Attendance recording terminal

An attendance recording terminal (10), which is designed as a time recording terminal, for recording attendance information of a person (40) on the basis of an action of the person (40), the attendance recording terminal comprising:

• a control unit (11),
• a memory management unit configured for processing and storing the attendance information of the person (40),
• at least one proximity sensor unit configured for recording movement data of the person and monitoring a surrounding zone (30) and for outputting presence information of the person (40) detected from the monitoring of the surrounding zone (30),
• an identification engine configured for identifying the person (40) and for outputting identification information, wherein the person (40) can be identified on the basis of the detected presence information of the person (40) and/or on the basis of at least one other item of personal information, and
• an intent engine wherein intent information is generated, the intent engine being configured for recording an intent of an interaction of the person (40) with the attendance recording terminal (10) and for outputting intent information, and data from the intent engine is used as a basis to record the intent of the person,
• wherein the control unit (11) is configured for receiving and processing at least the following clocking information:
• the identification information from the identification engine (111), and
• the intent information from the intent engine (112),
• wherein the control unit (11) is configured for interacting with the memory management unit (20) such that if received clocking information matches predefined clocking information, the attendance information of the person (40) is automatically processed and stored,
• wherein the intent engine (112) is configured such that at least the following information is used to record the intent of the interaction of the person (40) with the attendance recording terminal (10):
• a movement direction of the person (40), wherein the intent engine (112) is further configured such that the movement direction is recorded via camera tracking and/or via an ultra-wideband signal.