JP2001306438A - Automatic information updating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic information updating system capable of automatically updating data concerning a state to be changed every hour on a remote place and enabling a user to utilize the updated data by reading or the like. SOLUTION: The automatic information updating system using a computer device is provided with an information transmission terminal 10 having a switch 11 capable of detecting ON/OFF and capable of transmitting ON/OFF information detected by the switch 11 to the external as electronic data through a communication line and a server 30 for receiving the electronic data transmitted from the terminal 10, storing the ON/OFF information of the received electronic data and outputting the stored ON/OFF information to a user terminal 40 through the communication line. Consequently data concerned with a state to be changed every hour on a remote place can be automatically updated and a user is allowed to utilize the updated data by reading or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic information updating system for automatically updating data relating to a constantly changing situation in a remote place, and enabling a user to browse and use the updated data. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the explosive spread of the Internet, the number of homepages published on the Internet has increased dramatically, and has attracted attention as a valuable information source. In transmitting information through such a homepage, it is necessary to keep providing fresh information by frequent updating work.

[0003] Updating work of a homepage has conventionally been performed as follows. First, an HTML file of a homepage to be updated is created by performing programming in the HTML language. Then, the above HTML
Browse the file with various browsers and check the operation to see if it is displayed normally. Next, after uploading the HTML file to a web server using FTP transfer software, the uploaded HTML file is browsed with a browser of a terminal device connected to the Internet, and an operation check is performed to determine whether or not the HTML file is normally displayed. Do.

[0004]

However, in such an information transmission method using the Internet, since the information provider needs to notify the Web publisher of new information every time, the labor required for the communication and the exclusive use of communication are required. There is a problem that the installation of the wire is costly. For example, if you try to publish parking information on the Internet,
The parking lot manager needs to change the current data by connecting to the Internet using a personal computer or the like every time the availability changes. To achieve this, it is necessary to educate operators and build an Internet connection environment (installation of personal computers and communication lines), and frequent information update operations must be performed.

[0005] As described above, the information transmission service via the Internet up to now has been convenient for disclosing information accumulated to some extent, but it is necessary to immediately update information that changes every moment. In order to transmit such information, enormous costs and labor are required, and in reality, this has not been done.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and automatically updates data relating to a constantly changing situation in a remote place, so that a user can browse and use the updated data. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic information updating system.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic information updating system according to the present invention is an automatic information updating system using a computer device, which detects a continuously or stepwise changing level. An information transmitting terminal for transmitting the level information detected by the level detecting means as electronic data to the outside through a communication line, and receiving the electronic data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal. And a server for storing level information of the received electronic data and outputting the stored level information to a user terminal via a communication line.

That is, the automatic information updating system of the present invention has level detecting means capable of detecting a level which changes continuously or stepwise, and uses the level information detected by the level detecting means as electronic data as a communication line. An information transmitting terminal that transmits to the outside via an electronic transmission terminal, receives the electronic data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal, stores the level information of the received electronic data, and stores the stored level information via a communication line. A server for outputting to the user terminal. As described above, since the level information of the level detecting means of the information transmitting terminal can be automatically output to the user terminal, the data relating to the ever-changing situation at a remote location is automatically updated, and the user can use the information. The updated data can be used by browsing or the like. Therefore,
It is no longer necessary to communicate the current information to the web publisher every time as in the prior art, and the training of the operator, the construction of the Internet connection environment, and the update operation are all unnecessary, so that the cost of information transmission is greatly reduced.

In the automatic information updating system according to the present invention,
When the information transmitting terminal is configured to transmit the changed level information as electronic data to the outside via a communication line when the level state of the level detecting means changes, the information relating to the ever-changing situation is considered. The data is updated in real time, and the user can browse and use the updated data.

[0010] In the automatic information updating system of the present invention,
The server receives the electronic data transmitted by the plurality of information transmitting terminals, stores the combined level information of the plurality of information transmitting terminals, and stores the stored level information to the user terminal via a communication line. When output, the information in which the level information of a plurality of locations is combined is automatically updated, and the user can browse and use the updated data.

In the automatic information updating system of the present invention,
In the case where the information transmitting terminal transmits the level information of the level detecting means as electronic data to the outside via a communication line at a predetermined timing regardless of whether the level state of the level detecting means changes. In this method, it is possible to automatically detect that the electronic data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal has not been received by the server at a predetermined timing, and to detect the occurrence of some abnormality in the information transmitting terminal.

In the automatic information updating system of the present invention,
When the electronic data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal is not received by the server at a preset timing,
In the case where data not transmitted information is output, it is detected that the electronic data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal was not received by the server at a preset timing, and some abnormality occurred in the information transmitting terminal. This can be notified to the server administrator and the user.

In the automatic information updating system according to the present invention,
If the level information transmitted by the information transmitting terminal is to output error information when the information is physically inconsistent, the server administrator may be notified that some abnormality has occurred in the information transmitting terminal. And inform the user.

In the automatic information updating system according to the present invention,
When the level detecting means is a switch capable of on / off detection, the data relating to the ever-changing situation is updated in real time with a simple mechanism, and the user can browse and use the updated data.

In the present invention, the "communication line"
For example, analog telephone lines, high-speed digital lines (ISD
N line), Internet, wireless, optical fiber, mobile phone line (eg, DoPa (registered trademark)), PHS line (eg, PIAFS, αDATA32, etc.), integrated intelligent communication network (UICN), new advanced information communication ( VI & P),
Examples include satellite communication lines, cable broadcasting, data communication and data transfer using various communication cables, and the purpose is to include various other types.

[0016]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the automatic information updating system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes an information transmission terminal, which has a transmission unit 18 for wireless communication so that data can be transmitted to the outside. Reference numeral 24 denotes wireless base stations installed in various places, which are connected to the Internet via a route control device and a communication line, receive data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal 10 and transmit the data to the outside via the Internet. Has become available. Reference numeral 30 denotes a server, and reference numeral 40 denotes a user terminal, which are connected to the Internet via a path control device, a communication line, a telephone line, and the like.

The information transmission terminal 10 includes an input unit 12 having a plurality of switches 11 that can be turned on and off, an arithmetic unit 14 that processes on / off information of the switches 11 input to the input unit 12, and the like, A storage unit 16 for storing states and the like, and a transmitting unit 18 for wirelessly transmitting the on / off information as electronic data by a wireless communication procedure in accordance with a transmission request from the arithmetic unit 14 are provided.

The switch 11 is turned on and off under the control of the administrator of the information transmitting terminal 10. The on / off driving of the switch 11 can be performed by, for example, a manual switch operation, or can be performed by a mechanical switch operation such as interlocking with opening and closing of a door. It is also possible to give a certain threshold value to the analog input value and thereby perform an on / off operation. In this case, different thresholds may be provided for the on-side and the off-side, or a threshold may be provided for the acceleration of the analog input value.

The radio base station 24 receives the on / off information of each switch 11 transmitted from the information transmitting terminal 10 and a converter for converting the received on / off information into data in the Internet communication format. Part 2
2 and the converted data via the Internet,
And a transmission unit for transmitting to the Internet address written in the received data.

The server 30 includes an input / output unit 32 for controlling transmission and reception of data with the outside via the Internet,
A computing unit 34 for processing the data inputted from outside and the data outputted to the outside at the input / output unit 32, and a storage unit 36 for storing the inputted data and the data to be outputted
And Further, the server 30 includes a display unit 38 for displaying on / off information of each switch 11 received from the wireless base station 24.

The user terminal has a display unit such as a CRT or an LCD, and an input unit such as a keyboard and a mouse.

Next, an outline of the operation of the above system will be described.

The information transmitting terminal 10 has a plurality of switches 11, and when this state changes, a predetermined login name and password at a predetermined Internet address and a value indicating the current state (for example, switch If 11 is on, SW1 = 1 etc.) is transmitted. Further, the information transmission terminal 10 transmits a code indicating the current state together with the password at the predetermined time to the same address in the same manner as described above.

This information is received by the server 30 via the Internet. The server 30 determines, based on the received login name and password, where the information transmitting terminal 10 that has transmitted this information is located, and transmits the content of the home page that discloses the information to the content received this time. Rewrite immediately.

Further, the server 30 constantly monitors the transmission status from the information transmission terminals 10 located in various places, and if there is no transmission from the information transmission terminals even at a predetermined transmission time, When it is determined that the information transmission terminal 10 has failed, the publication of the information transmission terminal 10 on the homepage is immediately stopped, and the server 30
Notify the administrator of the failure.

On the other hand, the user connects to the Internet,
By browsing the homepage published by the server 30, it is possible to obtain immediate information of a remote place where each information transmission terminal is installed.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described in detail with reference to a flowchart.

In the operation unit 14 of the information transmitting terminal 10, FIG.
Are performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, in step 100, the information transmitting terminal 10 reads the state of the switch 11 (hereinafter, referred to as "SW1"), and determines in step 110 whether SW1 is on or off.

In step 110, if SW1 is on, a flag XSW1 representing the current state of SW1 is set to "1" in step 120, and if SW1 is off, XSW1 is set to "0" in step 130. set.

At step 140, XSW1 representing the current state of SW1 and XOSW1 representing the previous state of SW1
Compare with In step 140, the current SW1
If the state of is different from the previous time, proceed to step 160,
If the current state of SW1 is the same as the previous state, the process proceeds to step 150.

If the current state of SW1 is the same as the previous state, in step 150, the count of the counter, which is automatically increased with time, is compared with a predetermined value of the transmission interval. If the count exceeds the set value of the transmission interval, the process proceeds to step 180, where data transmission processing is performed.

On the other hand, if the current state of SW1 is different from the previous state and branches from step 140 to step 160, the current SW1 is switched to the next operation in step 160.
The state of No. 1 is stored in XOSW1, and the process proceeds to step 180, where data transmission processing is performed.

In step 180, a transmission code corresponding to the state of XSW1 is calculated from a table stored in the storage unit 16 in advance. In step 190, the storage unit 1
The information necessary for connection to the server 30, such as the Internet address of the transmission destination and its login name and password, stored in 6 are read.

In step 200, the transmission unit 18 is requested to transmit the code representing the state of SW1 obtained in step 180 to the server 30 on the Internet set in step 190.

In step 205, since the transmission process has been performed this time, the count of the counter that measures the transmission interval is cleared to "0". Then, in step 210, it is determined whether or not the processing is to be ended. If the processing is to be ended, the processing is stopped. If the processing is to be continued, the processing returns to step 100 again, and the above-described processing is repeated.

The transmitting section 18 transmits the above-mentioned various information in accordance with the wireless communication procedure in accordance with the transmission request from the arithmetic section 14. The various information transmitted here is received by the receiving unit 20 of the wireless base station 24, converted into an Internet communication procedure by the converting unit 22, and transmitted to the Internet toward the Internet address described in the received data. To send through.

The data transmitted from the radio base station 24 is received by the input / output unit 32 of the server 30 and passed to the arithmetic unit 34.

The processing section 34 of the server 30 performs processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First,
In step 300, the server 30 constantly monitors whether received data has been transmitted from the information transmitting terminal 10. If there is received data, the received data is read in step 310, and it is determined in steps 320 and 330 whether the login name and password of the received data are normal.

When the login name and the password of the received data are normal, the storage unit 36 in step 340
Is determined from the management table of the information transmitting terminal 10 stored in the information transmitting terminal 10. Then, in step 350, the status data table of the information transmitting terminal 10 is rewritten to the content transmitted this time, and the homepage and the internal database are updated.

Then, in step 360, the counter count measuring the transmission interval from the information transmitting terminal 10 is cleared to "0". This count is a counter that automatically increases with the passage of time.

At step 370, the count is compared with a preset value of a maximum transmission interval which is a preset constant. If the count exceeds the set value of the maximum transmission interval, it is determined in step 380 that the information transmission terminal 10 has some abnormality, and the server 30
Give a fault warning to the administrator. This failure warning is displayed on the display unit 38. The failure warning in this case may be performed by e-mail or may be performed on the display unit 38 such as a monitor screen provided in the server 30.

In step 390, it is determined whether or not the processing is to be ended. If the processing is to be ended, the processing is stopped. If the processing is to be continued, the processing returns to step 300, and the above-described processing is repeated.

The above counter is prepared separately for the number of information transmitting terminals 10 managed by the server 30.
The data transmission interval from each information transmission terminal 10 can be measured. Further, the set value of the maximum transmission interval can be matched with the set time of data transmission set in each information transmission terminal 10.

Then, the status data table of the information transmitting terminal 10 transmitted to the server 30 and rewritten is
It is output to the user terminal 40 as follows.

That is, when outputting the state data table to the user terminal 40, the processing section 34 of the server 30 performs processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step 400, the user terminal 4
The status data transmission request from 0 is constantly monitored. If there is a transmission request from the user terminal 40, step 4
At 10, each state data table rewritten to the latest state in the data receiving process of the information transmitting terminal 10 shown in FIG. 3 is read.

In step 420, the status data table is converted into an HTML format readable by web browser software and transmitted. The HTML-format state data table transmitted here is output to the user terminal 40 via the Internet and displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 40. As a result, the user can browse the latest state data of a remote place.

As described above, according to the above system, the on / off information of the switch 11 of the information transmitting terminal 10 is
Since the data can be automatically output to the user terminal 40, the data relating to the ever-changing situation at a remote place is automatically updated in real time, and the user can browse and use the updated data. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to notify the web publisher of current information as before, and operator training and the construction and updating of the Internet connection environment are all unnecessary, greatly reducing the cost of transmitting information. I do.

In the above embodiment, the remote location information disclosed by the server 30 does not necessarily need to be disclosed on the Internet, and the remote location data is rewritten to provide the user of the information with immediate data. For example, the present invention can be applied to various information providing methods, such as disclosure to an in-house LAN or the like connected to the server 30.

In the above embodiment, the server 3
0 does not necessarily correspond to the information of the information transmitting terminal 10 on a one-to-one basis. For example, the state of a plurality of information transmitting terminals A, B.
The result can be provided to the user by the server 30.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, when the server 30 receives data that is not physically matched from the information transmitting terminal 10, the server 30 determines that the information transmitting terminal 10 is faulty and issues a fault warning. It is also possible to

The automatic information updating system as described above can be used in various situations, for example, provision of vacancy information of parking lots and hotels, monitoring of water levels in rivers and small ponds, measurement of rainfall, various security systems, and the like.

In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which wireless communication is used without the necessity of laying a communication line. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to connect to and transmit data.

In the above-described embodiment, the information transmitting terminal 10 is provided with the switch 11, and the on / off information of the switch is output to the user terminal 40. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to detect a level that changes continuously or stepwise, and output the detected level information to the user terminal 40.

In the above embodiment, not only a computer device but also a portable information terminal or a portable telephone can be used as the user terminal 40. In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which a wireless terminal is used as the transmitting unit 18 of the information transmitting terminal 10 and data is transmitted to the server 30 via the wireless base station 24. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, the data may be directly transmitted to the server 30 via a communication line such as the Internet.

[0057]

As described above, according to the automatic information updating system of the present invention, the level information of the level detecting means of the information transmitting terminal can be automatically output to the user terminal, so that the system is located at a remote place. The data relating to the ever-changing situation is automatically updated, and the user can browse and use the updated data. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to notify the web publisher of current information as before, and operator training and the construction and updating of the Internet connection environment are all unnecessary, greatly reducing the cost of transmitting information. I do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of an automatic information updating system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the automatic information updating system.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the automatic information updating system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the automatic information updating system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 information transmission terminal 11 switch 30 server 40 user terminal

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An automatic information updating system using a computer device, comprising a level detecting means capable of detecting a level that changes continuously or stepwise, and electronically updating the level information detected by the level detecting means. An information transmitting terminal that transmits the data to the outside via a communication line, receives the electronic data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal, stores the level information of the received electronic data, and communicates the stored level information. An automatic information updating system, comprising: a server for outputting to a user terminal via a line. 2. The information transmitting terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the level state of the level detecting means changes, the changed level information is transmitted as electronic data to the outside via a communication line. Automatic information update system. 3. The server receives electronic data transmitted by a plurality of information transmitting terminals, stores the combined level information of the plurality of information transmitting terminals, and stores the stored level information via a communication line. 3. The automatic information updating system according to claim 1, wherein the automatic information updating system outputs the information to a user terminal. 4. The information transmitting terminal transmits the level information of the level detecting means as electronic data at a predetermined timing to the outside via a communication line regardless of whether the level state of the level detecting means changes. The automatic information updating system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: 5. The electronic data transmitted by the information transmitting terminal,
5. The automatic information updating system according to claim 4, wherein the data non-transmission information is output when the data is not received by the server at a preset timing. 6. The level information transmitted by the information transmitting terminal,
6. The automatic information updating system according to claim 1, wherein error information is output when the information is not physically consistent. 7. The automatic information updating system according to claim 1, wherein said level detecting means is a switch capable of detecting on / off.