REMOTE MAINTENANCE SERVER, TOTAL MAINTENANCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE REMOTE MAINTENANCE SERVER AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150295784A1
• Filed: 04/10/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahn, Chisun, Kim, Juntae, Kim, Myungkyoon
• Application Number:
  US14/683,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20150295784A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a remote maintenance server including a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from a facility which is a control subject, a display unit configured to display a graphic object corresponding to the facility installed in a control site on a design drawing for the control site; and a controller configured to receive the status information of the facility corresponding to the graphic object through the communication unit and display it on the display unit.

Claims

1. A remote maintenance server, comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from a facility that is in a control site;

a display unit configured to display a graphic object on a design drawing for the control site, wherein the graphic object corresponds to the facility of the control site; and

a controller configured to receive status information of the facility corresponding to the graphic object through the communication unit and to display the status information on the display unit.

2. The remote maintenance server of claim 1, further comprising:

a reader unit configured to read a program instruction including information on the design drawing and the facility,

wherein the controller extracts the information on the design drawing and the facility from the program instruction.

3. The remote maintenance server of claim 2, wherein the controller converts the information extracted from the program instruction and displays the information through a web browser.

4. The remote maintenance server of claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit configured to receive an user input to the graphic object.

5. The remote maintenance server of claim 4, wherein the controller transmits a control command through the communication unit to the facility corresponding to the graphic object according to one of the user input to the graphic object and a preset schedule.

6. The remote maintenance server of claim 1, wherein the communication unit receives status information from the facility, and

the display unit displays the graphic object according to the status information of the facility corresponding to the graphic object.

7. The remote maintenance server of claim 6, wherein when a facility corresponding to the graphic object is an abnormal state, the display unit displays a graphic object corresponding to the facility in an abnormal state has a different attribute than that of a graphic object corresponding to the same type of facility in a normal state.

8. The remote maintenance server of claim 2, wherein the program instruction includes information on a control zone having a plurality of control sites in which the facility is among the plurality of control sites, and

the controller reads information on the control zone using the reader unit, and

the display unit displays the control zone on the design drawing.

9. The remote maintenance server of claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a graphic object corresponding to a pipe connected between a plurality of the facilities.

10. The remote maintenance server of claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a schematic diagram showing a connection relation between a plurality of the facilities.

11. A remote maintenance system, comprising:

a remote maintenance server for remotely controlling a facility at a control site and;

a terminal connected to the remote maintenance server in a communicable manner,

wherein the remote maintenance server further comprises;

a reader unit configured to read a program instruction including information on a design drawing for the control site having the facility;

a controller configured to extract information on the design drawing and the facility from the program instruction; and

a communication unit configured to transmit the extracted information to the terminal to allow the terminal to display the design drawing and a graphic object corresponding to the facility.

12. A remote maintenance method using a remote maintenance server for remotely controlling a facility in a control site, the method comprising:

displaying a design drawing for a control site with a graphic object corresponding to the facility installed in the control site on a display of the remote maintenance server; and

receiving status information of the facility corresponding to the graphic object through a communication unit of the remote maintenance server; and

displaying the status information of the facility corresponding to the graphic object in the design drawing for the control site on the display of the remote maintenance server.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

reading a program instruction in a reader unit of the remote maintenance server, the program instruction including information on the design drawing for the control site and the facility; and

extracting information on the design drawing and the facility from the program instruction in a controller of the remote maintenance server.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

converting information extracted from the program instruction to be displayed through a web browser.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting a control command through the communication unit to the facility corresponding to the graphic object according to one of a preset schedule and a user input to the graphic object.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining an abnormal state in a facility; and

displaying a graphic object corresponding to the facility in an abnormal state with a different attribute than that of a graphic object corresponding to a same type of facility when the facility is in a normal state.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the program instruction includes information on a control zone having a plurality of control sites in which the facility in a contro site among the plurality of control sites,

wherein said displaying the design drawing for the control site displays the control zone on the design drawing.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein said displaying the design drawing for the control site displays a graphic object corresponding to a pipe connected between the facilities.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein said displaying the design drawing for the control site displays a schematic diagram showing a connection relation between a plurality of the facilities.

20. A remote maintenance method using a remote maintenance server for remotely controlling a facility at a control site, the method comprising:

reading a program instruction in a reader unit of the remote maintenance server, the program instruction including information on a design drawing for the control site and the facility;

extracting information on the design drawing and the facility from the program instruction in a controller of the remote maintenance server;

transmitting the extracted information through a communication unit of the remote maintenance server to a terminal connected to the remote server; and

displaying the design drawing and a graphic object corresponding to the facility on the terminal.