Patent ID: 8248206
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: E05B,G06K,G07C

Abstract:
1. A key management box for centrally storing and managing keys to be used by registered users whose ID data have been registered in advance in order to unlock locks of a plurality of storage cabinets placed in offices, the key management box comprising: a plurality of key lock means for holding the keys individually and inhibiting removal of the keys; a personal authentication means; and a lock unlocking means for unlocking the key lock means for a key permitted for an authenticated user personally authenticated by the personal authentication means, wherein each of the keys is a digital key including an IC tag storing ID data of the registered user and storage cabinet specifying data that specify two or more storage cabinets permitted for the user to unlock out of the plurality of storage cabinets, and each of the digital keys being able to unlock the locks of the two or more storage cabinets specified by the specifying data that specify the two or more storage cabinets, and the key management box comprises a data reading means for reading the ID data of the IC tag; and when the personal authentication means identifies the authenticated user, the lock unlocking means unlocks the key lock means for the key having the ID data determined to match with the ID data of the authenticated user by comparison between the ID data of the authenticated user and the ID data read by the data reading means.