JP6514182B2 - Device, management server, information collection system, and information collection method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus and a management server capable of transmitting and receiving information via the Internet, and also relates to an information collection system and an information collection method for collecting information from the apparatus by the management server.

  In recent years, every "thing" is connected to the Internet, and the management server (cloud) collects and accumulates the operation states of those "things" via the Internet, and relates to the operation state accumulated in the management server (cloud) A technology that analyzes and uses various information (big data) in accordance with statistical methods etc., so-called technology of IoT (Internet of Things) is considered (for example, patent document 1, non-patent document 1 and non-patent document 1 Patent Document 2). In such an IoT technology, for example, a sensor is attached to a brake system ("thing") of a vehicle, and information on the operation status (operation status) of the brake system detected by the sensor is transmitted to the cloud side It is considered to provide via (see Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2). As described above, if detection information provided to the cloud side is collected and analyzed as big data, there is a possibility that traffic conditions of vehicles around the world can be grasped in real time.

JP, 2015-229433, A

June 23, 2015 Nikkei newspaper "Global Biz side" http://blog.goo.ne.jp/pineapplehank/e/1186528d3fea9adf1682754909b9dd60 (view December 12, 2016)

  However, in the IoT technology as described above, each “thing” needs to be equipped with a sensor for detecting its operation state. For this reason, in order to obtain the operating state of each "thing" properly and continuously, the reliability of the sensor must be maintained by maintenance, replacement, etc., and it is not related to the operation of "thing". It will require extra sensor management work. Also, having to separately provide a sensor that is not directly related to the operation of the "thing" leads to an increase in the cost of the "thing".

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in particular, an apparatus capable of collecting the operating state on the cloud side without providing a sensor for detecting the operating state, and the apparatus via the Internet A management server capable of collecting the operation state of the information processing system, and an information collection system and information collection method for collecting operation information of the device by the management server through the Internet.

The device according to the present invention is a device having a processing unit that executes processing in accordance with a program created based on a design document describing operation content, and that operates in accordance with processing in the processing unit. A conversion unit that converts a code corresponding to the process output from the processing unit into operation specifying information specified in the design document when the processing unit executes the process , and the conversion unit a configuration in which a transmitting unit that transmits the behavior specification information obtained et the management server via the Internet by.

  With such a configuration, the device, which operates according to a program created based on a design document, generates, in operation, operation specifying information for specifying the operation content in the design document, and the operation via the Internet Send specific information to the management server. If the management server is provided with design document information representing the design document, the management server obtains information representing the operation content specified in the design document by the operation specifying information transmitted from the device based on the design document information. it can.

In the device according to the present invention, in the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are vertically and horizontally arranged, and each state and each event A state transition table in which information about a process to be performed and a transition destination state to be performed when the event occurs in the state is described for the combination, and the conversion unit is an array of states in the state transition table. A combination of a number representing a position and a number representing an array position of an event occurring in the state in the state transition table, the operation specification of the operation content of the device converted from the code in the state transition table It can be set as the structure which has a means to produce | generate as information.

  With such a configuration, the device operating according to the program created based on the state transition table operates, during operation, a number representing the array position of the state in the transition table and the state in the state transition table A set of numbers representing the array position of an event to occur is generated as operation specifying information for specifying the operation in the state transition table, and the set of the two numbers is transmitted to the management server via the Internet. If the management server is provided with state transition table information representing the state transition table, the operation relating to the combination of the state and event specified by the two numbers in the state transition table represented by the state transition table information It is possible to obtain information representing the content.

A management server according to the present invention is a management server that acquires information from the device described above, and receives, via the Internet, operation specifying information that specifies the operation content of the device transmitted from the device in the design document. A receiving unit, a storage unit for storing design document information representing the design document, and the operation specifying information received by the receiving unit in the design document represented by the design document information stored in the storage unit And an operation content analysis unit that generates information representing the operation content specified by the.

  With such a configuration, when specific information specifying in the design document the operation content transmitted from the device operating according to the program created based on the design document is received via the Internet, it is stored in the storage unit Information representing the operation content specified by the operation specifying information in the design document represented by the design document information is generated.

  In the management server according to the present invention, in the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions, and each state and each event are A state transition table in which information about a process to be performed when the event occurs in the state and information about a state of a transition destination is described with respect to a combination of operations; When a pair of two numbers is received as operation specifying information, in the state transition table, a combination of the state at the array position represented by one number and the event at the array position represented by the other number. The configuration may include means for generating information representing the corresponding operation content.

  According to such a configuration, when a pair of two numbers is received by the receiving unit as operation specifying information from the device operating according to the program created based on the state transition table, the state transition table , Information indicating action content corresponding to a combination of the state at the array position represented by one number and the event at the array position represented by the other number is generated.

The information collection system according to the present invention has a processing unit that executes processing according to a program created based on a design document that describes operation content, and the management server uses the information from equipment that operates according to the processing in the processing unit. In the information collection system for collecting data, when the processing unit executes a process according to the program , the device designs a code corresponding to the process, which is output from the processing unit, the operation content of the device. has a conversion unit for converting the operation information that specifies the writing, and a transmission unit that transmits the behavior specification information obtained we were by the conversion unit to the management server via the Internet, the management server, the Receiving unit for receiving the operation specifying information transmitted from the device via the Internet, and representing the design document A storage unit for storing account information, and information indicating an operation content specified by the operation specifying information received by the receiving unit in a design document represented by the design document information stored in the storage unit And an operation content analysis unit for generating

  With such a configuration, the device, which operates according to a program created based on a design document, generates, in operation, operation specifying information for specifying the operation content in the design document, and the operation via the Internet Send specific information to the management server. In the management server, when the specific information transmitted from the device is received through the Internet, the operation content specified by the operation specifying information in the design document represented by the design document information stored in the storage unit Information is generated to represent

In the information collection system according to the present invention, in the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions, each state and each event A state transition table in which information about a process to be performed and a transition destination state to be performed when the event occurs in the state is described with respect to the combination thereof, and the conversion unit of the device is the state transition The state transition table of the operation contents of the device converted from the code , a pair of a number representing the array position of the state in the table and a number representing the array position of the event occurring in the state in the state transition table. The operation content analysis unit of the management server, the operation content analysis unit of the management server receives the number received by the reception unit in the state transition table. Generating information representing the action content corresponding to the combination of the state at the array position represented by one of the numbers in the set and the event at the array position represented by the other number in the set of numbers Can be configured to have means for

  With such a configuration, the device operating according to the program created based on the state transition table occurs in operation in the state transition number with the number representing the array position of the state and the state transition table in the state A set of numbers representing the array position of the event to be generated is generated as operation specifying information for specifying the operation content of the device in the state transition table, and the set of numbers is transmitted to the management server via the Internet. In the management server, when the set of the two numbers is received from the device, the state transition table shows a state in an array position represented by one of the two numbers and a state of the two numbers. Information representing the action content corresponding to the combination with the event at the array position represented by the other number is generated.

The information collection method according to the present invention has a processing unit that executes processing in accordance with a program created based on a design document that describes operation content, and the management server uses the information from equipment that operates in accordance with processing in the processing unit. A method of collecting information, comprising: a first step executed by the device; and a second step executed by the management server, wherein the first unit is processed by the processing unit according to the program. when executed, the code corresponding to the processing output from said processing unit, a converting step of converting the operation contents of the device to the operation specifying information for specifying in the design document, Re obtain et by the conversion step Transmitting the operation specifying information to the management server via the Internet, and the second step includes A receiving step of receiving the operation specifying information transmitted from the storage device via the Internet, and the operation specifying received in the receiving step in the design document represented by design document information stored in the storage unit And an operation content analysis step of generating information representing the operation content specified by the information.

Further, in the information collection method according to the present invention, in the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are arrayed in the vertical and horizontal directions. A state transition table in which information about a process to be performed when the event occurs in the state and information on a transition destination state is described for a combination with each event, and the conversion step includes the state transition table. In the state transition table, a combination of a number representing an array position of a state and a number representing an array position of an event occurring in the state in the state transition table is converted from the code . The operation content analysis step includes the step of generating as operation specifying information to specify, in the state transition table, the set of numbers received in the receiving step. Generating information representing an operation content corresponding to a combination of the state at the array position represented by one of the numbers and the event at the array position represented by the other of the numbers in the set of numbers It can be configured.

  According to the device of the present invention, the operating condition (information representing the content of the operation) of the device can be collected on the cloud side via the Internet without providing a sensor for detecting the operating condition. Further, according to the management server of the present invention, the operation state (information representing the operation content) of the device can be collected via the Internet. Furthermore, according to the information collection system and the information collection method according to the present invention, the management server of the operation state (information representing the operation content) of the device is managed via the Internet without providing the device with a sensor for detecting the operation state. It can be collected by

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an information collecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration example of the device in the information collecting stem shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state transition table as an example of a design document for creating a program applied to a device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state transition diagram corresponding to the state transition table shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration example of the cloud server (management server) in the information collection system shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of the operation of the device and the operation specifying information transmitted at that time. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing another example of a decision table of a design document for creating a program applied to an apparatus. FIG. 7B is a diagram showing numbers (operation specifying information) for specifying the operations given to the determination table shown in FIG. 7A.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described using the drawings.

  An information collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 1, the information collection system is applied with IoT technology, and various devices 10, 10,... Are communicably connected to a cloud server 20 (management server) via the Internet 100. . Each device 10 may be connected to the Internet 100 by a wired communication path or may be connected to the Internet 100 by a communication path partially including a wireless path. The information transmitted from each device 10 is received by the cloud server 20 via the Internet 100, and the cloud server 20 collects information from various devices 10,.

  One device 10 is configured, for example, as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, the device 10 provided with a mechanically operating mechanism (not shown) has a processing unit 11 including a CPU. The processing unit 11 executes various processing including operation control of the mechanism according to a program (software) created as described later. The device 10 is provided with three switches of the start button 12a, the stop button 12b and the reset button 12c and the switch input circuit 13, and the switch input circuit 13 operates the respective three switches 12a, 12b and 12c. The corresponding operation signal is supplied to the processing unit 11. The processing unit 11 executes processing relating to any of start, stop and reset corresponding to the operation signal from the switch input circuit 13. Further, the device 10 has a motor 14 and a drive circuit 15 which are power sources of the mechanism. The motor 14 is driven by the drive current output from the drive circuit 15 in accordance with the control signal from the processing unit 11. The drive of the motor 14 mechanically operates the mechanism. The device 10 has a display unit 16, and the display unit 16 displays various information under the control of the processing unit 11.

  The device 10 further includes a conversion unit 17 (information generation unit) and a communication unit 18 (transmission unit). When the processing unit 11 executes processing (operation of the device 10) according to a program, the processing unit 11 sequentially outputs codes (machine language) corresponding to the processing steps to the conversion unit 17. The conversion unit 17 converts the code sequentially output from the processing unit 11 into operation specifying information specifying the process content (operation content). The operation specifying information will be described later. The communication unit 18 transmits notification information including the operation specifying information generated by the conversion unit 17 to the cloud server 20 (see FIG. 1) via the Internet 100 under the control of the processing unit 11.

  A program representing various types of processing executed by the processing unit 11 is created based on a design document describing the processing content (corresponding to the operation content of the device 10), for example, a state transition table. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the state transition table, one or more possible states (S) and one or more possible events (E: events) are arranged in vertical and horizontal directions, and each state ( For the combination of S) and each event (E), when the event (E) occurs in the state (S), an action (Action) to be performed and a state (S) of a transition destination (Transition) The information is described in tabular form. In the state transition table, it is also permitted that there is no action (Action) to be performed when an event (E) that is a certain state (S) occurs (a process that does nothing), and a certain state (S) It is also permitted to stay in the state (S) without making a transition when an event (E) that is is generated (transition to the same state).

For example, the state transition table shown in FIG.
If the event (E0) of "Start button pressed" occurs while the status is "Standby (S0)", "Action of motor start and timer start" (Action) is performed and the status is "Operating ( Operation content (1) to transition to “S1)”
If the event (E0) of "start button pressed" occurs while the status is "temporarily stopped (S2)", the processing of "motor restart" is performed, and the status is "operating (S1)" Action content of transition (2),
If the event (E1) of "timeout" occurs while the status is "in operation (S1)", the processing of "motor stop and abnormal alarm output" is performed, and the status is "standby (S0)" Operation contents of transition (3),
If an event (E1) of "timeout" occurs while the state is "suspended (S2)", processing of "output interrupt message" is performed and the state transitions to "waiting (S0)" Operation content (4),
When the event (E2) of "operation end" occurs while the state is "in operation (S1)", processing of "motor stop and end message output" is performed, and the state is "standby (S0)" Action content to transition to (5),
When an event (E3) of "stop button pressed" occurs while the state is "in operation (S1)", processing of "motor stop" is performed, and the state transitions to "suspended (S2)" If the event (E4) of “Reset button pressed” occurs while the operation content (6) and the state are “temporarily stopped (S2)”, the “timer reset” process is performed and the state is This shows the operation content (7) of transitioning to “waiting (S0)”.
These operation contents can also be represented by the state transition diagram (design document) shown in FIG.

  In the state transition table shown in FIG. 3, the “-” mark indicates that nothing occurs when the corresponding event (E) occurs in the state (S), “x” mark Each represents that a corresponding event (E) does not occur (an impossible event) when in a certain state (S).

  A code (machine language) of a program representing processing executed by the processing unit 11 is created based on, for example, the state transition table shown in FIG. The program (code) can be created from the state transition table using a known system (for example, ZIPC (registered trademark) manufactured by Cats Inc.). When executing the processing as described above, the processing unit 11 sequentially outputs codes corresponding to the processing. Then, the conversion unit 17 specifies the code output from the processing unit 11 in the state transition table shown in FIG. Are numbers (0, 1, 2, or 3) representing the horizontal arrangement position of the state (S) in the state transition table and numbers (0, 1, 2, 3) representing the vertical arrangement position of the event (E). Convert to a set of 3 and 4).

  The code (process) sequentially output from the processing unit 11 is, for example, “motor start when the event (E0) of“ start button pressed ”occurs while the“ state is “standby (S0)” described above. If the processing corresponds to the operation content (1) (see paragraph 0030) in which the processing (Action) is performed and the state is transitioned to “operating (S1)” (see paragraph 0030), the code Is a pair (0, 0) of the number “0” representing the horizontal arrangement position of “state S 0” in the state transition table shown in FIG. 3 and the number “0” representing the vertical arrangement position of “event E 0” Converted into (operation specific information).

  The processing unit 11 sets a pair of two numbers generated as operation specifying information by the conversion unit 17, ID information for identifying the device 10, and position information of the device 10 when transmitting the operation specifying information (for example, The notification information is generated including the GPS unit (not shown) and time information (eg, obtained by the clock unit not shown). Then, the processing unit 11 causes the communication unit 18 to transmit the notification information to the cloud server 20 via the Internet 100.

  On the other hand, in the information collection system shown in FIG. 1, the cloud server 20 (management server) basically has, as shown in FIG. 5, a processing unit 21 (operation content analysis unit), a communication unit 22 (reception unit) and storage. The unit 23 is provided. The communication unit 22 receives, via the Internet 100, notification information (including operation specifying information) transmitted from each device 10 as described above, under the control of the processing unit 21. The storage unit 23 includes design document information representing a design document used when creating a program representing a process to be executed by the processing unit 11 of the device 10 described above, specifically, a state transition table (see FIG. 3). State transition table information representing) is stored. The processing unit 21 uses the notification information from the device 10 received by the communication unit 22 to specify operation identification information (a set of numbers representing array positions in the vertical and horizontal directions in the state transition table (see FIG. 3)), ID information, position information , Extract time information etc. Then, the processing unit 21 performs the operation content representing the operation content specified by the combination of the numbers of the operation specifying information in the state transition table (see FIG. 3) represented by the state transition table information stored in the storage unit 23. Generate information (action content analysis unit). For example, when the operation specifying information is (0, 0), an event (E0) of pressing the start button occurs in the standby state (S0) from the state transition table shown in FIG. Processing is performed, and operation content information representing operation content (1) (see paragraph 0030) of the device 10 for transitioning to the operating state (S1) is generated. The format of the operation content information can be arbitrarily determined in accordance with the purpose, mode, and the like of the use of the operation content information. The processing unit 21 stores the operation content information obtained as described above in association with the ID information, the position information, the time information, etc. extracted from the notification information, and the operation specifying information (a set of numbers). Store in unit 23.

  Next, the specific operation of the information collection system described above will be described with reference to FIG. 6 showing the specific flow of the operation of the device 10.

  First, the device 10 operates as follows under the control of the processing unit 11 which executes processing in accordance with a program created based on the state transition table shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 6, when start button 12a is pressed in the standby state (S0: initial state) (occurrence of event E0), motor 14 is activated to start driving the mechanism and the internal timer of processing unit 11 is activated. It starts and transitions to the operating state (S1). As operation specifying information for specifying this series of operation contents (1), the number “0” representing the horizontal array position of the standby state (S0) in the state transition table shown in FIG. A pair (0, 0) with the number “0” representing the longitudinal arrangement position of E 0) is generated by the conversion unit 17.

  When the stop button 12b is pressed (occurrence of event E3) in the operating state (S1) in which the mechanism is driven (the occurrence of event E3), the motor 14 is stopped while the internal timer operates continuously. The mechanism stops and transitions to the paused state (S2). As the operation specifying information for specifying the series of operation contents (6), the number “1” representing the horizontal arrangement position of the operating state (S1) in the state transition table, and the stop button pressed event (E3) A pair (1, 3) with the number “3” representing the vertical arrangement position is generated by the conversion unit 17.

  When the start button 12a is pressed again (occurrence of the event E0) in the pause state (S2) in which the mechanism is stopping while the internal timer is continuously operating, the motor 14 is restarted. The mechanism starts driving again and transitions to the operating state (S1). As the operation specifying information for specifying this series of operation contents (2), the number “2” representing the horizontal array position of the paused state (S2) in the state transition table, and the event (E0) of pressing the start button A pair (2, 0) with the number “0” representing the vertical direction array position is generated by the conversion unit 17.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned operating state (S1), which is a driving state of the mechanism, if an operation end command is generated in the processing unit 11 before the internal timer times out (the occurrence of event E2), the motor 14 is stopped. As a result, the mechanism is stopped, an end message is displayed on the display unit 16 under the control of the processing unit 11, and the state transitions to the standby state (S0). As the operation specifying information for specifying this series of operation contents (5), the number “1” representing the horizontal array position of the operating state (S1) in the state transition table, and the vertical of the operation end event (E2) A pair (1, 2) with the direction arrangement position "2" is generated by the conversion unit 17.

  As described above, when the start switch 12a is pressed to start driving the mechanism and the mechanism is driven, the mechanism is temporarily stopped by pressing the stop switch 12b, and then it is started again In the flow of operation of the device 10 that the mechanism is stopped when the switch 12a is pressed and the mechanism continues to drive and continues driving, the command of operation termination is generated and the mechanism is stopped. As operation specifying information for specifying (1), (6), (2) (5), pairs of numbers (0, 0), (1, 3), (2, 0), (1, 2) are sequentially It is generated (information generation step). In the process, each time a set of numbers as operation specifying information is generated under the control of the processing unit 11, the notification information including the set of the numbers is transmitted from the communication unit 18 to the cloud server 20 via the Internet 100. Sent to (transmission step).

  In the situation where notification information including a set of numbers as operation specifying information is sequentially transmitted from the device 10 through the Internet 100 by the above-described processing (first step on the device 10 side: information generation step, transmission step) In the server 20, the communication unit 22 sequentially receives the notification information (second step: receiving step). Then, a set of numbers as operation specifying information is extracted from the notification information, and ID information, position information, time information and the like are extracted, and the extracted number set, ID information, position information and time information And the like are stored in the storage unit 23 in a state of being associated with each other.

  Then, each time the set of numbers is stored in the storage unit 23, or at an appropriate timing, the processing unit 21 displays the state transition table represented by the state transition table information stored in advance in the storage unit 23 (FIG. 3). Operation content information representing operation content specified by the set of numbers as operation specification information in (refer to (2): operation content analysis step). Specifically, in the state transition table (see FIG. 3), the state (S) in the horizontal arrangement position represented by the number before the set of the numbers and the vertical arrangement position represented by the number after the set An action content representing action content corresponding to a combination with a certain event (E) is generated. Then, under the control of the processing unit 21, the operation content information is stored in the storage unit 23 so as to correspond to the combination of the numbers already stored, ID information, position information, time information, and the like.

  For example, when the set of numbers as operation specifying information is (1, 3), the state transition information (see FIG. 3) is represented by the number "1" before the set (1, 3) of the numbers. Operation content corresponding to the combination of the state “in operation (S1) and the event in the vertical direction array position represented by number“ 3 ”in the horizontal direction array position“ stop button pressed (E3) ”(6 ), That is, when the "stop button pressed" event (E3) occurs when the "state is" operating (S1) ", the" motor stop "process is performed and the state is" paused ( Operation content information representing operation content (6) (refer to paragraph 0030) of “transition to S2)” is generated. The operation content information includes ID information for specifying the device 10, position information for specifying the position where the device 10 performed the operation represented by the operation content information, and the device 10 performed the operation for the content. It is stored in the storage unit 23 in association with a set of time information for specifying time and a number as the operation specifying information.

  In the information collection system as described above, the device 10 operating according to the program created based on the state transition table (refer to FIG. 3) has a number representing the array position of the state in the state transition table and A set of numbers representing the array position of an event occurring in the state in the state transition table is generated as operation specifying information for specifying the operation content of the device 10 in the state transition table, and the set of numbers is the Internet 100 To the cloud server 20 (management server). On the other hand, in the cloud server 20, when the set of the two numbers is received from the device 10, the state at the array position represented by one of the two numbers in the state transition table and the state Information representing the operation content corresponding to the combination with the event at the array position represented by the other of the two numbers is generated. Therefore, according to such a state collection system, the operating state (operation content information) of the device 10 can be received from the cloud server 20 via the Internet 100 even if the device 10 is not provided with a sensor for detecting the operating state. It can be collected by

  Further, instead of transmitting information directly representing the operation content from the device 10, a set of numbers as operation specifying information for specifying the operation content in the state transition table (design document) is transmitted. The amount of information required is also small, and communication resources can be saved.

  In the cloud server 20 (processing unit 21), the device 10 specified by the ID information from the ID information, the position information, the time information, and the operation content information stored in the state associated with the storage unit 23 is the time information It is possible to recognize that the action indicated by the action content information is performed at the position identified by the position information at the time identified by. And, by using various analysis methods, this type of information (BIC data) predicts the occurrence of failure of the device 10, predicts the part replacement time, and analyzes the location where the design of the device 10 should be changed as a whole. Etc. can be used for various purposes.

  The configuration of the device 10 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 2 as described above. It may include any component as long as it operates according to a program created based on a design document such as a mechanical mechanism, an electronic circuit or an electric circuit, or a state transition table.

  In the information collection system described above, the device 10 transmits the ID information, the position information, the time information, etc. together with the operation specifying information (a set of numbers) as the notification information, but the contents of the notification information is the operation specifying information It is not particularly limited as long as it contains The information to be transmitted to the cloud server 20 may be only operation specifying information. In this case, for example, on the cloud server 20 side, it can be recognized that there are devices on which various operations are performed. Further, the time information may be added with time information indicating the time when the cloud server 20 receives the notification information, instead of transmitting the time information.

  The cloud server 20 (management server) may be configured as a single server or may be configured as a server group including a plurality of servers.

  Although the information collection system described above generates, as operation content information, information representing the entire operation content represented corresponding to a combination of a state and an event in the state transition table from the set of numbers, but is not limited to this. It is also possible to generate, as operation content information, information representing a part of the operation content that can be identified even by the operation specification information in the design document (state transition table). For example, in the above-described information collection system, when the set of numbers as operation specifying information is (1, 3), the state transition information (see FIG. 3) may be preceded by the set (1, 3) of the numbers. Combination with the state “in operation (S1) and the event in the longitudinal array position represented by the subsequent number“ 3 ”in the horizontal array position represented by the number“ 1 ”and“ stop button pressed (E3) ” If the event (E3) of "stop button pressed" occurs while the "condition is" in operation (S1) "corresponding to the" motor stop "process is performed, the status is" paused (S2) Not the entire operation content (6) of “transition to)”, for example, the operation content of “stop button pressed event (E3) occurred when the state is“ in operation (S1) ”” Even if the information represents When S1) "is," the event of the stop button is pressed "(E3) occurs, be information representing the operation content of" processing of the motor stop "is performed" good.

  In the above-described information collection system, a state transition table is used as a design document, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be something other than the state transition table as long as it is the basis of a program that represents the operation of the device 10. As the design document, for example, a state transition diagram shown in FIG. 4 or a decision table as shown in FIG. 7A can be used. In the case of a state transition diagram, for example, each state and each event can be assigned a number, and a combination of the state number before transition, the event number after transition, and the event number can be used as operation specification information. .

  Further, in the case of the determination table shown in FIG. 7A, for example, as shown in FIG. 7B, for each column (row) in the horizontal direction, the number (1 to 4) for each column (row) A number (1 to 9) in the vertical direction can be assigned, and a set of the number in the vertical direction and the number in the horizontal direction can be used as information for specifying the operation content in the decision sheet.

  As mentioned above, although the modification of some embodiments and each part of the present invention was described, the modification of this embodiment or each part is shown as an example, and limiting the scope of the present invention is not intended. . These novel embodiments described above can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and the gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims.

  The information collecting system according to the present invention has an effect that the management server can collect the operation information of the device through the Internet without providing a sensor for detecting the operation state of the device in particular. It is useful as an information gathering system using IoT technology.

10 Equipment 11 Processing Unit 12a Start Button 12b Stop Button 12c Reset Button 13 Switch Input Circuit 14 Motor 15 Drive Circuit 16 Display Unit 17 Conversion Unit 18 Communication Unit 20 Cloud Server (Management Server)
21 processing unit 22 communication unit 23 storage unit 100 Internet

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An apparatus having a processing unit that executes processing in accordance with a program created based on a design document that describes operation content, and that operates according to processing in the processing unit,
A conversion unit for converting a code corresponding to the process output from the processing unit into operation specifying information specified in the design document when the processing unit executes the process according to the program; ,
A transmission unit that transmits the operation specifying information obtained by the conversion unit to a management server via the Internet. In the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the state is applied to each state and each event in combination. A state transition table in which information about processing to be performed and the transition destination state is described when the event occurs,
The conversion unit is a set of the numbers representing the sequence location of the event to be generated in that state in number to the state transition table indicating the sequence position of the state in the state transition table, converted from the code, the device The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means for generating operation content of at as the operation specifying information for specifying in the state transition table. A management server for acquiring information from the device according to claim 1, wherein
A receiving unit that receives, via the Internet, operation specifying information specifying in the design document the operation content of the device transmitted from the device;
A storage unit storing design document information representing the design document;
The operation content analysis unit generates information representing the operation content specified by the operation specifying information received by the receiving unit in the design document represented by the design document information stored in the storage unit Management server. In the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are arrayed in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the state is applied to each combination of each state and each event. A state transition table in which information about processing to be performed and the transition destination state is described when the event occurs,
When the set of two numbers is received as the action specification information by the reception unit, the action content analysis unit is a state in an array position represented by one number and the other number in the state transition table. 4. The management server according to claim 3, further comprising means for generating information representing an operation content corresponding to a combination with an event at the array position represented. An information collecting system comprising: a processing unit that executes processing according to a program created based on a design document describing operation contents, wherein a management server collects information from an apparatus that operates according to processing in the processing unit,
The device is
A conversion unit for converting a code corresponding to the process output from the processing unit into operation specifying information specified in the design document when the processing unit executes the process according to the program; ,
A transmission unit that transmits the operation specifying information obtained by the conversion unit to the management server via the Internet;
The management server is
A receiving unit that receives the operation specifying information transmitted from the device via the Internet;
A storage unit storing design document information representing the design document;
The operation content analysis unit generates information representing the operation content specified by the operation specifying information received by the receiving unit in the design document represented by the design document information stored in the storage unit Information gathering system. In the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are arrayed in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the state is applied to each combination of each state and each event. A state transition table in which information about processing to be performed and the transition destination state is described when the event occurs,
The conversion unit of the device converts , from the code , a set of a number representing an array position of a state in the state transition table and a number representing an array position of an event occurring in the state in the state transition table . And means for generating operation content of the device as operation specifying information for specifying in the state transition table,
The operation content analysis unit of the management server, in the state transition table, a state in an array position represented by one of the pair of numbers received by the reception unit and a pair of the pair 6. The information collecting system according to claim 5, further comprising means for generating information representing operation content corresponding to a combination with an event at the array position represented by the other number of. An information collection method comprising: a processing unit that executes processing in accordance with a program created based on a design document describing operation content, wherein the management server collects information from a device that operates according to processing in the processing unit,
Comprising a first step executed on the device and a second step executed on the management server,
The first step is
A conversion step of converting a code corresponding to the process output from the processing unit into operation specifying information specified in the design document when the processing unit executes the process according to the program; ,
Transmitting the operation specifying information obtained by the conversion step to the management server via the Internet;
The second step is
Receiving the operation specifying information transmitted from the device via the Internet;
Information including an operation content analysis step of generating information representing the operation content specified by the operation specification information received in the reception step in the design document represented by design document information stored in the storage unit How to collect. In the design document, one or more states that can be taken in the device and one or more events that can occur in the device are arrayed in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the state is applied to each combination of each state and each event. A state transition table in which information about processing to be performed and the transition destination state is described when the event occurs,
The conversion step comprises converting the combination of a number representing an array position of a state in the state transition table and a number representing an array position of an event occurring in the state in the state transition table from the code. Generating the action content of the information as action specifying information specified in the state transition table,
The operation content analysis step includes, in the state transition table, a state at an array position represented by one of the number sets received in the reception step and the other number of the number set. 8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of generating information representing the operation content corresponding to the combination with the event at the array position represented by.

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