Drawing management apparatus, drawing management system, and drawing management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11488335-B2
Application number	US-202017129907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2020
Priority date	Mar 6, 2020
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

A drawing management apparatus of the present disclosure includes a processor that generates a virtual plant based on various types of drawings of a plant, updates the virtual plant, when a change is made to a drawing among the various types of drawings, based on the change, and notifies a predetermined recipient, via a communication interface, of information related to a change made to the virtual plant by updating.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drawing management apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a communication interface;
wherein the processor is configured to:
generate a virtual plant based on various types of drawings of a plant;
update the virtual plant, when a change is made to a content of a first type of drawing among the various types of drawings, based on the content of the change to the first type of drawing; and
notify, when an element changed in the first type of drawing is necessary in a second type of drawing among the various types of drawings and has not been reflected in the second type of drawing, a predetermined recipient in charge of the second type of drawing, via the communication interface, of information related to a content of a change made to the virtual plant by updating.

2. The drawing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform verification of whether an element changed at a time of updating of the virtual plant is an element needing to be listed in the various types of drawings at the time of updating and include a result of the verification in the information related to the change made to the virtual plant by updating.

3. The drawing management apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to perform verification of whether an element changed at a time of updating of the virtual plant is reflected in the various types of drawings at the time of updating and include a result of the verification in the information related to the change made to the virtual plant by updating.

4. The drawing management apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the verification on various types of drawings other than the drawing changed at the time of updating.

5. The drawing management apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the verification on various types of drawings other than the drawing changed at the time of updating.

6. The drawing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform verification of whether an element changed at a time of updating of the virtual plant is reflected in the various types of drawings at the time of updating and include a result of the verification in the information related to the change made to the virtual plant by updating.

7. The drawing management apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the verification on various types of drawings other than the drawing changed at the time of updating.

8. The drawing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the various types of drawings include design drawings specifying elements of an actual plant and a relationship between the elements of the actual plant, and
wherein the virtual plant corresponds to data virtually indicating equipment in the actual plant and a relationship between the equipment in the actual plant.

9. The drawing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the various types of drawings are changeable from a terminal apparatus, and
wherein the virtual plant cannot be directly changed from the terminal apparatus.

10. The drawing management apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the virtual plant is described by a semantic data model that indicates equipment in an actual plant and the relationship between pieces of equipment.

11. The drawing management apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the virtual plant based on a comparison between a drawing created from data of an actual plant and the various types of drawings.

12. A drawing management system comprising:
the drawing management apparatus of claim 1 ; and
at least one terminal apparatus capable of communicating with the drawing management apparatus.

13. A drawing management system comprising:
the drawing management apparatus of claim 2 ; and
at least one terminal apparatus capable of communicating with the drawing management apparatus.

14. A drawing management system comprising:
the drawing management apparatus of claim 6 ; and
at least one terminal apparatus capable of communicating with the drawing management apparatus.

15. A drawing management system comprising:
the drawing management apparatus of claim 3 ; and
at least one terminal apparatus capable of communicating with the drawing management apparatus.

16. A drawing management system comprising:
the drawing management apparatus of claim 5 ; and
at least one terminal apparatus capable of communicating with the drawing management apparatus.

17. A drawing management system comprising:
the drawing management apparatus of claim 7 ; and
at least one terminal apparatus capable of communicating with the drawing management apparatus.

18. A drawing management system comprising:
the drawing management apparatus of claim 4 ; and
at least one terminal apparatus capable of communicating with the drawing management apparatus.

19. A drawing management method using a computer, the drawing management method comprising:
generating a virtual plant based on various types of drawings of a plant;
updating the virtual plant, when a change is made to a content of a first type of drawing among the various types of drawings, based on the content of the change to the first type of drawing; and
notifying, when an element changed in the first type of drawing is necessary in a second type of drawing among the various types of drawings and has not been reflected in the second type of drawing, a predetermined recipient in charge of the second type of drawing of information related to a content of a change made to the virtual plant by updating.

Assignees

• Yokogawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Kambe Takahiro
• Seki Tatenobu
• Ema Nobuaki
• Annen Masato

Classifications

• G06T11/26 Primary

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• G06Q10/103

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