Work management system and work management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016048930-A1
Application number	US-201414778880-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 5, 2014
Priority date	Apr 18, 2013
Publication date	Feb 18, 2016
Grant date	—

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

1 . A work management system comprising:
an image capturing device worn by a worker; and a server device, the image capturing device including:
an image capturing section for capturing an image of a work range of the worker; and
a communication section for 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,
the server device including:
a management section for managing the at least one of the image and the generated information which one is received from the communication section.

2 . The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:
an image storing section, wherein: the image capturing device further includes an instruction receiving section for receiving (i) a creation start instruction to start creating a work standard and (ii) a creation end instruction to end creation of the work standard; and the management section stores, in the image storing section, a moving image which is captured by the image capturing section from when the instruction receiving section receives the creation start instruction until when the instruction receiving section receives the creation end instruction, as a moving-image work standard.

3 . The work management system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:
the communication section transmits, to the server device, the moving image which is captured by the image capturing section from when the instruction receiving section receives the creation start instruction until when the instruction receiving section receives the creation end instruction, as the moving-image work standard; and the management section stores, in the image storing section, the moving-image work standard received from the communication section.

4 . The work management system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:
the image capturing device further includes a multidimensional code recognizing section for recognizing multidimensional codes contained in the image captured by the image capturing section; the instruction receiving section receives the creation start instruction to start creating the work standard, in a case where the multidimensional codes recognized by the multidimensional code recognizing section indicate that the creation of the work standard is to be started; and the instruction receiving section receives the creation end instruction to end the creation of the work standard, in a case where the multidimensional codes recognized by the multidimensional code recognizing section indicate that the creation of the work standard is ended.

5 . The work management system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
the image capturing device further includes a multidimensional code recognizing section for recognizing multidimensional codes contained in the image captured by the image capturing section; and the communication section transmits, to the server device, information corresponding to the multidimensional codes recognized by the multidimensional code recognizing section, as the generated information.

6 . The work management system as set forth in claim 5 , 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.

7 . The work management system as set forth in claim 6 , 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.

8 . The work management system as set forth in claim 6 , 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.

9 . The work management system as set forth in claim 5 , further comprising:
an input information storing section, wherein: the image capturing device further includes: 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 (i) predetermined information which is to be set as input information and (ii) an algorithm in accordance with which the input information is determined, is stored; and an input information determining section for 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 communication section transmits, to the server device, the input information determined by the input information determining section, as the generated information; and the management section stores, in the input information storing section, the input information received from the communication section.

10 . The work management system as set forth in claim 9 , 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.

11 . The work management system as set forth in claim 9 ,
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

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N21/43637

  involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114) · CPC title

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title

• H04N5/77

  between a recording apparatus and a television camera · CPC title

• H04N5/2252

  Electricity · mapped topic