SENSOR MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SENSOR, MONITORING SYSTEM, SENSOR MANAGEMENT METHOD, SENSOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, MONITORING METHOD, AND MONITORING PROGRAM

• US 20170013330A1
• Filed: 11/10/2015
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: YAMAMOTO, Hirotsugu
• Granted Patent: US 9,992,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/86 Performing a diagnostic of the sensing device
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/88 Providing power supply at the sub-station
• 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

A sensor management device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a sensor management device includes: a reception unit configured to receive sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by a sensor; and a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information received by the reception unit is associated with the sensor, wherein the display control unit performs control of changing a display content of the screen in such a manner as to allow recognition of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received by the reception unit.

Claims

1. A sensor management device comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by a sensor; and

a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information received by the reception unit is associated with the sensor, wherein

the display control unit performs control of changing a display content of the screen in such a manner as to allow recognition of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received by the reception unit.

2. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of deleting, from the screen, a content in which the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received by the reception unit is associated with the measurement result.

3. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen further showing a cause for which the sensor information has become unable to be received by the reception unit.

4. The sensor management device according to claim 3, wherein

the reception unit further receives, from the sensor, OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off, and

when the OFF information has been received by the reception unit, the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen indicating, as the cause, that the power source of the sensor has been turned off.

5. The sensor management device according to claim 3, further comprising

a determination unit configured to determine communication quality between the sensor and the sensor management device, wherein

when the communication quality has been determined as being poor by the determination unit, the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen indicating, as the cause, that the communication quality is poor.

6. The sensor management device according to claim 3, wherein

the reception unit further receives, from the sensor, battery information regarding a stored-power remaining amount of a battery of the sensor, and

when the battery information indicating that the stored-power remaining amount is small has been received by the reception unit, the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen indicating, as the cause, that the stored-power remaining amount is small.

7. The sensor management device according to claim 3, wherein

the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen indicating, as the cause, that the sensor has failed, or that the cause is unknown, instead of indicating the cause.

8. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen further showing a list of identification information of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received by the reception unit.

9. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of resetting the display content of the screen regarding the sensor the sensor information of which has become able to be received by the reception unit again, to the display content not having been changed.

12. A sensor management method to be performed in the sensor management device according to claim 1, the sensor management method comprising the steps of:

receiving sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by a sensor;

performing control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the received sensor information is associated with the sensor; and

performing control of changing a display content of the screen in such a manner as to allow recognition of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a sensor management program to be used in the sensor management device according to claim 1, the sensor management program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

receiving sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by a sensor;

performing control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the received sensor information is associated with the sensor; and

performing control of changing a display content of the screen in such a manner as to allow recognition of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received.

10. A sensor comprising:

a measurement unit configured to perform measurement; and

a transmission processing unit configured to perform a process of transmitting sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit, to a sensor management device capable of performing control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information is associated with the sensor, wherein

the transmission processing unit further performs a process of transmitting, to the sensor management device, OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off and identification information of the sensor.

14. A monitoring method to be performed in the sensor according to claim 10, the monitoring method comprising the steps of:

performing measurement;

performing a process of transmitting sensor information indicating a measurement result, to a sensor management device capable of performing control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information is associated with the sensor; and

transmitting, to the sensor management device, OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off and identification information of the sensor.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a monitoring program to be used in the sensor according to claim 10, the monitoring program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

performing measurement;

performing a process of transmitting sensor information indicating a measurement result, to a sensor management device capable of performing control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information is associated with the sensor; and

transmitting, to the sensor management device, OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off and identification information of the sensor.

11. A monitoring system comprising:

a sensor; and

a sensor management device, wherein

the sensor transmits sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by the sensor, to the sensor management device,

the sensor management device receives the sensor information transmitted from the sensor, and performs control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the received sensor information is associated with the sensor, and

the sensor management device performs control of changing a display content of the screen in such a manner as to allow recognition of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received by the sensor management device.