Industrial equipment management system, industrial equipment management server, industrial equipment management method, and information storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10037499-B2
Application number	US-201414526542-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2014
Priority date	Oct 29, 2013
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

A receiver of an industrial equipment management system receives setting information to be set for an industrial equipment. A generator generates identification information in a case where the setting information is received, and associates the identification information with the setting information. An equipment manager associates, in a case where setting of the industrial equipment is performed based on the setting information associated with the generated identification information, individual identification information on the industrial equipment with the identification information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An industrial equipment management system, comprising at least one processor configured to:
receive setting information for operating first industrial equipment which controls at least one first motor based on the setting information;
generate, if the setting information is received, a customization ID for ordering second industrial equipment which controls at least one second motor based on the setting information, wherein the customization ID comprises public information unique to the customization ID and secret information for ordering the second industrial equipment;
associate the customization ID with the setting information in a first database;
write, if the customization ID which is designated by a user who orders the second industrial equipment exists in the first database and the first setting information is associated with a user ID of the user, the setting information associated with the customization ID into the second industrial equipment;
write the public information to the second industrial equipment and print the public information; and
associate, if the setting information associated with the customization ID is written into the second industrial equipment, individual identification information of the second industrial equipment with the customization ID in a second database,
wherein the second industrial equipment controls the at least one second motor based on the setting information which was written.

2. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor determines whether or not to generate the customization ID based on the received setting information and the setting information associated with the already-generated customization ID.

3. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor:
determines whether or not a difference between the received setting information and the setting information associated with the already-generated customization ID is within a reference; and
does not generate the customization ID where it is determined that the difference is within the reference, and generates the customization ID where it is determined that the difference is not within the reference.

4. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor:
determines whether or not the received setting information and the setting information associated with the already-generated customization ID are the same; and
does not generate the customization ID where it is determined that the received setting information and the associated setting information are the same, and generates the customization ID where it is determined that the received setting information and the associated setting information are not the same.

5. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor regenerates the already-generated customization ID and associates the already-generated customization ID with the received setting information where it is determined that the at least one processor does not generate the customization ID.

6. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor:
receives designation of at least one of a plurality of the first industrial equipment;
associates the generated customization ID with the designated first industrial equipment and the received setting information; and
associates the individual identification information on the second industrial equipment with the customization ID.

7. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor:
receives a generation request for the customization ID; and
generates the customization ID where the generation request is received.

8. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein the setting information comprises a parameter for the first industrial equipment adjustable by a user.

9. The industrial equipment management system according to claim 1 further comprising:
the first industrial equipment;
the at least one first motor;
the second industrial equipment; and
the at least one second motor.

10. An industrial equipment management server, comprising at least one processor configured to:
receive setting information for operating first industrial equipment which controls at least one first motor based on the setting information;
generate, if the setting information is received, a customization ID for ordering second industrial equipment which controls at least one second motor based on the setting information, wherein the customization ID comprises public information unique to the customization ID and secret information for ordering the second industrial equipment;
associate the customization ID with the setting information in a first database;
write, if the customization ID which is designated by a user who orders the second industrial equipment exists in the first database and the first setting information is associated with a user ID of the user, the setting information associated with the customization ID into the second industrial equipment;
write the public information to the second industrial equipment and print the public information; and
associate, if the setting information associated with the customization ID is written into the second industrial equipment, individual identification information of the second industrial equipment with the customization ID in a second database,
wherein the second industrial equipment controls the at least one second motor based on the setting information which was written.

11. An industrial equipment management method, comprising:
receiving setting information for operating first industrial equipment which controls at least one first motor based on the setting information;
generating, if the setting information is received, a customization ID for ordering second industrial equipment which controls at least one second motor based on the setting information, wherein the customization ID comprises public information unique to the customization ID and secret information for ordering the second industrial equipment;
associating the customization ID with the setting information in a first database;
writing, if the customization ID which is designated by a user who orders the second industrial equipment exists in the first database and the first setting information is associated with a user ID of the user, the setting information associated with the customization ID into the second industrial equipment;
write the public information to the second industrial equipment and print the public information; and
associating, if the setting information associated with the customization ID is written into the second industrial equipment, individual identification information of the second industrial equipment with the customization ID in a second database,
wherein the second industrial equipment controls the at least one second motor based on the setting information which was written.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium having stored thereon a program for causing a computer to:
receive setting information for operating first industrial equipment which controls at least one first motor based on the setting information;
generate, if the setting information is received, a customization ID for ordering second industrial equipment which controls at least one second motor based on the setting information, wherein the customization ID comprises public information unique to the customization ID and secret in

Assignees

• Yaskawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Hashimoto Ayaka
• Okubo Tadashi
• Imanaga Kazuhiro
• Hashimoto Hiroshi

Classifications

• G05B2219/32036

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• G06Q10/06 Primary

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