Patent ID: 7805279
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G03F,G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A remote maintenance apparatus for an industrial equipment, wherein the remote maintenance apparatus is connected to an intranet, and wherein the remote maintenance apparatus comprises: a database configured to register information on an abnormal state of the industrial equipment and information on a countermeasure against the abnormal state, wherein the remote maintenance apparatus is configured to: receive information on the abnormal state of the industrial equipment through an internet from a monitor apparatus which monitors the industrial equipment; determine whether information on the countermeasure against the abnormal state of the received information is registered in the database; transmit the information on the countermeasure through the internet to the monitor apparatus, wherein the information on the countermeasure is transmitted if it is determined that the information on the countermeasure is registered in the database; and transmit a report regarding whether the registered information on the countermeasure has been transmitted to the monitor apparatus, wherein the report is transmitted to a computer connected to the intranet to which information that represents the countermeasure is to be input by an operator; and register in the database information that represents the countermeasure against the abnormal state of the received information based on the information that represents the countermeasure which is input to the computer by an operation of the operator.