JP2017126226A - Data transmission method, data transmission program and data transmission apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data transmission method capable of allowing a management person, etc. to comprehend progress of an inspection work.SOLUTION: The data transmission method includes the steps of: storing a piece of data of inspection result which is created relevant to a specific inspection object; generating a piece of meta data of the stored data of inspection result S101; and transmitting and registering the generated piece of meta data to an information processor which allows access to the registered data relevant to the specific inspection object S102. With this, the meta data representing that the data of inspection result relevant to the specific inspection object can be accessed before the data of inspection result relevant to the specific inspection object is registered, and after transmitting the meta data, the data of inspection result is transmitted to the information processor S104.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a data transmission method, a data transmission program, and a data transmission apparatus.

  In recent years, at construction sites, an inspector uses a tablet terminal with a camera or the like to image an inspection location, and image data captured by the imaging is temporarily stored in the tablet terminal as an inspection result. The stored image data is sequentially uploaded as a test result to the database server. Since the inspector inspects multiple inspection locations at a time, the amount of image data of the inspection results corresponds to several tens to several hundreds of images, and it takes time to upload the inspection results to the database server. May be required. During the upload, the inspector is restricted from using the tablet terminal due to the processing load on the tablet terminal and the restriction of movement to a construction site outside the data communication range. Therefore, the inspection work is stagnant.

  The inspector can suppress the stagnation during the work by uploading the image data of the inspection result in a lump after completing the inspection work for one day. However, the manager or the like, on the other hand, performs progress management based on the inspection result information stored in the database server. Therefore, in the method of uploading the inspection result information to the database server after the completion of the work for one day, the manager or the like cannot grasp the progress of the inspection work until the work process for one day is completed. Problems occur.

JP 2007-058729 A

   In one aspect, an object of the present invention is to provide a data transmission method that allows an administrator or the like to grasp the progress of inspection work.

  According to one aspect of the invention, information processing that stores inspection result data created for a specific inspection object, generates metadata of the stored inspection result data, and enables browsing of registered data related to the specific inspection object By sending and registering the generated metadata to the device, you can view the metadata indicating that the inspection result data has been created for the specific inspection object before the inspection result data for the specific inspection object is registered The inspection result data is transmitted to the information processing apparatus after the metadata is transmitted.

  According to the present invention, an administrator or the like can grasp the progress of inspection work.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a data transmission apparatus. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data transmission processing system. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database table in which inspection result data of the server device is stored. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of data transmission processing by the data transmission apparatus. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of processing of the server device. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data transmission processing system according to a modification. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a data transmission process performed by the data transmission apparatus according to the modification. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of processing of the server device according to the modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that components having the same function are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings for describing the embodiment, and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

  A hardware configuration example of the data transmission device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a data transmission device 100. The data transmission device 100 is an information processing device having a data processing transmission function, such as a PC (Personal Computer), a tablet terminal, or a smartphone. The data transmission apparatus 100 has a data transmission program (for example, application, software, etc.) installed therein. The data transmission device 100 performs data transmission using the installed data transmission program.

  The data transmission device 100 includes a control unit (processing device) 10, a storage unit 11, a display unit 12, an imaging unit 13, and a communication unit 14, which are connected to each other via a system bus 15. .

  The control unit 10 is a device that controls the data transmission apparatus 100. As the control unit 10, an electronic circuit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) may be used. The control unit 10 controls processing such as various operations and data input / output with each hardware component based on an OS (Operating System) and various programs stored in the storage unit 11. Various information required during the execution of the program can be acquired from the storage unit 11, for example. Note that part of the processing performed by the control unit 10 may be realized using dedicated hardware.

  The storage unit 11 may include a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device. For example, the main storage device temporarily stores at least a part of the OS and application programs to be executed by the control unit 10. Further, the main storage device stores various data necessary for processing by the control unit 10. As the main storage device, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), or the like may be used.

  The auxiliary storage device stores, for example, an execution program, a control program provided in the computer, and the like. The auxiliary storage device can read and write various stored information based on instructions from the control unit 10. As the auxiliary storage device, for example, a storage such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive) may be used. The auxiliary storage device may store information used in processing and processing results. Further, the main storage device and the auxiliary storage device may share each other's functions.

  The display unit 12 displays program execution progress, processing results, and the like based on instructions from the control unit 10. As the display unit 12, for example, a liquid crystal display, a touch panel, or the like may be used.

  The imaging unit 13 performs imaging based on an instruction from the control unit 10. For example, a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) camera or a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera may be used as the imaging unit 13.

  The communication unit 14 communicates with a server device and other devices via a communication network based on an instruction from the control unit 10. The data transmission device 100 transmits and receives data to be used and generated data using the communication unit 14. The communication unit 14 may be a wired communication unit or a wireless communication unit that is connected to a communication network by wire or wireless.

  With the hardware configuration described above, the data transmission device 100 executes processing. For example, by installing a program capable of causing a computer to execute each function in a general-purpose PC or the like, display processing and determination processing may be executed in cooperation with hardware resources and software.

  Next, data transmission processing of the data transmission device 100 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows an example of a data transmission processing system. As shown in FIG. 2, the data transmission device 100 is connected to the server device 102 via the communication network 101. There may be one data transmission device 100 or a plurality of data transmission devices 100. The communication network 101 may be, for example, a WAN (Wide Area Network). The server apparatus 102 includes a database and a processing apparatus, and has a function of storing and managing data transmitted from the data transmission apparatus 100 in the database. The administrator device 103 is connected to the server device 102 via the communication network 101. The administrator device 103 is a device used by an administrator who manages and confirms data stored in the server device 102, and may be a PC (Personal Computer).

  The data transmitting apparatus 100 receives the designation of the inspection code, and then stores the data input based on the inspection work of the inspector as the inspection result data of the inspection work corresponding to the designated inspection code. The inspection code is, for example, identification information that uniquely specifies the inspection work assigned to each inspection work. The inspection result data is information indicating the result of the inspection work for each inspection work, and may include, for example, a photograph of the inspection site or inspection location, a memo input by the inspector, or the like.

  The data transmitting apparatus 100 generates metadata by extracting predetermined information from the inspection result data, and transmits the generated metadata to the server apparatus 102 via the communication network 101 before the inspection result data. The metadata may be generated in response to an artificial operation input, or may be generated in response to completion of input of inspection result data. The metadata may include, for example, at least one of an inspection code, a file name of inspection result data, a hash code, inspector information, and an inspection date / time. The metadata is generated as different data for at least inspection work and inspection result data. Therefore, the inspection work and the inspection result data are uniquely specified by the metadata.

  FIG. 3 is an example of a database table provided in the server apparatus 102. The table 30 is additionally updated when the server apparatus 102 newly receives metadata. The table 30 may include items such as an inspection code 31, an upload date 32, a file name 33, a hash code 34, an inspection date 35, an inspector 36, and an inspection result 37 as columns. An inspection code may be stored in the column of the inspection code 31. The date and time of uploading metadata may be stored in the column of uploading date and time 32. The file name 33 column may store the file name of the inspection result data. The hash code 34 column may store a hash code of the inspection result data. The column of the inspection date / time 35 may store the date / time when the inspection result data was created. In the column of the inspector 36, identification information for uniquely specifying the inspector who performed the inspection work may be stored. The column of the inspection result 37 may store information indicating whether or not the inspection result data has been registered in the database.

  The server device 102 stores the received metadata in a database so that it can be browsed by other devices such as the administrator device 103. For example, when the server apparatus 102 receives the metadata when the table 30 is in the state of FIG. 3, the information included in the metadata and the upload date and time are next to the third column of the record registered last in the table 30. May be added to the fourth column of the record.

  When the metadata is stored, the server apparatus 102 transmits the storage location information of the stored metadata to the data transmission apparatus 100. The data transmission device 100 receives and stores the storage position information. The storage location information may be, for example, information for identifying a database table and record storing metadata. The storage position of the stored metadata is uniquely specified based on the storage position information.

  When transmitting the inspection result data itself corresponding to the metadata after transmitting the metadata, the data transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the inspection result data and the storage location information of the metadata corresponding to the inspection result data to the communication network 101. To the server apparatus 102. The data transmission device 100 may execute the transmission of the inspection result data after the transmission of the metadata, triggered by an artificial operation input, or may be executed at any timing by background processing. It may be executed when it is determined that the data transmission device 100 is not used for inspection work. For example, the data transmitting apparatus 100 may determine that the input is not being used for the inspection work when the input of the inspection result related to the inspection work is not acceptable (input waiting state).

  The server apparatus 102 specifies metadata in the database based on the received storage position information, and stores the received inspection result data and the specified metadata in the database in association with each other. For example, the server apparatus 102 may store the inspection result data in the same record of the same table as the metadata. Based on the storage position information, the server apparatus 102 can associate the received metadata having different timings with the inspection result data.

  Next, the flow of data transmission processing by the data transmission device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the data transmission process performed by the data transmission apparatus 100.

  The data transmission device 100 generates metadata from the inspection result data (S101). The data transmission device 100 transmits the generated metadata to the server device 102 (S102). The data transmission device 100 receives the storage location information of the metadata from the server device 102 (S103). The data transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the received storage position information and inspection result data to the server apparatus 102 (S104).

  The processing flow of the server apparatus 102 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of processing of the server apparatus 102.

  When the server apparatus 102 receives the metadata from the data transmission apparatus, the server apparatus 102 stores the metadata in a database so that it can be viewed from other apparatuses (S201). The server apparatus 102 transmits storage position information indicating the position where the metadata in the database is stored to the data transmission apparatus 100 (S202). The server apparatus 102 receives the storage position information and the inspection result data from the data transmission apparatus 100 (S203). The server apparatus 102 specifies metadata based on the received storage location information (S204). The server apparatus 102 associates the specified metadata with the received inspection result data and stores them in the database (S205).

  With the above processing, the data transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the inspection result data after transmitting the metadata to the server apparatus 102. The server device 102 specifies the metadata using the storage position information, but is not limited to this. The server device 102 specifies the metadata from the inspection code 31 or the like of the inspection result data, and the metadata and the inspection result data. May be stored in association with each other. In this case, the server apparatus 102 may not transmit the storage location information of the metadata to the data transmission apparatus 100 after receiving the metadata.

  According to the above, since the registration status of the metadata can be confirmed from other devices such as the administrator device 103 before the inspection result data is uploaded to the database, regardless of whether or not the inspection result data is registered, A third party such as an administrator can confirm the progress of the inspection work. For example, the administrator device 103 requests the server device 102 to refer to the inspection result data using the inspection code. When there is no inspection result data and metadata corresponding to the inspection code, the server apparatus 102 may return information indicating that there is no inspection result data and metadata to the administrator apparatus 103. Thereby, the administrator can also determine that the corresponding inspection work has not been completed yet. In addition, when there is no inspection result data corresponding to the inspection code but there is metadata, the server apparatus 102 may return information indicating that there is only metadata to the administrator apparatus 103. Thereby, the administrator can determine that the inspection work is not completed, but the inspection work is completed. Furthermore, when there is inspection result data corresponding to the inspection code, the server apparatus 102 may return the inspection result data to the administrator apparatus 103. Thereby, the administrator can also browse inspection result data.

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Hereinafter, modifications of the embodiment will be described. Data transmission processing of the data transmission device 100 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 shows an example of a data transmission processing system according to a modification. In the modification, the data transmission device 100 transmits the inspection result data to the server device 102 via the relay server device 104. The communication network 101 may include a first communication network 101a and a second communication network 101b. Hereinafter, the server apparatus 102, the data transmission apparatus 100, and the relay server apparatus 104 are connected via the first communication network 101a, and the data transmission apparatus 100 and the relay server apparatus 104 are connected via the second communication network 101b. An example of connection will be described. For example, the first communication network 101a may be a WAN (Wide Area Network), and the second communication network 101b may be a LAN (Local Area Network). Even if the communication network 101 has only one of the first communication network 101a and the second communication network 101b, or has another communication network, the data transmission processing is performed. It runs without problems.

  The administrator device 103 executes various processes according to the operation of the administrator. For example, the administrator device 103 registers inspection data including information such as an inspection code, an inspection position, and inspection contents in the server device 102.

  The data transmission device 100 executes various processes according to the operation of the inspector. For example, the data transmission apparatus 100 acquires inspection data from the server apparatus 102 based on the operation input of the inspector. The inspector performs inspection work at the inspection site based on the inspection data. More specifically, the inspector captures a captured image of the inspection site at the inspection site corresponding to the inspection data by visual inspection result input or the imaging unit 13 of the data transmission device 100. The data transmitting apparatus 100 stores inspection result data including an input result and a captured image that is captured in association with the inspection data.

  After the inspection work, the inspector inputs an instruction to transmit inspection result data to the server apparatus 102. The data transmitting apparatus 100 that has received the input generates metadata by extracting predetermined information from the inspection result data, transmits the created metadata to the server apparatus 102, and transmits the inspection result data including the captured image to the relay server. To device 104. When transmitting the metadata, the data transmitting apparatus 100 may also transmit inspection data including an inspection code. In this case, the server apparatus 102 stores the received inspection data and metadata in the database in association with each other.

  On the other hand, the administrator operates the administrator device 103 to make a request for browsing metadata and inspection result data corresponding to the inspection data stored in the server device 102. When the server device 102 stores the inspection result data corresponding to the inspection data, the server device 102 transmits the inspection result data to the administrator device 103. When the server device 102 stores metadata corresponding to the inspection data, the server device 102 transmits the metadata to the administrator device 103. When the server apparatus 102 does not store the metadata and the inspection result data corresponding to the inspection data, the server apparatus 102 transmits a notification that there is no metadata and the inspection result data to the administrator apparatus 103.

  Next, the flow of data transmission processing by the data transmission device 100 and the relay server 104 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a data transmission process performed by the data transmission device 100 according to the modification.

  The data transmission apparatus 100 acquires inspection data from the server apparatus 102 based on the operation input (S301). The data transmitting apparatus 100 stores the inspection result data input from the inspection work in association with the inspection data (S302). When receiving the inspection result data transmission instruction, the data transmitting apparatus 100 generates metadata from the inspection result data (S303). The data transmission device 100 transmits the generated metadata to the server device 102 (S304). The data transmission device 100 receives the storage location information of the metadata from the server device 102 (S305). The data transmission device 100 transmits the received storage location information and inspection result data to the relay server 104 (S306). Thereafter, the storage location information and the inspection result data are relayed and transmitted to the server apparatus 102 by the relay server 104.

  A processing flow of the server apparatus 102 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of processing of the server apparatus 102 according to the modification.

  When the server apparatus 102 receives the metadata from the data transmission apparatus, the server apparatus 102 stores the metadata in a database so that it can be viewed from other apparatuses (S401). The server apparatus 102 transmits storage position information indicating the position where the metadata in the database is stored to the data transmission apparatus 100 (S402). The server apparatus 102 receives the storage location information and the inspection result data from the data transmission apparatus 100 via the relay server apparatus 104 (S403). The server apparatus 102 specifies metadata based on the received storage location information (S404). The server apparatus 102 stores the identified metadata in association with the received inspection result data in the database (S405).

  Through the above processing, the data transmitting apparatus 100 transmits the metadata and the inspection result data to the server apparatus 102, and the server apparatus 102 stores the metadata and the inspection result data in association with each other in the database.

  When the server apparatus 102 receives the inspection result data, the server apparatus 102 stores the metadata and the inspection result data in association with each other on the basis of the storage position information. However, when executing the storing process, the server apparatus 102 stores the metadata. The hash code included may be compared with the hash code of the inspection result data to determine consistency.

  According to the modification, the data transmission device 100 causes the server device 102 to transmit the inspection result data via the relay server 104. Communication between the data transmission apparatus 100 and the relay server 104 connected by the second communication network 101b that is a LAN is performed by the relay server 104 and the server apparatus 102 that are connected by the first communication network 101a that is a WAN. Completion is faster than communication with. In addition, the inspection result data having a large capacity that requires time for transmission is transmitted from the relay server apparatus 104 to the server apparatus 102. Therefore, after the inspection result data is transmitted to the relay server device 104, the inspector starts the next inspection work using the data transmission device 100 regardless of whether the transmission to the server device 102 is completed. be able to.

  Note that the inspection result data relayed from the relay server device 104 may be transmitted to the server device 102 in the order in which the transmission processing is executed in the data transmitting device 100, but is not limited thereto. The relay server device 104 may change the transmission order of the inspection result data based on a request from the administrator device 103 based on the operation of the administrator. This will be specifically described below.

  For example, after the server apparatus 102 stores the metadata M in the database and before the inspection result data is stored, the administrator apparatus 103 requests inspection result data to be viewed in response to an operation performed by the administrator on the administrator apparatus 103. Suppose that Upon receiving this browsing request, the server apparatus 102 transmits a notification indicating that the metadata M is stored and the inspection result data is not stored to the administrator apparatus 103. Based on this notification, the administrator device 103 displays on the screen that the inspection work corresponding to the metadata M (inspection code or the like) has been completed, but the transmission of the inspection result data has not been completed. Thereafter, the administrator device 103 makes a priority transmission request for preferentially transmitting the inspection result data corresponding to the metadata M in response to an operation performed by the administrator on the administrator device 103. For example, the administrator device 103 may make a priority transmission request by specifying an inspection code. Upon receiving this priority transmission request, the server apparatus 102 transmits a transmission request for inspection result data to the relay server apparatus 104 based on the metadata M (inspection code or the like). The relay server device 104 that has received this priority transmission request transmits the inspection result data corresponding to the metadata M (inspection code or the like) to the server device 102 with priority over other inspection result data.

  As described above, since the metadata and the inspection result data are associated with each other, the relay server device 104 can transmit the inspection result data in response to a request from the administrator device 103. Further, the server apparatus 102 automatically requests the relay server apparatus 104 to transmit the inspection result data to the inspection result data requested to be browsed, regardless of whether there is a priority transmission request from the management apparatus 103. Anyway.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the structure described in embodiment mentioned above, A various change and the recombination of processing of embodiment are possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.

100: Data transmission device 10: Control unit (processing device)
11: Storage unit 12: Display unit 13: Imaging unit 14: Communication unit 15: System bus 30: Table 31: Inspection code 32: Upload date / time 33: File name 34: Hash code 35: Inspection date / time 36: Inspector 37: Inspection Result 101: Communication network 101a: First communication network 101b: Second communication network 102: Server device 103: Administrator device 104: Relay server device

Claims (9)

Stores test result data created for a specific test target,
Generate metadata of the stored test result data,
By transmitting and registering the generated metadata to an information processing apparatus that enables browsing of registered data related to the specific inspection target, the inspection result data related to the specific inspection target is registered before the specific data is registered. It is possible to view metadata indicating that the inspection result data has been created for the inspection target of
Transmitting the inspection result data to the information processing apparatus after transmitting the metadata;
A data transmission method characterized in that a computer executes processing. Receiving registration information of the metadata from the information processing apparatus;
The data transmission method according to claim 1, wherein when the inspection result data is transmitted to the information processing apparatus, the received registration destination information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus. Stores test result data created for a specific test target,
Generate metadata of the stored test result data,
Transmitting the metadata generated for the first information processing apparatus in association with the specific inspection target;
Receiving the registration destination information of the examination result data issued in response to the reception of the metadata by the first information processing apparatus;
The received registration destination information and the inspection result data are transmitted to a second information processing apparatus, and the first information processing of the inspection result data using the registration destination information by the second information processing apparatus. Enables transmission to the device,
A data transmission method characterized in that a computer executes processing.   4. The data transmission according to claim 3, wherein the inspection result data is transmitted from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus in response to a request from the first information processing apparatus. Method. Stores test result data created for a specific test target,
Generate metadata of the stored test result data,
By transmitting and registering the generated metadata to an information processing apparatus that enables browsing of registered data related to the specific inspection target, the inspection result data related to the specific inspection target is registered before the specific data is registered. It is possible to view metadata indicating that the inspection result data has been created for the inspection target of
Transmitting the inspection result data to the information processing apparatus after transmitting the metadata;
A data transmission program for causing a computer to execute processing.   The inspection result data created for a specific inspection object is stored, the metadata of the stored inspection result data is generated, and the meta data generated in the information processing apparatus that enables browsing of registered data related to the specific inspection object By transmitting and registering data, it is possible to view metadata indicating that the inspection result data has been created for the specific inspection object before the inspection result data regarding the specific inspection object is registered. A data transmitting apparatus comprising: a control unit that transmits the inspection result data to the information processing apparatus after transmitting the metadata. Receives metadata generated from the inspection result data created for a specific inspection object from the information processing device,
By receiving and registering the metadata generated by the information processing apparatus in a database that enables browsing of registered data related to the specific inspection target, inspection result data regarding the specific inspection target is registered. Before, it is possible to view metadata indicating that the inspection result data has been created for the specific inspection target,
After receiving the metadata, receiving the inspection result data from the information processing device,
The metadata and the inspection result data are registered in association with each other.
A data receiving method characterized in that a computer executes processing. Receives metadata generated from the inspection result data created for a specific inspection object from the information processing device,
By receiving and registering the metadata generated by the information processing apparatus in a database that enables browsing of registered data related to the specific inspection target, inspection result data regarding the specific inspection target is registered. Before, it is possible to view metadata indicating that the inspection result data has been created for the specific inspection target,
After receiving the metadata, receiving the inspection result data from the information processing device,
The metadata and the inspection result data are registered in association with each other.
A data receiving program for causing a computer to execute processing.   The metadata generated from the inspection result data created for the specific inspection object is received from the information processing apparatus, and is generated by the information processing apparatus in a database that enables browsing of registered data related to the specific inspection object. By receiving and registering the metadata, metadata indicating that the inspection result data has been created for the specific inspection object before the inspection result data regarding the specific inspection object is registered. Data reception characterized by having a control unit that enables browsing, receives the inspection result data from the information processing apparatus after receiving the metadata, and registers the metadata and the inspection result data in association with each other apparatus.

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