TWI676899B - Measuring instrument data collecting device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a measuring instrument data collection device and method, which includes an instrument identification software downloaded by a computer including an error detection unit. The error detection unit has a specification setting unit and an instrument setting unit corresponding to a machining part. The setting unit will send a warning signal to the display unit when the specifications of the received measurement data are inconsistent with the settings. At the same time, the instrument setting unit will use the identification code of the received measurement data to determine that the settings of the measuring instrument used are not consistent with the settings. Display to the display unit to automatically detect errors and warn the user to eliminate errors and ensure the correctness of the measurement data of the workpiece by each measuring instrument.

Description

Measuring instrument data collection equipment and method

The present invention relates to the technical field of data collection equipment for various measuring instruments, and in particular, to a meter data collection device and method capable of discriminating between measuring instruments and error detection functions.

The measuring instrument is a measuring tool and means for guaranteeing the processing quality of mechanical parts in the mechanical processing industry. The accuracy of the measuring instrument determines the precision control of the machined product. No; Moreover, with the diversity and complexity of the use of measuring instruments, the collection of measurement data for various measuring instruments has also become an important issue.

As shown in the fourth figure, it is a measurement data collection device currently widely used in the industry on the market. Among them, various measuring instruments (such as a vernier caliper, a center scale, and a centimeter card) for measuring a processed part (70) are used. Etc.) are mainly electrically connected to a measurement data converter (50) by different physical lines (A, B, C, etc. shown in the figure), and the measurement data converter (50) is electrically connected To a computer (60); wherein the measurement data converter (50) has a plurality of input ports electrically connected, such as a first input port (51) and a second input port (52) as shown in the figure. And a third input port (53), which is used to provide each physical line (A, B, C, etc.) to be plugged in and electrically connected to various measuring instruments, and has a foot switch (54) electrically connected. Among them, when the measuring personnel makes various measuring instruments to measure the size of each part of the workpiece (70), the measuring personnel presses the foot switch (54). When operating to control various measurement data to be sent to the computer (60) for storage, it is mainly determined through the input ports connected to the physical circuit (A, B, C, etc.) which measurement data comes from which measurement instrument.

However, because human operation is inherently susceptible to different mental states and emotions, the operation of collecting measurement data through artificial control is easy to make mistakes, especially in the use of measuring instruments that tend to be diverse and complicated. In the measurement operation, it is easy to affect the accuracy of the collected data due to human error, which is one of the shortcomings in the use of existing measurement data collection equipment.

In addition, it is known that the measurement data collection equipment must use the measurement data converter (50) that connects the measurement instrument and the computer (60), resulting in an increase in the use of hardware equipment and an increase in hardware cost. The second deficiency in the use of existing measurement data collection equipment.

Therefore, how to perform measurement data collection operations through manual control for the conventional measurement data collection equipment disclosed above, it is easy to affect the accuracy of the collected data due to human error, and to connect the measurement through the measurement data converter (50) The shortcomings of the instrument and computer (60), and the increase in the use of hardware equipment and the increase in hardware cost, are the difficulties to be solved in this case.

The main purpose of the present invention is that when the specification setting unit of the downloaded instrument identification software does not match the specifications of the received measurement data, it sends a warning signal to the display unit for automatic error detection, and alerts the user to Eliminate errors and ensure the correctness of the measurement data of each workpiece by the measuring instruments.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a meter data collection device, The downloaded instrument identification software replaces the measurement data collection equipment that is widely used in the industry on the market, effectively reducing the cost of hardware in measurement work, and can achieve better economic benefits.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object and effect, the measuring instrument data collection device of the present invention provides measurement and storage of the dimensions of each part of the workpiece, including: a computer, a display unit with electrical connection and a database, the computer has a built-in The instrument identification software and the computer are electrically connected to a plurality of measurement instruments; the instrument identification software includes an instrument authentication unit and an error detection unit, wherein the instrument authentication unit receives the measurement data of each measurement instrument and performs authentication coding to enable the plural measurement The instrument obtains a unique identification code, the instrument authentication unit transmits the measurement data and identification code of each measuring instrument to the display unit and the debugging unit, and the instrument authentication unit stores the measurement data and identification code of each measuring instrument to the database, The debugging unit includes a specification setting unit for setting unit specifications corresponding to each measurement position of the processing part, and an instrument setting unit for setting measuring instruments corresponding to each measurement position of the processing part. The specification setting unit receives measurements When the data is determined and the unit of the measured data does not match the set unit specifications The specification setting unit sends a warning signal to the display unit to display, the instrument setting unit receives the measurement data and the identification code does not match, and determines the used measuring instruments and measuring instruments set, transmitting a warning signal to the display unit display.

The method for measuring data collection using the above-mentioned measuring data collection device of the present invention includes at least the following steps:

First, download the instrument identification software: the user downloads the instrument identification software from the computer.

Second, the measurement object specification setting: that is, the user sets the size specification of each measurement position of the workpiece in the specification setting unit in the instrument identification software.

Third, the use of measurement equipment settings: the user in the instrument identification software instrument The setting unit sets the measurement instrument corresponding to each measurement position of the workpiece, and then the measurement operation can be performed.

4. Measurement data collection: The instrument authentication unit of the instrument identification software receives the measurement data of each measurement instrument and performs authentication coding so that the plural measurement instruments obtain unique identification codes, and the instrument authentication unit transmits the measurement data of each measurement instrument, The identification code is to the display unit and the debugging unit, and the instrument authentication unit stores the measurement data and identification code of each measuring instrument to the database.

[Learning]

(70) ‧‧‧Processed parts

(50) ‧‧‧Measurement data converter

(51) ‧‧‧First input port

(52) ‧‧‧Second Input Port

(53) ‧‧‧Third input port

(54) ‧‧‧Foot switch

(60) ‧‧‧Computer

[This creation]

(10) ‧‧‧Computer

(11) ‧‧‧Display unit

(20) ‧‧‧Instrument identification software

(21) ‧‧‧Instrument certification unit

(211) ‧‧‧Identification code

(22) ‧‧‧Debugging Unit

(221) ‧‧‧Specification Setting Unit

(222) ‧‧‧Instrument setting unit

(30) ‧‧‧Database

(40) ‧‧‧Processed parts

(A), (B), (C) ‧‧‧ measuring instruments

The first figure is a block diagram of the equipment system of the present invention.

The second figure is a flow chart of the steps of the method for collecting data of a meter according to the present invention.

The third figure is a schematic diagram of the connection of the device for measuring operation according to the present invention.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of a conventional measurement data collection device widely used in the industry.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects and effects, as well as the technical means and structure adopted by the present invention, the features and effects of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to the first to third figures, a measuring instrument data collection device of the present invention is provided for measuring and storing the dimensions of each part of a workpiece (40), including: a computer (10), and a display unit (11) with electrical connection. And a database (30), the computer (10) has a built-in instrument identification software (20) and the computer (10) is electrically connected to a plurality of measuring instruments.

The instrument identification software (20) includes an instrument authentication unit (21) and an error detection unit (22), wherein the instrument authentication unit (21) receives measurement data of each measurement instrument and Perform authentication coding so that the plural measuring instruments respectively obtain a unique identification code (211), the instrument authentication unit (21) and transmit the measurement data and identification code (211) of each measuring instrument to the display unit (11) and the debugging unit (22), and the instrument authentication unit (21) stores the measurement data and identification code (211) of each measuring instrument to the database (30), and the debugging unit (22) has built-in corresponding processing parts (40) each A specification setting unit (221) for unit specification setting of the measurement position, and an instrument setting unit (222) for measuring instrument setting corresponding to each measurement position of the processing part (40), and the specification setting unit (221) receives measurement When the unit of the measurement data is determined to be inconsistent with the set unit specification, the specification setting unit (221) sends a warning signal to the display unit (11) for display, and the instrument setting unit (222) receives the measurement data and the identification code (211) When it is judged that the measuring instrument used does not match the set measuring instrument, a warning signal is transmitted to the display unit (11) for display.

The foregoing is the main technical features of the main embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to the content of the first item of the scope of the patent application for this case, and the purpose and implementation mode of the present invention can be known in detail. Detailed description or additional technical features of the first content of the scope of patent application, rather than limiting the scope of the first scope of patent application, it should be known that the first scope of the patent scope of this application does not necessarily include the scope of the rest of the patent application for subsidiary applications Technical characteristics.

The characteristics of the components of the present invention are further described in detail below. As shown in the second figure above, the method for collecting data of a meter using the above-mentioned data collection device for a meter includes at least the following steps:

I. Download the instrument identification software: the user downloads an instrument identification software (20) from the computer (10). The instrument identification software (20) includes an instrument authentication unit (21) and A debug unit (22).

Second, the measurement object specification setting: that is, the user sets the size unit and specification setting of each measurement position of the processed part (40) in the specification setting unit (221) in the instrument identification software (20).

Third, the use of measuring instrument settings: that is, the user in the instrument identification software (20) in the instrument setting unit (222) to set the corresponding processing parts (40) measuring instrument settings, you can perform measurement operations.

4. Measurement data collection: The instrument authentication unit (21) of the instrument identification software (20) receives the measurement data of each measurement instrument and performs authentication coding so that the plural measurement instruments obtain unique identification codes (211), respectively. The instrument authentication unit (21) and transmit the measurement data and identification code (211) of each measuring instrument to the display unit (11) and the debugging unit (22), and the instrument authentication unit (21) stores the measurement data and identification code of each measuring instrument ( 211) to the database (30).

Moreover, as shown in the third figure, the various measuring instruments used in this creation (as shown in the figure, measuring instrument A is a vernier caliper, measuring instrument B is a central scale, and measuring instrument C is a centimeter card). When each measuring instrument ( A), (B), (C) When performing a measurement operation on a processed part (40), the computer (10) with the built-in instrument identification software (20) is electrically connected to a plurality of measuring instruments, and the instrument is certified The unit (21) receives the measurement data of each measuring instrument and performs authentication coding, so that the plural measuring instruments respectively obtain a unique identification code (211), and the instrument authentication unit (21) transmits the measurement data and identification code (211) of each measuring instrument ) To the display unit (11) and the debugging unit (22), and the instrument authentication unit (21) stores the measurement data and identification code (211) of each measuring instrument to the database (30). In addition, the debugging unit (22) has a corresponding built-in A specification setting unit (221) for setting unit specifications for each measurement position of the processing part (40), and an instrument setting unit (222) for setting measurement instruments corresponding to each measurement position of the processing part (40), the specification When the setting unit (221) receives the measurement data and judges that the unit of the measurement data does not match the set unit specification, for example, the symbol φ representing the circle diameter size appears at the position of the measurement length, and the like; then the specification setting unit (221 ) Send a warning signal to the display unit (11) to display. When the instrument setting unit (222) receives the measurement data and the identification code (211) and judges that the measuring instrument used does not match the set measuring instrument, it sends a warning signal to the display unit. (11) Display. In order to achieve automatic error detection during the measurement operation, the user is warned that errors must be eliminated to ensure the correct operation of the measurement operation.

As described above, the present invention uses the instrument authentication unit (21), the debugging unit (22) of the instrument identification software (20), the specification setting unit (221) and the instrument setting unit (222) corresponding to the machining part (40), Really break through the difficulties and shortcomings in the operation and development of the current data collection technology of measuring instruments, and achieve the following advantages:

1. When the specifications of the received measurement data are inconsistent with the settings, a warning signal will be sent to the display unit (11) for display. When receiving the measurement data and the identification code (211) and discriminating the settings and settings of the measuring instrument used, it will Send a warning signal to the display unit (11) for automatic error detection, and warn the user that errors must be eliminated to ensure the accuracy of the measurement data of the workpiece (40) measured by each measuring instrument.

2. The downloaded instrument identification software (20) replaces the measurement data collection equipment that is widely used in the industry on the market, effectively reducing the hardware use cost in measurement work.

The above are only used to explain the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to be based on By limiting the present invention in any form, any modification or change related to the present invention made in the same creative spirit is still a form that can be implemented and has the same effect. It should be included in the scope of the present invention.

To sum up, the "gauge data collection equipment and method" of the present invention is indeed practical and cost-effective, which fully meets the needs of industrial development, and the disclosed structural creation also has an unprecedented innovative structure, so It should have no doubt that it is "new" and that the present invention can be more effective than the conventional structure, so it is also "progressive". It fully complies with the requirements of the patent law on application requirements for invention patents in China. The patent application is kindly requested to be examined by the Bureau as soon as possible.

Claims (2)

A gauge data collection device for measuring and storing the dimensions of each part of a workpiece, including: a computer, a display unit with an electrical connection, and a database. The computer has an instrument identification software built in and the computer is electrically connected. To plural measurement instruments; the instrument identification software includes an instrument authentication unit and an error detection unit, wherein the instrument authentication unit receives the measurement data of each measurement instrument and performs authentication coding, so that the plural measurement instruments obtain a unique identification code respectively, the instrument The authentication unit transmits the measurement data and identification code of each measuring instrument to the display unit and the debugging unit, and the instrument authentication unit stores the measurement data and identification code of each measuring instrument to the database, and the corresponding processing is built into the debugging unit A specification setting unit for setting unit specifications for each measurement position of a piece, and an instrument setting unit for setting measuring instruments corresponding to each measurement position of a workpiece, the specification setting unit receives measurement data and judges the unit and When the set unit specifications do not match, the specification setting unit sends a warning signal Significant element unit displays, when the instrument setting unit receives the measurement data and the discrimination does not match the identification code and the measuring instrument used in the set measurement instrument, the signal transmitted to the display unit to display a warning. A method for measuring instrument data collection equipment described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, including at least the following steps: 1. Download the instrument identification software: the user downloads the instrument identification software from a computer; 2. The measurement object specification setting: That is, the user sets the size of each measurement position of the machined part in the specification setting unit in the instrument identification software; three, the setting of the measuring instrument use: that is, the user corresponds to the distance setting unit in the instrument identification software The measuring instrument settings for each measuring position of the machined part; 4. Measurement data collection: The instrument authentication unit of the instrument identification software receives the measurement data of each measuring instrument and performs authentication coding, so that the plural measuring instruments obtain unique identification codes, respectively. The instrument authentication unit transmits the measurement data and identification code of each measurement instrument to the display unit and the error detection unit, and the instrument authentication unit stores the measurement data and identification code of each measurement instrument to the database.