TWM614098U - Monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a monitoring device. The main structure includes at least one display device, an electronic device, at least one image capture device, at least one identification element, and a cloud device. With the above structure, the information of an electronic device located in the monitored place can be connected to the electronic device first, and the electronic device will display the picture taken by at least one camera on the display device connected to the electronic device, and then The image capture device will directly capture the screen presented on the display device in a digital way, and store it in the electronic device. The electronic device can convert the screen image into data and upload it to the cloud device through the identification component. , To achieve the purpose of information integration. The aforementioned monitoring process not only saves labor costs and equipment costs, but also improves the accuracy of identification by capturing high-resolution digital images.

Description

Monitoring device

The present invention is to provide a monitoring device, especially a monitoring device that saves labor cost and equipment cost, improves recognition accuracy through high-resolution digital image capture, and is convenient for users to integrate information.

By the way, despite the continuous advancement of science and technology, there are still many tasks in the factories of traditional industries that cannot be completed by machines on their own, and must be completed by manpower, such as the various water meters, electric meters, gas meters and other instruments in the factory. Digital data can only be recorded accurately by relying on manual meter reading, and this monitoring method using manual meter reading will cause excessive labor costs, and may also lead to incorrect data due to personnel negligence copy.

However, the current digital era is constantly developing towards the Internet of Things. Therefore, intelligent water meters, electricity meters, gas meters and other instrument devices have been introduced one after another. However, if the old instrument devices of the entire factory are replaced with intelligent instruments, it will not only In addition to the complexity and difficulty of the construction process, a huge amount of money is required.

Therefore, how to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and deficiencies is the direction that the applicants of this new model and related manufacturers engaged in this industry urgently want to study and improve.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned deficiencies, the applicant of this new model has collected relevant information, evaluated and considered from many parties, and has accumulated many years of experience in this industry, through continuous trials and modifications, to design this kind of labor cost saving and equipment Cost, through the use of high-resolution image capture to improve the accuracy of identification, and at the same time facilitate the user to integrate information for the new patent of the monitoring device.

The main purpose of this new model is: the image capture device directly captures and presents in a digital way The high-resolution screen now on the display device further improves the recognition accuracy of the recognition element.

Another main purpose of the present invention is to convert the screen image into data data through the structure of the identification element, so as to facilitate the subsequent use of the user.

Another main purpose of the present invention is to enable the electronic device to transmit data to the cloud device through the information connection design of the electronic device and the cloud device, thereby achieving the purpose of information integration.

To achieve the above purpose, the main structure of the present invention includes: an electronic device, the electronic device information is connected to at least one display device, the electronic device is provided with at least one image capturing device and at least one identification element, and the electronic device information is connected A cloud device.

When you want to use this model, you must first connect the electronic device information to one of the electronic devices in the monitored place, and connect the electronic device information to at least one recording device in the monitored place, and then connect the electronic device information to at least one display device Therefore, by shooting the subject matter in the monitored place through the camera, the screen can be displayed on the display device. At this time, the image capture device installed on the display device will directly capture and present the image in a digital way. The screen on the display device, and the screen is stored in the electronic device, and then the identification component provided in the electronic device will recognize the screen captured by the image capture device to convert the screen image into data data , And finally sent to the cloud device to achieve the purpose of information integration.

Through the above structure, not only can the labor cost and equipment cost be saved, but also the high-resolution image capture device can be used to improve the recognition accuracy of the identification component. In addition, the information connection between the electronic device and the cloud device is more beneficial Users integrate huge amounts of information.

With the above-mentioned technology, it is possible to break through the problems of high labor cost, expensive equipment and high difficulty of replacement in the conventional monitoring method, and achieve the practical progress of the above advantages.

1, 1a, 1b: display device

2, 2a, 2b: electronic device

21, 21b: Identify components

211b: The first identification element

212b: The second identification element

22b: Upload components regularly

23b: Warning element

3, 3a, 3b: image capture device

4, 4b: Cloud device

5, 5b: pressure gauge

6, 6a: Video recording device

7, 7b: electronic equipment

The first figure is a block diagram of the preferred embodiment of the new invention.

The second figure is a schematic diagram of the shooting and recording of the preferred embodiment of the new type.

The third figure is a schematic diagram of the identification and extraction of the preferred embodiment of the new type.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of information integration of the preferred embodiment of the new invention.

The fifth figure is a schematic diagram of another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The sixth figure is a schematic diagram of another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The seventh figure is a block diagram of another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The eighth figure is a schematic diagram of another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose and effect, the technical means and structure adopted by the present invention are drawn to illustrate the characteristics and functions of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail as follows, so as to fully understand.

Please refer to the first figure, which is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It can be clearly seen from the figure that the present invention includes:

An electronic device 2, the electronic device 2 is used for information connection to one of the electronic equipment in the monitored place, and the electronic device is used for information connection to at least one video recording device in the monitored place;

At least one display device 1, the display device 1 is arranged on one side of the electronic device 2, and is connected to the electronic device 2, and the display device 1 is for displaying the picture taken by the camera;

At least one image capturing device 3, the image capturing device 3 is set on the electronic device 2 to directly capture the screen presented on the display device 1 in a digital way, and store it in the electronic device 2;

At least one identification element 21, which is provided in the electronic device 2 for identifying the screen image captured by the image capturing device 3, so as to convert the screen image into data data; and

A cloud device 4, the cloud device 4 information is connected to the electronic device 2, and the electronic device 2 uploads the data to the cloud device 4.

Preferably, the display device 1 may be a device with a screen such as a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer (NB), etc. The screen is taken as an example in this embodiment.

Preferably, the electronic device 2 can be a mini computer (small PC) or an edge computing host. This embodiment takes a mini computer as an example.

Preferably, the image capturing device 3 is one of an image capturing card or an image capturing box. The image capturing device 3 of this embodiment is an image capturing card provided in the display device 1 as an example. And A single image capturing device 3 can be connected to one or more display devices 1.

Preferably, the number of the identification element 21 is one as an example, and the identification element 21 uses an optical character recognition technology (Optical Character Recognition, OCR).

Preferably, the electronic device 2 uses a communication protocol to output information to the cloud device 4, and the communication protocol can be one of REST API, Modbus protocol, or OPC UA protocol.

Preferably, the cloud device 4 can be one of webAccess, AWS, Azure, etc, or GCP.

Preferably, the connection between the electronic device 2 and the display device 1 can be a wired connection or a wireless connection.

Through the above description, the structure of this technology can be understood, and according to the corresponding cooperation of this structure, labor costs and equipment costs can be saved, and the recognition accuracy can be improved by high-resolution image capture, and it is more convenient to use. Information integration, and the detailed explanation will be explained below.

Please also refer to Figures 1 to 4 at the same time, which are the block diagram of the preferred embodiment of the new model to the schematic diagram of information integration. When the above-mentioned components are assembled, it can be clearly seen from the figure that the present model can Installed directly in any monitored location. The monitored location in this embodiment is a factory with multiple pressure gauges 5 as an example, and the monitored location already has at least one camera 6 and one electronic device when the model is not in use 7. The video recording device 6 is a monitor set up in the factory (as shown in the second figure), and records the pressure gauges 5, and the electronic equipment 7 is connected to the video recording device 6 to target The data captured by the camera 6 is processed. The electronic device 7 can be one of an industrial computer, a controller, a host, a personal computer (PC), or a notebook computer (NB). The host mode is taken as an example in this embodiment.

When you want to use the present invention, first connect the information of the electronic device 2 to the electronic device 7 (the connection method is either a wired connection or a wireless connection), and connect the information of the electronic device 2 to the display device 1 to connect the video recording device 6 The captured images are displayed on the display device 1 after passing through the electronic device 7 and the electronic device 2 in sequence. Then, the image capturing device 3 provided in the electronic device 2 will start to capture the images on the display device 1. The image capture card can capture continuous digital static frames in analog video signals or digital video streams, and the digital signals generated by the frames captured in digital form will be displayed directly or after being compressed , Save or send to other devices. Therefore, the image capturing device 3 directly captures the screen on the display device 1 and stores it in the electronic device 2 in the above-mentioned image capturing manner.

Furthermore, the identification element 21 provided in the electronic device 2 will start to identify the received image frame. Optical character identification refers to the analysis and identification processing of the image file of the text data to generate text and layout information Therefore, the identification component 21 can convert the image frame into data data. Finally, the electronic device 2 will output the information to the cloud device 4 in the form of a communication protocol to achieve the purpose of data integration. When the integrated information is sufficient, it can be applied to the MES system (Manufacturing Execution System), ERP system (Enterprise Resource Planning), or ETC system (Electronic Toll Collection) , However, no limit is imposed.

Therefore, through the cooperation of the recording device 6 and the image capturing device 3, labor costs and equipment costs can be saved, and the high-resolution images captured by the image capturing device 3 facilitate the identification of the identification element 21 and improve the identification Accuracy, in addition, through the information connection between the electronic device 2 and the cloud device 4, the convenience of data integration is improved.

Please also refer to the fifth and sixth diagrams, which are the shooting schematic diagram and the captured schematic diagram of another preferred embodiment of the new type. When the above-mentioned components are assembled, it can be clearly seen from the diagram. This embodiment is similar to the above-mentioned embodiment. In this embodiment, the respective numbers of the recording device 6a, the image capturing device 3a in the electronic device 2a, and the display device 1a are two as an example. Such a structural configuration , The user can simultaneously capture images presented by different display devices 1a through a plurality of image capturing devices 3a, so that the present invention is suitable for different use occasions.

Please also refer to the seventh and eighth diagrams, which are the block diagrams and schematic diagrams of another preferred embodiment of the present invention. When the above-mentioned components are assembled, it can be clearly seen from the diagrams that this embodiment The example is similar to the above-mentioned embodiment. In this embodiment, the electronic device 2b has a timing upload component 22b and a warning component 23b of an information connection identification component 21b.

Preferably, the number of identification elements 21b is two as an example, and they are respectively the first identification element 211b and the second identification element 212b.

Preferably, the first identification element 211b uses an optical character recognition technology (Optical Character Recognition, OCR).

Preferably, the second identification element 212b uses a graphic code recognition technology, and the graphic code recognition technology refers to using the threshold theory of point operation to convert the collected image into a binary image, thereby obtaining the original binary sequence of the graphic code Value, and then perform error correction and decoding on these data, and finally root According to the logical coding rules of the graphics, the original data is converted into the information to be conveyed. For example, in the bar code above the pressure gauge 5b in Figure 8, the information generated after identification by the second identification element 212b can be: the equipment code, model, installation date, or periodic inspection date of the pressure gauge 5b...

Preferably, as described above, the first identification element 211b can analyze and identify image files with text as simple data data, while the second identification element 212b can identify graphic codes such as bar codes and two-dimensional codes. Furthermore, through the cooperation of the first identification element 211b and the second identification element 212b, the present invention is suitable for different use occasions.

Through the timing upload component 22b in the electronic device 2b, the electronic device 2b will periodically upload the data generated by the identification component 21b to the cloud device 4b, so that there is no need to manually control whether to upload or not, which improves the overall convenience In addition, it also achieves the effect of regular update of the cloud device 4b.

When the image capturing device 3b captures the screen of the display device 1b and compares and recognizes it through the recognition element 21b, and the recognized result is abnormal, the warning element 23b of the information connected to the recognition element 21b will send a warning message To inform users, and improve the efficiency of exception elimination. For example, the above abnormal state: the pressure value in the pressure gauge 5b has exceeded the original preset range, the pressure gauge 5b has reached the periodical inspection date... etc., and the warning message sent by the warning element 23b can be displayed on the display device 1b connected to it. It can also be sent to users through mobile phone messages, emails, etc., without restrictions.

However, the above descriptions are only the preferred embodiments of the present model, and are not limited to the patent scope of the present model. Therefore, all simple modifications and equivalent structural changes made by using the description and schematic content of the present model shall be the same. Included in the scope of the patent for this new model, combined to Chen Ming.

Therefore, the key points for the new type of monitoring device to improve the conventional technology are:

First, the image capturing device 3 directly captures the high-resolution images presented on the display device 1 in a digital manner, thereby improving the recognition accuracy of the recognition element 21.

Second, through the structure of the identification element 21, the screen image is converted into data data to facilitate subsequent use by the user.

Third, through the information connection design of the electronic device 2 and the cloud device 4, the electronic device 2 can transmit data to the cloud device 4, thereby achieving the purpose of information integration.

In summary, the new type of monitoring device can indeed achieve its effect and purpose when used. Therefore, this model is sincerely a new model with excellent practicality. In order to meet the requirements of a new patent application, I filed an application in accordance with the law. I hope that the review board will grant this model as soon as possible to protect the applicant’s hard research and development. If the review board has any Please don’t hesitate to write instructions if you are in doubt, and the applicant will do his best to cooperate and feel good.

1: display device

2: electronic device

21: Identify components

3: Image capture device

4: Cloud device

Claims (5)

A monitoring device, which mainly includes: An electronic device, the electronic device is used for information connection to one of the electronic equipment in the monitored place, and the electronic device is used for information connection to at least one video recording device in the monitored place; At least one display device, the display device is arranged at one side of the electronic device, and is connected to the electronic device for information, and the display device is used to display the picture taken by the camera; At least one image capture device, the image capture device is provided on the electronic device, and is used to directly capture the screen presented on the display device in a digital manner, and store it in the electronic device; At least one identification element, the identification element is provided in the electronic device for identifying the screen image captured by the image capturing device to convert the screen image into data; and A cloud device, the cloud device information is connected to the electronic device, and the electronic device uploads the data to the cloud device. For example, in the monitoring device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the electronic device has a time-based uploading component for regularly uploading the data to the cloud device. For the monitoring device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the identification element uses optical character identification technology. As for the monitoring device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the identification element uses graphic code identification technology. The monitoring device described in the first item of the scope of patent application, wherein the electronic device has a warning element connected to the identification element.

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