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Granted Patent B2
US 11,308,376 · App. 16/764,271 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Equipment management system

Inventors: Yoshihiro Akechi (Tokyo, JP); Motoki Takada (Tokyo, JP); Kenta Karube (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
G06K17/0022G06K19/0723H04W4/029H04W4/80
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Patent No.
US 11,308,376
App. No.
16/764,271
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An equipment management system is provided with an RFID provided for each equipment, an equipment position information storage unit, an equipment management data storage unit, an image information storage unit, a reader/writer, and a portable information terminal transmitting and receiving information with each storage unit. The image information storage unit has point group information and other image information of the inside of a facility. The equipment position information storage unit has installation position information of the equipment associated with the RFID and a virtual tag allowing reference to equipment management data on the equipment management data storage unit corresponding to the equipment and the image information associated with the equipment associated with the RFID in the image information storage unit. The portable information terminal has a confirmation information acquisition unit capable of acquiring information of the virtual tag corresponding to the RFID based on information from acquired RFID.

Claims (34)

1. An equipment management system relating to a plurality of pieces of equipment in a facility where the plurality of pieces of equipment is disposed, the equipment management system comprising

a short-distance wireless communication medium installed in the equipment or near the equipment for each management target equipment and store equipment specific information specifying each corresponding equipment;

an image information storage unit configured to store at least three-dimensional data for images about an inside of the facility, the three-dimensional data for images comprising at least point group data of the inside of the facility, the point group data being a group of points having three-dimensional coordinates and color information;

an equipment position information storage unit configured to store position information data about each equipment disposed in the facility;

an equipment management data storage unit configured to store equipment management data which is management information of each management target equipment;

a reader/writer configured to read/write information with the short-distance wireless communication medium by short-distance wireless communication; and

a portable information terminal configured to transmit and receive information with the reader/writer and capable of transmitting and receiving information with the equipment position information storage unit, the equipment management data storage unit, and the image information storage unit, wherein

the image information storage unit stores at least one image information out of image information of the management target equipment and surrounding image information of the equipment,

the equipment position information storage unit is provided corresponding to the short-distance wireless communication medium and has installation position information of the equipment associated with the equipment specific information in the short-distance wireless communication medium and a virtual tag allowing reference to the equipment management data in the equipment management data storage unit corresponding to the equipment and the image information associated with the equipment in the image information storage unit, and

the portable information terminal has a confirmation information acquisition unit capable of acquiring information of the virtual tag corresponding to the short-distance wireless communication medium based on acquired information from the short-distance wireless communication medium,

wherein the point group of the inside of the facility is acquired by measuring the inside and outside of the facility or the inside and outside of the equipment with a 3D scanner or compositing and analyzing a plurality of photographs,

the image information storage unit has actually photographed image information obtained by imaging the inside of the facility, and

the point group data and the actually photographed image information are information capable of displaying a three-dimensional image of the inside of the facility by compositing the point group data and the actually photographed image info.

2. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the short-distance wireless communication medium includes a sensor configured to acquire information of corresponding equipment, and

the short-distance wireless communication medium is capable of transmitting detection information acquired by the sensor to the reader/writer.

3. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the equipment position information storage unit has a sub virtual tag provided corresponding to a subunit configuring the equipment specified by the equipment specific information of the short-distance wireless communication medium, and

the sub virtual tag is linked to one virtual tag in the equipment position information storage unit and allows reference to at least one of the equipment management data in the equipment management data storage unit corresponding to the subunit configuring the equipment related to the linked virtual tag and the image information associated with the subunit in the image information storage unit.

4. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the portable information terminal is equipped with the reader/writer.

5. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a computer configured to be disposed in a room different from the facility and to be able to transmit and receive information with the equipment position information storage unit, the equipment management data storage unit, and the image information storage unit, wherein

the computer is capable of displaying a three-dimensional image about the equipment corresponding to the virtual tag referring to the image information of the image information storage unit.

6. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the reader/writer is attached to a wearing article which a worker inspecting the equipment wears.

7. The equipment management system according to claim 2 , wherein

the equipment position information storage unit has a sub virtual tag provided corresponding to a subunit configuring the equipment specified by the equipment specific information of the short-distance wireless communication medium, and

the sub virtual tag is linked to one virtual tag in the equipment position information storage unit and allows reference to at least one of the equipment management data in the equipment management data storage unit corresponding to the subunit configuring the equipment related to the linked virtual tag and the image information associated with the subunit in the image information storage unit.

8. The equipment management system according to claim 2 , wherein the portable information terminal is equipped with the reader/writer.

9. The equipment management system according to claim 3 , wherein the portable information terminal is equipped with the reader/writer.

10. The equipment management system according to claim 2 , comprising:

a computer configured to be disposed in a room different from the facility and to be able to transmit and receive information with the equipment position information storage unit, the equipment management data storage unit, and the image information storage unit, wherein

the computer is capable of displaying a three-dimensional image about the equipment corresponding to the virtual tag referring to the image information of the image information storage unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2020
From: AKECHI, YOSHIHIRO; TAKADA, MOTOKI; KARUBE, KENTA
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053485/0140 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-227580 · Nov 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200401861A1 · Dec 24, 2020