WO2019182170A1

WO2019182170A1 - Method and system for collecting and transmitting ship data

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Publication number: WO2019182170A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/003218
Authority: WO
Inventors: 권해경; 김진형; 이정엽; 이정진; 강남선; 이용욱; 김상용
Original assignee: 엔지엘 주식회사
Priority date: 2018-03-20
Filing date: 2018-03-20
Publication date: 2019-09-26

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for collecting and transmitting ship data, in which reports related to ship navigation data and/or fuel usage amount data are collected from ship owners in various communication methods, a value specified as required data is parsed, and data is standardized so as to be efficiently analyzed and managed. The method for collecting and transmitting ship data comprises: a step of collecting, by a gateway service unit, a report related to ship navigation data or fuel usage amount data which are provided from a ship via a predetermined communication protocol; a step of unifying, by the gateway service unit, a file format of the collected report in an image format; a step of extracting, by the gateway service unit, text data within the report image file unified in the image format; and a step of storing, by the gateway service unit, the extracted text data in a database unit, wherein the step of storing the extracted text data in the database unit comprises a step of converting the extracted text data into data standardized for each required field according to a standard report format.

Description

Vessel data collection and transmission method and system performing the same

The present invention relates to a method for collecting and transmitting ship data and a system for performing the same. More specifically, a ship that intends to efficiently analyze and manage ship operation and / or fuel usage data from shipping carriers It relates to a data collection and transmission method and a system for performing the same.

The general trend of major countries, ie the international atmosphere, is raising the voice of regulation on environmental pollution of international shipping. The European Union has submitted a law to the European Parliament to implement MRV (Monitoring Reporting Verification) on the operational data of vessels entering and leaving EU ports, regardless of the flag State, to pressure further regulation of international shipping GHG emissions. The law came into force in July 2015. As a result, all vessels exceeding 5,000 tons of gross tonnage entering and leaving the EU ports since January 2018 are subject to third-party verification by annually measuring carbon dioxide emissions, fuel consumption, operational data, and other climate-related information. Must be submitted to the EU.

MRV refers to Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification, and refers to a series of procedures for quantifying fuel consumption and operational data, and reporting in accordance with the standard format to improve accuracy through third party verification. The measurement establishes a quantification plan for accurate comparison / analysis of ship's GHG emissions, the report establishes the methodology for reporting the quantitative GHG emissions and the preparation of the periodic report, and the verification is the GHG specified through third party verification. To ensure the reliability of the emissions.

Therefore, for continuous integrated management of GHG emissions and energy efficiency data, it is necessary to establish a system of standardized reporting formats and verification qualifications that meet IMO and EU international standards.

Currently, the method of measuring vessel energy efficiency or measuring (or specifying) the fuel consumption of a vessel in accordance with IMO and EU MRV legislation is as follows.How to use Bunker Delivery Note (BDN), oil tank inventory There are survey methods, flow meter usage methods, and continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) methods.

측정방법How to measure	장비 비용(equipment cost)Equipment cost	모니터링 및 검증 비용(monitoring and verification cost)Monitoring and verification cost	정확도accuracy
선박연료유공급확인서(BDN & stock-tanking)Ship fuel oil supply certificate (BDN & stock-tanking)	없음none	높음(문서 기록(paper records)이 사용될 경우)High (if paper records are used)	±5%± 5%
유류탱크 재고조사(Tank sounding)Tank sounding	$ 1,000/탱크(대부분의 선박들의 표준)$ 1,000 / tank (standard for most ships)	중간(자동적으로 모니터링될 경우)Medium (if monitored automatically)	±5%± 5%
유량계 사용방법(Fuel flow meters)Fuel flow meters	$ 15,000 내지 60,000(많은 신규 선박들의 표준)$ 15,000 to 60,000 (standard for many new ships)	중간(자동적으로 모니터링될 경우)Medium (if monitored automatically)	±0,2/±3%(타입에 따라 다름)± 0,2 / ± 3% (type dependent)
연속 배출량 측정방법(CEMS)Continuous emissions measurement method (CEMS)	$ 100,000(아직 선박들에 구현되어 있지 않음)$ 100,000 (not yet implemented on ships)	중간(자동적으로 모니터링될 경우)Medium (if monitored automatically)	±2%± 2%

Using a third flowmeter (or installing a flowmeter for combustion equipment) has the advantage of increasing the administrative duties of personnel and reducing human error when interlocked with an automated system.However, 280 (Oval Gear Meter) to 6,000 (Coriolis Meter) per meter In total, the cost is approximately $ 15,000 to $ 60,500. The fourth continuous emissions measurement method (CEMS) requires a high cost of $ 100,000 in equipment costs and $ 25,000 in additional installation costs (based on single-managed systems), as well as installation examples for ships. There is no need to establish the standard for system installation and operation, and it requires more installation space and technology than other systems, so technical verification is required for maritime application.

Among the above methods, the method of using the BDN and the oil tank inventory inspection method have a high oil tank sounding system already installed in most vessels, and therefore do not require the installation of additional measuring equipment, so that the shipping company has a high preference. On the side. However, the method of using the ship fuel oil supply confirmation (BDN) and the oil tank inventory inspection method adds to the crew's administrative tasks because the collected data must be entered directly by the person in charge. In addition, the human error (Human Error) is likely to occur during data measurement / input operation and data reliability can not be proved, thereby increasing the cost for data verification.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and as the energy portal system is required for the continuous accumulation / operation of MRV data and the GHG emission regulations are reinforced, collection of ship fuel usage data of EU and IMO is required. It is to provide a ship data collection and transmission method for the standardized reporting of ship fuel usage that can meet international standards such as the MRV guideline and the system for performing the same.

Specifically, the present invention provides reports related to ship operation and / or fuel usage data for communication and management of various protocols in order to manage and accumulate greenhouse gas emission and energy efficiency data in accordance with the regulation of the IMO Guidelines. Collecting and parsing specified values as DATA required for a standardized reporting format for ship fuel usage and formalizing the parsed data to collect and transmit ship data in line with international standards such as EU and IMO guidelines It is an object of the present invention to provide a ship data collection and transmission method and a system for performing the same.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a ship data collection and transmission method for the ship fuel usage report required by the MRV (Monitoring Reporting Verification) guidelines. The vessel data collection and transmission method includes collecting a report related to ship operation data or fuel consumption data provided through a predetermined communication protocol from a ship at a gateway service unit, and a file of the collected report at the gateway service unit. Unifying a format into an image format; extracting text data in a report image file unified in the image format by the gateway service unit; and storing the extracted text data in a database unit in the gateway service unit. The storing of the extracted text data in the database unit may include converting the extracted text data into data that is formatted for each mandatory field conforming to a standard report format.

The collecting of the report may include collecting a report configured in at least one file format related to the ship navigation data or the fuel usage data using at least one kind of wired or wireless communication protocol. have.

The collected report may be configured as a file of any one type of TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, and image.

The collected reports include NOON Report, Bunker Delivery Note (BDN), Departure Report, Arrival Report, Ab-log and DECK LOG BOOK. It may be characterized by including at least one of).

The step of unifying the file format of the collected report into an image format may be performed by using an image attached PDF file, a report form PDF file, or a scanner according to an internal data format when the file extension of the collected report is a portable document format (PDF). When the file extension of the collected report is PDF and the image attachment PDF file is extracted, the image object is extracted. When the file extension of the collected report is PDF and the report form PDF file or the PDF file using the scanner Convert the collected report into an image file, and when the file extension of the collected report is text or xml, convert the collected report into a Word file, convert the Word file into a PDF file, and then convert into an image file, When the file extension of the collected report is Excel, the collected report is a PDF file. After converting to and converts to an image file, the file format of the collected report can be characterized in that the image format.

The extracting of the text data may include extracting text of a portion corresponding to the field coordinates from the report image file by reading field coordinates that require text extraction, which is previously designated and stored by an administrator, from the database unit. have.

The extracting of the text data may include determining whether there is a designation symbol in the report image file, and if the report image file includes the designation symbol, field coordinates which are field-specific OCR processing area coordinates previously designated and stored by an administrator. Extract from the database unit, cut an image corresponding to the field coordinates into a predetermined form using a specific position of the designated symbol as a reference point of a coordinate, and extract text by performing OCR processing on the cut image. You can do

The extracting of the text data may include determining whether there is a designated symbol in the report image file, and if the report image file does not have the designated symbol, field coordinates corresponding to field-specific OCR processing area coordinates previously designated and stored by an administrator. Extracting from the database unit, cutting the image corresponding to the field coordinates into a predetermined form by using a specific position of the report image file as a reference point of the coordinates, and extracting text by performing OCR processing on the cut image. It can be characterized.

The storing of the extracted text data in the database unit may include storing the standardized data in the database unit for each corresponding field and at least one of operation time and success of the operation performed at each step. The method may further include storing a log in the database unit.

The fields include the IMO number, start date, end date, ship type, gross tonnage (GT), and net tonnage (NT) required for ship fuel usage reporting. It may be characterized in that it comprises at least one of the weight weight (Dead Weight Tonnage, DWT), and the output of the main and auxiliary engines.

According to another aspect, the present invention provides a ship data collection and transmission system for ship fuel usage report required by the MRV (Monitoring Reporting Verification) guidelines. The ship data collection and transmission system unifies the ship communication service unit that receives ship operation data or fuel consumption data related reports provided through a predetermined communication protocol from a ship and a file format of the received report in an image format. And a gateway service unit which extracts text data in a report image file unified in the image format, converts the text data into standardized data according to a standard report form, and stores the data in a database unit.

The received report may be configured as a file of any one type of TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, and image.

The received report includes the NOON Report, Bunker Delivery Note (BDN), Departure Report, Arrival Report, Ab-log and DECK LOG BOOK. It may be characterized by including at least one of).

The gateway service unit needs to extract the text previously designated and stored by an administrator.

The field coordinates may be read from the database unit to extract text of a portion corresponding to the field coordinates from the report image file.

The gateway service unit determines whether the report image file has a designated symbol, and when the report image file has the designated symbol, the database unit stores field coordinates which are field-specific OCR processing area coordinates which are designated and stored by an administrator in advance. And cutting the image corresponding to the field coordinates into a predetermined shape by using the specific position of the designated symbol as a reference point of the coordinates, and extracting the text by performing OCR on the cut image. have.

The gateway service unit determines whether the report image file has a designated symbol, and when the report image file does not have the designated symbol, the database unit stores field coordinates which are field-specific OCR processing area coordinates which are previously designated and stored by an administrator. And extracting the text by performing a OCR process on the cut image by cutting the image corresponding to the field coordinates in a predetermined form using a specific position of the report image file as a reference point of the coordinate. Can be.

The gateway service unit stores the formalized data in a database unit for each corresponding field, and job log data for each job, wherein the job log data indicates the start of each job and whether each job is successful. And at least one of the data is stored in the database unit.

The vessel data collection and transmission system may further include a website manager that allows an administrator to register, modify and inquire a report for each report, and manage an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) conversion area for each report.

The ship data collection and transmission system may further include the database unit for storing at least one of text data extracted from the gateway service unit, a work log, and template information for generating a standard report.

Ship data collection and transmission method and a system for performing the same according to embodiments of the present invention collects reports related to ship operation and / or fuel consumption data of various formats from ship carriers of the ship so that the administrator can confirm the data By formalizing and storing it in the database, it is possible to collect and transmit ship data to meet international standards such as EU and IMO guidelines.

In addition, in particular, the ship data collection and transmission method according to the embodiments of the present invention and a system for performing the same do not require a separate measurement equipment installation method of using a fuel fuel supply confirmation (BDN) and high oil fuel tanker of high and medium-sized shipping companies It can be applied to tank inventory inspection method. This enables the collection of reports relating to various types of ship operations and / or fuel consumption data, and the positioning of the data (DATA) required for standardized reporting of ship fuel usage. By extracting the data (text) required for the standardized reporting format, and formulating the extracted data for each corresponding field, it is possible to provide a method for collecting and transmitting ship data meeting international standards such as EU and IMO guidelines.

1 is a block diagram of a ship data collection and transmission system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a gateway service unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 shows the configuration of the website management unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a ship data collection and transmission method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5A illustrates a specific process of report unification step according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5b shows a specific process of the parsing step according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 shows an example of the selection of the position to extract the text with and without the designated symbol in the report image file.

7 illustrates an architecture of a ship data collection and transmission system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Terms including the first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes any of a plurality of related description items or a combination of a plurality of related description items.

When a component is said to be "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to that other component, but there may be other components in between. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present disclosure does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art, and are not construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in describing the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicated thereto. The description will be omitted.

In the case of small and medium sized shipping companies that do not have their own system, the voyage record is used to collect the port, time, distance, time of flight, current location, fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, cargo volume, average energy efficiency data, etc. Equipment (VDR, Voyage Data Recorder), Electronic Chart Display & Information System (ECDIS), Auto Identification System (AIS), Alarm Monitoring System (AMS), Flowmeter ( It is possible to develop and equip the equipment-based system in conjunction with the Flow Meter or the like and develop and equip the vessel energy efficiency data monitoring module based on the operation report.

The equipment-based data collection method is based on ship automatic identification system (AIS) and global positioning system (GPS) to check the current position, flight distance, and flight time, and when the flowmeter is installed in the fuel facility to measure the ship's energy efficiency, If a measurement system is installed, it can be linked with the measurement system, and the data of the Noon Report, Noon Report in Port can be used when using BDN, oil tank inventory survey and ship fuel oil tank monitoring method. Cargo volume and arrival / departure time data can be used from the Departure Report, Arrival Report, and Ab-log.

In the case of failure to interlock with the equipment installed on the ship, the operation report generated on the ship can be used. The flight report submits a Departure Report at time of departure, a Noon Report every day at noon during the flight, and an Arrival Report and a Noon Report on work during berth upon arrival. Port), when the navigation is finished, submit a passenger report (ab-log).

Since there are no standard forms, there are no standard forms of navigation reports, but the components vary slightly depending on the characteristics of each shipping company.However, ports of departure, estimated time of departure (ETA), estimated time of arrival (ETD), and current It contains information on date, time, location, weather information, distance traveled, ROB, etc., and especially MRV (Monitoring Reporting Verification) using an ab-log submitted at the end of the flight. It is possible to prepare the report data. However, the use of the ab-log alone prevents verification of the collected data history and increases the probability of data creation error compared to the equipment-based collection method, thus preventing data verification and the possibility of additional costs and ensuring data reliability. Should be secured. For this purpose, the reporting cycle can be done at noon every day, and the data on the navigation can be automatically generated at the end of the navigation so that it can be compared and verified with the ab-log generated by the ship. Collected data can be stored in a database for efficiency of management and reporting and can be transferred to the portal system's database through a data transmission system.

Hereinafter, a ship data collection and transmission system according to embodiments of the present invention will be described.

1 is a block diagram of a ship data collection and transmission system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 shows a processing sequence of the gateway service unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention The configuration of the website management unit according to the embodiment is shown.

Referring to FIG. 1, the ship data collection and transmission system includes a ship communication service unit 10, a gateway service unit 20, a database unit 30, a website management unit 40, and a manager computer 50. Can be. Each component may be integrated into one device or implemented as a different device, module, or hardware block. Each of the above components may be implemented in hardware as described above, or the functions that can be implemented in software may also be implemented in software function blocks.

The ship communication service unit 10 collects data or reports related to ship operation and fuel consumption data from the ship carrier system using various communication protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, or WEB. The communication protocol may include a wired communication protocol as well as a wireless communication protocol.

The gateway service unit 20 executes tasks such as report collection, report unification, image conversion, parsing, and the like. Hereinafter, a detailed description of report collection, report unification, image conversion, and parsing will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7.

Referring to FIG. 2, the gateway service unit 20 collects a report composed of various types of files such as TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, and the like through the ship communication service unit 10. Do this. That is, the reports can be collected into various types of files such as TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, and images (eg, JPG, PNG, BMP, etc.). The report includes the NOON Report, the Bunker Delivery Note (BDN), the Departure Report, the Arrival Report, the Ab-log, the DECK LOG BOOK, etc. It may include. In addition, the gateway service unit 20 converts the reports, which are not image format files, among the reports composed of the various types of files thus collected into image files, for example, JPG, PNG, BMP files, etc. 24) can be performed. In detail, the gateway service unit 20 converts the collected report files into image files (eg, JPG, PNG, BMP files, etc.) according to file extensions such as TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, and the like. The file format of report files can be unified to image format. In this case, when the collected report is an image (for example, JPG, PNG, BMP, etc.) file, the collected report may be used as it is without going through the conversion to the image file.

In addition, the gateway service unit 20 performs a text extraction process-for example, an optical character recognition (OCR) parsing process-operation 26 on the report image files unified in the image format to extract the text. can do. In addition, the gateway service unit 20 performs an operation 27 for registering or storing the extracted report details in the database unit 30. Specifically, the gateway service unit 20 converts the extracted text into the international standard form in order to obtain data necessary for preparing a standard report conforming to the international standard form for ship fuel usage report required by the MRV (Monitoring Reporting Verification) guideline. The data is converted into data that is formatted for each required field and stored in the database unit 30 for each field. The mandatory fields may include, for example, an IMO number, start date, end date, ship type (or ship type), gross tonnage, It may include technical specifications of ships such as GT, Net Tonnage (NT), Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT), main engine and auxiliary engine output, EEDI, Ice class, and the like. The reason for converting the collected reports into standardized data for each required field conforming to the international standard format is to convert them into the same format since units, numerical notations, etc. may be used differently according to the format of a ship or a shipping company. For example, when the date is indicated as 2015-01-01 12:00 in the Noon Report and 2015/01/01 12:00 in the Departure Report, the date is stored in the database unit 30. All can be converted and stored according to a predetermined data standard to be stored as 201501011200.

In addition, the gateway service unit 20 stores a log (including whether the success or failure of each operation) regarding each of the operations occurring in the gateway service unit 20 in the database unit 30. Can be performed.

That is, the database unit 30 stores the report contents and the job log extracted from the gateway service unit 20. In addition, the database unit 30 stores various forms of information for generating a standard report and a preliminary code, a field for each report, a report code, a designated symbol, and an OCR processing area field coordinate for each report registered by an administrator through a website.

Referring to FIG. 3, the website manager 40 provides a website, inquires per report 41, registers by report (missing) 42, revises a report 43, inquires log 44, and reports OCR fields. Processing area management 45, web site management (e.g., line access management, line code management, report field management, report code management, etc.) 46 may be implemented to perform functions.

In addition, the website manager 40 may communicate with the database unit 30 storing the report data and log information to read data stored in the database unit 30 or store data in the database unit 30.

An administrator, for example, a report manager or a shipping company manager, accesses a website provided by the website manager 40 using the manager computer 50 to perform various functions described above provided by the website manager 40. Can be used.

The administrator can access the web site and view, register, and modify the corresponding data for each report. In addition, the logs for each job can be inquired.

The administrator can manage the OCR processing area for each field for extracting text for various types of reports by accessing the web site.

In addition, the administrator can access the web site and perform the access management of the shipping company, shipping code management, field management by report, code management by report, and the like.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a ship data collection and transmission method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the ship data collection and transmission method may include a report collection step S101, a report unification step S102, a parsing step S103, and a storage step S104.

The report collecting step (S101) is a step of collecting reports related to flight and fuel usage data from ships to the gateway service unit 20 through the ship communication service unit 10. The reports relating to the flight and / or fuel usage data include the NOON Report, Ship Fuel Supply Confirmation (BDN), Departure Report, Arrival Report, Ab-log, and Ship Log. LOG BOOK). As described above, the reports may be collected in various types of files such as TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, and images (eg, JPG, PNG, BMP, etc.).

In the report unification step (S102), when the report files collected by the gateway service unit 20 are not image files (for example, JPG, PNG, BMP files, etc.), TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, etc. According to the file extension, the file format of the collected report files is converted into an image file (eg, JPG, PNG, BMP file, etc.).

5A is a diagram illustrating a specific process of report unification step S102 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 5A, the specific report unification step S102 is demonstrated.

Reports transmitted from the vessel using various communication protocols, e.g. SMTP, HTTP, FTP, etc., are stored in a folder of a tree structure by the designated location of the database section 30, for example, by ship-by-service-by-report. Upon arrival at the location (512 of FIG. 5A), the arrived reports may be converted or extracted according to file extensions such as TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, and the like.

1) If the file extension of the received report is PDF (portable document format), an image-attached PDF file (that is, a file converted to PDF) according to the internal data format (see 520 of FIG. 5A), a report form PDF file ( 532 of FIG. 5A) or a PDF file (534 of FIG. 5A) using a scanner (see 530 of FIG. 5A).

2) When the file extension collected by the report is a PDF and an image-attached PDF file (520 in FIG. 5A), an image object (for example, JPG, PNG, BMP file, etc.) is extracted (see 570 in FIG. 5A). This process can be implemented using, for example, the iTextSharp library, MODI (Microsoft's native Office library).

3) When the file extension collected by the report is PDF and the report form PDF file (532 of FIG. 5A) or the PDF file using the scanner (534 of FIG. 5A) is converted into an image file (for example, JPG, BMP file, etc.) (See 574 of FIG. 5A). This process can be implemented using, for example, the Spire library.

4) When the file extension collected by the report is text (542 in FIG. 5A) or xml (544 in FIG. 5A), the file is converted to a Word file (554 in FIG. 5A) by the Microsoft default office library, and then converted into a PDF file ( 560 of FIG. 5A).

5) If the file extension collected by the report is Excel (552 in FIG. 5A), the file is converted into a PDF file by Microsoft's default Office library (see 560 in FIG. 5A).

6) Convert the PDF file of 4) or 5) into an image file (for example, JPG, PNG, BMP file, etc.) (see 574 of FIG. 5A). This process can be implemented using, for example, the Spire library.

The process 3) or 6) may be implemented by, for example, processing by ABBYY's FineReader engine.

The report image files unified in the image format through image extraction in 2), conversion in 3), and conversion in 6) are stored in the report-specific storage (folder) as described above (see 580 of FIG. 5A). . When the report files collected by the gateway service unit 20 are image files (for example, JPG, PNG, BMP files, etc.), the report files are directly stored in the report-specific storage (folder) without going through the conversion process (not shown). ).

Referring back to FIG. 3, in the parsing step (S103), an OCR (Optical Character Reading) library (eg, OCR (Optical Character Reading) library of Microsoft's Document Imaging) is generated from a report image file stored in a report-specific storage (folder). , Google's Tesseract, etc.) to extract the text corresponding to the value specified by the administrator as the required data. That is, text is extracted from the designated area in the report as shown in FIG. 5B.

Referring to FIG. 5B, it is first determined whether there is a designated symbol in the report image file that has undergone the report unification step S102 (590). The designation symbol means an image (for example, a PDF scanner image) previously uploaded by the administrator through a web site (see 620 of FIG. 6).

If the report image file has a designation symbol, 1) the field coordinates (596), for example, the form of (x1, y1, x2, y2), which are OCR processing area coordinates for each field previously designated and stored by the administrator, are stored in the database. Taken from section 30 (594).

Then 2) see a certain position of the designation symbol (e.g., the upper left vertex of the designation symbol, 610a in FIG. 6) as the reference point of the coordinates, and the image corresponding to the field coordinates (x1, y1, x2, y2) into a rectangle. Cut. Here, when cutting the image, the square shape may be square or rectangular, and when cutting the image, the shape may be round or oval other than the rectangle (594).

3) A text extraction process (for example, OCR process) is performed on the cut image to extract text (594).

The extracted text may be stored in the report field value storage 598 for each report of the database unit 30.

On the other hand, when there is no designation symbol in the report image file, 1) field coordinates 596, for example, the form of (x1, y1, x2, y2), which are OCR processing area coordinates previously designated and stored by the administrator, are selected. It is taken from the database unit 30 (592).

2) An image corresponding to the field coordinates (x1, y1, x2, y2) is cut into a rectangle from the upper left vertex portion (610b of FIG. 6) of the report image file as a reference point. Here, when cutting the image, the rectangular shape may be square or rectangular, and when cutting the image, the shape may be round or oval other than the rectangle (592).

3) The text is extracted by text extraction processing (eg, OCR processing) on the cut image (592).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of selecting a position to extract text when there is a designated symbol in a report image file and when there is no designated symbol. In FIG. 6, the left part is an example of text extraction position selection when there is a designated symbol (ie, an NGL image 620), and the right part in FIG. 6 is an example of text extraction position selection when there is no designated symbol.

Referring to FIG. 6, the field coordinates designated and stored by the administrator are coordinates based on a specific position 610a of the designated symbol when there is a designated symbol, and when there is no designated symbol, the upper left corner of the report image file 610b. ), And the coordinates with reference to a specific point on the report image file.

Referring back to FIG. 3, in the storage step S104, the extracted text data is stored in the database unit 30 for each field. The text data means text data in the report image file in the above-described image format. In addition, the storage step (S104) can be implemented to store the log data (for example, the time of the job, success or the like) of each job in the database unit 30.

Referring back to FIG. 3, the parsing step (S103) of extracting data required for ship fuel usage report from the report may include a report for collecting vessel operation and / or fuel usage data transmitted through the ship communication service unit 10. An automatic processing process that is processed when the gateway service unit 20 receives, but in order to extract the desired flight data and / or fuel usage data from the collected report, the position designation of which position is entered in the ship report. This is necessary. Therefore, do the following first.

1) The administrator writes data items to be input from the report through the website provided by the website manager 40. Here, the data items to be inputted are, for example, IMO number, start date, end date, ship type (or ship type), and tonnage required for ship fuel usage report. (Gross Tonnage, GT), Net Tonnage (NT), Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT), Main and Auxiliary Engine Outputs, EEDI, Ice Class, etc. .

2) The administrator calls the sample report through the web site provided by the website manager 40 and loads it on the screen of the manager computer 50.

3) Drag the area with the desired data according to the data item on the screen to designate the data area to extract.

4) Through the steps 1) to 3), field names, which are data items to be input from the report, and field coordinates, which are information about a data area to be extracted, may be stored in the database unit 30.

7 is a diagram illustrating an architecture of a ship data collection and transmission system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the ship data collection and transmission system 700 includes a code management module 710, a field area management module 712, a folder monitoring module 714, a data management module 720, and a business module 730. , A log module 740, a document conversion module 742, an image conversion module 744, an OCR module 746, a monitoring management module 750, and a report management module 760. The functions of the modules are as follows.

The code management module 710 is a module that registers, modifies, or deletes codes for each type of report to be registered, which an administrator inputs through a web site.

The field area management module 712 is a component that registers, modifies, or deletes field coordinates, which are OCR processing area coordinates, according to a report type and a field registered in the code management module 710 through a web site.

Folder monitoring module 714 is a component that monitors reports being sent into folders. Since each folder exists for each carrier, the folder monitoring module 714 can detect which folder is in a folder structured in the tree structure of the carrier-service-report.

The monitoring management module 750 converts the PDF file through the document conversion module 742 when the file transmitted through the folder monitoring module 714 is not an image file (for example, a JPG, PNG, BMP file, etc.). Next, the image conversion module 744 converts the image to a component.

The report management module 760 extracts data for each field by using the OCR module 746 according to the coordinates registered by the field area management module 712 from the report image converted through the monitoring management module 750 to database the data. Component

The data management module 720 is a connection component that enables connection management and data input, modification, and deletion of the data store.

Business module 730 is a component that implements business logic to be applied when any value is passed to the data management component.

The LOG module 740 is a component that stores a history of a service every event.

The document conversion module 742 is a component that converts WORD, EXCEL, TEXT, and XML files into PDF files.

The image conversion module 744 is a component that converts a PDF file into an image file (eg, JPG, BMP file, etc.) to generate a report image file.

OCR module 746 is a component that extracts text from a report image file.

Many embodiments of the invention have been described above. Nevertheless, the foregoing description is for illustrative purposes and does not limit the scope of the invention as defined by the scope of the following claims. Accordingly, other embodiments may be within the scope of the following claims, and various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Additionally, some of the steps described above are order independent and can be performed in a different order than described.

(Explanation of the sign)

10: ship communication service 20: gateway service

30: database unit 40: website management unit

50: administrator computer

710: code management module 712: field area management module

714: Folder Monitoring Module

720: data management module 730: business module

740: LOG module 742: document conversion module

744: image conversion module 746: OCR module

750: monitoring management module

760: Report Management Module

Claims

In the method of collecting and transmitting ship data for ship fuel usage report required by the MRV (Monitoring Reporting Verification) guidelines,

Collecting, by the gateway service unit, a report related to ship operation data or fuel consumption data provided from the ship through a predetermined communication protocol;

In the gateway service unit, unifying the file format of the collected report into an image format;

Extracting, by the gateway service unit, text data in a report image file unified in the image format; And

And storing, by the gateway service unit, the extracted text data in a database unit, and storing the extracted text data in a database unit by formatting the extracted text data for each required field conforming to a standard report form. Ship data collection and transmission method comprising the step of converting to data.
The method of claim 1,

The collecting of the report may include collecting a report configured in at least one file format related to the ship navigation data or the fuel usage data using at least one wire or wireless communication protocol. How data is collected and transmitted.
The method of claim 1,

The collected report is a ship data collection and transmission method, characterized in that consisting of a file of any one of the format of TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML, image.
The method of claim 1,

The collected reports include NOON Report, Bunker Delivery Note (BDN), Departure Report, Arrival Report, Ab-log and DECK LOG BOOK. Ship data collection and transmission method comprising at least one of.
The method of claim 1,

The step of unifying the file format of the collected report into an image format may be performed by using an image attached PDF file, a report form PDF file, or a scanner according to an internal data format when the file extension of the collected report is a portable document format (PDF). Separate into PDF files,

When the file extension of the collected report is PDF and the image attachment PDF file, an image object is extracted.

When the file extension of the collected report is PDF and a report form PDF file or a PDF file using a scanner, the collected report is converted into an image file,

When the file extension of the collected report is text or xml, the collected report is converted into a Word file, the Word file is converted into a PDF file, and then converted into an image file.

When the file extension of the collected report is Excel, the collected report is converted into a PDF file and then converted into an image file.

Ship data collection and transmission method characterized in that the file format of the collected report is unified to the image format.
The method of claim 1,

The extracting of the text data may include extracting text of a portion corresponding to the field coordinates from the report image file by reading field coordinates required for text extraction, which is previously designated and stored by an administrator, from the database unit. How data is collected and transmitted.
The method of claim 6,

The extracting of the text data may include determining whether there is a designation symbol in the report image file, and if the report image file includes the designation symbol, field coordinates which are field-specific OCR processing area coordinates previously designated and stored by an administrator. Extract from the database unit, cut an image corresponding to the field coordinates into a predetermined form using a specific position of the designated symbol as a reference point of a coordinate, and extract text by performing OCR processing on the cut image. Ship data collection and transmission method.
The method of claim 6,

The extracting of the text data may include determining whether there is a designated symbol in the report image file, and if the report image file does not have the designated symbol, field coordinates corresponding to field-specific OCR processing area coordinates previously designated and stored by an administrator. Extracting from the database unit, cutting the image corresponding to the field coordinates into a predetermined form by using a specific position of the report image file as a reference point of the coordinates, and extracting text by performing OCR processing on the cut image. Ship data collection and transmission method characterized in that.
The method of claim 1,

The storing of the extracted text data in the database unit

Storing the formatted data in the database unit for each corresponding field; And

And storing a log including at least one of a work time and a success of the work performed at each step, in the database unit.
The method of claim 9,

The fields include the IMO number, start date, end date, ship type, gross tonnage (GT), and net tonnage (NT) required for ship fuel usage reporting. Ship weight collection and transmission, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the output weight of the main engine and auxiliary engines (Dead Weight Tonnage, DWT).
In the ship data collection and transmission system for ship fuel usage report required by the MRV (Monitoring Reporting Verification) guidelines,

A ship communication service unit receiving a report related to ship operation data or fuel consumption data provided from a ship through a predetermined communication protocol; And

A gateway service for unifying the file format of the received report into an image format, extracting text data in the report image file unified in the image format, converting the text data into standardized data according to a standard report form, and storing the data in a database unit. Ship data collection and transmission system comprising a.
The method of claim 11,

The received report is a ship data collection and transmission system, characterized in that consisting of a file of any one of the format of TEXT, WORD, PDF, EXCEL, XML and images.
The method of claim 11,

The received report includes the NOON Report, Bunker Delivery Note (BDN), Departure Report, Arrival Report, Ab-log and DECK LOG BOOK. Ship data collection and transmission system comprising at least one of.
The method of claim 11,

The gateway service unit needs to extract the text previously designated and stored by an administrator.

And extracting text of a portion corresponding to the field coordinates from the report image file by reading field coordinates from the database unit.
The method of claim 14,

The gateway service unit determines whether the report image file has a designated symbol, and when the report image file has the designated symbol, the database unit stores field coordinates which are field-specific OCR processing area coordinates which are designated and stored by an administrator in advance. A ship, characterized in that for extracting the text by cutting the image corresponding to the field coordinates into a predetermined form using a specific position of the designated symbol as a reference point of the coordinates, and then performing OCR processing on the cut image. Data collection and transmission system.
The method of claim 14,

The gateway service unit determines whether the report image file has a designated symbol, and when the report image file does not have the designated symbol, the database unit stores field coordinates which are field-specific OCR processing area coordinates which are previously designated and stored by an administrator. And extracting the text by performing an OCR process on the cropped image by cutting the image corresponding to the field coordinates into a predetermined shape using a specific position of the report image file as a reference point of the coordinate. Ship data collection and transmission system.
The method of claim 11,

The gateway service unit stores the formalized data in a database unit for each corresponding field, and job log data for each job, wherein the job log data indicates the start of each job and whether each job is successful. And at least one of the data being stored in the database unit.
The method of claim 17,

The fields include the IMO number, start date, end date, ship type, gross tonnage (GT), and net tonnage (NT) required for ship fuel usage reporting. Ship weight collection and transmission system, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the dead weight tonnage (DWT), and the main engine and auxiliary engine output.
The method of claim 11,

The ship data collection and transmission system further comprises a website management unit that allows administrators to register, modify and view reports by report, and manage an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) conversion area for each report.
The method of claim 19,

And a database unit for storing at least one of text data extracted from the gateway service unit, a work log, and form information for generating a standard report.