Position information authoring system, position information authoring apparatus, and position information authoring method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10110685-B2
Application number	US-201615245290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2016
Priority date	Aug 27, 2015
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A position information authoring system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of position information devices in a plant and a position information authoring apparatus. Each of the plurality of position information devices is configured to input a position information into the position information authoring apparatus, the position information represents a three-dimensional absolute position of each of the plurality of position information devices. The position information authoring apparatus is configured to manage a physical position of each physical equipment in the plant and physical positions of the plurality of position information devices, based on a three-dimensional plant model which includes virtual equipments and marks a virtual position of each of the plurality of position information devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A position information authoring system comprising a plurality of position information devices in a plant and a position information authoring apparatus, wherein
each of the plurality of position information devices is configured to input a position information into the position information authoring apparatus, the position information represents a three-dimensional absolute position in an actual space of each of the plurality of position information devices, the position information comprises identification information for identifying each of the plurality of position information devices,
the position information authoring apparatus is configured to manage a physical position of each physical equipment in the plant and physical positions of the plurality of position information devices, based on a three-dimensional plant model which comprises virtual equipments and marks a virtual position of each of the plurality of position information devices,
each of the plurality of position information devices includes at least one of a measuring device and a mobile terminal device, the measuring device is configured to measure operation state of the physical equipment at which the measuring device is installed and to input measured results and the position information into the position information authoring apparatus, the mobile terminal device is configured to display works with respect to the equipment and to input work results of the works and the position information into the position information authoring apparatus,
each of the plurality of position information devices is configured to output related information to the position information authoring apparatus, the related information represents at least one of information input into the virtual position in the three-dimensional plant model, the measured results, and the work results, and
if the related information is input into the position information authoring apparatus, the position information authoring apparatus displays, in the three-dimensional plant model, the identification information, the related information, and position information representing a position in the three-dimensional plant model which corresponds to the position information representing a position in the actual space of the position information device which has output the related information.

2. The position information authoring system according to claim 1 , wherein
the position information authoring apparatus is configured to identify a three-dimensional coordinate representing the virtual position of the virtual equipment or the virtual position of each of the plurality of position information devices and the position information output from each of the plurality of position information devices, and to manage the physical position of the physical equipment and the physical positions of the plurality of position information devices based on the identified coordinate.

3. The position information authoring system according to claim 2 , wherein
the position information authoring apparatus comprises:
a position information acquirer configured to acquire the position information from the plurality of position information devices;
a coordinate converter configured to mutually convert the virtual position represented by the coordinate extracted from the three-dimensional plant model and the three-dimensional absolute position included in the position information to identify the virtual position and the physical position;
a three-dimensional model data storage storing the three-dimensional plant model; and
a position information database storing position information data in which the virtual position and the physical position are associated with each other, the virtual position and the actual position being identified by the coordinate converter for each equipment and each of the plurality of position information devices.

4. The position information authoring system according to claim 3 , wherein
the position information authoring apparatus is configured to display the related information associated with the position information data at the associated virtual position in the three-dimensional plant model.

5. The position information authoring system according to claim 3 , wherein
each of plurality of position information devices includes:
a mobile terminal device configured to display works with respect to the equipment and to input work results of the works and the position information into the position information authoring apparatus, and
the position information authoring apparatus is configured to associate and store related information with the position information data, the related information including at least one of information input into the virtual position in the three-dimensional plant model and the work results.

6. The position information authoring system according to claim 5 , wherein
the position information authoring apparatus is configured to input the related information associated with the position information data into the mobile terminal device adjacent to the physical position associated with the position information data, and
the mobile terminal device is configured to display the related information output from the position information authoring apparatus.

7. The position information authoring system according to claim 5 , wherein
the mobile terminal device is configured to display the three-dimensional plant model output from the position information authoring apparatus and to input, into the position information authoring apparatus, a modification information for modifying a display position which is input with respect to the displayed three-dimensional plant model, and
the position information authoring apparatus is configured to modify the identified virtual position and physical position based on the modification information.

8. The position information authoring system according to claim 1 , wherein
the mobile terminal device comprises:
a measure configured to measure the three-dimensional absolute position based on radio waves emitted from positioning satellites, and

the mobile terminal device is configured to input the absolute position measured by the measure as the position information into the position information authoring apparatus.

9. The position information authoring system according to claim 3 , wherein
the coordinate converter is configured to mutually convert the coordinate extracted from the three-dimensional plant model and a set of latitude, longitude, and height included in the position information.

10. A position information authoring apparatus configured to manage a physical position of each physical equipment in a plant and physical positions of a plurality of position information devices based on a three-dimensional plant model, wherein
each of the plurality of position information devices is configured to input a position information into the position information authoring apparatus, the position information represents a three-dimensional absolute position in an actual space of each of the plurality of position information devices, the position information comprises identification information for identifying each of the plurality of position information devices,
the position information authoring apparatus is configured to manage a physical position of each physical equipment in the plant and physical positions of the plurality of position information devices, based on the three-dimensional plant model comprising virtual equipments and marking a virtual position of each of the plurality of position information devices,
each of the plurality of position information devices includes at least one of a

Assignees

• Yokogawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ishii Yosuke
• Okabe Nobuo
• Miyazawa Kazunori
• Akisada Yukiyo

Classifications

• G06F30/00

  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title

• G01C21/00 Primary

  Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 (measuring distance traversed on the ground by a vehicle G01C22/00; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of vehicles G05D1/00; traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04L67/18 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F17/50

  Physics · mapped topic