JP2012068852A - Information distribution server and information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] Notifying staff of not only alarm contents but also information such as route information to equipment, so that it is possible to respond quickly to accidents and abnormalities, and to prevent damage to plants and systems to a minimum and quickly restore them. be able to.
An alarm information transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives alarm information including position information of a failure site of each facility / equipment, a position specification unit that specifies position information of a mobile terminal, position information included in the alarm information, and mobile information Based on the location information of the terminal, a selection unit that selects a mobile terminal group that is close to the failure site, and submits a survey request as to whether or not the failure site can be investigated to the mobile terminal that is closest to the failure site in the mobile terminal group, When the closest mobile device sends a reply that means possible, the process ends. When a reply that means no is sent, a survey request is sent to the next nearest mobile device to check whether it can be investigated. An information distribution server comprising a request unit.
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Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information distribution server and an information distribution system.

  When a device or the like fails in the plant, the monitoring device detects the failure and displays that the failure has occurred in the central monitoring room where the operator is normally on standby. Or report to a pre-designated portable terminal, telephone, fax, printer, or the like.

JP 2000-92240 A

  When equipment fails in the plant, the monitoring device detects and reports the failure, but the operator who has received the report does not know the current position of the worker who can recover the failure that occurred in the plant. It is necessary to decide whether to go to the place where the failure occurs or to contact a worker who seems to be nearby and have the worker go there. In addition, even if a worker close to the place where the failure occurred is contacted, it may be time-consuming to check whether the worker is ready to go to the site, and the countermeasure may be delayed.

  In view of the above circumstances, an information distribution server and an information distribution system are provided that allow a worker to be smoothly selected to the site and check the status of the site quickly.

In order to achieve the above object, the information distribution server
An alarm information transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving alarm information including location information of the failure site of each facility / equipment;
A location identifying unit that identifies location information of the mobile terminal;
Based on the position information included in the alarm information and the position information of the mobile terminal, a selection unit that selects a mobile terminal group close to the failure site;
A request is made to investigate whether or not the failure site can be investigated to a mobile terminal closest to the failure site in the mobile terminal group, and processing is performed when the closest mobile terminal sends a reply that means possible If you send a reply that means no
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In order to achieve the purpose, this information distribution system
A plurality of portable terminals that receive alarm information including information on the failure site of each facility / equipment;
Based on the alarm information transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives the alarm information of each facility and each device, the position specifying unit that specifies the position information of the mobile terminal, the position information included in the alarm information and the mobile terminal position information, A selection unit that selects a mobile terminal group that is close to the failed device, and issues a survey request as to whether or not the failure site can be investigated to a mobile terminal that is closest to the failure site in the mobile terminal group, and the closest mobile device When the terminal sends a reply that means possible, the process ends, and when it sends a reply that means no, a survey requesting unit that sends a survey request to the next closest mobile terminal An information distribution server comprising:
A monitoring device that detects a failure of each facility / each device and transmits alarm information including information on a failure site where the failure is detected to the plurality of mobile terminals via the information distribution server;
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The block diagram which shows the form of the information delivery system which concerns on embodiment. The figure which shows the processing flow of the information delivery system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the positional relationship of a failure site and a portable terminal. The figure which shows the processing flow of the information delivery system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an information distribution system according to the first embodiment.

  The information distribution system according to the first embodiment includes a monitoring device 10, a database 20, an information distribution server 30, a communication device 40, and a plurality of portable terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54.

  The monitoring device 10, the database 20, and the information distribution server 30 are connected by a LAN 100. The information distribution server 30 can be connected to and communicate with a plurality of portable terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 via the communication device 40 and the communication network 100. In the present embodiment, each component is described as if connected by wire, but may be connected wirelessly.

  The monitoring device 10 is a device that detects a failure of each facility / equipment in a water distribution system, a power system, or the like. When an accident or abnormality occurs in these plants, alarm information (abnormality notification) is created by editing the accident, abnormality, the equipment, location, time, alarm level, alarm content, etc. in a fixed format. It transmits to the information distribution server 30. For example, it refers to a personal computer (which may include a personal computer and a controller) having a mobile function and information output means such as a display means and a voice output means, a map information database (not shown), and a LAN 100. Via the communication network 200.

  The database 20 stores position information of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54. In addition, position information of each facility and equipment in the water distribution system, the power system, and the like is registered in advance.

Data such as failure information and alarm information sent from the monitoring device 10 and the information distribution server 30 is stored / accumulated and corresponds to read / write commands from the monitoring device 10 and the information distribution server 30. As storage media for data, various storage media such as generally used disk devices, optical disk devices, and semiconductor memories can be used.

  The information distribution server 30 includes a warning information transmission / reception unit 31, a terminal location specifying unit 32, a terminal selection unit 33, and an investigation request unit 34.

  When the alarm transmission / reception unit 31 receives alarm information from the monitoring device 10, the alarm transmission / reception unit 31 notifies the alarm information to the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, 54 of the related parties registered in advance, the display means of the monitoring device 10, and the like. .

  The position specifying unit 32 specifies and grasps the positions of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 registered in advance. At this time, each of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 may acquire position information using the GPS function and send the position information, or may be a mobile terminal of a type that communicates via a base station. May acquire the position information of the portable terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 from the position (tag) information of the communicable base station.

  The terminal selection unit 33 selects one or a plurality of mobile terminals as a group of mobile terminals close to the site such as a failure causing the alarm information.

  The survey requesting unit 34 issues a survey request as to whether or not the survey is possible to the mobile terminal closest to the failure site in the mobile terminal group. The distance from the failure site is obtained from the location information of each facility or device stored in the database 20 and the location information of each mobile terminal. If information indicating that a survey is possible is received in response to the survey request, the process is terminated.

  If information indicating that the survey cannot be performed is received in response to the survey request, the survey request is sent to the next portable terminal. If information indicating that the investigation cannot be further continued is received, the same investigation request is repeated a predetermined number of times, and the operation is terminated. For these survey requests, the buttons on the mobile terminal are used, for example, if the “1” button in the input part of a general mobile phone is pressed, the survey can be performed, and if the “2” button is pressed, the survey cannot be performed. Various methods such as a method of giving a meaning to a signal and requesting a response can be used.

  In the present embodiment, the predetermined number of times is described as two times, but may be three times or more.

  As described above, a portable terminal that is as close to the failure site as possible is selected as an appropriate report destination.

  The communication device 40 is a modem that mediates data communication such as voice and characters.

  The portable terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 have a so-called wireless signal transmission (transmission) function and a wireless signal reception function. For example, a mobile phone or the like. This portable terminal has a voice function and a mail function for notifying a person concerned or other workers who need to be informed of a failure to notify the occurrence of the failure.

  Further, when the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 have a GPS function, each position information may be acquired and the position information may be transmitted to the information distribution server 30. In the present embodiment, four portable terminals are used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one to a plurality of terminals may be used.

  The LAN 100 refers to a telecommunication line capable of bidirectional communication such as a bus LAN.

  The communication network 200 is composed of lines that can communicate with each other. For example, it refers to a network such as a LAN or an intranet, and other communication networks may be used. A public line network may be used as the line, or a dedicated line dedicated to this system may be used.

  Next, the operation of the information distribution system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The monitoring device 10 monitors the flow rate and pressure of the water distribution system in the plant. Here, when an accident or abnormality in the monitoring target is detected, an alarm is output from the monitoring device 10 and transmitted to the database 20 and the information distribution server 30 via the LAN 100. What is transmitted at this time is alarm information such as the device, location, time, alarm (occurrence) level, alarm content (phenomenon), etc. where the abnormality or accident occurred.

  This alarm information is registered in the database 20 for each item. Thus, the alarm information is stored in the alarm information database 20.

  On the other hand, the alarm information sent over the LAN 100 is generated by the information distribution server 30 as voice information or text information from the alarm information (step S101).

  The alarm information transmitter / receiver 31 that has acquired the alarm information notifies the alarm information to the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 registered in advance (step S102).

  In addition, the terminal position specifying unit 32 specifies and grasps the positions of the portable terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54. At this time, each of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 may acquire position information using the GPS function and send the position information, or may be a mobile terminal of a type that communicates via a base station. May acquire the position information of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 from the position (tag) information of the communicable base station (step S103).

  Next, the terminal selection unit 33 selects one or more portable terminals close to the site such as the failure that caused the alarm information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53 close to the failure site are selected from the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, 54. The grasp of the distance from the failure site is obtained from the location information of each facility or device and the location information of each portable terminal stored in the database 20 (step S104).

  Here, since the portable terminal 51 is located closer to the failure site than the portable terminals 52 and 53, the investigation request unit 34 transmits a voice or a character (e-mail) asking the worker whether the investigation is possible or not. (Step S105, Step S106).

  The survey requesting unit 34 ends the processing of the information processing server 30 when there is a response from the portable terminal 51 that the survey is possible (step S106—YES).

  If information or a signal indicating that the investigation cannot be performed is received in response to the investigation request (step S106: NO), the investigation request is issued to the next portable terminal 52 (step S107, step S108).

  If there is a response from the portable terminal 52 that investigation is possible (step S108—YES), the processing of the information processing server 30 is terminated.

  If information or a signal indicating that the investigation cannot be performed is received in response to the investigation request (step S108-NO), the investigation request is issued to the next portable terminal 53 (step S109).

  Here, the information distribution server 30 ends the process regardless of whether the portable terminal 53 can be investigated. In place of the operation of “ending the processing by the information distribution server 30”, if the information indicating that the investigation can be performed after receiving the response from the portable terminal 53 is received, the processing is terminated and the investigation cannot be performed. If the information to that effect is received, the monitoring device 10 may be notified ".

  Further, the processing may be terminated when alarm information is lost during the processing from step S103 to step S108, or when information indicating that investigation is possible is detected by the information distribution server 30 or the monitoring device 10.

  Note that the terminal selection unit 33 and the survey requesting unit 34 of this embodiment preferentially select a person close to the failure location, but the portable terminal stores the owner's schedule, expertise, class, etc. in advance. In addition, the priority order may be determined based on the type, expertise, and importance of the failure or failure location.

  In this way, it is possible to smoothly select the worker who goes to the site where the alarm is generated and to promptly check the situation on the site.

  In addition, it is possible to promptly respond to accidents and abnormalities, minimizing damage to plants and systems, and quickly recovering them.

(Second Embodiment)
A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The difference from the first embodiment is that a process for notifying a certain number of portable terminals among the portable terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 registered in advance in the information communication server 30 is performed.

  The terminal selection unit 33 uses the position information of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 acquired by the terminal position specifying unit 32 in the server 30 to make each mobile terminal close to the place where the alarm information is generated. Rearranging in order, portable terminals within a predetermined range are selected.

  The survey requesting unit 34 sends a survey request by voice or text from the portable terminal within the certain range to the upper two units, and determines whether or not the survey is possible. If a response indicating that the investigation cannot be performed from all the two mobile devices is received or if there is no response within a certain period of time, a survey request is sent to the next closest mobile device group to determine whether the survey is possible. Let me decide.

  In the present embodiment, the number of mobile terminal groups is two, but a plurality of three or more may be used.

  Next, the operation of the information distribution system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the monitoring device 10 monitors the flow rate and pressure of the water distribution system in the plant. Here, when an accident or abnormality in the monitoring target is detected, alarm information is output from the monitoring device 10 and transmitted to the database 20 and the information distribution server 30 via the LAN 100.

  This alarm information is registered in the database 20 for each item.

  On the other hand, the alarm information sent on the LAN 100 is generated as voice information or text information from the alarm information in the information distribution server 30 (step S201).

  The alarm information receiving unit 31 notifies the alarm information to the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 registered in advance (step S202).

  In addition, the terminal position specifying unit 32 specifies and grasps the positions of the portable terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54. At this time, each of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 may acquire position information using the GPS function and send the position information, or may be a mobile terminal of a type that communicates via a base station. May acquire the position information of the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, and 54 from the position information of the communicable base station (step S203).

  Next, the terminal selection unit 33 selects a mobile terminal that is within a certain range from the site of a failure or the like causing the alarm information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53 close to the failure site are selected from the mobile terminals 51, 52, 53, 54 (step S204).

  Here, since the mobile terminals 51, 52, and 53 are located closer to the failure site in order, the survey requesting unit 34 sets the mobile terminals 51 and 52 as the first mobile terminal group and the mobile terminals 53 as the second mobile terminal group. First, a voice or text (email) is sent to ask the operator whether or not the mobile terminal group can be investigated (step S205, step S206).

  If there is a response from either of the portable terminals 51 and 52 that investigation is possible (step S205—YES), the information distribution server 30 ends the process.

  If the mobile terminal 51 or 52 receives information indicating that neither of the mobile terminals 51 and 52 can perform the search in response to the survey request (step S206—NO), the mobile terminal 53, which is the next second mobile terminal group, is investigated. A request is issued (step S207, step S208).

  Here, the information distribution server 30 ends the process regardless of whether the portable terminal 53 can be investigated.

  In the present embodiment, the processing by the information distribution server 30 is ended. However, when information indicating that the investigation can be performed after receiving a response from the mobile terminal 53 is received, the processing ends and the investigation cannot be performed. May be notified to the monitoring device 10.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which a mobile terminal in which a person close to the failure location is preferentially used is used as the “pre-registered mobile terminal”. As another example, a portable terminal selected based on the type, expertise, and importance of a failure (or failure location) from a portable terminal in which the owner's schedule, expertise, class, etc. are stored Also good.

  In this way, it is possible to smoothly select the worker who goes to the site where the alarm is generated and to promptly check the situation on the site. In addition, by asking a plurality of portable terminals, a more prompt and reliable system can be constructed.

  In this way, it is possible to promptly respond to accidents and abnormalities, minimize damage to the plant or system, and quickly restore it.

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment is shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Monitoring apparatus 20 ... Database 30 ... Information distribution server 31 ... Alarm information transmission / reception part 32 ... Terminal position specific | specification part 33 ... Terminal selection part 34 ... Investigation request part 40 ... Communication apparatus 51, 52, 53, 54 ... Portable terminal 100 ... LAN
200 ... Communication network

Claims (4)

An alarm information transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving alarm information including location information of the failure site of each facility / equipment;
A location identifying unit that identifies location information of the mobile terminal;
Based on the position information included in the alarm information and the position information of the mobile terminal, a selection unit that selects a mobile terminal group close to the failure site;
A request is made to investigate whether or not the failure site can be investigated to a mobile terminal closest to the failure site in the mobile terminal group, and processing is performed when the closest mobile terminal sends a reply that means possible If you send a reply that means no
An information distribution server comprising: An alarm information transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving alarm information including location information of the failure site of each facility / equipment;
A location identifying unit that identifies location information of the mobile terminal;
Based on the location information included in the alarm information and the mobile terminal location information, a selection unit that selects a mobile terminal group close to the failure site;
If the mobile terminal group sends a request for investigation as to whether or not the failure site can be investigated, and if any of the mobile terminals in the mobile terminal group sends a reply indicating that it is possible, the process ends, and the mobile terminal When all the mobile terminals in the group have returned a reply meaning no, a survey request unit that issues a survey request as to whether or not the next closest mobile terminal group can be investigated,
An information distribution server comprising: A plurality of portable terminals that receive alarm information including information on the failure site of each facility / equipment;
Based on the alarm information transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives the alarm information of each facility and each device, the position specifying unit that specifies the position information of the mobile terminal, the position information included in the alarm information and the mobile terminal position information, A selection unit that selects a mobile terminal group that is close to the failed device, and issues a survey request as to whether or not the failure site can be investigated to a mobile terminal that is closest to the failure site in the mobile terminal group, and the closest mobile device When the terminal sends a reply that means possible, the process ends, and when it sends a reply that means no, a survey requesting unit that sends a survey request to the next closest mobile terminal An information distribution server comprising:
A monitoring device that detects a failure of each facility / each device and transmits alarm information including information on a failure site where the failure is detected to the plurality of mobile terminals via the information distribution server;
An information distribution system comprising: A plurality of portable terminals that receive alarm information including information on the failure site of each facility / equipment;
Based on the alarm information transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives the alarm information of each facility and each device, the position specifying unit that specifies the position information of the mobile terminal, the position information included in the alarm information and the mobile terminal position information, A selection unit that selects a mobile terminal group close to the failed device, and a request to investigate whether the failure site can be investigated to the mobile terminal group, meaning that any mobile terminal in the mobile terminal group is possible If a reply is made, the process is terminated, and if all the mobile terminals in the mobile terminal group send a reply that means no, an investigation is made as to whether or not the next mobile terminal group can be investigated. An information distribution server comprising a survey requesting unit that issues a request;
A monitoring device that detects a failure of each facility / each device and transmits alarm information including information on a failure site where the failure is detected to the plurality of mobile terminals via the information distribution server;
An information distribution system comprising:

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