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US 6,199,755 B1Granted
Machine data acquistion system and method
AssigneesHitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Video & Information System, Inc.
InventorsKenji Matsumoto, Shigeyuki Itoh, Yutaka Takami, Masayuki Inoue, Koichi Yoneta, Tetsuharu Inamitsu
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Abstract
A machine data acquisition system connected to a machine, for acquiring data on an internal status of the machine, and for use with an IC card having storage. The machine data acquisition system comprises an IC card accepting device which accepts the IC card, a machine data acquisition device which acquires data on the internal status of the connected machine, and a card writer which writes data acquired by the machine data acquisition device into the storage in the IC card.
Claims53
A device data acquisition system, comprising:
- a device having a device check circuit which checks a status of said device, a first communication circuit which transmits said status of the device checked by said device check circuit, and a display;
- a service center terminal having a second communication circuit which receives said status of the device transmitted by said first communication circuit, and a processor which checks said status of the device;
- wherein said second communication circuit transmits repairing information which is determined based on said status of device to said first communication circuit, and said display displays said repairing information received by said first communication circuit;
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- wherein said repairing information is an estimated charge for repairing said device.
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A device data acquisition system, comprising:
- a device having a device check circuit which checks a status of said device, a first communication circuit which transmits said status of the device checked by said device check circuit, and a display;
- a service center terminal having a second communication circuit which receives said status of the device transmitted by said first communication circuit, and a processor which checks said status of the device;
- wherein said second communication circuit transmits repairing information which is determined based on said status of device to said first communication circuit, and said display displays said repairing information received by said first communication circuit;
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- wherein said device check circuit checks warranty data of said device, and said first communication circuit transmits said warranty data to said second communication circuit, and said processor checks said warranty data received by said second communication circuit and checks warranty term based on said warranty data.
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A device used in device data acquisition system having a service center terminal, comprising:
- a device check circuit which checks status of said device;
- a communication circuit which transmits said status of device checked by said device check circuit to said service center terminal and receives an estimated charge information for repairing said device transmitted from said service center terminal;
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- a display which displays said repairing information received by said first communication circuit.
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A device used in device data acquisition system having a service center terminal, comprising:
- a device check circuit which checks status of said device;
- a communication circuit which transmits said status of device checked by said device check circuit to said service center terminal and receives an estimated charge information for repairing said device transmitted from said service center terminal;
- a display which displays said repairing information received by said first communication circuit;
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- wherein said device check circuit checks guarantee data of said device, and said communication circuit transmits said guarantee data to said service center terminal.
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A service center terminal used in a device data acquisition system including a device having a device check circuit which checks a status of said device, comprising:
- a communication circuit which receives said status of device transmitted by said device;
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- a processor which calculates an estimated charge information for repairing said device based on said status of device,
- wherein said communication circuit transmits said repairing information to said device.
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A service center terminal used in a device data acquisition system including a device having a device check circuit which checks a status of said device, comprising:
- a communication circuit which receives said status of device transmitted by said device;
- a processor which calculates an estimated charge information for repairing said device based on said status of device,
- wherein said communication circuit transmits said repairing information to said device;
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- wherein said communication circuit receives warranty data of said device transmitted from said device, and said processor checks said warranty term based on said warranty data received by said communication circuit.
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A device data, acquisition system, comprising:
- a device having a device data check circuit which checks a status of said device, and an IC card writer which writes said status of said device into an IC card;
- a communication terminal having an IC card reader/writer which reads out said status of device stored in said IC card, a first communication circuit which transmits said status of device read out from said IC card, and a display;
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- a service center terminal having a second communication circuit which receives said status of device transmitted by said first communication circuit, and a processor which checks said status of device;
- wherein said second communication circuit transmits an estimated charge information for repairing said device which is determined based on said status of device to said first communication circuit, and said display displays said repairing information received by said first communication circuit.
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A communication terminal device used in a data acquisition system comprising a device having a device data check circuit which checks a status of said device and an IC card writer which writes said status of said device into an IC card, and a service center terminal, comprising:
- an IC card reader/writer which reads out said status of device stored in said IC card,
- a communication circuit which transmits said status of device read out from said IC card to said service center terminal and receives an estimated charge information for repairing said device which is determined based on said status of said device and transmitted from said service center terminal;
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- a display which displays said repairing information received by said communication circuit.
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A device data acquisition system, comprising:
- a device having a device check circuit which checks disposal information of said device, a first communication circuit which transmits said disposal information of device checked by said device check circuit via a telephone line, and a display;
- a service center terminal having a second communication circuit which receives said disposal information transmitted by said first communication circuit, and a processor which checks said disposal information of said device;
- wherein said second communication circuit transmits disposal charge information which is determined based on said disposal information of said device to said first communication circuit via a telephone line, and said display displays said disposal charge information received by said first communication circuit;
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- wherein said first communication circuit transmits money information to said service center terminal, and said processor receives said money information, and said second communication circuit transmits disposal permission data to said device.
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A service center terminal used in a device data acquisition system including a device having disposal information, comprising:
- a communication circuit which receives said disposal information transmitted by said device via a telephone line;
- a processor which calculates disposal charge information based on said disposal information,
- wherein said communication circuit transmits said disposal charge information to said device via a telephone line;
- wherein said communication circuit transmits disposal permission data to said device after said processor receives money information transmitted from said device.
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A device data acquisition system, comprising:
- a device having a memory which stores a software program, a device data check circuit which checks version information of said program stored in said memory, a first communication circuit which transmits said version information checked by said device data check circuit, and a display;
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- a service center terminal having a second communication circuit which receives said version information transmitted by said first communication circuit, and a processor which checks said version information;
- wherein said second communication circuit transmits upgrading information for upgrading said program which is determined based on said version information to said first communication circuit, and said display displays said upgrading information received by said first communication circuit;
- an IC card reader/writer which writes said version information of said program into an IC card and reads out said version information of said program from said IC card;
- wherein said upgrading information is an estimated charge for upgrading said program.
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A device used in a device data acquisition system having a service center terminal, comprising:
- a memory which stores a software program;
- a device data check circuit which checks version information of said program stored in said memory;
- a communication circuit which transmits said version information checked by said device data check circuit to said service center terminal and receives upgrading information for upgrading said program transmitted from said service center terminal;
- a display which displays said upgrading information received by said communication circuit;
- an IC card reader/writer which writes said version information of said program into an IC card and reads out said version information of said program from said IC card;
- wherein said upgrading information is an estimated charge for upgrading said program.
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In a service center terminal having a communication circuit used in a device data acquisition system including a device having a device check circuit which checks a status of said device, a method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting said status of device information by said device and receiving said status of device information with said communication circuit;
- calculating an estimated charge information for repairing said device based on said status of device information, and
- transmitting said repairing information to said device with said communication circuit.
In a service center terminal having a communication circuit used in a device data acquisition system including a device having disposal information, a method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting said disposal information by said device via a telephone line and receiving said disposal information with said communication circuit;
- calculating disposal charge information based on said disposal information,
- transmitting said disposal charge information to said device via a telephone line with said communication circuit;
- wherein said transmitting transmits disposal permission data to said device after said processor receives money information transmitted from said device.
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A device data acquisition system, comprising:
- a device having a device check circuit which checks a status of said device, a first communication circuit which transmits said status of the device check ed by said device check circuit, and a display;
- a service center terminal having a second communication circuit which receives said status of the device transmitted by said first communication circuit, and a processor which checks said status of the device;
- wherein said second communication circuit transmits repairing information which is determined based on said status of device to said first communication circuit, and said display displays said repairing information received by said first communication circuit;
- wherein said repairing information is an estimated charge for repairing said device;
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- wherein if the first communication circuit is unable to transmit the status of the device, such information is obtained from an IC card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.