PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT METHOD

• US 20160275437A1
• Filed: 03/10/2016
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kiyoshi Sawada
• Inventors: MITSUI, Kanji, SAWADA, Kiyoshi
• Application Number:
  US15/066,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20160275437A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group

Abstract

A system includes oscillator carried by a worker to output an oscillator identifier by a radio wave; receivers each detecting the oscillator by the oscillator identifier and generating oscillator detection information by associating the oscillator identifier with a receiver identifier and timing information of receiving the radio wave, the receivers being arranged in places in a workplace for the worker; and an analysis device configured to manage an operation performance of the worker in the workplace on the basis of detection period information based on the oscillator detection information. The analysis device includes a noise removal processing unit configured to determine whether the worker has actually performed an operation in a workplace associated with the receiver on the basis of a length of the period, and remove, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation, the worker from an operation performance in the workplace.

Claims

1. A personnel management system comprising:

a radio wave oscillator having a function to output an oscillator identifier for identifying the radio wave oscillator by a radio wave, the radio wave oscillator being carried by a worker;

a plurality of receivers, each having a function to detect the oscillator by acquiring the oscillator identifier by receiving the radio wave and to generate oscillator detection information by associating the oscillator identifier with a receiver identifier for identifying the receiver and timing information indicating a timing of receiving the radio wave, the plurality of receivers being arranged in a plurality of places in a workplace where the worker performs an operation; and

an information analysis device configured to manage an operation performance of the worker in the workplace on the basis of detection period information that is obtained based on the oscillator detection information and that indicates a period in which the oscillator is continuously detected by the receiver, wherein

the information analysis device includes

a noise removal processing unit configured to determine whether the worker carrying the oscillator detected in the period has actually performed an operation in a workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period, on the basis of a length of the period included in the detection period information, and remove, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation, the worker from an operation performance in the workplace; and

an information analyzing unit configured to analyze the detection period information subjected to the noise removal process, and manage an operation performance of the worker.

2. The personnel management system according to claim 1, wherein the noise removal processing unit, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation, assumes that the worker has performed an operation in a workplace associated with a receiver that has detected the oscillator in a period indicating a previous timing or a subsequent timing, during the period included in the detection period information.

4. The personnel management system according to claim 2, wherein the noise removal processing unit, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation and if different receivers have detected the oscillator in the periods indicating the previous timing and the subsequent timing, assumes that the worker carrying the oscillator has moved from a workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period indicating the previous timing to a workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period indicating the subsequent timing.

5. The personnel management system according to claim 1, wherein the noise removal processing unit determines whether the worker has actually performed the operation in the workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period, on the basis of a result of comparison between a length of the period included in the detection period and a threshold indicating a period for determining whether the worker has actually performed the operation in the workplace.

6. The personnel management system according to claim 1, wherein

the noise removal processing unit

acquires the detection period information in which the period is separated by a predetermined information unit time,

refers to the detection period information every determination unit time that is a time including a plurality of information unit times, and

removes the worker from an operation performance in a workplace associated with a different receiver by assuming that the worker carrying the oscillator has performed an operation in a workplace associated with a receiver with a longest period among receivers that have detected the oscillator in the determination unit time.

7. The personnel management system according to claim 1, wherein the noise removal processing unit

calculates an operation time for each worker in a predetermined period based on the detection period information, and

calculates and outputs an operation efficiency with respect to the operation time for each worker based on information on the period included in the detection period information subjected to determination of determining at the worker has not actually performed the operation.

8. The personnel management system according to claim 1, wherein the information analyzing unit analyzes the detection period information subjected to the noise removal process for a predetermined period, acquires information indicating a plan of an operation of the worker in the predetermined period, and outputs notification information on a difference between an operation performance of the worker and the plan.

3. The personnel management system according to claim wherein the noise removal processing unit, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation and if the same receiver has detected the oscillator the periods indicating the previous timing and the subsequent timing, assumes that the worker has continuously performed the operation in the workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator during the periods indicating the previous timing and the subsequent timing.

9. An information analysis device that operates in a personnel management system, the personnel management system including a radio wave oscillator having a function to output an oscillator identifier for identifying the radio wave oscillator by a radio wave and being carried by a worker, and a plurality of receivers, each having a function to detect the oscillator by acquiring the oscillator identifier by receiving the radio wave and to generate oscillator detection information by associating the oscillator identifier with a receiver identifier for identifying the receiver and timing information indicating a timing of receiving the radio wave, the plurality receivers being arranged in a plurality of places in a workplace where the worker performs an operation, the personnel management system being configured to manage an operation performance of the worker in the workplace, wherein

the information analysis device comprises:

a detection period information acquiring unit configured to acquire detection period information, which is obtained based on the oscillator detection information and which indicates a period in which the oscillator is continuously detected by the receiver;

a noise removal processing unit configured to determine whether the worker carrying the oscillator detected in the period has actually performed an operation in a workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period, on the basis of a length of the period included in the detection period information, and removes, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation, the worker from an operation performance in the workplace; and

an information analyzing unit configured to analyze the detection period information subjected to the noise removal process, and manage an operation performance of the worker.

10. A personnel management method comprising:

detecting a radio wave oscillator carried by a worker by acquiring an oscillator identifier for identifying the oscillator by receiving a radio wave emitted by the oscillator;

generating oscillator detection information by associating the acquired oscillator identifier with a receiver identifier for identifying a receiver that has received the radio wave and timing information indicating a timing of receiving the radio wave;

acquiring detection period information that is obtained based on the oscillator detection information and that indicates a period in which the oscillator is continuously detected by the receiver;

determining whether the worker carrying the oscillator detected in the period has actually performed an operation in a workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period, on the basis of a length of the period included in the detection period information;

performing a noise removal process of removing the worker from an operation performance in the workplace when it is determined that the worker has not actually performed the operation at the determining; and

managing an operation performance of the worker by analyzing the detection period information subjected to the noise removal process.

11. The personnel management method according to claim 10, wherein performing the noise removal process includes assuming, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation, that the worker has performed an operation in a workplace associated with a receiver that has detected the oscillator in a period indicating a previous timing or a subsequent timing, during the period included in the detection period information.

12. The personnel management method according to claim 11, wherein performing the noise removal process includes assuming, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation and if the same receiver has detected the oscillator in the periods indicating the previous timing and the subsequent timing, that the worker has continuously performed the operation in the workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator during the periods indicating the previous timing and the subsequent timing.

13. The personnel management method according to claim 11, wherein performing the noise removal process includes assuming, when determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation and if different receivers have detected the oscillator in the periods indicating the previous timing and the subsequent timing, that the worker carrying the oscillator has moved from a workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period indicating the previous timing to a workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period indicating the subsequent timing.

14. The personnel management method according to claim 10, wherein performing the noise removal process includes determining whether the worker has actually performed the operation in the workplace associated with the receiver that has detected the oscillator in the period, on the basis of a result of comparison between a length of the period included in the detection period and a threshold indicating a period for determining whether the worker has actually performed the operation in the workplace.

15. The personnel management method according to claim 10, wherein performing the noise removal process includes

acquiring the detection period information in which the period is separated by a predetermined information unit time,

referring to the detection period information every determination unit time that is a time including a plurality of information unit times, and

removing the worker from an operation performance in a workplace associated with a different receiver by assuming that the worker carrying the oscillator has performed an operation in a workplace associated with a receiver with a longest period among receivers that have detected the oscillator in the determination unit time.

16. The personnel management method according to claim 10, wherein performing the noise removal process includes

calculating an operation time for each worker in a predetermined period based on the detection period information, and

calculating and outputting an operation efficiency with respect to the operation time for each worker based on information on the period included in the detection period information subjected to determination of determining that the worker has not actually performed the operation.

17. The personnel management method according to claim 10, wherein managing the operation performance of the worker includes

analyzing the detection period information subjected to the noise removal process for a predetermined period, acquires information indicating a plan of an operation of the worker in the predetermined period, and

outputting notification information on a difference between an operation performance of the worker and the plan.