Monitoring function-equipped dispensing system and method of monitoring dispensing device
First Claim
1. A monitoring function-equipped dispensing system comprising:
- one or more translucent or semi-translucent pipelines;
one or more pressure regulating units which respectively regulate the pressures in said pipelines so as to suck and discharge fluids with respect to said pipelines;
an elevating/lowering unit which enables said pipelines to be elevated/lowered so that they can be inserted/extracted with respect to a container in a container disposition area which is provided under said pipelines and has containers disposed therein;
a pressure measuring unit which measures the pressures in said respective pipelines when operation instructions are given to said pressure regulating unit;
an optical measurement unit which optically measures the conditions of said pipelines above said container disposition area, when respective operations based on operation instructions including operation instructions to said pressure regulating unit are completed; and
a monitoring unit which judges the conditions in said pipelines based on said operation instructions and measurement results of said pressure measuring unit and said optical measurement unit so as to obtain monitoring results that associate the judged results with respective pipelines and said respective operation instructions.
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Abstract
A monitoring function-equipped dispensing system and a method of monitoring the dispensing system wherein conditions in a pipeline can be identified accurately and precisely by not only optically measuring conditions in the pipeline, but performing other measurements reinforcing the former. The system comprises: one or more translucent or semi-translucent pipelines; one or more pressure regulating units which respectively regulate the pressures in the pipelines; an elevating/lowering unit which enables the pipelines to be elevated/lowered; a pressure measuring unit which measures the pressures in the respective pipelines when operation instructions are given to the pressure regulating unit; an optical measurement unit which optically measures the conditions of the pipelines above the container disposition area, when operations based on operation instructions including operation instructions to the pressure regulating unit are completed; and a monitoring unit which judges the conditions in the pipelines based on the operation instructions and measurement results of the pressure measuring unit and the optical measurement unit so as to obtain monitoring results that associate the judged results with respective pipelines and the operation instructions.
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20 Claims
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1. A monitoring function-equipped dispensing system comprising:
- one or more translucent or semi-translucent pipelines;
one or more pressure regulating units which respectively regulate the pressures in said pipelines so as to suck and discharge fluids with respect to said pipelines;
an elevating/lowering unit which enables said pipelines to be elevated/lowered so that they can be inserted/extracted with respect to a container in a container disposition area which is provided under said pipelines and has containers disposed therein;
a pressure measuring unit which measures the pressures in said respective pipelines when operation instructions are given to said pressure regulating unit;
an optical measurement unit which optically measures the conditions of said pipelines above said container disposition area, when respective operations based on operation instructions including operation instructions to said pressure regulating unit are completed; and
a monitoring unit which judges the conditions in said pipelines based on said operation instructions and measurement results of said pressure measuring unit and said optical measurement unit so as to obtain monitoring results that associate the judged results with respective pipelines and said respective operation instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- one or more translucent or semi-translucent pipelines;
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14. A method of monitoring a dispensing system, wherein a dispensing system having:
- one or more translucent or semi-translucent pipelines;
one or more pressure regulating units which respectively regulate the pressures in said pipelines so as to suck and discharge fluids with respect to said pipelines;
an elevating/lowering unit which enables said pipelines to be elevated/lowered so that they can be inserted/extracted with respect to a container in a container disposition area which is provided under said pipelines and has containers disposed therein;
comprising;
a pressure measurement step for measuring the pressures in said respective pipelines when operation instructions are given to said pressure regulating unit;
an optical measurement step for optically measuring the conditions in said pipelines above said container disposition area, when respective operations based on operation instructions including operation instructions to said pressure regulating unit are completed; and
a monitoring step for judging the conditions in said pipelines based on said operation instructions and measurement results so as to obtain monitoring results that associate the judged results with respective pipelines and respective operation instructions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
- one or more translucent or semi-translucent pipelines;
- 17. A method of monitoring a dispensing system, which has a disposition confirming step for reading an identifier affixed to a container disposed in said container disposition area, to obtain disposition data showing the type and the disposition of the containers in said container disposition area.
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