Maintenance and inspection system

• US 20050182650A1
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., RPX Corporation, XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
• Inventors: Ono, Hidetaka, Maddox, Edward P. Jr., Shimada, Toyofumi, Sonoda, Yoshiaki
• Application Number:
  US11/086,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20050182650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

To achieve a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale. Specifically, the combination of four management software modules is properly changed to easily configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale. An asset maintenance or inspection system comprising a first computer and a second computer capable of mutual information exchange with the first computer, wherein the first and second computer are configured by a proper combination of four management modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, and the combination can be changed to easily configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale.

Claims

1. An asset maintenance or inspection system comprising a first computer and a second computer capable of mutual information exchange with said first computer, characterized by the fact that said first and second computers are configured by a proper combination of four management software modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, the combination being easily changed to configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale.

2. An asset maintenance or inspection system wherein four management software modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, are properly combined and the combination can be changed to easily configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale, characterized by the fact that a first computer is configured by a proper combination of four management software modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, and a second computer capable of mutual information exchange with said first computer is configured by a combination of three management software modules, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module.

3. An asset maintenance or inspection system wherein three management software modules, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, are properly combined, the combination being easily changed to configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale, characterized by the fact that a first computer is configured by a combination of three management software modules, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, and a second computer capable of mutual information exchange with said first computer is configured by at least a procedure management module in combination with either a visual information management module or a form management module.

4. An asset maintenance or inspection system wherein three management software modules, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, are properly combined, the combination being easily changed to configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale, characterized by the fact that a first computer is configured by a combination of three management software modules, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, and a second computer capable of mutual information exchange with said first computer is configured by a combination of two management software modules, a visual information management module and a form management module.

5. An asset maintenance or inspection method using a host computer and a portable mobile computer capable of mutual information exchange with said host computer, characterized by the fact that the host computer and mobile computer are configured by a proper combination of four management software modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, the combination being easily changed to configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale, the host computer receives and stores for the mobile computer information such as maintenance procedure and forms to record inspection information of an asset to be maintained/inspected before maintenance/inspection work, and the mobile computer is used to read the stored information at the maintenance or inspection site for maintenance/inspection of the asset.

6. The asset management and inspection method according to claim 5, characterized by the fact that when a work report must be created at a maintenance site, a stored, pre-determined form is read using the form management module of said mobile computer, necessary data are filled therein, and the created form is stored using the procedure management module of said mobile computer.

7. An asset maintenance or inspection method using a host computer and a portable mobile computer capable of mutual information exchange with said host computer, characterized by the fact that the host computer and mobile computer are configured by a proper combination of four management software modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, the combination being easily changed to configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale, said host computer receives and stores for said mobile computer information such as maintenance procedure and forms to record inspection information of an asset to be maintained/inspected, scheduled through the process management module of said host computer, before maintenance/inspection work, and said mobile computer is used to read the stored maintenance procedure at the maintenance or inspection site for maintenance or inspection of the asset.

8. The asset management and inspection method according to claim 7, characterized by the fact that when a work report must be created at a maintenance site, a stored, pre-determined form is read using the form management module of said mobile computer, necessary data are filled therein, and the created form is stored using the procedure management module of said mobile computer.

9. An asset maintenance or inspection method using a host computer and a portable mobile computer capable of mutual information exchange with the host computer, characterized by the fact that said host computer and mobile computer utilize an asset maintenance or inspection system configured by a proper combination of four management software modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, whereby the mobile computer taken for maintenance or inspection of an asset such as various plants, machines, and equipment can be used to display the work procedure on a screen according to the process management on the host, to timely display drawings and data such as work history when necessary, to ask remote expert staff members for advice, and to record maintenance or inspection results along with site images in any forms used for creating documentation data.