JP6351646B2 - Equipment management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an equipment operation terminal for operating equipment.

  Generally, a printing device installed in a convenience store or the like includes a facility operation terminal having a display unit (control panel) for a user (for example, a customer of a convenience store) to check printing conditions and input a printing instruction. . The screen of the display unit in such an equipment operation terminal usually has a predetermined screen design such as the size, arrangement, and movement of characters and images, and the screen design cannot be changed by the user. . Since such a printing device lacks versatility, a server system has been proposed in which the screen of the display unit of the equipment operation terminal can be customized by remote management by a system administrator instead of a user (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

JP 2014-48825 A (see FIGS. 1 and 2)

  However, since the equipment operation terminal constituting the conventional server system is not provided with a storage part (management part) and a control part for storing information for changing the screen design of the display part, it is connected to the equipment operation terminal. It was necessary to provide the storage equipment and the control unit for changing the screen design of the equipment operation terminal in the equipment equipment. Therefore, when changing the screen design of the equipment operation terminal, the equipment performs data communication with the server and the equipment controls the equipment operation terminal and executes the screen design change. There was a problem that the operating load of was large.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an equipment operation terminal that facilitates changing the screen design of a screen for operating equipment.

The equipment management system concerning one mode of the present invention is provided with equipment equipment and the equipment operation terminal which operates the equipment equipment, the equipment operation terminal has a display part which has a screen on which information is displayed, and the display part A data management unit that stores screen theme information used when the information is displayed on the screen, a control unit that controls display of the screen of the display unit using the screen theme information, and the equipment device A facility communication management unit that communicates with an external terminal, and a terminal communication management unit that communicates with an external terminal, further comprising a server that is the external terminal that manages the facility operation terminal, and the server includes the facility operation terminal A device software number indicating a device identification number to be identified, the screen theme information associated with the device identification number, and a version of software installed on the facility operation terminal. Server equipment for storing the version information and the screen theme information associated with the device software version information, and the facility identified by the device identification number, the screen theme information associated with the device identification number. A server control unit that transmits to the operation terminal and transmits the screen theme information associated with the device software version information to the facility operation terminal, and the control unit of the facility operation terminal receives from the server The device software version indicating the version of the software installed on the facility operation terminal received from the server , which controls the display of the screen of the display unit using the screen theme information associated with the device identification number. The display unit using the screen theme information associated with information And controlling the display of the screen. An equipment management system according to another aspect of the present invention includes equipment and an equipment operation terminal that operates the equipment, the equipment operation terminal including a display unit having a screen on which information is displayed, and the display A data management unit that stores screen theme information used when the information is displayed on the screen of a unit; a control unit that controls display of the screen of the display unit using the screen theme information; and the equipment A facility communication management unit that communicates with a device; and a terminal communication management unit that communicates with an external terminal, further comprising a server that is the external terminal that manages the facility operation terminal, wherein the server includes the facility operation terminal Device software version information indicating the version of software installed in the device, and the screen theme information associated with the device software version information. A server storage unit; a server control unit that transmits the screen theme information associated with the device software version information to the facility operation terminal; and a display device that is controlled by the server control unit. The unit performs the display control of the display device using the screen theme information stored in the server storage unit, and transmits the screen theme information used for the display control to the facility operation terminal. And the control unit of the equipment operation terminal controls the display of the screen of the display unit using the screen theme information received from the server, and is installed in the equipment operation terminal received from the server. Using the screen theme information associated with the device software version information indicating the version of the selected software. And controlling the display of the serial screen.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the change of the screen design of the screen of the equipment operation terminal for operating equipment can be made easy.

It is a block diagram which shows roughly the structure of the equipment management system and equipment operation terminal management system which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an equipment operation terminal roughly. (A) is a figure which shows the example of a display (initial screen mode) of the screen of the display part drawn based on 1st screen theme information, (b) is drawn based on 2nd screen theme information It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the screen of the displayed display part (customization screen mode). It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of the screen of the display part drawn based on 1st screen theme information. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a portable terminal roughly. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a server roughly. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the change process of the screen design of the screen of the display part in an equipment operation terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control part in the equipment operation terminal which concerns on a modification.

Embodiment.
Embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a facility management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the facility management system 1 includes a plurality of facility devices 2 and at least one facility operation terminal 3 that operates the facility devices 2. The facility management system 1 may include at least one of a mobile terminal 4 as an external terminal and a server 5 (remote server) as an external terminal. The plurality of facility devices 2 in the facility management system 1 are collectively referred to as a facility device group 6. The portable terminal 4 relays communication between the equipment operation terminal 3 and the server 5 using the Internet 7. The server 5 manages at least one equipment operation terminal 3. The server 5 may be connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) in a building, for example. The server 5 is, for example, a data server or a mail server.

  In the present embodiment, the facility device 2 is an air conditioning device. However, the equipment 2 may be equipment (for example, lighting equipment) other than the air conditioning equipment as long as the equipment is operated by the equipment operation terminal 3.

  The facility equipment 2 and the facility operation terminal 3 are connected to each other via a dedicated communication line C1 so as to communicate with each other.

  In the present embodiment, each facility device 2 is installed at a designated place in the building. Each facility device 2 operates under the management of the facility operation terminal 3. The operation state information, abnormality information, and maintenance information of each equipment device 2 are notified to the equipment operation terminal 3 via the dedicated communication line C1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the facility operation terminal 3.
The facility operation terminal 3 includes a display unit 10 (display device), an input unit 20 (input device), a control unit 30, a data management unit 40 as a storage unit (information storage unit), and a facility equipment communication management unit 91. And a terminal communication management unit 92.

  The facility operation terminal 3 is communicably connected to the portable terminal 4 via the wireless communication line C2. The facility operation terminal 3 manages and controls at least one facility device 2.

FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a display example (initial screen mode) of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 drawn based on the first screen theme information.
FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a display example (customized screen mode) of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 drawn based on the second screen theme information.

  The display unit 10 includes a screen 10a on which information (content) is displayed. The display unit 10 is controlled by the control unit 30. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, by selecting a plurality of tabs (screen items) such as a monitoring operation tab, a schedule tab, and an abnormality history tab on the screen 10a of the display unit 10. The display contents on the screen 10a can be switched. For example, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, when the monitoring operation tab is selected, information (monitoring operation) for monitoring and operating the equipment 2 is displayed on the screen 10 a of the display unit 10. Screen) is displayed. In the example shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the installation location of the equipment 2, an image showing the climate, the operation mode of the equipment 2 (“heating”), the set temperature (“26 ° C.”), the date, And time is displayed.

The display unit 10 can also display information (including images) other than information for monitoring and operating the equipment device 2.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another display example of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 drawn based on the first screen theme information. When the schedule tab is selected on the screen 10a of FIG. 3A, the screen 10a of the display unit 10 is switched from the monitoring operation screen to the schedule screen as shown in FIG. On the schedule screen, the user can set a timer reservation for the operation of the equipment 2 and can set the operation mode (heating or cooling), the set temperature, the wind direction, and the like in advance.

  Furthermore, the control unit 30 can switch a plurality of images (for example, an image including information for advertising a product, a brand logo mark, etc.) for each predetermined period and display the images on the screen 10a of the display unit 10. it can.

  The input unit 20 is an information input device such as a button or a touch panel. The input unit 20 may be provided outside the screen 10 a on the display unit 10. When the input unit 20 is a touch panel, the screen 10a of the display unit 10 and the input unit 20 are integrated. The user can input information to the facility operation terminal 3 from the input unit 20. Furthermore, the user can use the input unit 20 to switch the display of the screen 10 a of the display unit 10, operate the equipment 2, and the like.

  The control unit 30 includes an equipment device management unit 31, a screen display processing unit 32, and a screen theme management unit 33.

  The equipment device management unit 31 monitors and controls the operating state of each equipment device 2.

  The screen theme management unit 33 writes information to the data management unit 40 and reads information stored in the data management unit 40. Further, the screen theme management unit 33 transmits and receives information to and from the mobile terminal 4 via the terminal communication management unit 92.

  The screen display processing unit 32 operates as a drawing engine that draws on the screen 10 a of the display unit 10. Specifically, the screen display processing unit 32 controls the display of the screen 10 a of the display unit 10 using the screen theme information 70 stored in the data management unit 40.

  In the present embodiment, the display mode of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 includes an initial screen mode shown in FIG. 3A and a customized screen mode shown in FIG.

  The initial screen mode is a display mode in which information is displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 based on first predetermined screen theme information. At the initial setting of the equipment operation terminal 3, information is displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 in the initial screen mode.

  The customized screen mode is a display mode in which information is displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 based on the second screen theme information received from the external terminal (for example, the mobile terminal 4) via the terminal communication management unit 92. is there. The second screen theme information is information that can be created or edited by the user of the equipment operation terminal 3 or the server 5. That is, the customized screen mode is a display mode in which the screen 10a of the display unit 10 is drawn based on screen theme information created or edited by the user.

  The data management unit 40 can store facility device information 50, screen component information 60, screen theme information 70, and terminal information 80, and manages these pieces of information.

  In the present embodiment, the data management unit 40 manages screen theme information 70 used when information is displayed on the screen 10 a of the display unit 10. For example, the data management unit 40 stores predetermined first screen display data in the screen theme information 70. Furthermore, the data management unit 40 can store the second screen display data received from the external terminal (for example, the mobile terminal 4) via the terminal communication management unit 92 in the screen theme information 70.

  The screen theme information 70 includes an effective theme number 71, a plurality of sets of screen display data 72, and language designation information 73 for designating the language type of text data displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10.

  Each of the plurality of sets of screen display data 72 (one set of screen display data 72) is a set of data (design elements) for determining the screen design (also referred to as “screen theme”) of the screen 10a of the display unit 10. For example, each of the plurality of sets of screen display data 72 includes data such as a component image, a component size, and display coordinates.

  The component image (image data) is data as a component displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 such as a button component, a menu bar component, and a text display component (text data using various fonts). The component size (size data) is data for determining the size of the component image. The display coordinates (layout data) is data that determines the arrangement (display position) of the component image by two-dimensional coordinates (x, y) on the screen 10a of the display unit 10.

  In the present embodiment, the first screen display data of the plurality of sets of screen display data 72 is a set of data used when the equipment operation terminal 3 is initially set (in the initial screen mode). The initial setting time of the equipment operation terminal 3 is, for example, a timing at which information is displayed on the display unit 10 screen 10a for the first time after the equipment operation terminal 3 is shipped from the factory. The first screen display data is stored in the data management unit 40 when the facility operation terminal 3 is shipped from the factory. However, the first screen display data may be stored in the data management unit 40 after the facility operation terminal 3 is shipped from the factory.

  Further, the second screen display data in the plurality of sets of screen display data 72 is data used in the customized screen mode. The second screen display data is a set of data created or edited by the user. The second screen display data is received by the facility operation terminal 3 from the external terminal (for example, the mobile terminal 4) via the terminal communication management unit 92 and stored in the data management unit 40.

  Furthermore, the data management unit 40 can store a set of data in which the contents of the first screen display data or the second screen display data are edited as third screen display data. When the content of the second screen display data is edited, the difference data for the second screen display data may be stored in the data management unit 40 as the third screen display data.

  The effective theme number 71 is a number associated with any one of a plurality of sets of screen display data 72. For example, the effective theme number 71 associated with the first screen display data is “0”, and the effective theme number 71 associated with the second screen display data is “1”. However, the effective theme number 71 is not limited to numbers, and may be characters, symbols, or a combination thereof. The effective theme number 71 is set by the control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33).

  The language designation information 73 is information for designating a language type such as Japanese, English, or Chinese. The control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33) sets the language specification information 73, thereby setting the language type of the text data to be displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10. Text data in each language is stored in the data management unit 40.

  The screen component information 60 is a set of data (design elements) that determines the screen design of the screen 10 a of the display unit 10. In the present embodiment, the screen component information 60 includes a component image 61, a component size 62, and display coordinates 63. However, the screen component information 60 may include elements other than the component image 61, the component size 62, and the display coordinates 63. For example, the screen component information 60 may include a screen display element whose display content is periodically switched, such as a screen saver. Furthermore, the screen component information 60 may include information, images, and the like for automatically switching the screen 10a of the display unit 10 according to the season and time (morning, night, etc.).

  The screen component information 60 is information corresponding to screen display data 72 (any one of the plurality of screen display data 72) associated with the effective theme number 71.

  For example, when the effective theme number 71 is “0”, the information in the screen component information 60 is information (a set of data) corresponding to the first screen display data. In this case, the component image 61, the component size 62, and the display coordinates 63 in the screen component information 60 respectively correspond to the component image, the component size, and the display coordinates included in the first screen display data.

  For example, when the control unit 30 (screen theme management unit 33) sets the effective theme number 71 to “0”, the control unit 30 selects the first screen display data from among a plurality of sets of screen display data 72. Then, the first screen display data is set as the screen component information 60.

  The component image 61 (image data) is data as a component displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10, such as a button component, a menu bar component, and a text display component (text data using various fonts). The component size 62 (size data) is data that determines the size of the component image 61. The display coordinates 63 (layout data) is data that determines the arrangement (display position) of the component image 61 by two-dimensional coordinates (x, y) on the screen 10 a of the display unit 10.

  The facility device information 50 includes operation information 51 and connection information 52 of the facility device group 6 (each facility device 2). The operation information 51 is data indicating the operation information of each facility device 2. For example, the operation information 51 includes an operation state, a stop state, operation modes such as cooling and heating, a set temperature, a room temperature, and detailed data and abnormality data of each facility device 2 used during maintenance. The operation information 51 is updated to the latest state at any time by data communication between the facility operation terminal 3 and each facility device 2. The connection information 52 is an address assigned to each facility device 2.

  The terminal information 80 includes a device identification number 81 and a device S / W (software) version 82 (device software version information). The device identification number 81 is information for identifying the facility operation terminal 3. For example, the device identification number 81 is information that can identify the facility operation terminal 3 such as a production number and a unique ID. The device S / W version 82 is information indicating the version of software (for example, a program stored in the control unit 30) installed in the facility operation terminal 3.

  The equipment device communication management unit 91 communicates with the equipment device 2.

  The terminal communication management unit 92 communicates with the mobile terminal 4 as an external terminal. In the present embodiment, the terminal communication management unit 92 functions as a wireless communication management unit that can communicate with the mobile terminal 4 by wireless communication. However, the facility operation terminal 3 may perform wired communication with the portable terminal 4 via the terminal communication management unit 92. Furthermore, the facility operation terminal 3 may perform wireless communication or wired communication with the server 5 without using the mobile terminal 4.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the mobile terminal 4.
The portable terminal 4 includes a display unit 110 (display device), an input unit 120 (input device), a control unit 130, an external communication management unit 141, and a communication unit 142. The portable terminal 4 can transmit information acquired from the server 5 on the Internet to the facility operation terminal 3. The portable terminal 4 communicates with the equipment operation terminal 3 through a wireless communication line C2 such as BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy) or wireless LAN, and writes the screen theme information acquired from the server 5 into the equipment operation terminal 3. Do.

  The display unit 110 is controlled by the control unit 130. Display unit 110 has a screen on which information is displayed. For example, the screen of the display unit 110 includes the screen display data 72 stored in the equipment operation terminal 3 or the creation screen, the edit screen, and the selection screen of the screen display data 234 stored in the server 5, and the equipment operation terminal 3 or A communication operation screen with the server 5 is displayed. The display of the screen of the display unit 110 is executed according to application software that operates on the mobile terminal 4. However, the display of the screen of the display unit 110 may be executed by the Web system method.

  The input unit 120 is an information input device such as a button or a touch panel. When the input unit 120 is a touch panel, the input unit 120 is provided on the display unit 110. The user can input information to the mobile terminal 4 from the input unit 120. Further, the user can use the input unit 120 to perform operations such as switching the screen of the display unit 110 and transmitting screen display data.

  The control unit 130 includes an operation terminal connection management unit 131, a server connection management unit 132, and a screen theme synchronization unit 133. The control unit 130 performs processing for transmitting the screen theme information 236 (screen display data 234) acquired from the server 5 to the equipment operation terminal 3.

  The operation terminal connection management unit 131 performs connection management with the facility operation terminal 3.

  The server connection management unit 132 controls connection with the server 5 and transmits / receives data to / from the server 5.

  The screen theme synchronization unit 133 synchronizes with the screen theme information 236 (screen display data 234) stored in the data management unit 220 as the storage unit (server storage unit) of the server 5. Thereby, the latest screen theme information 236 (screen display data 234) stored in the data management unit 220 of the server 5 can be applied to the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3.

  The synchronization process of the screen theme information (screen display data) is executed according to the application software that operates on the mobile terminal 4, but the application software stored in the mobile terminal 4 is not necessarily used. For example, the web content stored in the server 5 may be accessed by a web browser on the mobile terminal 4, and the screen theme information synchronization process may be executed according to the web content.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the server 5.
The server 5 includes a server control unit 210, a data management unit 220 as a storage unit (server storage unit), an external communication management unit 241, and a display device 250. The display device 250 may not be included in the server 5. Further, the display device 250 may be provided outside the computer device including the server control unit 210, the data management unit 220, and the external communication management unit 241.

  The server 5 communicates with the mobile terminal 4 via an external communication line C4 connected to a network such as the Internet 7. The server 5 manages screen theme information (screen display data) applied to the screen 10 a of the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3.

  The server control unit 210 includes a screen theme management unit 211 that manages the data management unit 220. The screen theme management unit 211 edits and manages information stored in the data management unit 220.

  The data management unit 220 stores and manages at least one set of device-specific screen theme information 230.

  The set of device-specific screen theme information 230 is information corresponding to the screen theme information 70 and the terminal information 80 in any one of the at least one equipment operation terminal 3. That is, when the facility management system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of facility devices 2 and a plurality of facility operation terminals 3, a plurality of device-specific screen theme information 230 is stored in the data management unit 220 of the server 5. The device-specific screen theme information 230 corresponds to information on each equipment operation terminal 3.

  The device-specific screen theme information 230 includes terminal information 235 and screen theme information 236.

  The terminal information 235 includes a device identification number 231 that identifies the facility operation terminal 3 and a device S / W version 232 (device software version information).

  The screen theme information 236 includes an effective theme number 233 and at least one set of screen display data 234. The terminal information 235 corresponds to the terminal information 80 stored in the data management unit 40 of the facility operation terminal 3. The screen theme information 236 corresponds to the screen theme information 70 stored in the data management unit 40 of the facility operation terminal 3.

  The device identification number 231 corresponds to the device identification number 81 stored in the data management unit 40 of the facility operation terminal 3. The device S / W version 232 corresponds to the device S / W version 82 stored in the data management unit 40 of the facility operation terminal 3. The effective theme number 233 corresponds to the effective theme number 71 stored in the data management unit 40 of the facility operation terminal 3. The screen display data 234 corresponds to the screen display data 72 stored in the data management unit 40 of the equipment operation terminal 3.

  The device identification number 231 is information such as a production number for identifying the facility operation terminal 3. The device identification number 231 is managed in association with the effective theme number 233 and the screen display data 234.

  The device S / W version 232 is information indicating the version of software (for example, a program stored in the control unit 30) installed in the facility operation terminal 3. For example, the server 5 can store the screen display data 234 associated with the software version of the facility operation terminal 3 and transmit it to the facility operation terminal 3.

  The effective theme number 233 is a number associated with any one of at least one set of screen display data 234.

  The screen display data 234 can be created by the mobile terminal 4, the server 5, or an external terminal other than these terminals, and can be stored in the data management unit 220. For example, the manufacturer of the equipment 2 or the like may create the latest screen display data and store it in the data management unit 220 of the server 5. An access restriction can be set in the data management unit 220 of the server 5, and an accessible public area can be set for each piece of information stored in the data management unit 220. Thereby, for example, the transmission destination of the screen display data 234 stored in the data management unit 220 can be limited.

  The display device 250 of the server 5 is controlled by the server control unit 210 to display information. A user such as a system administrator who uses the server 5 can monitor the state of the facility operation terminal 3 and the facility device group 6 from the display device 250 via the portable terminal 4.

  Next, a process for changing the screen design (screen theme) of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process for changing the screen design of the screen 10 a of the display unit 10 in the equipment operation terminal 3.

  Information is displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3 based on the screen design controlled using the first screen display data.

  When the management program (application software) of the equipment operation terminal 3 installed in advance on the mobile terminal 4 is activated, the operation terminal connection management unit 131 of the mobile terminal 4 connects to the equipment operation terminal 3 via the communication unit 142 ( Step S1).

  The screen theme synchronization unit 133 of the portable terminal 4 transmits an acquisition request for the device identification number 81 such as a manufacturing number to the equipment operation terminal 3. When receiving the request for acquiring the device identification number 81, the screen theme management unit 33 of the equipment operation terminal 3 reads out the device identification number 81 in the data management unit 40 and responds. Thereby, the screen theme synchronization part 133 of the portable terminal 4 acquires the apparatus specific number 81 from the equipment operation terminal 3 (step S2).

  The screen theme synchronization unit 133 of the portable terminal 4 transmits an acquisition request for the device S / W version 82 stored in the facility operation terminal 3 to the facility operation terminal 3. When receiving the acquisition request for the device S / W version 82, the screen theme management unit 33 of the facility operation terminal 3 reads the device S / W version 82 in the data management unit 40 and responds. Thereby, the screen theme synchronization part 133 of the portable terminal 4 acquires the apparatus S / W version 82 from the equipment operation terminal 3 (step S3).

  The screen theme synchronization unit 133 of the portable terminal 4 includes the device identification number 81 (the device identification number 231 in the server 5) and the device S / W version 82 (the device S / W version 232 in the server 5) acquired from the equipment operation terminal 3. The acquisition request for the latest screen theme information 236 (screen display data 234) associated with () is transmitted to the server 5 (step S4).

  The screen theme management unit 211 of the server 5 reads the latest screen theme information 236 (screen display data 234) associated with the acquired specified device identification number 231 and returns it to the mobile terminal 4 (step S5).

  The mobile terminal 4 displays a screen sample (a screen design sample displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 of the facility operation terminal 3) formed based on the acquired screen theme information 236 (screen display data 234) on the display unit 110. To display. The user can newly create or edit screen display data on the portable terminal 4 (step S6).

  For example, the user determines the screen design of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 of the facility operation terminal 3 by using the mobile terminal 4, and creates screen display data such as a component image, a component size, and display coordinates. New screen designs can be created. Further, the user can edit the screen display data 234 acquired from the server 5 using the mobile terminal 4. Furthermore, the user can set or edit the screen display data created and provided by the manufacturer or third party of the equipment 2 as new screen display data 234.

  When screen display data is newly created or edited in step S6, the screen theme synchronization unit 133 of the mobile terminal 4 transmits an update request for the screen theme information 236 to the server 5 (step S7).

  The screen theme management unit 211 of the server 5 stores the screen theme information including the screen display data transmitted from the mobile terminal 4 in the data management unit 220 as the latest version of the screen theme information 236 (step S8).

  The server 5 transmits a response to the completion of the storage process of the latest screen theme information 236 to the mobile terminal 4. When receiving the completion response, the portable terminal 4 transmits screen theme information including the screen display data created or edited in step S6 to the facility operation terminal 3 together with the screen theme switching command (step S9).

  When the control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33) of the facility operation terminal 3 acquires the screen theme switching command and the screen theme information from the mobile terminal 4 via the terminal communication management unit 92, the control unit 30 includes the acquired screen theme information. Screen display data (second screen display data) to be stored is stored in the data management unit 40 (step S10). Furthermore, in step S10, the control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33) includes the plurality of sets of screen display data 72 (for example, the first and second screen display data) stored in the data management unit 40. Select one of the screen display data. In the present embodiment, the control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33), in accordance with the screen theme switching command, displays the effective theme number 71 on the screen display data (second display) included in the screen theme information received from the mobile terminal 4. Rewrite to the number associated with (screen display data). However, the control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33) may set the effective theme number 71 by newly generating a number associated with the second screen display data received from the mobile terminal 4. .

  Since the effective theme number 71 has been rewritten, the control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33) changes the information in the screen component information 60 from the information based on the first screen display data to the second screen display data. Change to information based on. Since the information in the screen component information 60 has been updated, the control unit 30 (for example, the screen display processing unit 32) displays the information using the information in the screen component information 60 (the selected second screen display data). The display of the screen 10a of the unit 10 is controlled. That is, the control unit 30 (for example, the screen theme management unit 33) controls the display of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 by controlling the display of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 by using the second screen display data. The screen design controlled using the first screen display data is changed to the screen design controlled using the second screen display data. As a result, the screen 10a of the display unit 10 is redrawn based on the second screen theme information. The screen theme management unit 33 of the facility operation terminal 3 transmits a screen theme switching completion notification to notify the server 5 that the screen theme switching has been normally completed (step S11).

  The portable terminal 4 transfers the screen theme switching completion notification transmitted from the facility operation terminal 3 to the server 5 (step S12).

  Upon receiving the screen theme switching completion notification, the screen theme management unit 211 of the server 5 updates the valid theme number 233 to the number set as the valid theme number 71 in the equipment operation terminal 3 in step S10. The server 5 transmits a response for completing the update process of the valid theme number 233 to the mobile terminal 4 (step S13).

  When the portable terminal 4 receives the completion response from the server 5, a screen theme switching completion notification is displayed on the display unit 110 of the portable terminal 4 (step S14).

  With the above processing, the screen design change processing of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3 is completed.

  Next, an example in which the user manages the facility operation terminal 3 using the server 5 will be described. The server 5 may communicate directly with the facility operation terminal 3 or may communicate with the facility operation terminal 3 via the portable terminal 4.

  The data management unit 220 of the server 5 stores the device identification number 231 and the screen theme information 236 associated with the device identification number 231. The server control unit 210 transmits the screen theme information 236 associated with the device identification number 231 to the facility operation terminal 3 identified by the device identification number 231. The control unit 30 of the facility operation terminal 3 displays the screen 10a of the display unit 10 using the screen theme information 236 (screen theme information 70 in the facility operation terminal 3) associated with the device identification number 231 received from the server 5. Control.

  Thereby, the user can perform remote management of the equipment operation terminal 3 using the server 5. For example, even when a plurality of facility operation terminals 3 are installed in a building, the user can switch the screen design of a specific facility operation terminal 3 by specifying the device identification number 231. Since the server 5 can store the device identification number 231 (the effective theme number 71 in the equipment operation terminal 3), the user can store the screen display data 234 applied to the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3 in the server 5 The screen 5 can be remotely controlled by the server 5.

  Next, another example in which the user manages the equipment operation terminal 3 using the server 5 will be described. The server 5 may communicate directly with the facility operation terminal 3 or may communicate with the facility operation terminal 3 via the portable terminal 4.

  The server control unit 210 of the server 5 executes display control of the display device 250 using the screen theme information 236 stored in the data management unit 220. On the display device 250, the same content as that displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3 is displayed. The server control unit 210 of the server 5 uses the screen theme information 236 stored in the data management unit 220 to execute the display control of the display device 250 and uses the screen used for the display control of the display device 250. The theme information 236 is transmitted to the equipment operation terminal 3. The control unit 30 of the equipment operation terminal 3 controls the display of the screen 10 a of the display unit 10 using the screen theme information 236 (screen theme information 70 in the equipment operation terminal 3) received from the server 5.

  Thereby, the display content of the display apparatus 250 of the server 5 and the display content of the screen 10a of the display part 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3 can be synchronized. Therefore, the user can remotely manage the display of the screen 10 a of the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3 while confirming the display content of the display device 250 of the server 5.

  Next, another example in which the user manages the equipment operation terminal 3 using the server 5 will be described. The server 5 may communicate directly with the facility operation terminal 3 or may communicate with the facility operation terminal 3 via the portable terminal 4.

  The data management unit 220 of the server 5 stores a device S / W version 232 indicating the version of software installed in the facility operation terminal 3 and screen theme information 236 associated with the device S / W version 232. For example, when the software update of the facility operation terminal 3 is executed, the server control unit 210 transmits the screen theme information 236 associated with the device S / W version 232 to the facility operation terminal 3. The control unit 30 of the equipment operation terminal 3 uses the screen theme information 236 (screen theme information 70 in the equipment operation terminal 3) associated with the device S / W version 232 received from the server 5. Control the display of.

  Thereby, since the server 5 can memorize | store the screen theme information 236 linked | related with the apparatus S / W version 232, even if it is a case where the software update of the equipment operation terminal 3 is performed, the equipment operation terminal 3's The screen theme information applied to the display unit 10 can be automatically switched by the server 5 based on the updated software version. Further, the user can remotely manage the screen theme information applied to the display unit 10 of the facility operation terminal 3 using the server 5 based on the updated software version. Therefore, the latest screen theme information stored in the server 5 can be reflected on the screen 10 a of the display unit 10 of the equipment operation terminal 3.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the screen design of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 of the facility operation terminal 3 is switched using the mobile terminal 4 has been described. However, a computer or tablet terminal that can be connected to the Internet 7 instead of the mobile terminal 4 May be used.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the screen design of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 in the equipment operation terminal 3 is switched to the screen design created or edited by the mobile terminal 4 has been described. However, external terminals other than the mobile terminal 4 and the server 5 The screen design created or edited by the above may be stored in the server 5 and applied to the screen 10 a of the display unit 10.

Modified example.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the control unit 30a in the facility operation terminal according to the modification. The control unit 30a is applicable to the control unit 30 in the facility operation terminal 3 according to the embodiment.

  The control unit 30a includes a processor 30b such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) 30c, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 30d. The ROM 30c stores a program for controlling components in the equipment operation terminal. The RAM 30d is used as a storage area for loading a program or the like stored in the ROM 30c. The processor 30b realizes the function of the control unit 30a by, for example, loading a program into the RAM 30d and executing the program. For example, the functions of the equipment device management unit 31, the screen display processing unit 32, and the screen theme management unit 33 described in the embodiment are realized by the processor 30b executing a program stored in the ROM 30c. .

  As described above, according to the equipment operation terminal 3 according to the present embodiment, the equipment management system 1 having the equipment operation terminal 3, and the management method of the equipment operation terminal 3, the equipment operation terminal 3 is displayed on the screen. Since it has the data management part 40 which memorize | stores the screen theme information 70 for performing a design change, and the control part 30 which performs switching of a screen design, the screen of the equipment operation terminal 3 for operating the equipment 2 It is possible to easily change the screen design of 10a. For example, the screen design switching control of the screen 10a by the equipment device 2 becomes unnecessary, and the operation load of the equipment device 2 can be reduced.

  Furthermore, the equipment operation terminal 3, the equipment management system 1 having the equipment operation terminal 3, and the management method of the equipment operation terminal 3 have the following effects in addition to the effects described above.

  Since the display content (part image, part size, display coordinates, etc.) of the screen 10a of the display unit 10 can be changed based on arbitrary screen theme information (screen display data), different equipment (for example, air conditioning equipment) In addition, the screens of the display units of a plurality of facility operation terminals (for example, an air conditioning apparatus operation terminal and an illumination apparatus operation terminal) that operate the apparatus can be customized to have a unified screen design.

  Since it is not always necessary to connect the equipment operation terminal 3 to the LAN in the building, the construction of the equipment management system 1 can be easily realized.

  Since the screen theme information 70 can be stored in the data management unit 40 of the equipment operation terminal 3, the equipment operation terminal 3 needs to be connected to an external terminal (for example, the mobile terminal 4 or the server 5) so as to be always communicable. There is no. Therefore, it is not necessary to construct a network for connecting the facility operation terminal 3 to an external terminal (for example, the mobile terminal 4 or the server 5) so as to be always communicable, and management of the facility operation terminal 3 becomes easy.

  Since there is no need to connect the facility operation terminal 3 directly to the Internet 7, information security such as a DOS attack (Denial of Service attack) can be enhanced.

  Since the first screen display data used at the time of initial setting of the equipment operation terminal 3 (in the initial screen mode) can be stored in the data management unit 40 in advance, the second screen theme information is stored in the data management unit 40. Even if not, information can be displayed on the display unit 10 based on at least the first screen display data. Furthermore, even when the second screen display data has a defect, the display unit 10 can be switched to display based on the first screen display data.

  The control unit 30 of the facility operation terminal 3 can set the language type of text data to be displayed on the screen 10 a of the display unit 10 by setting the language designation information 73. Therefore, the language type of the text data displayed on the screen 10a of the display unit 10 by the user can be changed according to the country, region, etc. where the equipment 2 is installed.

  The control unit 30 of the facility operation terminal 3 switches a plurality of images (for example, an image including information for advertising a product, a brand logo mark, etc.) for each predetermined period and displays them on the screen 10a of the display unit 10. Therefore, various information other than the information for operating the equipment 2 can be provided.

  The features in the embodiment described above and the features in the modified examples can be appropriately combined with each other. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and drawings. It goes without saying that the embodiments and the drawings can be modified without changing the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Equipment management system, 2 Equipment equipment, 3 Equipment operation terminal, 4 Portable terminal, 5 Server, 6 Equipment equipment group, 7 Internet, 10 Display part, 10a Screen, 20 Input part, 30 Control part, 31 Equipment equipment management part, 32 screen display processing unit, 33 screen theme management unit, 40 data management unit, 50 facility equipment information, 51 operation information, 52 connection information, 60 screen component information, 61 component image, 62 component size, 63 display coordinates, 70 screen theme Information, 71 valid theme number, 72 screen display data, 73 language designation information, 80 terminal information, 81 device identification number, 82 device S / W version, 91 equipment device communication management unit, 92 terminal communication management unit, 210 server control unit , 220 Data management unit, 230 Screen theme information by device, 236 Screen theme information, 241 External Trust management unit, 250 display device.

Claims (2)

Equipment and equipment
An equipment operation terminal for operating the equipment, and
The facility operation terminal is
A display unit having a screen on which information is displayed;
A data management unit for storing screen theme information used when the information is displayed on the screen of the display unit;
A control unit that controls display of the screen of the display unit using the screen theme information;
A facility equipment communication management unit for communicating with the facility equipment;
A terminal communication management unit that communicates with an external terminal,
A server that is the external terminal that manages the facility operation terminal;
The server
A device identification number that identifies the facility operation terminal, the screen theme information associated with the device identification number, device software version information indicating the version of software installed on the facility operation terminal, and the device software version information A server storage unit for storing the screen theme information associated with
The screen theme information associated with the device identification number is transmitted to the facility operation terminal identified by the device identification number, and the screen theme information associated with the device software version information is transmitted to the facility operation terminal. And a server control unit for transmitting ,
The said control part of the said equipment operation terminal controls the display of the said screen of the said display part using the said screen theme information linked | related with the said equipment specific number received from the said server , The said equipment received from the said server The facility management system, wherein display of the screen of the display unit is controlled using the screen theme information associated with device software version information indicating a version of software installed on an operation terminal. Equipment and equipment
An equipment operation terminal for operating the equipment, and
The facility operation terminal is
A display unit having a screen on which information is displayed;
A data management unit for storing screen theme information used when the information is displayed on the screen of the display unit;
A control unit that controls display of the screen of the display unit using the screen theme information;
A facility equipment communication management unit for communicating with the facility equipment;
A terminal communication management unit that communicates with an external terminal,
A server that is the external terminal that manages the facility operation terminal;
The server
And the device software version information indicating the installed software version of the equipment operation terminal, and a server storage unit for storing said screen theme information associated with the device software version information,
A server control unit that transmits the screen theme information associated with the device software version information to the facility operation terminal ;
A display device controlled by the server control unit,
The server control unit is configured to display the screen theme information used for the display control in the state in which the display control of the display device is executed using the screen theme information stored in the server storage unit. Sent to the control terminal,
The control unit of the equipment operation terminal, the control the display of the screen of the display unit with the screen theme information received from the server, the received from the server, software installed in the equipment operation terminal The facility management system, wherein display of the screen of the display unit is controlled using the screen theme information associated with device software version information indicating a version.

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