# US 2020/0401971 A1 · Asset management device and asset management method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401971 A1 - Document ID: US20200401971A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/772,458 - Filed: 2018-12-17 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-22 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Shin TOMINAGA; Katsumi KIKUCHI; Masatake TAKAHASHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401971A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/06316: {Sequencing of tasks or work} - F17D 5/02: Preventing, monitoring, or locating loss - G06F 16/245: Query processing - G06Q 10/063: Operations research, analysis or management - G06Q 10/20: Administration of product repair or maintenance - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - E03B 7/006: {Arrangements or methods for cleaning or refurbishing water conduits} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F17D: PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES (pumps or compressors F04; fluid dynamics F15D; valves or the like F16K; pipes, laying pipes, supports, joints, branches, repairing, work on the entire line, accessories F16L; steam traps or the like F16T; fluid-pressure electric cables H01B9/06) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - E03B: INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER (drilling wells, obtaining fluids in general from wells E21B; pipe-line systems in general F17D) ## Abstract An asset management device according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: receive an input of information on a pipe being a diagnostic target as pipe information; set, based on the pipe information that is commonly shared by the pipes being diagnostic targets, an evaluation item for the pipes; calculate a priority level of a response for each of the pipes being diagnostic targets with respect to the evaluation item; and compare, among the pipes being diagnostic targets, calculated priority levels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An asset management device, comprising: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: receive an input of information on a pipe being a diagnostic target as pipe information; set, based on the pipe information that is commonly shared by the pipes being diagnostic targets, an evaluation item for the pipes; calculate a priority level of a response for each of the pipes being diagnostic targets with respect to the evaluation item; and compare, among the pipes being diagnostic targets, calculated priority levels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The asset management device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to: select at least one evaluation item group from a plurality of evaluation item groups; and set at least one of the evaluation items for each of the selected evaluation item groups, as the evaluation item for the pipes being diagnostic targets. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The asset management device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to: set the evaluation item relevant to an evaluation index being input from the input moans, means; and calculate a priority level of a response for each of the pipes being diagnostic targets with respect to the evaluation item relevant to the evaluation index. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The asset management device according to claim 3, wherein at least one of a type of the pipe, a length of the pipe, a diameter of the pipe, a number of bursts of the pipe, a leakage amount from the pipe, a time period during which a fluid in the pipe cannot be used, an amount of damage when an accident occurs in the pipe, a pressure of a fluid in the pipe, a degree of contamination of a fluid in the pipe, and a complaint from a user is selected as the evaluation index. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The asset management device according to claim 3, wherein at least one of indexes relating to a characteristic of the pipe and a characteristic of a fluid in the pipe is selected as the evaluation index. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The asset management device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to: generate information on a candidate for an evaluation index relevant to the evaluation item; output a candidate for the evaluation index; receive an input of an evaluation index selected from candidates for an evaluation index of a diagnostic target; and calculate the priority level with respect to the input evaluation index. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The asset management device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to set the evaluation item based on at least one of pipe type information, laying information, structure information, environmental influence information, user complaint information, and physical information acquired by actual measurement, with regard to the pipes being diagnostic targets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The asset management device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to set physical information acquired by actual measurement as the evaluation item; and calculate an updated priority level of a response, based on the set evaluation item. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The asset management device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to acquire the pipe information from a database. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The asset management device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to display, on a map, the priority level in association with a location at which the pipe is installed. ### Claim 11 An asset management method, comprising: acquiring information on a pipe being a diagnostic target as pipe information; setting, based on the pipe information that is commonly shared by the pipes being diagnostic targets, an evaluation item for the pipes; calculating a priority level of a response for each of the pipes being diagnostic targets with respect to the evaluation item; and outputting data for comparing, among the pipes being diagnostic targets, calculated priority levels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The asset management method according to claim 11, further comprising selecting at least one evaluation item group from a plurality of evaluation item groups, and setting at least one of the evaluation items for each of the selected evaluation item groups, as the evaluation item for the pipes being diagnostic targets. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The asset management method according to claim 11, further comprising: setting the evaluation item relevant to an input evaluation index; and calculating a priority level of a response for each of the pipes being diagnostic targets with respect to the evaluation item relevant to the evaluation index. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The asset management method according to claim 13, further comprising selecting, as the evaluation index, at least one of a type of the pipe, a length of the pipe, a diameter of the pipe, a number of bursts of the pipe, a leakage amount from the pipe, a time period during which a fluid in the pipe cannot be used, an amount of damage when an accident occurs in the pipe, a pressure of a fluid in the pipe, a degree of contamination of a fluid in the pipe, and a complaint from a user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The asset management method according to claim 13, further comprising selecting, as the evaluation index, at least one of indexes relating to a characteristic of the pipe and a characteristic of a fluid in the pipe. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The asset management method according to claim 13, further comprising: generating information on a candidate for an evaluation index relevant to the evaluation item; outputting a candidate for the evaluation index; receiving an input of an evaluation index selected from candidates for an evaluation index of a diagnostic target, and calculating the priority level with respect to the input evaluation index. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The asset management method according to claim 11 further comprising setting the evaluation item based on at least one of pipe type information, laying information, structure information, environmental influence information, user complaint information, and physical information acquired by actual measurement, with regard to the pipes being diagnostic targets. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The asset management method according to claim 11, further comprising: setting physical information acquired by actual measurement as the evaluation item; and calculating an updated priority level of a response, based on the set evaluation item. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The asset management method according to claim 11, further comprising acquiring the pipe information from a database. ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores an asset management program causing a computer to execute: acquisition processing of acquiring information on a pipe being a diagnostic target as pipe information; evaluation item setting processing of setting, based on the pipe information that is commonly shared by the pipes being diagnostic targets, an evaluation item for the pipes; priority level calculation processing of calculating a priority level of a response for each of the pipes being diagnostic targets with respect to the evaluation item; and output processing of outputting data for comparing, among the pipes being diagnostic targets, calculated priority levels. ### Claim at position 22 -30. (canceled)