Coin laundry management system

• US 20060229885A1
• Filed: 06/11/2004
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wash House Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Wash House Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kodama, Yasutaka
• Application Number:
  US10/560,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20060229885A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 95/00 Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries D06F31/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

There is provided a coin laundry management system including a coin laundry concentrated control section and a network camera which are arranged in a coin laundry store and a central control device which is arranged at an administrator side and connected to the coin laundry concentrated control section and the network camera via prescribed communication means. The coin laundry concentrated control section is connected to the central control device via the public line network. Moreover, the network camera is all the time connected to the central control device by the Internet. The administrator side performs remote management of a coin laundry device according to the near real time moving image inside the store displayed on the central control device and the state of the coin laundry device. Thus, the present invention provides a coin laundry management system which makes it possible to respond to complaints from a customer rapidly and appropriately, to ensure the security of the store and to realize the outsourcing of the coin laundry management business.

Claims

1. A coin laundry management system comprising:

a coin laundry device;

a control device that controls the operation of the coin laundry device based on the coin laundry device data received from various sensors;

a data controller that sends the data from the control device;

a network camera that converts still images to moving image data and sends it;

a coin laundry store where the coin laundry device, the data controller and the network camera are provided;

a central control device that is connected to the data controller and the network camera via a line of communication; and

the coin laundry device controlled remotely based on coin laundry device data and the moving images of the coin laundry store that are sent to the central control device from the data controller and the network camera via a line of communication.

4. The coin laundry management system as claimed in from claim 1 to claim 3, wherein images that are taken by a network camera as still images are capable of being uploaded onto the homepage and the still images and the moving images are capable of being selectively viewed on the homepage.

5. The coin laundry management system as claimed in from claim 1 to claim 3, wherein the images taken by a network camera are recorded by a recording device and the replayed images of these recorded images are uploaded onto the homepage.

2. A coin laundry management system comprising:

a coin laundry concentrated control section which is provided with a coin laundry device, a control device that controls the operation of the coin laundry device based on the coin laundry device data loaded from various sensors and also stores the loaded data, and a data controller that sends the data from the control device;

a network camera with zoom, pan and tilt functions that can convert still images of the inside of the store to moving images and send them;

a coin laundry store which is provided with the coin laundry concentrated control section and the network camera;

a central control device, which is set at the administrator side and has a monitor, connected to the coin laundry concentrated control section and the network camera via a line of communication;

the coin laundry concentrated control section and the central control device connected via the public telephone line network with an xDSL line;

a monitor of the central control device displaying the condition of a coin laundry device based on the contents of the coin laundry device data which are sent to the central control device;

the network camera and the central control device constantly connected to the Internet via an xDSL line;

the administrator side operating the network camera by the central control device and taking images and converting them to moving image data and sending them to the homepage server of the administrator side which is constantly connected to the Internet; and

wherein the moving images are uploaded onto the homepage in near real time and displayed on the monitor of the central control device which is constantly connected to the Internet, allowing the administrator side to operate the coin laundry device remotely based on these near real time moving images of the inside of the store and the condition of the coin laundry device that is displayed on the monitor of the central control device.

3. A coin laundry management system comprising:

a coin laundry concentrated control section which is provided with a coin laundry device, a control device that controls the operation of the coin laundry device based on the coin laundry device data loaded from various sensors and also stores the loaded data, and a data controller that sends the data from the control device;

a network camera that can convert the images taken to moving images and send them;

a coin laundry store which is provided with the coin laundry concentrated control section and the network camera;

a central control device with a monitor set at the administrator side;

the central control device, the coin laundry concentrated control section and the network camera constantly connected to the Internet via a prescribed line of communication;

a monitor of the central control device displaying the condition of a coin laundry device based on the contents of the coin laundry device data which is sent to the central control device;

the administrator side operating the network camera by the central control device and taking images and converting them to moving image data and sending the data to the homepage server of the administrator side which is constantly connected to the Internet; and

wherein the moving images are uploaded onto the homepage in near real time and displayed on the monitor of the central control device which is constantly connected to the Internet, allowing the administrator side to operate the coin laundry device remotely based on these near real time moving images of the inside of the store and the condition of the coin laundry device that is displayed on the monitor of the central control device.