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FUJI ELECTRIC JOURNAL 2002 Vol.75-No.2
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Social System Solutions |
A View of the Social System
Toshiharu Sasamoto
This paper describes Fuji Electric s activities on the social system. For the present, the social system handled by the company has been roughly divided into the following five business units : (1) communications infrastructure including facility management systems, (2) traffic facilities and communications developed from electrical equipment aiming at advanced information/environment, (3) electrical equipment as a basic section of the social system, (4) medical and nursing care based on advanced information technology, (5) clean rooms extended over ecobusiness. Trends of the market and Fuji Electric s policy and activities for each unit are briefly described.
Facility Management Systems for Universities
Takashi Karasawa, Hiroshi Nishinaga, Sachio Nagaike
Social discussion about the ideal organization of universities has attached an importance also to the present state and problems of facility consolidation. This paper proposes facility management as a method for facility consolidation and describes a facility management system (FMS), a computer-aided support system. The essence of the FMS is the drawing database based on CAD drawing data with the linking ledger and other data. By repeating the FM cycle with priority given to the database, long-term facility consolidation and operation can be made systematically. In addition, the paper quotes examples of systems constructed recently.
Cashless Service System by Contactless IC
"Hakone Kowaki-en Yunessun"
Yoshizumi Shirakura, Takayoshi Masukura, Hisashi Fukuda
To improve user s convenience and raise the efficiency of facility operation in bathing places such as pools and springs, it is effective to introduce a cashless service system using a wristband. This paper describes an example in which Fuji Electric jointly with Fujita Kanko Inc. and Fuji Denki Reiki Co., Ltd. developed a system aiming at one-to-one marketing and supplied it Hakone Kowaki-en Yunessun. This system uses a rewrite sheet and a contactless IC, resulting in high security in addition to improvement in convenience and operating efficiency.
Fountain System for "Huis Ten Bosch" Water Show
Tomoyuki Sawada, Yoshihiko Ootsuka, Midori Yashiro
Japanese fountain business is said about ten years behind Europe and USA; however, the fountain system supplied to Huis Ten Bosch Co., Ltd. is on a competitive level with precedents in the number of nozzles and scale. This paper describes the fountain that supports the water show with water, sound, and lighting integrated, and also the aeration effect, special floating, and sound, lighting, and fountain control technologies.
Fuji Electric Electronic Toll Collection System
Hitomi Kawakami, Takemitsu Furusawa
Electronic toll collection system (ETC) is one of essential subjects for the intelligent transport system being a current topic. Fuji Electric was engaged in the ETC installation in the Okinawa district from November, 1999, and completed the second ETC in Japan at the end of November, 2000. This paper gives an outline of Fuji Electric ETC for the Okinawa turnpike road and a brief description on the result of test operation intended for general monitors which was carried out to verify ETC practicality for nine months from June 2000 to March 2001 before the full-scale use.
Deployment of the Business-to-Machine Model to Road Traffic (Highway B to M)
Hisashi Fukuda, Hideyuki Kawamura, Satoru Nara
As Government tackles the e-Japan plan toward information technology revolution, Fuji Electric promotes information business with the concept of business to machine (B to M) in the road traffic business. The basic concept is (1) a network system, (2) an open system, and (3) a ubiquitous system. The B-to-M business aims at revolution to road users and managements (B) and property value improvement in machines and systems (M), and in addition, satisfaction to customers (C).
New Telemeter and Telecontrol Equipment for Japan Highway Public Corporation and Future Developments Thereof
Hisashi Fukuda, Hideyuki Kawamura, Takayuki Asano
In the field of wide-area facility management such as road facilities, optical communication networks have been constructed, and Fuji Electric is marketing telemeter and telecontrol equipment as communication facilities utilizing these networks. These networks are supposed to be investigated into sophisticated use in the future. This paper describes the telemeter and telecontrol equipment newly developed for Japan Highway Public Corporation, and in addition, examples of future developments utilizing simplified transmitters capable of direct connection and input-output components compatible with internet protocol networks.
Vehicle Detector for Electronic Toll Collection Systems
Kouji Yasumoto, Tadashi Hiura, Tatsuo Yamamura
The electronic toll collection system (ETC) put in service from 1999 is one of core technologies of the intelligent transport system. Companies concerned with automobiles, electrical and communication equipment are in serious developmental competition with each other. In the ETC, data communication for automatic toll collection is exchanged between the on-board equipment on the vehicle and the wireless equipment on the lane side. To transmit a timing signal for starting communication, a detector to sense a vehicle approaching at 80 km/h is equipped in the ETC. This paper describes the types and func-tions of the vehicle detector.
Recent Technical Trends of Electrostatic Precipitators
Akinori Zukeran, Yoshihiro Kono, Kouji Yasumoto
This paper describes technical trends of electrostatic precipitators for visibility in tunnels and preservation of the atmospheric environment. When an electrostatic precipitator collects Diesel exhaust part icles, collection efficiency is lowered by re-entrainment phenomena. Preventive measures were developed in three types: (1) insulator coating (2) water spraying (3) AC electric field application. Further, barrier discharge to remove both NOx and suspended particles was applied. The barrier discharge type proved effective also in preventing the reentrainment phenomenon.
Hospital System and Network System
Shigeo Ohba, Kenichi Maeda
Medical information systems have recently been introduced mainly into major hospitals. However, hospitals are faced with hard management. Under these circumstances, Fuji Electric approaches the medical information system from the viewpoint of a network system. In concrete terms, this system offers low-price high-efficiency, standard systems, such as an order system, an image analysis system, and an integrated pharmaceutical system to hospitals below a medium scale (300-bed) and clinics. This system not only promotes information technology within a hospital but also can link a hospital to another hospital or a clinic or structure a network system which is called hospitalclinic linking.
Nursing/Medical Care Network System
Takehide Hirabayashi, Hideki Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Koizumi
Because of the implementation of the nursing-care insurance as from April, 2000, deregulation has rapidly been promoted in the fields of nursing and medical care, resulting in bitter competition there. Fuji Electric is now developing (1) a network system with sensors for nursing care, (2) a supporting system for the implementation of a care plan, and (3) a network system for home medical care. The item (1) will help the security of the elderly, and (2) will allow the nursing staff to work effectively. The item (3) is expected to be the key technology for home medical care in the near future.
Monitoring and Control System of Fan-Filter Units for Clean Rooms
Yuichiro Minegishi, Yutaka Hishita
Clean rooms are widely used in the fields of semiconductors, liquid crystal displays, medicines, and foods. A large-scale clean room uses more than 10,000 fan-filter units (FFUs). This paper describes the FFU monitoring and control system that reduces labor for FFU maintenance. The system is required to have high reliability, advanced functions, and system expendability. Fuji Electric has prepared a wide menu applicable to clean room systems ranging from a small-scale system with tens of FFUs to a large-scale system with tens of thousands of FFUs.
