Periodic Survey Scheduling Method and System for Safety Inspector

• US 20150170308A1
• Filed: 07/12/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nippon Gas Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nippon Gas Company Limited
• Inventors: Wada, Shinji, Dekamo, Shingo
• Application Number:
  US14/414,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20150170308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

The management levels of inspections for LP gas supply facility and consumption facility, and data for the periodic replacement of parts is not the same (for example, the management units are consumption units, facility units, and parts units, and when re-inspecting consumption facility the management units vary, including survey units). Therefore, collective management of deadlines is not possible. In the present safety management system, a request for the deadline expiration data of an LP gas safety task is received, consumption safety data and supply facility safety data, the legal term of which will expire within a fixed period, are acquired and this data is gathered and noted in ascending order according to the legal term expiration date of the LP gas safety task, after which deadline expiration data is generated.

Claims

1. A method for creating due date data for LP gas safety operations in a safety management system comprising a customer safety data storage unit for storing, at least, due date data for a statutory inspection of consumption facility associated with LP gas, and a supply facility safety data storage unit for storing, at least, due date data for a statutory inspection of supply facility associated with LP gas, the method comprising:

receiving a request instruction for the due date data;

in response to receiving the request instruction, obtaining, from the customer safety data storage unit, customer safety data indicating that a due date will be reached within a prescribed period of time;

in response to receiving the request instruction, obtaining, from the supply facility safety data storage unit, supply facility safety data indicating that a due date will be reached within a prescribed period of time; and

sorting the obtained customer safety data and the obtained supply facility safety data collectively in an ascending order of statutory due dates for LP gas safety operations to create the due date data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the safety management system further comprises a parts management data storage unit, for storing expiry dates for parts of, at least, the consumption facility and/or the supply facility associated with LP gas, and wherein the method further comprises in response to receiving the request instruction, obtaining, from the parts management data storage unit, parts management data indicating that the expiry date will be reached within a prescribed period of time, and wherein creating the due date data includes:

collectively sorting the obtained customer safety data, the obtained supply facility safety data and the obtained parts management data in an ascending order of the due dates of the LP gas safety operations and the expiry dates of parts to create the due date data; and

collecting, from the created due date data, at least data related to the same customers.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the customer safety data, and obtaining the supply facility safety data, from acquisition of data, at least one of data indicating that a state of LP gas supply to a customer is closing cock, data indicating that an LP gas safety operation associated with the due date data has been already completed, and data indicating that an LP gas safety operation associated with the due date data has been already assigned to a safety inspector.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the safety management system further comprises a safety inspector data storage unit, for storing safety inspector data performing the LP gas safety operation, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an assignment instruction for assigning, to individual safety inspectors, LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data,

in response to receiving the assignment instruction, associating the due date data with the safety inspector data,

receiving scheduled operation dates for LP gas safety operations related to the associated due date data,

registering the received scheduled operation dates,

creating safety operation schedule data for the individual safety inspectors based on the registered scheduled operation dates and the due date data, and

transmitting the created schedule data to mobile terminals of the individual safety inspectors.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining, based on the received operation completion data, whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein obtaining the parts management data, from acquisition of data, at least one of data indicating that a state of LP gas supply to a customer is closing cock, data indicating that an LP gas safety operation associated with the due date data has been already completed, and data indicating that an LP gas safety operation associated with the due date data has been already assigned to a safety inspector.

9. The method according claim 2 wherein the safety management system further comprises a safety inspector data storage unit, for storing safety inspector data performing the LP gas safety operation, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an assignment instruction for assigning, to individual safety inspectors LP as safety operations associated with the due date data,

in response to receiving the assignment instruction, associating the due date data with the safety inspector data,

receiving scheduled operation dates for LP gas safety operations related to the associated due date data,

registering the received scheduled operation dates,

creating safety operation schedule data for the individual safety inspectors based on the registered scheduled operation dates and the due date data and

transmitting the created schedule data to mobile terminals of the individual safety inspectors.

11. The method according claim 4 wherein the safety management system further comprises a safety inspector data storage unit, for storing safety inspector data performing the LP gas safety operation, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an assignment instruction for assigning, to individual safety inspectors, LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data,

in response to receiving the assignment instruction, associating the due date data with the safety inspector data,

receiving scheduled operation dates for LP gas safety operations related to the associated due date data,

registering the received scheduled operation dates,

creating safety operation schedule data for the individual safety inspectors based on the registered scheduled operation dates and the due date data, and

transmitting the created schedule data to mobile terminals of the individual safety inspectors.

12. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining, based on the received operation completion data, whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

13. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining based on the received operation completion data, whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

14. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining, based on the received operation completion data, whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

15. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining, based on the received operation completion data, whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

18. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining, based on the received operation completion data whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

6. A computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions for causing a safety management system to perform a method for creating due date data for LP gas safety operations, the safety management system comprising a customer safety data storage unit for storing, at least, due date data for a statutory inspection of consumption facility associated with LP gas, and a supply facility safety data storage unit for storing, at least, due date data for a statutory inspection of supply facility associated with LP gas, the method comprising:

receiving a request instruction for the due date data;

in response to receiving the request instruction, obtaining, from the customer safety data storage unit, customer safety data indicating that a due date will be reached within a prescribed period of time;

in response to receiving the request instruction, obtaining, from the supply facility safety data storage unit, supply facility safety data indicating that a due date will be reached within a prescribed period of time; and

sorting the obtained customer safety data and the obtained supply facility safety data collectively in an ascending order of statutory due dates for LP gas safety operations to create the due date data.

16. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining, based on the received operation completion data, whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

7. A safety management system for creating due date data for LP gas safety operations, the system comprising:

a customer safety data storage unit for storing, at least, due date data for a statutory inspection of consumption facility associated with LP gas;

a supply facility safety data storage unit for storing, at least, due date data for a statutory inspection of supply facility associated with LP gas;

a data acquisition unit for receiving a request instruction for the due date data, and for, in response to receiving the request instruction, obtaining, from the customer safety data storage unit, customer safety data indicating that a due date will be reached within a prescribed period of time, and for, in response to receiving the request instruction, obtaining, from the supply facility safety data storage unit, supply facility safety data indicating that a due date will be reached within a prescribed period of time; and

a due date data aggregation unit for sorting the obtained customer safety data and the obtained supply facility safety data collectively in an ascending order of statutory due dates for LP gas safety operations to create the due date data.

17. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

receiving operation completion data for LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data;

determining, based on the received operation completion data, whether re-operation is required;

calculating a due date for the re-operation in a case where the re-operation is required, and

calculating a due date for a next operation in a case where the re-operation is not required.

10. The method according claim wherein the safety management system further comprises a safety inspector data storage unit, for storing safety inspector data performing the LP gas safety operation, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving air assignment instruction for assigning, to individual safety inspectors, LP gas safety operations associated with the due date data,

in response to receiving the assignment instruction, associating the due date data with the safety inspector data,

receiving scheduled operation dates for LP gas safety operations related to the associated due date data,

registering the received scheduled operation dates,

creating safety operation schedule data for the individual safety inspectors based on the registered scheduled operation dates and the due date data, and

transmitting the created schedule data to mobile terminals of the individual safety inspectors.