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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Juntaro Arima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masaaki Inaba, Yokohama, JP;
Takeiki Aizono, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Iizumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a remote maintenance method, a remote maintenance system, and an industrial device for enabling control and thorough services and billing according to the contents of the remote maintenance operation and the request destination of maintenance and enabling access limit according to the attribute of a service person, access limit according to the device state, and output limit according to the output mode. The industrial device installed at the factory and the operation device installed in the maintenance center are connected via the network . The operation device transmits command information indicating a command concerning maintenance to the industrial device and the industrial device executes a process according to the received command information, generates charge information indicating a charge concerning maintenance according to the contents of the executed process, and outputs the whole or a part of the generated charge information to the output device of the industrial device