JP2012093933A - Patrol support apparatus, computer program, patrol support system and patrol support method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily identify a facility device, in which trouble occurs, as a target to be patrolled without complexity in constructing a patrol support apparatus.SOLUTION: A map indicating arrangement positions of facility devices as targets to be patrolled is displayed on a display (S103), that facility device can be identified only by designating on the map the position of a facility device in which trouble occurs, and a position of the trouble can be indicated by marking on a photographic image in which that facility device is photographed by a digital camera. At the same time, a state of the facility device can be inputted interactively (S106), and the facility device thus identified, the marked photographic image data and the inputted facility device state are produced as collective data. The collective data are then fitted into a prepared format and a report is created.

Description

  The present invention relates to a patrol support device for supporting a patrol that looks around the state of various facilities and devices at a power plant, a substation, and the like, a computer program used therefor, a patrol support system, and a patrol support method.

  In power plants, substations, etc., patrols that look around the state of various facilities and equipment are indispensable regularly or when an abnormal event occurs. Traditionally, in such a patrol, patrolmen go to the site and check the state of various facilities and equipment using the five senses (especially vision, hearing, smell). And when a defective part is found, it returns to a central control room and produces a report. The report includes a nonconformity report for disclosing information to persons in various departments, and a work request form for requesting maintenance work to a maintenance department. All of these reports are prepared by free description using documents. Therefore, whether or not information is accurately transmitted to a third party depends exclusively on the writing ability of the writer. Moreover, in general, due to the nature of patrol work performed at power plants, substations, etc., there is not enough time to devise a draft for the preparation of a report. Together, these are the current conditions that it is difficult to accurately transmit information about defects found by patrol from the report alone.

Patent Document 1 discloses an invention that gives a hint to solve the above inconvenience. In the present invention, a patrol person who goes to the patrol site has a portable terminal (portable site terminal device 7 in Patent Document 1), and information can be input interactively on the screen of the portable terminal. More specifically, as described in paragraphs 0021 to 0024 of Patent Document 1,
(Procedure 1)
Specify equipment at the input section of the portable terminal.
(Procedure 2)
The equipment information is displayed in text on the display (display in Patent Document 1) along with the equipment graphic information.
(Procedure 3)
At the same time as specifying the location where an abnormality has occurred on the equipment graphic information (appearance photo, etc.), an abnormality selection menu (1. abnormal noise, 2. vibration,.
(Procedure 4)
When an item is selected from the error menu, a survey item guide that patrol personnel should perform is displayed on the display.
(Procedure 5)
Patrol personnel confirm the situation at the site according to the survey item guide and enter the results.
The procedure is disclosed. Patent Document 1 further transmits a device abnormality input to the portable terminal by the above steps 1 to 5 to a host machine (host computer 6 in Patent Document 1), and a display device installed in the central control room. (See paragraphs 0025 to 0029 of Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-202435 JP 2002-260126 A

According to the invention described in Patent Document 1, the procedure 1 is adopted as a procedure for specifying the facility or equipment in which an abnormality has occurred. However, there is no description in Patent Document 1 on how to designate the facility. On the other hand, in order to specify equipment, knowledge about the facility where the equipment is installed is required. As the number of installations of equipment and devices increases, the knowledge requires more breadth and depth, and the designation of the equipment becomes more difficult. This is the first problem.
Next, according to the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to prepare in advance graphic information (such as a photograph of the appearance) of equipment for the procedure 2 described above. On the other hand, as the number of installations of equipment and devices increases, it becomes more complicated to prepare such graphic information (such as a photograph of the appearance) in advance, and the system construction becomes more difficult. This is the second problem.
This invention is made in view of such a point, and makes it easy to identify the facility device in which the defect which is the object of the patrol has occurred, without causing any trouble in the construction of the patrol support device. It is.

  A patrol support device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a display for displaying information, an input unit for operating and inputting information, a digital camera for photographing a subject, and an information processing unit for performing information processing The information processing unit expands map data indicating the arrangement position of the equipment to be patrol stored in the memory in a video memory and displays the map on the display, and the input A position on the map displayed on the display unit by the unit is allowed, a process for specifying the facility device associated with the designated position in the map data, and an image captured by the digital camera The process of expanding the video memory and displaying it on the display unit, and the designation of the position on the captured image displayed on the display unit by the input unit are allowed, and the markin is placed at the designated position. A process for generating captured image data, a process for interactively inputting the state of the equipment by the instruction display on the display that can be input by the input unit, the specified equipment and the marking The above-described problem is solved by executing a process of generating the captured image data and the state of the input equipment as a set of data.

  A computer program of one embodiment of the present invention is installed in a computer including a display for displaying information, an input unit for operating and inputting information, and a digital camera for photographing a subject. , A function of expanding the map data indicating the arrangement position of the equipment to be patrol stored in the memory to the video memory and displaying the map on the display, and the map displayed on the display by the input unit The above-mentioned position designation is allowed, the function of specifying the equipment associated with the designated position in the map data, and the image taken by the digital camera are developed in the video memory and displayed on the display The display function and the designation of the position on the photographed image displayed on the indicator by the input unit are allowed, and the mark is displayed at the designated position. A function for generating captured image data, a function for interactively inputting the state of the facility device by an instruction display on the display that can be input by the input unit, the identified facility device, and the The above-described problem is solved by executing a function of generating the marked captured image data and the input state of the equipment as a set of data.

  A patrol support system according to one aspect of the present invention acquires the batch of data from the patrol support device and the patrol support device, and applies the acquired batch of data to a pre-formatted report. The above-described problem is solved by providing a host device that creates

  A patrol support system according to another aspect of the present invention includes a code input unit for inputting an identification code, and the information processing unit is an area associated with the identification code input by the code input unit. The patrol support device that calls the map data from the memory and expands the video memory, the identification code arranged for each installation area of the equipment to be patroled, and the patrol support device from the patrol support device. The above-described problem is solved by providing a high-order machine that acquires summary data and applies the obtained summary data to a pre-arranged format to create a report.

  A patrol support method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a step of developing map data indicating an arrangement position of equipment to be patrol stored in a memory on a video memory and displaying the map on a display device, and an input unit. Allowing a position on the map displayed on the display to be specified, identifying the equipment associated with the specified position in the map data, and images taken by the digital camera in the video memory Unfolding and displaying on the display, and allowing the designation of a position on the photographed image displayed on the display by the input unit and generating photographed image data with marking at the designated position; A step of inputting the state of the equipment in an interactive manner by means of an instruction display on the display that can be input by the input unit; and the specified equipment Generating the marked captured image data and the state of the input equipment as a set of data, and applying the set of data to a pre-formatted format to create a report And the above-mentioned problem is solved.

  According to the present invention, marking is performed on a facility device photographed with a digital camera on the assumption that the identified facility device, the marked captured image data, and the state of the input facility device are generated as a set of data. In order to show the failure location of the equipment, the patrol can be performed without the trouble of preparing graphic information (appearance photograph etc.) for each equipment in advance. Support equipment can be constructed, and equipment can be identified simply by specifying the position on the map displayed on the display, so that knowledge of the equipment is not required and patrol targets It is possible to easily identify the facility device in which the problem is.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an entire system including a patrol support system as an embodiment. The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a patrol assistance apparatus. The schematic diagram which illustrates a patrol assistance program (computer program) and the map database and object system database which this uses. The flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a patrol assistance apparatus performs according to a patrol assistance program (computer program). The flowchart which shows the detail of the processing content of step S106 in FIG. The schematic diagram which illustrates the batch of data which a patrol assistance apparatus transmits and outputs by radio | wireless. The schematic diagram which shows an example of a format of the work request form which a high-order machine produces.

  An embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the system according to the present embodiment including a patrol support system, various devices 21, 31, and 101 can transmit and receive data to / from a server 11 that is a host device via a wireless relay point 41. it can. As the various devices 21, 31, and 101, a computer 21 installed in a central control room, a computer 31 installed in an office, and a portable terminal 101 are prepared. The portable terminal 101 constructs a patrol support device that forms the core of the present embodiment by using a patrol support program 201 (see FIG. 3) that is a computer program installed therein. In FIG. 1, as the portable terminal 101, an example of PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) and an example of a notebook computer are shown. Such a portable terminal 101 is carried by a patrol worker to a patrol site and used for collecting information.

  As shown in the block diagram of the hardware configuration in FIG. 2, the portable terminal 101 that is a patrol support device includes a CPU 111 as an information processing unit, a variety of hardware such as a ROM 112, a RAM 113, and a VRAM 114 that is a video memory. A microcomputer that centrally controls each part by executing various processes using resources is set as the core. The patrol support program 201, which is a computer program, is installed in the HDD 115 connected to the CPU 111 as an example, and is copied to the work area of the RAM 113 and used at the time of activation. Needless to say, the HDD 115 may be an SSD or the like. Further, an EEPROM or the like that stores data in a rewritable manner is used as the ROM 112, and the patrol support program 201 may be written in the ROM 112 in advance. In any case, the CPU 111 executes a process according to the patrol support program 201 and causes the portable terminal 101 to function as a patrol support device. In this sense, when the portable terminal 101 functions as a patrol support device, the patrol support method is also executed.

  The portable terminal 101 includes a display 116 as a display, a touch panel 117 as an input unit, and operation buttons 118. When the touch panel 117 and the operation button 118 are operated, the CPU 111 inputs data corresponding to the operation. In addition, the CPU 111 controls the display 116 to display information on the display 116.

  The portable terminal 101 also includes a camera 119 that is a digital camera, an IC tag reading unit 121 as a code input unit, and a wireless communication unit 122. These units are also controlled by the CPU 111. The wireless communication unit 122 performs data communication with the server 11 via the wireless relay point 41.

  Here, the patrol site (see FIG. 1) is divided into a plurality of areas, and each identification area has an identification code. As an example, the identification code takes the form of data stored in an IC tag (not shown). The IC tag is arranged in each area of the patrol site, storing an identification code for identifying its identity. In each region, a plurality of IC tags are installed as necessary. Therefore, the CPU 111 of the portable terminal 101 recognizes where the portable terminal 101 is currently located by reading the identification code stored in the IC tag with the IC tag reading unit 121. Can do. In this case, for example, when the 13.56 MHz band is used as the frequency band for wireless communication, the communication distance is about 70 cm, so the antenna (not shown) of the IC tag reading unit 121 is held over the IC tag. The identification code is read. The communication distance when the microwave band of 2.45 GHz is used is about 1 m, and the communication distance when the UHF band of 860 MHz to 960 MHz (currently 952 to 954 MHz) is used is as long as 5 to 10 m. Therefore, when the UHF band is used, the CPU 111 of the portable terminal 101 does not need to hold the antenna (not shown) of the IC tag reading unit 121 over the IC tag, and the patrol member carries the portable terminal 101. As long as you do, you can recognize its current position.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the patrol support program 201, the map database 211 and the target system database 221 used by the patrol support program 201. As an example, the map database 211 and the target system database 221 may be installed in the portable terminal 101 together with the patrol support program 201, or may be installed in the portable terminal 101 from the server 11 or the like when going out to patrol. Alternatively, the system may be constructed so that the portable terminal 101 accesses the server 11 and acquires some data from the server 11 whenever necessary. Further, the portable terminal 101 is provided with a web browser function, and the patrol support program 201, the map database 211, and the target system database 221 installed in the server 11 are used by using the web browser function. There may be.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the map database 211 stores data of the equipment category 213 and the map image 214 for each position ID 212 corresponding to the identification code stored in the IC tag. As described above, the identification code stored in the IC tag identifies the divided area of the patrol site. Therefore, the position ID 212 in the map database 211 is equivalent to each divided area of the patrol site, and the equipment classification 213 is text data that identifies the classification of the equipment installed in that area. The map image 214 is map image data of a region specified by the position ID 212. The CPU 111 of the portable terminal 101 displays and outputs a map display according to the map image 214 on the display 116. Such a map image 214 is associated with a plurality of facility names 215. The facility name 215 is text data that identifies the name of the facility installed at each position on the map indicated by the map image 214. When the position on the map displayed on the display 116 is touch-designated with a touch pen or a finger, the patrol support program 201 inputs information on the position from the touch panel 117 and causes the CPU 111 to execute a process for reaching the equipment name 215. .

  As shown in FIG. 3, the object system database 221 stores the category of the device 222, the category of the part 223, the category of the situation 224, and the category of the degree 225 in a tree structure. The device 222 is an ordinary name that indicates a device that the facility corresponding to the facility name 215 in the map database 211 has, such as an electric motor, a pump, a fan, and a pipe. The part 223 is a common name indicating a part of the device 222, for example, a main body, a flange, a union, or the like. The situation 224 is a common name indicating a situation occurring in the part 223 of the device 222 shown in a tree structure, for example, a lubricating oil leak, a fuel oil leak, a steam leak, an air leak, and the like. The degree 225 is a common name indicating the degree of the situation occurring in the part 223 of the device 222 indicated by the tree structure, for example, large, medium, small, dripping, and the like.

  Hereinafter, the processing content of the portable terminal 101 and the processing content of the server 11 will be described.

  During the actual patrol, the patrol member goes to the patrol site with the portable terminal 101. Then, the CPU 111 of the portable terminal 101 executes processing according to the patrol support program 201 shown in FIG. That is, when the CPU 111 determines the input of the identification code (= position ID) stored in the IC tag read by the IC tag reading unit 121 (YES in step S101), the CPU 111 accesses the map database 211 and searches for the corresponding position ID 212. Then, the equipment category 213 associated with the searched position ID 212 is acquired and stored in the work area of the RAM 113 (step S102). Next, the map image 214 associated with the searched position ID 212 is acquired, developed in the VRAM 114, and displayed on the display 116. Further, the data of the map image 214 is stored in the work area of the RAM 113 (step S103). The above process is updated whenever a new input of the identification code (= position ID) stored in the IC tag read by the IC tag reading unit 121 is determined (YES in step S101).

  Thereafter, the CPU 111 waits for an input of a non-conforming part by the multitask process with the update execution of steps S101 to S103 (step S104). The input of an inappropriate location is made by touching an incompatible location where a problem has occurred on the map displayed on the display 116 with a touch pen or a finger. That is, by this touch designation, position input is performed on the touch panel 117 stacked on the display 116. When the CPU 111 determines the input of the non-conforming part based on the signal from the touch panel 117 (YES in step S104), the CPU 111 recognizes the position on the map according to the input signal, and the corresponding part of the map data stored in the RAM 113 immediately before Is marked (step S105). In the background, the CPU 111 acquires the facility name 215 at the position associated with the map image 214 in the map database 211 and stores it in the RAM 113. Then, the CPU 111 provides the user (patroller) with a process of inputting information related to the report target of the defective part due to patrol in an interactive format (step S106).

  As shown in FIG. 5, as a process of step S106 in FIG. 4 in which information is input in an interactive format, the CPU 111 first displays a photography instruction on the display 116 (step S106-1). In response to this, when the patrol member takes an image of a non-conforming part with the camera 119, the CPU 111 determines acquisition of a taken image (YES in step S106-2), stores the taken image in the RAM 113, and The display 116 displays an instruction for inputting a non-conformity point (step S106-3). The inappropriate location is input by touching a non-conforming location where a problem has occurred on the captured image displayed on the display 116 with a touch pen or a finger. That is, by this touch designation, position input is performed on the touch panel 117 stacked on the display 116. When the CPU 111 determines the input of the nonconforming portion based on the signal from the touch panel 117 (YES in step S106-4), the CPU 111 marks the corresponding portion of the captured image data stored in the RAM 113 (step S106-5).

  Thereafter, the CPU 111 provides the user (patroller) with a process of inputting the equipment 222, the part 223, the situation 224, and the degree 225, which are the state of the equipment equipment, in an interactive manner (step S106-6). This process displays, for example, a drop-down list of device names stored in the device 222 in the target system database 221, and prompts the user to select one device name by an instruction display on the display 116 by touch designation on the touch panel 117. If the selected device name is selected, the selected device name is stored in the RAM 113, the part name stored in the part 223, the situation name stored in the situation 224, and the degree name stored in the degree 225. Is performed by repeating the same processing in order.

  In this way, information related to the report target of the defect location by patrol is input in an interactive format. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 111 determines completion of input (YES in step S107), wirelessly transmits and outputs the data stored in the RAM 113 (step S108), and ends the process.

As shown in FIG. 6, the data transmitted and output in step S108 includes the equipment (the equipment category 213 and the equipment name 215) acquired in steps S102 and S105 that have been stored in the RAM 113 so far, and in step S105. The marked map data, the captured image data marked in step S106-5, and the state of the equipment input in step S106-6 are generated as a set of data. When this is organized, as shown in FIG.
a: Equipment category (equipment)
b: Facility name (equipment)
c-1: Reported device name (equipment status)
c-2: Reported part name (equipment status)
c-3: Status of report target (equipment status)
c-4: Report target level (equipment status)
d: Map image (marked map data)
e: Captured image (marked captured image data)
It becomes.

  The server 11 installs a computer program for creating a report based on a set of data received from the portable terminal 101. This computer program has a pre-formatted format for a report, and a report is automatically created by applying a set of data received from the portable terminal 101 to this format. The reports in this case are disclosed to persons in various departments, for example, employees working in the central control room or office (see FIG. 1) via the computers 21 and 31 installed there. In addition to nonconformity reports, there are work request forms for requesting maintenance work from the maintenance department. Here, a work request form is taken as an example, and the automatic creation method will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the format of the work request slip is “issue No. column”, “issue date column”, and “work request location column (power generation length column, person in charge column)” in the upper column, “Category”, “Discovery Motivation”, “Response Date”, and “Attachment” are laid out in the middle column, “Subject” column is laid out in the middle column, and “Request Contents” column is laid out in the bottom column. The “request contents field” further includes a text arrangement field for request contents expressed in text, a map display field for pasting image data that is a map image, and a non-conforming part photo field for pasting image data that is a photographed image. Layout.

  The server 11 applies a set of data received from the portable terminal 101 to the “equipment classification column”, “subject name column”, and “request content column” in the format of the work request form. More specifically, in the “Equipment Category” column, the data of the equipment category of “a” is displayed. And c-3 reportable situation. In the text arrangement column of the “request contents column”, the device name of the report target of c-1, the part name of the report target of c-2, the status of the report target of c-3, and the degree of the report target of c-4 And paste the map image of d (with marking) in the map display column of the “request content column”, and paste the photographed image of e (with marking) in the non-conforming part photo column of the “request content column” . In this way, the work request form is completed.

  However, the format of the work request form shown in FIG. 7 is merely an example, and the server 11 reports by applying appropriate data to appropriate positions so as to conform to the format of the report including the work request form. Complete the letter.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is assumed that the identified equipment and the marked map data and captured image data and the state of the input equipment are generated as a set of data. By marking the equipment equipment photographed with the camera 119, it is possible to indicate the trouble location, and in order to indicate the trouble location of the equipment equipment, graphic information (appearance photograph etc.) is prepared in advance for each equipment equipment. The portable terminal 101 as a patrol support device can be constructed without the complexity involved. In addition, it is possible to specify the facility equipment simply by specifying the position on the map displayed on the display 116, and thus, the facility in which a defect that is a target of patrol occurs without requiring knowledge about the equipment. Equipment can be easily identified.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the position designation on the map and the position designation on the photographed image can be performed by touch designation on the touch panel 117, so that the operation for designating the defective portion becomes visual, and its workability is improved. Becomes better.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, since the marked map data is included in the batch of data, the marked map can be reflected in the report created based on the batch of data. This can contribute to the creation of reports that are even easier to understand.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, since the map image divided into regions is displayed on the display 116, even if the patrol range is wide, the scale of the map is not extremely reduced. Easy-to-view map display can be performed. And since the map based on such map data is reflected in a report, it can make map display easy to see also in a report.

11 Server (Host machine)
111 CPU (information processing unit)
113 RAM (memory)
114 VRAM (video memory)
116 Display
117 Touch panel (input unit)
119 Camera (digital camera)
121 IC tag reading unit (code input unit)
a Equipment category (equipment)
b Facility name (equipment)
c-1 Name of report target device (equipment status)
c-2 Reported part name (equipment status)
c-3 Status of reports (equipment status)
c-4 Degree of report target (equipment status)
d Map image (map data)
e Captured image (captured image data)

Claims (8)

An indicator for displaying information;
An input unit for operating and inputting information;
A digital camera to shoot the subject,
An information processing unit for executing information processing;
With
The information processing unit
Processing for displaying map on the display by developing map data indicating the arrangement position of the equipment to be patrol stored in the memory in the video memory;
A process of allowing position designation on the map displayed on the display unit by the input unit, and specifying the equipment associated with the designated position in the map data;
A process of developing an image captured by the digital camera in the video memory and displaying the image on the display;
A process of allowing position designation on the photographed image displayed on the display unit by the input unit and generating photographed image data with marking at the designated position;
A process of interactively inputting the state of the equipment by an instruction display on the display unit that can be input at the input unit;
Processing for generating the specified equipment and the marked captured image data and the state of the input equipment as a set of data;
A patrol support device characterized in that The input unit includes a touch panel,
The information processing unit causes the position designation on the map and the position designation on the captured image to be executed using the touch panel.
The patrol support device according to claim 1. When the position is specified on the map displayed on the display unit, the information processing unit generates map data marking the specified position, and the marked map data is used as the batch data. include,
The patrol support device according to claim 1 or 2. Provided with a code input unit for inputting an identification code,
The information processing unit calls the map data of the area associated with the identification code input by the code input unit from the memory and develops it in the video memory.
The patrol support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Installed in a computer that includes a display for displaying information, an input unit for operating and inputting information, and a digital camera for photographing a subject, and is installed on the computer with a patrol target stored in a memory. A function of expanding map data indicating an arrangement position of a certain equipment into a video memory and displaying the map on the display;
A function of permitting position designation on a map displayed on the display unit by the input unit, and specifying the equipment associated with the designated position in the map data;
A function of expanding an image captured by the digital camera into the video memory and displaying the image on the display;
A function of allowing position designation on the photographed image displayed on the display unit by the input unit, and generating photographed image data marking the designated position;
A function of interactively inputting the state of the equipment by an instruction display on the display unit that can be input by the input unit;
A function of generating the specified equipment and the marked captured image data and the state of the input equipment as a set of data;
A computer-readable computer program characterized in that A patrol support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The host device that acquires the batch of data from the patrol support device, creates a report by applying the acquired batch of data to a pre-arranged format, and
A patrol support system comprising: A patrol support device according to claim 4,
An identification code arranged for each installation area of the equipment to be patrol,
The host device that acquires the batch of data from the patrol support device, creates a report by applying the acquired batch of data to a pre-arranged format, and
A patrol support system comprising: Expanding map data indicating the arrangement position of the equipment to be patrol stored in the memory into a video memory and displaying the map on a display;
Allowing the position designation on the map displayed on the display unit by the input unit, and identifying the equipment associated with the designated position in the map data;
Expanding the image captured by the digital camera into the video memory and displaying the image on the display;
Allowing the position designation on the photographed image displayed on the display by the input unit, and generating photographed image data marking the designated position;
A step of interactively inputting the state of the equipment by an instruction display on the display unit that can be input by the input unit;
Generating the identified equipment and the marked captured image data and the state of the input equipment as a set of data;
Applying the batch of data to a pre-formatted form to create a report;
The patrol support method characterized by performing.

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