Portable terminal and message notifying system using the same

• US 7,035,774 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2002
• Issued: 04/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Hiroaki, Okumura, Kazumasa, Nakamura, Youichi, Inoue, Hiroyuki, Takeda, Yoshimasa, Yasutake, Masanori
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoff, Marc S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): O MALLEY, MARY CATHERINE
• Application Number:
  US10/228,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20030139176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,336 Days
• Field of Search: 702 57- 59, 702 81- 84, 702/122, 702182-183, 702/188, 700121-129, 700108-111, 340 343- 344, 340502-505, 340/568.1, 340/653
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

A portable terminal carried by an operator of a target apparatus includes a communicating device for conducting wireless communication and a first information acquiring device for acquiring first information related to the target apparatus from the target apparatus via the communicating device. The portable terminal also includes a second information sending device for sending second information to at least one external information terminal via the communicating device based on the first information. Further, the portable terminal includes a third information acquiring device for acquiring third information from at least one external information terminal responding to the second information via the communicating device and an information outputting device for outputting an information output based on the third information.

Claims

1. A message notifying system for detecting information created during a run of a production facility and for notifying, in the form of a message, an operator of data identified as a target of notification based on the information, wherein the production facility is a mounting facility for mounting electronic components on a printed circuit board, the message notifying system comprising:

a plurality of information receiver units for receiving the information from the production facility, at least one of said information receiver units being selected to receive the information according to a content of the information;

an information summation unit for registering current state information representing a current state of the production facility, based on the information received by said at least one information receiver unit, and for selecting, as target data of notification, the current state information predictive of a halt of the production facility before the production facility comes to a halt;

a portable data sending unit for sending the target data of notification selected by said information summation unit; and

a data receipt notifying unit, carried by an operator, for receiving the target data of notification sent from said portable data sending unit, and for notifying the operator of the target data of notification, wherein

the information is production progress information representing production progress within the mounting facility, and

said information summation unit selects, as the target data of notification, the current state information where the production progress information is less than a set quantity for a target of notification.

2. A message notifying system for detecting information created during a run of a production facility and for notifying, in the form of a message, an operator of data identified as a target of notification based on the information, wherein the production facility is a mounting facility for mounting electronic components on a printed circuit board, the message notifying system comprising:

a plurality of information receiver units for receiving the information from the production facility, at least one of said information receiver units being selected to receive the information according to a content of the information;

an information summation unit for registering current state information representing a current state of the production facility, based on the information received by said at least one information receiver unit, and for selecting, as target data of notification, the current state information predictive of a halt of the production facility before the production facility comes to a halt;

a portable data sending unit for sending the target data of notification selected by said information summation unit; and

a data receipt notifying unit, carried by an operator, for receiving the target data of notification sent from said portable data sending unit, and for notifying the operator of the target data of notification, wherein

the information is trouble information representing a trouble-induced halt in the mounting facility, and

said information summation unit selects, as the target data of notification, the current state information where the trouble information matches a set content for a target of notification.

3. A message notifying method of a message notifying system for detecting information created during a run of a production facility and for notifying, in the form of a message, an operator of data identified as a target of notification based on the information, wherein the production facility is a mounting facility for mounting electronic components on a printed circuit board, the message notifying method comprising:

an information receiving operation of receiving the information from the production facility, wherein the production facility transmits the information to at least one information receiving unit which is selected according to a content of the information from the production facility;

an information summation operation of registering current state information representing a current state of the production facility based on the information received at said information receiving operation, and of selecting, as target data of notification, the current state information predictive of a halt of the production facility before the production facility comes to a halt;

a data sending operation of sending the target data of notification selected at said information summation operation; and

a data receipt notifying operation of receiving the target data of notification sent from said data sending operation, and of notifying the operator of the target data of notification, through a portable terminal carried by the operator, wherein

the information is production progress information representing production progress within the mounting facility, and

said information summation operation comprises selecting the current state information where the production progress information is less than a set quantity for a target of notification as the target data of notification.

4. A message notifying method of a message notifying system for detecting information created during a run of a production facility and for notifying, in the form of a message, an operator of data identified as a target of notification based on the information, wherein the production facility is a mounting facility for mounting electronic components on a printed circuit board, the message notifying method comprising:

an information receiving operation of receiving the information from the production facility, wherein the production facility transmits the information to at least one information receiving unit which is selected according to a content of the information from the production facility;

an information summation operation of registering current state information representing a current state of the production facility based on the information received at said information receiving operation, and of selecting, as target data of notification, the current state information predictive of a halt of the production facility before the production facility comes to a halt;

a data sending operation of sending the target data of notification selected at said information summation operation; and

a data receipt notifying operation of receiving the target data of notification sent from said data sending operation, and of notifying the operator of the target data of notification, through a portable terminal carried by the operator, wherein

the information is trouble information representing a trouble-induced halt in the mounting facility, and

said information summation operation comprises selecting the current state information where the trouble information matches a set content for a target of notification as the target data of notification.

5. A message notifying program stored on a computer readable medium to be executed by a computer for detecting information created during a run of a production facility and for notifying, in the form of a message, an operator of data identified as a target of notification based on the information, wherein the production facility is a mounting facility for mounting electronic components on a printed circuit board, the message notifying program comprising:

an information receiving operation of receiving the information from the production facility, wherein the production facility transmits the information to at least one information receiving unit which is selected according to a content of the information from the production facility;

an information summation operation of registering current state information representing a current state of the production facility based on the information received at said information receiving operation, and of selecting the current state information predictive of a halt of the production facility as target data of notification before the production facility comes to a halt;

a data sending operation of sending the target data of notification selected at said information summation operation; and

a data receipt notifying operation of receiving the target data of notification sent at said data sending operation, and of notifying the operator of the target data of notification, through the portable terminal carried by the operator, wherein

the information is production progress information representing production progress within the mounting facility, and

said information summation operation comprises selecting the current state information where the production progress information is less than a set quantity for a target of notification as the target data of notification.

6. A message notifying program stored on a computer readable medium to be executed by a computer for detecting information created during a run of a production facility and for notifying, in the form of a message, an operator of data identified as a target of notification based on the information, wherein the production facility is a mounting facility for mounting electronic components on a printed circuit board, the message notifying program comprising:

an information receiving operation of receiving the information from the production facility, wherein the production facility transmits the information to at least one information receiving unit which is selected according to a content of the information from the production facility;

an information summation operation of registering current state information representing a current state of the production facility based on the information received at said information receiving operation, and of selecting the current state information predictive of a halt of the production facility as target data of notification before the production facility comes to a halt;

a data sending operation of sending the target data of notification selected at said information summation operation; and

a data receipt notifying operation of receiving the target data of notification sent at said data sending operation, and of notifying the operator of the target data of notification, through the portable terminal carried by the operator, wherein

the information is trouble information representing a trouble-induced halt in the mounting facility, and

said information summation operation comprises selecting the current state information where the trouble information matches with a set content for a target of notification as the target data of notification.