Work management support method and work management support system which use sensor nodes
A system which strengthens cooperation among workers in a business organization through flexible real-time communications and also allows interactive real-time data communications between the head of the organization (manager) and workers, thereby promoting communications within the organization and increasing productivity. The system holds: a commitment list which stores information on workers and work categories in which they are engaged, and a relation list which correlates sensing results with work categories in which they are engaged. A worker and work in which he/she is engaged are identified based on sensing result data and this is reflected in the commitment list data, and another worker related to the work is identified and the identified worker is notified of the work.
1. A work management support system, comprising:
a server with a commitment list storing information on a work category and a first worker relevant to the work category in a correlative manner, and with a relation list storing information on the work category and a first keyword related to the work category in a correlative manner; and
a sensor node which senses the status of the first worker by a sensor and notifies the server of sensed status information,
wherein if the first keyword in the relation list is extracted based on the status information, the server detects the work category in which the first worker is engaged, and updates information on the work category correlated with the first worker in the commitment list.
2. The work management support system as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the commitment list stores information on a plurality of workers relevant to a specific work category, and the server decides based on the status information on the plural workers whether the workers are doing the same work, and if it decides that they are doing the same work, it updates information on the specific work category correlated with the plural workers.
3. The work management support system as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the first keyword is extracted from a conversation or document relevant to the work which the first worker is doing.
4. The work management support system as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the server further has an interest list storing a second keyword related to each worker in a correlative manner, and if the first keyword extracted in relation to the first worker coincides with the second keyword correlated with a second worker included in the interest list, the server notifies the first worker of information on the second worker.
5. The work management support system as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the server further has an interest list storing a second keyword related to each worker in a correlative manner, and if the first keyword extracted in relation to the first worker coincides with the second keyword correlated with a second worker included in the interest list, the server notifies the second worker of information on the first worker.
6. The work management support system as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the server holds a history of work which each worker is doing and outputs the history for each worker.
7. The work management support system as claimed in claim 2 ,
wherein the server holds a history of work which each worker is doing and outputs the history for each worker.
8. The work management support system as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the server holds a history of work which each worker is doing and outputs the history for each worker.
9. A work management support method in a work management support system comprising a server and a sensor node, the method comprising:
storing information on a work category and a first worker relevant to the work category in a commitment list in a correlative manner, and information on the work category and a first keyword related to the work category in a relation list in a correlative manner by the server;
sensing the status of the first worker by the sensor node;
sending sensed status information from the sensing to the server;
detecting the work category in which the first worker is engaged if the first keyword in the relation list is extracted based on the status information; and
updating information on the work category correlated with the first worker in the commitment list.
10. The work management support method as claimed in claim 9 ,
wherein the commitment list stores information on a plurality of workers relevant to a specific work category, and comprising:
deciding based on the status information on the plural workers whether the workers are doing the same work; and
updating information on the specific work category correlated with the plural workers, if deciding that they are doing the same work.
11. The work management support method as claimed in claim 9 ,
wherein the first keyword is extracted from a conversation or document relevant to the work which the first worker is doing.
12. The work management support method as claimed in claim 9 , comprising:
storing a second keyword related to each worker in a correlative manner in an interest list, by the server; and
notifying the first worker of information on a second worker if the first keyword extracted in relation to the first worker coincides with the second keyword correlated with the second worker included in the interest list.
13. The work management support method as claimed in claim 9 , comprising:
storing a second keyword related to each worker in a correlative manner in an interest list by the server; and
notifying a second worker of information on the first worker if the first keyword extracted in relation to the first worker coincides with the second keyword correlated with the second worker included in the interest list.
14. The work management support method as claimed in claim 9 , comprising:
holding a history of work which each worker is doing; and
outputting the history for each worker.
15. The work management support method as claimed in claim 10 , comprising:
holding a history of work which each worker is doing; and
outputting the history for each worker.
16. The work management support method as claimed in claim 11 , comprising:
holding a history of work which each worker is doing; and
outputting the history for each worker.