KR20150124471A

KR20150124471A - A remote machine management system with a mobile phone and an M2M combine devices

Info

Publication number: KR20150124471A
Application number: KR1020140050446A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 류창열
Original assignee: 와이앤케이텍 주식회사
Priority date: 2014-04-28
Filing date: 2014-04-28
Publication date: 2015-11-06

Abstract

In order to manage a device at a remote site, the present invention senses the state of the image camera and the device, the temperature and humidity of the device, and transmits the sensed temperature and humidity to the M2M gateway through wired or wireless communication and transmits the received data via a wireless data network including a Wi- To the administrator's computer to remotely manage the device through image or automatic diagnosis technology. It can diagnose and process the devices remotely and can easily manage the remote action situation according to the surrounding environment .

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a mobile phone and an M2M combine devices,

The present invention relates to a remote machine device management system using an M2M (Machine To Machine) based integrated mechanical sensing device.

[Patent Document 1] Korean Unexamined Patent Application No. 10-2007-0100580 Device and method for forming a trust-based social network content community using the DMT hardware

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] An M2M module having an emergency notification function, an M2M device selectively connected to the M2M module, and a driving method thereof

[Patent Document 3] Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0072506 Method of providing a personal M2M service using an IPTV service overlay network and system and apparatus therefor

Recently, M2M module and service related technology are being released.

For example, the above document 1 relates to a system for distributing and managing large amount of data to each individual based on M2M.

The above document 2 relates to an apparatus for delivering an emergency situation to various M2M devices.

The above document 3 relates to a method and an apparatus for providing health related contents by connecting to each individual M2M device using an IPTV service overlay network.

In the case of SMEs, it has been difficult to secure A / S personnel financially in the management of machinery and equipment, which has been spreading all over the country.

In addition, the A / S of the relatively small mechanical device must be handled and handled by a professional engineer, so there are many time and economic damages.

Recently, the technology of internet and smart phone has become advanced, and large-capacity multimedia data can be transmitted in real time, and self-diagnosis technology is also secured in the device itself, so that it can be applied to the management of machinery using integrated sensors of video- Technology was needed.

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a technology that can be managed by a computer or a smart phone in a remote place using an integrated display and sensing device, an environmental sensing device, and an M2M device in a machine device which is difficult to manage have.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a technology for automatically managing a situation of a remote place through a program.

The present invention relates to a device management technique using an M2M device sensor management technology and an image management technology using an advanced smart phone and an Internet technology including a NFC function, a Bluetooth function, and a GPS function, Using Smartphone or M2M device Connecting the image management system It is possible to easily solve the device problem at the remote place and also has the effect of the merchandise management of the agency.

1 is a diagram illustrating a basic configuration system of the present invention
2 is an exemplary diagram of a remote image processing technique of the present invention
3 is an exemplary diagram of a remote automatic processing technique of the present invention

In order to manage a device at a remote location, the device senses an image sensing using a video camera, a device sensing for sensing the state of the device, and an environment such as temperature and humidity at the site, and transmits the sensed environment to the M2M gateway by wire or wireless, The data is transferred to the manager's computer or mobile phone via the wireless data network including the Wi-Fi or mobile communication network. When the manager gives the instruction using the received image data and diagnostic data, the instruction is transmitted to the M2M gateway again, The present invention relates to an image management system for transferring a signal to a device and managing the device remotely through image or automatic diagnosis technology. The following table explains differences and effects from existing technologies.

Features and effects of remote image management system using M2M device
Invention item
Existing technology
Invention
1) Device management technology
Mainly A / S articles direct
Onsite visits or expensive devices
If some server client
Remote diagnostic technology in form
On-site mechanical sensing
Image sensing
And M2M device equipment and mobile phones
Remote management using

2) System configuration
Server Client Configuration

Remote automatic management from the server
And diagnostic functions

Server client with M2M device
And image management device, smartphone connection function, remote environment management function using temperature and humidity sensing function

I have a device status indicator.
Use this image function
Looking at the status of each machine
Image diagnostic function that can be processed

3) Pros and Cons

I have to make a field visit
Inconvenience and A / S / cost
Excessive occurrence

Remote management with low-cost M2M device
ease

Remote control using mobile phone
Possible long-term unmanned management technology effect

The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawings,

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a basic configuration of the present invention,

A device sensor 1300 is provided which is equipped with a mechanical device 800 in the field and which senses the situation of the device 800 and transmits a control command through a wired or wireless network 700.

In addition, the device 800 is not limited to a single device, but is usually composed of several devices (machine 1, machine 2, machine n), which can display, diagnose, and control the status of the machines The present invention includes the apparatus 900, which has a convenient functional characteristic since the state of each of the apparatuses 800 can be seen at a glance and each of the apparatuses can mainly be controlled by a touch screen method.

The device sensor 1300 transmits the state of the device 800 to the device status display device 900 through a wired or wireless network 700 and transmits the control signal to the device 800. [

The image camera sensor 1400 for transferring images together with the image camera 1000 is included in the field.

And a temperature sensor 1500 connected to the on-site thermometer 1100 to transmit a temperature value,

And a humidity sensor 1600 connected to the hygrometer 1200 to transmit the humidity value.

An M2M gateway 600 for collecting measured data from the sensors in real time through a wired or wireless network 700 and collecting data mainly through serial communication or wireless communication such as Bluetooth or Zigbee communication through a device status display 900 .

Thus, the device status display 900 includes a device sensor 1300, a temperature sensor 1500, and a humidity sensor 1600, all of which act as integrated sensing devices.

The M2M gateway 600 is connected to a wireless network 500 using a mobile communication network such as WiFi, 3G, or 4G, and transmits data collected by the sensors, Receives data transmitted from the computer 100 or the cellular phone 110 and controls the mechanical devices 800 by connecting with the device sensor 1300 through the device status display device 900. [

The cellular phone 100 at the remote location has an image processing unit 300 as a program module and has means for visually watching the device status display device 900 together with the data of the sensors, diagnosing the devices, and handling problems.

And a remote automatic processing unit 400, which is a program for automatically collecting diagnostic data of the field and knowing the status of the remote devices and automatically processing the data.

2 is a view for explaining the image processing unit 300 in more detail,

The apparatus status display apparatus 900 includes a display screen 910 for displaying the status of each of the apparatuses together with graphic processing on the screen,

A central processing unit (CPU) 920 serving as an overall central control and arithmetic unit,

A diagnosis unit 930 provided as a program module in a memory of the device display apparatus 900 and having means for diagnosing the condition of each of the devices 800 or capturing a display screen or controlling each of the devices 800 .

The diagnosis unit 930 also receives the surrounding environment data such as the data of the temperature sensor 1500 and the humidity sensor 1600 and transmits the data to the cellular phone 100.

The image processing unit 300 uses the camera 1000 of each site to view a display screen 910 of the device status display device 900 that displays an operation image of the mechanical devices 800 or devices of the respective device states, The camera processing unit 310 of the means for remotely processing the image data.

The image processing unit 300 is connected to the image capturing processing unit 320 of the means for remotely processing the problem while watching the image capturing the status diagnosis screen of the device 800 in the diagnosis unit 930 of the device status display device 900, ).

The image processing unit 300 is connected to the diagnosis unit 930 of the device status display device 900 while watching an image to remotely control the device 800 so that a problem can be handled by using the keyboard of the mobile phone 100 And a device connection processing unit 330 having remote control means of the machine 800 through screen management using keys.

3 is a more detailed description of the remote automatic processing unit 400,

The remote location automatic processing unit 400 can process the state of the device 800 by remote automatic control. If a problem occurs, the remote location automatic programming unit 400 is programmed and preset according to the problem, And an automatic processing unit 410 for automatically processing the input data from the equipment status display device 900 according to the value. More specifically, in the course of using machinery 800 in the field, it is often the case that a beginner who does not handle the machine properly can not properly handle the situations where the machine can be reset or can be solved by a simple action. In this case, when a problem occurs and a problem is reported to the cellular phone 100 by the program, the program is set in advance so that various operations can be automatically processed at once according to the case do.

Also, since the machines in the field vary greatly depending on the ambient temperature, humidity, and surrounding environment, it is often necessary to manage people in setting the program.

In this case, in many cases, it is not possible to automatically set the processing device 800 in the field machine 800, unless it is an expert. Therefore, in this case, the present invention can be implemented by a machine environment setting unit 800 that enables an expert of a mechanical device 800 in a remote mobile phone 100 to set a setting according to a surrounding environment such as an on-site temperature and a humidity, .

Therefore, the automatic processing unit 400 can automatically operate each of the mechanical devices 800 according to the reference value when the environment is normal. If the ambient environment such as a change in the temperature and humidity is long or the machine operation time is long, The machine configuration unit 430 changes the setting value and activates the automatic processing unit 410.

The remote location automatic processing unit 400 receives the response of the means for processing the problems according to the diagnosis state sent from each of the mechanical devices 800 diagnosed by the diagnosis unit 930 of the on- And a connection processing unit 420.

100 mobile phone (or computer)
200 Display window
300 image processing section
400 remote automatic processing unit
500 wireless network (Wi-Fi or cellular network)
600 M2M (Machine to Machine) gateway
700 wired or wireless network
800 Machinery 900 Device Status Indicator
1000 image video camera 1100 thermometer
1200 hygrometer 1300 device sensor
1400 image camera sensor 1500 temperature sensor
1600 humidity sensor

Claims

Mobile phone 100;
A network 500 using a mobile communication network;
The remote M2M gateway 600 and
In the remote management of the mechanical device 800 using the mobile phone 100 at a remote location with at least two mechanical devices 800,
A device sensor 1300 for sensing the status of each machine 800 is provided,
And a device status display device 900 capable of displaying, diagnosing, and controlling the status of at least two machine devices 800 sent from each device sensor 1300
The mobile phone 100 is connected to the M2M gateway 600,
The M2M gateway 600 has a means for remotely diagnosing and controlling the device 800 via the device sensor 1300 in connection with the device display 900.

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the equipment status display device (900) comprises: a cellular phone including means for connecting to a video camera sensor (1400) capable of sensing image data in the video camera (100) Integrated management system for the use of integrated equipment.

The device status display device according to claim 1, wherein the equipment status display device includes at least one of a temperature sensor 1500 capable of sensing temperature in the thermometer 1100 or a humidity sensor 1600 capable of sensing humidity in the hygrometer 1200 And a device management system using a mobile phone and an integrated multimedia device including means for receiving temperature and humidity data.

The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone (100) comprises: an image processing unit (300), which is a program module, for controlling the mobile phone (200) including the means for visually watching the device status display system.

The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the image processing unit (300) is connected to the diagnosis unit (930) of the device status display device (900) while viewing an image, and remotely controls the device (800) And a device connection processing unit (330) having a remote control means of the device (800) by inputting a value by using a keyboard of the device (800) or managing the screen by using each key.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone (100) uses a mobile phone and an IMT integrated device including a remote automatic processing unit (400), which is a program for automatically collecting diagnostic data on the field and knowing the status of remote devices Machinery management system.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when a trouble occurs, the remote character automatic processing unit (400) preprograms and programs the problem according to the problem so that the remote diagnosis value is input from the equipment status display device (900) And an automatic processing unit (410) for automatically processing the data according to the value.