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Granted Patent B2
US 12,505,393 · App. 18/088,892 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Management system and management method

Inventors: Shohei Namiki (Tokyo, JP); Katsuya Takegoshi (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Murata (Tokyo, JP); Sota Sakaguchi (Raymond, OH); Yuko Furuichi (Raymond, OH)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
G06Q10/063114G05D1/0022
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Patent No.
US 12,505,393
App. No.
18/088,892
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Even if there is equipment that does not transmit positional information, a work area in which the equipment operates is determined. A management system includes a first communication device, a second communication device, and a server device, the first communication device includes a first operation information acquisition unit configured to acquire first equipment operation information, a second communication unit configured to acquire second equipment operation information from the second communication device, a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information, and a first communication unit configured to transmit integrated information, the second communication device includes a second operation information acquisition unit configured to acquire second equipment operation information, and a second communication unit configured to transmit second equipment operation information, and the server device includes an integrated information acquisition unit configured to acquire integrated information, an area information storage unit configured to store area information, a site determination unit configured to determine a site from which the integrated information is transmitted, a work time specifying unit configured to specify work time, a first specifying unit configured to specify time and a place in which first equipment is used, and a second specifying unit configured to specify time and a place in which second equipment is used.

Claims (25)

1 . A management system that includes a plurality of first communication devices, a plurality of second communication devices, and one or more server devices, wherein a first communication device which is one of the plurality of communication devices, includes a first operation information acquisition unit configured to acquire first equipment operation information, which is information on an operation status of a first equipment, from the first equipment, a second communication unit configured to acquire second equipment operation information, which is information on an operation status of a second equipment, from the second communication device, a positional information acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information on position coordinates at which the first communication device itself is present, wherein the positional information of the first communication device is determined based on radio waves received from one or more artificial satellite, and a first communication unit configured to transmit integrated information in which the first acquired equipment operation information, the second acquired equipment operation information, and the acquired positional information of the first communication device, are associated with each other by a first communication method, the second communication device includes a second operation information acquisition unit configured to acquire the second equipment operation information from the second equipment, and the second communication unit configured to transmit the second acquired equipment operation information by a second communication method different from the first communication method, the server device includes an integrated information acquisition unit configured to acquire the integrated information, an area information storage unit configured to store area information that specifies a range of each of a plurality of sites, and a site determination unit configured to determine a site from which the integrated information is transmitted based on the positional information contained in the integrated information acquired from any one of the plurality of first communication devices, wherein, a site in which the second equipment is used is determined on the basis of a time, which is measured from when a specific one device among the plurality of first communication devices has been caused to enter within a range of any one of the plurality of sites stored in the area information storage unit, until the specific one device has been caused to exit from of the range of the any one of the plurality of sites, the specific one device is determined based on the positional information contained in the integrated information transmitted from the specific one device, and wherein the management system further comprising a work time specifying unit configured to specify the time, which is measured from when the specific one has been caused to enter within the range of the any one of the plurality of sites stored in the area information storage unit until the specific one device has been caused to exit from the range of the any one of the plurality of sites, as work time of a crew to which the specific one device belongs, based on the positional information contained in the integrated information transmitted from the specific one device.

2 . The management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein, during the time, which is from when the specific one device has entered the range of any one of sites stored in the area information storage unit until the specific one device has exited the range, it is assumed that the first communication device is present within the site.

3 . The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first specifying unit configured to specify a time and a place in which the first equipment is used during the work time, based on the first equipment operation information contained in the integrated information acquired from any one of the first communication devices and a site determined by the site determination unit; and

a second specifying unit configured to specify a time and a place in which the second equipment is used during the work time, based on the second equipment operation information contained in the integrated information acquired from any one of the first communication devices and a site determined by the site determination unit.

4 . The management system according to claim 3 ,

wherein, when the work time of a plurality of crews is specified at the same site, the second specifying unit specifies a crew that has operated the second equipment depending on whether a plurality of crews are the same crew.

5 . The management system according to The management system according to wherein the first communication device further includes an operator tag information acquisition unit configured to acquire operator tag information for identifying an operator tag corresponding to an operator operating the first equipment, and when the work time of a plurality of crews is specified at the same site and when it is not clearly known which crew has operated the second equipment, the second specifying unit specifies a crew that has operated the second equipment based on the acquired operator tag information.

6 . The management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first communication method is a communication method based on an Ethernet standard, and

the second communication method is a communication method based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) standard.

7 . The management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first equipment is equipment that includes a battery, and the second equipment is equipment that does not include a battery.

8 . The management system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first communication device used by the work time specifying unit to specify the work time is the first communication device corresponding to the first equipment, which is a vehicle, and

the vehicle places and carries the first equipment and the second equipment on a carrier.

9 . The management system according to claim 8 ,

wherein at least one vehicle, as the first equipment, is associated with each of a plurality of crews.

10 . A management method that manages a time and a place in which a plurality of first communication devices and a plurality of second communication devices are used by a server device, the method comprising: a first acquiring, by a first communication device, which is one of the plurality of first communication devices, first equipment operation information, which is information on an operation status of a first equipment, from the first equipment; a second acquiring, by the first communication device, second equipment operation information, which is information on an operation status of a second equipment, from the second communication device; a third acquiring, by the first communication device, positional information on position coordinates at which the first communication device itself is present, wherein the positional information of the first communication device is determined based on radio waves received from one or more artificial satellite; a first transmitting, by the first communication device, of integrated information in which the first acquired equipment operation information, the second acquired equipment operation information, and the acquired positional information of the first communication device are associated with each other by a first communication method; a fourth acquiring, by the second communication device, the second equipment operation information from the second equipment; second transmitting, by the second communication device, the second acquired equipment operation information in a second communication method different from the first communication method; a fifth acquiring, by the server device, the integrated information; a storing, by the server device, area information for specifying a range of each of a plurality of sites; determining, by the server device, a site from which the integrated information is transmitted based on the positional information contained in the integrated information acquired from any one of the plurality of first communication devices, wherein, a site in which the second equipment is used is determined on the basis of a time, which is measured from when a specific one device among the plurality of first communication devices has been caused to enter within a range of any one of the plurality of sites stored by the storing, until the specific one device has been caused to exit from the range of the any one of the plurality of sites, the specific one device is determined based on the positional information contained in the integrated information transmitted from the specific one device, and wherein the management method further comprising specifying the time, which is measured from when the specific one device has been caused to enter within the range of the any one of the plurality of sites stored in the area information storage unit until the specific one device has been caused to exit from the range of the any one of the plurality of sites, as work time of a crew to which the specific one device belongs, based on the positional information contained in the integrated information transmitted from the specific one device.

11 . The management method according to claim 10 ,

wherein, during the time, which is from when the specific one device has entered the range of any one of sites stored by the storing until the specific one device has exited the range, it is assumed that the first communication device is present within the site.

12 . The management method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a first specifying a time and a place in which the first equipment is used during the work time, based on the first equipment operation information contained in the integrated information acquired from any one of the plurality of first communication devices and a site determined by the determining; and

a second specifying a time and a place in which the second equipment is used during the work time, based on the second equipment operation information contained in the integrated information acquired from any one of the plurality of first communication devices and a site determined by the determining.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2023
From: NAMIKI, SHOHEI; TAKEGOSHI, KATSUYA; MURATA, SATOSHI; SAKAGUCHI, SOTA; FURUICHI, YUKO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063172/0969 →
Continuity (1)
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