APPARATUS ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

• US 20140222169A1
• Filed: 05/16/2012
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kazuno, Hiroki, Shimotsuma, Toru, Murakami, Yoshifumi, Nakao, Toshiaki, Sogo, Tomoya
• Application Number:
  US14/117,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20140222169A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/17
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/50 Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/75 by polling or interrogating the sub-stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

Apparatus administration system includes control device that controls operation of apparatuses and display device communicable with the control device. In the control device, control unit controls each apparatus in accordance with operation schedule stored in schedule storage unit. Operation history storage unit stores operation history in which past operation states are associated with operated dates and times. In the display device, information acquisition unit acquires the operation schedule and the operation history from the control device. Date and time setting unit specifies past date and time to set as set date and time. Estimation unit estimates operation state at the set date and time through the operation schedule. Extraction unit extracts actual operation state at the set date and time from the operation history. Display unit displays the operation state under schedule control and the actual operation state adjacently.

Claims

1. An apparatus administration system for managing a plurality of apparatuses, comprising:

a control device configured to control operation of each of the plurality of apparatuses by communication; and

a display device configured to communicate with the control device, wherein the control device includes;

a schedule storage unit configured to store an operation schedule in which control contents are associated with control dates and times for each of the plurality of apparatuses;

a control unit configured to control the plurality of apparatuses in accordance with the operation schedule and manipulation related to operation change; and

an operation history storage unit configured to store an operation history in which past operation states are associated with operated dates and times for each of the plurality of apparatuses, and

wherein the display device includes;

an information acquisition unit configured to acquire the operation schedule and the operation history from the control device;

a date and time setting unit configured to specify a past date and time to set as a set date and time;

an estimation unit configured to estimate an operation state under schedule control at the set date and time based on the operation schedule, for each of the plurality of apparatuses;

an extraction unit configured to extract from the operation history an actual operation state at the set date and time, for each of the plurality of apparatuses; and

a display unit configured to display the operation state under schedule control and the actual operation state in an adjacent manner, for each of the plurality of apparatuses.

2. The apparatus administration system according to claim 1,

wherein the display device is a portable mobile terminal, and

the plurality of apparatuses are located in a predetermined area.

3. The apparatus administration system according to claim 2, wherein the display unit is configured to display the operation state under schedule control and the actual operation state in an adjacent manner by means of an icon, for each of the plurality of apparatuses.

4. The apparatus administration system according to claim 3, wherein the display unit is configured to display, for each of the plurality of apparatuses, the icon in a superimposed manner on a map on which a location of the apparatus is indicated.

5. The apparatus administration system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured, in a case where the schedule control includes a delay time, to display information about elapsed time regarding the delay time together with the operation state under schedule control.

6. The apparatus administration system according to claim 1,

wherein the display unit is configured to display a timeline chart on which at least one set of dates and times regarding the control date and time or the operated date and time is shown, and

the date and time setting unit is configured to set the set date and time in response to a date and time designated through the displayed timeline chart.

7. The apparatus administration system according to claim 1, wherein the date and time setting unit is configured to specify a date and time to be set as the set date and time with using at least one set of dates and times regarding the control date and time or the operated date and time as an index.

8. The apparatus administration system according to claim 1,

wherein the display device includes a step time setting unit configured to determine a step time to be added to or subtracted from the set date and time, and

the date and time setting unit is configured to set, a date and time obtained by adding to or subtracting from the set date and time the step time determined by the step time setting unit, as a new set date and time.

9. The apparatus administration system according to claim 8, wherein the step time setting unit is configured:

to shorten the step time with respect to a period which includes a large number of control dates and times; and

to elongate the step time with respect to a period which includes a small number of control dates and times.

10. The apparatus administration system according to claim 8,

wherein the display device includes an operation unit configured to enable to set a length of the step time through a touch panel, and

the step time setting unit is configured to determine the length of the step time in response to manipulation to the operation unit.

11. The apparatus administration system according to claim 4, further comprising a sensor device configured to measure an environmental condition in the area,

wherein the display unit is configured to change a visual effect of the map depending on the environmental condition measured through the sensor device.

12. A display device, capable of communicating with a control device that controls operation of a plurality of apparatuses by communication in accordance with an operation schedule in which control contents are associated with control dates and times and manipulation related to operation change and also that stores an operation history in which past operation states are associated with operated dates and times for each of the plurality of apparatuses, the display device comprising:

an information acquisition unit configured to acquire the operation schedule and the operation history from the control device;

a date and time setting unit configured to specify a past date and time to set as a set date and time;

an estimation unit configured to estimate an operation state under schedule control at the set date and time based on the operation schedule, for each of the plurality of apparatuses;

an extraction unit configured to extract from the operation history an actual operation state at the set date and time, for each of the plurality of apparatuses; and

a display unit configured to display the operation state under schedule control and the actual operation state in an adjacent manner, for each of the plurality of apparatuses.

13. A program for causing a computer capable of communicating with a control device that controls operation of a plurality of apparatuses by communication in accordance with an operation schedule in which control contents are associated with control dates and times and manipulation related to operation change and also that stores an operation history in which past operation states are associated with operated dates and times for each of the plurality of apparatuses to function as:

an information acquisition unit configured to acquire the operation schedule and the operation history from the control device;

a date and time setting unit configured to specify a past date and time to set as a set date and time;

an estimation unit configured to estimate an operation state under schedule control at the set date and time based on the operation schedule, for each of the plurality of apparatuses;

an extraction unit configured to extract from the operation history an actual operation state at the set date and time, for each of the plurality of apparatuses; and

a display unit configured to display the operation state under schedule control and the actual operation state in an adjacent manner, for each of the plurality of apparatuses.