JPH10162053A - Vehicle repairing cost estimation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an accurate objective repair estimate speedily and easily by checking a specified broken position with stored data and displaying a list of components, which need to be replaced or fixed and a list of their costs. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a 1st storage means 1 (30), which stores a group of data on component prices of a vehicle and costs needed to replace the components and a 2nd storage means 2 (30), which stores correspondence data on broken positions of the vehicle and components needed to be replaced accompanying accidents. The 1st and 2nd storage means 1 (30) are stored on a CD-ROM and the 1st and 2nd storage means 1 (30) are stored for every vehicle kind. The same vehicle kind is selected by pressing a selection window for the vehicle kinds, which is provided at part of a display means 3. The broken position and its extent of the vehicle are specified by a specifying means 4. Then, the extent of the damage and necessary components are checked to obtain a list of components needed for the repair. The respective prices of the component group and the costs are calculated and displayed on the display means 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for estimating repair cost of a damaged vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when repairing a vehicle damaged by an accident, estimating the cost requires enormous labor.

That is, it is necessary to predict not only the exterior part of the collision part but also the internal parts which are distorted or damaged by the collision, further investigate the price of the replacement part, estimate the labor cost, and subsequently calculate these costs.

[0004] For this reason, if the accident is such that the bumper is dented, it is easy to estimate, but in the case of an accident such as deformation in the engine room or wheel alignment, the parts to be replaced or repaired and the processes are enormous, and the assembly parts are enormous. Of course, it is extremely difficult to pick up screws, nuts, wiring and couplers.

In addition, since these estimates differ depending on the type of vehicle, there is a problem that it is impossible to start even without a manual for the type of vehicle. In addition, due to the widespread use of automobile insurance, damages caused by accidents are often covered by insurance, but in this case, there is a more complicated problem.

[0006] That is, the above-mentioned estimation work should be originally performed by a repair shop, but if the cost is paid by insurance, the insurance company will minimize the expenditure and reduce the degree of repair and the cost. Needs to be grasped accurately. However, the relationship between the degree of damage and the repair cost can be accurately evaluated by a repair shop with extensive repair experience or a research organization with a specialized expert, and is not something that anyone can easily do.

For this reason, when performing repairs by insurance, it is necessary to examine the relationship between the degree of damage and the repair cost between the repair shop and the insurance company, and to make them both objective and satisfactory. is there.

[0008]

However, the calculation based on the manual book described above requires enormous effort and lacks absolute objectivity. Therefore, when using insurance, additional effort and time are required. In short, there is a possibility that the profit of the owner of the accident vehicle may be impaired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle repair cost estimating system which enables accurate and objective repair estimating to be performed quickly and easily.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention provides a data group of a vehicle component price, a labor cost required for replacement or repair of the component, and a damaged part of the vehicle. Storage means 30 for storing data corresponding to parts that need to be replaced or repaired in accordance with a damaged part; display means 3 for displaying graphics and various data; and vehicle graphics displayed on the display means 3 A designating means 4 for designating an actual damaged part of the vehicle and a list of parts which need to be replaced or repaired by comparing the damaged part designated by the designating means 4 with the data stored in the storage means 30 And a collation means 5 for displaying a list of wages on the display means.

[0011] Further, the designation means 4 comprises the display means 3.
Further, the actual degree of damage of the vehicle is further specified with respect to the vehicle figure displayed on the display unit, and the damaged part and the degree of damage specified by the specifying means 4 are compared with the data stored in the storage means 30 to exchange or repair. It is also possible to provide a collating means for displaying a list of parts and a list of wages requiring the above on the display means.

Further, the storage means 30 stores data for each type of vehicle, and a desired vehicle type can be specified by selecting the data by the specifying means 4.

Next, important components of the present invention will be further described. [Storage Unit 30] The storage unit 30 is basically a data file, and may be of any type as long as it is a storage medium. However, it is preferable that the storage unit 30 be a medium that can easily update new data. ROM (compactdisk-r
ead only memory) and MO (magneto optical disk) are preferable. In addition, a floppy disk or the like can be used for a flash report of new car information or the like.

The storage means 30 comprises a first storage means 1 and a second storage means 2. The first storage means 1 stores a data group of vehicle parts prices and labor costs required for replacement or repair of the parts. Can be stored in the second storage means 2 and corresponding data of the damaged part of the vehicle and the parts that need to be replaced or repaired in accordance with the damaged part can be stored. [Display Means 3] The display means 3 is a CRT (cathode ray tub).
e), a liquid crystal panel, or the like for displaying an image, and a touch sensor may be provided on the surface. [Specifying means 4] The specifying means 4 can specify a specific portion of the display screen of the display means 3, and is a device independent of the specifying means 4, such as a cursor key on a keyboard, a mouse, a pad, a trackball, a joystick and the like. Alternatively, any device that can directly specify the position on the specifying unit 4 such as a light pen or a touch sensor provided on the display unit 3 may be used. [Collation Means 5] The collation means 5 is an arithmetic unit that actually performs data collation, and has a central processing unit (CPU).
t), RAM (randum access memory) and ROM (read on
ly memory).

In the vehicle repair cost estimating system configured as described above, when actually estimating the accident vehicle,
First, after designating the vehicle type, the estimator designates a damaged portion on the automobile figure displayed on the display means 3 while looking at a photograph or the like of the accident vehicle. At this time, the degree of damage may be input at the same time. Then, when the designation of the damaged part and the degree of damage is completed, the collating means 5 is started. As a result, the parts required for repair, and their prices and labor are displayed.

The display data is printed out by the printing means 11 as needed. Further, the display data can be stored in a server or an external memory.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a vehicle repair cost estimation system according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a vehicle repair cost estimation system according to the present invention. The main body of the apparatus has the same appearance as a personal computer so that it can be used in an office of an automobile repair shop or the like.

A first storage means 1 (30) for storing a data group of vehicle parts prices and labor costs required for replacement or repair of the parts, a damaged part of the vehicle due to an accident, and a damaged part of the vehicle. A second storage means 2 (30) is provided which stores data corresponding to parts that need to be replaced with the above. These first storage means 1 and second storage means 2
As shown in FIG.
First storage means 1 and second storage means for car, car B, car C ...
Storage means 2 is stored.

The data stored in the first storage means 1 is a data group of a vehicle part price and a labor cost required for replacement or repair of the part. FIG. 4 shows the appearance and price of the part, and FIG. Wages are shown. This wage is indicated by a lever rate. For example, in the case of bumper replacement, the lever rate is 0.5, and the difficulty of work is A, which is relatively low. The actual wage is 5,000 yen by multiplying 0.5 of this lever rate by 10,000 of the reference value.

Similarly, the lever rate for door replacement is 0.7.
5. The difficulty of the work is medium B. And the actual wage is 0.75 of this lever rate and 1 of base price
0000 multiplied by 7500 yen. The reference price of 10000 is a standard value and slides up and down to prices and the like. That is, the lever rate is determined according to the difficulty of the operation, the operation time, or the use of a special tool.

The CD-ROM 10 is a CD-ROM of the apparatus main body.
It is mounted on a ROM drive (not shown) and can be easily replaced. This is because it is necessary to always use the latest data when a new car is released.

The apparatus main body is provided with display means 3 for displaying figures and various data. The display means 3 is driven by the collation means 5 and displays various figures and characters. Hard disk drive 8,
The RAM 6 and the ROM 7 are connected, and a necessary OS (operator)
ation system) is stored in advance.

The vehicle figure 3a is stored in the hard disk drive 8 in advance. As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle figure 3a is a figure in which the vehicle is developed, and is displayed on the display means 3 as shown. Display means 3
May be, for example, a six-sided view of the vehicle.

The collating means 5 includes a CPU, an I / O, and the like, and a light pen as the designating means 4 is connected to the I / O. The light pen has a built-in photosensitive sensor (not shown), and can output the output of the photosensitive sensor to the outside. By hitting the light pen on the screen of the display means 3, the absolute positions of the display dots displayed in time series can be specified. That is, if a light pen is applied to the bumper portion of the vehicle graphic 3a, a process of drawing a line on the portion can be automatically performed.

In this way, the location and extent of the actual vehicle damage can be specified by the specifying means 4. In addition, in order to display the degree of damage, as shown in FIG.
b, 3c, and 3d may be drawn and represented by the area of the circle, or may be displayed by a symbol, for example, the rank of A, B, or C.

How to accurately determine the degree of damage to the actual vehicle affects accurate estimation, but it is better to refer to photographs 9 of the actual vehicle taken from various directions. Work while comparing with this photo 9. Here, Photo 9
May be a developed photograph of a photograph taken by a normal film camera, but image data photographed by a digital still camera may be used. In this case, if the image data can be displayed on the display means 3 of the apparatus main body, the estimation work can be performed more efficiently, and the transmission and storage of the data can be facilitated.

After the above operation, the collating means 5 collates the damaged part and the degree of damage designated by the designating means 4 with the data stored in the first and second storage means 1 and 2 and requires replacement or repair. A list of parts and a list of wages are enumerated and displayed on the display means 3. This collation is to collate the comparison data between the appearance damage and the internal damage of the vehicle type stored in the second storage means 2 with the specified content.
It should be noted that the collation result is obtained by the printing unit 1 connected to the collation unit 5.
1 is printed out.

At this time, various operations incidental to replacement of a specific part are also automatically integrated. For example, when replacing this because the side of the fender is concave,
It is indispensable to attach / detach bumpers and to attach / detach lights around lights. Therefore, the total of these works becomes labor. Further, such a relationship between components is complicatedly involved in a chassis or undercarriage, and it is extremely difficult to grasp without leakage by the conventional method. However, in the present invention, the relationship between components is also considered. Therefore, it is possible to calculate wages appropriately.

This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6. In step 100, the same vehicle type as the actual vehicle is selected. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, a vehicle type selection window 3e is provided in a part of the display means 3, and this is pressed by a light pen or the like. When the selection of the vehicle type is completed, in step 101, the location and extent of the actual damage of the vehicle are designated by the designation means 4. Next, the designation operation is completed, and in step 102, the degree of damage and the required parts are collated. In this step, a list of parts required for repair is obtained. Then, in step 103, each price of the parts group and each wage are calculated. This result is displayed on the display means 3 in step 104.

The display data can be printed out by the printing means 11 on a sheet whose format is determined in advance. The display data can be sent to a necessary organization such as an insurance company and used as a study material for calculating the repair cost.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the price and labor cost of parts required for repair can be automatically determined by simply designating the location and extent of actual vehicle damage with respect to the vehicle graphic displayed on the display means. Can be displayed.

Therefore, the number of repair estimates can be greatly reduced, and quick and appropriate repair estimates can be made.
In addition, even a person with little knowledge of vehicle repair can make a somewhat accurate estimate.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a vehicle repair cost estimation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a vehicle repair cost estimation system according to an embodiment of the present invention on an actual work screen.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a CD-ROM of the vehicle repair cost estimation system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing contents of part price data of the vehicle repair cost estimation system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of wage data of the vehicle repair cost estimation system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the vehicle repair cost estimation system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st storage means 2 2nd storage means 3 display means 4 designation means 5 collation means 6 RAM 7 ROM 8 hard disk drive 9 photograph 10 CD-ROM 11 printing means 30 storage means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A data group of vehicle parts prices, labor costs for replacing or repairing the parts, and correspondence data between damaged parts of the vehicle and parts that need to be replaced or repaired in accordance with the damaged parts. Storage means for storing, display means for displaying figures and various data, designating means for designating an actual damaged part of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle figure displayed on the display means, Vehicle repair cost estimating means for comparing the damaged part with the data stored in the storage means and displaying a list of parts requiring replacement or repair and a list of labor costs on the display means. system. 2. The designating means further designates an actual degree of damage of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle graphic displayed on the display means, and stores the damaged portion and the degree of damage designated by the designating means in the storage means. 2. The vehicle repair cost estimating system according to claim 1, further comprising matching means for matching the stored data with a list of parts requiring replacement or repair and displaying a list of labor costs on the display means. 3. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein said storage device stores data for each vehicle type, and a desired vehicle type is designated by selecting said data by said designation device. Vehicle repair cost estimation system described in.