Information collection and display system, information collection method, and information display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12147218-B2
Application number	US-201816139383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2018
Priority date	Mar 2, 2018
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

Abstract

An information collection and display system is provided, in which a data generation device that generates site data and a transaction data accumulation unit that stores the site data are connected. The system includes an association data accumulation unit storing association data which defines an association of each of multiple pieces of information included in the site data; an association data search unit which searches for second information associated with first information included in the pieces of information, on the basis of the association data; and a user interface that displays a connection relation of the pieces of information associated by the association data. The association data search unit searches for the second information associated with the first information displayed on the user interface and displays the first information and the second information on the user interface with the connection relation of the pieces of information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information system coupled to a data generation device that generates site data as to plural tasks included in a process, the information system also being coupled to a storage device that stores the site data generated by the data generation device of the information system, the information system being configured to execute:
generating, for each of the tasks, definition information that defines (a) a plurality of task association information that classify the site data in the storage device, (b) task information that defines task content of itself and association with another task, and (c) extension information being a storage area for storing information with a high utilization rate selectively in advance and which is set in the definition information in advance so that the information with the high utilization rate can be quickly acquired,
wherein the task association information includes worker information, machine information, material information, and work procedure information, each associated with the task information, and wherein the task information and each of the task association information are associated with each other by relation information created from the definition information;
generating, for each of the tasks, association data that includes a memory address for accessing the site data stored in the storage device on the basis of the definition information;
storing the association data in the information system; and
upon receiving selection of a first information derived from a first task of the plural tasks and executed by a first machine node of the plurality of machine nodes, searching the stored association data for a second information derived from a second task of the plural tasks and executed by a second machine node of the plurality of machine nodes,
wherein the information system comprises:
a user interface unit that displays a connection relation of the plurality of the task association information associated with each other by the association data, and
wherein the information system is further configured to execute:
when the first machine node related to the first task is selected, displaying the first information derived from the first task;
searching, on the basis of the association data, for the second information associated with the first information that is selected from the connection relation displayed;
displaying the first information and the second information on the user interface unit with the connection relation of the plurality of the task association information;
when a first item of the first information is selected from a plurality of displayed items of first information, derived from the first task to be executed by the first machine node, visually indicating that a displayed second item from a plurality of displayed items of the second information, derived from the second task to be executed by the second machine node, is related to the first item of the first information based on the association data;
creating a data mart including the first information and the second information, and
performing data analysis utilizing the data mart.

2. The information system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the association data, a part of the task association information in a task is common with a task association information of the next task.

3. The information system according to claim 1 , wherein the information system is further configured to execute:
acquiring identification information included in the site data;
specifying the definition information corresponding to the identification information; and
generating the association data on the basis of the definition information and the identification information.

4. The information system according to claim 1 , further executing:
generating, based on user interaction, the definition information that defines a structure of the task information and the task association information.

5. The information system according to claim 1 , wherein the information system is further configured to execute:
acquiring the site data from the storage device, on the basis of the association data; and
transmitting the site data acquired to an application outside the information system.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Miyamoto Hiroki
• Zhu Yuncheng
• Fujita Noboru
• Kimura Masahiro
• Okubo Yuta
• Okabe Daisuke

Classifications

• G05B13/04

  involving the use of models or simulators · CPC title

• G05B19/41865

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

• G06F17/00

  Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00) · CPC title

• G06Q10/06 Primary

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06Q10/06315

  Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis · CPC title