Data collection apparatus, data collection method, computer readable medium, and data collection system

A data collection method comprising:

• receiving failure information indicating a failed device from one monitoring apparatus of one or more monitoring apparatuses each of which monitors a monitoring target device, the failed device being a device in which a failure has been detected;
• identifying a similar device that is the monitoring target device similar to the failed device indicated by the failure information;
• setting, as a target monitoring apparatus, a monitoring apparatus that monitors the similar device among the one or more monitoring apparatuses, and transmitting an instruction signal to increase a transmission amount of operation data of the similar device to the target monitoring apparatus, the instruction signal causing the transmission amount of the operation data to be increased by increasing the number of sensors that acquire the operation data;
• performing data processing on the operation data;
• securing an increased amount of a resource used in the data processing due to an increase in the transmission amount of the operation data regarding the similar device;
• and
• narrowing down a plurality of the similar devices that have been identified to one or more similar devices for which the resource can be secured when the increased amount of the resource cannot be secured.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a data collection program that causes a computer to function as a data collection apparatus to perform:

• a data reception process of receiving failure information indicating a failed device from one monitoring apparatus of one or more monitoring apparatuses each of which monitors a monitoring target device, the failed device being a device in which a failure has been detected;
• a similar device identification process of identifying a similar device that is the monitoring target device similar to the failed device indicated by the failure information received by the data reception process;
• a signal transmission process of setting, as a target monitoring apparatus, a monitoring apparatus that monitors the similar device identified by the similar device identification process among the one or more monitoring apparatuses, and transmitting an instruction signal to increase a transmission amount of operation data of the similar device to the target monitoring apparatus, the instruction signal causing the transmission amount of the operation data to be increased by increasing the number of sensors that acquire the operation data;
• a data processing process of performing data processing on the operation data;
• and
• a resource management process of securing an increased amount of a resource used in the data processing due to an increase in the transmission amount of the operation data regarding the similar device,
• wherein in the similar device identification process, a plurality of the similar devices are identified, and when the increased amount of the resource cannot be secured by the resource management process, the similar devices are narrowed down to one or more similar devices for which the resource can be secured.

A data collection system comprising one or more monitoring apparatuses and a data collection apparatus, each of the one or more monitoring apparatus monitoring a monitoring target device,

• wherein the data collection apparatus includes
• processing circuitry to:
• receive failure information indicating a failed device from one monitoring apparatus of the one or more monitoring apparatuses, the failed device being a device in which a failure has been detected;
• identify a similar device that is the monitoring target device similar to the failed device indicated by the received failure information;
• set, as a target monitoring apparatus, a monitoring apparatus that monitors the identified similar device among the one or more monitoring apparatuses, and transmit an instruction signal to increase a transmission amount of operation data of the similar device to the target monitoring apparatus, the instruction signal causing the transmission amount of the operation data to be increased by increasing the number of sensors that acquire the operation data;
• perform data processing on the operation data;
• and
• secure an increased amount of a resource used in the data processing due to an increase in the transmission amount of the operation data regarding the similar device,
• wherein each of the one or more monitoring apparatuses includes
• processing circuitry to:
• switch an operation mode concerning the similar device from a normal mode to a monitoring mode upon receipt of the instruction signal;
• and
• increase, when the operation mode is switched to the monitoring mode, the transmission amount of operation data of the similar device by increasing the number of sensors that acquire the operation data, compared to when the operation mode is the normal mode, and
• wherein the processing circuitry of the data collection apparatus identifies a plurality of the similar devices, and when the increased amount of the resource cannot be secured, narrows down the similar devices to one or more similar devices for which the resource can be secured.