination data (telephone number, IP address, etc.) of the wireless mobile station 1 is
It is stored in the storage unit 4. The message 101 is
The data is sent to the employee management device 10 via the wireless fixed station 7 and the communication network 8. The employee management device 10
When the message 101 is received by the communication unit 11,
The encryption processing unit 12 generates random number data, and the communication unit 11 transmits a start response message 102 including the random number data to the wireless mobile station 1. The wireless mobile station 1 displays an instruction on the input / output unit 1 to touch the fingerprint sensor 3 with a finger,
When the fingerprint data is obtained from the fingerprint sensor 3, an encryption message 103 including data obtained by encrypting the data including the fingerprint data and the random number data by the encryption processing unit 5 within a predetermined time (for example, within 5 seconds) is wirelessly transmitted. Transmitted from the processing unit 6. Here, since the fingerprint data is transmitted within a predetermined time after being input, the false position is notified by the employee passing the wireless mobile station 1 to another person and transmitting it after receiving his / her fingerprint data. Can be prevented.
Further, by encrypting the fingerprint data including the random number, it is possible to prevent the fingerprint data included in the transmitted radio wave from being copied and used illegally. Further, it is desirable to use a different encryption key for each wireless mobile station in order to authenticate the wireless mobile station that transmitted the data. Further, the encryption processing may include a digital signature processing.

The wireless fixed station 7 transmits the encrypted message 103
Is transmitted to the employee management device 10 of the communication destination included in the start request message 101 via the communication network 8. When the communication processing unit 11 of the employee management device 10 receives the encrypted message 103, the date and time of reception is acquired by the clock 15, and the encrypted data received by the encryption processing unit 12 is decrypted to obtain fingerprint data. Using the fingerprint data, the personal identification processing unit performs a fingerprint matching process to obtain an employee number corresponding to the fingerprint data. The communication processing unit 11 transmits a call origin acquisition request message 104 including the telephone number of the wireless mobile station 1 to the call origin identification processing device 9, and the call origin identification processing device 9 has the telephone number included in the message 104. The location (latitude and longitude) of the wireless mobile station is obtained, and a source location acquisition response message 105 including the location data is transmitted to the employee management device 10. Here, the transmission point identification processing device 9 identifies the location of the radio mobile station 1 from the position of the radio fixed station 8 that has received the radio wave transmitted by the radio mobile station 1 and the electric field strength of the radio wave. As a technique for specifying the origin of a mobile communication terminal device using wireless communication, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-945 has been disclosed.
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. When the employee management device 10 receives the message 105, the station name identification processing unit 14 searches for a station name closest to the latitude and longitude included in the message 105. FIG. 3 shows a table example 210 of data used for the processing. The employee management device 10 stores the employee number, the reception time, the station name, and the data indicating that the user has boarded the vehicle in the business trip history table 220 of the business trip data management unit 17 and then transmits the end message 106. The data is transmitted to the wireless mobile station 1 via the communication network 8 and the wireless fixed station 7 using the processing unit 11. FIG. 4 shows an example of the business trip history table 220. Upon receiving the message 106, the wireless mobile station 1 displays the processing result on the input / output unit 1 and ends the processing.

When the vehicle arrives at the destination station, it is selected from the input / output unit of the radio mobile station 1 to indicate that the vehicle is getting off, and thereafter, the same processing as in the case of boarding is performed. Data indicating the disembarkation station, the disembarkation date and time, and the disembarkation are stored in the business trip history table 220.

By repeating the above, the business trip history of the employee can be automatically recorded.

Further, the travel expense calculation processing section 16 of the employee management apparatus 10 extracts data of a specific employee number from the data contained in the table 220 stored in the business trip data management section 17, and extracts the data with the date. And chronological sorting using the time data. The fare is searched using the boarding station and the getting off station as search keys, and stored in the business trip data table 230 of the business trip data management unit 17 together with the employee number. FIG. 5 shows an example of the business trip expense table 230.

As described above, it is possible to automate the business trip expense settlement processing.

[0023] Further, by specifying the employee by using the physical characteristic data of a fingerprint, it is possible to prevent fraudulent travel expense billing such as billing travel expenses even though the user is not actually traveling.

Furthermore, since employee management can be performed using physical data such as fingerprints and objective information such as radio waves transmitted from a mobile communication terminal device, a third party agency can perform employee management work. This employee management device is also effective when performing outsourcing services.

[0025]

According to the present invention, it is possible to automate a travel expense settlement process for a business traveler, and to prevent troubles such as improper billing of travel expenses.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a communication message flow diagram transmitted and received between components of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a correspondence table between a station name and the latitude and longitude of the station.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a business trip history table stored in a business trip data management unit 17;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a business trip expense table stored in a business trip data management unit 17;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile communication terminal device (wireless mobile station), 2 ... Input part of wireless mobile station 1, 3 ... Fingerprint sensor of wireless mobile station 1, 4 ...
A data storage unit of the wireless mobile station 1, 5 an encryption processing unit of the wireless mobile station 1, 6 a wireless communication processing unit of the wireless mobile station 1, 7 a fixed wireless communication device (wireless fixed station), 8 a communication network,
9: Origination specifying device, 10: Employee management device, 11: Communication processing unit of employee management device 10, 12: Encryption processing unit of employee management device 10, 13: Personal identification processing unit of employee management device 10 (Fingerprint collation processing unit), 14 ... Employee management device 1
Station name identification processing unit 0, 15: clock of employee management device 10, 16: travel expense calculation processing unit of employee management device 10, 17
... A business trip data management unit of the employee management apparatus 10.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mobile communication device having wireless communication means (hereinafter, referred to as a wireless mobile station), and a plurality of wireless communication devices having means for communicating with the wireless mobile station wirelessly (hereinafter, referred to as a wireless fixed station). ), An employee management device connected to the radio fixed station and configured to communicate with the radio mobile station via the radio fixed station, and a source location specifying device for specifying the location of the radio mobile station. In the wireless mobile station, means for inputting physical characteristic data such as a fingerprint, means for encrypting data including at least the physical characteristic data and transmitting the encrypted data to the fixed wireless station, and identifying the wireless mobile station Means for transmitting data (hereinafter referred to as wireless mobile station identification data) to the wireless fixed station, wherein the employee management device transmits the data transmitted by the wireless mobile station via the wireless fixed station. Receiving means, decrypting the received encrypted data to obtain physical characteristic data, means for using the physical characteristic data to identify an employee, Means for acquiring location data of the wireless mobile station from the source location processing device using wireless mobile station identification data; means for identifying a nearest station name from the location data; An employee management device comprising: means for acquiring the date and time at which the data transmitted by the station is received; and means for storing data for identifying the employee such as an employee number, a station name, and the date and time. . 2. A wireless mobile station, a wireless fixed station having a means for communicating with the wireless mobile station, a source location processing device connected to the wireless fixed station and identifying the location of the wireless mobile station, An employee management device having means for communicating with the wireless mobile station via the wireless fixed station, wherein the wireless mobile station includes means for inputting physical characteristic data such as a fingerprint, and at least includes the physical characteristic data Means for transmitting data to the wireless fixed station after encrypting data, and means for transmitting wireless mobile station identification data of the wireless mobile station to the wireless fixed station, wherein the physical characteristic data is input within a predetermined time period. The employee management device transmits the encrypted data to the employee management device. 3. A wireless mobile station, a wireless fixed station having means for communicating with the wireless mobile station, a source location specifying device connected to the wireless fixed station and identifying the location of the wireless mobile station, An employee management device having means for communicating with the wireless mobile station via the wireless fixed station, wherein the employee management device receives data transmitted by the wireless mobile station via a wireless fixed station. Means for decrypting the received encrypted data to obtain physical characteristic data, means for identifying an employee using the physical characteristic data, and received wireless mobile station identification data. Means for acquiring the location data of the wireless mobile station from the source location specifying device, means for identifying the nearest station name from the location data, and data transmitted by the wireless mobile station. Means for acquiring the date and time of receiving, and means for storing employee identification data such as employee number, station name and date and time, within a predetermined time after receiving the data transmitted by the wireless mobile station, An employee management device, wherein the location of the wireless mobile station is obtained from a source location identification processing device. 4. The employee management device according to claim 3, wherein a travel route is obtained from the employee identification data, the station name, and the date and time, and the travel expense is calculated from the travel route and is associated with the employee identification data. An employee management device comprising means for storing the amount of money. 5. An employee management apparatus, characterized in that a third party or a third-party organization performs a service on behalf of an employee by using the employee management apparatus according to claim 4 or 5. .