APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MONITORING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20170257683A1
• Filed: 03/02/2017
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Satoru Yamada
• Inventors: YAMADA, SATORU
• Granted Patent: US 10,154,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/50 Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method of remotely monitoring receives, from an operation terminal, identification information and location information of a location of one or more lamps, stores, in a memory, the received identification information and the received location information in association with each other for the one or more lamps, updates log information regarding a log of a lighting condition of the one or more lamps, in response to an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more lamps is energized for the one or more lamps, and sends monitoring information corresponding to the log information of the electric circuit of the one or more lamps for display.

Claims

1. A method of remotely monitoring, comprising:

receiving, from an operation terminal, identification information and location information of a location of one or more lamps;

storing, in a memory, the received identification information and the received location information in association with each other for the one or more lamps;

updating log information regarding a log of a lighting condition of the one or more lamps, in response to an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more lamps is energized for the one or more lamps; and

sending monitoring information corresponding to the log information of the electric circuit of the one or more lamps for display.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the operation terminal, transmission destination information indicating a destination of an email to be transmitted, the transmission destination information being input at the operation terminal;

storing, in the memory, the transmission destination information; and

transmitting an email to the destination of the transmission destination information based on a determination indicating that the log information of the lighting condition of at least one of the one or more lamps satisfies a preset condition.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the preset condition is a state where the indication that the electric circuit of the lamp is energized has not been changed at least for a threshold time period, the threshold time period being input at the operation terminal.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the present condition is a state where the lamp has been turned off at least for a threshold time period, the threshold time period being input at the operation terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the operation terminal, a selection of a place of at least one of the one or more lamps; and

generating monitoring information that reflects the log information of the electric circuit of the lamp on the selected place, as the monitoring information to be sent, the monitoring information being graphically displayed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring information includes a log of times each time corresponding to a time when the lamp is illuminated.

7. A remote monitoring apparatus comprising:

a receiver to receive, from an operation terminal, identification information and location information of a location of the lamp;

a memory to store the received identification information and the received location information in association with each other for the one or more lamps;

circuitry to update log information regarding a log of a lighting condition of the one or more lamps, in response to an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more lamps is energized for the one or more lamps; and

a transmitter to send monitoring information that corresponding to the log information of the electric circuit of the one or more lamps for display.

8. The remote monitoring apparatus of claim 7, wherein

the receiver receives, from the operation terminal, transmission destination information indicating a destination of an email to be transmitted, the transmission destination information being input at the operation terminal;

storing, in the memory, the transmission destination information; and

transmitting an email to the destination of the transmission destination information based on a determination indicating that the log information of the lighting condition of at least one of the one or more lamps satisfies a preset condition.

9. The remote monitoring apparatus of claim 8, wherein the preset condition is a state where the indication that the electric circuit of the lamp is energized has not been changed at least for a threshold time period, the threshold time period being input at the operation terminal.

10. The remote monitoring apparatus of claim 8, wherein the present condition is a state where the lamp has been turned off at least for a threshold time period, the threshold time period being input at the operation terminal.

11. The remote monitoring apparatus of claim 7,

wherein the receiver receives, from the operation terminal, a selection of a place of at least one of the one or more lamps, and

wherein the circuitry generates monitoring information that reflects the log information of the electric circuit of the lamp on the selected place, as the monitoring information to be sent, the monitoring information being graphically displayed.

12. The remote monitoring apparatus of claim 7, wherein the monitoring information includes a log of times each time corresponding to a time when the lamp is illuminated.

13. A system, comprising circuitry to:

receive, from an operation terminal, identification information and location information of a location of the lamp;

store, in a memory, the received identification information and the location place information in association with each other for the one or more lamps;

update log information regarding a log of a lighting condition of the one or more lamps, in response to an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more lamps is energized for the one or more lamps; and

display monitoring information corresponding to the log information of the electric circuit of the one or more lamps.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

receive, from the operation terminal, transmission destination information indicating a destination of an email to be transmitted, the transmission destination information being input at the operation terminal;

store, in the memory, the transmission destination information; and

transmit an email to the destination of the transmission destination information based on a determination indicating that the log information of the lighting condition of at least one of the one or more lamps satisfies a preset condition.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the preset condition is a state where the indication that the electric circuit of the lamp is energized has not been changed at least for a threshold time period, the threshold time period being input at the operation terminal.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the present condition is a state where the lamp has been turned off at least for a threshold time period, the threshold time period being input at the operation terminal.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

receive, from the operation terminal, a selection of a place of at least one of the one or more lamps;

generate monitoring information that reflects the log information of the electric circuit of the lamp on the selected place, as the monitoring information to be sent; and

graphically display the monitoring information.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the monitoring information includes a log of times each time corresponding to a time when the lamp is illuminated.