WORK MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD AND WORK MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM WHICH USE SENSOR NODES

• US 20100198639A1
• Filed: 04/13/2010
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kazuo Yano, Koji Ara, Norihiko Moriwaki
• Original Assignee: Kazuo Yano, Koji Ara, Norihiko Moriwaki
• Inventors: ARA, Koji, Moriwaki, Norihiko, Yano, Kazuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,509,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/111
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity

Abstract

A sensor net system including: a plurality of sensor nodes, where each sensor node is held on a person of a differing worker, and each sensor node includes; a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker; a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and a server which includes: a unit for storing a relation list for correlating the sensor data with a work category of the worker; a unit for confirming location of the worker based on the obtained sensor data; and a unit for confirming a work category in which the worker is engaged based on the confirmed location and the relation list.

Claims

1. A sensor net system comprising:

a plurality of sensor nodes, where each sensor node is held on a person of a differing worker, and each sensor node includes;

a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker;

a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and

where the server includes;

a unit for storing a relation list for correlating the sensor data with a work category of the worker;

a unit for confirming a location of the worker based on the obtained sensor data; and

a unit for confirming a work category in which the worker is engaged based on the confirmed location and the relation list.

2. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the location of the worker is confirmed by identifying a base station with which the sensor node of the worker is communicating.

3. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the server further has a unit for confirming a coworker who works together with the worker based on a plurality of obtained sensor data, and

the unit for confirming that the work category confirms the work category in which the worker and the coworker are engaged, based on the confirmed coworker and the relation list.

4. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the unit for confirming the coworker, confirms the coworker based on a plurality of locations confirmed by the unit for confirming the location.

5. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the coworker is confirmed by identifying a base station with which the sensor node of the worker is communicating, and looking for another sensor node which is communicating with the same base station.

6. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

confirmed work categories for the worker are graphically shown in chronological order on a display unit connected to the server.

7. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the location of the worker is displayed on a display unit connected to the server.

8. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the location where the worker and the coworker are engaged in the work category is displayed on a display unit connected to the server.

9. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

a work barometer when the worker is engaged in the work category, is displayed on a display unit connected to the server based on a plurality of obtained sensor data.

10. The sensor net system as claimed in claim 9, wherein

the work barometer is a degree of activity or a speech frequency.

11. A server comprising:

a unit for receiving a plurality of sensor data obtained by a plurality of sensor nodes, where each sensor node is held on a person of a differing worker;

a unit for storing a relation list for correlating the sensor data with a work category of a worker;

a unit for confirming location of the worker based on the obtained sensor data; and

a unit for confirming a work category in which the worker is engaged, based on the confirmed location and the relation list.

12. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein

the location of the worker is confirmed by identifying a base station with which the sensor node of the worker is communicating.

13. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein

the server further has a unit for confirming a coworker who works together with the worker, based on a plurality of obtained sensor data, and

the unit for confirming the work category confirms the work category in which the worker and the coworker are engaged, based on the confirmed coworker and the relation list.

14. The server as claimed in claim 13, wherein

the unit for confirming the coworker confirms the coworker based on a plurality of locations confirmed by the unit for confirming location.

15. The server as claimed in claim 13, wherein

the coworker is confirmed by identifying a base station with which the sensor node of the worker is communicating, and looking for another sensor node which is communicating with the same base station.

16. The server as claimed in claim 11, wherein

the server is connected to a display unit for displaying confirmed work categories for the worker, said confirmed work categories being graphically shown in chronological order.

17. The server as claimed in claim 13, wherein

the server is connected to a display unit for displaying the location where the worker and the coworker are engaged in the work category.

18. A server comprising:

a unit for receiving a plurality of sensor data obtained by a plurality of sensor nodes, where each sensor node is held on a person of a differing worker;

a unit for storing a relation list for correlating the sensor data with a work category of the worker;

a unit for confirming a coworker who works together with the worker, based on a plurality of obtained sensor data; and

a unit for confirming a work category in which the worker and the coworker are engaged, based on the confirmed coworker and the relation list.