Work management system and work management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10019764-B2
Application number	US-201414778880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2014
Priority date	Apr 18, 2013
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A work management system ( 1 ) includes: an image capturing device ( 20 ) worn by a worker; and a server device ( 60 ). The image capturing device ( 20 ) includes: an image capturing section ( 21 ) for capturing an image of a work range of the worker; and a communication section ( 30 ) for transmitting, to the server device ( 60 ), at least one of (i) the image captured by the image capturing section ( 21 ) and (ii) generated information generated in accordance with the image. The server device ( 60 ) includes a control section ( 70 ) for managing the at least one of the image and the generated information which one is received from the communication section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work management system comprising:
an image capturing device worn by a worker;
a server device; and
an input information storing section,
the image capturing device including:
an image capturing section capturing an image of a work range of the worker;
a communication section transmitting, to the server device, at least one of (i) the image captured by the image capturing section and (ii) generated information generated in accordance with the image,
a multidimensional code recognizing section recognizing multidimensional codes contained in the image captured by the image capturing section, and
an input support information storing section in which input support information, in which a combination of multidimensional codes is associated with at least one of predetermined information which is to be set as input information and an algorithm in accordance with which the input information is determined, is stored; and
an input information determining section determining the input information in accordance with (a) a combination of the multidimensional codes recognized by the multidimensional code recognizing section and (b) the input support information;

the server device including:
a management section managing the at least one of the image and the generated information which one is received from the communication section,

wherein the communication section transmitting, as the generated information, to the server device, information corresponding to a combination of at least some of a plurality of multidimensional codes which combination has been recognized from a single image by the multidimensional code recognizing section,
wherein the plurality of multidimensional codes including at least one multidimensional code which is to be shielded by the worker,
wherein the communication section transmits, to the server device, the input information determined by the input information determining section, as the generated information; and
wherein the management section stores, in the input information storing section, the input information received from the communication section.

2. The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
one of the image capturing device and the server device includes a work time calculating section for calculating a work time that is a time period from when the multidimensional code recognizing section recognizes the multidimensional codes which correspond to a start of work until when the multidimensional code recognizing section recognizes the multidimensional codes which correspond to an end of the work; and
the server device further includes a standard time setting section for setting a standard time of the work in accordance with distribution of work times calculated by the work time calculating section.

3. The work management system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:
the image capturing device further includes an information generating section for generating, as the generated information, (i) a work start time at which the multidimensional code recognizing section recognizes the multidimensional codes which correspond to the start of the work and (ii) a work end time at which the multidimensional code recognizing section recognizes the multidimensional codes which corresponding to the end of the work;
the communication section transmits, to the server device, the generated information generated by the information generating section;
the server device includes the work time calculating section; and
the work time calculating section calculates the work time in accordance with the work start time and the work end time indicated by the generated information received from the communication section.

4. The work management system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:
the image capturing device includes the work time calculating section; and
the communication section transmits, to the server device, the work time calculated by the work time calculating section, as the generated information.

5. The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
the input support information storing section stores therein input support information A in which a combination of multidimensional codes which combination corresponds to a start of work carried out with use of a machine is associated with an algorithm in accordance with which (i) a current time is set as a work start time and (ii) a work record creating instruction, including the work start time and machine identification information that identifies the machine, is set as the input information; and
the management section accumulates, in the input information storing section, a work record in which the machine identification information and the work start time, each of which is included in the work record creating instruction received from the communication section, are associated with each other.

6. The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
the input support information storing section stores therein input support information B in which a combination of multidimensional codes which combination corresponds to an end of work carried out with use of a machine is associated with an algorithm in accordance with which (i) a current time is set as a work end time and (ii) a work record creating instruction, including the work end time and machine identification information that identifies the machine, is set as the input information; and
the management section accumulates, in the input information storing section, a work record in which the machine identification information and the work end time, each of which is included in the work record creating instruction received from the communication section, are associated with each other.

7. The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
the input support information storing section stores therein input support information C in which a combination of multidimensional codes which combination corresponds to a start of work carried out with respect to an object is associated with an algorithm in accordance with which (i) a current time is set as a work start time and (ii) a work record creating instruction, including the work start time and object identification information that identifies the object, is set as the input information; and
the management section accumulates, in the input information storing section, a work record in which the object identification information and the work start time, each of which is included in the work record creating instruction received from the communication section, are associated with each other.

8. The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
the input support information storing section stores therein input support information D in which a combination of multidimensional codes which combination corresponds to an end of work carried out with respect to an object is associated with an algorithm in accordance with which (i) a current time is set as a work end time and (ii) a work record creating instruction, including the work end time and object identification information that identifies the object, is set as the input information; and
the management section accumulates, in the input information storing section, a work record in which the object identification information and the work end time, each of which is included in the work record creating instruction received from the communication section, are associated with each other.

9. The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the image capturing device is worn on the worker's head.

10. The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the image capturing device is a glas

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Sugiyama Sadao
• Ishibashi Hiroyuki
• Tsuchiya Hideo
• Sugihara Shiro
• Yoshikawa Kiyoshi

Classifications

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• G05B19/41865

  characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow · CPC title

• G02B27/017

  Head mounted · CPC title

• G06Q10/0639 Primary

  Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations · CPC title

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title