TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a work supporting apparatus and a work supporting system.

BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, work efficiency is improved by using a portable information terminal in a maintenance work of apparatuses or facilities. According to such a portable information terminal, a worker takes in work information into the portable information terminal in advance. This makes it possible for the worker to obtain necessary information by displaying the work information on a screen during the work.

However, the worker is required to work while watching the screen with the portable information terminal in his or her hand. The work becomes complicated in such a state. The work efficiency may actually be lowered. Therefore, a work supporting apparatus capable of providing the worker with information without picking up the portable information terminal has been proposed.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a work supporting apparatus that uses a head-mounted type display called as a head mounted display and provides a worker with information regarding a work. By using such a head mounted display, the worker is not required to hold the portable information terminal in his or her hand, and this makes it possible to implement the work efficiently.

Further, Patent Document 1 also discloses a work supporting apparatus that includes a visible light photographing unit and an infrared photographing unit; displays a visible ray image photographed by the visible light photographing unit and an infrared ray image photographed by the infrared photographing unit on the head mounted display; detects a component around which temperature is abnormal from components detected from the visible ray image and a temperature distribution image obtained from the infrared ray image; and notifies the worker of the abnormality through the head mounted display.

RELATED ART DOCUMENTS

Patent Documents

Patent document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2010-197153

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

In the meantime, Patent Document 1 merely discloses a method of detecting a component that becomes abnormal temperature. However, a method of notifying the worker of a progress status of the work has not been considered. For this reason, it may be difficult for the worker to grasp the progress status of the work even though the work supporting apparatus is used.

Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a work supporting apparatus and a work supporting system capable of notifying a worker of a progress status of a work.

Means for Solving the Problem

An outline of representative invention of the present invention disclosed in the present application will briefly be explained as follows.

A work supporting apparatus according to a representative embodiment of the present invention includes: a visible light image photographing unit configured to photograph a visible light image; a thermal image photographing unit configured to photograph a thermal image; a work progress status determining unit configured to determine a work progress status from the visible light image photographed by the visible light image photographing unit and the thermal image photographed by the thermal image photographing unit; and a display configured to display a determination result of the work progress status.

Effects of the Invention

Effects obtained by representative invention of the present invention disclosed in the present application will briefly be explained as follows.

Namely, according to the representative embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a work supporting apparatus capable of notifying a worker of a progress status of a work.

