Management system, management device, management method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023302507-A1
Application number	US-202318122778-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 17, 2023
Priority date	Mar 22, 2022
Publication date	Sep 28, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A management system includes: a database that stores a first cleanliness indicating the liquid quality of the cleaning solution after the cleaning unit that cleans a container to which unique identification information is assigned cleans the container, in association with the identification information assigned to the container, and a management device that searches the database for the identification information associated with the first cleanliness that corresponds with a second cleanliness requested from the outside, and outputs the identification information that was retrieved.

First claim

1 . A management system, comprising:
a database that stores a first cleanliness indicating liquid quality of cleaning solution after a first cleaning unit that cleans containers to which unique identification information is assigned has cleaned the container in association with the identification information assigned to the container; a search unit that searches the database for identification information associated with the first cleanliness that corresponds with a second cleanliness requested from the outside; and an output unit that outputs the identification information that was retrieved by the search unit.

2 . The management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the management system determines the second cleanliness based on conditions that are received; and the search unit searches the database for identification information associated with the first cleanliness according to the determined second cleanliness.

3 . The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second cleaning unit that cleans the container with filler in the container; a detection unit that detects the state of contamination of cleaning solution after the second cleaning unit has cleaned the container; and a decision unit that determines a cleaning method for the container from which the filler was removed based on the contamination status detected by the detection unit; wherein the first cleaning unit cleans the container from which the filler was removed using the cleaning method determined by the decision unit.

4 . The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the database stores usage history of the containers in association with the identification information assigned to the containers.

5 . The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating the location of the containers, wherein the database stores the location information of the container acquired by the location information acquisition unit in association with the identification information assigned to the container.

6 . The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor that detects whether the container has been used, wherein the database stores the results of the detection by the sensor in association with the identification information assigned to the container.

7 . The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the container is a cartridge with an inlet through which liquid flows and an outlet through which liquid that has flowed in flows out.

8 . A management device, comprising:
an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information uniquely assigned to a container; a decision unit that determines a cleaning method for the container from which filler has been removed based on the state of contamination of cleaning solution after the container was cleaned with the filler in it; a cleanliness acquisition unit that acquires a first cleanliness indicating liquid quality of cleaning solution after cleaning the container from which the filler has been removed using the cleaning method determined by the decision unit, and stores in a database the acquired first cleanliness in association with the identification information that was assigned to the container and that was acquired by the identification information acquisition unit; a search unit that searches the database for identification information associated with the first cleanliness that corresponds with a second cleanliness requested from the outside; and an output unit that outputs the identification information retrieved by the search unit.

9 . A management method, comprising:
acquiring identification information uniquely assigned to a container; cleaning the container; acquiring liquid quality of cleaning solution after cleaning the container; storing in a database a first cleanliness indicating the acquired liquid quality in association with the acquired identification information assigned to the container; searching the database for identification information associated with the first cleanliness that corresponds with a second cleanliness requested from the outside; and outputting the identification information that was retrieved.

10 . A computer readable medium including a program to make a computer execute procedures, the procedures comprising:
a procedure for acquiring identification information uniquely assigned to a container; a procedure for cleaning the container; a procedure for acquiring liquid quality of cleaning solution after cleaning the container; a procedure of storing in a database a first cleanliness indicating the acquired liquid quality in association with the acquired identification information assigned to the container; a procedure for searching the database for identification information associated with the first cleanliness that corresponds with a second cleanliness requested from the outside; and a procedure for outputting the identification information that was retrieved.

11 . The management system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second cleaning unit that cleans the container with filler in the container; a detection unit that detects the state of contamination of cleaning solution after the second cleaning unit has cleaned the container; and a decision unit that determines a cleaning method for the container from which the filler was removed based on the contamination status detected by the detection unit; wherein the first cleaning unit cleans the container from which the filler was removed using the cleaning method determined by the decision unit.

12 . The management system according to claim 2 , wherein the database stores usage history of the containers in association with the identification information assigned to the containers.

13 . The management system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating the location of the containers, wherein the database stores the location information of the container acquired by the location information acquisition unit in association with the identification information assigned to the container.

14 . The management system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a sensor that detects whether the container has been used, wherein the database stores the results of the detection by the sensor in association with the identification information assigned to the container.

15 . The management system according to claim 2 , wherein the container is a cartridge with an inlet through which liquid flows and an outlet through which liquid that has flowed in flows out.

Assignees

• Organo Corp

Inventors

• Imamura Masami
• Yano Daisaku
• IIZUKA Ryo
• Nihei Toshiaki
• Watanabe Yui

Classifications

• B08B9/46 Primary

  Inspecting cleaned containers for cleanliness · CPC title

• G06F16/24

  Querying · CPC title

• B08B3/04

  Cleaning involving contact with liquid · CPC title

• B08B2209/08

  Details of machines or methods for cleaning containers, e.g. tanks · CPC title