KR102392757B1 - Piping manufacturing management systems, methods and devices for piping manufacturing management - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an identification information recognition device for recognizing the identification information of a molded pipe, and by receiving the identification information recognized by the identification information recognition device, displaying the pipe corresponding to the identification information in the piping design displayed on the display , It provides a pipe manufacturing system, including a user terminal device.

Description

Piping manufacturing management systems, methods and devices for piping manufacturing management

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a pipe manufacturing management system, method and apparatus for pipe manufacturing management.

Depending on the large-scale design of a building, the number of pipes used in plumbing construction ranges from hundreds to thousands. Conventionally, when constructing these hundreds to thousands of pipes, workers are looking at the paper blueprints and looking for the construction with their own eyes.

However, in this conventional method, it is difficult to grasp the progress of large-scale plumbing work. Specifically, considerable effort is required to determine the construction location of the pipe to be installed, and there is a problem in that an error of erroneously understanding the construction location of the pipe to be installed may occur during this process. Accordingly, there is a need for a system capable of grasping the progress of large-scale piping work at a glance and facilitating the piping work.

The present invention has been devised to improve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pipe manufacturing management system, a method, and an apparatus for pipe manufacturing management that facilitate pipe work.

However, these problems are exemplary, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Pipe manufacturing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the identification information recognition device for recognizing the identification information of the molded pipe; and a user terminal device that receives the identification information recognized by the identification information recognizing device and displays a pipe corresponding to the identification information in the pipe design displayed on the display.

According to an embodiment, the identification information may include at least one of a size, a material, a diameter of a pipe corresponding to the identification information, and information about a sector including a pipe corresponding to the identification information.

According to one embodiment, the user terminal device, on the basis of executing a program for managing pipe manufacturing, to display the pipe design through the display, and to receive the identification information from the identification information recognition device In response, a pipe corresponding to the identification information may be identified from among the plurality of pipes included in the piping design diagram, and the identified pipe may be displayed with emphasis compared to the remaining pipes.

According to an embodiment, the user terminal device, based on the identification information received from the identification information recognizing device, highlights and displays the pipe corresponding to the identification information and the size of the pipe corresponding to the identification information; At least one of information about a material and a diameter may be further displayed.

According to an embodiment, the user terminal device receives a user input indicating completion of construction of a specific pipe from among a plurality of pipes included in the piping design diagram, and in response to receiving the user input, construction in the piping diagram The completed pipes may be displayed separately from the remaining pipes, and the progress rate of the construction work may be updated and displayed on the pipe design displayed on the display.

Other aspects, features and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention made as described above, an operator can immediately check the location of a pipe to be installed during pipe construction, and can easily check various types of information about the pipe. In addition, it is possible to easily grasp the progress of the pipe construction work.

Of course, the scope of the present invention is not limited by these effects.

1 shows a piping manufacturing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows an example of the functional configuration of the user terminal 200 included in the pipe manufacturing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows an example of a signal flow of a pipe manufacturing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 shows an example of the operation of the user terminal 200 included in the pipe manufacturing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 show examples of a user interface displayed on the user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 shows an example of an operation of displaying a pipe that has been constructed in the user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 shows an example of a user interface for displaying information about a pipe that has been constructed in the user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 shows a pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11 shows an example of a signal flow of the pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
12 shows an example of the operation of the user terminal 200 included in the pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
13 shows an example of the operation of displaying the construction completed pipe in the pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can apply various transformations and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. Effects and features of the present invention, and a method for achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below and may be implemented in various forms.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and when described with reference to the drawings, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals, and the overlapping description thereof will be omitted. .

In the following embodiments, terms such as first, second, etc. are used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another, not in a limiting sense.

In the following examples, the singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the following embodiments, terms such as include or have means that the features or components described in the specification are present, and the possibility that one or more other features or components will be added is not excluded in advance.

In the drawings, the size of the components may be exaggerated or reduced for convenience of description. For example, since the size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are arbitrarily indicated for convenience of description, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the illustrated bar.

In the following embodiments, when it is said that a part such as a region, component, part, block, module, etc. is on or on another part, not only when it is directly on the other part, but also another region, component, part in the middle , blocks, modules, etc. are also included.

In the following embodiments, when a region, component, part, block, module, etc. are connected, the region, component, part, block, module as well as the case where the region, component, part, block, and modules are directly connected It includes cases in which other regions, components, parts, blocks, and modules are interposed and indirectly connected between them.

1 shows a piping manufacturing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the pipe manufacturing system 10 includes a pipe P, a pipe information generating unit 100 that generates pipe information including pipe forming information and pipe identification information related to a pipe design drawing, and the generated pipe information. A molding device 110 for forming a pipe P by applying a physical force to the pipe P according to It may include an information recognition device 160 and a user terminal 200 used by an operator when manufacturing or constructing a pipe.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and at least some of the components included in the system 10 may be omitted, and other components may be further included. For example, the piping information generating unit 100 and the molding apparatus 110 may be omitted.

In addition, all of the components included in the system 10 may be separate and independent devices, and at least some of the components included in the system 10 may be implemented as a single device.

The piping information generating unit 100 may generate piping information including pipe forming information and pipe identification information (ID) related to a piping design drawing. Hereinafter, a piping design diagram may refer to a piping design diagram file.

The pipe forming information is information for forming a pipe included in the pipe design drawing, and may include, for example, information on a cutting point of a pipe and bending information of a pipe included in the pipe design drawing.

The pipe forming information is transmitted to the forming apparatus 110 to be described later, so that the forming apparatus 110 may be used as information for forming a pipe. The forming apparatus 110 may bend and cut the pipe P according to the pipe forming information.

Meanwhile, a pipe included in the pipe design diagram may be divided into a plurality of pipes by the pipe forming information, in particular, information on a cutting point of the pipe. The pipe information generating unit 100 may generate or provide pipe identification information (ID) to each of the plurality of pipes.

That is, the pipe information generating unit 100 may generate the pipe forming information and pipe identification information (ID) provided to each of the plurality of pipes divided by the pipe forming information as the pipe information. A method for the piping information generating unit 100 to generate piping information is not limited.

For example, the piping information generating unit 100 may be configured as a processor that executes a program capable of generating or reading a piping design file including piping information. As another example, the pipe information generating unit 100 receives a pipe design file including pipe forming information (eg, information about a cutting point), and corresponds to each of the plurality of pipes included in the pipe design file. It is also possible to automatically generate pipe identification information (ID).

The piping information generating unit 100 may include at least one processor, and for example, a program for generating piping information may be executed by the at least one processor. In some cases, at least some functions of the piping information generating unit 100 may be implemented through the identification information input device 150 or the user terminal 200 .

The pipe information generation unit 100, for example, generates pipe identification information (ID) corresponding to each of a plurality of pipes included in a pipe design drawing (or a pipe design file), and in each of the plurality of pipes, the The generated identification information may be matched (or linked) and stored.

The pipe identification information (ID) may include various pieces of information of the corresponding pipe (P). According to an embodiment, the pipe identification information ID may include information on the size, length, diameter, and material of the corresponding pipe P, for example, the size, length, diameter, and material of the pipe P. In addition, the pipe identification information ID may include sector information indicating in which sector the corresponding pipe P is included in the piping design diagram.

According to an embodiment, the pipe information generating unit 100 may transmit the generated pipe forming information and/or pipe identification information (ID) to the forming apparatus 110 and the identification information input device 150 .

The forming apparatus 110 may receive the pipe forming information from the pipe information generating unit 100 and may form the pipe P according to the pipe forming information. Specifically, the forming apparatus 110 may be driven to cut and bend the pipe P according to the pipe forming information by receiving the received pipe forming information as an input.

The identification information input device 150 may input identification information (ID) to the pipe before or after molding the pipe (P). The identification information input device 150 may be configured of, for example, at least one of a laser marker and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag device. Accordingly, the pipe identification information (ID) may include at least one of a barcode and an RFID tag. According to an embodiment, when a laser marking machine is used as the identification information input device 150, a two-dimensional barcode may be engraved on the pipe P before or after molding to identify the pipe P. According to an embodiment, when the RFID tag device is used as the identification information input device 150 , an RFID tag may be attached to the pipe P before or after molding to identify the pipe P.

According to an embodiment, the molding apparatus 110 molds the pipe P according to the pipe molding information received from the piping information generation unit 100 , and the identification information input device 150 includes the piping information generation unit 100 . ), according to the pipe identification information (ID) received from, the identification information can be input, engraved, or attached to the pipe (P) before or after molding. For example, the molding apparatus 110 and the identification information input apparatus 150 may operate in conjunction with each other.

The identification information recognition device 160 may recognize the identification information (ID) input, engraved, or attached to the molded pipe (P). The identification information recognition device 160 may be configured as a sensor capable of recognizing the pipe identification information ID according to the type of the pipe identification information ID. The identification information recognition device 160 may be configured of, for example, at least one of a barcode reader, a Bluetooth barcode scanner, and an RFID reader.

The identification information recognition device 160 recognizes the identification information (ID) of the molded pipe (P), and transmits data corresponding to the identification information to another device (eg, the user terminal 200 or the server (not shown)) can The identification information recognized by the identification information recognition device 160 may be used in the other device.

The user terminal 200 is an electronic device used when a worker performs a pipe construction work with the molded pipe P. The user terminal 200 may be, for example, a portable communication device such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, but is not limited thereto. The user terminal 200 may communicate with the identification information recognition device 160 .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 200 displays the pipe design through the display, receives the recognized identification information from the identification information recognition device 160, and removes the pipe corresponding to the received identification information. It can be indicated in the pipe design diagram.

A functional configuration of the user terminal 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 .

Figure 2 shows an example of the functional configuration of the user terminal 200 included in the pipe manufacturing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor 210 , a display device 220 , an input device 230 , a communication module 260 , and a memory 240 . can do. The memory 240 may store the program 250 . The program 250 may, for example, read a piping design file and provide a user interface (UI) related to the piping design diagram.

The processor 210 may execute, for example, software or a program 250 to perform various data processing or operations. The data processing or calculation includes displaying a pipe design drawing, identifying and displaying a pipe corresponding to any identification information in the pipe design drawing, extracting and displaying information on a pipe corresponding to the identification information, It may include storing information about the completed pipe, and the like.

The processor 210 loads the received command or data into the memory 240 (eg, volatile memory) based on a user input, etc., processes the stored command or data, and stores the result data in the memory 240 (eg, non-volatile memory). memory) can be stored.

The memory 240 may store various data used by the user terminal 200 or the processor 210 . The data may include, for example, input data or output data for software (eg, the program 250 ) and commands related thereto. The memory 240 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the memory 240 may store the program 250 that reads the piping design file and provides a UI related to the piping diagram.

The program 250 is a program for the operator to check various information about the pipe during the pipe construction and to facilitate the construction work. The program 250 may load a piping diagram file and provide a UI for the piping diagram.

The program 250 may be, for example, a design program (eg, a computer aided design (CAD) program), but is not limited thereto. The program 250 may store a plurality of instructions for identifying a pipe corresponding to the identification information from the piping design file, and for distinguishing and displaying the identified pipe.

The input device 230 may receive a command or data to be used by the user terminal 200 or the processor 210 from the outside (eg, a user) of the user terminal 200 . The input device 230 may include, for example, a touch screen, a touch panel, a touch pen, a mouse, or a keyboard. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the input device 230 may receive a user input (eg, a touch input) with respect to the UI for displaying the piping design.

The display device 220 may visually provide information to the outside (eg, a user) of the user terminal 200 . The display device 220 may be, for example, a display. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the display device 220, when the program 250 is executed, may display a UI or a screen related to the piping design.

The communication module 260 is a direct (eg, wired) communication between the user terminal 200 and an external electronic device (eg, the identification information recognizing device 160, the piping information generating unit 100 or the server (not shown), etc.) It is possible to support establishment of a channel or a wireless communication channel, and performing communication through the established communication channel.

The communication module 260 may receive, for example, data related to a pipe design including pipe identification information (ID) from the pipe information generating unit 100 . The received data may be used to display a pipe design in the user terminal 200 . For example, the communication module 260 may receive the aforementioned piping information from the piping information generating unit 100 . However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, the piping information generating unit 100 may be implemented through the user terminal 200 , so that the user terminal 200 may already store data regarding the piping design.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication module 260 may receive the pipe identification information (ID) from the identification information input device 150 or a server (not shown) managing piping information. The received pipe identification information (ID) may be used to display a pipe corresponding to the identification information in the user terminal 200 .

3 shows an example of a signal flow of a pipe manufacturing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the piping information generating unit 100 may generate piping information in S301 . The piping information includes pipe forming information and pipe identification information (ID) for a plurality of pipes included in the piping design diagram. For example, the piping information generating unit 100 may generate a piping design drawing file including the piping information through a program. As another example, the piping information generating unit 100 may receive a piping design file as an input, and may automatically generate and provide identification information corresponding to each of a plurality of pipes included in the piping design file.

The piping information generating unit 100 may include, for example, a processor executing a program capable of loading, generating, or reading a piping design file.

In S302 , the pipe information generating unit 100 may transmit pipe forming information from the generated pipe information to the forming apparatus 110 . The pipe forming information may include information on the cutting point of the pipe and bending information of the pipe included in the pipe design. The molding apparatus 110 may receive pipe molding information from the piping information generating unit 100 .

In S303, the forming apparatus 110 may form a pipe based on the received pipe forming information. The forming apparatus 110 may bend a pipe according to the pipe forming information and cut it into a plurality of pipes.

In S304 , the pipe information generating unit 100 may transmit pipe identification information (ID) from the generated pipe information to the identification information input device 150 . The identification information input device 150 may receive the pipe identification information from the pipe information generation unit 100 .

In S305, the identification information input device 150 may input identification information into the pipe according to the received pipe identification information. The identification information input device 150 may input corresponding identification information to each of the plurality of pipes.

According to an embodiment, when the identification information input device 150 is a laser marking machine, a two-dimensional barcode may be engraved on the pipe as identification information. According to another embodiment, when the identification information input device 150 is an RFID tag device, an RFID tag may be attached to the pipe as identification information.

Although S304 is shown after S302 in FIG. 3, in various embodiments of the present invention, S302 and S304 may be performed independently, in parallel, or out of order. For example, the identification information input device 150 may input identification information (ID) to the pipe before molding the pipe (P), or input identification information (ID) to the pipe after molding the pipe (P) there is.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the molding device 110 molds a pipe, and the identification information input device 150 inputs, engraves, and attaches identification information corresponding to the pipe. The identification information input device 150 may operate in conjunction with each other or may be implemented through a single device.

In S306 , the piping information generating unit 100 may transmit the generated piping information to the user terminal 200 . The user terminal 200 is an electronic device used when a worker performs a pipe construction work with the molded pipe P. Pipe information transmitted to the user terminal 200 may be used in order to provide various information about piping through the user terminal 200 so that the worker can easily perform the piping construction work.

In various embodiments, S302, S304, and S306 may be performed independently, in parallel, or out of order.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the piping information generating unit 100 may be implemented through the user terminal 200 , or the user terminal 200 may already store data regarding the piping design.

Steps after S307 may be performed in a construction work step in which an operator actually manufactures a pipe with a pipe. The steps of S301 to S306 may be made in the step of forming the pipe, which is a step before the actual construction work.

In S307 , the user terminal 200 may display the piping design through the display device 220 (eg, a display). That is, the user terminal 200 may execute the program 250 to display a user interface (UI) that provides information about piping, and may display a piping design through the UI. Step S307 may be performed, for example, when the operator executes the program 250 related to the pipe through the user terminal 200 to perform the pipe construction work.

In S308, the identification information recognition device 160 may recognize the identification information of the pipe. For example, in order for an operator to construct an arbitrary pipe, the identification information of the pipe may be recognized by the identification information recognition device 160 . The identification information recognition device 160 may include, for example, at least one of a barcode reader, a Bluetooth barcode scanner, and an RFID reader.

In S309 , the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 may transmit the recognized identification information to the user terminal 200 . That is, the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 may transmit data corresponding to the recognized identification information to the user terminal 200 . The user terminal 200 may receive data corresponding to the identification information through the communication module 260 .

In S310, the user terminal 200 may display a pipe corresponding to the received identification information in the pipe design displayed through the UI. For example, the user terminal 200 may display a pipe corresponding to the identification information to be emphasized (eg, in a different color) compared to the other pipes in the pipe design displayed through the UI.

Figure 4 shows an example of the operation of the user terminal 200 included in the pipe manufacturing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operations of FIG. 4 may be performed by the user terminal 200 . 5 to 7 show examples of a user interface displayed on the user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , in S401, the user terminal 200 may display a piping design diagram. For example, the user terminal 200 may display a piping design on the display based on a user input of a worker executing the program 250 for managing piping manufacturing. The piping design diagram may be represented by pipe center lines as shown in FIG. 5 or by pipe shapes as shown in FIG. 6 .

In S402 , the user terminal 200 may receive identification information from the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 through the communication module 260 . For example, the user terminal 200 may receive the identification information in response to the worker using the identification information recognition device 160 to recognize identification information for an arbitrary pipe.

In S403 , the user terminal 200 may display a pipe corresponding to the received identification information in the displayed pipe design through the display device 220 . The user terminal 200 may simultaneously display information about the pipe together with the display of the pipe.

Referring to FIG. 7 , when the pipe corresponding to the identification information received from the identification information recognizing device 160 is P1, the user terminal 200 shows the pipe corresponding to the received identification information in the piping design displayed through the UI ( P1) can be displayed. For example, the user terminal 200 may highlight and display the pipe P1 corresponding to the identification information compared to the remaining pipes in the piping design diagram. The highlight display may include, for example, displaying the pipe P1 corresponding to the identification information in a color different from that of the other pipes, or displaying the pipe P1 in a blinking manner. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, the user terminal 200 may display information about the pipe P1 corresponding to the identification information together through the UI. For example, standard information such as the length, diameter, and material of the pipe P1 corresponding to the identification information may be displayed together. Although not shown, sector information indicating a sector including the pipe P1 corresponding to the identification information may also be displayed.

As described above, by using the pipe identification information, the identification information recognition device 160 and the user terminal 200, the operator can immediately check the pipe to be installed through the user terminal 200, which facilitates the pipe construction work it can be true That is, it is possible to immediately check the installation location of the pipe to be installed and proceed with the construction work.

8 shows an example of an operation of displaying a pipe that has been constructed in the user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operations of FIG. 8 may be performed by the user terminal 200 . 9 shows an example of a user interface for displaying information about a pipe that has been constructed in the user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 , in S501 , the user terminal 200 may receive a user input indicating completion of pipe construction through the input device 230 (eg, a touch screen).

In S502, the user terminal 200 may store information about a pipe that has been constructed in response to the user input.

That is, after installing an arbitrary pipe, the operator may store the completion of the pipe construction through the UI related to the pipe design displayed on the user terminal 200 .

For example, the user terminal 200 may receive a touch input from an operator on a pipe (eg, P1) that has been constructed in the piping design diagram, and may receive an input from the operator indicating that the pipe is constructed. That is, after installing the pipe, the operator touches a pipe (eg, P1 ) corresponding to the pipe design displayed on the user terminal 200 , and stores the completion of the pipe construction through an additional user input.

For example, the user terminal 200 may store a list of pipes that have been constructed, and may update the list based on S502.

In S503, the user terminal 200 may classify and display the completed pipes in the piping design drawing based on the storage.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the user terminal 200 may distinguish and display pipes before construction and pipes that have been constructed in the piping design displayed through the UI. For example, pipes that have been constructed may be displayed darker or displayed darker than the rest of the pipes. Whenever receiving a user input indicating completion of pipe construction, the user terminal 200 may store information on the construction completed pipe, and change or update the display of the piping design based on the storage.

In addition, the user terminal 200 may calculate the progress rate of the construction work from the stored information on the pipes before construction and the pipes that have been constructed. The user terminal 200 may display the progress rate of the construction work through the UI. For example, whenever receiving a user input indicating completion of pipe construction, the user terminal 200 may update and store the progress rate, and may float an object indicating the progress rate. .

For example, the user terminal 200 may store the progress rate for the entire piping design and the progress rate for each sector, respectively. For example, when the user terminal 200 receives a user input indicating completion of construction for a specific pipe (eg, P1), the specific pipe (eg, P1) is included along with the progress rate for the entire piping design. The progress for the sector can also be displayed.

As described above, by using the pipe identification information, the identification information recognizing device 160 and the user terminal 200, the operator can check the completed pipes and the pipes before construction through the user terminal 200 at a glance, and the pipe construction You can easily check the progress of the work.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 200 or an external electronic device (eg, a server, an external memory, etc.) may store information about the piping design even after the piping construction is completed. Taking the user terminal 200 as an example, the user terminal 200 stores all identification information (IDs) of a plurality of pipes included in the piping design even after completion of the piping construction, and through the program 250 for managing the piping. It is possible to manage the life cycle of a plurality of pipes. For example, the user terminal 200 may use the program 250 and the identification information (ID) to replace, demolish, or re-construct some pipes after completion of piping construction. For example, the user terminal 200 displays the pipe design on the display based on the user input, and identifies the identification information of the pipe that the worker wants to replace or remove in the field with the identification information recognition device 160 . By receiving the identification information from the information recognizing device 160, it is possible to display the pipe corresponding to the identification information in the displayed piping design. Through this, the operator can check the pipe to be replaced, demolished, or reconstructed from the pipe design displayed on the user terminal 200 . In addition, in the case of pipe replacement, the user terminal 200 receives the identification information of the pipe after replacement from the identification information recognizing device 160, and replaces the identification information of the pipe before replacement with the identification information of the pipe after replacement. there is.

10 shows a pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10 , the pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a pipe P, a pipe information generation unit 100 , a molding device 110 , an identification information input device 150 , It may include an identification information recognition device 160 , a server 300 , and a user terminal 200 .

Configuration, operation, and function of the pipe information generating unit 100 , the molding device 110 , the identification information input device 150 , the identification information recognition device 160 , and the user terminal 200 of the pipe manufacturing system 20 . is the configuration and operation of the pipe information generating unit 100, the molding device 110, the identification information input device 150, the identification information recognition device 160, and the user terminal 200 of the above-described pipe manufacturing system 10 , and functions may be the same.

The pipe manufacturing system 20 may further include a server 300 compared to the pipe manufacturing system 10 . Therefore, hereinafter, the server 300 added from the pipe manufacturing system 10 will be mainly described, and a description of the remaining components will be omitted.

The server 300 may collect and manage the pipe identification information (ID). To this end, the server 300 may receive data corresponding to the pipe identification information (ID) from an external electronic device (eg, the pipe information generating unit 100 or the identification information recognizing device 160 ).

According to an embodiment, in response to the identification information recognition device 160 recognizing the identification information of the molded pipe (P), the server 300 may receive the identification information from the identification information recognition device 160 there is.

According to an embodiment, the identification information recognition device 160 may recognize the identification information of the molded pipe P, and transmit data corresponding to the identification information to a gateway (not shown), and the gateway receives the identification information Data corresponding to the can be collected and encrypted. For example, the gateway may protect data corresponding to the identification information through the security module. The encrypted data may be transmitted to the server 300 . The server 300 may receive, from the gateway, encrypted data corresponding to the identification information of the molded pipe.

According to an embodiment, the server 300 may serve as a bridge capable of connecting the data representing the identification information of the pipe to the existing IT systems such as SCM, MES, WMS, and the like. The server 300 may map the encrypted data to a database of an existing IT system (eg, SCM, MES, WMS). Therefore, the server 300 may manage the identification information assigned to each of the plurality of pipes in the existing IT system (eg, SCM, MES, WMS) without changing the existing IT system. The SCM, MES, and WMS may manage each of the plurality of molded pipes using a database mapped to pipe identification information.

Supply chain management (SCM) performs supply chain management and manages demand forecasting, sales planning, and material planning. MES (manufacturing execution system) is a manufacturing execution system, which can manage work schedules, instructions, and performance of production sites. A warehouse management system (WMS) is a warehouse management system that can manage logistics such as warehousing, shipment, and tracking of pipes.

However, this is only an embodiment, and the configuration and function as described above are not essential.

Meanwhile, the server 300 may support the execution of the program 250 related to piping in the user terminal 200 . That is, the server 300 may collect, store, and manage the pipe identification information (ID), and may support the user terminal 200 to provide various information about the pipe through the program 250 .

Also, according to an embodiment, the server 300 may store identification information (ID) of a plurality of pipes included in the piping design diagram and manage the life cycle of the plurality of pipes through this.

11 shows an example of a signal flow of the pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11 , the pipe information generating unit 100 may generate pipe information including pipe forming information and pipe identification information ( S601 ), and transmit the generated pipe forming information to the forming apparatus 110 . (S602). The forming apparatus 110 may form a pipe according to the received pipe forming information (S603). Accordingly, a plurality of pipes may be generated. The pipe information generating unit 100 may transmit the generated pipe identification information (ID) to the identification information input device 150 (S604), and the identification information input device 150 may transmit a plurality of pipes according to the received pipe identification information. In each of them, the corresponding identification information can be input (S605).

Since S601 to S605 correspond to S301 to S305, detailed description is omitted. The order of S602 to S605 may be changed.

Thereafter, in S607, the identification information recognizing device 160 may recognize the identification information of the molded pipe.

In S608 , the identification information recognition device 160 may transmit the recognized identification information to the server 300 . To this end, the identification information recognition device 160 may include a communication module, and may establish a communication connection with the server 300 . According to an embodiment, the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 may recognize and transmit the identification information of the pipe to the server 300 in response to the completion of pipe forming whenever the pipe forming is completed. This is a step for establishing a database by collecting data on a plurality of molded pipes in a stage before actual construction work.

The server 300 may receive the identification information from the identification information recognition device 160 . According to an embodiment, the identification information recognition device 160 may recognize the identification information of the molded pipe P, and transmit data corresponding to the identification information to a gateway (not shown), and the gateway receives the identification information Data corresponding to the can be collected and encrypted. The encrypted data may be transmitted to the server 300 . The server 300 may receive, from the gateway, encrypted data corresponding to the identification information of the molded pipe.

In S609, the server 300 may store and manage the received identification information.

Steps S601 to S609 may be performed in a step before the actual construction work, in the step of forming a pipe and collecting data about the pipe identification information. Subsequent steps of S610 to S614 may be performed in a construction work step in which an operator actually manufactures a pipe with a pipe.

In S610, the user terminal 200 may display the piping design through the display device 220 (eg, a display).

That is, the user terminal 200 may execute the program 250 to display a user interface (UI) that provides information about piping, and may display a piping design through the UI. Step S307 may be performed, for example, when the operator executes the program 250 related to the pipe through the user terminal 200 to perform the pipe construction work.

The user terminal 200 receives piping information from the server 300 or receives piping information from the piping information generating unit 100 although not shown in order to provide a UI related to the piping design by executing the program 250 . can receive For example, in response to receiving a user input for executing the program 250 , the user terminal 200 accesses the server 300 , and lists the pipe identification information (ID) stored with respect to the pipe design diagram. may be received from the server 300 .

In S611, the identification information recognition device 160 may recognize the identification information of the pipe. For example, in order for an operator to construct an arbitrary pipe, the identification information of the pipe may be recognized by the identification information recognition device 160 .

In S612 , the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 may transmit the recognized identification information to the server 300 . That is, the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 may transmit data corresponding to the recognized identification information to the server 300 .

In S613 , the server 300 may extract information corresponding to the identification information received from the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 and transmit it to the user terminal 200 . Accordingly, the user terminal 200 may receive data and information corresponding to the recognized identification information from the server 300 .

In S614, the user terminal 200 may display a pipe corresponding to the received identification information in the pipe design displayed through the UI. For example, the user terminal 200 may display a pipe corresponding to the identification information to be emphasized compared to the remaining pipes in the pipe design displayed through the UI. According to an embodiment, the user terminal 200 may receive screen information to be displayed through the UI from the server 300 .

12 shows an example of the operation of the user terminal 200 included in the pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The operations of FIG. 12 may be performed by the user terminal 200 .

Referring to FIG. 12 , in S701 , the user terminal 200 may display a piping design diagram. For example, the user terminal 200 may display a piping design on the display based on a user input of a worker executing the program 250 for managing piping manufacturing. For example, the user terminal 200 may connect to the server 300 based on a user input of a worker executing the program 250 for managing pipe manufacturing, and pipe information and/or a pipe design diagram from the server 300 . Information about can be received and displayed. The piping design diagram may be represented by pipe center lines as shown in FIG. 5 or by pipe shapes as shown in FIG. 6 .

In S702 , the user terminal 200 may receive, from the server 300 , data corresponding to the identification information recognized by the identification information recognizing apparatus 160 . For example, in response to the worker using the identification information recognition device 160 to recognize the identification information of the pipe to be installed, the identification information recognition device 160 transmits the recognized identification information to the server 300 . and the server 300 may transmit data corresponding to the identification information to the user terminal 200 . The user terminal 200 may receive information about the identification information from the server 300 through the communication module 260 .

In S703 , the user terminal 200 may display a pipe corresponding to the received identification information in the displayed pipe design through the display device 220 . The user terminal 200 may simultaneously display information about the pipe together with the display of the pipe.

According to an embodiment, the user terminal 200 may highlight and display a pipe corresponding to the identification information compared to the remaining pipes in the piping design diagram.

In addition, the user terminal 200 may display information about a pipe corresponding to the identification information together through the UI. For example, standard information such as length, diameter, and material of a pipe corresponding to the identification information and sector information indicating a sector including a pipe corresponding to the identification information may be displayed together (refer to FIG. 7 ).

13 shows an example of an operation of displaying a pipe that has been constructed in the pipe manufacturing system 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The operations of FIG. 13 may be performed by components of the piping manufacturing system 20 .

Referring to FIG. 13 , in S801 , the user terminal 200 may receive a user input indicating completion of pipe construction through the input device 230 (eg, a touch screen). That is, after the worker installs the pipe, he/she may make an input (eg, a touch) to store the fact that the construction of the pipe has been completed.

In S802 , the user terminal 200 may transmit data corresponding to the user input to the server 300 . The data may include information about the completed pipe. The server 300 may receive the data.

In S803, the server 300 may store information about the pipe construction is completed, based on the received data. For example, the server 300 may classify and store identification information of pipes that have been constructed. For example, the server 300 may store a list of pipes that have been constructed, and may update the list based on S803.

In S804 , the user terminal 200 may receive information about the pipe that has been constructed from the server 300 . For example, the server 300 may transmit information about the updated list (eg, screen information) to the user terminal 200 in real time.

In S805, the user terminal 200 may classify and display the completed pipe in the piping design drawing based on the reception. According to an embodiment, the user terminal 200 may display the pipes before the construction and the pipes that have been constructed in the piping design diagram separately.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the server 300 may calculate the progress rate of the construction work from stored information about pipes before construction and pipes that have been constructed. For example, the server 300 may update and store the progress rate whenever it receives data indicating completion of pipe construction from the user terminal 200 , and provides information about the updated progress rate to the user terminal 200 . can send

For example, the server 300 may store the progress rate for the entire piping design and the progress rate for each sector, respectively.

For example, the user terminal 200, in response to receiving a user input indicating the completion of construction for a specific pipe (transmitting data corresponding to the user input to the server 300,) server 300 The updated progress rate may be received from the , and the progress rate for the entire piping design and the progress rate for the sector including the specific pipe may be displayed together through the display of the user terminal 200 .

On the other hand, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 300 may store information about the piping design even after the piping construction is completed. For example, the server 300 stores all identification information (ID) of the plurality of pipes included in the piping design even after completion of the piping construction, and through the program 250 for managing the piping, the life cycle of the plurality of pipes (life cycle) ) can be managed.

According to one embodiment, when the worker wants to remove, replace, or re-construct some pipes after construction is completed, if the identification information of the pipe is recognized by the identification information recognition device 160 , the server 300 performs the identification information recognition device 160 ) may receive the identification information, and transmit to the user terminal 200 to display data corresponding to the identification information in the user terminal 200 . Through this, the operator can check the pipe to be replaced, demolished, or reconstructed from the pipe design displayed on the user terminal 200 .

According to one embodiment, in the case of pipe replacement, the server 300 receives the identification information of the pipe after replacement from the identification information recognizing device 160, and replaces the identification information of the pipe before replacement with the identification information of the pipe after replacement. can be saved

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, it will be understood that this is merely exemplary and that those of ordinary skill in the art can make various modifications and variations therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

10, 20: piping manufacturing system 100: piping information generation unit
110: molding device 150: identification information input device
160: identification information recognition device 200: user terminal
300: server

Claims (8)

a pipe information generating unit for generating pipe information including pipe forming information and pipe identification information for forming the pipe as information about the pipe included in the pipe design drawing;
a forming device for forming a pipe according to the pipe forming information received from the pipe information generating unit;
an identification information recognition device for recognizing the pipe identification information of the pipe molded by the molding device; and
A user terminal that receives the identification information recognized by the identification information recognition device, and displays the pipe corresponding to the identification information in the piping design displayed on the display;
The pipe forming information is information for forming a pipe included in the pipe design diagram, and includes information about a cutting point of the pipe and bending information of the pipe,
The pipe included in the pipe design diagram is divided into a plurality of pipes by the pipe forming information,
The molding device forms a pipe using the information about the cutting point and the bending information,
The pipe information generating unit automatically generates the pipe identification information corresponding to each of a plurality of pipes included in the pipe design drawing and divided by the pipe forming information from the pipe design drawing including the pipe forming information, piping manufacturing system. The method according to claim 1,
The pipe identification information includes at least one of size, material, diameter, and length of a pipe corresponding to the pipe identification information, and sector information indicating in which sector in the piping design a pipe corresponding to the pipe identification information is included. which is a plumbing manufacturing system. The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal is
Based on executing a program for managing pipe manufacturing, displaying the pipe design through the display,
In response to receiving the identification information from the identification information recognizing device, identify a pipe corresponding to the identification information from among a plurality of pipes included in the piping design,
and highlighting the identified pipe relative to the rest of the pipes. 4. The method according to claim 3,
The user terminal is
Based on the identification information received from the identification information recognition device, the pipe corresponding to the identification information is highlighted and displayed, and the size, material, diameter, length, and length of the pipe corresponding to the identification information and corresponding to the identification information The pipe manufacturing system further displays at least one of sector information indicating which sector the pipe is included in the pipe design diagram. The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal is
Receive a user input indicating completion of construction of a specific pipe from among a plurality of pipes included in the pipe design drawing,
In response to receiving the user input, the pipes that have been constructed in the piping design diagram are displayed separately from the rest of the pipes so that the location of the specific pipe can be identified on the piping diagram,
A piping manufacturing system for updating and displaying the progress rate of the construction work on the piping blueprint displayed on the display. delete a pipe information generating unit for generating pipe information including pipe forming information and pipe identification information for forming the pipe as information about the pipe included in the pipe design drawing;
an identification information recognition device for recognizing identification information of a molded pipe; and
A user terminal that receives the identification information recognized by the identification information recognition device and displays the pipe corresponding to the identification information in the piping design displayed on the display;
After receiving a user input indicating completion of construction of a specific pipe from among a plurality of pipes included in the pipe design, the user terminal
Receives the first subsequent identification information of a pipe to be constructed following one selected from replacement, demolition, and re-construction from the identification information recognition device, and displays the pipe corresponding to the first subsequent identification information in the piping design diagram,
The pipe forming information is information for forming a pipe included in the pipe design diagram, and includes information about a cutting point of the pipe and bending information of the pipe,
The pipe included in the pipe design diagram is divided into a plurality of pipes by the pipe forming information,
The pipe information generating unit automatically generates the pipe identification information corresponding to each of a plurality of pipes included in the pipe design drawing and divided by the pipe forming information from the pipe design drawing including the pipe forming information, piping manufacturing system. 8. The method of claim 7,
The user terminal, when the subsequent construction is replacement,
Receives second subsequent identification information of the pipe on which the subsequent construction has been completed, and stores the first subsequent identification information by replacing the first subsequent identification information with the second subsequent identification information.

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