Machine remote monitoring system and management method
First Claim
1. A machine remote monitoring system comprising:
- means for determining identification information of a mobile call station in response to an incoming call from a mobile communication apparatus;
communication means which starts communication with the mobile call station via the mobile communication apparatus when the determining means makes a decision that the incoming call comes from a previously registered station;
means for confirming an operating condition of a machine on the mobile call station based on the condition data transmitted from the mobile call station in the communication;
information providing means for giving an information to a predetermined destination that a failure occurs when a condition data is not of a predetermined normal value or predetermined data showing an occurrence of failure; and
troubleshooting means, which starts up a predetermined program when it is confirmed that the failure occurs based on the condition data, and detects the cause of failure, and contents given by the information providing means includes the cause of failure decided by the troubleshooting means.
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Abstract
An operating condition of an outboard motor 1 is detected by an ECU 3, and then, is transmitted to a remote monitoring apparatus 6 using a mobile phone 5. The condition data transmission is made by only access from the outboard motor 1 side, therefore, security can be secured. When confirming a failure based on the condition data, the remote monitoring apparatus 6 decides the cause of failure by troubleshooting, and then, give information about measures to a boat 2 equipped with the outboard motor 1. Troubleshooting is carried out by acquiring a program from a server of maker, and the cause of failure is transmitted to the server so as to be stored as user information. The remote monitoring apparatus 6 orders necessary maintenance parts so as to improve quickness of maintenance.
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14 Claims
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1. A machine remote monitoring system comprising:
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means for determining identification information of a mobile call station in response to an incoming call from a mobile communication apparatus;
communication means which starts communication with the mobile call station via the mobile communication apparatus when the determining means makes a decision that the incoming call comes from a previously registered station;
means for confirming an operating condition of a machine on the mobile call station based on the condition data transmitted from the mobile call station in the communication;
information providing means for giving an information to a predetermined destination that a failure occurs when a condition data is not of a predetermined normal value or predetermined data showing an occurrence of failure; and
troubleshooting means, which starts up a predetermined program when it is confirmed that the failure occurs based on the condition data, and detects the cause of failure, and contents given by the information providing means includes the cause of failure decided by the troubleshooting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A machine management method comprising the steps of:
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making an access to a remote monitoring apparatus from a communication device with a mobile communication apparatus connected to a mobile managed machine so as to transmit a condition data of the managed machine at every predetermined time and whenever a failure is detected or at one of these occasions;
carrying out troubleshooting so as to determine a cause of failure when the remote monitoring apparatus confirms an occurrence of failure based on the condition data which includes a failure data that is detected in the machine; and
giving a message of the occurrence of failure and a cause of failure determined by the troubleshooting step to a predetermined destination;
wherein an access to the remote monitoring apparatus from the communication device with the mobile communication apparatus is made with identification information previously allocated to the mobile managed machine, and the remote monitoring apparatus is started up in response to the access. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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