CN104616365A - Attendance system and attendance method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an attendance system and method, by reading the WLAN MAC address information of the client terminal connected to the WiFi, and comparing it with the preset WLAN MAC address information in the preset list, when they are the same, corresponding to the preset WLAN MAC address information in advance. The identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information generates WiFi attendance records. The present invention also provides a method for simultaneously verifying and judging the WLAN MAC address information and related information of the client to improve the accuracy of verification. The attendance system of the present invention and The method can use the mainstream configuration of the existing client, that is, the WiFi module, and use the unique WLAN MAC address information corresponding to each WiFi module to perform attendance verification, and the attendance efficiency and accuracy are high.

Description

An attendance system and method

technical field

The invention relates to the field of intelligent attendance check, in particular to a WiFi-based attendance system and method.

Background technique

Statistics show that in 2012, my country's smart phone sales totaled 169 million units, an increase of 130.7% over the same period last year. At present, the number of smart phone users in my country is 380 million, and the low-end smart phone market below 1,000 yuan is still not saturated. The eventual ubiquity of smartphones was predictable. Smart phones "have an independent operating system, and users can install programs provided by third-party service providers" and "can realize wireless network access through mobile communication networks", making smart phones an important part of people's daily life. companion.

Attendance is one of the important tools to maintain the normal working order of the enterprise, improve work efficiency, and strictly enforce corporate discipline. Combining mobile phones with attendance will be of great significance. The current attendance system mainly includes LBS attendance and RFID attendance. LBS attendance is an attendance system based on mobile communication networks and the Internet. It is composed of wireless terminals and network management platforms. The main function is to determine the location of someone at a certain time . Managers can query and manage attendance through any computer or mobile phone with Internet access. This system is mainly used by field personnel. RFID attendance requires employees to hold smart phones that need to be installed with RFID hardware modules or RFID SIM cards. Attendance can be realized by "swiping the phone" or "passing through the RFID high-frequency channel". This system is mainly used for internal staff. Both of these two existing time attendance systems have shortcomings. LBS time attendance is not suitable for office staff, because the positioning accuracy of the base station is too low, and GPS positioning cannot be used indoors. RFID attendance needs to have RFID terminal support, but the current mainstream smartphones do not contain RFID hardware modules, and quite a few smartphones do not support RFID SIM cards.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for an attendance system that utilizes the basic functions and hardware configuration of mainstream mobile phones.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an attendance system and method, which are used to solve the problems in the prior art that the attendance efficiency is low and the mainstream configuration of mobile devices cannot be effectively used for attendance check.

In order to achieve the above purpose and other related purposes, the present invention provides an attendance terminal, which stores a list containing a plurality of identity information, and the list also includes verification information associated with each of the identity information, and the verification information includes preset Set WLANMAC address information; The attendance terminal includes a wireless network card module to periodically scan and read the WLAN MAC address information of the client to be verified in the preset scanning area, and judge the WLAN MAC address information read When it is the same as the preset WLAN MAC address information included in the verification information in the list, a WiFi attendance record is generated corresponding to the identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information.

Optionally, the verification information also includes preset related information; the related information refers to information that can uniquely identify the client or user, including but not limited to phone number, mobile device international identity code IMEI; the attendance terminal Including a wireless network card module, which is used to periodically scan and read the WLAN MAC address information and related information of the client to be verified in the preset scanning area, and determine whether the read WLAN MAC address information and related information are consistent with the When the preset WLAN MAC address information contained in the verification information in the list and the preset related information are the same, the corresponding identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information and related information generates a WiFi attendance record.

Optionally, the attendance terminal obtains the distance between the client and the attendance terminal according to the WLAN signal strength corresponding to the read WLAN MAC address information of the client, and when the distance is less than the distance threshold, generates WiFi attendance record with said distance.

Optionally, the WiFi attendance record has a first identification, and/or the attendance terminal is used for inputting attendance information to generate a manual attendance record, and the manual attendance record has a second identification that is different from the first identification. logo.

In order to achieve the above purpose and other related purposes, the present invention also provides a client with a built-in WiFi module for the client to send its WLAN MAC address information to the external device as a WiFi hotspot for the external device to judge When the WLAN MAC address information of the client is the same as the preset MAC address information, the WiFi attendance record is generated corresponding to the identity information pre-associated with the preset MAC address information.

Optionally, the client has unique relevant information, so that when the external device reads the WLAN MAC address information and related information, it can judge that the WLAN MAC address information and related information of the client are the same as the preset Whether the MAC address information and the preset related information are the same, and if they are the same, generate a WiFi attendance record corresponding to the identity information pre-associated with the preset MAC address information and the preset related information.

Optionally, the external device obtains the distance between the client and the external device according to the read WLAN signal strength corresponding to the WLAN MAC address information of the client, and when the distance is less than a distance threshold, Generate WiFi attendance record with said distance.

Optionally, the activation of the WiFi hotspot includes manual activation or automatic activation with a preset activation period.

Optionally, the WiFi attendance record has a first identification, and the external device is used to input attendance information to generate a manual attendance record, and the manual attendance record has a second identification different from the first identification.

In order to achieve the above purpose and other related purposes, the present invention also provides an attendance checking method, which includes the following steps: preset a list with a plurality of identity information, the list also includes verification information associated with the identity information one by one, so The verification information includes preset WLAN MAC address information; activate the WiFi hotspot of the client to be verified and obtain the WLAN MAC address information of the client through the WiFi connection; periodically scan and read the WLAN MAC address information of the client; When the read WLAN MAC address information is the same as the preset WLAN MAC address information contained in the verification information in the list, a WiFi attendance record is generated corresponding to the identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information.

As mentioned above, a kind of checking attendance system and method of the present invention, by reading the WLAN MAC address information of the client end that carries out WiFi connection, and it is compared with the preset WLAN MAC address information in the preset list, when the same, the corresponding The identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information is used to generate WiFi attendance records in advance. The present invention also provides a method for simultaneously verifying and judging the WLAN MAC address information and related information of the client to improve the accuracy of verification. The attendance system and method can utilize the mainstream configuration of the existing client, that is, the WiFi module, and use the unique WLAN MAC address information corresponding to each WiFi module to perform attendance verification.

Checking attendance is convenient and fast. For employees, there is no need for any additional actions (such as swiping cards or pressing fingerprints, etc.) during attendance, as long as they carry a client such as a smart phone to pass normally. The advantage of this is that it can improve efficiency and avoid people waiting in line at the access control (this is especially important for factories, mines, schools, etc. , prone to congestion).

No special hardware equipment is needed, the functions of this system are mainly realized by software, and all the hardware needed is, for example, a smart phone with a WiFi module and a common PC. Employees generally have smart phones, and enterprises only need one ordinary desktop computer equipped with a wireless network card and the software designed by us to realize all functions. Compared with the dedicated attendance terminal and additional costs that cost tens of thousands, the equipment cost of this solution is almost negligible. And when the employee does not have a mobile phone or some employees do not have a mobile phone, the attendance system also supports the method of manually inputting attendance information.

To eliminate attendance fraud, this system uses "relevant information + WLAN MAC address information" double identification. The relevant information is, for example, the mobile device's international identity code IMEI or phone number. The two must be strictly matched to generate a record. Simply by changing the SIM card Or it is impossible to copy the SIM card for falsification of attendance.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are For some embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a specific embodiment of an attendance system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a specific embodiment of a attendance checking method of the present invention.

Component designation description

1 attendance terminal

11 Wireless network card module

2 client

21 WiFi module

S11～S14 steps

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention are described below through specific examples, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific implementation modes, and various modifications or changes can be made to the details in this specification based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the following embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

It should be noted that the diagrams provided in the following embodiments are only schematically illustrating the basic idea of the present invention, and only the components related to the present invention are shown in the diagrams rather than the number, shape and shape of the components in actual implementation. Dimensional drawing, the type, quantity and proportion of each component can be changed arbitrarily during actual implementation, and the component layout type may also be more complicated.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic structural diagram of an attendance system of the present invention in a specific embodiment. The attendance system includes an attendance terminal 1 and a client terminal 2 , the attendance terminal 1 has a wireless network card module 11 , and the client terminal 2 has a WiFi module 21 . The attendance terminal 1 is, for example, a personal computer or the software carried on the personal computer, and the attendance terminal 1 has a wireless network card module 11, and the wireless network card module 11 can be a wireless network card of hardware or software that can realize wireless communication Functional software module, the client 2 is, for example, a smart phone or a software module carried on the smart phone, and correspondingly, the WiFi module can also be a software module capable of realizing the WiFi function.

In the present invention, the WLAN MAC address is equivalent to the "fingerprint" of the communication device with the WiFi module, which is unique and unchangeable, so the WLAN MAC address information of the electronic device carried by the employee can be used to verify the intelligent and efficient attendance.

The attendance terminal 1 stores a list that includes a plurality of identity information, and the list also includes verification information associated with the identity information one by one, and the verification information includes preset WLAN MAC address information; in one embodiment, The identity information includes, for example: name, gender, department, position and other information.

The attendance terminal 1 includes a wireless network card module 11, which is used to periodically scan and read the WLAN MAC address information of the client 2 to be verified in the preset scanning area, and the client 2 has a built-in WiFi module 21 for providing Described client 2 sends its WLAN MAC address information to external equipment such as to the attendance terminal in this embodiment as a WiFi hotspot, and judges the WLAN MAC address information that reads and the described WLAN MAC address information that is read at described attendance terminal 1 When the preset WLAN MAC address information contained in the verification information in the above list is the same, a WiFi attendance record is generated corresponding to the identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information, wherein the activation of the WiFi hotspot includes manual activation or Automatic activation with a preset activation period, the manual activation is, for example, by manually opening the WiFi hotspot of the client 2, or loading one on the client 2 to open the WiFi hotspot of the client 2 An APP for attendance check-in to facilitate operation.

In order to improve the accuracy of verification, in another specific embodiment, the attendance terminal 1 stores a list containing a plurality of identity information, and the list also includes verification information associated with the identity information one by one, and the verification The information includes preset WLAN MAC address information and preset related information. The related information can exist in encrypted form. The encryption methods include: MD5, SHA1, CRC32 and custom encryption methods, etc. The related information includes but is not limited to mobile device international Identity code IMEI or phone number, the following takes the relevant information as the phone number as an example to illustrate, the attendance terminal 1 periodically scans and reads the WLAN MAC address information of the client 2 to be verified in the preset scanning area and phone number, and when the attendance terminal 1 judges that the read WLAN MAC address information and the phone number are the same as the preset WLAN MAC address information and the preset phone number included in the verification information in the list, A WiFi attendance record is generated corresponding to the identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information. Using "phone number + client WLAN MAC address information" dual identification, the two must be strictly matched to generate records, and it is impossible to falsify attendance simply by changing the SIM card or copying the SIM card.

And preferably, the attendance terminal 1 obtains the distance between the client terminal 2 and the attendance terminal 1 according to the WLAN signal strength corresponding to the WLAN MAC address information of the read client terminal 2, and within the distance When it is less than the distance threshold, generate a WiFi attendance record with the distance. Because the relationship between the received WLAN signal strength and the distance is that the greater the distance from the WiFi hotspot, the smaller the corresponding WLAN signal strength, and the two are negatively correlated. For example, when the distance threshold is 2.5m, the corresponding WLAN signal strength is about 50dbm, and the corresponding relationship between the distance and the WLAN signal strength is slightly different for different WiFi modules 21 .

More preferably, the WiFi attendance record has a first identification, such as "1", which means that when the employee does not have a mobile phone or some employees do not have a mobile phone, the attendance terminal 1 can also input attendance information to generate manual attendance Records, the manual attendance record has a second identification that is different from the first identification, for example, "0" means that because of the different identification, the manager can check the authenticity of the record marked as "0" on that day , that is, a small number of employees marked as "0" can be spot-checked to further prevent the occurrence of fraudulent behavior.

Please refer to Fig. 2, which shows a schematic flow chart of a method for checking attendance in a specific embodiment of the present invention, its technical principle is roughly the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the features in the above-mentioned embodiment can be applied without conflict In this embodiment of the method, therefore, the repeated technical features will not be repeated and described in detail. The method in this embodiment includes the following steps:

S11: Preset a list with a plurality of identity information, the list also includes verification information associated with each of the identity information, and the verification information includes preset WLAN MAC address information. In one embodiment, the identity information includes, for example, name, gender, department, position and other information.

S12: Activate the WiFi hotspot of the client to be verified and obtain the WLAN MAC address information of the client through the WiFi connection. The WLAN MAC address is equivalent to the "fingerprint" of a communication device with a WiFi module, which is unique and unchangeable. Therefore, the WLAN MAC address information of the electronic device carried by the employee can be verified to achieve intelligent and efficient attendance. The activation of the WiFi hotspot includes manual activation or automatic activation with a preset activation period. The manual activation is, for example, manually opening the WiFi hotspot of the client, or loading one on the client to open the The client's WiFi hotspot is used to perform attendance and sign-in APP for easy operation.

S13: Periodically scan and read the WLAN MAC address information of the client. For example, a scan is performed every 0.5S.

S14: When it is judged that the read WLAN MAC address information is the same as the preset WLAN MAC address information contained in the verification information in the list, generating WiFi corresponding to the identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information Attendance Record.

To sum up, a kind of time attendance system and method of the present invention, by reading the WLANMAC address information of the client that carries out WiFi connection, and compare it with the preset WLAN MAC address information in the preset list, when the same, Corresponding to the identity information associated with the preset WLAN MAC address information in advance to generate WiFi attendance records, the present invention also provides a method for simultaneously verifying and judging the WLAN MAC address information and the phone number of the client to improve the accuracy of verification. The attendance system and method can utilize the mainstream configuration owned by the existing client, that is, the WiFi module, and use the unique WLAN MAC address information corresponding to each WiFi module to perform attendance verification. Therefore, the present invention effectively overcomes various shortcomings in the prior art and has high industrial application value.

The above-mentioned embodiments only illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical ideas disclosed in the present invention should still be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. a work attendance end, is characterized in that: store the list comprising multiple identity information, and described list also comprises the authorization information associated one by one with described identity information, and described authorization information comprises default WLAN mac address information;

Described work attendance end comprises wireless interface module, the WLAN mac address information presetting client to be verified in scanning area is also read in order to periodic scan, and when the described WLAN mac address information judging to read is identical with the default WLAN mac address information that the authorization information in described list comprises, the identity information associated by corresponding and described default WLAN mac address information generates WiFi attendance record.

2. work attendance end according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described authorization information also comprises default relevant information;

Described work attendance end comprises wireless interface module, the WLAN mac address information and relevant information of presetting client to be verified in scanning area is also read in order to periodic scan, and when judging the described WLAN mac address information that reads and relevant information is identical with the default WLAN mac address information that the authorization information in described list comprises and default relevant information, corresponding and described default WLAN mac address information and the identity information associated by relevant information generate WiFi attendance record.

3. work attendance end according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the WLAN signal intensity of described work attendance end corresponding to the WLAN mac address information of read described client obtains the distance of described client apart from described work attendance end, and when described distance is less than distance threshold, generate the WiFi attendance record with described distance.

4. the work attendance end according to any one of claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: described WiFi attendance record has the first mark, and/or described work attendance end generates artificial attendance record according to this for input work attendance information, described artificial attendance record has and to identify second identifying of distinguishing with described first.

5. a client, it is characterized in that: be built-in with WiFi module, its WLAN mac address information is sent with carrying out external device for described client as Wi-Fi hotspot, for external unit when judging that the WLAN mac address information of described client is identical with default mac address information, the identity information that corresponding and described default mac address information associates in advance is to generate WiFi attendance record.

6. client according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: described client has unique relevant information, for described external unit when reading described WLAN mac address information and relevant information, judge the WLANMAC address information of described client and relevant information with preset mac address information and default relevant information whether identical, if identical, then the corresponding identity information associated in advance with described default mac address information and default relevant information is to generate WiFi attendance record.

7. client according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: the WLAN signal intensity of described external unit corresponding to the WLAN mac address information of read described client obtains the distance of described client apart from described external unit, and when described distance is less than distance threshold, generate the WiFi attendance record with described distance.

8. client according to claim 5, is characterized in that: the activation of described Wi-Fi hotspot comprises manual actuation or has the automatic activation of default activation cycle.

9. the client according to any one of claim 5 ~ 8, it is characterized in that: described WiFi attendance record has the first mark, described external unit generates artificial attendance record according to this for input work attendance information, and described artificial attendance record has and to identify second identifying of distinguishing with described first.

10. a Work attendance method, is characterized in that, comprises the steps:

Preset the list with multiple identity information, described list also comprises the authorization information associated one by one with described identity information, and described authorization information comprises default WLAN mac address information;

Activate the Wi-Fi hotspot of client to be verified and connected the WLAN mac address information obtaining described client by WiFi;

Periodic scan also reads the WLAN mac address information of described client;

When the WLAN mac address information judging to read is identical with the default WLAN mac address information that the authorization information in described list comprises, the identity information associated by corresponding and described default WLAN mac address information generates WiFi attendance record.