TW201115487A - System and method for managing equipments in labs - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for managing equipments in labs. The system runs in a resource monitoring server. The server connects with at least one personal computer via a network, and connects at least one labs via an intranet. Each of the personal computer provides an interface. Though the interface a user can book an equipment from the server and schedule an operating time for using the equipment, and search an operating state and locating information of the equipment. A related method for managing equipments in the labs is also provided. By utilizing the present application, the equipment can be searched quickly and decrease unused equipments.

Description

201115487 VI. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a laboratory management system and method, and more particularly to a device management system and method in a laboratory. [Prior Art] [0002] [0003] m In the real work, equipment control in the laboratory has become a major problem today, such as 'in the equipment's financial editing' correction, repair, lease and replacement The following questions: (a) The device is arbitrarily moved or rented out, the user cannot find it immediately when needed, causing a waste of time to find the device; (b) The device is not on time and sent for repair, need to ask someone Timing arrangements for tracking correction and delivery, households need to use shared equipment often happen to others; ((i) there is a device, but its location is not clear; 'A borrowed to give B, B used up and borrowed C, Users can't figure out the specific hatred of the device. ::· » After borrowing the equipment, the user often does not remember to return to the above problems on time, the common solution (4): (1) set the custodian mechanism, however, the equipment is easy to be people - comment ^ 'When the custodian is not notified, the custodian often does not know the specific location of the equipment, and does not dare to borrow it from other departments or personnel; (1 i) use the inventory mechanism, which wastes the user's time cost (iii) Establishing a lending management record book, which requires users to consciously record and regularly track the location of the device. However, [inventory content] [_n alone, it is necessary to provide - kind (4) equipment (four) systems and methods' It can guide the user to quickly find the device through the positioning function, drop 0982062826-0 098136648 Form No. A0101 Page 4 / Total 24 pages 201115487 Low idle equipment and invisible search cost, effectively record the use of the device. [0005] The laboratory device management system runs in a resource management server, and the resource management server includes: the reservation module is configured to: when the usage time of the device reserved by the user does not conflict with the usage time previously reserved by other users, according to the user The reserved device and the usage time of each device generate a reservation request table, and store and publicize the reservation request table; the resource management module is used to search for the usage status of the device reserved by the user, and determine whether the device is used within the reserved time period of the user's participation in the reference. Complete use, when the device is used within the time limit reserved by the user and there are other users Approx., or when the device is not used in the time of use reserved by the user but has its own circle ** * When the user makes an appointment, the device is allocated to the other user, and when the device is reserved by the user When the usage time is not completed and there is no other user to make a reservation, it is judged whether the current user has made a reservation again; and the recording and analysis module is used for the use time set by the setter in the use of #*1, ... 'When completed and no other users have made a reservation, announce that the device is idle rV. ί. The device displays its location information, i test the device is not completed when the user's reserved usage time is used. If the current time of the device is not reserved by another user and the current user does not make a reservation again, the device is advertised as an idle device and its location information is displayed, and when the current user makes a reservation again, the device is announced to be in use. [0006] The laboratory device management method includes the following steps: (a) when the usage time of the device reserved by the user does not conflict with the usage time previously reserved by other users, the device according to the user reservation and the usage time of each device Generate a reservation request form, store and publicize the reservation request form; (b) search for the user's office 098136648 Form No. A0101 Page 5 of 24 page 0982062826-0 201115487 [0007] Reserve the location information of the device, find the device and use the user's identification The card recognizes to use the device; (C) determines whether the device is used within the usage time reserved by the user; (d) when the device is used within the reserved time of use by the user and has other user appointments When the device is assigned to the other user and returns to step (b) ' or when the device is used within the usage time reserved by the user and no other user has made an appointment, proceed to step (g); (e) When the device is not used within the usage time reserved by the user but there are other users making an appointment, 'the device is allocated to the other user, and the steps are returned. b), or when the device is not used within the usage time reserved by the user: the user is disconnected from the current user; (f) if the current user makes a reservation again: In the state of use and returning to time (c) 'to proceed to step (g); and (g) to announce that the device is an inter-device and display its location information. f, compared to the conventional technology, the actual system is also the I and the party I! to the device, and through the system to guide the user through the positioning function 3 automatically integrate the allocation of hardware resources, by it can manage the settings, can Allow users to effectively use the device, reduce the inter-device and reduce the invisible search cost, and effectively record the device's usage status to generate a report as the next year's purchase plan. 0 Φ [0008] [Embodiment] As shown in Fig. 1, the operating environment of the preferred embodiment of the laboratory equipment management system of the present invention is shown. The laboratory equipment management system 20 operates in a resource management server 2. The resource management server 2 is connected through the network 098136648 Form No. A0101 0982062826-0 201115487 ❺ [0009] At least one personal computer 1 (such as the personal computers a, b, c shown in FIG. 1). The at least one personal computer 1 is configured to provide an operation interface through which the user can reserve the usage time of the device 32 in the resource management server 2 and search for the specific location of the device 32 through the resource management server 2 and The usage status 'for example' finds out which laboratory 3 (only one of which is shown in Fig. 1) in which the device 32 is located and whether it is used within the reserved usage time. Referring to Figure 2, this embodiment illustrates five laboratories 3, namely laboratories 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d and 3e, with one or more devices 32 distributed in each laboratory 3 (only one is shown in Figure 1). Different labs 3 may have the same device 32 distributed, but the ID of each device 32 is different. In addition, in the preferred embodiment, each room? *Speaker-receiver

31, which can be located on any pull of the laboratory 3, installed in the experiment one; 5·**^! _ · · The ceiling of the room 3. The receiver 31 is configured to monitor the usage status of each device 32 in the ir test chamber 3, and to enable each device 32 through the internal network [0010]

[0011] 098136648 carries an identity recognition device 320, a @record_2, and a signal transmitter 324, as shown in FIG. 3, wherein the identity recognition device 320 can be an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader. The identification device 320 is configured to read the information in the user's identification card, thereby identifying the user identity. The identification card is the ID of the user, and the identity information of the user is recorded. The identification device 320 is an RFID card reader. When the user's identification card enters the magnetic field, the RF signal sent by the RFID card reader is received, and the energy obtained by the induced current is sent out and stored in the identification form number A0101. / Total 24 pages 09^2062826-0 201115487 User information in the card, the RFID reader reads the user information and decodes it, and the information system sent to the RFID card reader makes a comparison to know the identity of the user. [0012] The timer 322 counts the time when the user operates the device 32 while the identity recognition device "identifies the identity of the user." [0013] The signal transmitter 324 is used to count the time according to the timer 322. The usage status of the device 32 is sent to the receiver 31. Since each laboratory 3 in this embodiment has a fixed IP address, and each device 32 has a specific ID ', therefore, the jp bit of the lab 3 The location and the ID of the spoof 32 can be used to know the location information of the φ device 32. The signal transmitter 324 transmits the location information of the device 32 to the receiver 31. The internal network will place information on each device.甩^^送A音麻1管控服务器2 · 〇[0014] As shown in Fig. 4, it is a functional module diagram of the preferred embodiment of the laboratory equipment management system 20 of Fig. 1. The experiment ifife 5th floor includes records The analysis module 2〇0 and the reservation module 2 are used to execute the ϋ ϋ ϋ 204 204 204. The module referred to in the present invention is a brain segment that completes a specific 蟪^^, which is more suitable for describing the software than the program parameter. The execution process in the computer, therefore, in the following description of the software in the present invention [0015] The recording and analysis module 200 is configured to receive and record the location information and usage status of each device 32 transmitted by the receiver 31 in each laboratory 3, and publish the devices 32. The location information and the usage status. [0016] The reservation module 202 is used to summarize the request of each user reservation device 32. When the usage time of the device 32 reserved by each user is different, and with the 098136648 form number A0101 8Buy/Total 24 pages 0982062826-0 201115487 When other users have previously reserved the usage time, the reservation request form is generated according to the equipment 32 reserved by each user and its usage time, and each reservation request form is stored and disclosed. When other users subscribe to the device 32, the usage time is reasonably planned. As shown in FIG. 5, the subscription request table of the user A is shown in FIG. 6 as the reservation request table of the user B. Among them, a, B, C, D, E, F, G, and Η denote the device 32. In the present embodiment, the format of the reservation request table is not limited to the format shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

[资源17] The resource management module 204 is configured to search for the usage status of the device 32 reserved by the user according to the location information and the usage status of each device 32 transmitted by the receiver 31, and determine each station of the travel reservation. Whether the device 32 is completed using V within the usage time reserved by the user, for example, the current user of the pen is A. If the result of the determination is 5 and the device 32 has been reserved for the recording and analysis module 200, the device 32 is advertised as an idle device and its location information is displayed. In this case, if the result of the determination is yes, and another user has reserved the device 32, such as user p, the resource manager I - Λ } '^" Ί! control module 204 mobilizes the device 32 B; IT manages the usage status of the device rroperry 32, < /-vffi a -Othce [0018] If the result of the above judgment is that the reserved devices 32 are not used within the reserved time of use by the user The resource management module 2〇4 determines whether the current time of the device is reserved by other users by viewing the stored reservation request table. If the current time of the device 32 has been reserved by another user, such as user B, the resource management module 204 deploys the device 32 to the user. In this case, the user A needs to re-run the laboratory device management system 20. reservation. [0019] If the current time of the device 32 is not reserved by another user, the resource management mode 098136648 form number A0101 page 9 / 24 page 0982062826-0 201115487 group 204 judges the current user, ie user A, by viewing the stored reservation request table Whether or not the re-reservation request of the device 32 has been made. If the result of the determination is YES, the record and sub-group 4QQ announce that the device 32 is in use. If the result of the determination is no, the recording and analysis module announces that the device 32 is an idle device and displays its location information, and other users can make a reservation for the device 32 by seeing the information. [0020]

The recording and analysis module 2 is also used to statistically analyze the usage rate of each device 32 and generate a report. Through this report, you can find out the equipment 32 with very low usage rate. You can consider selling it to other units for rent. The report can also be used with high or insufficient usage [0021] The number of purchases of device 32. As shown in Figure 7, the experiment of the present invention

Operation flow chart [0022] Step S700, the user A is moved to the personal computer 1 to log in to the resource management server 2 of the laboratory equipment management system 2 〇 ^ by bin i need to paint 靡 lr one or more devices 32, and input The usage time of the book is 32. this

1 >-** I | - ' The embodiment is reserved by the user A. [0023] Step S702, when the usage time of the subscription device 32 of the user A does not conflict with the usage time previously reserved by other users, the reservation module 202 generates an appointment according to the device 32 reserved by the user, and the usage time of the device 32. Request form, store and publish the appointment request form. [0024] Step S704, the resource management module 2〇4 searches for the location information of the device 32 reserved by the user, finds the device 32 and confirms with the identification card to use the device 32, and at the same time, the timer 322 of the device 32. For the user A 098136648 Form No. A0101 10th / 24 pages 0982062826-0 201115487 [0025] [0026] [0027] The time of the device 32 is timed, the signal transmitter 324 will count according to the time counted by the timer 322 The usage status of the device 32 is sent to the receiver 31 of the laboratory 3 where the device 32 is located. The receiver 31 transmits the location information and the usage status of the device 32 to the resource management server through the internal network. Step S706, the resource The control module 204 determines whether the device 32 is used within the usage time reserved by the user A according to the usage status of the device 32. If the result of the determination in step S706 is that the device 32 is completed within the usage time reserved by the user 使用, use the 'frf step f S708 to determine whether the current time of the setting is pre-broken by other users as the current time of the device 32 is The other uses & pre: 3⁄4' (four) age ^S7〇9, the resource management module 204 allocates the_device 32 to the other users, and then returns to step S704. If the result of the determination in step S708 is that the current time of the device 32 is not reserved by another user, then the __ move is determined by the judgment of the step S706. The user is not used for the reserved time, ^ ^|^§ 571〇 Determine whether the current time of the device 32 is reserved by other users. If the current time of the device 32 is reserved by another user, such as user B, then in step S711, the resource management module 204 assigns the device 32 to the user B, and then returns to the step mm. If the result of the decision in step S710 is that the current time of the device 32 is not reserved by another user, the process proceeds to step S712. [0028] In step S712, the resource management module 204 determines whether the user A is in the laboratory equipment management system 2 by checking the stored reservation request table. 098136648 Form No. A0101 Page 11 / Total 24 Page 0982062826-0 201115487 Make an appointment. If the result of the judgment is that the user A has not made a reservation again, the process proceeds to step S714. On the other hand, if the user A makes a reservation again, the recording and analysis module 2 announces that the device 32 is in the use state, and the flow returns to step S706. [0037] [0037] [0037] Step S714, the recording and analysis module 2 announces that the device 32 is an idle device and displays its location information. . It should be noted that the above embodiments are only intended to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting, although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the invention. The technical solution is to repair the equivalent of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention f'. [Simplified description of the drawing 1 乂一-*· . . . . Figure 1 is the laboratory equipment management system of the present invention A schematic diagram of the operating environment of the preferred embodiment. Figure 2 is a diagram of the equipment distribution in the laboratory. Pr, . * The device in circle 3 is the actual intention of the device. Figure 4 is a functional block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the laboratory equipment management system of Figure 1. Figures 5 and 6 are the appointment schedules for A and B. 7 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the laboratory equipment management method of the present invention [main component symbol description] Personal computer a, b, c 098136648 Form number A0101 12th buy / total 24 pages 0982062826-0 201115487 [0038] Resource control Server 2 [0039] Laboratory 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e [0040] [0044] [0044] [0046] [0047] 0048]

Receiver 31 Device 32 Identification Device 320 Timer 322 Signal Transmitter 324 Recording and Analysis Module 200 Reservation Module 202 Resource Management Module 204

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Claims (1)

201115487 VII. Patent application scope: A laboratory equipment management system runs in a resource management server. The resource management server includes: a reservation module, which is used when the user subscribes to the device and the other users previously used. When the usage time of the reservation does not conflict, the reservation request form is generated according to the equipment reserved by the user and the usage time of each device, and the reservation request form is stored and disclosed; The resource management module is configured to search for the usage status of the device reserved by the user, determine whether the device is used within the usage time reserved by the user, and when the device is used within the reserved time period reserved by the user, and other users make an appointment. Or, when the device is not used for use within the usage time reserved by the user but has other users making a reservation, the device is allocated to the other user, and when the device is not used within the reserved time of use by the user And if no other user makes a reservation, it is judged whether the current user has made a reservation again; and The recording and analysis module is configured to announce that the device is an idle device and display its location information when the device is used within the usage time reserved by the user and is not reserved by other users, or the device is used by the user If the current usage time of the device is not completed by other users and the current user does not make a reservation again, the device is advertised as an idle device and its location information is displayed, and the current user has performed again. When making an appointment, announce that the device is in use. 2. The laboratory equipment management system of claim 1, wherein each of the laboratories has an IP address and a receiver is installed, and each device in each laboratory has an ID. . 098136648 Form No. A0101, No. 14/24, pp. 09, 020, 628, 260, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00 a signal transmitter, wherein: the identity recognition device is configured to read information in the user's identification card to identify the user identity; the timer is used to operate the device for the user while the identity recognition device recognizes the identity of the user Time counting; and ❹ the signal transmitter is configured to send the usage status of the device to the receiver of the laboratory where the device is located according to the time counted by the timer, and according to the IP address of the laboratory and the device Know the location information of the device; and Sending the location information of the device to the usage status and location information of each device transmitted by the receiver of the recording and analysis module described in item 3 of the application village, and publishing each of the devices Device usage and location information. For example, in the third paragraph of the patent application scope, the level of the 瞒 ^ 郁 郁 郁 郁 镊 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,露 ''Office - a laboratory device management method, the method includes: (a) when the time of use of the device reserved by the user does not conflict with the time of use previously reserved by other users, according to the device reserved by the user and the use of each device Time generation reservation request form, storing and publicizing the reservation request form; (b) searching for the location information of the device reserved by the user, finding the device and confirming with the user's identification card to use the device; (c) determining whether the device is a user The reserved usage time is completed; 098136648 Form No. A0101 15 1/24 pages 0992062826-0 201115487 (d) When the device is used within the time limit reserved by the user and other users make an appointment, The device is assigned to the other user and returns to step (b), or when the device is used for use within the reserved time of use by the user and no other user has reserved, proceeding to step (g); (e) when the device The device is allocated to the other user when the user has not completed the use within the reserved usage time but has other users making an appointment, and Returning to step (b), or when the device is not used for use within the reserved time of use by the user and no other user has made a reservation, it is determined whether the current user has made a reservation again; (if the current user makes a reservation again, then Announce that the device is in the disabled state and return to step (c), if the current user has not made a reservation again, proceed to step (g); and (g) announce that the device is an idle device and display its location information. The method for managing laboratory equipment according to item 6 of the patent application, wherein, between steps (b) and (c), the method comprises the following steps: counting the time of operating the device, and counting according to the statistics Time to transmit the usage status of the device to the receiver of the laboratory where the device is located; and the receiver transmits the usage status and location information of the device through the internal network. 8. If the patent application scope item 7 is The method for managing a laboratory device, the method further comprising the steps of: receiving and recording usage status and location information of each device transmitted by the receiver in each laboratory, Announce the usage status and location information of each device. 9. The laboratory equipment management method described in claim 8 wherein each laboratory has an IP address, and each of the laboratories in the laboratory Each set 098136648 Form No. A0101 Page 16 / 24 pages 0982062826-0 201115487 There is an ID. 10 of which is the laboratory equipment management method described in Clause 6 of the patent application, after step (f), The method further includes the steps of: counting and analyzing the usage rate of each device, and generating a report. 098136648 &翠翠号A0101 Page 17 of 24 0982062826-0