WO2020075373A1

WO2020075373A1 - Information management system

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Publication number: WO2020075373A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/030332
Authority: WO
Inventors: 英樹三谷
Original assignee: ヤンマー株式会社
Priority date: 2018-10-11
Filing date: 2019-08-01
Publication date: 2020-04-16
Also published as: CN112805742A; JP2020061003A; JP7045969B2

Abstract

In the present invention, procedure-identifying information for identifying a viewing permission procedure for granting a sub-user permission to view activity information is issued on the basis of access from a main user terminal for initiating the viewing permission procedure, and a machine selection screen for allowing a main user to select one work machine from among a plurality of machines is provided to the main user terminal. In response to the main user selecting a work machine on the basis of the machine selection screen, a machine ID constituting an identifier for the selected work machine is stored in association with the procedure-identifying information, and an optically-readable code representing a specific URL is provided to the main user terminal.

Description

Information management system

This invention relates to an information management system.

In recent years, in the field of work machines such as construction machines, an operation information management system has been developed that manages operation information such as the position, fuel consumption, and operating time of the work machine and can provide operation information to the owner of the work machine. ing.

Patent Document 1 has developed an operation information management system capable of providing operation information of a work machine while ensuring security to a construction manager who rents the work machine from a work machine owner and performs construction work. There is. In this operation information management system, when the management server receives an access request from the construction manager, it determines whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, and only when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, The operation information is provided to the construction manager. The predetermined condition is a position condition of whether or not the position of the work machine rented by the construction manager who issued the access request is within a preset range, and the use period of the work machine is within a preset period. Either or both of the period conditions of whether or not

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2018-45486

In the operation information management system described in Patent Document 1, in order to provide the construction manager with operation information on the work vehicle while ensuring security, it is necessary to set conditions for permitting browsing in advance.

An object of the present invention is to allow a main user, who has the authority to browse the operating information of a work machine, to a sub-user who does not have the authority to browse the operating information, without setting conditions for permitting the browsing. On the other hand, an object of the present invention is to provide an information management system capable of browsing the operation information while ensuring security.

The information management system according to the present invention holds the operation information of a plurality of work machines that the main user has the viewing authority, and has the main user terminal used by the main user and the viewing authority of the operating information. An information management system capable of communicating via a network with a sub-user terminal used by a sub-user who does not have it, and starts a browsing permission procedure for permitting the sub-user to browse the operation information. For issuing the procedure specifying information for specifying the viewing permission procedure based on the access from the main user terminal for making the main user select one work machine from the plurality of machines. A first means for providing a machine selection screen to the main user terminal, and the main user based on the machine selection screen. In response to the selection of the work machine, a machine ID, which is an identifier of the selected work machine, is stored in association with the procedure specifying information, and an optically readable code representing a specific URL is stored by the main user. The second means for providing the terminal and the code provided to the main user terminal are read by the sub user terminal, and when the sub user terminal accesses the URL, the code is provided by the identifier of the sub user terminal. Third means for storing a certain sub user terminal ID in association with the procedure specifying information and the machine ID, and providing a predetermined information providing address to the sub user terminal, and the sub user terminal having the information providing address. When the user accesses the sub-user terminal ID, and associates with the acquired sub-user terminal ID The operation information for the machine ID stored and a fourth means for providing the sub-user terminal.

In this configuration, the main user who has the authority to browse the operating information of the work machine does not set the conditions for permitting the browsing to the sub-user who does not have the authority to browse the operating information. , It becomes possible to browse the operation information while ensuring security.

In one embodiment of this invention, the fourth means obtains and stores the sub-user terminal ID and selects the type of browsing information when the sub-user terminal accesses the information providing address. Means for providing the sub user terminal with an information selection screen for storing the information and a browsing information ID, which is an identifier of the browsing information selected based on the information selection screen, is stored in association with the sub user terminal ID. Among the operation information for the machine ID that has been stored, a means for providing browsing information corresponding to the received browsing information ID to the sub-user terminal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the procedure specifying information is a token with an expiration date.

The above-mentioned or other objects, features, and effects of the present invention will become apparent from the description of the embodiments below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an information browsing system to which an information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the owner information table. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the machine information management table. FIG. 4A is a part of a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the information browsing system. FIG. 4B is a part of a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the information browsing system. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the authentication data input screen. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the procedure management table. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the machine selection screen. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a QR code presentation Web page. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the operation information selection screen.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an information browsing system 1 to which an information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

The information browsing system 1 includes an information management system 2 that manages and provides work machine operation information. In this embodiment, the work machine is a work vehicle such as a tractor, a rice transplanter, a combine, a civil engineering / construction work device, a snowplow, a riding type work machine, and a walk type work machine. In this embodiment, the working machine operation information includes information such as the working machine position information, fuel consumption information, and working time.

The information browsing system 1 further includes an owner terminal 3 and an employee terminal 4. In this embodiment, the owner terminal 3 is a terminal device used by the owner of a company engaged in agriculture. In this embodiment, the owner terminal 3 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet personal computer (tablet PC). The owner owns a plurality of work machines. Further, the owner has the authority to acquire the operation information of the plurality of work machines owned by the owner from the information management system 2 and browse the operation information. The owner is an example of the main user of the present invention, and the owner terminal 3 is an example of the main user terminal of the present invention.

Employee terminal 4 is a terminal device used by an employee of a company managed by the owner. In this embodiment, the employee terminal 4 is a terminal device used by a predetermined employee whose owner intends to permit viewing of operating information of a specific work machine among a plurality of work machines owned by the owner. is there. In this embodiment, the employee terminal 4 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet personal computer (tablet PC). The employee of the company managed by the owner does not have the authority to acquire the operation information of the plurality of work machines owned by the owner from the information management system 2 and browse the information. The employee is an example of the sub user of the present invention, and the employee terminal 4 is an example of the sub user terminal of the present invention.

The information management system 2 includes a mediation server 5 and a management server 6. The mediation server 5 and the management server 6 can communicate with each other via the network 7. Further, the owner terminal 3 can communicate with the mediation server 5 and the management server 6 via the network 7. The employee terminal 4 can communicate with the mediation server 5 via the network 7.

The management server 6 acquires and stores operation information of a plurality of work machines owned by the owner. Specifically, the management server 6 includes a control unit 61 including a computer and a storage unit 62. The storage unit 62 is provided with an owner information table 63, a machine information table 64, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the owner information table 63.

In the owner information table 63, for each owner ID (owner ID) registered in the management server 6, the owner's name, authentication ID, authentication PW (authentication password), and work owned by the owner. Among the machines, the ID of the work machine registered in the management server 6 (work machine ID) and the like are stored. As will be described later, the authentication ID and the authentication PW are the ID and PW used when the owner performs a procedure for allowing the employee to browse, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the machine information management table 64.

The machine information management table 64 stores a model, a machine number, and a plurality of types of operation information for each work machine ID registered in the management server 6. In this embodiment, the plurality of types of operation information include, for example, the latest position information of the work machine (operation information 1), the amount of fuel used in a recent predetermined time (operation information 2), the work time of yesterday and today (operation Information 3) etc. are included. In order to identify a plurality of types of operation information, each operation information is given an ID (operation information ID).

The mediation server 5 includes a control unit 51 including a computer and a storage unit 52. A procedure management table 53 (see FIG. 6) is created in the storage unit 52 as described later.

By directly accessing the management server 6 from the owner terminal 3, the owner can acquire and browse the operation information regarding the working machine owned by the owner, which is stored in the owner information table 63 and the machine information table 64. Has become.

In this embodiment, the owner can allow the employee to browse the operation information regarding the work machine owned by the employee, which is managed by the management server 6 while ensuring the security. The operation of the information browsing system 1 when an employee browses the operation information will be described below.

4A and 4B are sequence diagrams for explaining the operation of the information browsing system 1.

The owner has an authentication ID and an authentication PW (see FIG. 2) used when the owner performs a procedure for permitting the employee to browse (hereinafter referred to as “browsing permission procedure”). It is assumed that the information management system 2 is given in advance by the administrator.

When the owner operates the owner terminal 3 to access the mediation server 5 (step S1), the mediation server 5 transmits a web page for acquiring authentication data to the owner terminal 3 (step S2). As a result, the authentication data input screen 10 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the owner terminal 3 (step S3). The authentication data input screen 10 includes an ID input unit 11, a password input unit 12, and an OK button 13.

When any command or information is transmitted from the owner terminal 3 to the intermediary server 5, the terminal ID of the owner terminal 3 (owner terminal ID) is sent, and the intermediary server 5 uses the owner terminal ID as the transmission source. The owner terminal 3 can be recognized.

The owner presses the OK button after inputting the authentication ID and the authentication PW on the authentication data input screen 10. As a result, the authentication ID and the authentication PW input by the owner are transmitted from the owner terminal 3 to the mediation server 5 (step S4).

The mediation server 5 transmits the received authentication ID and authentication PW to the management server 6 together with the authentication request command (step S5).

When the management server 6 receives the authentication request command, the management server 6 performs the authentication process (step S6). That is, it is determined whether or not the received authentication ID and authentication PW match the registered authentication ID and authentication PW. If the received ID and PW match the registered ID and PW, the authentication succeeds, and if they do not match, the authentication fails.

If the authentication fails, the owner terminal 3 will be notified via the intermediary server 5 of that fact, although not shown.

If the authentication is successful, the management server 6 issues a token (token: a token with an expiration date in this embodiment) to the ID of the authenticated owner (an owner ID different from the authentication ID) (step S7). ). The token is an example of the procedure specifying information of the present invention. Then, the management server 6 transmits the token and the owner ID to the mediation server 5 (step S8).

Upon receiving the token and the owner ID, the intermediation server 5 registers the received token and owner ID in the procedure management table 53 (step S9).

As shown in FIG. 6, the procedure management table 53 is provided with a plurality of storage areas e ₁ to e _N for storing a plurality of browsing permission control information. In each of the storage areas e ₁ to e _N , browsing permission control information including an owner ID, a token, a work machine ID, and an employee terminal ID is stored. In step S9, the owner ID and the token are stored in one storage area (e _{1 in} this example) in which no data is stored among the storage areas e ₁ to e _N.

Thereafter, the mediation server 5 sends a machine ID request command to the management server 6 together with the owner ID and token (step S10).

When the management server 6 receives the machine ID request command, first, based on the received owner ID, the management server 6 acquires the IDs (work machine IDs) of the plurality of work machines owned by the owner from the owner information table 63 ( Step S11). Next, the management server 6 acquires the model and machine number corresponding to the work machine ID from the machine information table 64 based on the acquired work machine IDs (step S12). Then, the management server 6 transmits the acquired machine information including the work machine ID, the model, and the machine number of each work machine to the mediation server 5 together with the owner ID and the token (step S13).

When the intermediation server 5 receives the machine information IDs related to the plurality of work machines, the web for machine selection for allowing the owner to select the work machine that the owner permits the employee to browse from among the plurality of work machines. A page is created and transmitted to the owner terminal 3 (step S14).

As a result, the machine selection screen 20 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the owner terminal 3 (step S15). The machine selection screen 20 includes a plurality of selection items 21 respectively representing models and machine numbers of a plurality of work machines owned by the owner, a check box 22 displayed next to each selection item 21, and an OK button 23. Including. However, in this embodiment, it is assumed that only one of the plurality of selection items 21 can be selected.

Based on the machine selection screen 20, the owner selects a work machine that allows the employee to browse the operation information, and then presses the OK button 23.

As a result, the work machine ID selected by the owner is transmitted from the owner terminal 3 to the mediation server 5 (step S16). The mediation server 5 stores the received work machine ID in the storage area (e _{1 in} this example) in which the owner ID and the token are registered in step S9 among the storage areas e ₁ to e _N of the procedure management table 53. (See FIG. 6, step S17). As a result, the work machine ID is associated with the owner ID and the token stored in step S9.

In addition, the mediation server 5 presents a Web page (for QR code presentation) for presenting a QR code (registered trademark) representing a URL (hereinafter referred to as a specific URL) indicating a specific location on the network for performing a specific process. The Web page is transmitted to the owner terminal 3 (step S18). Thereby, as shown in FIG. 8, the QR code presentation Web page 30 including the QR code 31 is displayed on the owner terminal 3 (step S19). The specific process is a process of storing the employee terminal ID acquired as described later in the storage area (e _{1 in} this example) in which the work machine ID is stored in step S17.

After this, the owner presents the QR code 31 displayed on the owner terminal 3 to the employee who owns the employee terminal 4. The employee causes the employee terminal 4 to read the QR code displayed on the owner terminal 3.

When the employee terminal 4 reads the QR code (step S20), a confirmation screen including a message "Connect?" And an OK button is displayed on the employee terminal 4 (step S21). When the OK button on the confirmation screen is pressed, the terminal ID of the employee terminal 4 (employee terminal ID) is transmitted to the specific URL corresponding to the QR code read from the employee terminal 4 (step S22).

The mediation server 5 acquires the employee terminal ID transmitted to the specific URL, and of the storage areas e ₁ to e _N in the procedure management table 53, the storage area in which the work machine ID is stored in step S17. The employee terminal ID is registered in (e _{1 in} this example) (see FIG. 6, step S23). As a result, the viewing permission control information including the owner ID, the token, the work machine ID, and the employee terminal ID is created in the procedure management table 53.

Then, the intermediary server 5 transmits to the employee terminal 4 an address (hereinafter referred to as “execution address”) indicating a specific location on the network that performs processing for providing the operating information to the employee terminal 4. (Step S24). Upon receiving the execution address, the employee terminal ID stores the received execution address in the memory (step S25). The execution address is an example of the information providing address of the present invention.

After that, when the employee operates the employee terminal 4 to access the execution address, the employee terminal ID of the employee terminal 4 is transmitted to the execution address (step S26). The mediation server 5 acquires the employee terminal ID transmitted to the execution address and authenticates the employee terminal ID (step S27). Specifically, the mediation server 5 has an authentication condition that the acquired employee terminal ID is registered in the procedure management table 53 and that the token stored in association with the employee terminal ID has not expired. It is determined whether or not is satisfied. When the authentication condition is not satisfied, the mediation server 5 notifies the employee terminal 4 of the authentication failure.

When the authentication condition is satisfied, the intermediary server 5 transmits a web page for selecting operating information for allowing the employee to select the operating information to be viewed to the employee terminal 4 (step S28). As a result, the operation information selection screen 40 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the employee terminal 4 (step S29). The operation information selection screen 40 includes a plurality of selection items 41 respectively representing a plurality of kinds of operation information, a check box 42 displayed next to each selection item 41, and an OK button 43. In this embodiment, one or a plurality of selection items 41 can be selected from the plurality of selection items 41.

The employee who owns the employee terminal 4 selects one or more pieces of operation information based on the operation information selection screen 40, and then presses the OK button 43.

As a result, the ID of the operation information (operation information ID) selected by the employee from the employee terminal 4 is transmitted to the mediation server 5 (step S30). The mediation server 5 transmits an information request command to the management server 6 together with the received operation information ID and the owner ID, token, and work machine ID included in the above-mentioned browsing permission control information (step S31).

Upon receiving the information request command, the management server 6 acquires the operating information corresponding to the received work machine ID and operating machine ID from the machine information table 64 (step S32). Then, the acquired operation information is transmitted to the mediation server 5 (step S33).

The mediation server 5 creates a Web page for browsing information including the received operation information and sends it to the employee terminal 4 (step S1). As a result, the operation information is displayed on the employee terminal 4. As a result, the employee can browse the operation information selected by himself from the operation information regarding the work machine permitted by the owner.

In other words, in this embodiment, the owner who has the authority to browse the operating information of the work machine does not need to teach the employee who does not have the authority to browse the work machine, without teaching the authentication ID and the password for the work machine. It will be possible to allow browsing in the operation information. That is, the owner can allow the employee to browse the operating information of the work machine while ensuring the security. Further, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to preset the conditions for permitting browsing.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention can be implemented in other forms. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the owner ID is set separately from the authentication ID, but the owner ID may not be set. In this case, for example, the authentication ID may be used instead of the owner ID.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the main user who has the authority to browse the work machine is the owner, and the sub user who does not have the authority to browse is an employee. However, the relationship between the main user and the sub user is , But not limited to the relationship between the owner and the employee. For example, the machine owner who owns the work machine may be the main user, and the farmer who rents the work machine from the machine owner may be the sub-user.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, these are merely specific examples used for clarifying the technical content of the present invention, and the present invention is construed as being limited to these specific examples. It should not be limited, and the scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

This application corresponds to Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-192485 filed with the Japan Patent Office on October 11, 2018, and the entire disclosure of the application is incorporated herein by reference.

1 Information Browsing System 2 Information Management System 3 Owner Terminal 4 Employee Terminal 5 Mediation Server 6 Management Server 7 Network 51 Control Unit 52 Storage Unit 53 Procedure Management Table 61 Control Unit 62 Storage Unit 63 Owner Information Table 64 Machine Information Table

Claims

The main user holds operating information of a plurality of work machines that the main user has the viewing authority, and is used by the main user terminal used by the main user and a sub-user who does not have the viewing authority of the operating information. An information management system capable of communicating with a sub user terminal via a network,
Based on access from the main user terminal for starting a browsing permission procedure for permitting the sub-user to browse the operation information, issue procedure specifying information for identifying the browsing permission procedure. At the same time, first means for providing the main user terminal with a machine selection screen for allowing the main user to select one work machine from the plurality of machines.
In response to the work machine being selected by the main user based on the machine selection screen, a machine ID, which is an identifier of the selected work machine, is stored in association with the procedure specifying information, and a specific URL is displayed. Second means for providing an optically readable code to the main user terminal;
When the code provided to the main user terminal is read by the sub user terminal and the URL is accessed by the sub user terminal, the procedure identification of the sub user terminal ID, which is the identifier of the sub user terminal, is performed. Third means for storing the information and the machine ID in association with each other and providing a predetermined information providing address to the sub-user terminal;
When the sub-user terminal accesses the information providing address, the sub-user terminal ID is acquired, and the operation information for the machine ID stored in association with the acquired sub-user terminal ID is stored in the sub-user terminal. And a fourth means for providing the information management system.
The fourth means is
Means for acquiring and storing the sub-user terminal ID and providing an information selection screen for selecting a type of browsing information to the sub-user terminal when the sub-user terminal accesses the information providing address When,
When the browsing information ID that is the identifier of the browsing information selected based on the information selection screen is received, the browsing information received among the operation information for the machine ID stored in association with the sub-user terminal ID The information management system according to claim 1, further comprising means for providing browsing information corresponding to an ID to the sub-user terminal.
The information management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the procedure specifying information is a token with an expiration date.