JP4463119B2 - Projector management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a projector management system such as a liquid crystal projector.

Some liquid crystal projectors have a function of transmitting an e-mail indicating the details of an abnormality to a pre-registered mail address when a problem occurs. Since this mail does not include position information, the current position of the projector cannot be notified to the management server.
JP 2001-344203 A

  According to the present invention, when the position of the projector device changes or when a predetermined internal state changes, the current position information of the projector device together with the changed item is displayed via the management server. It is an object of the present invention to provide a projector management system capable of informing a user.

The invention of claim 1 includes one or a plurality of the projector apparatus, and the management server connected via a network to each projector apparatus, each projector apparatus comprises a unique information of the projector apparatus, wherein a first storage means for storing information including the e-mail address of the management server, and the position detecting means for detecting the current position of the projector device, a defined current location or pre-detected by said position detecting means monitoring means for monitoring whether there is a change in any of the internal state, when said that that the current position has changed there is a change in or the internal state when detected is detected by said monitoring means , specific information indicating the projector device, current position information, said management service the first electronic mail including the a item of change And a means for transmitting the over server, the management server, the each projector apparatus, specific information and the current position and the person in charge at the e-mail address of the projector device of the projector device of the projector device Management data including the person-in-charge information including the data indicating the transmission condition for transmitting the second e-mail to the person in charge, and a plurality of persons in charge for one projector device. In this case, the second storage means in which management data is stored for each person in charge of the projector device, and the importance level for each change item that can be notified from the projector device by the first e-mail. Before receiving the third storage means storing data representing, and the first e-mail from the projector device Importance determining means for determining the importance corresponding to the change item based on the change item included in the first e-mail and the content of the third storage means; and in the received first e-mail The person-in-charge determining means for determining the person in charge to send the second e-mail based on the unique information, the importance determined by the importance determining means, and the contents of the second storage means, the person determining unit personnel determined by unique information in said first electronic mail includes a means for transmitting a second electronic mail including the current position information and the change item, the representative determining means The second e-mail is based on the person in charge in the second storage means and the transmission condition corresponding to the unique information in the received first e-mail and the importance determined by the importance determining means. Send Is a projector management system, characterized in that it is intended to determine the can the person in charge.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the third storage means, for each change item that can be notified by the first e-mail from each projector device, together with numerical data indicating the importance level, the necessity data attached to the map And the management server is included in the received first e-mail when the map database storing map data and the first e-mail from the projector device are received. Based on the change item and the content of the third storage means, a determination means for determining whether or not map attachment is necessary, and when the determination means determines that map attachment is necessary, the received said Based on the current position information in the first e-mail, the map data around the current position is acquired from the map database, and the acquired map data is stored in the second e-mail. A projector management system according to claim 1, characterized in that it further includes a attaching means.

  According to the present invention, when the position of the projector apparatus changes or when a predetermined internal state changes, the current position information of the projector apparatus together with the changed item is transmitted via the management server to the projector. The person in charge can be notified.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the projector management system.

  The projector management system includes a plurality of projector devices 1 and a management server 3 connected to each projector device 1 via a network 2.

  FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the projector device 1.

  The projector device 1 includes a liquid crystal projector 10 and an external unit 20 connected to the liquid crystal projector 10 via a communication terminal. The liquid crystal projector 10 includes a CPU 11. The CPU 11 includes a storage device 12. A GPS receiving circuit 13 is connected to the CPU 11. A GPS antenna 14 is connected to the GPS receiving circuit 13. The GPS receiving circuit 13 detects the current position of the liquid crystal projector 10 (projector apparatus 1), and gives the obtained position information to the CPU 11.

  The external unit 20 includes a CPU 21. The CPU 21 includes a storage device 22. The CPU 11 is connected to the LAN port 24 via a mail server (software) 23. The LAN port 24 is connected to the LAN port 35 (see FIG. 3) of the management server 3 via the network 2.

  The projector device 1 is assigned a unique projector ID and a unique IP address. The projector ID and IP address are registered in the storage device 22 in the external unit 20. In addition, in the storage device 22 in the external unit 20, the model number of the liquid crystal projector 10, the user name, and the e-mail address of the management server 3 are registered. The IP address is used to send a control signal for remotely operating the projector device 1 from the management server 3 to the projector device 1 or to send a control signal for checking the state from the management server 3 to the projector device 1. Used.

  The projector device 1 is configured such that when position information changes due to a change in the installation position of the projector device 1, an IP address is changed, a failure such as a power supply abnormality, or a lamp replacement time is reached. When a change in the internal state related to projector management occurs, a document including the projector ID, model number, user name, IP address, position information, and changed item is sent to the management server 3 by e-mail (E-mail). Send.

  FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the management server 3.

  The management server 3 includes a CPU 31. The CPU 31 includes a map database 32 and a management database 33. The CPU 31 is connected to the LAN port 35 via a mail server (software) 34.

  The map database 32 stores map data. The management database 33 stores a mail transmission management table and an importance / map attachment necessity table.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the contents of the mail transmission management table.

  Management data for each projector apparatus is stored in the mail transmission management table. In this example, the management data includes the projector ID, the model number, the user name, the IP address, the current location, the person in charge name, the email address of the person in charge, and the transmission condition data for sending an email to the person in charge. Become. When there are a plurality of persons in charge with different transmission conditions for the same projector apparatus, the mail transmission management table stores a plurality of management data for the projector apparatus. The transmission condition is represented by numerical data. If the importance described later is equal to or greater than the numerical value of the transmission condition, the mail is sent to the person in charge.

  The management data of the mail transmission management table can be changed by the administrator. In this embodiment, the current position in the management data is based on the current position information included in the e-mail when the position information is notified by e-mail from the projector apparatus 1. Automatically rewritten. The IP address in the management data is automatically based on the changed IP address included in the e-mail when the IP address is notified by e-mail from the projector device 1. To be rewritten.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents of the importance / map attachment necessity table.

  In the importance / map attachment necessity table, numerical data indicating importance and map attachment necessity data are stored for each change item that can be notified by e-mail from the projector device 1. The necessity data for map attachment is 1 or 0. 1 indicates that map attachment is necessary, and 0 indicates that map attachment is unnecessary.

  In this example, the importance for reaching the lamp replacement time is set to “3”, the importance for power supply abnormality is set to “5”, and the importance for position change or IP address change is set to “2”. .

  For example, when an e-mail notifying the position change is received from the projector device 1 with the projector ID “1”, the importance is determined as “2” from the importance / map attachment necessity table, and the map needs to be attached. Is determined. In this case, among the two types of management data corresponding to the projector ID “1” in the mail transmission management table, the person in charge satisfies the transmission condition of the management data in which the person in charge is a. A document indicating that the position of the projector device has changed is transmitted by e-mail together with information indicating the projector ID, model number, user name, IP address, and current position. At this time, a map around the current position of the projector device is attached to the e-mail.

  For example, when an e-mail notifying the power supply abnormality is received from the projector device 1 with the projector ID “1”, the importance is determined as “5” from the importance / map attachment necessity table, and it is determined that the map needs to be attached. Is done. In this case, since both transmission conditions of the two types of management data corresponding to the projector ID “1” in the mail transmission management table are satisfied, the persons in charge a and e are given the projector ID, model number, and user name of the projector device. Then, a document indicating that the position of the projector device has changed is transmitted by e-mail together with information indicating the IP address and the current position. At this time, a map around the current position of the projector device is attached to the e-mail.

  FIG. 6 shows a procedure of mail transmission processing executed by the CPU 21 in the external unit 20 of the projector device 1.

  The CPU 21 of the external unit 20 acquires position information and internal state (internal state that affects projector management such as power supply abnormality, lamp replacement, etc.) from the CPU 11 in the liquid crystal projector 10, and its own IP from the storage device 22. An address is acquired (step S1). Then, it is determined whether or not there has been a change in the acquired position information, internal state or IP address (step S2). If there is no change in any of the items of position information, internal state, and IP address acquired in step S1, the process returns to step S1.

  If it is determined in step S2 that there has been a change in at least one of the position information, internal state, and IP address acquired in step S1, the projector ID, model number, user name, IP address, and current position of the projector device And a document including the changed item is transmitted to the management server 3 by electronic mail (step S3). Then, the process returns to step S1.

  FIG. 7 shows a procedure of mail transmission / reception processing executed by the CPU 31 in the management server 3.

  Normally, the projector apparatus 1 waits for an e-mail to be sent. When an e-mail from the projector apparatus 1 is received (step S11), it is determined whether or not the current position of the projector apparatus has changed based on the item that has changed in the received e-mail (step S12). If there is no position change, the process proceeds to step S14. If there is a change in position, the current position information corresponding to the projector ID in the mail transmission management table is changed to the received current position information based on the projector ID and current position information in the received e-mail. (Step S13). Then, the process proceeds to step S14.

  In step S14, it is determined whether or not the IP address has been changed based on the item in which the received email has changed. If the IP address has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S16. When the IP address is changed, the IP address corresponding to the projector ID in the mail transmission management table is changed to the received IP address based on the projector ID and IP address in the received e-mail ( Step S15). Then, the process proceeds to step S16.

  In step S16, it is determined whether or not a map needs to be attached based on the contents of the changed item in the received e-mail and the importance level table. If it is not necessary to attach a map, the importance is determined based on the item that has changed in the e-mail and the importance table (step S17). Based on the projector ID in the received electronic mail, the importance determined in step S17, and the mail transmission management table, a person in charge of transmitting the electronic mail is determined (step S18). Then, a document including the projector ID, model number, user name, IP address, current position, and changed item of the projector device is transmitted to the determined person in charge by e-mail (step S19). In this case, since the position information of the projector apparatus is sent to the person in charge, the person in charge can recognize the position of the projector apparatus. Then, the process returns to step S11.

  If it is determined in step S16 that the map needs to be attached, map data around the current position is acquired from the map database 32 based on the current position information in the received e-mail (step S16). S20). Next, the importance is determined based on the received item in the email and the importance table (step S21). Based on the projector ID in the received electronic mail, the importance determined in step S21, and the mail transmission management table, a person in charge for transmitting the electronic mail is determined (step S22). Then, the determined person in charge is given a document including the projector ID, model number, user name, IP address, current position and changed item of the projector device, and the map data (attached document) acquired in step S20. It transmits by electronic mail (step S23). In this case, since the position information of the projector apparatus and the surrounding map are sent to the person in charge, the person in charge can more easily recognize the position of the projector apparatus. Then, the process returns to step S11.

  In the above embodiment, the projector apparatus 1 is composed of the liquid crystal projector 10 and the external unit 20, but as shown in FIG. 8, the liquid crystal projector 10 has the function of the external unit 20 (mail server function). It may be. In this case, the projector device 1 is composed of only the liquid crystal projector 10.

  The liquid crystal projector 10 in FIG. 8 includes a CPU 11. The CPU 11 includes a storage device 12. A GPS receiving circuit 13 is connected to the CPU 11. A GPS antenna 14 is connected to the GPS receiving circuit 13. The CPU 11 is connected to the LAN port 16 via a mail server (software) 15. The LAN port 16 is connected to the LAN port 35 of the management server 3 via the network 2.

  In the storage device 12, a projector ID, an IP address, a model number, a user name, and an e-mail address of the management server 3 are registered. The CPU 11 executes the mail transmission process shown in FIG.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a projector management system. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a projector device 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a management server 3. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the content of a mail transmission management table. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the content of the importance / map attachment necessity table. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of mail transmission processing executed by a CPU 21 in the external unit 20 of the projector device 1. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of mail transmission / reception processing executed by a CPU 31 in the management server 3. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the liquid crystal projector 10 provided with the external unit function.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Projector apparatus 3 Management server 10 Liquid crystal projector 20 External unit 11 CPU
12 storage device 13 GPS receiving circuit 14 GPS antenna 15 mail server 16 LAN port 21 CPU
22 Storage device 23 Mail server 24 LAN port 31 CPU
32 Map database 33 Management database 34 Mail server 35 LAN port

Claims (2)

Comprising one or a plurality of projector devices and a management server connected to each projector device via a network;
Each projector device is
First storage means for storing information including unique information of the projector device and an e-mail address of the management server;
A position detecting means for detecting the current position of the projector,
Monitoring means for monitoring whether there is a change in either the current position detected by the position detecting means or a predetermined internal state;
When the can is that the current position has changed there is a change in or the internal state when detected is detected by said monitoring means, there specific information, current position information indicating the projector device, a change item the first e-mail containing provided with means for transmitting to said management server,
The management server
For each projector device, the unique information of the projector device, the current position of the projector device, the contact person information including the email address of the person in charge of the projector device, and the second email to the person in charge Management data including data representing transmission conditions for performing the operation, and when there are a plurality of persons in charge for one projector apparatus, the management data for each person in charge regarding the projector apparatus Second storage means in which is stored;
Third storage means for storing data representing the degree of importance for each change item that can be notified by the first e-mail from each projector device;
When the first e-mail from the projector device is received, the change item corresponding to the change item is included based on the change item included in the received first e-mail and the content of the third storage unit. Importance determining means for determining the importance,
Based on the received unique information in the first e-mail, the importance determined by the importance determining means, and the contents of the second storage means, a person in charge to send the second e-mail is determined. A person-in-charge determination means,
Wherein the person determined by the determining means representative, specific information within the first e-mail, and a means for transmitting a second electronic mail including the current position information and the change item,
The person-in-charge determination means corresponds to the unique information in the received first email.
The person in charge of sending the second electronic mail is determined based on the person in charge in the second storage means and the transmission condition and the importance determined by the importance degree determination means. Projector management system. In the third storage means, for each change item that can be notified by the first e-mail from each projector device, the necessity data for map attachment is stored together with numerical data indicating the importance,
The management server
A map database storing map data;
When receiving the first e-mail from the projector device, is it necessary to attach a map based on the change items included in the received first e-mail and the contents of the third storage means? Discriminating means for determining whether or not,
When it is determined by the determining means that map attachment is necessary, based on the received current position information in the first e-mail, map data around the current position is acquired from the map database and acquired. The projector management system according to claim 1, further comprising means for attaching map data to the second e-mail .

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