JP2003022308A - System for managing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify equipment with installation position information, with respect to the connection between equipment layout drawing and equipment maintenance information, in the case of managing device from the viewpoint of equipment maintenance in the operation and maintenance of building equipment, and to quickly provide the failure history and procedure information of a relevant device or the like, in the case of maintenance information with maintenance and inspection and in the case unexpected failures occur. SOLUTION: An equipment management system is provided with an equipment layout drawing displaying means 5 for outputting equipment layout drawing, representing an equipment layout to a displaying means 4, in response to a request from an input means 1, an object equipment extracting means 6 for combining a floor number representing an equipment installation position, designated on the equipment layout drawing displayed on the displaying means 4 by the inputting means 1 and a device number to extract a device code to be an object, and an equipment maintenance information extracting means 7 for retrieving database, composed of device codes and equipment maintenance information, corresponding to the device codes with the object device code to an output, corresponding equipment maintenance information to the display means 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facility management system for managing facility maintenance of buildings, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in the conventional facility management of a building, maintenance work contents and maintenance history data at the time of maintenance and inspection are stored and managed in a storage medium based on a maintenance and inspection ledger.

An example of the conventional management of facility information described above
This will be described with reference to FIG. First, at the time of maintenance and inspection, maintenance history data such as maintenance inspection contents and date and time is input from the input means 1, and the equipment information management means 2 adds search information to the maintenance history data and stores it in the equipment information database 3. When carrying out a maintenance plan, the maintenance history data required by the search request from the input means 1 is output to the display means 4. The maintenance staff inspects the maintenance history data, takes measures if there is a defect in the equipment, inputs a failure history report from the input means 1, and saves it in the equipment information database 3. Then, the maintenance staff inputs the search information from the input means 1 in order to investigate the previous maintenance history data and failure history data for the next maintenance plan, extracts the target equipment, and creates the maintenance plan. ing.

On the other hand, in the equipment device classification database device and the equipment device management device described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-205500, in order to retrieve necessary equipment information,
When managing equipment from the viewpoint of equipment maintenance, in addition to legal classification of electrical equipment, mechanical equipment, etc., equipment and equipment that is a component of the equipment are classified into major classification-medium classification-small classification and model classification. A classification code such as usage classification is further added and stored in the facility information database as search information.

[0005]

However, in the conventional apparatus shown in FIG. 9, there is a problem that it takes time to retrieve the equipment maintenance information regarding one piece of equipment among a huge number of building equipment. On the other hand, in the case of the method of identifying the equipment by the above equipment classification code, there is a problem that the classification code becomes complicated and it takes time to input the search code.

In view of the above, the present invention uses the equipment equipment code extraction, which is the search information, as a combination of the floor number and the equipment symbol from the equipment layout diagram to visualize the identification of the equipment (equipment code), and to maintain related equipment from equipment code. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facility management system that speeds up information extraction.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an equipment layout drawing display means for outputting an equipment layout drawing showing the layout of the equipment for each floor of the facility to be managed, The target is a target facility extracting unit that extracts a target device code by combining the installation location and type of the facility specified on the facility layout diagram, and the target database is a database including the device code and facility maintenance information corresponding thereto. And a facility maintenance information extracting means for searching for the facility code and outputting the relevant facility maintenance information.

The equipment management system of the present invention comprises equipment layout drawing display means for outputting equipment layout drawings showing the layout of equipment to display means in response to a request from input means, and equipment layout drawings displayed on the display means. In the target equipment extraction means for extracting the target equipment code by combining the floor number and the equipment symbol representing the installation location of the equipment specified by the input means,
There is provided equipment maintenance information extracting means for searching a database consisting of equipment codes and equipment maintenance information corresponding thereto by the target equipment code and outputting the corresponding equipment maintenance information to the display means.

Another feature of the present invention is a facility management system provided in a facility management center, which is configured to be connectable to a facility manager terminal and a manufacturer terminal via a communication network. Has information about facilities to be managed and equipment layout diagrams for each floor, and the equipment layout diagrams include visual symbols corresponding to the equipment devices.

According to the present invention, since the equipment code can be specified by designating the equipment on the equipment layout plan by the input means, the equipment maintenance information can be quickly searched.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an equipment management system showing a first embodiment of the present invention. The equipment management system 100 is provided with equipment layout drawing display means 5, target equipment extraction means 6 and equipment maintenance information extraction means 7, and also provided with equipment layout drawing file 8 and equipment maintenance information file 9 as a storage medium. An input means 1 such as a keyboard and a mouse and a display means 4 as an output means are provided. A printer or the like is included in the output means, but it is omitted here. The equipment layout drawing file 8 stores the equipment layout drawings for each floor of each floor of the building to be managed in advance. This equipment layout diagram contains visual symbols corresponding to equipment equipment arranged on each floor, and interactive input / output means is configured so that the equipment code can be extracted by selecting this symbol. There is. The equipment maintenance information file 9 stores various equipment maintenance information corresponding to each target equipment code of the equipment, for example, equipment ledger, failure history information, operation record information, maintenance inspection record information, and the like. There is. In addition, data regarding the operation status of each equipment detected by a sensor or the like is also input to the equipment management system 100 online, and retained and updated as failure history information and operation record information, and displayed by a predetermined operator as necessary. It is configured to be usable by displaying this on the means 4.

The facility management system 100 is a CP
U, a memory, an external storage device that holds an information file, a program that is held in the memory or the like and executes various processes, an input unit, an output unit, a communication unit, and the like.

The equipment layout drawing display means 5 displays the equipment layout drawing (see FIG. 2) corresponding to the floor number (FN) of the floor (F) registered in advance in the equipment layout drawing file 8 in response to a request from the input means 1. It retrieves and outputs to the display means 4. The target equipment extracting means 6 extracts the target equipment code by combining the floor number and the equipment symbol corresponding to the equipment equipment symbol designated by the input means 1 on the equipment layout diagram displayed on the display means 4.

The equipment maintenance information extraction means 7 extracts various equipment maintenance information corresponding to the extracted target equipment code, for example, equipment ledger, from the equipment maintenance information file 9 and outputs it to the display means 4.

Next, the operation of the present invention when applied to building facility management will be described. First, the operator inputs the floor number required for displaying the equipment layout drawing required by the operator from the input means 1 of the equipment management system 100. Then, the equipment layout drawing display means 5 causes the equipment layout drawing file 8 to be displayed.
The equipment layout map corresponding to the floor number is extracted from the equipment layout maps registered in advance and output to the display means 4.

FIG. 2 is an example of a display screen of the equipment layout drawing output to the display means 4, in which the equipment layout drawing on the F floor of the building is displayed. In this equipment layout diagram, the floor number of each floor on the F floor and the equipment symbol indicating the equipment on each floor are displayed.

The equipment layout diagram includes visual symbols corresponding to equipment equipment arranged on each floor, and interactive input / output means is configured so that the equipment code can be extracted by selecting this symbol. Has been done. Note that some of the equipments are arranged over a plurality of floors or a plurality of floors, and some extend to the outside of the building. Therefore, regarding such equipment, the location of the target equipment is specified along with the information that the entire equipment and multiple related floors, such as heat exchangers and compressors of large-scale air conditioning equipment, exist. Display so that you can.

On this equipment layout diagram, the operator designates the necessary equipment symbol 101 using the mouse. Upon receiving the designation of the equipment symbol 101, the target equipment extraction means 6
Extracts the equipment code 102 from the floor number and the equipment symbol registered in advance in the equipment symbol 101.

Next, the equipment maintenance information extracting means 7 first inputs the equipment code 102 from the target equipment extracting means 6 using the procedure shown in FIG. Facility maintenance information file 9 as shown in 7
Is searched (701).

The equipment maintenance information file 9 is composed of an equipment ledger file 9a, a failure history information file 9b, an operation record file 9c, a maintenance inspection record information file 9d and the like.

For example, the equipment ledger file 9a comprises installation information, manufacturing information, delivery information, and maintenance information for each equipment code as shown in FIG. 4, and the equipment failure history information file 9b is shown in FIG. Thus, failure information and treatment information are stored for each device code. Further, in the equipment operation record file 9c, as shown in FIG. 6, the operation record of the operation time and the number of times of operation is stored for each device code. Further, in the maintenance / inspection result information file 9d, as shown in FIG. 7, inspection result information such as inspection contents and measurement contents is stored for each device code.

When the operator requests data required in the database by interactive processing, information on facility maintenance management corresponding to the equipment code is output to the display means 4 (702). That is, the specification of the equipment (equipment code) is visualized, and the operator designates a symbol from the equipment layout drawing displayed on the display means 4 to search information as a combination of the floor number and the equipment equipment symbol. A certain equipment code is automatically extracted, and the maintenance information of the related equipment is also automatically extracted from this equipment code.

As described above, the operator can quickly and easily select one of the vast facilities of the building and easily output various facility maintenance information related to the facility. As a result, it is possible to shorten the work time and save labor in the facility maintenance management work.

According to the present invention, in a single building or facility such as various stores, offices, factories, high-rise houses, hospitals, and other buildings having a plurality of facility devices, a computer is used to centrally manage these devices. Suitable for applying to management system.

Next, FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an equipment management system showing a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an equipment management center 500 is provided in one building or facility such as a building to be managed. A facility management system 100 (see FIG. 1) is installed in the facility management center 500. The storage device of the facility management system 100 holds information such as a facility layout diagram, facility ledger, maintenance / inspection plan, record of actual results, failure history, and operation status of one building or facility such as a building to be managed. ing.
In addition, equipment layout diagrams for each floor on each floor are stored. This equipment layout diagram includes visual symbols corresponding to the equipment devices arranged on each floor.

The facility management center 500 is connected to a plurality of facility managers 700, for example, each terminal of a maintenance company for each facility such as an air conditioner, a gas appliance, a suction / drainage relation, and a communication equipment via a communication network 600. There is. Further, it is connected to each terminal of a plurality of manufacturers 800, for example, manufacturers of air conditioners, gas appliances, suction and drainage appliances, communication equipment, etc., via a communication network 600. In addition, the equipment management management center 5 by the equipment manager 700 and the manufacturer 800
The access to the equipment management system 100 of 00 and the use of the information are charged for other than the usual management purpose.
The facility management center 500 appropriately manages confidentiality among the facility managers 700 and the manufacturers 800.

On this equipment layout diagram, for example, the operator of the maintenance company of the air conditioning equipment accesses the website of the equipment management center 500 from the terminal via the communication network 600 and operates the equipment management system 100. To do. That is, similarly to the example of FIG. 1, when the operator requests data required in the database by interactive processing, information on facility maintenance management corresponding to the equipment code is output to the display means 4 (702). ). That is, the specification of the equipment (equipment code) is visualized, and the operator designates a symbol from the equipment layout drawing displayed on the display means 4 to search information as a combination of the floor number and the equipment equipment symbol. A certain equipment code is automatically extracted,
Further, the maintenance information of the related equipment is automatically extracted from this equipment code.

As described above, the operator of the maintenance company of the air conditioning equipment can quickly select one of the huge facilities in the building,
Moreover, it is possible to easily select and easily output various equipment maintenance information related to the equipment. Then, by using the various equipment maintenance information, the operator can place an order for the equipment required by the air conditioning equipment manufacturer, thereby shortening the work time and labor saving in the equipment maintenance management work. .

On the contrary, the operator of the air conditioning equipment manufacturer accesses the website of the equipment management center 500, operates the equipment management system 100, and refers to the failure history of the equipment of the company to obtain information necessary for product development. It is also possible to use such a form.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the facility required by the operator can be visually specified on the layout plan of the building facility, so that the required facility can be selected from a huge amount of facilities. Easy and quick. Further, since the related equipment maintenance information can be quickly retrieved from the equipment code, the information on the defective equipment can be promptly provided, and the working time can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an equipment management system showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of target facility extraction means of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a process of a facility maintenance information extraction means of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a database that manages the device code and the equipment ledger of FIG. 1.

5 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a database that manages the device code and failure history information of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a database that manages the device code and the operation record information of FIG. 1.

7 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a database that manages the equipment code and maintenance / inspection result information of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 8 is an overall configuration diagram of a facility management system showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration example of a facility management system that manages facility information showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Input means 2 Facility information management means 3 Facility information database 4 Display means 5 Equipment layout drawing display means 6 Target equipment extraction means 7 Equipment maintenance information extraction means 8 Equipment layout file 9 Equipment maintenance information file

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Yasuyuki Yamada             Hitachi 2-3-1, Saiwaicho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki             Engineering Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B075 ND20 PP03 PP28

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facility layout display means for outputting a facility layout showing the layout of facilities on each floor of a facility to be managed, and a facility location and type specified on the facility layout. Target equipment extraction means for extracting a target equipment code according to the target equipment code, and equipment maintenance information for searching the database consisting of the equipment code and the equipment maintenance information corresponding thereto by the target equipment code and outputting the corresponding equipment maintenance information. An equipment management system comprising: an extracting unit. 2. The equipment layout diagram according to claim 1, wherein the equipment layout diagram includes visual symbols corresponding to the equipment equipment arranged on each floor, and the target equipment extraction means selects the equipment equipment symbol. A facility management system characterized by extracting the device code. 3. The target facility extracting means according to claim 1, wherein the floor number and the equipment symbol corresponding to the equipment equipment symbol designated by the input means on the equipment layout diagram displayed on the display means are combined. A facility management system characterized by being extracted as a device code. 4. A facility management system provided in a facility management center, configured to be connectable to a facility manager terminal and a manufacturer terminal via a communication network, and the facility management system is a management target. A facility management system characterized by having information on facilities and a facility layout for each floor, and the facility layout including a visual symbol corresponding to the facility equipment.