Maintenance/inspection support apparatus and entry/exit management apparatus

• US 6,819,218 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2002
• Issued: 11/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Takemoto, Yasuhiro, Hirayama, Hirokazu, Noto, Naoko, Yoshitake, Ryo, Tsuchida, Yoshiyuki, Mabuchi, Toshiaki, Takagi, Kyo, Kobayashi, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dalencourt, Yves
• Application Number:
  US10/189,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20020167393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.2, 340/5.3, 340/5.23, 340/5.26, 340/5.5, 340/5.6, 340/5.66, 340/5.54, 340/10.41, 340/10.51, 235/382, 235/382.5, 702/182, 702/183, 702/184
• US Class Current: 340/5.3
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 3/08 Registering or indicating the production of the machine either with or without registering working or idle time

Abstract

A maintenance/inspection support apparatus including an inspection information storage section storing inspection information of a plurality of equipments serving as maintenance/inspection targets, an inspection information write section for writing, in a noncontact manner, the inspection information stored in the inspection information storage section on a plurality of information recording media corresponding to the plurality of equipments, an inspection information read section for reading, in a noncontact manner, the inspection information written on the information recording media by the inspection information write section, and a display section for displaying the inspection information read by the inspection information read section.

Claims

1. A maintenance/inspection support apparatus comprising:

inspection information storage means for storing inspection information which is referred to when a user inspects a plurality of equipments serving as maintenance/inspection targets;

inspection information write means for writing, in a noncontact manner, the inspection information stored in said inspection information storage means on a plurality of radio frequency tags corresponding to the plurality of equipments;

inspection information read means for reading, in a noncontact manner, the inspection information written on said radio frequency tags by said inspection information write means; and

display means for displaying the inspection information read by said inspection information read means.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising inspection information updating means for performing at least one of updating and addition of the inspection information written on said radio frequency tags.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

collection means for collecting process information about an equipment serving as a maintenance/inspection target; and

process information write means for writing the process information collected by said collection means on said radio frequency tags.