Inspection support system, inspection support method, and inspection support program

Abstract

To provide an inspection assisting system, an inspection assisting method and an inspection assisting program capable of reducing a work time of an inspection work for a facility.SOLUTION: An inspection assisting system 1 includes: an acquisition processing unit 211 that acquires a picked-up image of a facility; an extraction processing unit 212 that extracts identification information which identifies the facility from the picked-up image acquired by the acquisition processing unit 211; an identification processing unit 213 that identifies the facility on the basis of the identification information extracted by the extraction processing unit 212; and a registration processing unit 215 which excludes the facility or inspection items of the facility from an inspection object when the facility identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches a monitoring target facility that is monitored by a facility monitoring device 3, and registers the facility as the inspection object when the facility identified by the identification processing unit 213 does not match the monitoring target facility.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an inspection support system, an inspection support method, and an inspection support program that support the inspection of equipment. [Background technology]

[0002] In buildings and other facilities, inspectors periodically inspect various equipment and record the inspection results. Conventionally, techniques have been proposed for reducing human error by inspectors in equipment inspection work (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2014-78122 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Generally, in facility inspection work, inspectors make rounds of multiple facilities, visually inspecting each facility and recording the inspection results, so the work time varies depending on the number of facilities to be inspected. For this reason, for example, in large facilities, the number of facilities to be inspected increases, creating a problem of longer inspection work times.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection support system, an inspection support method, and an inspection support program that are capable of shortening the work time required for facility inspection work. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] An inspection support system according to one aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition processing unit that acquires an image of equipment, an extraction processing unit that extracts specific information that identifies the equipment from the image acquired by the acquisition processing unit, an identification processing unit that identifies the equipment based on the specific information extracted by the extraction processing unit, and a registration processing unit that, when the equipment identified by the identification processing unit matches a monitored equipment to be monitored by an equipment monitoring device, excludes the equipment or inspection items of the equipment from inspection targets, while, when the equipment identified by the identification processing unit does not match the monitored equipment, registers the equipment as an inspection target.

[0007] An inspection support method according to another aspect of the present invention is a method in which one or more processors execute the following steps: an acquisition step of acquiring an image of equipment; an extraction step of extracting specific information that identifies the equipment from the image acquired in the acquisition step; an identification step of identifying the equipment based on the specific information extracted in the extraction step; and, if the equipment identified in the identification step matches a monitored equipment monitored by an equipment monitoring device, excluding the equipment or inspection items of the equipment from inspection targets, while, if the equipment identified in the identification step does not match the monitored equipment, registering the equipment as an inspection target.

[0008] An inspection support program according to another aspect of the present invention is a program for causing one or more processors to execute the following steps: an acquisition step of acquiring an image of equipment; an extraction step of extracting specific information that identifies the equipment from the image acquired in the acquisition step; an identification step of identifying the equipment based on the specific information extracted in the extraction step; and, if the equipment identified in the identification step matches a monitored equipment monitored by an equipment monitoring device, excluding the equipment or inspection items of the equipment from inspection targets, while if the equipment identified in the identification step does not match the monitored equipment, registering the equipment as an inspection target. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, there are provided an inspection support system, an inspection support method, and an inspection support program capable of shortening the work time required for equipment inspection work. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an inspection support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a monitoring equipment information DB used in the inspection support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a facility candidate information DB used in the inspection support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a location candidate information DB used in the inspection support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a captured image of the facility according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of inspection list information used in the inspection support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an inspection support page displayed on the inspector terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8A] FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of an inspection support page displayed on the inspector terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8B] FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of an inspection support page displayed on the inspector terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8C] FIG. 8C is a diagram showing an example of an inspection support page displayed on the inspector terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8D] FIG. 8D is a diagram showing an example of an inspection support page displayed on the inspector terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9]FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an inspection result report created by the inspection support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure of an inspection support process executed by the inspection support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings to facilitate understanding of the present invention. Note that the following embodiment is an example of the present invention and does not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[0012] [Inspection support system 1] As shown in FIG. 1, an inspection support system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an inspection support device 2, an equipment monitoring device 3, and an inspector terminal 4. The inspection support device 2, the equipment monitoring device 3, and the inspector terminal 4 can communicate with each other via a communication network NW such as the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, or a public telephone line. The inspection support system 1 is introduced into a facility in which a plurality of facilities are installed. The facilities include various facilities such as commercial facilities such as commercial buildings, public facilities such as government offices, accommodation facilities such as hotels and inns, and complex facilities. The facilities include various facilities such as air conditioning equipment such as boilers, air conditioners, chillers, cooling towers, hot and cold water generators, and blowers, electrical equipment such as substation equipment, power generation equipment, and wiring equipment, and firefighting equipment such as alarm equipment, fire extinguishing equipment, and evacuation equipment. In this embodiment, a facility B1 in a commercial building is given as an example of the facility.

[0013] An inspector of equipment installed in facility B1 performs inspection work on the equipment to be inspected (hereinafter also referred to as the equipment to be inspected). Specifically, the inspector carries an inspector terminal 4 (smartphone, mobile terminal, etc.), visits and inspects a plurality of pieces of equipment, and registers the inspection results (normal, abnormal, actual measurement data, etc.) in the inspector terminal 4. For example, the inspector checks the equipment to be inspected on an operation screen (inspection support page) provided by the inspection support device 2 and displayed on the inspector terminal 4, and performs an operation to register the inspection results of the equipment. When there are multiple inspectors, each inspector carries an individual inspector terminal 4 and performs inspection work on the equipment assigned to him / her. The inspection support system 1 includes one or more inspector terminals 4.

[0014] The equipment monitoring device 3 monitors equipment to be monitored within the facility B1 (hereinafter also referred to as monitored equipment). Specifically, the equipment monitoring device 3 monitors the monitored equipment by using, for example, BACnet (Building Automation and Control Networking Protocol) ("BACnet"; registered trademark). The equipment monitoring device 3 may be included in a so-called building automation management control system.

[0015] The inspection support device 2 provides inspection support services to various facilities and operates an inspection support service site. Specifically, the inspection support device 2 accepts operations by an inspector on the inspector terminal 4 to manage the inspection work of the facility B1. The inspection support device 2 also presents various information related to the inspection work to the inspector. The inspection support device 2 may be installed inside the facility B1 or outside the facility B1. The inspection support device 2 also creates an inspection result report including the inspection results of the inspection work performed by the inspector on the equipment to be inspected and the monitoring results of the equipment to be monitored by the equipment monitoring device 3.

[0016] In this embodiment, the inspection support device 2 alone corresponds to the inspection support system according to the present invention, but the inspection support system according to the present invention may include one or more of the components of the inspection support device 2, the equipment monitoring device 3, and the inspector terminal 4. For example, when the components of the inspection support device 2, the equipment monitoring device 3, and the inspector terminal 4 cooperate to share and execute the inspection support process (see FIG. 10) described below, a system including the components that execute the process can be regarded as the inspection support system according to the present invention. For example, the inspection support device 2, the equipment monitoring device 3, and the inspector terminal 4 may constitute the inspection support system according to the present invention.

[0017] [Equipment monitoring device 3] As shown in Fig. 1, the equipment monitoring device 3 is a server including a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, an operation display unit 33, and a communication I / F 34. The equipment monitoring device 3 is not limited to one computer, but may be a computer system in which multiple computers work together, or may be configured as a cloud server. Various processes executed by the equipment monitoring device 3 may be executed in a distributed manner by one or multiple processors. The equipment monitoring device 3 monitors the equipment to be monitored in facility B1 using BACnet.

[0018] The communication I / F 34 is a communication interface for connecting the equipment monitoring device 3 to the communication network NW in a wired or wireless manner and for executing data communication in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as the inspection support device 2 via the communication network NW. In addition, the communication I / F 34 executes data communication in accordance with BACnet with the equipment to be monitored.

[0019] The operation display unit 33 is a user interface that includes a display unit, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, that displays various information, and an operation unit, such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel, that accepts operations.

[0020] The storage unit 32 is a non-volatile storage unit such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD) that stores various information. Specifically, the storage unit 32 includes a monitoring equipment information database (hereinafter referred to as a monitoring equipment information DB) 321.

[0021] 2 is a diagram showing an example of the monitoring equipment information DB321. The monitoring equipment information DB321 includes information such as the name (monitoring equipment name), monitoring items, units, and classification for each piece of equipment to be monitored among the equipment installed in facility B1. The monitored equipment registered in the monitoring equipment information DB321 has a communication function capable of using BACnet, and periodically transmits data (measured values, etc.) corresponding to the monitoring items to the control unit 31. Each piece of information to be registered in the monitoring equipment information DB321 is registered in advance by the manager of facility B1, the service provider of the inspection support service, etc. The monitoring equipment information DB321 is an example of a second storage unit of the present invention.

[0022] The control unit 31 has control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processing. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which control programs such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processing are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or non-volatile storage unit that stores various information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) for various processes executed by the CPU. The control unit 31 controls the equipment monitoring device 3 by executing, by the CPU, various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 32.

[0023] Specifically, the control unit 31 acquires data such as measurement values ​​from each monitored equipment in the facility B1 and stores the data in the storage unit 32. Furthermore, if there is an abnormality in the data, the control unit 31 notifies the manager of the facility B1 or the like of the abnormality.

[0024] The facility monitoring device 3 can be implemented using well-known technology, such as an automatic building management control system using BACnet.

[0025] [Inspection support device 2] 1, the inspection support device 2 is a server including a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an operation display unit 23, and a communication I / F 24. The inspection support device 2 is not limited to one computer, but may be a computer system in which a plurality of computers work in cooperation, or may be configured as a cloud server. Various processes executed by the inspection support device 2 may be executed in a distributed manner by one or a plurality of processors.

[0026] The communication I / F 24 is a communication interface for connecting the inspection support device 2 to the communication network NW via a wired or wireless connection, and for performing data communication in accordance with a specified communication protocol between the inspection support device 2 and external devices such as the equipment monitoring device 3 and the inspector terminal 4 via the communication network NW.

[0027] The operation display unit 23 is a user interface that includes a display unit, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, that displays various information, and an operation unit, such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a touch panel, that accepts operations.

[0028] The storage unit 22 is a non-volatile storage unit such as an HDD or SSD that stores various information. Specifically, the storage unit 22 includes a facility candidate information database (hereinafter, referred to as a facility candidate information DB) 221 and a location candidate information database (hereinafter, referred to as a location candidate information DB) 222.

[0029] The equipment candidate information DB221 includes equipment installed in the facility B1 and candidate information for identifying the inspection items of the equipment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the equipment candidate information DB221. As shown in FIG. 3, the equipment candidate information DB221 registers one or more use names representing the name of the equipment to be inspected (equipment name). For example, as a use name representing a "chilled water pump", "chilled water pump", "Pc", "PC", ..., etc. are registered. The equipment notation name N1 of the use name is displayed in a position that is easily visible to an inspector, such as the main body or cover of the equipment (see FIG. 5). In addition, the equipment candidate information DB221 registers inspection items of the equipment. For example, as inspection items for a "chilled water pump", "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", "current value", "frequency", etc. are registered. The inspection items of each equipment include at least inspection items stipulated by law. For example, the equipment candidate information DB221 registers candidate information regarding all equipment installed in the facility B1. Each piece of information registered in the facility candidate information DB 221 is registered in advance by the manager of the facility B1, the service provider of the inspection support service, etc. The facility candidate information DB 221 is an example of a first storage unit of the present invention.

[0030] The location candidate information DB222 includes candidate information for identifying an installation location where equipment in the facility B1 is installed. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the location candidate information DB222. As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of names indicating installation locations of the equipment to be inspected are registered in the location candidate information DB222. The location display name N2 of the installation location is displayed in a position that is easily visible to an inspector, such as on the main body or cover of the equipment (see FIG. 5). The location candidate information DB222 registers candidate information related to installation locations of all equipment installed in the facility B1, for example. Each piece of information registered in the location candidate information DB222 is registered in advance by the manager of the facility B1, the service provider of the inspection support service, or the like.

[0031] As another embodiment, a part or all of the facility candidate information DB 221 and the location candidate information DB 222 may be stored in another server accessible from the inspection support device 2 via the communication network NW. In this case, the control unit 21 of the inspection support device 2 may acquire the information from the other server and execute each process such as the inspection support process (see FIG. 10) described later.

[0032] The storage unit 22 also stores layout data and image data for generating various web pages such as inspection support pages P1 (see FIG. 7) and P2 (see FIG. 8 and FIG. 9) displayed on the inspector terminal 4. In this embodiment, the control unit 21 of the inspection support device 2 can generate the various web pages and transmit information of the web pages to the inspector terminal 4, thereby causing the inspector terminal 4 to display the various web pages. In another embodiment, the control unit 21 of the inspection support device 2 can cause the control unit 41 of the inspector terminal 4 to display the various web pages by transmitting data required for displaying the various web pages to the inspector terminal 4.

[0033] Furthermore, the storage unit 22 stores control programs such as an inspection support program for causing the control unit 21 to execute an inspection support process (see FIG. 10) described below. For example, the inspection support program is non-temporarily recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD or DVD, and is read by a reading device (not shown) such as a CD drive or DVD drive provided in the inspection support device 2 and stored in the storage unit 22.

[0034] The control unit 21 has control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processing. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which control programs such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processing are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or non-volatile storage unit that stores various information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) for various processes executed by the CPU. The control unit 21 controls the inspection support device 2 by executing various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 22 by the CPU.

[0035] Generally, in equipment inspection work, an inspector goes around multiple pieces of equipment, visually checks each piece of equipment, and records the inspection results, so the work time varies depending on the number of pieces of equipment to be inspected. For this reason, for example, in a large facility, the number of pieces of equipment to be inspected increases, which creates a problem of longer work time for inspection work. In response to this, the inspection support device 2 according to this embodiment makes it possible to shorten the work time for equipment inspection work.

[0036] Specifically, as shown in Fig. 1, the control unit 21 includes various processing units such as an acquisition processing unit 211, an extraction processing unit 212, a specific processing unit 213, a determination processing unit 214, a registration processing unit 215, and an inspection processing unit 216. The control unit 21 functions as the various processing units by executing various processes according to the inspection support program with the CPU. Also, a part or all of the processing units may be configured with electronic circuits. Also, the inspection support program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the processing units.

[0037] The acquisition processing unit 211 acquires captured images of the facilities. For example, a manager of the facility B1 captures images of all the facilities in the facility B1 using a camera device (such as a smartphone or a mobile terminal) equipped with a camera. FIG. 5 shows the state of capturing an image of the facility F. The manager captures an image of a predetermined range including the facility name N1 and the location name N2 displayed on the facility F using the camera device. The manager captures images of all the facilities using the camera device while patrolling the facility B1. The manager may also capture video of all the facilities while patrolling the facility B1. The camera device may also be an inspector terminal 4. The acquisition processing unit 211 acquires captured images of each facility from the camera device.

[0038] The extraction processing unit 212 extracts specific information for identifying equipment from the captured image acquired by the acquisition processing unit 211. Specifically, the extraction processing unit 212 performs OCR processing on the captured image to extract text characters (specific information). For example, the extraction processing unit 212 performs OCR processing on the captured image of equipment F shown in Fig. 5 to extract "Cold water pump·PC-1" as specific information for equipment name N1 and "5F heat source machine room" as specific information for location name N2. The extraction processing unit 212 extracts the specific information from the captured image of each equipment.

[0039] The identification processing unit 213 identifies equipment based on the identification information extracted by the extraction processing unit 212. Specifically, the identification processing unit 213 identifies equipment shown in the captured image by referring to an equipment candidate information DB 221 (see FIG. 3) that stores candidate information for identifying equipment to be inspected and inspection items. For example, when the extraction processing unit 212 extracts "Cold Water Pump·PC-1" from the captured image (see FIG. 5), the identification processing unit 213 determines whether or not a use name including at least a part of the characters of "Cold Water Pump·PC-1" exists among a plurality of use names registered in the equipment candidate information DB 221. Then, when a use name including at least a part of the characters of "Cold Water Pump·PC-1" exists in the equipment candidate information DB 221, the identification processing unit 213 identifies an equipment name associated with the use name as the equipment shown in the captured image. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the identification processing unit 213 identifies the equipment name “cold water pump” associated with “cold water pump” and “PC” as the equipment shown in the captured image because the use name in the equipment candidate information DB 221 includes the identification information “cold water pump” and “PC”.

[0040] Furthermore, the identification processing unit 213 refers to the equipment candidate information DB 221 (see FIG. 3) to identify an inspection item corresponding to the identified equipment. For example, when the identification processing unit 213 identifies a "chilled water pump", it identifies the "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", "current value", and "frequency" associated with the "chilled water pump" as the inspection items of the "chilled water pump".

[0041] Further, the identification processing unit 213 identifies the installation location of the equipment from the captured image. Specifically, the identification processing unit 213 identifies the installation location of the equipment shown in the captured image by referring to the location candidate information DB222 (see FIG. 4) that stores candidate information for identifying the installation location of the equipment to be inspected. For example, when the extraction processing unit 212 extracts "5F heat source machine room" from the captured image (see FIG. 5), the identification processing unit 213 judges whether or not there is an installation location including at least a part of the characters of "5F heat source machine room" among the multiple installation locations registered in the location candidate information DB222. Then, when there is an installation location including at least a part of the characters of "5F heat source machine room" in the location candidate information DB222, the identification processing unit 213 identifies the installation location as the installation location of the equipment included in the captured image. In the example shown in FIG. 5, since the installation locations in the location candidate information DB222 include "5F" and "machine room", the identification processing unit 213 identifies "5F heat source machine room" as the installation location of the equipment shown in the captured image.

[0042] The determination processing unit 214 executes a determination process to determine whether or not the equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches the equipment to be monitored. Specifically, the determination processing unit 214 executes the determination process by referring to a monitoring equipment information DB 321 (see FIG. 2) that stores information on the equipment to be monitored and the monitoring items of the equipment to be monitored. For example, the determination processing unit 214 determines whether or not the equipment "chilled water pump" identified by the identification processing unit 213 is included in the monitoring equipment information DB 321. In this example, since "CP-1-2-1 Chilled Water Pump" is registered in the monitoring equipment information DB 321, the determination processing unit 214 determines that the equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches the equipment to be monitored. In addition, the determination processing unit 214 determines whether or not at least some of the inspection items "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", "current value", and "frequency" of the equipment "chilled water pump" identified by the identification processing unit 213 are included in the monitoring items of the monitoring equipment information DB 321. In this case, since the monitoring item “current value” for “CP-1-2-1 chilled water pump” is registered in the monitored equipment information DB 321, the judgment processing unit 214 judges that at least some of the inspection items of the equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 match the monitoring items of the equipment to be monitored.

[0043] When the equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches the equipment to be monitored by the equipment monitoring device 3, the registration processing unit 215 excludes the equipment or the inspection items of the equipment from the inspection targets. On the other hand, when the equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 does not match the equipment to be monitored, the registration processing unit 215 registers the equipment as an inspection target. Note that an inspection target in the present invention refers to equipment and inspection items that are the subject of an inspector or inspection device (e.g., a robot device) moving to the installation location of the equipment to check whether it is normal or not, or to actually measure measurement values.

[0044] In the above example, the "chilled water pump" identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches "CP-1-2-1 chilled water pump" included in the monitored equipment information DB 321, and the "current value" among the inspection items of the "chilled water pump" matches, so the registration processing unit 215 excludes the "current value" of the "chilled water pump" from the inspection targets to be inspected by the inspector. Note that if the equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches the monitored equipment included in the monitored equipment information DB 321 and all the inspection items of the equipment match the monitoring items, the registration processing unit 215 excludes the equipment itself from the inspection targets.

[0045] In contrast, since the "chilled water pump" identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches the "CP-1-2-1 chilled water pump" included in the monitored equipment information DB 321, but the "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", and "frequency" among the inspection items of the "chilled water pump" do not match, the registration processing unit 215 registers the "chilled water pump" as the equipment to be inspected, and registers the "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", and "frequency" excluding the "current value" as the inspection items. In addition, the registration processing unit 215 registers the installation location "5F heat source machine room" identified by the identification processing unit 213 in association with the "chilled water pump". The registration processing unit 215 stores the inspection list information D1 (see FIG. 6) in which the installation location, equipment name, and inspection item are associated with each other in the storage unit 22. In addition, the registration processing unit 215 registers the equipment name (here, "chilled water pump·PC-1") extracted from the captured image in the inspection list information D1.

[0046] The registration processing unit 215 registers in the inspection list information D1 equipment extracted from the captured image that is not included in the equipment to be monitored, or inspection items included in the equipment to be monitored that are not included in the monitoring items of the equipment to be monitored.

[0047] The inspection processing unit 216 executes processing according to the inspection work performed by the inspector. Specifically, when an inspection support application is executed on the inspector terminal 4, the inspection processing unit 216 displays an inspection support page P1 shown in FIG. 7 on the inspector terminal 4 and accepts operations by the inspector. The inspection support page P1 shown in FIG. 7 displays the inspection status of the equipment to be inspected in the facility B1. When the inspector presses an operation button on the inspection support page P1, detailed information is displayed. The inspection processing unit 216 sequentially displays information about each piece of equipment to be inspected registered in the inspection list information D1 (see FIG. 6) on the inspector terminal 4 and accepts registration of the inspection results by the inspector.

[0048] For example, when an inspector inspects equipment and registers the inspection results, the inspection processing unit 216 displays an inspection support page P2 (see FIGS. 8A to 8D) including information registered in the inspection list information D1 (see FIG. 6) on the inspector terminal 4. For example, the inspection support page P2 shown in FIG. 8A displays the name of "chilled water pump·PC-1", the installation location "5F heat source machine room", and the inspection item "primary pressure", the inspection support page P2 shown in FIG. 8B displays the name of "chilled water pump·PC-1", the installation location "5F heat source machine room", and the inspection item "secondary pressure", the inspection support page P2 shown in FIG. 8C displays the name of "chilled water pump·PC-1", the installation location "5F heat source machine room", and the inspection item "temperature", and the inspection support page P2 shown in FIG. 8D displays the name of "chilled water pump·PC-1", the installation location "5F heat source machine room", and the inspection item "frequency". When the inspector inspects each inspection item of "Cold water pump · PC-1", he / she registers "normal" or "abnormal" on each inspection support page P2. The inspector may input the actual measurement data of each inspection item (e.g., the measurement value M1 in Fig. 5) into the inspection support page P2, or may input the actual measurement data only for the inspection items that are abnormal into the inspection support page P2.

[0049] When the inspector registers "normal" or "abnormal" for "primary pressure" on the inspection support page P2 (see FIG. 8A), the inspection processing unit 216 displays the inspection support page P2 for "secondary pressure" (see FIG. 8B), and when the inspector registers "normal" or "abnormal" for "secondary pressure" on the inspection support page P2 (see FIG. 8B), the inspection processing unit 216 displays the inspection support page P2 for "temperature" (see FIG. 8C). In this way, when multiple inspection items are registered for one facility, the inspection processing unit 216 displays the inspection support pages P2 for the inspection items in order to accept input of the inspection results. Note that, when multiple inspection items are registered for one facility, the inspection processing unit 216 may display all the inspection items together on one inspection support page P2 to accept input of the inspection results.

[0050] When the inspector registers the inspection results for each inspection item and presses the Confirm button, the inspection processing unit 216 displays information (installation location, equipment name, inspection items, etc.) of the next equipment to be inspected, which is included in the inspection list information D1, on the inspector terminal 4. The inspection processing unit 216 tally up the inspection results of each equipment to be inspected based on the operation on the inspector terminal 4.

[0051] Furthermore, the inspection processing unit 216 acquires the monitoring results of the monitored equipment monitored by the equipment monitoring device 3 from the equipment monitoring device 3. Specifically, the inspection processing unit 216 acquires equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 and matching the monitored equipment, or the monitoring results of the monitored items of the equipment, from the equipment monitoring device 3. For example, the inspection processing unit 216 acquires the monitoring results (normal, abnormal, actual measurement data, etc.) of the monitored item "current value" monitored by the equipment monitoring device 3 for the "chilled water pump PC-1" to be inspected from the equipment monitoring device 3.

[0052] Furthermore, the inspection processing unit 216 outputs the inspection results of the equipment. Specifically, the inspection processing unit 216 acquires the results of an inspector inspecting the equipment registered as an inspection target by the registration processing unit 215 at the installation location of the equipment, and the monitoring results of the equipment monitoring device 3 monitoring the equipment not registered as an inspection target by the registration processing unit 215 or the inspection items of the equipment, and outputs the inspection results.

[0053] For example, in the example shown in FIG. 8, the inspection processing unit 216 acquires the inspection results (normal, abnormal, actual measurement data, etc.) of the inspection items "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", and "frequency" inspected by an inspector for the "chilled water pump PC-1" to be inspected from the inspector terminal 4, and acquires the monitoring results (normal, abnormal, actual measurement data, etc.) of the monitoring item "current value" monitored by the equipment monitoring device 3 from the equipment monitoring device 3. In this way, the inspection processing unit 216 acquires the inspection results by the inspector and the monitoring results by the equipment monitoring device 3 for one piece of equipment, and integrates these results as the inspection results of the equipment. Then, the inspection processing unit 216 creates and outputs an inspection result report R1 (see FIG. 9) including the integrated inspection results. For example, the inspection processing unit 216 may print the inspection result report R1 from a printer (not shown), or may email the data in a file format to the manager terminal (not shown) of the facility B1.

[0054] The inspection processing unit 216 may display the inspection result report R1 in a manner that distinguishes between the inspection result by the inspector and the monitoring result by the equipment monitoring device 3. Furthermore, the inspection processing unit 216 may output, for one piece of equipment, the inspection result by the inspector and the monitoring result by the equipment monitoring device 3 separately. For example, the inspection processing unit 216 prints out a report of the inspection result by the inspector and a report of the monitoring result by the equipment monitoring device 3 separately.

[0055] [Inspector terminal 4] 1, the inspector terminal 4 includes a control unit 41, a storage unit 42, an operation display unit 43, and a communication I / F 44. The inspector terminal 4 is, for example, an information processing device such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer.

[0056] The communication I / F 44 is a communication interface for connecting the inspector terminal 4 to the communication network NW via a wired or wireless connection, and for performing data communication in accordance with a specified communication protocol with external devices such as the inspection support device 2 via the communication network NW.

[0057] The operation display unit 43 is a user interface that includes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays information such as various web pages, and an operation unit such as a mouse, keyboard, or touch panel that accepts operations.

[0058] The storage unit 42 is a non-volatile storage unit such as an HDD, SSD, or flash memory that stores various information. For example, a control program such as a browser program is stored in the storage unit 42. Specifically, the browser program is a control program for causing the control unit 41 to execute communication processing with an external device such as the inspection support device 2 according to a communication protocol such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). The browser program may also be a dedicated application for executing communication processing with the inspection support device 2 according to a predetermined communication protocol.

[0059] The control unit 41 has control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processing. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which control programs such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various processes are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or non-volatile storage unit that stores various information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (work area) for various processes executed by the CPU. The control unit 41 controls the inspector terminal 4 by executing, by the CPU, various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 42.

[0060] Specifically, the control unit 41 functions as a browser processing unit 411 by executing various processes according to the browser program stored in the storage unit 42. The browser processing unit 411 can execute browser processing to display a web page provided from the inspection support device 2 via the communication network NW on the operation display unit 43 and input operations on the operation display unit 43 to the inspection support device 2. That is, the inspector terminal 4 can function as an operation terminal for the inspection support device 2 by the control unit 41 executing the browser program. Note that some or all of the processing units included in the control unit 41 may be configured with electronic circuits.

[0061] For example, in the inspector terminal 4, when a user operation is performed to make an access request to a predetermined URL corresponding to an inspection support service site of the inspection support service provided by the inspection support system 1, the control unit 41 acquires webpage data of the inspection support service site from the inspection support device 2 and causes the operation display unit 43 to display the webpage of the inspection support service site. Note that, for example, the access request to the predetermined URL is made by a selection operation from a list of preregistered websites, a selection operation from a search result on an information search site, or a text input operation. In addition, in the case where a dedicated application corresponding to the inspection support device 2 is installed in the inspector terminal 4, the inspector of the inspector terminal 4 performs an operation to start the dedicated application, and the webpage of the inspection support service site is displayed on the operation display unit 43.

[0062] For example, when an inspector of facility B1 uses the inspection support service, he or she inputs login information (ID, password) into a login page (not shown) of the inspection support service site displayed on the inspector terminal 4. When the login information is authenticated, the control unit 41 causes the inspector terminal 4 to display various web pages (for example, inspection support pages P1 (see FIG. 7) and P2 (see FIGS. 8A to 8D)).

[0063] [Inspection support processing] Hereinafter, the inspection support process executed in the inspection support system 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 10. Specifically, in this embodiment, the control unit 21 of the inspection support device 2 executes the inspection support process.

[0064] The present invention can be understood as an invention of an inspection support method that executes one or more steps included in the inspection support process. One or more steps included in the inspection support process described here may be omitted as appropriate. The steps in the inspection support process may be executed in a different order as long as the same action and effect is achieved. Furthermore, although an example is described here in which the control unit 21 executes each step in the inspection support process, another embodiment of the inspection support method may be one in which one or more processors execute each step in the inspection support process in a distributed manner. The inspection support method is one example of the inspection support method of the present invention.

[0065] First, in step S1, the control unit 21 acquires captured images of the equipment. For example, when the manager of facility B1 captures images of all the equipment in facility B1 using a camera device, the control unit 21 acquires captured images of each piece of equipment from the camera device. For example, in step S1, the control unit 21 acquires a captured image (see FIG. 5) of one piece of equipment (equipment F). Step S1 is an example of an acquisition step of the present invention.

[0066] Next, in step S2, the control unit 21 extracts specific information for identifying the equipment from the captured image. Specifically, the control unit 21 performs OCR processing on the captured image to extract text characters. For example, the control unit 21 performs OCR processing on the captured image of equipment F shown in Fig. 5 to extract "Cold Water Pump PC-1" from the equipment name N1 and "5F Heat Source Machine Room" from the location name N2. Step S2 is an example of an extraction step of the present invention.

[0067] Next, in step S3, the control unit 21 identifies the equipment and the installation location of the equipment based on the extracted text characters (specific information). For example, when the control unit 21 extracts "Cold Water Pump·PC-1" from the captured image (see FIG. 5), the control unit 21 determines whether or not a use name including at least a part of the characters of "Cold Water Pump·PC-1" exists among a plurality of use names registered in the equipment candidate information DB221 (see FIG. 3). Then, when a use name including at least a part of the characters of "Cold Water Pump·PC-1" exists in the equipment candidate information DB221, the control unit 21 identifies the equipment name associated with the use name as the equipment shown in the captured image. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 21 identifies the equipment name "Cold Water Pump" associated with "Cold Water Pump" and "PC" as the equipment shown in the captured image because the use names in the equipment candidate information DB221 include "Cold Water Pump" and "PC".

[0068] Furthermore, the control unit 21 identifies an inspection item corresponding to the identified equipment by referring to the equipment candidate information DB 221. For example, when the control unit 21 identifies a "chilled water pump", it identifies the "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", "current value", and "frequency" (see FIG. 3) associated with the "chilled water pump" as the inspection items of the "chilled water pump".

[0069] The control unit 21 also identifies the installation location of the equipment from the captured image. For example, when the control unit 21 extracts "5F heat source machine room" from the captured image (see FIG. 5), the control unit 21 determines whether or not there is an installation location including at least a part of the characters of "5F heat source machine room" among the multiple installation locations registered in the location candidate information DB222 (see FIG. 4). Then, when there is an installation location including at least a part of the characters of "5F heat source machine room" in the location candidate information DB222, the control unit 21 identifies the installation location as the installation location of the equipment shown in the captured image. In the example shown in FIG. 5, since the installation locations in the location candidate information DB222 include "5F" and "machine room", the control unit 21 identifies "5F heat source machine room" as the installation location of the equipment shown in the captured image. Step S3 is an example of a specifying step of the present invention.

[0070] Next, in step S4, the control unit 21 acquires the monitored equipment information DB 321 (see FIG. 2). The control unit 21 acquires the monitored equipment information DB 321 from the equipment monitoring device 3.

[0071] Next, in step S5, the control unit 21 executes a determination process to determine whether the identified equipment and inspection item match the monitoring target (equipment, monitoring item) registered in the monitored equipment information DB 321. For example, the control unit 21 determines whether the identified equipment "chilled water pump" is included in the monitored equipment information DB 321 (see FIG. 2). Here, since "CP-1-2-1 chilled water pump" is registered in the monitored equipment information DB 321, the control unit 21 determines that the identified equipment matches the monitored target equipment. The control unit 21 also determines whether at least a part of the inspection items "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", "current value", and "frequency" of the identified equipment "chilled water pump" are included in the monitored equipment information DB 321. Here, since the monitoring item "current value" of "CP-1-2-1 chilled water pump" is registered in the monitored equipment information DB 321, the control unit 21 determines that at least a part of the inspection items of the identified equipment match the monitoring items of the monitored target equipment.

[0072] If the identified equipment matches the equipment to be monitored and at least some of the inspection items of the equipment match the monitoring items of the equipment to be monitored (S5: Yes), the process proceeds to step S51. If the identified equipment does not match the equipment to be monitored, or if all the inspection items of the identified equipment do not match the monitoring items of the equipment to be monitored (S5: No), the process proceeds to step S6.

[0073] In step S51, the control unit 21 excludes the identified equipment and inspection items from the inspection targets. For example, since the identified "chilled water pump" matches "CP-1-2-1 chilled water pump" included in the monitored equipment information DB 321 and the "current value" among the inspection items of the "chilled water pump" matches, the control unit 21 excludes the "current value" of the "chilled water pump" from the inspection targets to be inspected by the inspector. Note that if the identified equipment matches the monitored equipment included in the monitored equipment information DB 321 and all the inspection items of the equipment match, the control unit 21 excludes the equipment itself from the inspection targets. After step S51, the process returns to step S1.

[0074] In step S6, the control unit 21 registers the identified equipment and inspection items as the inspection target. For example, since the identified "chilled water pump" matches "CP-1-2-1 chilled water pump" included in the monitored equipment information DB321, but the "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", and "frequency" among the inspection items of the "chilled water pump" do not match, the control unit 21 registers the "chilled water pump" as the equipment to be inspected, and registers "primary pressure", "secondary pressure", "temperature", and "frequency" as the inspection items. In addition, the control unit 21 registers the identified installation location "5F heat source machine room" in association with the "chilled water pump". The control unit 21 stores in the storage unit 22 inspection list information D1 (see FIG. 6) in which the installation location, equipment name, and inspection item are associated with each other. In addition, the control unit 21 registers the equipment name (here, "chilled water pump·PC-1") extracted from the captured image in the inspection list information D1. Steps S51 and S6 are an example of a registration step of the present invention.

[0075] The control unit 21 registers, in the inspection list information D1, the equipment extracted from the captured image that is not included in the monitored equipment, or the equipment that is included in the monitored equipment but is not included in the monitoring items of the monitored equipment. After step S6, the process returns to step S1.

[0076] Returning to step S1, the control unit 21 acquires captured images of other facilities and executes the above-mentioned processes (steps S2 to S6). The control unit 21 repeatedly executes the processes of steps S1 to S6 for each facility in the facility B1, thereby registering the inspection list information D1 (see FIG. 6).

[0077] When the control unit 21 registers the inspection list information D1, it executes a process related to the inspection work by the inspector based on the inspection list information D1. For example, the control unit 21 displays an inspection support page P1 (see Figs. 8A to 8D) on the inspector terminal 4 and acquires the inspection results registered by the inspector for each piece of equipment to be inspected. The control unit 21 also acquires monitoring results from the equipment monitoring device 3 for equipment or inspection items not registered in the inspection list information D1. The control unit 21 then creates an inspection result report R1 (see Fig. 9) that integrates these results and outputs it as the inspection result of the equipment in the facility B1. Note that the control unit 21 may output the inspection results registered by the inspector and the monitoring results acquired from the equipment monitoring device 3 separately.

[0078] As described above, the inspection support system 1 according to this embodiment acquires a captured image of a facility, extracts specific information for identifying the facility from the acquired captured image, and identifies the facility based on the extracted specific information. Furthermore, when the identified facility matches the monitored facility monitored by the facility monitoring device 3, the inspection support system 1 excludes the facility or the inspection items of the facility from the inspection target, while when the identified facility does not match the monitored facility, the inspection support system 1 registers the facility as an inspection target. Furthermore, when the identified facility matches the monitored facility monitored by the facility monitoring device 3, but the inspection items of the facility do not match the monitoring items of the monitored facility, the inspection support system 1 registers the monitoring items as an inspection target.

[0079] As a result, for equipment or inspection items that are the subject of monitoring by the equipment monitoring device 3, the monitoring results of the equipment monitoring device 3 can be reused, so they can be excluded from inspection by inspectors. This makes it possible to reduce the equipment and inspection items that inspectors must inspect, and therefore shorten the work time required for equipment inspection work.

[0080] The inspection support system of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

[0081] As another embodiment of the present invention, the determination processing unit 214 may determine whether the equipment identified by the identification processing unit 213 matches the equipment to be monitored based on history information of past inspection results. For example, if the actual measurement data registered by an inspector after inspecting the equipment to be inspected is substantially identical to the actual measurement data acquired by the equipment monitoring device 3 while monitoring the equipment to be monitored, there is a high possibility that the equipment to be inspected and the equipment to be monitored are the same equipment. Therefore, if the actual measurement data of the past inspection results of the equipment to be inspected is substantially identical to the actual measurement data of the monitoring results of the equipment to be monitored, the determination processing unit 214 determines that the equipment to be inspected and the equipment to be monitored are the same equipment. In this case, the registration processing unit 215 excludes the equipment or the inspection items of the equipment from the inspection targets, and the inspection processing unit 216 acquires the inspection results (such as actual measurement data) related to the equipment or the inspection items of the equipment from the equipment monitoring device 3. This makes it possible to reduce the number of inspection targets by inspectors, thereby shortening the work time.

[0082] As another embodiment of the present invention, when a dedicated application (inspection support application) for executing the inspection support process is installed in the inspector terminal 4, the control unit 41 of the inspector terminal 4 may start the inspection support application to execute the inspection support process. In this case, the control unit 41 of the inspector terminal 4 has the functions of the acquisition processing unit 211, the extraction processing unit 212, the identification processing unit 213, the determination processing unit 214, the registration processing unit 215, and the inspection processing unit 216 (see FIG. 1) of the inspection support device 2. That is, the inspector terminal 4 alone may constitute the inspection support system according to the present invention. With this configuration, even in an offline environment, each inspector can use the inspector terminal 4 to perform the inspection work of the equipment.

[0083] In another embodiment of the present invention, the inspection of the equipment to be inspected may be performed by a human being visually or by a robotic device. The robotic device may inspect each piece of equipment while autonomously traveling along a preset travel route. The robotic device is an example of an inspection device of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0084] 1: Inspection support system 2: Inspection support device 3: Equipment monitoring device 4: Inspector terminal 211: Acquisition processing unit 212: Extraction processing unit 213: Specific Processing Unit 214: Judgment processing unit 215: Registration processing unit 216: Inspection processing section

Claims

1. an acquisition processing unit that acquires a captured image of the facility; an extraction processing unit that extracts specific information that identifies the facility from the captured image acquired by the acquisition processing unit; an identification processing unit that identifies the facility based on the identification information extracted by the extraction processing unit; a determination processing unit that determines whether or not the equipment identified by the identification processing unit matches the monitored equipment by referring to a second storage unit that stores information on monitored equipment and monitoring items of the monitored equipment in association with each other, and a registration processing unit that, when the equipment identified by the identification processing unit matches the equipment to be monitored, excludes the equipment or an inspection item of the equipment from the inspection target, and, when the equipment identified by the identification processing unit does not match the equipment to be monitored, registers the equipment as the inspection target; An inspection support system equipped with

2. The identification processing unit refers to a first storage unit that stores candidate information for identifying an inspection target facility and an inspection item, and identifies the facility included in the captured image. The inspection support system according to claim 1 .

3. The identification processing unit further identifies an installation location of the facility from the captured image. The inspection support system according to claim 1 or 2.

4. An acquisition processing unit that acquires an image of the facility; an extraction processing unit that extracts specific information that identifies the facility from the captured image acquired by the acquisition processing unit; an identification processing unit that identifies the facility based on the identification information extracted by the extraction processing unit; a determination processing unit that determines whether or not the facility identified by the identification processing unit corresponds to a monitoring target facility monitored by an equipment monitoring device, based on history information of past inspection results of the facility; a registration processing unit that, when the equipment identified by the identification processing unit matches the equipment to be monitored, excludes the equipment or an inspection item of the equipment from the inspection target, and, when the equipment identified by the identification processing unit does not match the equipment to be monitored, registers the equipment as the inspection target; An inspection support system equipped with

5. the determination processing unit determines that the equipment identified by the identification processing unit matches the monitored equipment when a past inspection result substantially matches a monitoring result by the equipment monitoring device; The inspection support system according to claim 4.

6. An inspection processing unit that outputs an inspection result of the equipment is further provided, The inspection processing unit acquires a result of an inspection by an inspector or an inspection device of the equipment registered as an inspection target by the registration processing unit at the installation location of the equipment, and a monitoring result of monitoring by the equipment monitoring device of the equipment or the inspection items of the equipment that was not registered as an inspection target by the registration processing unit, and outputs the inspection result. The inspection support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. One or more processors An acquisition step of acquiring an image of the facility; an extraction step of extracting specific information that identifies the facility from the captured image acquired in the acquisition step; a step of identifying the facility based on the identification information extracted in the extraction step; a determination step of determining whether or not the equipment identified in the determination step matches the monitored equipment by referring to a storage unit that stores information on monitored equipment and monitoring items of the monitored equipment in association with each other, the determination step comprising: a registration step of excluding the equipment or the inspection items of the equipment from the inspection target when the equipment identified in the identification step matches the equipment to be monitored, and registering the equipment as the inspection target when the equipment identified in the identification step does not match the equipment to be monitored; An inspection support method for performing the above.

8. An acquisition step of acquiring an image of the facility; an extraction step of extracting specific information that identifies the facility from the captured image acquired in the acquisition step; a step of identifying the facility based on the identification information extracted in the extraction step; a determination step of determining whether or not the equipment identified in the determination step matches the monitored equipment by referring to a storage unit that stores information on monitored equipment and monitoring items of the monitored equipment in association with each other, the determination step comprising: a registration step of excluding the equipment or the inspection items of the equipment from the inspection target when the equipment identified in the identification step matches the equipment to be monitored, and registering the equipment as the inspection target when the equipment identified in the identification step does not match the equipment to be monitored; An inspection support program for executing the above on one or more processors.

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