WO2017159514A1

WO2017159514A1 - Sensor management system

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Publication number: WO2017159514A1
Application number: PCT/JP2017/009348
Authority: WO
Inventors: 善郎水野
Original assignee: 善郎水野
Priority date: 2016-03-18
Filing date: 2017-03-09
Publication date: 2017-09-21
Also published as: JP2017167999A; JP5961330B1

Abstract

The problem of the present invention is to provide a system capable of easily managing sensors in various local environments by performing sensor management via a cloud server. The present invention is configured from: a cloud server; a thermostatic tank; a reference sensor; a sensor to be managed; a terminal device provided in the thermostatic tank; a management operator; and a local computer. The sensor to be managed, the reference sensor, the terminal device provided in the thermostatic tank, and the computer are provided with communication function and are configured to be capable of receiving cloud service by the cloud server.

Description

Sensor management system

The present invention relates to a system that executes sensor management, and more particularly, to a system that executes sensor management via a cloud server.
Here, sensor management refers to a management action related to proving and maintaining sensor measurement quality such as sensor calibration and adjustment.

Recently, many sensors have been arranged in various environments, and the number thereof has increased. There are also various types of sensors. As the number and type of sensors increases, so does the effort to manage them.
Sensors to be managed here include light intensity, color, frequency, temperature, humidity, radiation, acceleration, magnetism, pressure, concentration, pH, sound, electrical current, voltage, radio frequency, intensity, flow rate, mass, proximity Examples include sensors of environmental values including the presence or absence of substances or organisms, the concentration of adjacent substances or organisms, or the types of adjacent substances or organisms.

In order to ensure the measurement quality of these sensors, it is necessary to regularly perform management actions such as calibration and adjustment. These management actions require complicated procedures and confirmations, and there is a demand for a system that can easily and reliably execute sensor management.

In Patent Document 1, a taste sensor device using a molecular film and a taste sensing system using the same can be used to easily perform taste measurement of a taste measurement substance with a simpler operation as a whole, including good maintainability. In addition, a taste recognition device that employs a technique for easily analyzing and evaluating the taste measurement results and a taste recognition system using the same have been proposed.
At least one of calibration of the gain and offset of the amplifier provided in the electric circuit portion of the sensor board, calibration of the temperature sensor provided in the sensor unit, and position adjustment by the position sensor provided in the sensor unit A system characterized by a taste recognition device comprising a processor adapted to perform.
The system of Patent Document 1 has a problem that only the management action of a sensor incorporated in one device is targeted, and it cannot cope with sensors arranged in various environments.
Japanese Patent No. 4789952

An object of the present invention is to provide a system that can easily manage sensors in various local environments by executing sensor management via a cloud server.

In the first aspect of the present invention, a cloud system composed of sensors in a local environment that is connected in communication with a cloud server,
a) an ID-managed managed sensor;
b) an ID managed reference sensor;
c) sensor position determination means for determining whether or not the environmental values measured by the management target sensor and the reference sensor are in the same range;
d) a collecting means for collecting measurement data of the management target sensor and the reference sensor by a cloud server;
Including
It is determined that the management target sensor and the reference sensor are present in the range, and sensor management that is calibration of the management target sensor or adjustment of measurement accuracy is performed on the condition that the measurement value of the reference sensor satisfies a preset value. A sensor management system executed by the cloud server is provided.
Here, the condition further includes that a preset time has elapsed since the time when the cloud server received the management action start instruction.

The position determination includes intention transmission by the manager, proximity detection between the terminal and the sensor placed in the local environment, position detection by the position sensor provided in the sensor and the local environment, or string by RFID or barcode. The determination may be based on at least one selected from attachment detection.

The above sensor management targets are environmental values including light intensity, color, frequency, temperature, humidity, radiation, acceleration, magnetism, pressure, concentration, pH, sound, electric current, voltage, radio frequency, intensity, flow rate or mass. It may be a sensor.

A plurality of values may be managed at a plurality of points where the environmental values are changed in time series.

The sensor management may be the calibration, and the cloud server may generate calibration certificate data for each sensor to be managed.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a sensor management system including a thermostat as a local environment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the management target sensor 1004. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the terminal device 1005 provided in the thermostatic bath. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the cloud server 1001. FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the table held by the ID management unit. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the data structure of the collected measurement data. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining sensor management operations via the cloud server 1001. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the data structure of the calibration certificate data. FIG. 9 is an image diagram of a printed calibration certificate. FIG. 10 is an image diagram of a test report accompanying the calibration certificate. FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a sensor management system according to a second embodiment in which the outdoor environment is a local environment. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the management target sensor 11004. FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the mobile communication terminal 11005. FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a sensor management system according to a third embodiment in which the outdoor environment is a local environment. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the management target sensor 14004. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of communication terminal 14005.

Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The operations of the functional components such as sensors and servers shown here are realized by executing a control program such as firmware incorporated in advance by the processor of the control circuit and cooperating with various devices that are components of the system. The These programs are recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, read from the recording medium by the processor, and executed by a user operation or receiving a signal from a device constituting the system. .

(Overall view)
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a sensor management system including a thermostat as a local environment. The configuration includes a cloud server 1001, a constant temperature bath 1002, a reference sensor 1003, a management target sensor 1004, a terminal device 1005 provided in the constant temperature bath, and a local computer 1007 operated by a management practitioner 1006. The management target sensor 1003, the reference sensor 1004, the terminal device 1005 and the computer 1007 provided in the thermostatic bath have a communication function and can receive a cloud service from the cloud server 1001. Here, the management target sensor is a thermometer. However, the management target sensor that can be employed in the present invention is not limited to this. Light intensity, color, frequency, temperature, humidity, radiation, acceleration, magnetism, pressure, concentration, pH, sound, electrical current, voltage, radio frequency, intensity, flow rate, mass, presence of nearby substances or organisms, proximity substances or organisms A sensor having an environmental value including the concentration of the substance or the kind of the adjacent substance or the living thing can be appropriately employed.

The thermostat 1002 has a function of controlling the temperature as the environmental value, and can control the temperature rise and fall in time series. Here, in order to manage a sensor called a thermometer, a thermostat is adopted as the local environment, but the local environment of the present invention is not limited to this. It can be appropriately changed according to the type of sensor that can be employed in the present invention.

(Block diagram showing the functions that make up the sensor)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the management target sensor 1004. The reference sensor 1003 has the same internal configuration.
The probe 2001, the measurement unit 2002, the adjustment unit 2003, and the communication unit 2004 are configured.
The measurement unit 2002 converts the output of the probe output according to the environmental temperature into temperature display data. The adjustment unit 2003 adjusts the temperature display of the measurement unit with reference to the calibration data received by the sensor.

Here, the adjustment unit is provided as the internal configuration of the sensor to be managed, but the adjustment unit of the present invention is not limited to this. As a functional configuration unit of the cloud server, data for adjusting the temperature display data may be transmitted from the cloud server to the management target sensor, and the operation of the measurement unit may be directly adjusted.

A communication unit 2004 is a means for communicating with the cloud server. Here, a 3G / LTE communication method is adopted, but the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, if a local server is placed and it is possible to connect from the local server to the cloud server, a wireless LAN method or the like can be appropriately employed depending on the situation of the local environment.

(Functional configuration of the terminal device provided in the thermostat)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the terminal device 1005 provided in the thermostatic bath.
The proximity detection unit 3001 detects the proximity of an object within a distance set in advance that the sensor is in the same local environment as the thermostat.
The communication unit 3002 is a means for communicating with the cloud server. Here, the detection result is transmitted to the cloud server. The 3G / LTE method is adopted as the communication method, but is not limited to this.

(Functional configuration of cloud server)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the cloud server 1001. The communication unit 4001, the position determination unit 4002, the ID management unit 4003, the collection unit 4004, the management execution unit 4005, and the sensor information storage unit 4006 communicate with sensors and terminal devices.
The position determination unit 4002 determines whether the sensor is in the same local environment range based on the presence / absence of a proximity detection signal transmitted from the terminal device 1005.
Here, if there is a proximity detection signal, it is determined that the local environment is the same. However, the determination according to the present invention is not limited to this, and the computer 1005 displays the intention displayed by the management practitioner based on whether or not two objects are detected according to the accuracy of proximity detection. And notification from the mobile terminal to the cloud server can be appropriately changed.

The ID management unit 4003 assigns a predetermined sensor ID to the sensor, holds the sensor in a predetermined table, and manages ID of information related to the sensor. FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the table held by the ID management unit. The structure is a sensor name 5001 and a sensor ID 5002.
Reference numeral 5003 denotes data of the reference sensor 1, and “K1” corresponds to the sensor ID. Reference numeral 5004 denotes data of the reference sensor 2, and “K2” corresponds to the sensor ID. Reference numeral 5005 denotes data of the reference sensor 3, and “K3” corresponds to the sensor ID.
Reference numeral 5006 denotes data of the management target sensor 1, and “T1” corresponds to the sensor ID. Reference numeral 5007 denotes data of the management target sensor 2, and “T2” corresponds to the sensor ID. Reference numeral 5008 denotes data of the management target sensor 3, and “T3” corresponds to the sensor ID.

The collection unit 4004 collects measurement data received from the sensor.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the data structure of the collected measurement data. Data having a structure of time 6001, sensor ID 6002 and measurement value 6003 is collected. Here, according to the time series, data of sensors T1 and K1 at time t1 shown in 6004, data of sensors T1 and K1 at time t2 shown in 6005, and data of sensors T1 and K1 at time t3 shown in 6006 are shown. .

The management execution unit 4005 executes calibration and adjustment as sensor management of the management target sensor 1004 when the determination result by the position determination unit 4002 and the collection result by the collection unit 4003 satisfy the predetermined condition.

In the sensor information storage unit 4006, the product name, model name, performance, traceability information, etc. for the reference sensor managed by the ID, and the request source, product name, model name, performance, serial number, and calibration for the sensor to be managed are performed. Conditions and the like are stored in association with the sensor ID.
However, the information stored in the sensor information storage unit of the present invention is not limited to this. Information necessary for calibration and certificate issuance can be appropriately selected and stored.

(Flow of sensor management)
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining sensor management operations via the cloud server 1001.
In a sensor management start step 7001, the management practitioner 1006 sets the reference sensor 1003 and the management target sensor 1004, and transmits an instruction to start a management action from the computer 1007 to the cloud server.
In the measurement data collection step 7002, the cloud server receives the instruction and starts the operation of the collection unit 4004. That is, collection of measurement values is started from the reference sensor 1003 and the management target sensor 1004.

In the condition determination step 7003, the management execution unit 4005 determines whether the determination result by the position determination unit 4002 and the collection result by the collection unit 4003 satisfy the planned conditions.
Here, the condition is that the determination of the position determination unit is “within the same local environment range”, the time elapses m minutes from the time when the management action start instruction is received, and the measured value displayed by the reference sensor is y degrees. This is set in advance. However, the format of the condition of the present invention is not limited to being in the same local environment range and that the elapsed time and measurement results satisfy a predetermined value. Conditions can be changed as appropriate according to the local environment and the nature of the sensor.

If the result of the condition determination is “no” (does not satisfy the condition), the condition determination step is repeated at a predetermined interval.
When the result of the condition determination is “yes” (condition is satisfied), an instruction to execute sensor management is issued by the system, and the operation of the system moves to the calibration step 7004.
In the calibration step 7004, the management execution unit 4005 compares the measured value of the reference sensor with the measured value of the management target sensor, and records each measured value and instrumental difference.
The operation here is executed in real time, and the time instructed in the condition determination step 7003 and the time in which sensor management was performed in the calibration step 7004 are synchronized.
The calibration here is a one-point calibration at y ° C. However, the calibration according to the present invention is not limited to a one-point calibration, and includes calibration at a plurality of points in which environmental temperatures are changed in time series. Depending on the type and nature of the calibration, it can be adopted as appropriate.

In the pass / fail determination step 7005, the management execution unit 4005 determines whether or not the quality standard is satisfied.
If the result of the pass / fail judgment is “no” (failed), the operation of the system moves to an adjustment step 7006. If the result is “yes” (pass), the system operation moves to a calibration certificate data generation step 7007.
In the adjustment step 7006, the management execution unit 4005 transmits the adjustment data including the instrumental error and the adjustment command to the adjustment unit 2003 of the management target sensor, and executes the adjustment of the sensor.
In a calibration certificate data creation step 7007, calibration certificate data including instrumental differences in calibration is created if it passes, and calibration certificate data including instrumental differences after adjustment is generated if it fails.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the data structure of the calibration certificate data. The structure includes a management target sensor ID 8001, a reference sensor ID 8002, a reference sensor traceability 8003, a reference sensor measurement value 8004, a management target sensor measurement value 8005, and an instrumental difference 8006.
By adopting such a data structure, it is possible to manage which management target sensor is managed by which reference sensor, the result of the sensor management and the traceability of the reference sensor in association with the management target sensor.

In issue step 7008, upon receiving an issuance instruction to the cloud server from the management operator 1006, the management execution unit 4005 issues a calibration certificate.
FIG. 9 is an image diagram of a printed calibration certificate. The request source, product name, and model name shown in the column 9001 are information stored in the sensor information storage unit 4006 in association with the sensor ID of the sensor to be managed. The calibration date is information extracted from the time when the management practitioner transmits the instruction to start the management action to the cloud server.
The product name, model name, and number shown in our standard device column 9002 used for calibration are information stored in the sensor information storage unit 4006 in association with the sensor ID of the standard sensor. The calibration date is information extracted from the traceability of the reference sensor.
The product name, model name, number, and expiration date of the calibration standard device shown in the upper standard device column 9003 that has undergone calibration are information extracted from the traceability of the reference sensor.

(exam result)
FIG. 10 is an image diagram of a test report accompanying the calibration certificate. The request source, product name, and model name shown in the detail column 10001 are information stored in the sensor information storage unit 4006 in association with the sensor ID of the sensor to be managed. The number of specimens is the number of sensors to be managed, and is input by the management practitioner when starting the calibration action.
The test date and time, test location, test temperature, and test humidity shown in the environment column 10002 are information transmitted when the management practitioner transmits an instruction to start a management action to the cloud server.
The product name, format, performance, number, calibration date, and expanded uncertainty shown in the standard device column 10003 are information extracted from the traceability stored in the sensor information storage unit 4006 in association with the sensor ID of the standard sensor.
The reference instrument temperature, display temperature, and instrument difference shown in the test result column 10004 are the measured value of the reference sensor, the measured value of the sensor to be managed and the instrument difference of the calibration certificate data generated in the calibration certificate data creation step 7007. It is information extracted from. The individual number is a manufacturing number stored in the sensor information storage unit 4006 in association with the sensor ID of the management target sensor.
A column 10005 is input by the management practitioner when starting the calibration action. Here, the input method is not limited to this, and may be a method of automatically inputting information registered in advance linked to the management target sensor ID.
The present invention is not limited to the contents of the specifications, test methods, and traceability of the test equipment input here, and can be appropriately employed depending on the type and nature of calibration.

Hereafter, the modification when the nature of the local environment and the system configuration are different is shown. The modification differs from the first embodiment mainly because it is a part related to determining whether or not the sensor is in the same local environment range, and this part will be mainly described. *

(Modification 1 of position determination)
FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a sensor management system according to a second embodiment in which the outdoor environment is a local environment. Here, the management target sensor is a thermometer. In addition, it is the same as that of Example 1 that a management object sensor is not limited to a thermometer. The configuration includes a cloud server 11001, an outdoor local environment 11002, a reference sensor 11003, a management target sensor 11004, and a portable communication terminal 11005 of a management person 11006. The managed sensor 11003 and the reference sensor 11004 have a communication function and can receive a cloud service from the cloud server 11001.

(Block diagram showing the functions that make up the sensor)
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the management target sensor 11004. The reference sensor 11003 has the same internal configuration.
The configuration includes a probe 12001, a measurement unit 12002, an adjustment unit 12003, an RFID unit 12004, and a communication unit 12005.
The measurement value generation unit 12002 converts the output of the probe output according to the temperature of the environment into temperature display data. The adjustment unit 12003 adjusts the temperature display of the measurement unit with reference to the calibration data received by the sensor.

The RFID unit 12004 receives the proximity of a portable communication terminal 11005 having an RFID reader function, which will be described later, and transmits a sensor ID.

A communication unit 12005 is a means for communicating with the cloud server.
Here, a 3G / LTE communication method is adopted, but the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, if a local server is placed and it is possible to connect from the local server to the cloud server, a wireless LAN method or the like can be appropriately employed depending on the situation of the local environment.

(Functional configuration of mobile communication terminal)
FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the mobile communication terminal 11005. The portable communication terminal transmits a management act start instruction by the management practitioner, transmits the sensor ID received by the RFID function to the cloud server, and the like.
The RFID reader unit 13001 receives a sensor ID by the RFID function when a management operator or the like brings the mobile communication terminal close to the sensor.
The communication unit 13002 is a communication unit with the cloud server. Here, the 3G / LTE system is adopted as the communication system, but the present invention is not limited to this, as is the case with the communication unit in the sensor.

(Functional configuration of cloud server)
The functional configuration of the cloud server 11001 includes a communication unit, a position determination unit, an ID management unit, a collection unit, a management execution unit, and a sensor information storage unit. Here, it is the same as in the first embodiment except for the function of the position determination unit.
The position determination unit determines whether the sensor is within the same local environment depending on whether the sensor ID transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 11005 includes the sensor ID of the reference sensor and the sensor ID of the sensor to be managed. Determine if.
Here, the sensor ID is detected by the RFID function, but the determination of the present invention is not limited to this. A bar code including a sensor ID is displayed on the sensor, a bar code reading function is provided on the mobile communication terminal, and a sensor ID linking detection method in which the cloud server receives the sensor ID acquired by the code reading function is appropriately set. Can be changed.

The operation of sensor management via the cloud server is the same as that of the first embodiment when the management operator replaces a device that performs an operation such as an instruction to start a management action from the computer with the mobile communication terminal 11005.

(Modification 2 of position determination)
FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a sensor management system according to a third embodiment in which the outdoor environment is a local environment. Here, the management target sensor is a thermometer. In addition, it is the same as that of Example 1 that a management object sensor is not limited to a thermometer. The configuration includes a cloud server 14001, an outdoor local environment 14002, a reference sensor 14003, a management target sensor 14004, a communication terminal 14005 installed in the local environment, and a portable communication terminal 14006 of a management person 14007. The management target sensor 14003 and the reference sensor 14004 have a communication function and can receive a cloud service from the cloud server 14001.

(Block diagram showing the functions that make up the sensor)
FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the management target sensor 14004. The reference sensor 14003 has the same internal configuration.
The configuration includes a probe 15001, a measurement unit 15002, an adjustment unit 15003, a position detection unit 15004, and a communication unit 15005.
The measurement value generation unit 15002 converts the output of the probe output according to the environmental temperature into temperature display data. The adjustment unit 15003 adjusts the temperature display of the measurement unit with reference to the calibration data received by the sensor.

The position detection unit 15004 detects the position of the sensor and generates position data. Here, a position sensor that analyzes communication radio waves is employed as a position detection method. However, the position sensor of the present invention is not limited to this. Position sensors such as global positioning systems (GPS, etc.), proximity sensors that can estimate the distance from standard sensors such as infrared signals, sound, and magnetism (radio waves), and other calibration areas. It can be adopted as appropriate according to the arrangement location.

A communication unit 15005 is a communication unit with the cloud server 14001. Here, a 3G / LTE communication method is adopted, but the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, if a local server is placed and it is possible to connect from the local server to the cloud server, a wireless LAN method or the like can be appropriately employed depending on the situation of the local environment.

(Communication terminal installed in the local environment)
FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of communication terminal 14005.
The position detection unit 16001 employs a position detection method similar to that of the sensor, and generates position data of the local environment.
The communication unit 16002 is a means for communicating with the cloud server, and adopts a 3G / LTE communication method, but is not limited to this, as is the case with the communication unit in the sensor.
When the sensor management is started, the generated position data is transmitted in response to a request from the cloud server 14001.

(Functional configuration of cloud server)
The functional configuration of the cloud server 14001 includes a communication unit, a position determination unit, an ID management unit, a collection unit, a management execution unit, and a sensor information storage unit. Here, it is the same as in the first embodiment except for the function of the position determination unit.

The position determination unit determines the range of the same local environment depending on whether the position data of the reference sensor and the position data of the management target sensor are within the range of the distance d set in advance from the position data transmitted from the communication terminal 14005. It is determined whether it is in.
Here, whether or not the local environment is the same is determined based on the range of the distance d from the communication terminal, but the determination of the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, comparing the position data of the reference sensor and the position data of the management target sensor and determining that the distance is within a preset distance d can be appropriately adopted depending on the situation of the local environment.

The operation of sensor management via the cloud server is the same as that of the first embodiment when the management operator replaces a device that performs an operation such as an instruction to start a management action from the computer with the mobile communication terminal 14006.

By adopting the sensor management system via the cloud server in this way, many sensors arranged in various local environments can be easily and efficiently managed without error.

The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

For this application, the priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-054642 is claimed, and all the contents of the basic application are incorporated herein.

In the present invention, the industry in which the measurement quality of the sensor is required covers a wide range of fields such as the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the precision machinery industry, or the field observation industry. The system of the present invention can be applied to any industry.

1001 Cloud server 1002 Local environment 1003 Reference sensor 1004 Management target sensor 1005 Terminal device 1006 Administrator 1007 Computer

Claims

A cloud system composed of local environment sensors connected to a cloud server,
a) a managed sensor whose ID is managed;
b) an ID managed reference sensor;
c) sensor position determination means for determining whether or not the environmental values measured by the management target sensor and the reference sensor are in the same range;
d) a collecting means for collecting measurement data of the management target sensor and the reference sensor by a cloud server;
Including
It is determined that the management target sensor and the reference sensor are present in the range, and sensor management that is calibration of the management target sensor or adjustment of measurement accuracy is performed on the condition that the measurement value of the reference sensor satisfies a preset value. A sensor management system executed by the cloud server.
The position determination includes the intention display transmission by the manager, the proximity detection between the terminal and the sensor placed in the local environment, the position detection by the position sensor provided in the local environment and the RFID or barcode The sensor management system according to claim 1, wherein the determination is based on at least one selected from attachment detection.
The sensor management system according to claim 1, wherein the condition further includes that a preset time has elapsed from a time when the cloud server receives an instruction to start a management action.
The sensor management targets are environmental values including light intensity, color, frequency, temperature, humidity, radiation, acceleration, magnetism, pressure, concentration, pH, sound, electric current, voltage, radio frequency, intensity, flow rate or mass. The sensor management system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor management system is a sensor.
The sensor management system according to claim 4, wherein management of a plurality of values at a plurality of points in which the environmental value is changed in time series is performed.
The sensor management system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor management is the calibration, and the cloud server generates calibration certificate data for each sensor to be managed.