Equipment managing system, terminal device, and location information displaying method

1. An equipment managing system comprising:

an equipment management database that stores equipment information pertaining to each piece of equipment that is installed in a facility; and

a terminal device that displays, on a screen, installation location information for an applicable equipment based on the equipment information pertaining to a given piece of equipment acquired through a communication circuit from the equipment management database,

wherein the equipment information of the equipment management database includes an installation height for the applicable equipment as location information for the location wherein the applicable equipment is installed, and

wherein said terminal device is provided separately from the applicable equipment and comprises:

a height detecting unit detecting the height of the device; and

a location information displaying unit acquiring, in response to a location information display request operation, equipment information for the applicable equipment from the equipment management database, and displaying on a screen a differential height acquired by subtracting the current height of the device, detected by the height detecting unit, from the installation height of the equipment, which is included in the equipment information that has been acquired, and

wherein the location information displaying unit acquires, in response to a location information display request operation, equipment information for the applicable equipment from the equipment management database and display on a screen a differential height acquired by subtracting a floor height of the applicable equipment that is included in the equipment information that has been acquired from the installation height for the applicable equipment that is included in the equipment information that has been acquired.

2. The equipment managing system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the terminal device further comprises a location information recording unit recording, in response to a location information recording request operation, the height detected by the height detecting unit, as the installation height for the applicable equipment, into the equipment information pertaining to the applicable equipment in the equipment management database.

3. The equipment managing system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:

the location information recording unit records, in response to a floor height recording request operation, the height detected by the height detecting unit, as the floor height for the installation reference floor whereon is installed applicable equipment, into the equipment information pertaining to the applicable equipment in the equipment management database.

4. The equipment managing system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the installation height of the applicable equipment is detected by the height detecting unit of the terminal device provided separately from the applicable equipment.

5. The equipment managing system as set forth in claim 4 , wherein

the installation height of the applicable equipment is detected by the terminal device held by an operator when the applicable equipment is installed in the facility.

6. A terminal device connected by a communication circuit to an equipment management database that stores equipment information pertaining to each piece of equipment that is installed in a facility, and that displays on a screen the installation location information for an applicable equipment based on the equipment information pertaining to a given piece of equipment acquired from the equipment management database; comprising:

a height detecting unit detecting the height of the device; and

a location information displaying unit acquiring, in response to a location information display request operation, equipment information for the applicable equipment from the equipment management database, and displaying on a screen a differential height acquired by subtracting the current height of the device, detected by the height detecting unit, from the installation height of the equipment, which is included in the equipment information that has been acquired,

wherein the terminal device is provided separately from the applicable equipment, and

wherein the location information displaying unit acquires, in response to a location information display request operation, equipment information for the applicable equipment from the equipment management database and display on a screen a differential height acquired by subtracting a floor height of the applicable equipment that is included in the equipment information that has been acquired from the installation height for the applicable equipment that is included in the equipment information that has been acquired.

7. The terminal device as set forth in claim 6 , further comprising:

a location information recording unit recording, in response to a location information recording request operation, the height detected by the height detecting unit, as the installation height for the applicable equipment, into the equipment information pertaining to the applicable equipment in the equipment management database.

8. The terminal device as set forth in claim 7 , wherein:

the location information recording unit records, in response to a floor height recording request operation, the height detected by the height detecting unit, as the floor height for the installation reference floor whereon is installed applicable equipment, into the equipment information pertaining to the applicable equipment in the equipment management database.

9. The terminal device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the installation height of the applicable equipment is detected by the height detecting unit of the terminal device provided separately from the applicable equipment.

10. The terminal device as set forth in claim 9 , wherein

the installation height of the applicable equipment is detected by the terminal device held by an operator when the applicable equipment is installed in the facility.

11. A location information displaying method that is used by a terminal device that is connected to a communication circuit to an equipment management database that stores equipment information pertaining to each piece of equipment that is installed in a facility, and that displays on a screen the installation location information for an applicable equipment based on the equipment information pertaining to a given piece of equipment acquired from the equipment management database, the method comprising the steps of:

providing the terminal device separately from the applicable equipment, the terminal device having a height detecting unit and a location information displaying unit;

detecting a height of the device with the height detecting unit;

acquiring, from the equipment management database, equipment information for applicable equipment, in response to a location information display request operation, by the location information displaying unit; and

displaying, on a screen of the location information displaying unit, a differential height acquired through subtracting, from the installation height of the applicable equipment that is included in the equipment information that is acquired, a floor height and the current height of the device, detected in the height detecting step.

12. The location information displaying method as set forth in claim 11 , further comprising the step of:

detecting the installation height of the applicable equipment by the height detecting unit of the terminal device provided separately from the applicable equipment.

13. The location information displaying method as set forth in claim 12 , wherein

the installation height of the applicable equipment is detected by the terminal device held by an operator when the applicable equipment is installed in the facility.