KR20140119343A - Remote monitoring and controlling system in environmental qualification laboratory - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system to remotely monitor and control an environmental qualification laboratory, comprising: an experiment equipment control device connected to an input control device in a USB manner and controls an experiment equipment by controlling the inputs in accordance to the input signals for a keyboard and a mouse inputted through the input control device; an IP camera to acquire screen images of the experiment equipment and the experiment equipment control device in a laboratory to act as an image server such that a client computer can check the screen images in a remote site; the input control device connected to the experiment equipment control device to control inputs of the experiment equipment control device in accordance to a control command of a remote control device; the remote control device to transmit/receive signals for remote control to/from the client computer accessed through a TCP/IP network, input the control command into the experiment equipment control device through the input control device to remote monitor and control, and receive the images by being connected to the IP camera through a local network using a wire/wireless sharing unit; and the client computer to access the remote control device using the wire/wireless sharing unit and a public network modem through the TCP/IP network to transmit/receive the signals for remote control, remotely control the experiment equipment control device, access the IP camera to transmit/receive a camera control signal and check in real time, and remotely monitor the screen images of the experiment equipment and the experiment equipment control device in the laboratory.

Description

{REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROLLING SYSTEM IN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION LABORATORY}

[0001] The present invention relates to a remote monitoring and control system for environment and operation equipment of an environmental verification laboratory, and more particularly, to a remote monitoring and control system for an environment verification laboratory that can monitor and control an experimental equipment remotely using not only a client's personal computer, The present invention relates to a remote monitoring and control system for environmental verification laboratory.

According to the US Federal Law 10 CFR 50.49 and the Korean Nuclear Safety Act, Article 24 Section 1.3 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Korean Nuclear Safety Act, KEPCO is required to complete the internal environmental verification test for all core facilities of nuclear power plants. Test facilities are constructed and used. This is a technology to remotely monitor and control the test procedure in a separate environmental verification laboratory.

On the other hand, in relation to the remote control system of the equipment, many applications and disclosures have been made in addition to Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2007-0072192 (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art document').

The above-mentioned prior art document includes an image control system for distributing a PC video signal through a monitor distributor when a PC video signal is generated, and reproducing an image in a local RGB manner; When a signal is generated by a keyboard / mouse of a PC, a transmission / reception system which transmits a keyboard / mouse signal through a KME (TX) via YTP to locally transmit / receive a keyboard / mouse general control and a lock control signal; When an emergency situation occurs in the clean room, an alarm of the ROS buzzer is generated and the switch of the ROS is turned on at the same time, and the emergency operation button is pressed in the ROS to control the operation of the equipment in the clean room. And a video output system in which when a video signal of a tester camera is generated, a loader camera video signal is generated and transmitted to at least a certain distance of the coaxial line to output an image to the monitoring PC.

However, the apparatus for remotely controlling the experimental equipment including the above-mentioned literature has a problem that virus infiltration and hacking may occur due to direct connection through an external network, and a computing load is added.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for remotely monitoring and controlling an experimental apparatus without directly connecting to an external network for preventing virus penetration and hacking into an experimental apparatus control apparatus, The present invention provides a remote monitoring and control system for environmentally-validated laboratories that controls an experimental equipment control device without using a communication device using a protocol so as not to add a computing load thereto.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote monitoring and control system for internal environment verification laboratory, which is connected to an input control device through a USB system, An experimental equipment control device for controlling the experimental equipment by controlling the input; An IP camera for acquiring a screen image of an experimental equipment and an experimental equipment control device in the laboratory and performing a role of a video server so that a client computer can check it at a remote place; An input control device connected to the experimental equipment control device and controlling an input of the experimental equipment control device according to a control command of the remote control device; And transmits and receives a signal related to remote control with a client computer connected via a TCP / IP network, remotely monitors and controls by inputting a control command to an experimental equipment control device through the input control device, A remote control device connected to the camera to receive an image; And a remote control device connected to the remote control device via a wired / wireless router and a public network modem via a TCP / IP network to transmit / receive signals related to remote control, thereby remotely controlling the laboratory equipment control device, A client computer for performing real-time confirmation and remote monitoring of a screen image of an experimental equipment and an experimental equipment control device in the laboratory by transmitting and receiving the image; .

The IP camera is installed at the center of the upper ceiling of the laboratory.

Further, the IP camera is a camera module, comprising: an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image; The web server is operated through the TCP / IP network. When the client computer requests access through the router and the public network modem, the client computer performs ID / password based authentication, and the authenticated client computer accesses and transmits the camera control signal A web server management unit; And a drive control unit that is driven to rotate up, down, left, right, tilt, and zoom in accordance with a control signal for driving a camera of a client computer through the web server management unit; And a control unit.

Also, the input control device receives a control command from the remote control device in a USB system, analyzes the control command input through the remote control device, An input signal for each of the keyboard and the mouse according to the command is generated to control the keyboard and mouse inputs of the experimental equipment control device.

Also, the remote control device operates a server through a TCP / IP network, performs authentication of an ID / password based client when the client computer requests connection through a wireless router and a public network modem, A connection management unit for connecting and receiving signals related to remote control of the experimental equipment; A remote control unit for generating a control command for controlling the input means of the experimental equipment control device according to the control signal transmitted through the connection management unit and inputting the control command through the input control device to remotely monitor and control the experimental equipment control device; And an image recording unit connected to the IP camera and a local network via a wireless router to receive and record a screen image of an experimental equipment and an experimental equipment control device acquired in accordance with a camera control signal of the client computer; And a control unit.

Further, the camera control signal is a camera control signal including signals relating to image acquisition, image screen setting, and camera driving.

And the client computer uses a Wibro or LTE modem as a public network modem.

According to the present invention as described above, a client can monitor and control a laboratory anywhere by connecting to a remote control device via the Internet using a mobile device such as a smart phone as well as a personal computer.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent viral infiltration and hacking of an experimental equipment control device by remote monitoring and controlling experimental equipment by controlling a keyboard and a mouse without directly connecting with an external network.

In addition, according to the present invention, even if a network connection is difficult, such as a remote place such as a mountain, if a public network is supported, the TCP / IP network can be configured using the modem.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the safety to protect the experimenter from the high-temperature and high-pressure equipments by preventing accidents and failures of the environmental verification laboratory and to improve the economical efficiency since it is not necessary to arrange laboratory night shift workers by performing remote monitoring and control There is also an effect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram conceptually showing an environmental verification laboratory remote monitoring and control system according to the present invention; FIG.
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of an IP camera according to the present invention;
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of connection of an input control apparatus according to the present invention.
4 is a detailed configuration diagram of a remote control apparatus according to the present invention;

Specific features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. It is to be noted that the detailed description of known functions and constructions related to the present invention is omitted when it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be unnecessarily blurred.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The remote monitoring and control system for internal environment verification laboratory according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram conceptually showing an internal environment verification laboratory remote monitoring and control system S according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, an experimental equipment control device 100, an IP camera 200, (300), a remote control device (400), and a client computer (500).

The experimental equipment 10 according to the present invention is an environmental verification test equipment which means a facility to be remotely monitored and controlled. The equipment 10 is an equipment for accident simulation test of a nuclear power plant design standard. The control system is also applicable to similar equipment.

The experimental equipment control device 100 is an apparatus for controlling the laboratory equipment 10 and connected to the input control device 300 through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) Lt; / RTI > is controlled according to the input signal to the < RTI ID = That is, the experimental equipment control device 100 is indirectly controlled rather than directly connected to a communication device using a network or a protocol.

The IP camera 200 is installed at the center of the upper ceiling of the laboratory and acquires screen images of the laboratory equipment 10 and the laboratory equipment control apparatus 100 in the laboratory so that the client computer 500 functions as a video server And includes an image acquisition unit 210, a web server management unit 220, and a drive control unit 230, as shown in FIG.

More specifically, the image acquisition unit 210 acquires an image as a camera module.

The web server management unit 220 operates a web server through a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) network to allow the client computer 500 to access the router 20 and the Wibro or LTE Modem 30 The client computer 500 manages the client by performing the ID / password-based authentication and connects the authenticated client computer 500 to transmit camera control signals related to data transmission / reception, preferably image acquisition, image screen setting, Send and receive. At this time, the web server management unit 220 can transmit the compressed image in the JPEG Layer 4 in order to reduce the amount of transmission data and increase the speed.

The driving control unit 230 is driven to pan, tilt, and zoom according to a control signal for driving the camera of the client computer 500 through the web server management unit 220 .

Accordingly, the client can access the IP camera 200 through the Internet, confirm the image, and perform remote control.

The input control device 300 is connected to the experimental equipment control device 100 and controls the input of the experimental equipment control device 100 according to a control command of the remote control device 400.

3, the input control device 300 receives a control command from the remote control device 400 in a universal serial bus (USB) manner, and transmits the control command to the experimental equipment control device 100 via the USB Analyzes the control command input through the remote control device 400, and generates an input signal for each of the keyboard and the mouse according to the analyzed control command, thereby controlling the keyboard and the mouse input of the experimental equipment control device 100 . At this time, the input control device 300 may include a keyboard driver and a mouse driver.

The remote control device 400 transmits and receives signals related to remote control with the client computer 500 connected via the TCP / IP network and inputs a control command to the experimental equipment control device 100 through the input control device 300 And performs remote monitoring and control, and is connected to the IP camera 200 through a local network through the wireless router 20. The IP camera 200 is connected to the connection management unit 410, (420) and an image recording unit (430).

Specifically, the connection management unit 410 operates a server over the TCP / IP network. When the client computer 500 requests connection through the wireless router or the public network (Wibro or LTE Modem) 30, Performs ID / password-based client authentication to manage the client, and allows the authenticated client computer 500 to connect and receive data transmission / reception, preferably signals related to remote control of the experimental equipment.

At this time, the server of the connection management unit 410 is operated by a protocol defined by the client in the standard TCP / IP network, and a client computer including mobile equipment such as a smart phone operated by an operating system such as Android 500).

The remote control unit 420 generates a control command for controlling the input means of the experimental equipment control apparatus 100 according to the control signal transmitted through the connection management unit 410 and inputs the control command through the input control apparatus 300 And remotely monitors and controls the experimental equipment control device (100).

The image recording unit 430 is connected to the local network starting from the IP camera 200 and the wireless router 200, that is, an IP address (e.g., 168. ***. ***. ***) And receives and records screen images of the experimental equipment 10 and the experimental equipment control device 100 in the laboratory, which are acquired in accordance with the camera control signals relating to the image acquisition, the image screen setting, and the camera drive of the client computer 500.

At this time, the connection management unit 410 uses the H.264 codec, which is a compression codec based on the MPEG Layer 4, for image transmission and recording through the Internet, with respect to the images recorded through the image recording unit 430.

The client computer 500 is a computer including mobile equipment such as a personal computer and a smart phone operating as an operating system such as Android. The client computer 500 includes a wired / wireless router 20 via a TCP / IP network and a Wibro or LTE modem 30 And controls the remote control of the experimental equipment control device 100 by connecting to the remote control device 400 through the remote control device 400 to transmit and receive signals related to the remote control, And real time confirmation and remote monitoring of the screen images of the experimental equipment 10 and the experimental equipment control device 100 in the laboratory.

At this time, the public network modem (Wibro or LTE Modem) 30 acts as an Access Point (AP) of a Wi-FI network connected to the Internet. That is, the public network modem (Wibro or LTE Modem) 30 is connected to the Internet through a 4G mobile communication public network, and has a unique IP address. The client can access the remote control device 400 and the IP camera 200 of the laboratory through this IP address to perform remote monitoring.

As described above, the laboratory network is constituted by a local network through the wire / wireless router 20. The remote control device 400 and the IP camera 200 are connected to each other through a local network so that the remote control device 400 can control the experimental equipment control device 100 and control the remote control device 400 Local Ethernet Network). The external network can be accessed via a public network (Wibro or LTE) modem 30. An external network using a public network (Wibro or LTE) modem 30 and an internal network through a local network are connected by a wireless multi-bridge, and the wireless multi-bridge permits connection of only some ports .

The remote control device 300 connected to the experimental equipment control device 100 controls the internal environment verification laboratory remote monitoring and control system as described above and the existing laboratory operation parameters in the manner that the test person resides and controls them, Convenience and unattended monitoring function. In addition, the experimental equipment control apparatus 100 is an indirect control system not directly connected to a communication apparatus using a network or a protocol, and connects the network to the remote control apparatus 400, And a laboratory unmanned remote monitoring system capable of controlling the mouse and keyboard of the control device 100. [

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous changes and modifications may be made without departing from the invention. Accordingly, all such appropriate modifications and changes, and equivalents thereof, should be regarded as within the scope of the present invention.

S: My environmental verification laboratory remote monitoring and control system
100: Experimental equipment Control device 200: IP camera
300: input control device 400: remote control device
500: client computer 210:
220: Web server management unit 230:
410: connection management unit 420: remote control unit
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Claims (7)

A remote monitoring and control system for a laboratory equipped with an accident simulator for designing a nuclear power plant,
The input control unit 300 is connected to the input device 300 through a USB (Universal Serial Bus), and the input is controlled according to input signals to the keyboard and the mouse, An experimental equipment control device (100);
An IP camera 200 that acquires a screen image of the experimental equipment 10 and the experimental equipment control device 100 in the laboratory and performs a role of a video server so that the client computer 500 can check the remote image at a remote location;
An input control device 300 connected to the experimental equipment control device 100 and controlling an input of the experimental equipment control device 100 according to a control command of the remote control device 400;
Transmits and receives a signal related to remote control with a client computer 500 connected via a TCP / IP network, remotely monitors and controls by inputting a control command to the experimental equipment control device 100 through the input control device 300 A remote control device 400 connected to the IP camera 200 through a local network through the router / wireless router 20 to receive an image; And
The control unit 100 is remotely controlled by connecting to the remote control unit 400 via the wired / wireless router 20 and the public network modem 30 via the TCP / IP network to send and receive signals related to the remote control A client computer 500 for performing real time confirmation and remote monitoring of a screen image of the laboratory equipment 10 and the laboratory equipment control apparatus 100 by connecting to the IP camera 200 and transmitting and receiving a camera control signal, ; A laboratory remote monitoring and control system for internal environmental verification.
The method according to claim 1,
The IP camera (200)
Wherein the remote monitoring and control system is installed at the center of the laboratory upper ceiling.
The method according to claim 1,
The IP camera (200)
A camera module, comprising: an image acquisition unit (210) for acquiring an image;
Password-based authentication when the client computer 500 requests a connection through the router 20 and the public network modem 30 by operating a web server through a TCP / IP network, A web server management unit 220 for connecting the camera control unit 500 to the camera control unit and transmitting and receiving the camera control signal; And
A driving control unit 230 that is driven to pan, tilt, and zoom in accordance with a control signal for driving a camera of the client computer 500 through the web server management unit 220, ; And a remote monitoring and control system for the environmental verification laboratory.
The method according to claim 1,
The input control device (300)
Receives a control command from the remote control device 400 in a USB manner, analyzes the control command input through the remote control device 400, connected to the experimental equipment control device 100 in a USB manner, And controls the keyboard and mouse inputs of the laboratory equipment control apparatus (100) by generating an input signal for each of the keyboard and the mouse according to the control command.
The method according to claim 1,
The remote control device (400)
Password-based client authentication when the client computer 500 requests access through the wireless router < RTI ID = 0.0 > 20 and the public network modem, A connection management unit 410 for connecting and receiving signals related to the remote control of the experimental equipment;
A control command for controlling the input means of the experimental equipment control apparatus 100 is generated according to the control signal transmitted through the connection management unit 410 and inputted through the input control apparatus 300, A remote control unit 420 for remotely monitoring and controlling the portable terminal 100; And
A screen of the experimental equipment 10 and the experimental equipment control device 100 in the laboratory acquired in accordance with the camera control signal of the client computer 500 are connected to the local network through the IP camera 200 and the wireless router 20, An image recording unit 430 for receiving and recording an image; And a remote monitoring and control system for the environmental verification laboratory.
The method according to claim 1,
The camera control signal includes:
Wherein the camera control signal is a camera control signal including signals relating to image acquisition, image screen setting, and camera driving.
The method according to claim 1,
The client computer,
Characterized in that it uses a Wibro or LTE modem as a public network modem.

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