JP2004054823A - Administration operation server in remote management system for construction machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide acquisition of information of a construction machine retrieved and extracted from a database of an administration office as it is in one's format to a user. <P>SOLUTION: The administration operation server 10 in a remote management system for a construction machine 3 has a function of replying to a request-to-send from each user terminal via a communication line 4, and a function of sending a request-to-send and its reply to each construction machine 3. Connection information in interlock of a program carrying out control of storing information received from each construction machine 3 in a database 11, control of carrying out retrieval and extraction to the database 11, and control of interlocking the retrieval and extraction control with a send-to-request when the administration operation server receives the send-to-request from each user terminal 20 is stored as one piece of reply information to the send-to-request from each user terminal 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a management unit management server in a construction machine remote management system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, several systems have been proposed in which a user of a construction machine operating at a work site can obtain maintenance information and operation information of the construction machine from a terminal such as an office using a communication line. Of which, using communication satellites and mobile telephone networks, the information is transmitted from the construction machinery to the management office and stored in the database, and the management office sends the database to the user via the Internet. A search site is provided so that a user can search for a desired construction machine from the search site.
[0003]
By the way, many users of construction machines, especially users who use such a system, often have a database or management system that stores information on their own construction machines.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the system that has been operated conventionally, the display format on the search site is set by the management office, so that a user using the system can extract information only in the set display format. However, if the customer wants to import information into their own database or management system, they have to re-enter the extracted information or process it once into their own setting format and import it, which is time-consuming and cumbersome. .
[0005]
In addition, apart from such problems, conventionally, the controller of the construction machine has performed control for managing the use time of the filter and the oil, and when the replacement time is approaching, a message urging the operator to replace via a monitor or the like is issued. It has the function of emitting. When the exchange is performed, the user rewrites the use time information of the controller via the input device on the vehicle, and manages the information of the exchange time in the own database or the management system. Rewrites them.
[0006]
However, when the replacement is actually performed, the rewriting of the use information in the controller of the construction machine is not performed by a user having many machines because the rewriting operation is different for each model. In many cases, the message function of the controller was often not used at all.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the related art, and presupposes a system capable of remotely managing information on a construction machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology that enables a user to capture information in his / her own style, and to apply the technology to provide a technology that allows information on his / her own construction machine to be updated by a user's operation.
[0008]
[Means to solve the problem]
Therefore, the present invention provides a construction machine having at least a function of responding to a transmission request from each user terminal via a communication line, and a function of receiving a transmission request and a response to each construction machine. A management unit operating server in the remote management system, a program for executing a control for storing information received from each construction machine in a database and a control for performing search and extraction on the database; When the management server receives the transmission request, the connection information of the program for executing the control for linking the transmission request with the search extraction control at the time of the linkage is set as one of the response information to the transmission request from each user terminal. It is characterized by being stored.
[0009]
Here, the program executes at least the above-described plurality of controls in conjunction with each other. However, as an embodiment of the present application, a program in which one program exists as a single unit (including a case where a plurality of modules exist) is included. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, a form in which there are a plurality of programs to be executed according to the control may be used, as in a form example described later.
[0010]
By applying such an invention, it is possible to control the updating of the use time information such as the filter and oil of the construction machine by the operation of the user. That is, according to the applied invention, under the predetermined conditions, the program described in claim 1 controls the communication control means in the management unit to transmit predetermined information, and controls the information storage unit in each construction machine. Instruction information for transmitting and controlling a control operation command for storing transmission information from the management unit operation server is included in the control unit for performing control, and stored in the information storage unit of a predetermined construction machine from each user terminal. When the information transmitted as the information to be received is received by the management unit operation server, the management unit operation server is caused to execute the program, and the determining unit determines whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition. When it is determined, the information is transmitted to a predetermined construction machine via the communication control unit, and the received information is stored in the information storage unit for the control unit of the construction machine. It characterized in that for transmitting the operation command of the control to be.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
A specific embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the following embodiments are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an entire embodiment to which the invention according to the present application is applied, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a network in a construction machine. In the figure, 1 indicates a management unit, 2 indicates a user, and 3 indicates a construction machine.
[0013]
In the system shown in this embodiment, each user 2 can take in the vehicle information of its own construction machine 3 into its own terminal 20 via communication means, and the user 2 first accesses the management unit operation server 10. , The information is acquired from the management unit 1. For this reason, the management unit management server 10 can exchange information with the construction machine 3 via communication means. In this embodiment, information is exchanged between the user 2 and the management unit 1 via the Internet 4 and information is exchanged between the management unit 1 and the construction machine 3 via an e-mail via a communication satellite line or a mobile phone network. , But other means may be used.
[0014]
The user 2 also has a communication-capable terminal 20, while each construction machine 3 has a communication controller 30, a vehicle controller 31, various sensors 32, and the like, as shown in FIG. , 31 and the sensor 32 can be transmitted and received by the communication controller 34 from the communication controller 30 via the in-vehicle network 33. The vehicle controller 31 manages and controls the use time of the filter and the oil. The vehicle controller 31 sequentially updates and manages the use time information, and when the replacement time approaches, displays and controls a message on a monitor to inform the operator of the replacement time. .
[0015]
The management unit 1 includes a management unit operation server 10 having a function as both a Web server and a mail server, and a database 11 in which vehicle information of each construction machine is stored. Is included). In this example, the database 11 is constructed in the management unit operation server 10, but may exist as another server. A CGI program that can be used by the user 2 via the Internet 4 is placed in the management unit operation server 10, and the user 2 searches and extracts desired vehicle information from the database 10 through the CGI program. For the user 2, an ID and a password for using the CGI are set.
[0016]
In the management unit management server 10, in order to execute the above functions, a management program for comprehensively managing the storage search and extraction of the database 11 and request information or answer information (vehicle information, etc.) between the management program and the construction machine. A transmission / reception program for transmitting / receiving a program and a connection program for operating the programs based on a transmission request from the user 2 issue control commands in conjunction with each other. This connection program is the above-mentioned CGI program, and when the user 2 accesses the server 10 using the ID and password set for himself, the CGI is automatically started and the management program is started. Here, the interface information between the connection program and the management program at this time is stored in the management unit operation server 10 as response information to the transmission request from the user 2 to whom the ID is set. That is, the interface information is disclosed to the user 2 to whom the ID is set. Therefore, if such a user 2 accesses the management unit operation server 10 and acquires the interface information in advance, the vehicle information to be retrieved and extracted from the database 11 based on the interface information can be obtained. The user can design a program that can be loaded into his / her own terminal 20 in the following format. For this reason, each user 2 of the present embodiment presets a program of its own style based on the interface information published in the management unit, and converts vehicle information to be retrieved and extracted from the database 11 as it is for its own database. It can be taken in as information in the format of.
[0017]
As described above, such interface information is stored so as to respond only to the transmission request of the specific user 2 whose ID is set, and the means of the response is the one returned at the time of the transmission request on the Web site. Alternatively, a reply may be made by other means such as e-mail.
[0018]
In the figure, the user 2 assumes that 2a is a construction machine rental company and 2b is a construction company that uses the construction machine itself. Each of the users 2a and 2b has their own databases 21a and 21b in their own terminals 20a and 20b (the databases 21a and 21b may be separate), and has their own homepages 22a and 22b. It has a Web server (this server may also be rented). The rental company database 21a stores customer information, vehicle rental information, vehicle maintenance information, and the like, and the construction machine database 21b stores regular employee information, construction information, maintenance information, and the like. Of those information, Allowed information is disclosed on the homepages 22a and 22b of each company. Further, the maintenance information of each of the databases 21a and 21b is based on the vehicle information stored in the database 11 of the management unit 1, and as described above, the maintenance information of the interface information in the management unit operation server 10 is used. Based on the program designed based on the information, the information retrieved and extracted from the database 11 of the management unit operation server 10 can be taken as it is.
[0019]
Next, a process of acquiring vehicle information of the user 2 in such a system will be described. First, the user 2 accesses a Web site of the management unit 1 from his / her terminal 20 via the Internet 4. When connected to the management unit management server 10, the management program that searches and controls the database 11 of the management unit 1 is linked by the program designed based on the interface information and the connection program of the management unit 1, A desired search / extraction control is executed. As a result, when the user 2 transmits a desired search command, the vehicle information serving as the response is retrieved and extracted from the database 11 and is returned to the terminal 20 of the user 2 in a desired format. On the user 2 side, if the response information is stored in its own database 21 in the same format, the maintenance information is updated as the latest information. The latest maintenance information acquired in this way is disclosed on the respective homepages 22 and provided for the convenience of employees of each user company 2.
[0020]
As described above, since the interface information between the connection program and the database management program is stored as response information to the transmission request from the user 2 in the management unit operation server 10, the user 2 It is possible to design a program that can acquire information and, based on the information, capture the information to be searched and extracted in a desired manner, and therefore, the user 2 can use such a program to manage The information retrieved and extracted from the database 11 of the section 1 can be stored as it is in the database 21 of the company as it is, and the user 2 has an extremely efficient retrieval system.
[0021]
In addition, as described above, the connection program works in conjunction with the transmission / reception program to control each control unit (the communication control unit of the management unit operation server 10, the communication controller 30 of the construction machine 3, the vehicle controller 31, and the like in the present embodiment). The control command is transmitted to the management unit management server 10, so that the interface information between them can be freely responded to the transmission request from the user 2 whose ID is set in the management unit operation server 10. If it is stored, that is, made public, the user 2 can design a program that activates the connection program based on the interface information and directly transmits a control command to the control unit of the construction machine 3, and If such a program is used, the user 2 side terminal sends a message to the management control unit of the vehicle controller 31 of the construction machine 3. Te, to send a rewrite instruction to the usage information storage unit, the managing unit controller, the information transmitted, and that their use is stored in the information storage unit can perform an update of information. In the present embodiment, since the interface information with the database management program and the interface information with the transmission / reception program described above are both disclosed, if the user 2 whose ID is set in the management unit operation server 10, the connection program Is started, and a program for directly transmitting a control command to the control means of the construction machine 3 is assumed to be set. However, if such a program is used, the control means in the construction machine 3 is operated by the command information from the user 2 even though the management unit operation server 10 is used. When the user has been accessed, the determination unit of the management unit operating server 10 determines whether the predetermined user 2 has the access right. This determination is made by assigning a unique ID and password to the predetermined user 2, but of course other means may be used.
[0022]
Therefore, the predetermined user 2 of the present embodiment transmits the usage information updated in the company's databases 21a and 21b from the terminal 20 of the user itself to the management unit operation server 10 as an update instruction, thereby enabling each program Causes the respective control means to process in association with each other, thereby updating the usage information in the vehicle controller 31 of the construction machine 3. Here, in the work machine 3, a message for notifying the update time is turned on under the control of the vehicle controller 31, but the message is turned off by updating the usage information. That is, the message function of the vehicle controller 31 works effectively when the user 2 performs the operation of updating the usage time from the terminal 20 of the user 2.
[0023]
It should be noted that even if the interface information is different between the programs, if the information is stored in such a manner that it can be disclosed to the predetermined user 2, it is needless to say that the same operation and effect as the embodiment can be obtained. Nor.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the management unit management server in the construction machine remote management system according to the present invention, it is possible for a user to directly retrieve information extracted and extracted from a database of a management office in his / her own form, The user can use the management information of his / her construction machine very efficiently.
[0025]
In addition, if the technology is applied, the information stored in the construction machine can be updated by the operation of the user, so that the convenience of the remote management system is further improved and the remote management system has not been used until now. The message function of the controller that has been used is surely used.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an entire embodiment to which the invention according to the present application is applied;
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a network in a construction machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management part 2 User 3 Construction machine 4 Internet 10 Management part management server 11 Database 20 User terminal 21 User side database

Claims (2)

Management unit operation in a construction machine remote management system having at least a function of responding to a transmission request from each user terminal via a communication line and a function of receiving a transmission request and a response to each construction machine On the server,
A program that executes a control for storing information received from each construction machine in a database and a control for performing search and extraction on the database.When the management unit operation server receives a transmission request from each user terminal, The connection information of the program for executing the control for linking the transmission request with the search extraction control at the time of the linking,
A management unit management server in a construction machine remote management system, wherein the management unit management server is stored as one piece of response information to a transmission request from each user terminal. A control method for transmitting predetermined information to a communication control means in a management unit under a predetermined condition, and a control means for controlling an information storage unit in each construction machine under a predetermined condition. And including instruction information for transmitting and controlling an operation command of control for storing transmission information from the management unit operation server,
When the management unit operation server receives information transmitted from each user terminal as information to be stored in the information storage unit of a predetermined construction machine, the management unit operation server executes the program, and the determination unit determines that the reception information is a predetermined condition. Is determined, and when it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the information is transmitted to a predetermined construction machine through the communication control unit, and the control unit of the construction machine is transmitted to the predetermined construction machine. The management unit management server in the construction machine remote management system according to claim 1, wherein an operation command for control for storing received information in the information storage unit is transmitted to the information storage unit.

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