Patent ID: 7228125
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: E02F,G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A construction machine inspection information transmission/reception method, wherein: a program is installed in a portable telephone, which is capable of a telephone call, for receiving specific inspection items transmitted from a base station at the portable telephone, displaying the specific inspection items at a display unit of the portable telephone, displaying information of inspection results with regard to the specific inspection items having been entered into the portable telephone at the display unit of the portable telephone, and transmitting the information of the inspection results having been entered from the portable telephone; the specific inspection items are transmitted from the base station to the portable telephone; the specific inspection items transmitted from the base station are received at the portable telephone by executing the program in the portable telephone; the specific inspection items are displayed at the display unit of the portable telephone by executing the program in the portable telephone, the specific inspection items identifying features of the construction machine to be inspected, and prompting an inspector to enter an inspection result into the portable telephone for each specific inspection item; the information of the inspection results with regard to the specific inspection items having been entered into the portable telephone are displayed at the display unit of the portable telephone by executing the program in the portable telephone; the information of the inspection results having been entered is transmitted with an identifier identifying the construction machine from the portable telephone by executing the program in the portable telephone; the transmitted information of the inspection results and the identifier of the construction machine is received at a base station at a remote location; the received information of the inspection results is recorded into a database as inspection information corresponding to the identifier of the construction machine; a sensor is provided in the construction machine; operation information is obtained based upon information output from the sensor provided in the construction machine; the obtained operation information is transmitted to the base station; and the specific inspection items are items that can not be detected by the sensor and are transmitted from the base station to the portable telephone in response to an access from the portable telephone to the base station.