Operation monitoring system

• US 20060293770A1
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thermo System Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Thermo System Company Limited
• Inventors: Masunaga, Mitsuo
• Application Number:
  US10/551,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20060293770A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 2600/07 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/003 for movable devices

Abstract

An operation monitoring system comprises a signal converter connected to a serial interface of an operation control portion of plural type reefer containers, a connection processing device which can connect to one or more signal converters and individually identifies an operation state of each the reefer container from an output signal, and a data collection server and a monitoring personal computer which can send to and receive from one or more connection processing devices via a container side wireless LAN device and a monitoring side wireless LAN device, the converter converts a short-distance transmission signal to the operation control portion and a long-distance transmission signal to the connection processing device side, and the connection processing device selects a communication method which is different in accordance with the type of the containers, acquires monitoring data from the converter, and converts the monitoring data into a predetermined data to send.

Claims

1. An operation monitoring system comprising:

a connection processing means capable of being connected to an operation control portion in one or a plurality of plural types of equipments to be monitored; and

a centralized monitoring means capable of sending and receiving with respect to one or a plurality of connection processing means via a communication means,

wherein said connection processing means selects a different communication method in accordance with the type of the equipment to be monitored so as to acquire monitoring data, and converts the monitoring data into a predetermined format so as to send.

2. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation control portion of the equipment to be monitored and the connection processing means are connected via a signal converting means, and the signal converting means converts between a short-distance transmission signal to said operation control portion side and a long-distance transmission signal to said connection processing means side.

3. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection processing means is provided with an isolation means for insulating and isolating the signal between the signal converting means side and the centralized monitoring means side.

4. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connection processing means is provided with an isolation means for insulating and isolating the signal between the signal converting means side and the centralized monitoring means side.

5. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the signal converting means is provided with an isolation means for insulating and isolating the signal between the monitored equipment side and the connection processing means side.

6. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the signal converting means is provided with an isolation means for insulating and isolating the signal between the monitored equipment side and the connection processing means side.

7. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the centralized monitoring means is constituted by a data collection server collecting output data from the connection processing means via a communication network, and a monitoring device connected to the data collection server, and sends abnormality detection data detected in the case that an operation state of the equipment to be monitored is abnormal, to a predetermined communication terminal device.

8. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the centralized monitoring means is constituted by a data collection server collecting output data from the connection processing means via a communication network, and a monitoring device connected to the data collection server, and sends abnormality detection data detected in the case that an operation state of the equipment to be monitored is abnormal, to a predetermined communication terminal device.

9. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the centralized monitoring means is constituted by a data collection server collecting output data from the connection processing means via a communication network, and a monitoring device connected to the data collection server, and sends abnormality detection data detected in the case that an operation state of the equipment to be monitored is abnormal, to a predetermined communication terminal device.

10. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the centralized monitoring means is constituted by a data collection server collecting output data from the connection processing means via a communication network, and a monitoring device connected to the data collection server, and sends abnormality detection data detected in the case that an operation state of the equipment to be monitored is abnormal, to a predetermined communication terminal device.

11. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the centralized monitoring means is constituted by a data collection server collecting output data from the connection processing means via a communication network, and a monitoring device connected to the data collection server, and sends abnormality detection data detected in the case that an operation state of the equipment to be monitored is abnormal, to a predetermined communication terminal device.

12. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the centralized monitoring means is constituted by a data collection server collecting output data from the connection processing means via a communication network, and a monitoring device connected to the data collection server, and sends abnormality detection data detected in the case that an operation state of the equipment to be monitored is abnormal, to a predetermined communication terminal device.

13. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

14. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

15. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

16. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

17. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

18. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

19. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

20. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

21. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

22. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

23. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.

24. An operation monitoring system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the equipment to be monitored is a reefer container, and the centralized monitoring means monitors in a centralized manner on the basis of reception of a device information, an operation information, an abnormality information, an alarm of a communication abnormality and the like in the reefer container.