RU130099U1 - AUTOMATED REPAIR SYSTEM OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL OBJECTS IN THE PLACES OF THEIR DISLOCATION - Google Patents

Abstract

An automated system for repairing complex technical facilities at their locations, including weapons and military equipment systems, containing a situational management center (CSU) with a central computer (CC) included in it, an automated workstation for the operator (AWP O), and an automated workplace for a consultant ( AWP K) and a device for switching communication channels (UKKS), integrated into a local area network (LAN) using the interface bus and portable remote access terminals (PTUD), placed at the service objects connected to the central control center through the UKKS with two-way communication channels and including a computer and a monitor connected to the computer, identification data readers, a video monitoring device, a connected headset and a modem, operational and repair documentation, as well as reference and other information necessary for informational support of the operations personnel for maintenance and repair of all objects from the controlled group repair the system coverage area.

Description

The utility model relates to the subject area of maintenance and repair of complex technical objects, including weapons systems and military equipment.

Known technical solutions for automated control systems of complex technical systems. Examples are technical solutions for patents RU 109580, RU 2376164, RU 2450304 and others.

The closest is the technical solution according to patent RU 2450304, taken as an analogue.

The advantage of the closest analogue is to increase the effectiveness of information support for actions (management of actions) of repair personnel by visualizing repair objects (a component of a serviced object) and the used technological equipment (tools) as well as visualizing the sequence of technological operations of maintenance and repair of complex components (MF) of complex technical systems. At the same time, visualization should be carried out by displaying on the monitor screen of the remote terminal fragments of interactive electronic repair documentation recorded in the computer's memory before starting work on the corresponding midrange.

The disadvantage of the analogue is the need for repair of the midrange with the obligatory participation of repair personnel prepared for work using interactive electronic repair documentation and having the necessary minimum technical knowledge on the device and the principles of operation of maintenance and repair facilities. Thus, when implementing a technical solution by analogy in the event of an emergency at a controlled technical facility, in order to eliminate the consequences of an emergency (for example, a failure of one of the midrange of the controlled facility), it is necessary to go to the place of deployment of the facility by specialists of an on-site repair team or to deliver a faulty midrange to a stationary repair center. In either case, this will lead to a significant downtime of the controlled technical facility and to significant repair costs of the failed midrange. This drawback is especially significant in modern conditions when servicing and repairing weapons systems and military equipment at their locations due to the low level of technical knowledge of the operational personnel (combat crews) of weapons and military equipment, which in recent years have only been trained in the rules for using the intended products for their intended purpose. (rules of combat use). A similar situation exists in a number of civilian sectors where complex technical systems are used.

The purpose of the claimed technical solution is to eliminate the shortcomings of the analogue, namely, to ensure the conditions for the operational recovery of the failed midrange complex technical objects by the forces of the operating personnel with an insufficient level of technical knowledge that does not allow to independently carry out the work on troubleshooting. This ensures the achievement of a new, in comparison with the analogue, technical effect, namely:

- a significant reduction in the downtime of complex technical objects after sudden failures and increasing the level of their technical readiness;

- to reduce the cost of work to restore the performance of complex technical objects in case of their sudden failures.

The indicated technical effect is achieved by the fact that the automated control system for the repair and maintenance of geographically separated objects (hereinafter referred to as the automated control system of the Republic of North Ossetia) consists of a situational management center (CSA) and remote access terminals. The Situation Management Center contains the central computer of the automated control system of the North Ossetian Republic, which contains reference information, maintenance and repair documentation for all types of serviced technical facilities, as well as information about sets of spare parts and tools, technological equipment and other information to be used during work for the maintenance and repair of controlled technical facilities from the composition of the group of technical facilities assigned to ACS RSO. The totality of information posted on the central computer of the automated control system of the Republic of North Ossetia as part of the CSO is a knowledge base and a database of the entire range of objects of the controlled territorial group of objects in the area of responsibility of the automated control system of the Republic of North Ossetia. According to its content, the information posted on the central computer of the CSB is similar to the information placed on the analogue system, but differs in that it simultaneously contains such information on all objects from the serviced group.

In the local computer network of the central control system, the automated workstation of the duty operator (AWP O), the automated workstation of the duty consultant (AWP K) and the device for switching communication channels (UKKS) are connected to the central computer using the interface bus. Through the UKKS communication channels, portable remote access terminals located at the locations of serviced technical facilities, as well as additional workstations of consultants located at the designing and manufacturing enterprises of the corresponding technical facilities from the controlled territorial group, are connected to the local area network of the CSB.

Portable remote access terminals include a computer with a monitor connected to it, identification data readers, a connected headset for two-way communication with the CSB operator and consultants, as well as a video monitoring device. The video monitoring device includes a digital video camera and a device for orienting the video camera at the place of work in such a way that the midrange of the serviced object is in the camera’s field of view. The video monitoring device should provide an opportunity for the on-site consultant to monitor the actions of operational personnel and evaluate the correctness of these actions.

Portable remote access terminals are connected via a communication channel to the UKKS CSS, which provides two-way exchange of digital, video and audio information between the remote access terminal and the CSB.

The device and principle of operation of the claimed system is illustrated in the drawings of figure 1 and figure 2.

The system contains a central control center 1, portable remote access terminals (PTUD) 2, located on serviced technical facilities 3 and connected to a multi-channel UKKS 4 from the central control center 1 using two-way communication channels 5. The central control center 1 includes a central computer 6; operator (AWP O) 7 and consultant AWP (AWP K) 8, connected to a local area network using the interface bus 9, to which a communication channel switching device (UKKS) 4 is connected.

Before using the system of Fig. 1, all the necessary information (reference information, electronic operational and repair documentation, other necessary information to maintain the technical readiness of controlled technical objects from the territorial group of repair objects assigned to the ACS RSO) is entered into the memory of the central control unit 1 as part of the central control unit 1 and services), which constitute the knowledge base and database for all controlled objects 3-1, ..., 3-N.

At all sites 3-1, ..., 3-N, portable remote access terminals 2-1, ..., 2-N are placed, connected via two-way communication channels 5 to the central control station 1. Each set of portable remote access terminal 2 includes (see figure 2) a computer 12, a monitor 13, a modem 14, an identity reader 15, a video monitoring device 16, and audio communications 17 (for example, a connected headset).

The work of the automated control system of the Republic of North Ossetia begins with the discovery by the operating personnel of the technical facility 3 of an emergency (NSH), which requires urgent repairs and maintenance of the corresponding midrange of the technical facility where the NShS occurred. The operating personnel of the technical object 3-i moves the portable terminal of remote access 2-i located at this object to the midrange where the NSh occurred. With the help of a reader of identification data included in the set of terminal 2-i, it clarifies the identification data of the mid-range object 3-i on which the NSh occurred, and transmits this data via communication channel 5 to the digital control center. A call from terminal 2-i via communication channel 5 through UKKS 4 via interface bus 9 is sent to AWP O 7, where it is displayed on the monitor screen of this AWP O. The operator on duty, who received the call, transfers this data to AWP K 8 to the on-call consultant, and he continues to monitor the situation at other facilities 3.

The on-call consultant for the identification data displayed on the AWP K 8 monitor screen determines the midrange where the NSH occurred, retrieves the corresponding sections of operational and interactive electronic repair documentation from the memory of the central computer 6, and, under the AWP K 8 control, through UKKS 4 and communication channel 5 transmits sections of operational and repair documentation for the 2-i remote access terminal for information support of operations personnel.

At the same time, the on-call consultant establishes a two-way dialogue with the operating personnel, gives appropriate instructions on the orientation of the video monitoring device to monitor the actions of the operating personnel, gives instructions on the disclosure on the monitor screen of the remote access terminal of 2-i relevant sections of the electronic operating and repair documentation transmitted from the central control unit 1 . In the process of two-way dialogue, visualization on the monitor screen of the terminal 2-i of the necessary operations for repair and maintenance of this MF, as well as on the basis of video monitoring of the actions of the operating personnel, the consultant gives the necessary corrective instructions and ensures the restoration of the failed MF by the forces of the operating personnel. At the same time, the operating personnel do not require qualified technical knowledge of the repaired midrange, it is only necessary to precisely follow the consultant’s instructions and provide the consultant with the opportunity to remotely monitor the operations of the operating personnel using the video monitoring device included in the set of the portable 2-i remote access terminal.

Thus, the claimed technical effect is achieved. The recovery of a failed midrange (for example, by the aggregate method based on the use of a set of operational spare parts) will occur much faster than in the case of repair work by field repair teams.

The main differences between the declared ACS of the North Ossetia and the analogue system are:

1) organization of remote interaction of RNO consultants (specialists who have the necessary technical knowledge on serviced objects and on the technology of work on the RNO midrange where NShs occur) and the operational personnel of the technical facilities where the NShs occurred;

2) the organization of remote monitoring of the actions of operating personnel using video monitoring devices that are part of portable remote access terminals, and remote control of these actions by qualified consultants located in the CSB;

3) providing the ability to quickly restore the operability of the serviced technical objects by forces of operating personnel who do not have in-depth technical knowledge on the construction of operated technical objects and do not have the necessary qualifications in the SAR (without the participation of on-site repair teams, without the use of mobile dispensers and without referring faulty MFs for repair to stationary repair center);

4) the use of a combination of visualization of prompts on the operations performed on the monitor screen of the remote access terminal based on fragments of interactive electronic repair documentation and remote visual control of operator actions from the operating personnel (using a video monitoring device) by the CSB consultant based on the use of two-way audio and video communications.

The technical implementation of the automated control system of the Republic of North Ossetia and its components, shown in figure 1 and figure 2 is carried out using standard technical devices known from the prior art and identical in their functionality and characteristics of the same name or similar in purpose components of the analog system. The same applies to the documentation used during the operation of the system. In particular, the operational and interactive electronic repair documentation used in the automated control system of the Republic of North Ossetia is similar to that used in the operation of the analog system.

The identification of the midrange and the instrument used can be carried out using both barcodes and radio frequency identification. In this connection, the identification terminals of the corresponding type or their combination should be provided as part of the remote access terminals (when using both methods of identifying the midrange and the instrument).

As the communication channels, any available data transmission channels can be used with the necessary bandwidth and noise immunity (including the Internet - if there are no special restrictions on information security requirements).

As UKKS, appropriate routers and communication devices of domestic and foreign production can be used, interfaced with the standard LAN interface bus of the CSO and providing switching of the required number of connected communication channels.

The choice of the type of modem included in the remote access terminals and AWP K is determined by the characteristics of the communication channels used as part of the automated control system of the Republic of North Ossetia.

Thus, the claimed system is industrially feasible on technical means and private technical solutions known from the existing level of technology.

Claims (1)

An automated system for repairing complex technical facilities at their locations, including weapons and military equipment systems, containing a situational management center (CSU) with a central computer (CC) included in it, an automated workstation for the operator (AWP O), and an automated workplace for a consultant ( AWP K) and a device for switching communication channels (UKKS), integrated into a local area network (LAN) using the interface bus and portable remote access terminals (PTUD), placed at the service objects connected to the central control center through the UKKS with two-way communication channels and including a computer and a monitor connected to the computer, identification data readers, a video monitoring device, a connected headset and a modem, operational and repair documentation, as well as reference and other information necessary for informational support of the operations personnel on maintenance and repair of all objects from the controlled group repair the system coverage area.

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