JP4455857B2 - Operation status management system for machine tools - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a machine tool operation status management system that centrally manages information related to machine tool operation status.

  In recent years, a machine tool manufacturer's operation status management system has been constructed that can provide necessary information to customers when necessary by centrally managing information on the operation status of machine tools sold to customers. In such a machine tool operating status management system, data related to the operating status of machine tools owned by each customer (hereinafter referred to as operating status data) is collected and transmitted via a network such as the Internet. Thus, the data is transmitted to an operation status management device installed at a machine tool manufacturer, and is stored in a database in the operation status management device.

  In such a machine tool operation status management system, when a customer confirms the operation status of a machine tool that the customer owns, the customer's personal computer is connected to the machine tool manufacturer via the Internet. In such a machine tool operation status management system, the customer cannot access the machine tool operation status data held by other customers. The user authentication data such as user ID and password for identifying the machine code of the machine tool associated with the user authentication data, the authentication database registered for each customer, and the operation status of each machine tool for each machine code An operating status database in which data is stored is provided and input when each customer connects to the Web server The operation corresponding to the machine code associated with the user authentication data among the operation status data stored in the operation status database when the user authentication data matches the user authentication data registered in the authentication database in advance. The customer is only allowed to view the status data.

JP-A-5-108140

  By the way, when a machine tool managed by the machine tool operating status management system as described above is resold without permission from the machine tool manufacturer, user authentication such as a user ID or password assigned to the reseller customer Since the data is kept valid, if the operating status data of the machine tool operating at the resale destination continues to be sent to the operating status management device of the machine tool manufacturer, the reseller's customer There is a possibility that the operating status of the machine tool can be browsed in advance, and the operating status data of the machine tool stored in the operating status database may be leaked to a third party.

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to prevent the stored operation status data from being leaked to a third party even when the machine tool whose operation status is managed is resold without permission. It is to provide a machine operating status management system.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a machine tool including a communication unit capable of transmitting operation state related information and machine identification information, and the operation state related information transmitted from the communication unit, and The machine identification information is received, and the received operation status related information is accumulated, and based on a request from the customer, the machine identification information stored according to the machine identification information owned by the customer is stored. In a machine tool operating status management system comprising an operating status management device configured to permit browsing of operating status related information, the machine tool further includes a transfer detecting means for detecting the transfer of itself. When the relocation detecting means detects the relocation of the machine tool, the relocation information is transferred from the communication unit to the operation status management device. When the operation status management apparatus receives the relocation information, the storage of the operation status related information of the machine tool in which the relocation is detected is stopped thereafter, and the operation status related information after the relocation is The present invention provides a machine tool operating status management system characterized in that browsing is disabled . In the invention according to claim 2, the operation status management device that centrally manages the operation status related information of the machine tool held by the customer and the machine tool owned by the customer are connected via the Internet. In the machine tool operating status management system, the machine tool includes a data collection device for collecting operating status related information, a transfer detecting means for detecting the transfer information, and machine identification information for identifying itself. And means for transmitting the operating status related information and the transfer information to the operating status management device, and the operating status management device transmits the received operating status related information and the transfer information to the machine identification information. An operation status database that accumulates data in a state associated with the machine, and is specified by machine identification information owned by the customer based on customer requests. The operation status management apparatus allows the browsing of the operation status related information accumulated corresponding to the machine, and the operation status management device has transferred the machine tool based on the received transfer information of the machine tool. After that, the machine tool is characterized by disabling the storage of the operation status related information of the machine tool in the operation status database, thereby making it impossible to view the operation status related information after the relocation. A machine operating status management system is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a machine tool including a communication unit capable of transmitting operating status related information and machine identification information, and receiving the operating status related information and the machine identification information transmitted from the communication unit. In addition to accumulating the received operation status related information, browsing the operation status related information stored corresponding to the machine tool specified by the machine identification information owned by the customer based on a request from the customer In the machine tool operating status management system comprising an operating status management device configured to allow the transfer, the machine tool is further provided with transfer detecting means for detecting the transfer of the machine tool. When the detecting means detects the relocation of the machine tool, the relocation information is transmitted from the communication unit to the operation status management device, and the earning information is transmitted. When the status management device receives the relocation information, it is stored corresponding to the machine tool where the relocation is detected by deleting or invalidating the machine identification information of the machine tool where the relocation is detected. It is an object of the present invention to provide an operating status management system for machine tools, wherein browsing of the operating status related information is disabled.

As described above, in the machine tool operation status management system according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the machine tool relocation information detected by the relocation detection means is transmitted to the operation status management apparatus together with the operation status related information. Runode, based on the relocation information of the machine tool that is transmitted to the operating state management apparatus, it is possible to constantly monitor the Installation position of the machine tool under control.

In particular, when a managed machine tool is resold without permission, as described above, the resale customer can view the operating status of the machine tool at the resale destination, and the operating status management device The information related to the machine tool operation status accumulated in the machine may be leaked to a third party, but this machine tool operation status management system ensures that the machine tool has been resold without permission. In addition, since the information related to the operating status of the machine tool after relocation is not stored in the operating status database, it is possible to reliably prevent the information related to the operating status of the machine tool from being leaked to a third party. I can .

In the machine tool operation status management system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the machine identification information of the machine tool in which the relocation has been detected is deleted or invalidated, and stored in correspondence with the machine tool in which the relocation has been detected. so are adapted to the non-state viewing from a customer for by health status-related information, ensure that the outflow to a third party of the operational status-related information of the stored in the operating state management apparatus machine tool Can be prevented.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a machine tool constructed for the purpose of providing necessary information to a customer when necessary by centrally managing various information related to the operating status of the machine tool sold to the customer by a machine tool manufacturer. The machine operating status management system 1 is shown, and information managed by the operating status management system 1 is used by service center service personnel when performing maintenance and fault diagnosis on machine tools owned by customers. Can be done.

  As shown in the figure, the machine tool operating status management system 1 has an operating status management apparatus 10 for centrally managing the operating status data of the machine tools 20 owned by all customers, and each customer owns the operating status management device 10. Are connected to each other via a wireless communication network 50 and the Internet 60. Each machine tool 20 can communicate with a base station 51 connected to the wireless communication network 50 in a wireless manner. A unit 21 is mounted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the communication unit 21 includes a wireless communication unit 22 that performs wireless communication with the base station 51 of the wireless communication network 50, and a wireless communication unit 22 that receives a communication request from the machine tool 20 side. A communication control unit 23 that issues a command for connecting to the wireless communication network 50 (dial-up) and a command for connecting to an Internet provider (PPP connection command), a global positioning system (hereinafter referred to as GPS), or a plurality of devices. Based on the latitude / longitude data of the base station 51 and the radio wave intensity, the position measurement unit 24 for calculating the latitude / longitude of the installation location of the communication unit 21 and the acquisition of the position information (latitude / longitude) from the machine tool 20 side. When requested, the position measurement control unit 25 that instructs the position measurement unit 24 to acquire position information, the communication unit 21, and the machine tool And a connection interface 26 for connecting 0 to data communication so that a data collection device (not shown) incorporated in the machine tool 20 generates a position information acquisition command and transmits the position information acquisition command to the communication unit 21. Then, the communication unit 21 acquires position information using GPS or the like, and transmits the position information to the data collection device of the machine tool 20.

  Further, the data collection device incorporated in each machine tool 20 automatically collects the operation status data of each machine tool 20, and the operation status data and position information data collected by this data collection device are Along with a user ID indicating a customer and a machine code indicating a machine tool, an electronic mail is periodically distributed to the operation status management apparatus 10 and stored in the operation status management apparatus 10.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation status management apparatus 10 is connected to the Internet 60 and receives a mail server 11 that receives an email distributed from each machine tool 20, and an email received by the mail server 11. The operating status database 12 for storing the included operating status data and location information data, and the specific operating status data stored in the operating status database 12 are connected to the Internet 60 and stored in the operating status database 12 in response to each customer request. Web server 13 that transmits to each user's user PC 30, and operating status database 12 includes an operating status table in which the operating status data described above is associated with a machine code, and positional information such as latitude, longitude, and movement history. A position information table in which data is associated with a machine code. That.

  When the customer wants to know the operating status of his / her machine tool 20, the user PC 30 is connected to the Web server 13 via the Internet 60, thereby obtaining necessary operating status data from the operating status database 12. The downloaded operation status data is displayed via the Web server 13 in various display forms by various display programs installed in the user PC.

  Therefore, in this machine tool operation status management system 1, in other words, to ensure that only legitimate customers requesting information are provided with only the operation status data of the machine tool 20 held by the customer. In order to prevent the operating status data of the machine tool 20 held by the customer from leaking to a third party other than the customer, the operating status management apparatus 10 includes a user ID and a password for identifying each customer. A general authentication database 14 is provided in which user authentication data is registered and a machine code of the machine tool 20 owned by each customer is registered in association with a user ID. The user authentication data input when connecting to the server 13 and the user authentication data registered in the general authentication database 14 are identical. In this case, the customer is authenticated as a legitimate customer, and the operating status data of the machine tool 20 corresponding to the machine code associated with the user ID of the customer is transmitted from the Web server 13 to the user PC 30. It comes to allow.

  The general authentication database 14 includes not only user authentication data and machine codes but also a transfer table in which a transfer flag indicating whether the machine tool 20 has been transferred is associated with the machine code. When the mail server 11 that has received the e-mail accumulates the operation status data of the machine tool 20 included in the e-mail in the operation status database 12, the latitude and longitude of the position information table already stored are stored. When the latitude and longitude of the position information data included in the e-mail are different from each other beyond the allowable range, it is determined that the machine tool 20 has been moved, and the latitude and longitude of the position information table are determined. The relocation history is updated, and the machine code of the machine tool 20 in the relocation table in the general authentication database 14 is corresponded. The setting flag is adapted to the "1".

  Further, when the machine tool 20 owned by the customer is resold without permission from the machine tool manufacturer, the user authentication data such as the user ID and password assigned to the reseller customer is kept valid. Therefore, if the operating status data of the machine tool 20 operated at the resale destination is continuously transmitted to the operating status management device 10, the reseller customer can check the operating status of the machine tool 20 at the resale destination. There is a possibility that the operating status data of the machine tool 20 accumulated in the operating status database 12 may be leaked to a third party.

  Therefore, in the machine tool operation status management system 1, when it is found that the machine tool 20 has been moved, that is, for the machine code 20 having a machine code whose transfer flag in the transfer table is “1”, Even if the operating status data is distributed by e-mail, the operating status data is not stored in the operating status database 12.

  Further, in this machine tool operation status management system 1, when a service center serviceman performs maintenance or failure diagnosis of a machine tool 20 owned by a customer, the operation status database 12 is stored. A special user who is given the authority to view all the operation status data stored in the operation status database 12 so that the service status data of the machine tool 20 can be used. Special user authentication data such as an ID and a password is assigned, and the operating status management apparatus 10 has a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a service) installed in a service center separately from the Web server 13 connected to the Internet 60. Only 40 is connected via a virtual private line. A dedicated server 15 and a special authentication database 16 in which special user authentication data are registered and a machine code of all customers registered in the general authentication database 14 is registered in a state associated with the special user ID are provided. ing.

  Therefore, when the service person browses the operation status data of the machine tool 20 stored in the operation status database 12, the service center PC 40 is connected to the dedicated server 15, and the special user authentication data input at that time, When the special user authentication data registered in the special authentication database 16 matches, the operation status data of the machine tools 20 of all customers can be browsed.

  When the service person connects the service center PC 40 to the dedicated server 15, the dedicated server 15 automatically reads the transfer table stored in the general authentication database 14, and the transferred machine tool 20 is moved based on the transfer table. Machine code, current installation position (latitude, longitude), and relocation history are displayed in a list, and the service person periodically connects the service center PC 40 to the dedicated server 15, and the customer holds it. It is possible to grasp whether or not the machine tool 20 being moved has been moved.

  If the customer receives a notification that the machine tool has been relocated, the service center serviceman connects the service center PC to the dedicated server 15 and forces the relocation flag corresponding to the machine code of the machine tool. In other words, the operation status data is continuously accumulated in the operation status database 12 by setting it to “0”, but if the customer receives a notification that the machine tool has been resold to a third party, the general authentication By deleting the machine code registered in the database 14, the browsing of the operation status data of the machine tool 20 is restricted thereafter. However, if the customer resells the machine tool 20 and the customer does not have the machine tool under the management of the operating status management system 1, the user ID and the password itself are invalidated. ing.

  As described above, in this machine tool operation status management system 1, a serviceman periodically connects the service center PC 40 to the dedicated server 15 to determine whether the machine tool 20 owned by the customer has been relocated. If the machine tool 20 is relocated, it is possible to know where it has been relocated, so even if the machine tool is illegally resold to a country where the export of machine tools is restricted, Such a situation can be surely grasped, and appropriate measures can be taken immediately.

  Further, in this machine tool operation status management system 1, if it is determined that the machine tool 20 under management has been moved, even if the operation status data is distributed to the operation status management apparatus 10 by e-mail, Since the operation status data is not stored in the operation status database 12, even if the managed machine tool 20 is resold to a third party without permission, the reseller customer resells it. The operating status of the machine tool 20 in advance cannot be viewed, and the operating status data accumulated in the operating status database 12 can be reliably prevented from leaking to a third party.

  In the above-described embodiment, when it is determined that the managed machine tool 20 has been moved, the operation status data of the machine tool 20 is not stored in the operation status database, but this is not limitative. In the same way as when a customer contacts us that the machine tool 20 has been resold to a third party, the machine code registered in the general authentication database 14 is deleted, or a user ID or password It is also possible to restrict the browsing of the operation status data of the machine tool 20 by temporarily invalidating.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation status data and the like are distributed by e-mail. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the machine tool 20 and the operation status management device 10 are connected to a wireless communication network. 50 and the Internet 60 are always connected, and the operation status data can be transmitted directly from the machine tool 20 to the operation status management apparatus 10.

  In the above-described embodiment, the communication unit 21 having the position detection function is used to connect to the Internet 60 via the wireless communication network 50. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to attach a position detection unit that detects a position using the machine tool to the machine tool and connect the machine tool 20 directly to the Internet 60 by wire.

  In the embodiment described above, a user ID (special user ID) and a password are adopted as user authentication data (special user authentication data). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a user can be identified. If possible, various data can be used.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the operating condition management system of the machine tool concerning this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the communication unit used for the operating condition management system same as the above. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the operating condition management system same as the above centering on the operating condition management apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation condition management system of machine tool 10 Operation condition management apparatus 11 Mail server 12 Operation condition database 13 Web server 14 General authentication database 15 Dedicated server 16 Special authentication database 20 Machine tool 30 Personal computer (user PC)
40 Personal computer (service center PC)
50 Wireless communication network 51 Base station 60 Internet

Claims (3)

A machine tool including a communication unit capable of transmitting operating status related information and machine identification information, and receiving the operating status related information and the machine identification information transmitted from the communication unit, and receiving the received operating status related information. The operating status configured to allow the browsing of the operating status related information stored corresponding to the machine tool specified by the machine identification information owned by the customer based on a request from the customer. In a machine tool operating status management system equipped with a management device ,
The machine tool is further provided with relocation detecting means for detecting relocation of itself,
When the relocation detection means detects the relocation of the machine tool, the relocation information is transmitted from the communication unit to the operation status management device, and when the operation status management device receives the relocation information, Thereafter, the operation status management system of the machine tool is characterized in that the operation status related information after the relocation is disabled by stopping the accumulation of the operation status related information of the machine tool in which the relocation is detected . In the operation status management system for machine tools that are connected via the Internet, the operation status management device that centrally manages the information related to the operation status of the machine tools owned by the customer and the machine tools that the customer owns,
The machine tool includes
A data collection device for collecting the operation status related information;
Relocation detection means for detecting the relocation information;
Means for transmitting the operation status related information and the relocation information to the operation status management device together with machine identification information for identifying itself;
The operating status management device includes an operating status database that stores the received operating status related information and the relocation information in a state associated with the machine identification information,
Based on the request from the customer, the operation status related information accumulated corresponding to the machine tool specified by the machine identification information owned by the customer is allowed to be browsed,
When it is determined that the machine tool has been moved based on the received transfer information of the machine tool, the operation status management apparatus thereafter stores the operation status related information of the machine tool in the operation status database. An operation status management system for machine tools, characterized by disabling accumulation and making it impossible to view information related to operation status after relocation . A machine tool including a communication unit capable of transmitting operating status related information and machine identification information, and receiving the operating status related information and the machine identification information transmitted from the communication unit, and receiving the received operating status related information. The operating status configured to allow the browsing of the operating status related information stored corresponding to the machine tool specified by the machine identification information owned by the customer based on a request from the customer. In a machine tool operating status management system equipped with a management device,
The machine tool is further provided with relocation detecting means for detecting relocation of itself,
When the relocation detection means detects the relocation of the machine tool, the relocation information is transmitted from the communication unit to the operation status management device, and when the operation status management device receives the relocation information, After that, by deleting or invalidating the machine identification information of the machine tool in which the relocation was detected, the operation status related information accumulated corresponding to the machine tool in which the relocation was detected was disabled. A machine tool operating status management system.

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