JP5741169B2 - Monitoring operation system, tracking support device, and tracking support method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring operation system, a tracking support apparatus, and a tracking support method. More specifically, the tracking information tracking the conveyance status of a product, which is a workpiece manufactured in a manufacturing process, can be stored and reproduced. The present invention relates to a monitoring operation system, a tracking support device, and a tracking support method.

  For example, in the manufacturing process of a manufacturing process in which a plurality of successive workpieces such as steel are successively manufactured, the operation operator monitors the equipment status and the operating status from various devices and information, and By taking appropriate actions while judging, stable manufacturing process control and operation are realized. In recent years, for example, general-purpose personal computer terminal devices have been introduced to monitor manufacturing processes and to perform process control and operations in the manufacturing processes. The personal computer terminal device is often connected to another computer (for example, a host general computer or process control computer), a PLC (programmable logic computer), and a sensor device via a network. And online server that works online. The online server may be further connected with one or more online terminals for operation by the operator.

  When a human (operation operator) monitors a manufacturing process and takes an action to carry out a desired operation, discovery or recovery may be delayed when trouble occurs in equipment or operation. Although an automatic control device that controls the monitoring device and the system is introduced for such operational troubles and the occurrence frequency thereof is suppressed, it is impossible to make the occurrence frequency of the trouble zero. For this reason, it is important to confirm at an early stage after the trouble recovery what kind of situation the trouble has been induced and what kind of recovery operation has solved it, identify the cause and take countermeasures.

  Therefore, it is conceivable to identify the cause of the trouble early and take countermeasures by referring to the past actions of the operator. For this purpose, it is necessary to store information that can identify the equipment status, the operating status, and the past actions of the operator, and to construct an environment that can be referred to later.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, in an interactive processing system in which a terminal device and a host computer are connected via a communication line, an input information determination unit that determines the type of input information input from the input unit of the terminal device, and an input If the information is a request to save the screen information, the screen information capturing unit that captures the screen information displayed on the display unit of the terminal device, the screen information storage area that stores the captured screen information, and the captured information Screen information writing unit that writes screen information to the screen information storage area, and screen information stored in the screen information storage area when the input information requests to restore the screen information, and passed to the display unit A screen information storage / restoration apparatus including a reading unit is disclosed.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a screen input information extracting unit that extracts screen input information from the screen information of the screen acquired by the storage target screen information acquiring unit, and the screen corresponding to the search information based on the screen information. Screen input information corresponding to the screen to be restored is retrieved from the screen input information file based on the screen information of the screen acquired by the screen input information storage means for saving the input information in the screen input information file and the screen information acquisition means for the restoration target. There is disclosed a screen information storage / restoration system comprising screen input information retrieval means to be acquired and screen input information restoration means for restoring the screen input information on a restoration target screen.

JP 2000-075976 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 03-220656

  However, in the manufacturing process, tracking is performed to obtain information related to the transport status (that is, the moving status) of each product to be manufactured sequentially, and the equipment status and operation status are monitored in the manufacturing process. be able to. In this case, the operation of the online terminal for operation, which controls or monitors the manufacturing process in real time, so as not to have an excessive influence that delays and disturbs the operation, etc. However, this point is not taken into consideration in Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above.

  As a method for saving the manufacturing process monitoring and operation status, for example, the screen of an online terminal operating in real time is shot with an imaging device such as an ITV (industrial television) camera, and the shot screen image is saved. The method to do is conceivable. However, such a method has a problem that the cost is high, and depending on the operation position of the operator, it is difficult to capture a screen, and the installation location of the camera is limited. A method of transferring image information on the screen from an online terminal and storing the image information is also conceivable, but generally the data amount of the image information is larger than other signal data, and the load on the CPU of the online terminal is large. Therefore, there is a risk of affecting the operation of manufacturing process monitoring, control and operation.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to transport products being manufactured by an operation operator in a production line for sequentially and continuously producing products such as steel materials. The primary purpose is to support tracking to monitor the condition, and without affecting the operating system such as online terminals, the operating operator can quickly identify the cause of the trouble by using the tracking data and identify the cause. The second purpose is to support taking measures.

In order to solve the above-described problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, in a manufacturing process for sequentially manufacturing a plurality of products, operation information indicating an operation status of each facility in the manufacturing process is provided for each facility or arrangement. Based on the online server that is acquired online from the registered sensor device and the operation information acquired by the online server, the status of each product manufactured in the manufacturing process is tracked, and a plurality of items on the manufacturing process line are tracked. The online terminal that outputs tracking information including the presence and movement information of products in the area and output to the display device, and the tracking information that is output from the online terminal in synchronization with the online terminal are generated and saved, and saved. A tracking support device that plays back tracking information It is configured by connecting, the tracking support unit, and offline server receives operation information from an online server, transmits the operation information to the offline terminal, and operational information received from the offline server, received from the line terminal, the tracking information based on the setting information of each facility in the operation to the operation information and the manufacturing process, and displays the tracking information displayed on-line terminal as a tracking window, sequentially transferred to the image image tracking window which changes every moment to the data storage server An offline terminal for recording image data stored in the data storage server and reproducing the tracking screen, and a data storage server for storing the tracking screen displayed on the offline terminal as image image data; Comprising a offline server and offline terminal is characterized in that the line of the production step of the manufacturing process of off-line, the monitoring operation system is provided.

The online terminal includes an input unit that inputs operation information for operating the tracking information output from the online terminal, and a transmission unit that transmits the operation information input from the input unit to the tracking support apparatus via the network. The offline terminal may generate image image data based on the operation information received from the online terminal and the operation information.

Further, the offline terminal further includes an input unit for inputting operation information for operating the tracking support device, and based on the search information input from the input unit as operation information, image image data matching the search information is stored as data. You may acquire from a preservation | save server .

The tracking information stored in the data storage server is stored in association with the time when the tracking information is generated, and the offline terminal acquires image image data corresponding to the time information input from the input unit from the data storage server. May be.

Further, when a plurality of line terminal to monitoring system is connected, the data storage server stores the picture image data for each line terminal in association with terminal information for specifying the line terminal, offline terminal from the input unit Image image data corresponding to the input terminal information may be acquired from the data storage server .

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, in a manufacturing process for sequentially manufacturing a plurality of products, operation information indicating an operation status of each facility in the manufacturing process is stored in each facility. Alternatively, an online server that is acquired online from the installed sensor device, and a manufacturing process line that tracks the status of each product manufactured in the manufacturing process based on the operation information acquired by the online server. An online terminal that obtains tracking information including information on the presence and movement of products in multiple areas above and outputs it to a display device, and is connected via a network, receives operating information from an online server, and stores operating information offline and the off-line server to be sent to, and the operation information received from the off-line server, It received from the inline terminal, based on the setting information of each facility in the operation information and the manufacturing process to operate the tracking information, and displays the tracking information displayed on-line terminal as a tracking window, data tracking screen changing every moment The image is transferred to the storage server and recorded as image data. The offline terminal that reads the image data stored in the data storage server and plays back the tracking screen, and the tracking screen displayed on the offline terminal as image image data. A tracking support device is provided, characterized in that the offline server and the offline terminal are in an offline state from a manufacturing process line of the manufacturing process .

Furthermore, in order to solve the above-described problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, in a manufacturing process for sequentially manufacturing a plurality of products, operation information indicating the operating status of each facility in the manufacturing process is displayed for each facility. Alternatively, an operation information acquisition step for acquiring operation information via a network from an online server that is acquired online from an installed sensor device, and operation information is received from the online server by an offline server, and the operation is performed. and transmitting the information to the offline terminals, the offline terminal, and operational information received from an offline server, on the basis of the operation information acquired by the online server to track the product for each transport situation to be manufactured in the manufacturing process Presence of products in multiple areas on the manufacturing process line It received from the online terminal for outputting to the display device seeking tracking information including information of the preliminary movement, based on the setting information of each facility in the operation information and the manufacturing process to operate the tracking information, which is displayed on-line terminal tracking Step of displaying information as a tracking screen, sequentially transferring a tracking screen that changes from time to time to a data storage server and recording it as image image data, and reading out the image image data stored in the data storage server and reproducing the tracking screen When, by the data storage server, and storing the tracking screen displayed on the offline terminal as picture image data, viewing including the offline server and offline terminal, from the line of the production process of the manufacturing process offline Characterized the door, the tracking support method is provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the tracking data is generated, stored, and reproduced by the offline server, the operation operator causes the trouble without exerting a heavy load on the operation system such as the online terminal. Thus, it is possible to provide a monitoring operation system, a tracking support apparatus, and a tracking support method capable of confirming the problem at an early stage and assisting in identifying the cause and taking a countermeasure.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the equipment of the manufacturing process to which the tracking assistance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is applied. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the physical distribution in the refining process of the manufacturing process to which the tracking assistance apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment is applied. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the monitoring operation system provided with the tracking assistance apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the tracking screen which tracks a sorting area | region. It is explanatory drawing explaining the information which shows the condition of each area of the sorting area | region displayed on a tracking screen. It is explanatory drawing explaining correction operation | movement of a tracking screen. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function structure of the monitoring operation system which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the tracking assistance apparatus in the monitoring operation system which concerns on the embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining the synchronization method of the tracking screen in the monitoring operation system which concerns on the embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the synchronization method of the tracking screen in the monitoring operation system which concerns on the embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram which shows an example of the hardware configuration of an offline terminal.

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol. The present embodiment will be described in the order of the following items.
1. 1. Outline of tracking support device 2. A monitoring operation system including a tracking support device. Flow of tracking support device operation 4. Hardware configuration example

<1. Overview of tracking support device>
First, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the outline | summary of the tracking assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. In addition, FIG. 1 is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the outline | summary of the equipment of the large factory 1 in the steel manufacturing industry to which the tracking assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on this embodiment is applied. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an overview of physical distribution in the refining process of the manufacturing process to which the tracking support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is applied.

  As an example of the manufacturing process equipment, the equipment of the large factory 1 is taken up. In the large factory 1, a manufacturing process is performed in which the slab cast, cut, and conveyed in the upstream steelmaking process and the steelmaking process is processed into a final product steel, for example, Products such as H-shaped steel, I-shaped steel, and steel sheet piles are continuously manufactured. Each slab conveyed to the large factory 1 is sequentially heated in the heating furnace 2 and then continuously rolled into the shape designated by the rolling mill 3. The steel material produced by rolling is cut into a predetermined length by a sawing machine 4 and then subjected to a finishing process in order to finish it as a finished product in a finishing process 5. The completed product is shipped as it is, or once stored in the product warehouse 6 and then shipped.

  Products that are steel materials that have been finished after the refining process at the large factory 1 are taken out and shipped by destination. The details of the refining process may be configured as shown in FIG. 2, and the product cut by the sawing machine 4 is air-cooled in the cooling bed 50 and then depends on the state of the product. It is conveyed to the secondary cooling bed 51 or the press 58. A product that can correct bending and warping with the roller straightening machine 52 is conveyed to the secondary cooling floor 51 and cooled with water, and then the bending and warping are corrected with the roller straightening machine 52. Products that cannot be bent or warped by the roller straightening machine 52 are conveyed to the press 58 and corrected, and then conveyed to the processing table 57.

  The products corrected by the roller straightening machine 52 pass through the post-correction table 53 and are used for the work of sorting the products by destination (A table 54A, B table 54B, C table 54C, sorting area 55, processing table 57). ). The product conveyed to the post-correction table 53 is first conveyed to the A table 54A as a product before sorting by destination. The products in the A table 54A are sequentially conveyed to the sorting area 55, and the sorting area 55 determines the destination for each destination. For example, a product shipped as it is is transported from the sorting area 55 to the B table 54B, and then transported to the precise shipping place 7 and shipped.

  Further, the products stored in the product warehouse 6 are transported from the sorting area 55 to the B table 54B and further transported to the C table 54C. The products stored in the product warehouse 6 are loaded from the C table 54 </ b> C onto the carriage 56 and conveyed to the product warehouse 6. Products stored in the product warehouse 6 are shipped according to demand. Further, with respect to products that require wrinkle care processing (simply referred to as wrinkle processing) such as wrinkles on the surface of the steel material and removing the wrinkles, the processing table 57 passes from the sorting area 55 through the B table 54B and the C table 54C. It is conveyed to. In addition, since the product conveyed as it is to the product warehouse 6 is also placed on the C table 54C, it is possible to temporarily place the product in the storage 8 as necessary. The product transported from the C table 54C to the processing table 57 is subjected to scissors processing at the scissor processing site 9, and then transported to the processing table 57 again, loaded on the carriage 56, and transported to the product warehouse 6.

  On the other hand, the products that have been corrected by the press 58 and conveyed to the processing table 57 are also subjected to wrinkle processing at the wrinkle processing place 9 for products that require wrinkle processing. Then, it is again conveyed to the processing table 57, placed on the carriage 56, and conveyed to the product warehouse 6. Of the products corrected by the press 58, those products that do not require cocoon processing may be loaded directly from the processing table 57 onto the carriage 56 and conveyed to the product warehouse 6.

  In the refining process 5 of such a large factory 1, an image made up of a plurality of cameras or the like arranged at positions for imaging each device in the process and the steel material on the line as to whether each product is correctly conveyed. Tracking monitoring is performed by an online terminal connected to the acquisition device via a network. The operation operator looks at the tracking screen on which the tracking information of the facility is displayed, monitors whether the product is correctly conveyed, and operates / operates the facility directly or with the online terminal as necessary. The tracking support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment stores a tracking screen and operation information displayed on an online terminal in real time, and reproduces the stored information as required by an instruction from an operation operator or the like. By making it possible to save and play back the tracking screen and operation information, how the relevant trouble or similar troubles in the past occurred, what kind of operation did the trouble solve in what situation, Such information can be presented to the operation operator. As a result, it is possible to quickly investigate the cause of the trouble and to perform recovery work at an early stage. In addition, the tracking support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment does not apply an operational load such as a large CPU load that affects process control or tracking monitoring, which is a normal operation, to the online terminal for operation. It is composed of an offline terminal.

  Hereinafter, the configuration and function of the tracking support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail. In the following, an example of tracking the product conveyance status in the sorting area 55 of the refining process 5 with an online terminal, and the tracking support apparatus 100 storing the tracking screen for monitoring and operating the sorting area 55 in a reproducible manner. Will be described.

<2. Monitoring operation system with tracking support device>
[System Overview]
The tracking support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment can be provided in a monitoring operation system that monitors the operation state of the manufacturing process of the large factory 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and operates the operation. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the monitoring operation system. As shown in FIG. 3, the monitoring operation system can communicate with each facility of the manufacturing process, the sensor device, the PLC, etc., and the host computer via a network or a dedicated cable in order to monitor and operate the manufacturing process in real time. A connected online server 210 and an online terminal 220 for operation operators to monitor the manufacturing process and operate for operations are provided. One or a plurality of online terminals 220 can be provided. The tracking support device 100 is connected to the online server 210 and the online terminal 220 via the network 300 so as to communicate with each other. The network 300 is configured by, for example, a general-purpose LAN. In the present embodiment, the monitoring operation system includes the tracking support device 100 in addition to the online server 210 and the online terminal 220.

  The online server 210 includes each equipment (including PLC) in the manufacturing process itself, or a position sensor device including a PLG (pulse generator), a laser sensor, and the like arranged in a line to detect the movement (conveyance) of the steel material. Operation information representing the operation status is acquired and transmitted to the online terminal 220, and the setting information or operation information received from the online terminal 220 is output to each facility, or the information is edited and transmitted to the host computer. Note that the setting information is information including the amount of operation of the equipment for setting each equipment in a desired state, and the setting input data of FIG. 9 described later corresponds to this. The operation information refers to operation input information input by the operation operator, and operation request information performed by each device constituting the operation monitoring system on other devices based on the operation input information. This includes startup requests, setting completion requests, display data transmission requests, and the like. Based on the operation information received from the online server 210, the online terminal 220 displays a tracking screen representing the operation status of each facility on the display as an output unit as tracking information. In addition, you may include the image data of the manufacturing line input from an ITV camera, and the conveyed steel material in operation information.

  Here, FIG. 4 shows an example of the tracking screen 400 showing the status of the tracking target displayed on the display unit of the online terminal 220. The tracking screen 400 includes a tracking target display area 402 that represents the status of the tracking target, and an operation button (for example, a “setting complete” button 404) for operating the tracking screen 400. The tracking screen 400 of FIG. 4 shows the status of the sorting area 55 that is the tracking target. The present invention is not limited to this example. For example, in addition to the sorting area 55, the area including the A table 54A, B table 54B, and C table 54C in FIG. Also good. The tracking target display area 402 shows the area configuration of the sorting area 55 composed of a plurality of areas, and shows how many products exist in which position of each area of the partitioned sorting area 55. FIG. 4 shows a plurality of areas from A00... A52, the first area to the fifth area, B1. In addition, you may write together the image data of each area imaged with the ITV camera.

  For each area of the sorting area 55, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, an area number 411 for specifying the area (or position) in the area, correction buttons 412 and 413 for the operator to correct the tracking screen 400, area The number of products 414 existing in a predetermined area (or position) within the area and an operation status flag 415 indicating the operation status of the area are displayed.

  As described above, the region number 411 is unique information for specifying a region (or position; also referred to as a segment) in the area. For example, “A00”, “A11”, “0P (point)”, “1P Or the like. As will be described later, the correction buttons 412 and 413 are buttons used to correct the display content of the tracking screen 400, that is, the presence / absence information of a certain product in the area. The first correction button 412 is a button for specifying a movement source (FROM) of “a certain product”, and the second correction button 413 is a button for specifying a movement destination (TO) of the “a certain product”. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when moving “a certain product” in the area A00 to the area A11, the operation operator selects the first correction button in the area A00 (input1), and then the second in the area A11. A correction button is selected (input2). As described above, when an operation input for moving “a certain product” from the area A00 to the area A11 is performed, the online terminal 220 causes the “a certain product” existing in the area A00 to be displayed in the area A11 as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. Assuming that the tracking screen 400 has been moved, the tracking screen 400 is corrected.

  The product number 414 indicates the number of products existing in a certain area (or position, for example, A00) in the area, and when the product moves between the areas, the values are the same at the source and destination, respectively. Change. The operation status flag 415 indicates whether or not a product can be transported to the area or a product can be transported from the area. When the operation status flag 415 is “release” (or “take-in release”, “pay-out release”), this indicates that the area is operating normally and the product can be transported. In addition, when the operation status flag 415 is “relief” (or “take-in relief”, “pay-out relief”), the area is not operating normally and the conveyance of the product is stopped. Indicates. The operation status flag 415 can be updated based on the operation information, and can be set by the operation operator.

  When the operation state flag 415 is “relief” (or “take-in relief”, “pay-out relief”), the product cannot be transported via the area. Therefore, by setting the operation state flag 415 of the area where the trouble has occurred to “relief” (or “take-in relief”, “pay-out relief”), the operation operator can recognize the area where the trouble has occurred. In addition, it is possible to determine the solution of the trouble in a state where the conveyance of the product in the area is stopped.

  When the product is conveyed to the input area (area A00) of the sorting area 55, the product is sequentially conveyed to adjacent areas, and finally conveyed to desired output areas (areas B1 to B5) set in advance. For example, the product finally transported to the area B1 is transported to the first area via the areas A00, A11, and A12 and then transported to the area B1. Further, for example, a product to be transported to the area B3 is transported to the third area via the areas A00, A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A23, and A24, and is transported to the area B3. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the length range of a product can also be displayed on the 1st-5th area. The product length range can be used as information for specifying the number of products that can be transported to the area. Instead of the product length range, other product specifications such as the product weight range may be displayed.

  The tracking screen 400 is normally updated by the online terminal 220 so as to follow the actual situation based on the operation information acquired by the online server 210 from the equipment. However, for example, when trouble occurs, the actual tracking target situation and the display content of the tracking screen 400 may differ. In such a case, the tracking screen 400 is corrected by the operating operator so as to match the actual tracking target situation. For the operation input for correcting the display content of the tracking screen 400, for example, a touch sensor is provided on the display unit of the online terminal 220, and the correction buttons 412 and 143 are operated by touching the screen with an operating body such as a finger or a pen. Can be done.

  When the operation operator completes the correction input of the display content of the tracking screen 400, the tracking screen 400 can be updated by reflecting the corrected content by pressing the “setting completed” button 404.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 3, the online terminal 220 transmits, to the online server 210, setting information for setting each facility in a desired state based on operation information and setting information input to the online terminal 220 by the operation operator. . The online server 210 and the online terminal 220 transmit and receive operation information, setting information, and operation information in real time via the network 300 so that the operation operator recognizes the operation status of each facility on the tracking screen of the online terminal 220 in real time. Each facility can be set to a desired state.

  In addition, the online server 210 and the online terminal 220 transmit operation information, setting information, and operation information that these devices acquire from each facility to the tracking support device 100 that is communicably connected via the network 300. As shown in FIG. 3, the tracking support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes an offline server 110, an offline terminal 120, and a data storage server 130.

  The offline server 110 includes application software equivalent to that included in the online server 210, receives operation information of each facility in the manufacturing process from the online server 210 via the network 300, and operates in the same manner as the online server 210. That is, the online server 210 transmits operation information to the online terminal 220 and the offline server 110 in parallel. The offline server 110 that has received the operation information processes the information in the same manner as the online server 210 and transmits it to the offline terminal 120. Further, the offline server 110 receives operation information and setting information from the offline terminal 120 and processes them in the same manner as the online server 210. However, transmission / reception of operation information or the like is not performed between the offline server 110 and each facility in the manufacturing process. That is, the offline server 110 is offline from the manufacturing process line.

Offline terminal 120 includes the same application software as that line terminal 220 is provided, based on the information received from the off-line server 110 and line terminal 220, to simulate the operation of the operation the operator in line terminal 220. The offline terminal 120 receives the operation information of each facility from the offline server 110 via the network 300, and also provides the operation operator with the operation information input from the online terminal 220 to the online terminal 220 by the operation operator and the operation information. Receives the input setting information. Thereby, the offline terminal 120 can operate | move similarly to the online terminal 220 currently operated by the operation operator. Therefore, the tracking screen displayed on the online terminal 220 can be displayed on the display unit of the offline terminal 120.

  Further, the offline terminal 120 sequentially transfers and records the tracking screen that changes every moment to the data storage server 130. That is, the data storage server 130 accumulates a history including a time series tracking screen. The data storage server 130 stores the tracking screen displayed on the offline terminal 120 as image image data. The image image data is, for example, data in a bitmap format or JPEG format, and may be compressed in another format when stored in the data storage server 130. The data storage server 130 stores a tracking screen for each online terminal 220.

  The offline terminal 120 can also read the image data stored in the data storage server 130 and reproduce the tracking screen. The operation operator can check the content of the tracking screen at a desired time for each online terminal 220 by operating the offline terminal 120. Thereby, the operation operator can confirm the status of the sorting area 55 at the time of the trouble occurrence and the subsequent operation, and can quickly investigate the cause of the trouble occurrence and perform the recovery work.

  In the present embodiment, the tracking support device 100 is configured by the individual offline server 110, the offline terminal 120, and the data storage server 130, but the present invention is not limited to such an example. For example, the above functions of the offline server 110, the offline terminal 120, and the data storage server 130 may be realized by a single device.

  In this embodiment, the number of offline terminals 120 is one. However, the offline terminal 120 has a function of executing application software equivalent to the online terminal 220, a function of displaying a tracking screen, and screen image data in the data storage server 130. The recording / reproducing function may be realized by independent hardware. For example, when the number of online terminals 220 of the monitoring operation system increases, it is considered that the screen image data stored in the data storage server 130 increases accordingly, and the load on the CPU of the offline terminal 120 increases. In such a case, the CPU load can be distributed by realizing the function of the offline terminal 120 with different hardware.

[System functional configuration]
Next, a functional configuration of the monitoring operation system shown in FIG. 3 will be described based on FIG. FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the monitoring operation system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 shows components that function to store and play back the tracking screen 400 by the tracking support device 100 for each device constituting the monitoring operation system of FIG.

(Online server)
The online server 210 includes an operation information acquisition unit 212, an online server information processing unit 214, and an information transmission / reception unit 216. The operation information acquisition unit 212 acquires operation information representing the operation status of the equipment from each equipment in the manufacturing process. Here, the operation information includes the product conveyance status in the sorting area 55 of the refining process 5, the position of the product, the number of products in each area, and the like. It is input and acquired from a position sensor device comprising a generator), a laser sensor, or the like, or a control PLC for each facility. The operation information acquisition unit 212 transmits the acquired operation information to the online server information processing unit 214.

  The online server information processing unit 214 transmits the operation information acquired from the operation information acquisition unit 212 to the information transmission / reception unit 216 and transmits it to the online terminal 220 and the offline server 110 via the network 300. In addition, the online server information processing unit 214 receives the setting information of each facility in the manufacturing process transmitted from the online terminal 220 via the network 300 from the information transmitting / receiving unit 216, and performs control for changing the setting of each facility. Information and product inspection results are generated and sent to each facility. Furthermore, the online server information processing unit 214 generates display data of the tracking screen 400 displayed on the online terminal 220 in response to a request from the online terminal 220 and transmits the display data to the online terminal 220. The information transmission / reception unit 216 is an interface that transmits / receives information to / from other devices via the network 300.

(Online terminal)
The online terminal 220 includes an information transmission / reception unit 221, an online terminal information processing unit 222, an output unit 223, an input unit 224, and an information storage unit 225. The information transmission / reception unit 221 is an interface that transmits / receives information to / from other devices via the network 300. The information transmission / reception unit 221 transmits the operation information received from the online server 210 via the network 300 to the online terminal information processing unit 222, and receives the operation information and setting information received from the online terminal information processing unit 222 through the network 300. Via the online server 210 and the offline terminal 120. Further, the information transmission / reception unit 221 can record the operation information received from the online server 210 in the information storage unit 225 as necessary.

  The online terminal information processing unit 222 determines setting information for each facility in the manufacturing process based on operation information received from the online server 210 and operation information input from the input unit 224 described later, and information from the output unit 223. Or update the information that is being output. Regarding the tracking of the sorting area 55 in the refining process 5, the online terminal information processing unit 222 sends the output information to the output unit 223 based on the display data generated by the online server 210 from the operation information of the sorting area 55 received from the online server 210. The tracking screen 400 is displayed. Further, the online terminal information processing unit 222 transmits the operation information to the online server 210 to change the tracking screen 400 displayed on the output unit 223 based on the operation information input from the input unit 224. Display data is received. Further, the online terminal information processing unit 222 generates setting information for matching with the equipment state of the sorting area 55 of the manufacturing process based on the operation information input from the input unit 224, and the information transmitting / receiving unit 221 and the network It transmits to the online server 210 via 300.

  The output unit 223 is a functional unit that outputs information, and includes, for example, a display unit such as a display that displays images and videos, a speaker that outputs sound, and the like. For example, the output unit 223 displays the display information of the tracking screen 400 generated based on the operation information by the online terminal information processing unit 222. Thereby, for example, a tracking screen 400 as shown in FIG. 4 can be presented to the operation operator.

  The input unit 224 is a functional unit for inputting information such as operation information and setting information. For example, an operation device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a button, a touch sensor formed integrally with a display, or the like is used. Can do. In the present embodiment, the input unit 224 includes at least a touch sensor provided integrally with a display that is the output unit 223, and the operation operator makes a finger or the like touch the screen information displayed on the display. , You can enter information. Thereby, the operation operator can set each equipment of a manufacturing process, or can correct the display content of the tracking screen 400. Operation information and setting information input by the input unit 224 are transmitted to the online terminal information processing unit 222.

  The information storage unit 225 is a storage unit that stores information that the online terminal 220 acquires or generates. The information storage unit 225 can also store application software that causes the output unit 223 to display the tracking screen 400. In this case, the online terminal information processing unit 222 can cause the software to function to generate the tracking screen 400 and display the tracking screen 400 on the display that is the output unit 123.

(Offline server)
The offline server 110 includes an information transmission / reception unit 112 and an offline server information processing unit 114. The information transmission / reception unit 112 is an interface that transmits / receives information to / from other devices via the network 300, receives operation information from the online server 210 via the network 300, and transmits the operation information to the offline terminal 120. . The offline server information processing unit 114 performs processing for transmitting the operation information acquired from the online server 210 to the offline terminal 120, and transmits the processed operation information to the information transmission / reception unit 112 to the offline terminal 120. Send it. Further, the offline server information processing unit 114 generates display data of the tracking screen 400 displayed on the offline terminal 120 in response to a request from the offline terminal 120 and transmits the display data to the offline terminal 120.

(Offline device)
The offline terminal 120 includes an information transmission / reception unit 121, an offline terminal information processing unit 122, an output unit 123, an input unit 124, a stored information processing unit 125, a data transmission / reception unit 126, and an information storage unit 127. The information transmission / reception unit 121 is an interface that transmits / receives information to / from other devices via the network 300. The information transmission / reception unit 121 receives operation information from the offline server 110 and operation information and setting information from the online terminal 220 via the network 300. The information transmitting / receiving unit 121 can transmit the acquired information to the offline terminal information processing unit 122 and record the information in the information storage unit 127 as necessary.

  The offline terminal information processing unit 122 causes the offline server 110 to generate display data for displaying the tracking screen 400 based on an instruction from the online terminal 220, receives the generated display data, and displays the tracking screen 400. Output to the output unit 123. That is, the offline terminal information processing unit 122 functions as a tracking information generation unit and also functions as a tracking information reproduction unit. In addition, when the operation information for changing the tracking screen 400 is input from the input unit 124, the offline terminal information processing unit 122 instructs the offline server 110 to change the tracking screen 400. Then, the display data changed by the offline server 110 is received, and the tracking screen 400 displayed on the output unit 123 is changed based on the changed display data.

  Further, the offline terminal information processing unit 122 outputs the generated tracking screen 400 to the storage information processing unit 125 or the image image of the tracking screen 400 stored in the data storage server 130 acquired by the storage information processing unit 125. Data can also be reproduced and displayed on the output unit 123. Thereby, the past tracking screen 400 can be presented to the operation operator.

  The output unit 123 is a functional unit that outputs information, and includes, for example, a display unit such as a display that displays images and videos, a speaker that outputs sound, and the like. The input unit 124 is a functional unit for inputting information such as operation information and setting information. For example, an operation device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a button, a touch sensor formed integrally with a display, or the like is provided. Can be used. The output unit 123 and the input unit 124 can be configured similarly to the output unit 223 and the input unit 224 of the online terminal 220. Further, when the operation information input by the operation operator is an instruction to acquire the image image data of the tracking screen 400 stored in the data storage server 130, the input unit 124 stores the information. The corresponding image image data is transmitted to the offline terminal information processing unit 122.

  The saved information processing unit 125 performs processing for saving / reproducing the image data of the tracking screen 400 generated by the offline terminal information processing unit 122 in the data saved data 130. The storage information processing unit 125 causes the data transmission / reception unit 126 to acquire image image data stored in the data storage server 130 based on an acquisition instruction from the input unit 124. Then, the storage information processing unit 125 receives the image image data acquired from the data storage server 130 from the data transmission / reception unit 126 and transmits it to the offline terminal information processing unit 122. The data transmission / reception unit 126 is an interface that transmits / receives information to / from the data storage server 130 in which image image data is stored.

  The information storage unit 127 is a storage unit that stores information that the offline terminal 120 acquires or generates. The information storage unit 127 can also store application software for displaying the tracking screen 400 on the output unit 123. In this case, the offline terminal information processing unit 122 generates the tracking screen 400 by causing the software to function. The tracking screen 400 can be displayed on the display which is the output unit 123.

(Data storage server)
The data storage server 130 is a server for storing the tracking screen 400 generated by the offline terminal 120 as image image data, and includes a data transmission / reception unit 132 and a data storage unit 134. The data transmission / reception unit 132 is an interface that transmits / receives information to / from the offline terminal 120. The data storage unit 134 stores image image data of the tracking screen 400 transmitted from the offline terminal 120.

  Note that, as described above, the functions of the offline server 110, the offline terminal 120, and the data storage server 130 that constitute the tracking support apparatus 100 may be realized by a plurality of devices as shown in FIG. May be.

<3. Flow of tracking support device operation>
The operation of the tracking support apparatus in the above-described monitoring operation system will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the tracking support apparatus 100 in the monitoring operation system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a method for synchronizing the tracking screen 400 in the monitoring operation system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a method for synchronizing the tracking screen 400 in the monitoring operation system according to the present embodiment.

[Operation during normal operation (ST1 to ST2)]
In the monitoring operation system according to the present embodiment, for example, in a situation where the sorting area 55 of the refining process 5 to be tracked is operating normally, the operation operator displays the tracking screen displayed on the output unit 113 of the online terminal 220. 400 is monitored to check whether a trouble has occurred in the tracking target (ST1). Even when the tracking target is operating normally, the tracking support device 100 operates and records the tracking screen 400 displayed on the online terminal 220 as image image data in the data storage server 130 (ST2). At this time, the tracking support apparatus 100 performs processing for generating a tracking screen 400 to be recorded in the data storage server 130 in synchronization with the movement of the online server 210 and the online terminal 220.

  The synchronization processing of the tracking screen 400 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. The synchronization processing of the tracking screen 400 is executed based on operation information input from the input unit 224 of the online terminal 220. Regarding the tracking of the sorting area 55, the operation operator completes the screen start request for starting the tracking screen 400, the input of the setting input data for setting the tracking screen 400, or the input of the setting input data from the input unit 224 of the online terminal 220. One of the setting completion requests to be input can be input.

  As illustrated in FIG. 10, the online terminal information processing unit 222 of the online terminal 220 determines the content of the operation information input from the input unit 224 of the online terminal 220 by the screen control unit (screen CTL) (S100). When it is determined in step S100 that a screen activation request has been input, the online terminal 200 transmits screen activation request information for activating the tracking screen 400 to the online server 210 via the network 300 (S110). ).

  In addition, the screen CTL of the online terminal information processing unit 222 of the online terminal 220 is connected to the offline terminal 120 via a para-taking control unit (para-taking CTL) that performs synchronization processing in order to synchronize the offline terminal 120 with the operation of the online terminal 220. The screen activation request information is transmitted to 120 (S112). The offline terminal information processing unit 122 of the offline terminal 120 that has received the screen activation request information from the online terminal 220 sends the screen activation request to the offline server 110 via the parallax CTL and the screen CTL of the offline terminal information processing unit 122. Transmit (S114). Through the processes in steps S110 to S114, both the online server 210 and the offline server 110 receive the activation request for the tracking screen 400.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the online server 210 and the offline server 110 activate the tracking screen 400 by causing each information processing unit 214 and 114 to function a screen application (screen AP) for activating the tracking screen 400. . Then, the online server 210 and the offline server 110 transmit display data of the tracking screen 400 to the online terminal 220 and the offline terminal 120, respectively (S116). The online terminal 220 and the offline terminal 120 that have received the display data from the online server 210 or the offline server 110 display the tracking screen 400 on the output units 223 and 123 based on the display data (S118).

  In this way, the tracking screen 400 having the same content can be displayed on the online terminal 220 and the offline terminal 120.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S100 that the setting input data has been input, the online terminal 220 holds the input setting input data in the online terminal 220 (S120). The setting input data is information for correcting the tracking screen 400 as described above, for example, and the online terminal 220 records the setting input data input from the input unit 224 in the information storage unit 225, for example. The setting input data is not transmitted to the offline terminal 120 until there is a setting completion request.

  When it is determined in step S100 that a setting completion request has been input, the online terminal 220 transmits setting completion request information for correcting the tracking screen 400 to the online server 210 via the network 300. (S130).

  Further, the screen CTL of the online terminal information processing unit 222 of the online terminal 220 transmits setting completion request information to the offline terminal 120 via the parallax CTL in order to synchronize the offline terminal 120 with the operation of the online terminal 220 (S132). ). The offline terminal information processing unit 122 of the offline terminal 120 that has received the setting completion request information from the online terminal 220 sends the setting completion request to the offline server 110 via the parallax CTL and screen CTL of the offline terminal information processing unit 122. Transmit (S134). Through the processes in steps S130 to S134, both the online server 210 and the offline server 110 receive the setting completion request for the tracking screen 400.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the online server 210 and the offline server 110 modify the tracking screen 400 by causing the information processing units 214 and 114 to function the screen AP to modify the tracking screen 400. Then, the online server 210 and the offline server 110 transmit display data of the tracking screen 400 to the online terminal 220 and the offline terminal 120, respectively (S136). The online terminal 220 and the offline terminal 120 that have received the display data from the online server 210 or the offline server 110 cause the output units 223 and 123 to display the tracking screen 400 based on the display data (S138).

  In this way, the corrected tracking screen 400 having the same content can be displayed on the online terminal 220 and the offline terminal 120.

  By operating the monitoring operation system as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the tracking screen 400 displayed on the online terminal 220 and the tracking screen 400 displayed on the offline terminal 120 can be synchronized (pararun operation). Then, the offline terminal 120 stores the tracking screen 400 displayed on the output unit 123 as image image data in the data storage server 130 at a predetermined cycle. The image image data is recorded in the data storage server 130 for each online terminal 220 in association with the time when the tracking screen 400 of the image image data is displayed on the offline terminal 120.

  For example, a terminal number unique to each online terminal 220 is assigned to the online terminal 220. By associating the terminal number with the image image data, the online terminal 220 on which the tracking screen 400 for the image image data is displayed can be specified. Note that the image data of the tracking screen 400 does not necessarily need to be saved for all online terminals 220, and may be saved only for the online terminals 220 to be saved. Further, the start and end of saving of the tracking screen 400 by the tracking support apparatus 100 can be designated by the operation operator from the input unit 124.

[Operation when an abnormality occurs (ST3 to ST7)]
When an abnormality (trouble) occurs in the sorting area 55 that is the tracking target, the operation operator identifies the cause of the abnormality and performs a recovery operation in order to set the operating state of the sorting area 55 to a normal operating state. Possible causes of abnormalities include, for example, equipment troubles, detection end signal troubles, software processing defects, and the like (ST3). When the operation operator confirms an abnormality in the sorting area 55 from the tracking screen 400 displayed on the output unit 223 of the online terminal 220 (ST4), first, an emergency treatment is performed for the abnormality that has occurred (ST5).

  For example, when equipment trouble has occurred, equipment restoration work and tracking matching work for matching the display of the tracking screen 400 of the online terminal 220 with the current state of the equipment are performed. For example, when the troubled facility is a common facility used by a plurality of facilities, the operation operator stops the operation of the facility, and also stops the operation of the facility on the tracking screen 400. When the facility in which the trouble has occurred is an individual facility that is used alone, the operation operator stops the operation of only the facility, and also stops the operation of only the facility on the tracking screen 400. In this case, other equipment that is not affected by the troubled individual equipment shall be in normal operation.

  Further, for example, when a trouble with the detection end signal occurs, a recovery operation for the detection end and a tracking adjustment operation for matching the display of the tracking screen 400 of the online terminal 220 with the current state of the equipment are performed. Specifically, the operation is continued by tracking backup of the failure area.

  Further, for example, when a software processing failure occurs, a program investigation and a failure location treatment are performed as an emergency measure. At this time, if the program in which the problem has occurred affects the control of the entire area, the operation operator stops the operation of the facilities in the entire area affected by the program. On the other hand, when the program in which the problem has occurred affects the control of a part of the area, the operation operator stops the operation of the facility only in the area affected by the program.

  In this way, the emergency operator performs the emergency treatment and reproduces the tracking screen 400 at the time of occurrence of an abnormality by the tracking support device 100 to confirm the situation at the time of occurrence of the abnormality (ST6). The reproduction of the tracking screen 400 can be executed by the offline terminal 120. The offline terminal 120 is configured to be able to search the image image data stored in the data storage server 130 by, for example, time, terminal number, screen name, or the like. The storage information processing unit 125 of the offline terminal 120 searches the data storage unit 134 of the data storage server 130 based on the search condition input from the input unit 124 and acquires the corresponding image image data. The acquired image data is reproduced by the offline terminal information processing unit 122 and displayed on the output unit 123.

  Since it becomes possible to reproduce the tracking screen 400 at the time of occurrence of an abnormality by the tracking support device 100, it becomes possible to quickly identify the cause of the occurrence of the abnormality, and an appropriate treatment can be performed at an early stage. In addition, since it is possible to grasp how the current state of the sorting area 55 and the tracking state deviate, tracking adjustment and actual product confirmation can be performed quickly. That is, by using the tracking support device 100, it is possible to perform an appropriate countermeasure for an abnormal factor. Note that the start and end of the image image data reproduction process can be instructed by the operation operator from the input unit 124 of the offline terminal 120.

  When the emergency treatment is completed, the operation operator further confirms the situation at the time of occurrence of an abnormality using the tracking support device 100 and performs this countermeasure for the location where the abnormality has occurred (ST7). By reproducing the tracking screen 400 before and after the abnormality occurrence time by the tracking support device 100, for example, it is possible to grasp the product type, the occurrence position, the occurrence frequency of the abnormality, and the like. Based on this information, it is possible to examine the appropriate measures for the equipment and the detection end where the abnormality has occurred and the precise treatment of the processing logic of the software, and take this measure.

  In the offline terminal 120, the tracking screens 400 of the plurality of online terminals 220 can be displayed simultaneously on one display screen which is one of the output units 123. For example, when the tracking screen 400 of each online terminal 220 is displayed on a separate display window, the plurality of tracking screens 400 can be simultaneously confirmed by activating the plurality of display windows on the display screen. Thereby, the operation operator can check the tracking screens of the plurality of online terminals 220 efficiently.

  The configuration and function of the monitoring operation system including the tracking support device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described above. According to the present embodiment, the offline terminal 120 connected to the online terminal 220 for operation via the network 300 is operated in synchronization with the online terminal 220. Accordingly, the tracking screen displayed on the online terminal 220 can be stored as image image data in the data storage server 130 without being restricted by the installation location of the online terminal 220 or the operation position of the operator. Thus, the past tracking screen 400 can be reproduced.

  In addition, since the tracking support apparatus 100 acquires screen display information and setting information, not image image data itself, from the online terminal 220 connected via the network 300, the load on the CPU of the online terminal 220 increases. Nor. Therefore, the operation is not unstable by periodically storing the tracking screen.

  Furthermore, the image image data of the tracking screen 400 is recorded in the data storage server 130 for each online terminal 220. Therefore, the tracking screen 400 displayed on the specific online terminal 220 can be extracted and played back, and the factors at the time of occurrence of an abnormality can be efficiently pursued. Further, it is possible to simultaneously display a plurality of tracking screens of the plurality of online terminals 220 on the output unit 123 of the offline terminal 120, and the tracking screens of the plurality of online terminals 220 can be efficiently confirmed.

<4. Hardware configuration example>
Next, the hardware configuration of the offline terminal 120 of the tracking support apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the offline terminal 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The offline terminal 120 mainly includes a CPU 901, a ROM 903, and a RAM 905. The offline terminal 120 further includes a bus 907, an input device 909, an output device 911, a storage device 913, a drive 915, a connection port 917, and a communication device 919.

  The CPU 901 functions as an arithmetic processing unit and a control unit, and controls the entire operation in the offline terminal 120 or a part thereof in accordance with various programs recorded in the ROM 903, the RAM 905, the storage device 913, or the removable recording medium 921. The ROM 903 stores programs used by the CPU 901, calculation parameters, and the like. The RAM 905 primarily stores programs used by the CPU 901, parameters that change as appropriate during execution of the programs, and the like. These are connected to each other by a bus 907 constituted by an internal bus such as a CPU bus.

  The bus 907 is connected to an external bus such as a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect / Interface) bus via a bridge.

  The input device 909 is an operation unit operated by the user, such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a button, a switch, and a lever. Further, the input device 909 may be, for example, remote control means (so-called remote control) using infrared rays or other radio waves, or an external connection device 923 such as a PDA corresponding to the operation of the offline terminal 120. Also good. Furthermore, the input device 909 includes, for example, an input control circuit that generates an input signal based on information input by a user using the operation unit and outputs the input signal to the CPU 901. The operation operator of the offline terminal 120 can input various data and instruct a processing operation to the offline terminal 120 by operating the input device 909.

  The output device 911 is configured by a device that can notify the user of the acquired information visually or audibly. Examples of such devices include CRT display devices, liquid crystal display devices, plasma display devices, EL display devices and display devices such as lamps, audio output devices such as speakers and headphones, printer devices, mobile phones, and facsimiles. For example, the output device 911 outputs results obtained by various processes performed by the offline terminal 120. Specifically, the display device displays the results obtained by various processes performed by the offline terminal 120 as text or images. On the other hand, the audio output device converts an audio signal composed of reproduced audio data, acoustic data, and the like into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal.

  The storage device 913 is a data storage device configured as an example of a storage unit of the offline terminal 120. The storage device 913 includes, for example, a magnetic storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a semiconductor storage device, an optical storage device, or a magneto-optical storage device. The storage device 913 stores programs executed by the CPU 901, various data, various data acquired from the outside, and the like.

  The drive 915 is a recording medium reader / writer, and is built in or externally attached to the offline terminal 120. The drive 915 reads information recorded on a removable recording medium 921 such as a mounted magnetic disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, or semiconductor memory, and outputs the information to the RAM 905. The drive 915 can also write a record on a removable recording medium 921 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory. The removable recording medium 921 is, for example, a CD medium, a DVD medium, a Blu-ray medium, or the like. The removable recording medium 921 may be a CompactFlash (registered trademark) (CompactFlash: CF), a flash memory, an SD memory card (Secure Digital memory card), or the like. Further, the removable recording medium 921 may be, for example, an IC card (Integrated Circuit card) on which a non-contact IC chip is mounted, an electronic device, or the like.

  The connection port 917 is a port for directly connecting a device to the offline terminal 120. Examples of the connection port 917 include a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, an IEEE 1394 port, a SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) port, and an RS-232C port. By connecting the external connection device 923 to the connection port 917, the offline terminal 120 acquires various data directly from the external connection device 923 or provides various data to the external connection device 923.

  The communication device 919 is a communication interface including a communication device for connecting to the communication network 925, for example. The communication device 919 is, for example, a communication card for wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or WUSB (Wireless USB). The communication device 919 may be a router for optical communication, a router for ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), or a modem for various communication. The communication device 919 can transmit and receive signals and the like according to a predetermined protocol such as TCP / IP, for example, with the Internet and other communication devices. The communication network 925 connected to the communication device 919 is configured by a wired or wireless network, and may be, for example, the Internet, a home LAN, infrared communication, radio wave communication, satellite communication, or the like. .

  Heretofore, an example of the hardware configuration capable of realizing the function of the offline terminal 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been shown. Each component described above may be configured using a general-purpose member, or may be configured by hardware specialized for the function of each component. Therefore, it is possible to change the hardware configuration to be used as appropriate according to the technical level at the time of carrying out this embodiment. Moreover, although FIG. 11 demonstrated as an example of the hardware constitutions of the offline terminal 120, you may comprise the hardware of the tracking assistance apparatus 100 or the online terminal 220 as shown in FIG.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the tracking screen 400 is generated by the online server 210 and the offline server 110, but the present invention is not limited to such an example. For example, a screen application that generates the tracking screen 400 may be provided in the online terminal 220 or the offline terminal 120, and the tracking screen 400 may be generated in each of the terminals 220 and 120.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Tracking support apparatus 110 Offline server 114 Offline server information processing part 120 Offline terminal 122 Offline terminal information processing part 126 Storage information processing part 130 Data storage server 210 Online server 214 Online server information processing part 220 Online terminal 222 Online terminal information processing part

Claims (7)

In the manufacturing process of manufacturing multiple products sequentially and sequentially,
An online server that obtains online operation information representing the operation status of each facility in the manufacturing process from each of the facilities or the arranged sensor device;
Based on the operation information acquired by the online server, tracking of each product manufactured in the manufacturing process is tracked, and tracking including information on presence / absence and movement of products in a plurality of areas on the manufacturing process line is performed. An online terminal that requests information and outputs it to a display device;
A tracking support device that generates and stores the tracking information that is output at the online terminal in synchronization with the online terminal, and reproduces the stored tracking information;
Connected and configured through a network,
The tracking support device includes:
An offline server that receives operation information from the online server and transmits the operation information to an offline terminal;
And operation information received from the off-line server, the received from the line terminal, on the basis of the setting information of each facility in the operation information and the manufacturing process to operate the tracking information, the tracking information displayed on the online terminal An offline terminal that displays as a tracking screen, sequentially transfers a tracking screen that changes every moment to a data storage server and records it as image image data, and reads the image image data stored in the data storage server to reproduce the tracking screen ,
A data storage server for storing a tracking screen displayed on the offline terminal as image data;
Equipped with a,
The monitoring operation system, wherein the offline server and the offline terminal are in an offline state from a manufacturing process line of the manufacturing process . The online terminal
An input unit for inputting operation information for operating the tracking information output by the online terminal;
A transmission unit for transmitting operation information input from the input unit to the tracking support device via the network;
With
The monitoring operation system according to claim 1, wherein the offline terminal generates image image data based on the operation information received from the online terminal and the operation information. The offline terminal further includes an input unit for inputting operation information for operating the tracking support device,
The monitoring operation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein image data that matches the search information is acquired from the data storage server based on the search information input from the input unit as the operation information. system. The tracking information stored in the data storage server is stored in association with the time when the tracking information was generated,
The monitoring operation system according to claim 3, wherein the offline terminal acquires image image data corresponding to time information input from the input unit from the data storage server. When a plurality of the online terminals are connected to the monitoring operation system, the data storage server stores the image image data for each online terminal in association with terminal information for specifying the online terminal,
5. The monitoring operation system according to claim 3, wherein the offline terminal acquires image image data corresponding to terminal information input from the input unit from the data storage server. 6. In a manufacturing process for sequentially manufacturing a plurality of products, an online server that obtains online operation information indicating the operating status of each facility in the manufacturing process from each of the facilities or the arranged sensor device, and the online Based on the operation information acquired by the server, the status of each product manufactured in the manufacturing process is tracked, and tracking information including information on the presence and movement of products in multiple areas on the manufacturing process line. Connected to the online terminal to output to the display device in search
An offline server that receives operation information from the online server and transmits the operation information to an offline terminal;
And operation information received from the off-line server, the received from the line terminal, on the basis of the setting information of each facility in the operation information and the manufacturing process to operate the tracking information, the tracking information displayed on the online terminal An offline terminal that displays as a tracking screen, sequentially transfers a tracking screen that changes every moment to a data storage server and records it as image image data, and reads the image image data stored in the data storage server to reproduce the tracking screen ,
A data storage server for storing a tracking screen displayed on the offline terminal as image data;
Equipped with a,
The tracking support device according to claim 1, wherein the offline server and the offline terminal are in an offline state from a manufacturing process line of the manufacturing process . In a manufacturing process for sequentially manufacturing a plurality of products, a predetermined cycle is obtained from an online server that acquires online operation information representing the operating status of each facility in the manufacturing process from each of the facilities or the installed sensor device. Then, an operation information acquisition step of acquiring the operation information via a network;
Receiving the operation information from the online server by the offline server, and transmitting the operation information to the offline terminal;
Offline terminal, and the operation information received from the offline server, on the basis of the online server has been operation information acquired by the track certain respective conveyance status products produced in the manufacturing process, the manufacturing process on line It received from the online terminal for outputting to the display device seeking tracking information including the presence and movement information of the product in a plurality of areas, based on the setting information of each facility in the operation information and the manufacturing process for operating the tracking information The tracking information displayed on the online terminal is displayed as a tracking screen, the tracking screen that changes from time to time is sequentially transferred to the data storage server and recorded as image data, and the image image data stored in the data storage server Read out And a step of reproducing the tracking screen,
Storing a tracking screen displayed on the offline terminal as image data by the data storage server;
Only including,
The tracking support method, wherein the offline server and the offline terminal are in an offline state from a manufacturing process line of the manufacturing process .

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