JP2007058388A - Facility management device and facility management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facility management device and a facility management method for enabling a manager to much more easily take over his or her duty. <P>SOLUTION: When tag information is input by a facility manager, the tag information and a summary graph displayed at a display part 17 when the tag information is input are stored so as to be associated with each other in a summary graph storage part 13 and an accessory information storage part 14. Thus, it is not necessary for the facility manager to print out a management screen when abnormality is generated, or to take notes of the succession items of abnormality, and it is possible to easily take over his or her duty. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility management apparatus and a facility management method for managing the state of various management points in a facility such as a building.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, facility management apparatuses that monitor facilities such as buildings display information such as operation / stop of monitored equipment and alarms on a display device (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). Specifically, on the floor plan showing the layout of the building and the floor of the building, etc., the icon indicating the equipment and information indicating the status of the equipment such as operation / stop and alarm are displayed. Is displayed in association with the area in which. Thus, what affixed the icon of an equipment apparatus and the information which shows the state of an equipment apparatus on a top view is called a summary graph. An example of this summary graph is shown in FIG. The facility manager can manage the facility by monitoring the state of the facility device based on the information displayed in the summary graph as shown in FIG.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a facility management apparatus that displays a summary graph according to the degree of alarm. According to this facility management apparatus, it is possible to identify at a glance at which location in the facility the alarm is generated.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a facility monitoring apparatus that displays a summary graph registered at the position on another display unit when an arbitrary position on the annunciator screen displayed on one display unit is selected. Has been. With this facility monitoring apparatus, it is possible to efficiently monitor each location particularly in a facility with many locations to be monitored.

Japanese Patent No. 3163472 JP 2003-141659 A

  However, in the conventional facility management apparatus, only the current information is displayed in the summary graph. For example, when a facility management apparatus for a 24-hour operation facility is used by a plurality of facility managers, an abnormality of the facility is assumed at the time of takeover. The only way to convey the transfer matters to other equipment managers was to print out a summary graph display screen when an abnormality occurred and write down notes about the abnormality. For this reason, if a print or memo is lost, the matters to be handed over are not transmitted to other equipment managers, and therefore, the same operation is repeated, which is inconvenient.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facility management apparatus and a facility management method that can perform handover more easily.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the facility management apparatus according to the present invention displays a management screen in which the current state of various management points in the facility is associated with the layout of the facility on the screen display unit. A display unit; a receiving unit that receives a predetermined operation input from the user; and a storage unit that stores a management screen displayed on the screen display unit when the receiving unit receives a predetermined first operation input. It is characterized by that.

  In the facility management apparatus, when the management screen is stored in the storage unit and the detection unit that detects the logon and logoff of the user, the identification information that causes the screen display unit to display a predetermined identification display when the user logs on You may make it further provide a display means. Here, identification display refers to image data such as icons, images, decoration screens, background screens, etc. that can be alerted to the user by displaying them on a screen display unit, such as icons and images having a sticky note shape, for example. means.

  In the facility management apparatus, the identification information display means displays the management screen stored in the storage means when the receiving means receives a predetermined second operation input from the user while the identification display is displayed on the screen display unit. May be displayed on the screen display unit. Thereby, the past management screen is displayed on the screen display unit.

  In the facility management apparatus, the identification information display unit may display a list of management screens on the screen display unit when a plurality of management screens are stored in the storage unit.

  The facility management method according to the present invention includes a management screen display step for displaying a management screen in which the current state of various management points in the facility is associated with the layout of the facility on the screen display unit, and a predetermined operation from the user. It is characterized by comprising a receiving step for receiving an input, and a storage step for storing a management screen displayed on the screen display unit when a predetermined operation input is received in the receiving step.

  According to the present invention, when a predetermined operation input by the user is received, the management screen displayed on the screen display unit at this time is stored. Even if the user does not make a note, it is possible to communicate the matters to be transferred to other managers. As a result, it is possible to perform the transfer more easily.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facility management apparatus according to the present embodiment. The facility management apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a summary graph generation unit 11, a tag information registration unit 12, a summary graph storage unit 13, a tag information storage unit 14, a tag information display unit 15, a communication unit 16, And a display unit 17. Such a facility management apparatus 1 monitors and manages each management point in a facility such as a building using a summary graph. Here, the management point means an area or equipment that should be monitored or managed in the facility. Equipment equipment is used to manage air conditioning, crime prevention, lighting, power supply, sewage equipment, etc. for buildings such as pumps, fans, condensers, silencers, purifiers, refrigerant reservoirs, dryers, air filters, access doors, etc. Means the equipment. Such equipment is displayed on the summary graph with an icon that captures the characteristics of each equipment.

  The summary graph generation unit 11 acquires information on the state of the management point such as temperature, humidity, pressure, alarm, operation / stop, and the like from the equipment and various sensors arranged in the facility. It is the arithmetic processing part which produces | generates a summary graph from a figure. The generated summary graph is displayed on the display unit 17.

  When the tag information registration unit 12 accepts the operation input of the facility administrator who requests display of the tag on the summary graph, the image data of the summary graph at this time is stored in the summary graph storage unit 13 and the tag This is an arithmetic processing unit for storing, in the tag information storage unit 14, tag information to be described later regarding an operation input or the like of the facility manager who has requested display. Here, the tag indicates an icon or an image having a tag shape displayed on the display unit 17 together with the summary graph.

  The summary graph storage unit 13 is a database that acquires summary graph image data from the summary graph generation unit 11 based on instructions from the tag information registration unit 12 and stores the image data. In the summary graph storage unit 13, image data and an identification number of the image data are recorded in association with each other.

  The tag information storage unit 14 is a database that stores tag information based on instructions from the tag information registration unit 12. The tag information includes an identification number automatically given in the order in which the tag information is registered, a time when the tag information is generated, an image data ID of the summary graph at this time, a comment entered by the facility manager, and a tag. It consists of information on the name of the tenant at the position to be attached, the facility manager, the position at which the tag is displayed on the summary graph, and the like. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, each piece of information constituting such sticky note information is stored in a field provided for each attribute and constitutes one record.

  When the tag information display unit 15 receives an instruction from the communication unit 16, based on the current summary graph generated by the summary graph generation unit 11 and the tag information stored in the tag information storage unit 14, An arithmetic processing unit that displays a sticky note on the summary graph. Further, the sticky note information display unit 15 causes the display unit 17 to display the image data stored in the summary graph storage unit 13 corresponding to the sticky note information based on the operation input from the facility manager.

  The communication unit 16 is an interface device that manages the communication state between each facility manager and the facility management apparatus, that is, the login and logoff of the facility manager to the facility management apparatus. The login time and logoff time of the facility manager are stored in association with each other.

  The display unit 17 is a display device that displays various information related to the operation of the facility management apparatus 1, and displays summary graphs, sticky notes, tag information, image data stored in the summary graph storage unit 13, and the like.

  Such a facility management apparatus 1 detects an input of information from the outside such as a calculation device such as a CPU, a storage device such as a memory and an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), and a keyboard, a mouse, a pointing device, a button, and a touch panel. Input devices, I / F devices that send and receive various information to and from equipment installed at various management points such as buildings, CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), or FED (Field Emission Display) The computer includes a display device such as a computer and a program installed in the computer. That is, the hardware device and software cooperate to control the hardware resources by a program, and the summary graph generation unit 11, the tag information registration unit 12, the summary graph storage unit 13, the tag information storage unit 14, and the like described above. The tag information display unit 15, the communication unit 16, and the display unit 17 are realized. Note that the program may be provided in a state of being recorded on a recording medium such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or a memory card.

[Sticky note registration operation]
Next, the operation of the facility management apparatus 1 described above will be described. First, a sticky note registration operation by the facility management apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the facility manager selects an icon of equipment or an arbitrary position on the summary graph displayed on the display unit 17 during the operation of the facility management apparatus 1, the tag information registration unit 12 is used for information input. A dialog is displayed on the display unit 17 to prompt the facility manager to input tag information (step S301). Selection of an icon or an arbitrary position on the summary graph can be performed by, for example, clicking a corresponding position with a mouse. In addition, the dialog is displayed to input information that can be input by the facility manager among the tag information such as the comment and tenant name of the facility manager.

  When the input of the tag information from the dialog is completed (step S302: YES), the tag information registration unit 12 displays the summary graph image data at the time when an icon on the summary graph or an arbitrary position is selected as the summary graph storage unit 13. And the tag information is stored in the tag information storage unit 14 (step S303).

  Here, each piece of tag information having a data structure as shown in FIG. 2 is stored in a record of the tag information storage unit 14 as follows. First, in the “identification number” field, an identification number automatically generated according to the registration order of the tag information is stored. In the “time” field, an icon on the summary graph and a time when an arbitrary position is selected are stored. In the “image ID” field, the identification number of the image data of the summary graph displayed on the display unit 17 at the time stored in the “time” field is stored. In the “comment” and “tenant” fields, character data such as text input by the facility manager through the dialog displayed on the display unit 17 is stored. In the “describer” field, the name of the user who has logged into the facility management apparatus 1 is stored. In the “position” field, the position on the summary graph selected by the mouse or the like is stored.

  When the image data and the tag information are stored, the tag information display unit 15 displays a tag icon on the summary graph displayed on the display unit 17 as shown in FIG. 4 (step S304). Here, the tag is displayed on the summary graph at a position selected by the facility manager with the mouse or the like. This position corresponds to the data stored in the “position” field of the tag information stored in the tag information storage unit 14.

  As described above, when the tag information is input by the facility manager, the summary graph is stored in a state in which the tag information is associated with the summary graph displayed on the display unit 17 when the tag information is input. Since it is stored in the unit 13 and the sticky note information storage unit 14, it is not necessary to print out a management screen at the time of occurrence of an abnormality or to take note of matters to be taken over such as an abnormality. As a result, handover to another facility manager can be performed more easily.

[Management operation]
Next, the overall management operation of the facility management apparatus 1 including the above-described sticky note registration operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in a state where no equipment manager is logged in to the facility management apparatus 1, when detecting that any equipment manager has logged in (step S501), the communication unit 16 installs the equipment logged on last time. The login time and logoff time of the administrator are sent to the tag information display unit 15.

  When the login time and logoff time are received, the sticky note information display unit 15 checks whether or not the facility administrator who has logged in last time has registered the sticky note information based on these times (step S502). The sticky note information display unit 15 calculates the time during which any facility administrator was logged on last time from the login time and logoff time, and whether or not the sticky note information was stored in the sticky information storage unit 14 within this time. To check. This confirmation operation can be performed by comparing the “time” data included in the tag information with the calculated time of the logon state.

  When the tag information is not registered (step S502: NO), the tag information display unit 15 displays, for example, the normal summary graph shown in FIG. 6, that is, the current summary graph generated by the summary graph generation unit 11 as a display unit. 17 is displayed (step S507).

  On the other hand, if sticky note information is registered (step S502: YES), the sticky note information display unit 15 displays a sticky note icon indicated by the symbol a on the current summary graph as shown in FIG. 4, for example (step S502). S503). Thus, by displaying a sticky note on the summary graph, the facility manager's attention can be directed to this sticky note.

  The sticky note is displayed at a position corresponding to the data stored in the “position” field of the sticky note information stored in the sticky note information storage unit 14. As a result, the facility manager can easily recognize the location where an abnormality or the like has occurred, so that the operation can be performed quickly.

  When the sticky note displayed on the summary graph is selected (step S504: YES), the sticky note information display unit 15 causes the display unit 17 to display a summary graph at the time when the sticky note was registered (step S505). The past summary graph is extracted from the summary graph storage unit 13 based on the identification number stored in the “image ID” field of the tag information corresponding to the selected tag. By displaying the past summary graph in this way, it is possible to convey in detail to the facility manager who has taken over the abnormality that has occurred. The past summary graph may be displayed on the display unit 17 together with the current summary graph in a separate window from the current summary graph, or may be displayed on the display unit 17 instead of the current summary graph. .

  Here, when the past summary graph is displayed, information included in the tag information such as comments may be displayed on the display unit 17 together. This makes it possible to more effectively notify the facility manager of facility abnormalities, warnings, etc. when a tag is registered.

  If the sticky note displayed on the summary graph is not selected (step S504: NO), the sticky note information display unit 15 continues to display the current summary graph displaying the sticky note icon.

  When an operation input for ending the display of the past summary graph is detected (step S506: YES), the sticky note information display unit 15 ends the display of the past summary graph, and the summary graph generation unit 11 generates it. The current summary graph is displayed on the display unit 17 (step S507). On the other hand, when an operation input for ending the display of the past summary graph is not detected (step S506: NO), the tag information display unit 15 continues to display the past summary graph.

  When an operation input for performing a sticky note registration operation such as clicking on an icon or an arbitrary position on the summary graph with the mouse in a state where the current summary graph is displayed (step S508: YES), the sticky note The information registration unit 12 performs a sticky note registration operation as described with reference to FIG. When this sticky note registration operation is performed, the facility management apparatus 1 returns to the operation of step S507 and displays the current summary graph.

Further, when the current summary graph is displayed and the operation input for performing the sticky note registration operation is not detected (step S508: NO), when the operation input for logging out is detected (step S509: YES). The communication unit 16 logs out the facility administrator who is currently logged in from the facility management apparatus 1. At this time, the communication unit 16 stores the login time and logout time of the logged-out facility administrator.
On the other hand, when an operation input for logout is not detected (step S509: NO), the facility management apparatus 1 returns to step S507 and continues to display the current summary graph.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a facility administrator logs in, a sticky note is displayed on the summary graph, so that the facility manager is alerted to the sticky note. As a result, the matters to be handed over can be more reliably communicated to the facility manager, so that even when a plurality of facility managers use the facility management apparatus 1, each facility manager may share the same information. it can. As a result, handover to another facility manager can be performed more easily.

  When it is detected in step S502 that a plurality of pieces of sticky information are stored, for example, a list of sticky information as shown in FIG. 2 may be displayed on the display unit 17. In this case, when any tag information is selected from the list by clicking with the mouse or the like, the tag information display unit 15 displays the tag icon on the current summary graph in step S503. Let Here, the tag is displayed at a position corresponding to the data stored in the “position” field of the selected tag information. In this way, by displaying a list of sticky note information, it becomes easy to convey the screen to which attention should be paid to the successor, and it is possible to minimize management omissions and efficiently manage facilities. . In addition, the process after step S503 performs the process equivalent to the process demonstrated with reference to FIG. 5 mentioned above.

  In this embodiment, the sticky note icon is displayed on the summary graph. However, if the facility manager can be alerted, the summary graph is not limited to the sticky note and can be freely displayed. Icons and images can be displayed.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the facility management apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of tag information. It is a flowchart which shows sticky note registration operation | movement. It is a figure of the summary graph on which the tag was displayed. It is a flowchart which shows management operation | movement. It is a figure of a summary graph.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Facility management apparatus, 11 ... Summary graph production | generation part, 12 ... Sticky note information registration part, 13 ... Summary graph storage part, 14 ... Sticky note information storage part, 15 ... Sticky note information display part, 16 ... Communication part, 17 ... Display part .

Claims (5)

A management screen display means for displaying a management screen in which the current state of various management points in the facility is associated with the layout of the facility on the screen display unit;
Receiving means for receiving a predetermined operation input from a user;
A facility management apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores a management screen displayed on the screen display unit when the receiving unit receives the predetermined first operation input. Detection means for detecting user logon and logoff;
The identification information display means for displaying a predetermined identification display on the screen display section when a user logs on when the management screen is stored in the storage means. Facility management equipment. The management information stored in the storage unit when the reception unit receives a predetermined second operation input from a user while the identification information display unit displays the identification display on the screen display unit. The facility management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: is displayed on the screen display unit. The identification information display unit displays a list of the management screens on the screen display unit when a plurality of the management screens are stored in the storage unit. The facility management device according to item. A management screen display step for displaying on the screen display unit a management screen in which the current state of various management points in the facility is associated with the layout of the facility;
A reception step for receiving a predetermined operation input from the user;
A facility management method comprising: storing a management screen displayed on the screen display unit when the predetermined operation input is received in the reception step.

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