Sensor management device, sensor, monitoring system, sensor management method, sensor management program, monitoring method, and monitoring program

• US 9,992,559 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2015
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Hirotsugu
• Primary Examiner(s): File, Erin M
• Application Number:
  US15/112,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20170013330A1
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/86 Performing a diagnostic of the sensing device
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/88 Providing power supply at the sub-station
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A sensor management device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a sensor management device includes: a reception unit configured to receive sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by a sensor; and a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying a screen on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information received by the reception unit is associated with the sensor, wherein the display control unit performs control of changing a display content of the screen in such a manner as to allow recognition of the sensor the sensor information of which has become unable to be received by the reception unit.

Claims

1. A sensor management device comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive sensor information transmitted wirelessly from a sensor indicating a measurement result obtained by the sensor; and

a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying a screen including an area on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information received by the reception unit is associated with the sensor,

wherein the display control unit performs control of changing a display content of the area on which the measurement result is associated with the sensor of which the sensor information has become unable to be received by the reception unit after displaying the screen,

wherein the display control unit further performs control of displaying a cause of which the sensor information has become unable to be received by the reception unit on the screen,

wherein the reception unit further wirelessly receives from the sensor, before stopping operation thereof, sensor OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off, and

wherein when the OFF information has been received by the reception unit, the display control unit performs control of displaying the cause that the power source of the sensor has been turned off on the screen.

2. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of deleting, from the area, a content in which the sensor of which the sensor information has become unable to be received by the reception unit is associated with the measurement result after displaying the screen.

3. The sensor management device according to claim 1, further comprising

a determination unit configured to determine communication quality between the sensor and the sensor management device, wherein

when the communication quality has been determined as being poor by the determination unit, the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen indicating, as the cause, that the communication quality is poor.

4. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the reception unit further receives, from the sensor, battery information regarding a stored-power remaining amount of a battery of the sensor, and

when the battery information indicating that the stored-power remaining amount is small has been received by the reception unit, the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen indicating, as the cause, that the stored-power remaining amount is small.

5. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen indicating, as the cause, that the sensor has failed, or displaying the screen indicating that the cause is unknown.

6. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of displaying the screen further showing a list of identification information of the sensor of which the sensor information has become unable to be received by the reception unit.

7. The sensor management device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control unit performs control of resetting the display content of the area on which the measurement result is associated with the sensor of which the sensor information has become able to be received by the reception unit again after changing the content of the area, to the display content not having been changed.

8. A monitoring system comprising:

a sensor that transmits sensor information wirelessly indicating a measurement result obtained by the sensor; and

a sensor management,

wherein the sensor management device includes;

a reception unit configured to receive sensor information transmitted wirelessly from the sensor indicating a measurement result obtained by the sensor; and

a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying a screen including an area on which the measurement result indicated by the sensor information received by the reception unit is associated with the sensor,

wherein the display control unit performs control of changing a display content of the area on which the measurement result is associated with the sensor of which the sensor information has become unable to be received by the reception unit after the displaying the screen, and

wherein the display control unit further performs control of displaying a cause of which the sensor information has become unable to be received by the reception unit on the screen, wherein

wherein the sensor transmits wirelessly, to the sensor management device, OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off and identification information of the sensor before stopping operation thereof, and

wherein when the OFF information has been received by the reception unit, the sensor management device performs control of displaying the cause that the power source of the sensor has been turned off on the screen.

9. A sensor management method, comprising:

receiving sensor information indicating a measurement result obtained by the sensor;

performing control of displaying a screen including an area on which the measurement result indicated by the received sensor information is associated with a sensor; and

performing control of changing a display content of the of the sensor area on which the measurement result is associated with the sensor of which the sensor information has become unable to be received after the displaying the screen,

wherein the step of performing control of changing the display content includes a step of performing control of displaying a cause of which the sensor information has become unable to be received on the screen, and

wherein when OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off has been transmitted wirelessly from the sensor before stopping operation thereof and received in the step of receiving, the cause that the power source of the sensor has been turned off is displayed on the screen in the step of performing control of displaying the cause.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a sensor management program, the sensor management program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

receiving sensor information transmitted wirelessly from a sensor indicating a measurement result obtained by the sensor;

performing control of displaying a screen including an area on which the measurement result indicated by the received sensor information is associated with the sensor; and

performing control of changing a display content of the area on which the measurement result is associated with the sensor of which the sensor information has become unable to be received after displaying the screen,

wherein the step of performing control of changing the display content includes a step of performing control of displaying a cause of which the sensor information has become unable to be received on the screen, and

wherein when OFF information indicating that a power source of the sensor has been turned off has been transmitted wirelessly from the sensor before stopping operation thereof and received in the step of receiving, the cause that the power source of the sensor has been turned off is displayed on the screen in the step of performing control of displaying the cause.