DEVICE LAYOUT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20120259595A1
• Filed: 03/22/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: NARITA, Yoshihiro
• Application Number:
  US13/427,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20120259595A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A device layout management apparatus that has a layout drawing data processing unit that displays a layout drawing that includes the layout of a building network and the location of a device, based on layout drawing data and device data stored in a layout drawing data storage unit and a device data storage unit, respectively. A device data acquisition unit acquires device data stored in the device. A layout information comparing unit compares the acquired device data with either layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit or device data stored in the device data storage unit, and determines whether the two sets of layout information coincide. If the layout information comparing unit determines that the two sets of layout information do not coincide, the layout information processing unit has the layout change reporting unit report that the layout of the device has changed.

Claims

1. A device layout management apparatus, comprising:

a layout drawing data storage unit to store layout drawing data including location information of a network in a building;

a device data storage unit to store device data including a location of a device;

a layout drawing display unit to display the layout drawing;

a layout drawing data processing unit to display the layout drawing that includes layout of the network in the building and location of the device based on the layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit and the device data stored in the device data storage unit using the layout drawing display unit;

a layout change reporting unit to report that the location of the device has been changed;

a device data acquisition unit to acquire the device data stored in the device; and

a layout information comparing unit to compare device data acquired by the device data acquisition unit with either layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit or device data stored in the device data storage unit, and determine whether or not both sets of layout information coincide,

wherein the layout information processing unit has the layout change reporting unit report that the layout of the device has been changed in case the layout information comparing unit determines that both sets of layout information do not coincide.

2. The device layout management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a layout drawing editing unit to edit the layout drawing displayed by the layout drawing display unit,

wherein the layout drawing data processing unit edits the layout drawing displayed by the layout drawing display unit using the layout drawing editing unit after revising the layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit and the device data stored in the device data storage unit based on the device data acquired by the device data acquisition unit in case the layout information comparing unit determines that both sets of layout information do not coincide.

3. The device layout management apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an editing unit to edit information on the layout drawing displayed by the layout drawing display unit using the layout drawing editing unit along with instruction externally; and

a sending unit to notify the device that information on the layout drawing has been changed by the layout drawing editing unit in case the layout drawing editing unit changes information on the layout drawing.

4. A method of managing a device using a device layout management apparatus, comprising the steps of:

storing layout drawing data, including layout information of a building network, in a layout drawing data storage unit;

storing device data, including a location of a device, in a device data storage unit;

displaying the layout drawing which includes layout of the building network and location of the device based on the layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit and the device data stored in the device data storage unit using the layout drawing display unit;

acquiring the device data stored in the device;

comparing device data acquired in the acquiring step with either layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit or device data stored in the device data storage unit, and determining whether or not both sets of layout information coincide; and

reporting to the device layout management apparatus a change in the location of the device in a case in which it is determined in the comparing step that both sets of layout information do not coincide.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to implement a method of managing a device using a device layout management apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

storing layout drawing data, including layout information of a building network, in a layout drawing data storage unit;

storing device data, including a location of a device, in a device data storage unit;

displaying the layout drawing which includes layout of the building network and location of the device based on the layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit and the device data stored in the device data storage unit using the layout drawing display unit;

acquiring the device data stored in the device; and

comparing device data acquired in the acquiring step with either layout drawing data stored in the layout drawing data storage unit or device data stored in the device data storage unit, and determining whether or not both sets of layout information coincide.