Working information processing system, device, method, and computer program

• US 8,615,415 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Issued: 12/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mekiki Creates Company Limited (Mekiki Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mekiki Creates Company Limited (Mekiki Company Limited)
• Inventors: Deguchi, Hikaru, Nakabayashi, Taketoshi, Takasaki, Yoshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Zeender, Ryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Amsdell, Dana
• Application Number:
  US11/587,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20070168488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,171 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity

Abstract

To provide a system for grasping a working state of engaged workers via a space-saving low-cost communication network even when there is no space for placing a dedicated terminal device used for a network time recorder or it is impossible to employ the dedicated terminal device because of the cost.

A working information generation device (10) generates and outputs working information including generation device information for each predetermined time with different contents. Next, the working information outputted is acquired by a working information acquisition device (20). The acquisition device information is added to the working information so as to obtain working information, which is sent to a predetermined working information collection device (30). The working information collection device (30) receives the working information which has been sent, identifies a working destination in the received working information, and identifies a worker who has worked in the working destination from the acquisition device information in the working information. After this, the identified working destination and the worker are recorded as working information in the working information collection device (30). Furthermore, the working information is sent to a service rating management device (60).

Claims

1. A work information processing system, comprising:

a work information generation device located at a work site, for generating work information including time data and identification information of the work information generation device, and

a mobile work information acquisition device separated from the work information generation device and carried by a worker, said mobile work information acquisition device being configured to acquire and store the time data and the identification information of the work information generation device,

wherein the work information generation device comprises;

time counting means for counting time and providing the time data;

information storage means for storing the identification information including a location of the work information generation device;

work information generation means electrically connected to the time counting means and the information storage means, the work information generation means generating, as a barcode changing successively as time goes by, the time data from the time counting means and the identification information from the information storage means;

work information output means electrically connected to the work information generation means, and outputting, as the barcode, the time data and the identification information generated by the work information generation means; and

work information display means for displaying, as the barcode, the work information output from the work information output means; and

wherein the mobile work information acquisition device comprises;

work information acquisition means for wirelessly acquiring the time data and the identification information output as the barcode from the work information display means, the work information acquisition means including imaging means for taking an image of the barcode and a barcode recognition part for decoding the barcode taken as the image;

work information storage means electrically connected to the work information acquisition means for storing decoded time data and the identification information; and

mobile display means for displaying the decoded time data and the identification information so that the decoded time data and the identification information are seen by the mobile work information acquisition device as desired.

2. The work information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a work information collection device separated from the work information generation device and the mobile work information acquisition device and configured to collect the work information of each worker,

the work information collection device comprising;

work site specification part for obtaining the identification information of the work information generation device and locational information of the work information generation device as the barcode, and

storage means for storing acquired worker identification information, the time data and the locational information extracted from the work information, said acquired worker identification information being associated with the time data and the locational information.

3. The work information processing system as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

an attendance information management device configured to be capable of communication with the work information collection device, the attendance information management device processing attendance information including beginning and end of work of the worker.

4. The work information processing system as recited in claim 1, wherein

the work information output means outputs and responds by wirelessly transmitting the work information generated by the work information generation means in accordance with a work information read request from the work information acquisition means;

and

the work information acquisition means acquires the work information by receiving the work information wirelessly transmitted by the work information output means.

5. The work information processing system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

work instruction receiving means for receiving a work information generation instruction from a worker, wherein when the work instruction receiving means receives the work information generation instruction from the worker, the work information generation means acquires the time data by referring to the time counting means, and generates the work information based on the time data and the identification information of the work information generation device.

6. The work information processing system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

means for receiving a standard time radio wave from a standard radio wave transmission source including standard time data; and

means for correcting the time counted by said time counting means in accordance with received standard time radio wave.

7. A work information processing system as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile work information acquisition device is a portable telephone device having a camera for taking the image of the encoded work information output to the display.

8. The work information processing system according to claim 7, wherein the mobile display means has a screen for displaying the decoded work information for confirmation of the work information.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for a work information processing system, comprising:

communicating a work information generation device, a mobile work information acquisition device, and a work information collection device,

wherein said work information generation device is located at a work site for generating and outputting work information including time data produced by time counting means provided in the work information generation device and identification information including location of the work information generation device, said work information generation device generating, as a barcode changing successively as time goes by, the time data and locational information,

wherein said mobile work information acquisition device is separated from the work information generation device and carried by a worker, said work information acquisition device being configured to wirelessly acquire and store the work information as the barcode and communicate with that work information and worker identification information to the work information collection device,

wherein said work information collection device includes work location information storage means for storing the identification information of the work information generation device and locational information of the work information generation device, said identification information of the work information device being associated with the locational information;

processing to collect, as the barcode, the work information and the worker identification information output from the mobile work information acquisition device;

processing to extract and decode the identification information of the work information generation device and the time data included in the acquired work information, and specify the locational information corresponding to the identification information of the work information generation device; and

processing to store the acquired worker identification information, and the time data and the locational information extracted from the work information, said acquired worker identification information being associated with the time data and the locational information.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for a work information processing system work, comprising:

communicating a work information generation device located at a work site, for generating work information including time data and identification information of the work information generation device, with a mobile work information acquisition device separated from the work information generation device and carried by a worker,

wherein the work information generation device;

counts time and provides the time data by time counting means;

stores the identification information including a location of the work information generation device by information storage means;

generates, as a barcode changing successively as time goes by, the time data and the identification information by work information generation means;

outputs, as the barcode, the time data and the identification information generated by the work information generation means by work information output means, and

displays the work information output by the work information output means,

wherein the mobile work information acquisition device;

wirelessly acquires the time data and the identification information output as the barcode from a display of the work information generating device, the mobile work information acquisition device taking an image of the barcode by imaging means and decoding the barcode taken as the image by a barcode recognition part;

stores decoded time data and the identification information by work information storage means; and

displays the decoded time data and the identification information by display means so that the decoded time data and the identification information is seen by the mobile work information acquisition device as desired.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, further comprising:

communicating by the mobile work information acquisition device with a work information collection device;

processing to extract, at the work information collection device, the identification information of the work information generation device, the time data, and the locational information corresponding to the identification information of the work information generation device; and

processing to store the acquired worker identification information, and the time data and the locational information extracted from the work information, said acquired worker identification information being associated with the time data and the locational information.