JP2011090355A - Piping drawing system and piping information management system using mobile terminal apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a piping drawing system and a piping information management system using a mobile terminal for easily inputting a piping drawing even on a small screen of the mobile terminal, and for instantaneously inputting it to a management ledger by using a communication means without transferring any piping drawing or equipment information input at a job site, and for increasing working efficiency by reducing any transfer operation, and for achieving a highly reliable ledger management task without causing any description mistake. <P>SOLUTION: In the piping drawing system for creating a piping drawing by arranging the icon of equipment and a wiring line on a grid segment displayed on a screen, when the start position of the piping line is designated to the intersection of a grid line on a grid segment, a piping line cursor whose length is fixed is displayed radially with the intersection as a center along each grid line, and an end point is set at the arbitrary position of the arbitrary piping line cursor of the displayed piping line cursor so that the piping line from the start point to the end point can be plotted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a piping drawing system that can easily create a piping diagram by a computer, particularly a mobile terminal, and a piping information management system using the piping drawing system.

 In conventional piping management work, for example, in the case of gas piping, on site, draw a piping diagram by hand about the installation status of gas cylinders, gas meters, gas water heaters and gas piping connecting them as equipment, Piping diagrams and equipment lists that have been created as equipment list tables and brought into the management center as documents are to be centrally managed as described in a security ledger that is a public standard.

  A handwritten piping diagram is transferred to a security ledger by a drawing system such as CAD, etc., but a symbol connection diagram creating device is disclosed in which devices are symbolized and drawn by a computer.

For example, in Japanese Patent No. 3669188, connection patterns between a trunk line of piping and various devices are classified into four types, a pattern in which devices are directly arranged on the trunk line, and a pattern in which device connection lines are connected to the trunk line and arranged. Etc. are set in advance so that complicated connections can be easily displayed by connection patterns.

Japanese Patent No. 3669188

  In this way, piping diagrams etc. drawn by handwriting on site are transferred and stored in the management ledger (storage ledger), and although the digitization of the management ledger is progressing, there is still handwriting on the piping diagrams. The current situation is that there are few that are mainstream and are drawn by CAD.

  In such a situation, there are problems such as description mistakes due to transcription and complicated operations such as CAD operations.

  In recent years, device information and the like have been transmitted by dedicated mobile devices. However, since the screen of the mobile device is small, drawing with a conventional CAD or the like has been difficult. .

  In the above Patent No. 3669188, the device is symbolized, the piping main line and the connection of the device are patterned, and drawing becomes easy, but the screen of the mobile terminal is too small, It is difficult to draw a detailed drawing of a trunk line of piping or a connection line of equipment.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,
Piping diagrams can be entered easily even on small screens of mobile terminals, and piping diagrams and equipment information entered on site can be entered immediately into the management ledger using communication means, and information can be collected in real time. Achieving a piping drawing system and a piping information management system using a mobile terminal to realize a ledger management operation that can be done, improve the work efficiency by eliminating the work of posting, and without writing errors And

  In order to solve various problems, the present invention provides a piping drawing system that creates a piping diagram by arranging equipment icons and piping lines on a grid diagram displayed on a screen by a computer. Yes,

  Icon selection means for determining an icon of the device to be arranged on the grid diagram on the screen;

  An icon arrangement position setting means for setting the arrangement position of the icon on the grid diagram to an intersection position of the grid line, and drawing the icon at the position;

  When the start point position of the pipeline is designated as the intersection of the grid lines on the grid diagram, start point display means for displaying a pipeline cursor of a certain length radially along each grid line around the intersection ,

  An end point setting means for setting an end point at an arbitrary position of an arbitrary pipe line cursor of the pipe line cursor displayed radially along the grid line;

With the setting of the end point, the pipe line for which the end point is set is a pipe line drawing means for drawing a pipe line from the start point to the end point with the intersection of the grid lines closest to the position where the end point is set as the end point. ,
It is set as the piping drawing system characterized by having.

  The grid diagram is a diagram in which lattice lines (grids) indicating a reference coordinate system such as an isometric diagram and a graph diagram are drawn.

  In the piping diagram, a grid diagram for isometric drawing is often used, and is a grid diagram composed of right and left inclined lines and vertical lines.

  The icon is a simple representation of each device with a figure, symbol, symbol, or the like.

  The arrangement position of the icon of the device, the start point position of the piping line, and the end point position are all designated as the intersection of the grid lines. When the point is pointed near the intersection of the grid lines, the designated point is moved to the nearest intersection of the grid lines. This function eliminates the need to point exactly at the intersection of grid lines, and allows easy setting.

  That is, the arrangement position of the icon of the device on the grid diagram of the present invention and the setting position of the start point and end point of the piping line cannot be set to a position other than the intersection of the grid lines.

  For this reason, it is not possible to draw an accurate drawing such as a CAD, but it is possible to draw a piping diagram easily on site by using an equipment icon and a piping line.

  According to claim 2, by specifying the continuation operation without performing the end point determination operation after the end point point, the end point becomes an intermediate point, and is constant along each grid line radially about the intermediate point. A pipe line cursor is displayed with the length of, and when the end point is pointed again and the end point determination operation is performed, the pipe line is drawn continuously from the start point to the end point via the intermediate point This is a drawing system.

  Depending on the end point, the point is displayed at the end point. After that, before operating the end point determination button, if you press the continue operation button and point to another position, the point will also be displayed at that position, where the end point determination button , A continuous pipeline is drawn from the start point to the end point via the intermediate point (first end point).

  In claim 3, at the time of the end point, a pipe line cursor having a fixed length is displayed radially along each grid line with the end point as the center, and the end point is designated again, thereby continuously piping. The piping drawing system is characterized in that a line is drawn and the piping line cursor is cleared by an end point determination operation.

  By continuously pointing to the end point, the pipeline is drawn continuously. Finally, the pipeline cursor disappears when the end point determination operation is performed.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, various basic piping diagram templates are recorded, and a necessary piping template is selected, read from the template, corrected, and plotted.

  The basic piping diagram template is a general housing piping diagram template, an apartment piping diagram template, or the like.

  It is also possible to use another created piping diagram as a template.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the piping construction system is characterized in that the computer is a mobile terminal device.

  The mobile terminal device is a portable terminal device having a mobile phone function, a PDA function, a handy terminal function, a photo shooting function, and the like, and may be, for example, a mobile phone or a smartphone having a large display screen.

  It is sufficient that the piping drawing system according to the present invention can be installed and drawing operation can be performed from the screen.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the icon selection unit of the device, by determining the icon, a device information input screen for inputting detailed information of the selected device is displayed, and by inputting necessary information, the device information A piping construction system characterized by having equipment information management means for storing detailed information.

  The device information input screen is an input means for inputting detailed information of each device. For example, the device type, device name, manufacturer name, model, serial number, manufacturing date, effective date, installer name User name, installation location, etc.

  In claim 7, on the spot, a piping diagram is created by the piping drawing system using the mobile terminal device according to claim 4 or 5, the device information is input, and the piping diagram data is transmitted by the communication means. Piping using a mobile terminal device that transmits equipment information data to the piping management server via the Internet and stores and manages the piping diagram and equipment information in the piping management server database in association with management ledger data It is an information management system.

  The communication means can use data communication such as a cellular phone network, the Internet network, and an intranet network.

  The piping management server receives piping diagram data and device information data from the mobile terminal device according to the present invention, associates these data and stores them in the management ledger database. A database, an equipment component database, and the like are provided in association with each other, and a search can be performed for each customer and each equipment.

  In Claim 8, it is set as the piping information management system using the mobile terminal device which acquires the apparatus information of the management ledger data memorize | stored in the said piping management server, and produces an icon automatically. .

  If a management ledger has already been created and a new piping diagram is to be created, the equipment information used is extracted from the management ledger data, and icons corresponding to each equipment are extracted from the equipment parts database of the pipe management server. The icon is automatically generated by searching, and the automatically generated device icon can be used in the piping drawing system of the mobile terminal device.

  In claim 9, the mobile terminal device has a photo shooting function and a memo writing function that allows a memo to be written in the photo. The mobile terminal device is characterized in that it is transmitted to the piping management server via the Internet by communication means, and is stored and managed as management ledger data in the piping management server database in association with the piping diagram and device information. This is a piping information management system.

  The on-site confirmation data has a function of taking a photo of the site with the mobile terminal device of the present invention and writing down necessary items on the photo. For example, in the case of gas piping, the equipment used You can take pictures of the damage status and the expiration date displayed on the cylinder in the field, and put a mark so that the location of the damage is easy to understand, or highlight the expiration date.

  The on-site photo data in which these memos are written can be stored in the piping management server in association with the piping diagram or device information data as on-site confirmation data.

  In claim 10, in addition to the memo writing function, device state selection means for selecting and inputting the use state of the photographed device from the selection list is provided, and the device state data is added to the field confirmation data. A piping information management system using the characteristic mobile terminal device is provided.

The usage list of the device is
For example,
"There is rust",
"deterioration",
"There is a crack",
"Bad connection",
"contact failure",
"Disconnection",
"leakage",
"Corruption",
"No abnormality",
"With valve rust",
"Lever / damage",
"Hose / deterioration",
"Cover / Damage"
Etc.

  The usage status of the selected device is stored as on-site confirmation data together with the photographic data as device status data, and is transmitted and managed by the data communication to the piping management server.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the device state selection unit, a reliability rank information input unit for inputting rank information for evaluating device reliability is provided. This is a piping information management system.

The reliability rank information is, for example,
Good reliability: “A”,
Reliability normal: “B”,
Reliability failure: indicated by “C” or the like.

  This reliability rank information may be selected from a menu, or may be set on a task menu bar.

  Further, the reliability rank information may be automatically displayed from the device status data input by the device status selection means.

  The evaluated reliability rank information data is stored as on-site confirmation data together with the photographic data and the device status data, and is transmitted to the piping management server and managed by data communication.

  In claim 12, in the device information stored in the management ledger, the manufacturing year data of the device is acquired and compared with the specified reference manufacturing year, and if it is before the reference manufacturing year, a warning is displayed on the icon. A piping information management system using the mobile terminal device described above is provided.

The warning display displayed on the icon may be any display means that can be recognized as a warning display, such as a color change to a specific color, for example, a red icon, or a blinking display.

The present invention has the following effects.
1) In a piping drawing system by a computer, it is not necessary to have specialized knowledge like a CAD operation, and a piping drawing system that can easily draw a piping diagram can be provided.

2) In drawing a piping line, a piping line can be easily set and drawn because a starting point, an intermediate point, and an ending point are set at grid line intersections on the grid diagram.

3) Since the piping line is displayed radially along the grid line from the starting point, the drawing direction can be easily recognized, the end point can be easily specified, and the specification can be made quickly.

4) The device can be arranged simply by designating an icon and pointing to the intersection of the grid lines.

5) Drawing on a grid diagram, and all operations can be performed by specifying only the intersections of grid lines. Therefore, operation is easy even on a small screen, and the display is easy to understand.

6) Since the drawing operation is simple and can be used with a mobile terminal device, it is possible to draw a piping diagram on site.

7) Since the piping diagram can be drawn by the mobile terminal device, the piping diagram and the device information can be transmitted and received in real time to the management server by the communication means together with the device information.

8) Since piping diagrams and equipment information entered on site can be stored in the management server by communication means, there is no need to transcribe handwritten information as in the past, and work efficiency is improved. Disappear.

9) Since the piping diagram template can be read and used, it is not necessary to draw from the beginning, and it can be modified and drawn, so that drawing can be done quickly and easily.

10) Since the piping diagram and the device information can be associated with each other and stored in the management server, management can be unified and search and the like can be facilitated.

11) Since the on-site photo data can be managed, it is possible to accurately grasp the situation at the site in security investigations and the like.

12) Since a warning can be displayed on the icon, an expired device can be recognized from the piping diagram.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the piping drawing system by this invention. It is a figure which shows the personal computer operation screen by the piping drawing system by this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation screen of the smart phone by the piping construction system by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the apparatus arrangement | positioning procedure by the piping drawing system of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the drawing procedure of the piping line by the piping drawing system by this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the automatic position correction function of the apparatus and piping line of the piping drawing system by this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the piping diagram data memorize | stored in the piping information management system by this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the security ledger data memorize | stored in the piping information management system by this invention. It is a figure which shows the usage example of the piping information management system using the mobile terminal by this invention. It is a figure which shows the other usage example of the piping information management system using the mobile terminal by this invention. It is a figure which shows the other usage example of the piping information management system using the mobile terminal by this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an analysis and utilization of the site confirmation data obtained by the piping information management system using the mobile terminal by this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a piping drawing system according to the present invention.

  This drawing system demonstrates the case of the piping drawing system integrated in the portable mobile terminal device.

  In this drawing system, the piping diagram is created by the mobile terminal device. Data used in the piping drawing system includes a customer DB in which customer information is stored, a parts master DB in which detailed information on equipment parts is stored, a security ledger DB in which piping management information is stored, and a piping It consists of a piping diagram DB in which the figure is stored.

  Acquire customer information from the customer DB, acquire equipment information from the parts master DB, draw a piping diagram with a portable mobile terminal device using the piping creation system, and provide the created piping diagram on the management server The piping diagram DB is stored in association with the security ledger DB.

  FIG. 2 shows a screen on which a piping diagram is drawn with the piping drawing system of the present invention on a personal computer.

  Select the equipment to be used from the toolbox on the left and place it at the intersection of the grid lines of the isometric drawing on the screen. The piping line is drawn along the grid line. This example shows a detached gas piping diagram.

  FIG. 3 shows a screen on which a piping diagram is drawn using the piping drawing system of the present invention on a smartphone which is a portable mobile terminal. (2) is an enlarged view of a smartphone screen.

  The device list is displayed on the right side of the screen. Point to the device to select it, and point to the intersection of the grid lines on the left isometric view.

  The piping line is drawn by pointing the start point and the end point from the intersection of the grid lines to the next intersection.

  In the piping drawing system of the present invention, an input operation can be easily performed even with a portable mobile terminal device such as a smartphone.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a device arrangement procedure by the piping drawing system of the present invention.

  In (1), a meter icon is arranged. Here, when the arrangement of the meter icons is changed, the meter icons are tapped (one click) as shown in (2).

  By tapping, a red frame is displayed on the icon, and it can be recognized that it has been selected.

  Next, when the planned movement position is tapped, the icon moves to the planned movement position tapped.

  In this way, the device is selected with the first tap, and the movement is completed with the second tap. In a portable mobile terminal device or the like, it is not preferable to move the screen with a pen touch like a screen operation of a personal computer because it physically deteriorates the screen. In the present invention, the device can be easily arranged by only a tap operation.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a drawing procedure of a piping line by the piping drawing system according to the present invention.

  (1) indicates the start position of the pipeline. When this position is tapped (one click), as shown in (2), the pipe line cursor is displayed radially along the grid line around the tap point.

  Here, when an arbitrary position of any of the piping line cursors is tapped as an end point, a piping line is drawn from the start point to the end point as shown in (3).

  In mobile mobile terminal devices such as smartphones, the cursor is not normally displayed, so it is possible to easily arrange the piping lines by displaying the piping drawing line drawing method with the radial cursor aligned with the grid lines It becomes.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of equipment and piping line automatic position correcting function of the piping drawing system according to the present invention.

  The piping drawing system of the present invention is provided with a function capable of creating a piping diagram without specifying coordinate points.

  Unlike conventional CAD systems, in order to place lines or devices in line with grid lines, the approximate value of the intersection of tapped grid lines is calculated, and the lines or devices are automatically placed at the optimal positions. is there.

  Since (1) is arranged only on the grid diagram, a line as shown in (1) cannot be drawn.

  In addition, as shown in (2), the end point automatically designated so that the wiring is effective only between the intersections of the grid lines and the intersection of the grid lines are arranged at approximate values.

  In addition, the piping diagram drawing system according to the present invention can acquire basic data from the parts master when creating a piping diagram, and can automatically acquire used part information (expiration date, capacity, etc.). Use parts information can be entered by entering individual parts data (manufacturing date, piping length, etc.).

  In addition, it is possible to change the scale of the piping diagram (zoom in / out), and to create an input image on the portable mobile terminal device (terminal with a small screen size) using the overall image (reduction function) and partial enlargement function. It can be created with a screen size that is easy for the piping diagram creator to create.

  If the same part is used when creating a piping diagram, enter the part details in the first one, and then use the copy function of the part on the piping diagram to duplicate operations. You can create a piping diagram without doing it.

  In addition, by storing the icon creation state when creating a piping diagram, it is possible to “redo” or “undo” the placed icon operation.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of piping diagram data stored in the piping information management system according to the present invention.

  This data is data stored in the piping diagram DB of the management server.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of security ledger data stored in the piping information management system according to the present invention.

  This data is data stored in the security ledger DB of the management server.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a usage example of the piping information management system using the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

  This example shows an example used for security inspection of gas piping.

  S-1) A screen of a smartphone, which is a portable mobile terminal device in which the piping drawing system of the present invention is incorporated.

  From this screen, the customer who is the subject of the security survey can be selected and a map can be displayed from the address.

  S-2) Check the site on the map.

  Since the map can be displayed, even if the car does not have car navigation, you can go to the site quickly.

  S-3) The situation at the site can be photographed by the camera function of the smartphone, and a memo can be written on the image.

  S-4) Piping diagrams can be added and modified on site.

  S-5) A piping diagram and various types of data created on site can be transmitted to a management server by data communication and electronically documented to manage a piping diagram and a security ledger.

  10 and 11 are diagrams showing another example of use of the piping information management system using the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

  This example shows a case where a piping diagram and a security ledger are newly created.

  T-1) A screen of a smartphone, which is a portable mobile terminal device in which the piping drawing system of the present invention is incorporated.

  The customer information of a new customer stored in advance in the management server is downloaded to the smartphone.

  T-2) A main menu screen of the smartphone is shown. Select a customer here.

  T-3) A customer selection screen is displayed. Select downloaded customers.

  T-4) A customer information screen is displayed. Detailed information such as the customer's name and address is displayed.

  T-5) Point to the address field here to display the customer's map.

  T-6) At the site, the camera function of the smartphone can be used to take a photo of the site and write a memo.

  T-7) A piping diagram can be created and corrected on site.

  T-8) Piping diagrams and device information input to the smartphone on site are stored as security ledger data and piping diagram data by the management server by data communication, and the security ledger and piping diagrams can be printed respectively. .

  In addition, in the piping information management system using the mobile terminal according to the present invention, when a defect or the like is found in the image memo, the image of the component can be acquired from the component master, and the image memo in which the image information is further expanded to the details. It is possible to make a judgment such as replacement of parts.

  In addition, it is possible to quickly search from the DB information created by the piping diagram for the recall target product issued by the component equipment manufacturer.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily create a piping diagram using a portable mobile terminal device, and to store various on-site information such as device information and on-site situation photographs in the management server by data communication in real time. It can be managed centrally. For example, if a piping diagram can be easily confirmed in the field in an emergency such as a disaster, it can help recovery work and prevent secondary disasters. It becomes.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of analysis / utilization of on-site confirmation data obtained by a piping information management system using a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

  R-1) On the image memo addition screen, device status, reliability rank information and the like are input for the device photo data, and field confirmation data is created.

  R-2) The created site confirmation data is transmitted to the piping management server by data communication and stored in the site confirmation data DB.

R-3) Extract the equipment that is judged to be in need of replacement from the reliability rank information and the equipment status data from the field confirmation data DB by the analysis means, and propose the equipment replacement (R-4) And make an estimate (R-5).

S-1 Smartphone screen S-2 Site map screen S-3 Image memo screen S-4 Piping diagram creation screen S-5 Piping information management system T-1 Smartphone screen T-2 Main menu screen T-3 Customer selection screen T -4 Customer information screen T-5 Customer map screen T-6 Image memo screen T-7 Piping diagram creation screen T-8 Internal PC printing R-1 Site confirmation data R-2 Site confirmation data DB
R-3 Analytical means R-4 Proposal R-5 Estimate

Claims (12)

A piping drawing system that creates piping diagrams by arranging equipment icons and piping lines on a grid diagram displayed on the screen by a computer.
Icon selection means for determining an icon of the device to be arranged on the grid diagram on the screen;
An icon arrangement position setting means for setting the arrangement position of the icon on the grid diagram to an intersection position of the grid line, and drawing the icon at the position;
When the start point position of the pipeline is designated as the intersection of the grid lines on the grid diagram, start point display means for displaying a pipeline cursor of a certain length radially along each grid line around the intersection ,
An end point setting means for setting an end point at an arbitrary position of an arbitrary pipe line cursor of the pipe line cursor displayed radially along the grid line;
With the setting of the end point, the pipe line for which the end point is set is a pipe line drawing means for drawing a pipe line from the start point to the end point, with the intersection of the grid lines closest to the position where the end point is set as the end point. ,
A piping drawing system characterized by comprising:   By specifying the continuation operation without performing the end point determination operation after the end point point, the end point becomes an intermediate point, and a pipe of a certain length is radially formed along each grid line centering on the intermediate point. The line cursor is displayed, the end point is pointed again, and the end point determination operation is performed, so that the pipeline is continuously drawn from the start point to the end point via the intermediate point. Piping drawing system.   At the time of the end point, a pipe line cursor of a certain length is displayed along each grid line radially with the end point as the center, and by specifying the end point again, the pipe line is continuously drawn, The piping drawing system according to claim 1, wherein the piping line cursor is cleared by the end point determination operation.   4. Various basic piping diagram templates are stored, a necessary template is selected from among them, read, modified, and drawn. Piping construction system.   The piping drawing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the computer is a mobile terminal device.   In the device icon selection means, by determining the icon, a device information input screen for inputting detailed information of the selected device is displayed, and by inputting necessary information, the detailed information of the device is stored. 6. The piping drawing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising equipment information management means.   In the field, a piping diagram is created by the piping construction system using the mobile terminal device according to claim 5 or 6, equipment information is input, and piping diagram data and equipment information data are obtained by communication means. A piping information management system using a mobile terminal device, wherein the piping information is transmitted to the piping management server via the Internet, and is stored and managed as management ledger data by associating the piping diagram and device information in a database of the piping management server.   The pipe information management system using a mobile terminal device according to claim 7, wherein device information of management ledger data stored in the pipe management server is acquired and an icon is automatically created.   The mobile terminal device has a photo shooting function and a memo writing function that allows a memo to be written in the photo, take a photo of the site, write down the necessary items as data for site confirmation, by communication means, 9. The data is transmitted to the piping management server via the Internet, and is stored and managed as management ledger data in association with the piping diagram and device information in a database of the piping management server. Piping information management system using mobile terminals.   In addition to the memo writing function, device state selection means for selecting and inputting a use state of a photographed device from a selection list is provided, and the device state data is added to the on-site confirmation data. A piping information management system using the mobile terminal device according to claim 9.   The reliability rank information input means for inputting rank information for evaluating the reliability of the equipment is provided in addition to the equipment status selection means. Piping information management system using mobile terminals.   In the device information stored in the management ledger, the device manufacturing year data is acquired, compared with the reference manufacturing year specified or stored in advance, and if it is before the reference manufacturing year, a warning is displayed on the icon. A piping information management system using the mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 7 to 11.