KR20110012407A - Apparatus and method for managing optical cable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for managing an optical cable are provided to easily confirm a target optical cable through each terminal and electronic tag of a distributed network. CONSTITUTION: In correspondence to the number of optical cables, plural electronic tags(30) records intrinsic identifier information. A terminal(20) obtains the corresponding optical cable information of a work target through work indication data of a server(10). The terminal confirms an electronic tag having the intrinsic identifier information identical to the optical cable information. The terminal transmits work result report data to the server, and the server receives the work result report data from the terminal.

Description

Optical cable management system and method {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OPTICAL CABLE}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an optical cable management system and method, and more particularly, to an optical cable management system and method for enabling accurate and reliable management of an optical cable.

In recent years, communication using mobile phones and the Internet has been rapidly developed toward the transmission of still and moving pictures beyond the communication of voice or text data, and on the other hand, as commercialization of video conferencing and high-definition television is rapidly progressing. As a result, the demand for high-speed information and communication technology is increasing exponentially. As a result, communication demand is rapidly expanding in all fields of society, and the transmission speed of communication networks and the spread of optical cable communication networks are rapidly progressing to meet them.

In such optical cables, the wear, refraction and deformation of the optical cables are not able to perform the normal functions of the optical cables due to the cause of the accident, so that the communication service through the optical cables cannot be smoothly serviced.

Therefore, it is necessary to continuously monitor and manage the failure of the optical cable to prevent accidents caused by the optical cable in advance.

On the other hand, in order to manage all the pre-installed optical cable, the operator checks the identification tag hung on the optical cable one by one in the field, and when the identified identification tag is the optical cable, it was done in such a way that the operation corresponding to the optical cable.

At this time, since the optical cable of the same shape, the identification tag is suspended for each optical cable as an identification means of the optical cable to facilitate the operation and management.

However, such a conventional optical cable management method takes a long time to find the identification tag assigned to the optical cable, and a problem that can cause the failure of the optical cable while the operator comes into contact with another optical cable while looking for the optical cable to be managed. There was this.

Therefore, the method of visually displaying the optical cable through the different colors for the operator so that the operator can easily recognize the optical cable, but this is also a problem that it is not easy to perform the operation and management of the optical cable by identifying a specific optical cable on the display of different colors There was this.

Disclosure of Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an optical cable management system and method for enabling accurate and reliable operation and management of an optical cable.

Another object of the present invention is to assign a unique identifier to each of a plurality of optical cables, and to transmit the job information from the server side to the worker side to report the operation results to the server to recognize the optical cable to work and manage using an electronic tag The present invention provides an optical cable management system and method for scheduling an optical cable operation through a work result in a server.

In the optical cable management system according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the optical cable management system for the operation and management of the optical cable, to generate the work order data by data-forming the overall work content of the optical cable operation and management A server for transmitting the work order data by a wireless communication method; A plurality of electronic tags in which unique identifier information is recorded corresponding to the number of the optical cables; And receiving the work order data, acquiring the corresponding optical cable information of the work object through the work order data, checking whether the electronic tag has the same cable unique identifier information as that of the optical cable information, and notifying them of the same. And a terminal for transmitting the work result report data to the server as a work result, wherein the server receives work result report data including work result information according to work and management of the optical cable and status information of the optical cable from the terminal. Characterized in that.

In this case, the terminal is characterized in that the service by the guide message or a notification sound for the same.

Here, the server, the wireless communication unit for transmitting the work instruction data to the terminal based on the wireless communication method, and receives the work result report data from the terminal; A memory in which the work instruction data and the work result report data are stored; A control unit which generates work instruction data for optical cable operation and management, transmits the operation instruction data to a terminal, and controls the operation and management of the optical cable using the operation result report data; And a display unit for displaying the work instruction data and the work result report data.

The terminal may include a wireless communication unit configured to receive work instruction data from a server based on the wireless communication method and to transmit work result report data to a server; A tag recognizing unit for obtaining optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag; Displaying the work order data, extracting the optical cable information of the corresponding optical cable to be worked and managed from the work order data, determines whether the extracted optical cable information and the unique information of the optical cable obtained through the tag recognition unit is the same, and outputs the determination result And a controller configured to control the operation result report data to be generated and transmitted to a server. And a display unit displaying whether the extracted optical cable information and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained through the tag recognition unit are the same.

Here, the electronic tag is any one of 2-D and 3-D code tags and barcodes.

Here, the electronic tag is characterized in that it has a size of 4 ~ 6mm.

Here, the work instruction data is characterized in that the corresponding optical cable information (unique identifier) that is a work target is mapped with the operation and management details of the optical cable to be performed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing an optical cable through wireless communication between a server and a terminal, wherein the server generates a work instruction data by data-forming general work contents related to the operation and management of the optical cable. Transmitting to a terminal; When the terminal receives the work order data, first executing the work order data to display work contents and extracting corresponding optical cable information to be worked and managed from the work order data; Determining, by the terminal, whether the extracted optical cable information is identical to optical cable unique identifier information obtained from an electronic tag assigned to each optical cable; And performing a notification service according to whether the same is based on the determination result, and transmitting the operation result report data according to the optical cable operation and the completion of management to the server.

Here, the electronic tag is one of 2-D and 3-D code tags and barcodes.

Here, the electronic tag is characterized in that it has a size of 4 ~ 6mm.

According to the above-mentioned problem solving means, the present invention requires the operation and management of a plurality of optical cables, so that the optical cables of the work targets can be easily identified through the terminals and the electronic tags of the distribution network, thereby providing the corresponding optical cables of the work and management targets. There is an effect that can be easily found. This has the effect of reducing the time to find the optical cable to work.

In addition, as the operator comes into contact with another optical cable while searching for the corresponding optical cable for work and management, there is an effect of minimizing the risk of causing the failure of the other optical cable.

The optical cable management system and method of the present invention is electronically tagged to give a unique identifier (ID) to each of a plurality of optical cables in advance, and then transmits the contents of work to be performed for each optical cable in a server to a worker working in the field. After checking the work received, the tag identifier is used to check the unique identifier information of the electronic tag installed in each fiber cable to identify the optical cable to be worked on the basis of the work. Recognition of the result of the check and recognition of the corresponding optical cable to be managed, the operator performs the operation of the optical cable, and transmits the operation result report data including the operation result information according to the operation and management of the optical cable and the status information of the optical cable to the server side. We propose a technical configuration that can be managed on the server side.

In the following description, specific details of the optical cable management system and method of the present invention are presented to provide a more general understanding of the present invention. It is to be understood that the present invention may be readily implemented without these specific details and also by modification thereof. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the following description, the server and the terminal communicate with each other by a wireless communication method, and it should be appreciated that the following description may be omitted by communicating with the wireless communication method. Hereinafter, the terminal is easy to carry and carry, such as a mobile phone, a PDA, wireless communication through a controller (CPU, MSM, MCU, etc.) and will immediately use a terminal that can display and execute data related to optical cable management. .

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, with reference to the parts necessary for understanding the operation and operation according to the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram of an optical cable management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the optical cable management system 100 according to the present invention includes a server 10, a terminal 20, a plurality of electronic tags 30, and the like. Here, the plurality of electronic tags 30 are attached corresponding to the respective optical cables constituting the plurality of optical cables exposed to the optical cable management box installed in the building premises to be managed and worked.

First, the server 10 generates a work order data by making data of the overall work content related to the optical cable work and management to be created, and the generated work order data to the terminal 20 to be carried by the worker using a wireless communication method. send. Here, the work order data is mapped with the information of the optical cable (unique identifier) to be worked on, along with the operation and management of the optical cable to be performed.

In addition, it may also include the terminal information of the worker to perform the optical cable operation and management in accordance with the work order data.

In addition, the server 10 receives the operation result report data including the operation result information according to the operation and management of the optical cable and the status information of the optical cable from the terminal 20. In addition, the server 10 performs the operation and management scheduling of the optical cable through the work result report data. Here, the work result report data includes information on worker information, work date, work and management contents, work and management implementation, and the like. Accordingly, the server 10 updates the work order data of the optical cable to be later worked and managed through the work result report data.

The terminal 20 receives the work order data from the server 10 by wireless communication with the server 10, extracts the corresponding optical cable information of the work object through the received work order data, and then corresponds to the optical cable information ( In order to recognize (detect) the corresponding optical cable, the tag recognition unit 23 is used to obtain unique optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag 30. In this case, the terminal 20 notifies the worker of the electronic tag 30 having the optical cable unique identifier information corresponding to the optical cable information through a guide message or a notification sound. In addition, the terminal 20 transmits the job result report data to the server 10.

In the plurality of electronic tags 30, unique identifier information is recorded for each optical cable corresponding to the number of optical cables. Here, the plurality of electronic tags 30 are located at one side of each optical cable so that the optical cable unique identifier information can be obtained through the tag recognition unit 23 provided in the terminal 20. In this case, the plurality of electronic tags 30 may be manufactured in a small size of 4 to 6 mm in width and width so as to directly hang on the optical cable as shown in FIG. 2. Here, the plurality of electronic tags 30 may be any one of 2-D and 3-D code tags and barcodes. In this case, it is obvious that the plurality of electronic tags 30 should be provided as a tag recognition unit corresponding to each electronic tag 30. .

3 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a server and a terminal in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server 10 includes a wireless communication unit 11, a memory 13, a control unit 15, a display unit 17, and the like.

First, the wireless communication unit 11 transmits work instruction data to the terminal 20 based on the wireless communication method, and receives the work result report data from the terminal 20 based on the wireless communication method.

The memory 13 stores programs according to optical cable management. In addition, the memory 13 stores a program for generating work instruction data, and a program for scheduling work in consideration of the work result report data. That is, the work instruction data may be updated in consideration of the work result report data. In addition, the work instruction data and the work result report data are stored in the memory 13.

The control unit 15 controls the overall operation of the optical cable operation and management. In addition, the controller 15 generates work instruction data for optical cable operation and management. In addition, it controls to transmit the generated work order data to the terminal 20 through the wireless communication unit (11). In addition, the controller 15 schedules the operation and management of the optical cable in the future by using the operation result report data received through the wireless communication unit 11.

The display unit 17 displays the current state of the server 10. In addition, the display unit 17 displays work contents according to the work instruction data. In addition, the display unit 17 displays job result report data transmitted from the terminal 20. The display unit 17 also displays scheduling screen data relating to the operation and management of the optical cable.

The terminal 20 includes a wireless communication unit 21, a tag recognition unit 23, a memory 25, a control unit 27, a display unit 29, and the like.

The wireless communication unit 21 receives work instruction data from the server 10 based on the wireless communication method. In addition, the wireless communication unit 21 transmits the work result report data to the server 10 based on the wireless communication method.

The tag recognition unit 23 obtains optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag 30.

The work order data received from the server 10 is stored in the memory 25. In addition, the work result report data is stored in the memory 25. Here, the work instruction data and the work result report data are preferably temporarily stored, and the memory 25 may be a buffer.

The control unit 27 displays the work contents according to the work instruction data. In addition, the control unit 27 extracts the corresponding optical cable information to be worked and managed according to the work order data, and determines whether the extracted optical cable information and the unique optical fiber unique identifier information obtained through the tag recognition unit 23 is the same or not. Inform. In addition, the control unit 27 controls to transmit the job result report data for the optical cable after performing the operation and management to the server 10.

The display unit 29 displays work instruction data. In addition, the display unit 29 displays the work result report data so that it can be created. In addition, the display unit 29 displays a guide message indicating whether or not the corresponding optical cable information to be worked and managed and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained through the tag recognition unit 23.

Here, unlike the guide message, the optical cable information and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained through the tag recognition unit 23 may be processed as a notification sound, and for this purpose, the notification sound processor (not shown) may be used. Should include more.

1 to 3, the operation and operation of the optical cable management apparatus according to the present invention will be described. The control unit 15 generates work instruction data for the operation and management of the optical cable, and stores the generated work instruction data in memory. At the same time, the work instruction data is transmitted to the terminal 20 through the wireless communication unit 11.

Then, the terminal 20 carried by the operator receives the work instruction data through the wireless communication unit 21 and temporarily stores the received work instruction data in the memory 25.

Subsequently, the control unit 27 displays the work instruction data through the display unit 29 and simultaneously extracts the optical cable information of the object to be worked and managed from the work instruction data.

The control unit 27 obtains the optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag provided for each optical cable by using the tag recognition unit 23.

Then, the controller 27 determines whether the extracted optical cable information is identical to the optical cable unique identifier information obtained through the tag recognition unit 23. That is, the control unit 27 confirms whether or not the optical cable of the object to be worked currently.

Accordingly, the control unit 27 retrieves the electronic tag 30 having the same optical cable unique identifier information as the optical cable information extracted through the tag recognizing unit 23 and informs the worker of the operation, and the worker can work and manage the optical cable. To help.

After completing the work and management, the control unit 27 transmits the generated job result report data to the server 10 through the wireless communication unit 21.

Then, after receiving the job result report data through the wireless communication unit 11, the server 10 schedules the operation and management of the optical cable in consideration of the job result report data and stores it in the memory 13.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an optical cable management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the server 10 generates work order data by data-forming overall work contents related to optical cable work and management (S401).

Thereafter, the server 10 transmits the work order data to the terminal 20 possessed by the worker based on the wireless communication method (S403).

Then, the terminal 20 determines whether work order data is received from the server 10 through a wireless communication method (S405).

As a result of the determination, when the work order data is received, the terminal 20 first displays the work contents by executing the work order data and simultaneously extracts the corresponding optical cable information to be worked and managed using the work order data (S407).

Thereafter, the terminal 20 determines whether the extracted optical cable information and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained from the electronic tag provided for each optical cable are the same (S409). In order to obtain the optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag, the terminal 20 must be provided with a tag recognition unit that can read the optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag.

As a result of the determination, when the extracted optical cable information and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained from the electronic tag are not the same, the terminal 20 notifies the operator of the same through a guide message or a notification sound indicating that the information is not the same (S411).

Thereafter, the terminal 20 obtains the optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag corresponding to the other optical cable (S413), and returns to step 409 (S409), the extracted optical cable information and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained from the electronic tag may be the same. Repeat until.

However, as a result of the determination, if the extracted optical cable information and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained from the electronic tag are the same, the terminal 20 notifies the worker of the same through a guide message or a notification sound indicating the same (S415).

Accordingly, when working and managing the optical cable, the optical cable is not tangled, and the neighboring optical cable is in contact with each other, thereby minimizing the risk of causing a failure of another optical cable.

Thereafter, the terminal 20 transmits the operation result report data generated according to the optical cable operation and the management completion to the server 10 based on the wireless communication method (S417).

Then, the server 10 receives the operation result report data (S419), and performs scheduling related to the operation and management of the optical cable to be operated and managed in consideration of the received operation result report data (S421).

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an optical cable management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary view showing an optical cable with an electronic tag in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a server and a terminal in FIG. 1.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an optical cable management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (10)

In the optical cable management system for the operation and management of the optical cable, A server for generating work order data by data-forming general work contents related to optical cable work and management, and transmitting the work order data by a wireless communication method; A plurality of electronic tags in which unique identifier information is recorded corresponding to the number of the optical cables; And After receiving the work order data, acquiring the corresponding optical cable information of the work object through the work order data, confirming whether it is the electronic tag having the same cable unique identifier information as the optical cable information, and notifying whether or not the same. As a result includes a terminal for transmitting the work result report data to the server, The server, the optical cable management system, characterized in that for receiving the operation result report data including the operation result information and the status information of the optical cable according to the operation and management of the optical cable. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal, Optical cable management system, characterized in that for providing the service with a guide message or a notification sound for the same. The method of claim 1, wherein the server, A wireless communication unit which transmits work instruction data to a terminal based on the wireless communication method and receives work result report data from the terminal; A memory in which the work instruction data and the work result report data are stored; A control unit which generates work instruction data for optical cable operation and management, transmits the operation instruction data to a terminal, and controls the operation and management of the optical cable using the operation result report data; And And a display unit for displaying the work instruction data and the work result report data. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal, A wireless communication unit configured to receive work instruction data from a server based on the wireless communication method and to transmit work result report data to a server; A tag recognizing unit for obtaining optical cable unique identifier information from the electronic tag; Displaying the work order data, extracting the optical cable information of the corresponding optical cable to be worked and managed from the work order data, determines whether the extracted optical cable information and the unique information of the optical cable obtained through the tag recognition unit is the same, and outputs the determination result And a controller configured to control the operation result report data to be generated and transmitted to a server. And And a display unit for displaying whether the extracted optical cable information and the optical cable unique identifier information obtained through a tag recognition unit are the same. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic tag, Optical cable management system, characterized in that any one of 2-D and 3-D code tag and bar code. The method of claim 1 or 5, wherein the electronic tag, Optical cable management system, characterized in that having a size of 4 ~ 6mm. The method of claim 1, wherein the work order data, Optical cable management system, characterized in that the information of the optical cable (unique identifier) to be worked with the work and management of the optical cable to be performed is mapped. In the method of managing the optical cable through the wireless communication between the server and the terminal, Generating, by the server, a general work content related to optical cable work and management, and generating work order data to the terminal; When the terminal receives the work order data, first executing the work order data to display work contents and extracting corresponding optical cable information to be worked and managed from the work order data; Determining, by the terminal, whether the extracted optical cable information is identical to optical cable unique identifier information obtained from an electronic tag assigned to each optical cable; And Based on the determination result, performing a notification service according to whether or not, and transmitting the operation result report data according to the optical cable operation and management completion to the server. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic tag, Optical cable management method, characterized in that any one of 2-D and 3-D code tag and bar code. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein the electronic tag, Optical cable management method characterized in that having a size of 4 ~ 6mm.

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