US 2020/0272133 A1Published application

Computer System and Facility Monitoring Method

AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.

InventorsAkinori YOKOI, Itoe AKUTSU, Kana OKI, Yoshiaki KATO

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Abstract

A facility that includes machines, includes a camera generating facility operation data, which includes an image of any given space. A computer system comprises: a data obtaining module obtaining the facility operation data; a work identification module identifying work that is performed in the facility, based on the image included in the facility operation data; and an output module outputting time-series information indicating a flow of the work. The work identification module identifies an object included in the image; identifies the work based on information about the identified object; and generates work analysis data, which associates the identified work, a period in which the identified work has been performed, and machines that is related to the identified work with one another. The output module outputs the time-series information or statistical information by using the work analysis data.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A computer system, which is configured to monitor a running state of a facility that includes a plurality of machines,

the facility including at least one camera,
the at least one camera being configured to generate first facility operation data, which includes an image of any given space,
the computer system comprising:
a data obtaining module configured to obtain the first facility operation data;
a work identification module configured to identify work that is performed in the facility, based on the image included in the first facility operation data;
and
an output module configured to output information that is generated based on a result of processing of the work identification module,
wherein the work identification module is configured to:
identify an object included in the image to generate first analysis data, which includes information about the object;
identify the work based on the first analysis data;
and
generate work analysis data, which associates the identified work, a period in which the identified work has been performed, and at least one of the plurality of machines that is related to the identified work with one another, and
wherein the output module is configured to output at least one of time-series information that indicates a flow of the work related to one of the plurality of machines, or statistical information of the work related to the one of the plurality of machines, by using the work analysis data.

10 more elements

A facility monitoring method, which is executed by a computer system to monitor a facility that includes a plurality of machines,

The computer system including at least one computer,
the facility including at least one camera,
the at least one camera being configured to generate first facility operation data, which includes an image of any given space,
the facility monitoring method including:
a first step of obtaining, by the at least one computer, the first facility operation data;
a second step of identifying, by the at least one computer, an object that is included in the image to generate first analysis data, which includes information about the object;
a third step of identifying, by the at least one computer, work that is performed in the facility, based on the first facility operation data;
a fourth step of generating, by the at least one computer, work analysis data, which associates the identified work, a period in which the work has been performed, and at least one of the plurality of machines that is related to the work with one another;
and
a fifth step of outputting, by the at least one computer, at least one of time-series information that indicates a flow of the work related to one of the plurality of machines, or statistical information of the work related to the one of the plurality of machines, by using the work analysis data.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/445,804Filed 19 Jun 2019
Priority: JP 2019-02930721 Feb 2019
Published: 27 Aug 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G05B 19/042
Program control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers: using digital processors
G05B 19/4184
Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible…:…
G05B 19/0425
Input/output: safety, monitoring
G05B 19/4183
Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible…:…