System for supporting carry-in operation planning

• US 8,326,664 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2011
• Issued: 12/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi-Ge Nuclear Energy Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi-Ge Nuclear Energy Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Fukuda, Yoshibumi, Yokota, Takeshi, Yamane, Kenichirou, Akagi, Kenji, Morita, Kensuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleischer, Mark A
• Application Number:
  US13/151,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20110301995A1
• Time in Patent Office: 551 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.11
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063118 Staff planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment

Abstract

A carry-in ready period calculation part calculates a candidate of a carry-in ready period which is a period during which a carry-in operation can be conducted and outputs the candidate in an output part so as to make entire construction works efficient. The calculation is performed based on a site arrival time schedule which is a time schedule showing when a carry-in target equipment arrives at a site, a temporary placement time schedule which is a time schedule showing when the equipment arrived is temporarily placed, and a construction time schedule of a building in which the equipment is carried.

Claims

1. A system for supporting carry-in operation planning for carrying one or more carry-in target equipment required for construction of a building, into the building, the system comprising:

a storage unit constructed at least in part of memory hardware, configured to store therein;

information which describes, for each of the carry-in target equipment, a site arrival time which is a period within which the carry-in target equipment is designated to arrive at a construction site, and a carry-in target spot designated for placement of the carry-in target equipment in the building,

information which describes, for each of the carry-in target equipment, a temporary placement period which is a period during which the carry-in target equipment is designated to be temporarily placed in a temporary placement area differing from the carry-in target spot, and

information which describes, for each of the carry-in target equipment, a carry-in space available period which is a period during which a floor representing the carry-in target spot in the building, has already been constructed and a space above the floor is free and open to accommodate movement of the carry-in target equipment; and

a control unit constructed at least in part of processor hardware and configured to perform operations of;

acquiring, from the storage unit, the site arrival time, the temporary placement period, and the carry-in space available period, of a specified carry-in target equipment specified by an input from the input unit, and,

upon the conditions that;

the site arrival time has at least an arrival time portion overlapping with the temporary placement period;

the temporary placement period has at least a temporary placement time portion overlapping with the carry-in space available period; and

a time of the arrival time portion is earlier than the temporary placement time portion, then determining the temporary placement time portion as a carry-in ready period of the specified carry-in target equipment, the carry-in ready period being a period during which the carry-in target equipment is designated to be carried from the temporary placement area to the carry-in target spot in the building.

2. The system for supporting carry-in operation planning according to claim 1,

wherein, if the site arrival time of the specified carry-in target equipment does not at least partially overlap with the temporary placement period, the control unit is configured to effect operations of:

shifting at least one of the site arrival time and the temporary placement period such that the site arrival time does at least partially overlap with the temporary placement period; and

then generating the carry-in ready period.

3. The system for supporting carry-in operation planning according to claim 1,

wherein, if the temporary placement time portion of the specified carry-in target equipment is not formed in that the temporary placement period does not at least partially overlap with the carry-in space available period, the control unit is configured to perform operation of:

shifting at least one of the temporary placement period and the carry-in space available period to overlap such that the temporary placement time portion becomes formed; and

then generating the carry-in ready period.

4. The system for supporting carry-in operation planning according to claim 1,

wherein, if the arrival time portion of the specified carry-in target equipment is not earlier than the temporary placement time portion, the control unit is configured to perform operations of:

shifting at least one of the site arrival time, the temporary placement period, and the carry-in space available period such that the arrival time portion becomes earlier than the temporary placement time portion; and

then generating the carry-in ready period.

5. The system for supporting carry-in operation planning according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to perform operations of:

performs;

shifting at least one of the site arrival time, the temporary placement period, and the carry-in space available period, according to an input from the input unit, and

then calculating the carry-in ready period based on the site arrival time, the temporary placement period, and the carry-in space available period after the shifting.