Equipment management system and equipment management method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorTsudoi Utamaru
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Abstract
An equipment management system comprises a gateway apparatus having an interface configured to receive an operation command for operating an equipment, a first database configured to store first information allowed access from the gateway apparatus, a second database configured to store second information prohibited access from the gateway apparatus, and a controller configured to allow access to the first database from the gateway apparatus and prohibit access to the second database from the gateway apparatus. The second information includes equipment information collected from a control apparatus controlling the equipment.
Claims11
An equipment management system comprising:
- a gateway apparatus configured to receive an operation command configured to operate an equipment from a user of the equipment;
- an equipment management apparatus configured to control the equipment and including
- a first database configured to store first information allowed access from the gateway apparatus;
- and
- a second database configured to store second information prohibited access from the gateway apparatus;
- and
- an energy management system,
- wherein
- the gateway apparatus includes a controller configured to
- allow access to the first database from the gateway apparatus;
- and
- while allowing the energy management system to access the second database, autonomously prohibit access to the second database from the gateway apparatus without interventions from the equipment management apparatus even when the user has an authority to access the second information, because of the gateway apparatus being a smart speaker which includes a sound input interface configured to receive the operation command by a sound input, and a sound output interface,
- the first information includes guidance information indicating a handling method of the equipment,
- the second information includes equipment information, and
- the gateway apparatus is configured to perform access to the first database and to acquire the guidance information from the first database.
An equipment management method comprising:
- receiving, by a gateway apparatus, an operation command configured to operate an equipment from a user of the equipment;
- storing, in a first database of an equipment management apparatus, first information allowed access from the gateway apparatus, the equipment management apparatus controlling the equipment;
- storing, in a second database of the equipment management apparatus, second information prohibited access from the gateway apparatus;
- allowing, by a controller of the gateway apparatus, access to the first database from the gateway apparatus;
- and
- while allowing an energy management system to access the second database, autonomously prohibiting, by the controller of the gateway apparatus, access to the second database from the gateway apparatus without interventions from the equipment management apparatus even when the user has an authority to access the second information, because of the gateway apparatus being a smart speaker which includes a sound input interface configured to receive the operation command by a sound input, and a sound output interface,
- wherein
- the first information includes guidance information indicating a handling method of the equipment,
- the second information includes equipment information, and
- the gateway apparatus performs access to the first database and acquires the guidance information from the first database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.