US 11,948,105 B2
Identification information input support system
Yuuko Kuroda, Osaka (JP); and Kenichi Nagahara, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/277,276
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/038635
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/071338, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-189568 (JP), filed on Oct. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312373 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/063114 (2013.01) [F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); G06Q 10/063112 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An identification information input support system that supports a worker in performing a task of inputting identification information to a plurality of devices, the identification information input support system comprising:
an information storage apparatus; and
a mobile terminal configured to communicate with the information storage apparatus,
the information storage apparatus including a processor and a storage,
the storage storing
device information including the identification information to be input to each of the plurality of devices,
drawing information indicating a location in which each of the plurality of devices is installed,
layout information indicating a layout of the plurality of devices in the drawing information, and
management information indicating a degree of progress of the task of inputting the identification information to the plurality of devices, and
the processor being programmed to communicate with the mobile terminal and update the management information in response to input of the identification information to the plurality of devices,
the mobile terminal including a processor and a display, the mobile terminal being configured to
receive the device information, the drawing information, and the layout information from the information storage apparatus,
display the device information, the drawing information, and the layout information in association with each other,
display images representing the plurality of devices and receive a selection of one of the images by the worker,
highlight or display only a piece of the identification information that is to be input to one device among the plurality of devices which corresponds to the image selected by the worker,
perform near field communication with the one device to transmit the identification information to the one device and acquire, from the one device, information about whether or not input of the identification information has been completed, and
display the information acquired,
in response to receiving information indicating that input of the identification information has been completed from the one device, the information storage device updating the management information and transmitting the management information to the mobile terminal,
in response to receiving the management information that has been updated from the information storage device, the mobile terminal displaying the management information in association with the device information, the drawing information, and the layout information such that the worker can grasp the degree of progress regarding the task of inputting the identification information to the plurality of devices and the worker can perform the task with reference to display on the display, wherein
the identification information of each of the plurality of devices includes a unique address usable to manage the device.