CN111508099A

CN111508099A - Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

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Publication number: CN111508099A
Application number: CN201911219471.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒲野淳; 元重朋子
Original assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
Current assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-31
Filing date: 2019-11-29
Publication date: 2020-08-07
Also published as: JP2020123293A

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method for processing information of each of a plurality of sewing apparatuses. The information processing system includes a plurality of terminal devices and an information processing device. The plurality of terminal devices each transmit status information indicating a status of work related to sewing by an operator. The control unit of the information processing device receives the identification information and the status information from each of the plurality of terminal devices via the communication unit, and stores the status information and the time information indicating the time at which the status information was acquired in the storage device in association with the identification information. The control unit specifies a specific terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, and displays a temporal change in the status information transmitted from the specified terminal device on the display unit so that the non-job information and the other information in the status information can be distinguished.

Description

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method for processing information of each of a plurality of sewing apparatuses.

Background

An information processing system for managing operation statuses of a plurality of sewing devices is known. An information processing system described in japanese patent laying-open No. 2018-55494 includes an information processing apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses. The information processing device receives identification information for identifying the sewing device and status information indicating work status from a plurality of terminal devices through a communication part, and stores the identification information and the status information in a storage device in association with time information. The information processing device displays the latest status information for each sewing of the plurality of sewing devices and the status information within a predetermined period corresponding to the identification information, using the color of the color information stored in the color assignment table.

The status information of the sewing device represents the operation state of the sewing device. Therefore, the conventional information processing device cannot receive the operation status from the terminal device when the operator temporarily leaves the sewing device or the like without using the sewing device. The manager cannot grasp the condition of the operator not using the sewing device according to the condition information of the sewing device displayed by the information processing device.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The invention aims to provide an information processing system, an information processing device and an information processing method which enable a manager to grasp the work state related to sewing more in detail than before.

The information processing system according to claim 1 includes: a plurality of terminal devices, each of which is capable of transmitting status information indicating a work status related to sewing by an operator; and an information processing device, which is provided with: a communication unit capable of communicating with each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses; a display unit capable of displaying an image; a storage device capable of storing the condition information; and a control unit that processes the status information of each of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the status information includes non-operation information indicating that the operator has left an operation related to the sewing, and each of the plurality of terminal devices includes: a reception unit configured to receive input of the non-operation information; and a transmission unit that transmits the status information and identification information for identifying the terminal device to the information processing apparatus, wherein the control unit of the information processing apparatus functions as: a receiving unit that receives the identification information and the status information from each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses via the communication unit; a storage control unit that stores the status information and time information indicating a time at which the status information is acquired in the storage device so as to be associated with the identification information; a device specifying section that specifies a specific terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices; and a specific display control unit that displays a temporal change in the status information transmitted by the terminal device specified by the device specifying unit on the display unit so that the non-job information and other information in the status information can be distinguished.

The information processing system can display the time change of the status information transmitted from the terminal device specified by the device specifying unit on the display unit so that the non-job information and the other information in the status information can be distinguished. The manager can grasp the period in which the operator leaves the sewing work based on the status information displayed by the information processing device. The information processing system can display the status information in a manner that enables a manager to grasp the work status related to sewing in more detail than before.

The information processing system according to claim 2 may be: the non-work information includes a plurality of types of work related to the sewing, the work related to the sewing being separated by the worker, the storage device further stores a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of types of work related to the non-work information, and the specific display control unit displays the temporal change of the work information on the display unit so that the non-work information can be distinguished from the other information, using an icon corresponding to the type of non-work information among the plurality of icons stored in the storage device. The information processing system can display the time change of the status information transmitted from the terminal device specified by the device specifying unit on the display unit so that the non-job information and other information in the status information can be distinguished from each other, using the icon corresponding to the type of the non-job information displayed on the display unit. The information processing system can display the state in which the operator has left the work related to sewing in more detail than when the non-work information is of one type. The information processing system can improve the convenience when the administrator grasps the type of the non-work information.

In the information processing system according to claim 3, the control unit may further function as: a calculation unit that calculates a work amount per unit time excluding a period during which the non-work information is acquired, based on the status information and the time information; and a production information display control unit that displays the work amount per unit time calculated by the calculation unit on the display unit. The information processing system can calculate the amount of work per unit time except for the period during which the non-job information is acquired. The information processing system can calculate the amount of work per unit time according to the ability of the worker.

In the information processing system according to claim 4, the storage device may store a sewing device, an operator, and a work procedure corresponding to each of the plurality of terminal devices, and the control unit may further function as: a display condition designating unit that designates a classification for displaying a work amount related to the sewing corresponding to each of the plurality of terminal devices from among the sewing device, the operator, and the work process, based on the status information of each of the plurality of terminal devices; and a workload display control unit that displays the workload on the display unit in accordance with the classification specified by the display condition specifying unit. The information processing system can display the workload on the display unit for each classification. Compared with the prior art, the information processing system can reduce the work of a manager when confirming the workload according to the classification.

In the information processing system according to claim 5, the control unit may further function as a classification display control unit that displays the temporal change of the status information transmitted from the terminal device on the display unit so that the non-operation information and other information in the status information can be distinguished when the classification specified by the display condition specifying unit is the sewing device or the operator. The information processing system can display the time change of the status information transmitted from the terminal device on the display unit by classification so that the non-job information and the other information in the status information can be distinguished. The manager can easily confirm the temporal change of the status information by classification.

The information processing system according to claim 6 may further include a sewing device including the terminal device, wherein the sewing device includes a function stop unit that prohibits a sewing function during a period in which the status information is the non-operation information. The information processing system can reliably prevent the sewing device from being driven by mistake during the period of acquiring the non-operation information.

The information processing device according to claim 7 includes: a communication unit capable of communicating with each of a plurality of terminal devices, each of the terminal devices being capable of transmitting status information indicating a status of work related to sewing by an operator; a display unit capable of displaying an image; a storage device capable of storing the condition information; and a control unit that processes the status information of each of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein the status information includes non-operation information indicating that the operator has left an operation related to the sewing, and the control unit functions as: a receiving unit that receives the status information and identification information for identifying the terminal device from each of the plurality of terminal devices via the communication unit; a storage control unit that stores the status information and time information indicating a time at which the status information is acquired in the storage device so as to be associated with the identification information; a device specifying section that specifies a specific terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices; and a specific display control unit that displays a temporal change in the status information transmitted by the terminal device specified by the device specifying unit on the display unit so that the non-job information and other information in the status information can be distinguished.

An information processing method according to claim 8 is an information processing method executed by a control unit of an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: a communication unit capable of communicating with each of a plurality of terminal devices, each of the terminal devices being capable of transmitting status information indicating a status of work related to sewing by an operator; a display unit capable of displaying an image; a storage device capable of storing the condition information; and a control unit, wherein the status information includes non-operation information indicating that the operator has left an operation related to the sewing, and the information processing method includes: a receiving step of receiving the status information and identification information for identifying the terminal device from each of the plurality of terminal devices via the communication unit; a storage control step of storing the status information and time information indicating a time at which the status information is acquired in the storage device so as to be associated with the identification information; a device specifying step of specifying a specific terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices; and a specific display control step of displaying a temporal change in the status information transmitted from the terminal device specified by the device specifying step on the display unit so that the non-operation information and other information in the status information can be distinguished from each other. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 and the information processing method according to claim 8 achieve the same effects as those of the information processing system according to claim 1.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the information processing system 1, the information processing apparatus 2, the sewing apparatus 3, the removable medium 5, and the electrical configuration of the terminal apparatus 10.

Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the storage areas 241 to 244 for the storage unit 24 to store.

Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a table 92 showing the correspondence between the operator number, the work process, and the target number.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of the status information transmission processing.

Fig. 5 is a diagram of transition of a screen displayed by L CD 37.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of the status information acquisition process.

Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the screen 95.

Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the log file storage area 244.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of the response process.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart of the production status display processing.

Fig. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a screen 41 displayed when classified as an operator.

Fig. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a screen 46 displayed when the sewing machine is classified.

Fig. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a screen 48 displayed when the work process is classified.

Fig. 14 is a flowchart of the detailed display processing.

Fig. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a screen 100 displayed when the display object is a specific sewing device.

Fig. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a screen 110 displayed when the display object is an operator.

Fig. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a screen 120 displayed when the display target is the sewing device.

Detailed Description

AN outline of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to fig. 1, the information processing system 1 includes AN information processing device 2, sewing devices 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, etc. (hereinafter, collectively referred to as sewing devices 3.), a Personal Computer (PC)6, AN access point 7, and a terminal device 10. the information processing device 2, the PC 6, and the access point 7 are connected to a network 8 such as L AN, WAN, etc. the sewing devices 3 and the terminal device 10 are wirelessly connected to the network 8 via the access point 7. the information processing device 2, the sewing devices 3, the PC 6, and the terminal device 10 can communicate via the network 8. the information processing system 1 manages various information of a plurality of sewing devices 3 by the information processing device 2, the information includes identification information for identifying the sewing devices 3 and setting information of the sewing devices 3, the setting information includes version information of software for driving the sewing devices 3 and information indicating sewing conditions.

An electrical configuration of the information processing device 2 will be described, the information processing device 2 is a general-purpose PC. information processing device 2 including a CPU21 for controlling the information processing device 2, the CPU21 is electrically connected to a ROM 22, a RAM23, a storage unit 24, a communication interface (I/F)25, a liquid crystal display device (L CD)27, an input unit 28, and a drive device 29 via an interface circuit, the ROM 22 is used to store a boot program, a BIOS, and the like, the RAM23 is used to store a timer, a counter, a flag, temporary data, and the like, the storage unit 24 is a nonvolatile storage medium such as an HDD, and stores a program, an OS, and various tables of processing executed by the CPU 21.

The communication I/F25 is AN interface (e.g., L AN card or the like) for connecting the information processing device 2 to the network 8 by wire, the communication I/F25 may be AN interface (e.g., Wi-Fi communication module or the like) for connecting the access point 7 by wireless, the CPU21 transmits and receives data to and from other devices connected to the network 8 via the communication I/F25, the CPU21 can read a program stored in the storage medium 30 by the drive device 29 and store the program in the storage unit 24, the L CD27 can display various information, the input unit 28 includes a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and the drive device 29 can read information stored in the storage medium 30 such as a semiconductor memory or AN optical disk.

The electric configuration of the sewing apparatus 3 will be described, the sewing apparatus 3 includes a CPU31 for controlling the sewing apparatus 3, the CPU31 is electrically connected to a ROM 32, a RAM 33, a storage unit 34, a drive circuit 35, L CD 37, an operation unit 38, and a USB interface (I/F)39 via an interface circuit, the ROM 32 is used to store a boot program and the like, the RAM 33 is used to store a timer, a counter, a flag, temporary data, various tables and the like, the storage unit 34 is a nonvolatile storage medium such as a flash memory for storing a program for processing executed by the CPU31, various tables and the like, the sewing apparatus 3 may not include all of the above-described electric configurations, a part of the electric configuration of the sewing apparatus 3 may be connected to the outside of the sewing apparatus 3 via an interface, and in this case, the sewing apparatus 3 may be provided with a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a ROM for controlling the electric configuration provided outside of the sewing apparatus 3, in addition to the CPU, the ROM, and the RAM for controlling the electric configuration provided inside of the sewing apparatus 3.

The drive circuit 35 drives an upper shaft motor 36A and a cloth feed motor 36B according to a signal output from the CPU31 to sew cloth, the upper shaft motor 36A reciprocates a needle bar in the vertical direction, the needle bar mounts a sewing needle, the cloth feed motor 36B moves a cloth feed mechanism in the horizontal direction, L CD 37 can display various information related to sewing, an operation unit 38 includes a pedal, an operation key, a touch panel, and the like, USB I/F39 is an interface for connecting a device to the sewing device 3 by USB, and data is transmitted and received between the CPU31 and the device connected by USB via the USB I/F39.

The removable medium 5 is connected to the sewing device 3 by USB. The removable medium 5 has a communication device 51, a storage section 52, and a control section 53. The communication device 51 is an interface (e.g., a Wi-Fi communication module or the like) for performing wireless communication with the access point 7. In a state where the removable medium 5 is connected to the sewing device 3, the CPU31 recognizes the storage section 52 as a readable and writable storage medium. The storage unit 52 includes a transmission area. The CPU31 of the sewing device 3 writes a code indicating the status information into the storage unit 34. The CPU31 writes the code stored in the storage unit 34 into the transmission area of the storage unit 52 at predetermined timing (for example, at 1 minute intervals), and deletes the code stored in the storage unit 34. The control unit 53 transmits the code written in the transmission area of the storage unit 52 via the communication device 51, and deletes the code of the transmission area. The control unit 53 of the removable medium 5 transmits status information of the sewing device 3 electrically connected to the sewing machine to the information processing device 2 via the communication device 51 according to a predetermined protocol (for example, HTTP) at predetermined timing. The control unit 53 of this example transmits the status information to the information processing apparatus 2 at predetermined intervals. The control unit 53 sets the file name of the status information transmitted to the information processing device 2 to "identification number _ manufacturing number _ data number txt". The identification number and the manufacturing number are data written in the storage unit 52 by the CPU31 based on the information stored in the storage unit 34. The data number is a number indicating the transmission order of the status information. The information processing apparatus 2 that has received the file can predict the transmission order and transmission time of the file from the data number.

The terminal device 10 includes a display device 54, a communication device 55, a storage unit 56, a control unit 57, and an input unit 58. The terminal device 10 is not electrically connected to the sewing device 3. The display device 54 is capable of displaying various information. The communication device 55 is an interface (e.g., a Wi-Fi communication module or the like) for performing wireless communication with the access point 7. The storage unit 56 stores a program or the like executed by the control unit 57. The control unit 57 executes communication control using the communication device 55 and the storage unit 56. The input unit 58 receives input of status information of the sewing device 3 from an operator. The control unit 57 of the terminal device 10 transmits the status information of the corresponding sewing device 3 to the information processing device 2 via the communication device 55 at a predetermined timing in accordance with a predetermined protocol (for example, HTTP). The control unit 57 of the present example transmits the status information to the information processing apparatus 2 in response to receiving the status information. The control unit 57 sets the file name of the status information transmitted to the information processing device 2 to "identification number _ manufacturing number _ data number txt". The identification number and the manufacturing number are information of the terminal device 10 stored in the storage unit 56. The data number is a number indicating the transmission order of the status information. The information processing apparatus 2 that has received the file can predict the transmission order and transmission time of the file from the data number.

The storage regions 241 to 244 of the storage unit 24 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The storage unit 24 includes a sewing device storage area 241, a code storage area 242, an icon storage area 243, and a log file storage area 244. The sewing device storage area 241 stores a registration number, a device name, an operator number, a process number, a target number, and a manufacturing number of the sewing device 3 included in the information processing system 1 in association with each other. The registration number indicates the registration order. The device name is information for identifying the sewing device 3. The process number is information for identifying a plurality of work processes related to sewing performed by the information processing system 1. The target number represents a target value of the work amount per day, and in this example, the number of sewn articles. The information processing apparatus 2 of the specific example stores information of 8 sewing apparatuses 3 with registration numbers D001 to D008.

The code storage area 242 is used to store correspondence between the code transmitted by any one of the removable medium 5 and the terminal device 10 and the status information. The code is a character string in which letters (alphabet) representing status information are combined with numbers. The status information includes a plurality of absence information 91 indicating that the operator corresponding to the sewing device 3 or the terminal device 10 has left the work related to sewing. The plurality of absence information 91 have different absence reasons. The plurality of pieces of distance information 91 are represented by codes X11 to X14. The code X11 indicates that the reason for absence is at rest. The code X12 indicates that the reason for the absence is in the process of carrying the sewing material. The code X13 indicates that the reason for leaving is in the support of the operation by another operator. The code X14 indicates that the reason for the absence is in the repair work for the sewing machine 3 or the like. The icon storage area 243 stores image information of an icon corresponding to the absence information.

A table 92 showing the correspondence among the operator number, the work procedure, and the target number stored in the sewing device storage area 241 will be described with reference to fig. 3. The manager assigns one or more operator numbers to one work process. The manager can assign a plurality of work processes to the worker number. The manager binds the work process 1 to the worker number H001, and sets the target number to 1500 pieces. The manager binds the work process 3 to the worker number H002, and sets the target number to 1500. The manager binds the work process 5 to the worker number H003, and sets the target number to 1500. The manager binds the work process 2 to the worker numbers H004 and H005, and sets the target number to 600 pieces. The manager binds the work processes 2 and 4 to the worker number H006, and sets the target number to 300 or 500. The manager binds the work process 4 to the worker number H007, and sets the target number to 1000 pieces.

Referring to fig. 4, a description will be given of status information transmission processing performed by the sewing device 3 connected to the removable medium 5 using a specific example of processing performed by the sewing device 3 whose identification information is M001-1, the CPU31 reads a program from the ROM 32 or the storage unit 34 and performs the status information transmission processing in accordance with an instruction included in the program, the CPU31 determines whether or not an instruction to change the operation mode of the sewing device 3 is obtained (S1), the operation mode includes a normal mode and a absent mode, the normal mode is an operation mode when the sewing device 3 performs sewing, the absent mode is an operation mode when the operator leaves an operation related to sewing, the operator can input an instruction to change the operation mode by operating the screen 60 displayed on the L CD 37 using the operation unit 38, as shown in fig. 5, the CPU31 displays the screen 60 on the L CD 37, the screen 60 includes display fields 61 to 63, input keys 64, 65, the display field 61 indicates the number of the operator using the sewing device 3, the display field 62 indicates the number of the operator assigned to the sewing device 3, and the display field 64 indicates the number assigned to the operation mode assigned to the sewing device 3.

When the operation mode is not changed (S1: NO), the CPU31 judges whether or not the call manager is selected (S3). When detecting that the input key 65 is selected (S3: "YES"), the CPU31 refers to the flag stored in the RAM 33 to determine whether the state is the call manager state (S4). When not in the call manager state (S4: NO), the CPU31 stores a flag of the call manager state in the RAM 33, and transmits a call manager code CA1 to the information processing apparatus 2 (S6). When the call manager status is established (S4: "YES"), the CPU31 initializes a flag of the call manager status of the RAM 33, and transmits a call manager release code CA2 to the information processing apparatus 2 (S5). After the processing of S5 or S6, the CPU31 returns the processing to S1. When the selection of the input key 65 is not detected (S3: "NO"), the CPU31 performs other processing in accordance with the instruction (S16) and returns the processing to S1. The other processing includes, for example, processing of transmitting the status information and the identification information of the sewing apparatus 3 to the information processing apparatus 2 via the removable medium 5 during execution of the sewing operation.

When an instruction to change the operation mode is acquired (S1: "yes"), the CPU31 determines whether the instruction is an instruction related to the absent mode (S2): the instruction related to the absent mode is selected based on the input key 64 in the normal mode or the icons 71 to 74 are selected in the absent mode (S2: "yes"), the CPU31 determines whether the icon is in the absent state (S7): when the input key 64 is not selected (S7: "no"), the CPU31 displays the reason selection screen 70 on L CD 37 (S8): the reason selection screen 70 displays the icons 71 to 74 corresponding to the codes X11 to X14. the operator selects the icon corresponding to the reason from the icons 71 to 74, when the operator detects that the icon is selected from the icons 71 to 74, the CPU31 continues to determine S9 (S9: "no"), when the operator detects that the icon 72 is selected, the icon is stored in the icon 71 to 74, the icon is stored in the USB function information indicating that the absence of the absence code X465, the indication that the icon is stored in the no-storing unit 585, the indication that the absence processing is performed by the CPU 595, and the CPU 595, and the indication that the absence processing is not to cause the absence processing is prohibited by the indication that the absence processing is performed to the indication that the absence processing is performed until the absence processing is performed by the USB operation of the no, the CPU 595, the operation of the no, the CPU 595, the operation of the operation.

When the sewing machine is in the off state, that is, when it is detected that the icon 72 of the screen 75 is selected (S7: "yes"), the CPU31 displays the normal screen (screen 60) on L CD 37(S13), during the display of the screen 75, the operator can input an instruction to change from the off mode to the normal mode by selecting the icon in the blinking state among the icons 71 to 74, the CPU31 releases the prohibition of the sewing function of the sewing device 3 to permit the sewing function (S14), the CPU31 becomes an instruction to be able to accept the start of the sewing operation, the CPU31 permits the drive of the upper shaft motor 36A and the feed motor 36b according to the instruction to start the sewing operation, the CPU31 transmits the code X02 corresponding to the waiting for sewing to the information processing device 2 via the movable medium 5 (S15), and the CPU31 returns the processing to S1.

When the instruction is not issued for the leaving mode (no in S2:), the CPU31 executes the transition processing to the other mode corresponding to the operation mode (S17) and returns the processing to S1. The transfer processing to another mode includes, for example, processing for changing to a sewing data creation mode for creating a sewing pattern by the sewing device 3. When the sewing device 3 is powered off, the CPU31 ends the status information transmission processing. When the status information transmission processing is performed in the terminal device 10, the control unit 57 performs processing other than the processing for controlling the sewing device 3. Specifically, the processes other than S11 and S14 are executed in response to the operator inputting the situation information from the control unit 57 of the terminal device 10 via the input unit 58. The screen 60, the reason for departure selection screen 70, and the screen 75 are displayed on the display device 54.

The status information acquisition process performed by the information processing apparatus 2 is described with reference to fig. 6. The CPU21 reads the program from the ROM 22 or the storage unit 24 and executes the status information acquisition process in accordance with instructions included in the program. The CPU21 determines whether the identification information and the status information of the sewing device 3 transmitted from either the removable medium 5 or the terminal device 10 are acquired (S21). When the identification information and the status information are not acquired (S21: NO), the CPU21 performs the process of S26 described later. When the status information of the sewing device 3 whose identification information is M001-1 is acquired (S21: YES), the CPU21 judges whether the status information acquired in S21 is the production counter CT1 (S22). If the status information acquired in S21 is the production counter CT1 (S22: yes), the CPU21 stores the value indicated by the production counter CT1 in the sewing device storage area 241 in a bound manner with the identification information of the sewing device 3 (S25). The CPU21 executes the process of S26 described later.

If the status information acquired in S21 is not the production counter CT1 (S22: NO), the CPU21 updates the status information of the sewing device (S23). The CPU21 stores the status information acquired in S21 and the time information indicating the time at which the status information was acquired in the log file storage area 244 of the storage unit 24 in association with the identification information (S24). The time information may be information indicating the time at which the status information is acquired, and may be, for example, the reception time of a log file in a text format. As shown in fig. 8, the log file storage area 244 stores a log file containing status information bound to the reception time of the status information. The identification information of the sewing device 3 is included in the file name of the log file. The log file storage area 244 also stores a log file that does not include status information, bound to the reception time. The log file storage area 244 may not store a log file containing no status information. The information processing apparatus 2 may change to a process of storing the received log file as a log file and storing data included in the log file as log data. The time information may be the reception time of the log file, the transmission time of the log file, or the time when the sewing device 3 generates and stores the code.

The CPU21 determines whether or not the display update time (S26) is the display update time when a predetermined time (for example, 60 seconds) has elapsed after the previous display update, the predetermined time for determining the update frequency may be set by the administrator, or may be automatically set by the CPU 21. when the display update time is not the update time (S26: "NO"), the CPU21 returns the processing to S21. when the display update time is the update time (S26: YES "), the CPU21 calculates the current target number (S27) for the plurality of sewing devices 3 stored in the information processing device 2. the current target number is based on the current time, the number of targets of one day, and the operation time, which indicates the number of sewing operations to be performed by the sewing device 3 during the period from the operation start time to the current time. the process for the end of the current target number of numbers, the process for the end of the current target number of numbers is set appropriately to carry, round, etc. the CPU21 updates the status information displayed on L CD27 to the latest information (S2), for example, the status information stored in the area list of the sewing devices 21 including the power supply number registration information, the current process number, the sewing operation number, the list obtained by the CPU21, the update device 21, the list including the process number of the sewing operation number acquisition process for the current target number of the sewing operation number acquisition process, the sewing operation number acquisition device 95, the sewing operation acquisition process, the sewing operation acquisition device 95, and the sewing operation acquisition process, the list.

The response processing will be described with reference to fig. 9, when the information processing device 2 is started up, the CPU21 reads a program from the ROM 22 and executes the response processing in accordance with instructions included in the program, the CPU21 determines whether or not a request is acquired (S31). the manager can input various requests to the information processing device 2 by operating the input unit 28. when no request is acquired (S31: "no"), the CPU21 returns the processing to S31. when a request is acquired by the CPU21 (S31: "yes"), it is determined whether or not the request acquired by the processing of S31 is a production status display (S32). the production status display is a request for displaying the latest status information in a chart form on the L CD27 by classification, the operator can input a request for displaying the production status by selecting the input key 97 of the screen 95. the classification is a request for displaying the production status from among a device, a worker, and a process, which are specified from among the device name, the worker number, the process number stored in the sewing device storage area 241, and the process, and the request is a production status display (S32: "yes" (S33).

As shown in fig. 10, in the production status display processing, the CPU21 acquires a classification (S41). The CPU21 groups the sewing devices 3 stored in the sewing device storage area 241 by the classification acquired in S41 (S42). When the classification is performed by the operator, one or more sewing devices 3 assigned to the operator are grouped for each operator. When the device-specific classification is performed, the grouping process may not be performed. When sorting by process, one or more sewing devices 3 to which the work process is assigned are grouped for each work process. The CPU21 sets a variable N used in the process of sequentially reading the groups set in S42 to 1 (S43). The CPU21 acquires the current number of sewing pieces a (n) (S44). The current number of sewing A (N) is the total value of the number of sewing devices 3 in the Nth group.

The CPU21 acquires the current target number b (n) (S45). The current target number b (N) is a total value of the current target number of the sewing devices 3 in the nth group. The CPU21 divides the current number of sewing items a (n) acquired in S44 by the current target number of sewing items b (n) acquired in S45 to acquire a current completion rate d (n) (S46). The CPU21 determines whether the variable N is equal to the number of sets set in S42 (S47). When the variable N is not equal to the number of sets set in S42 (S47: NO), the CPU21 increments the variable N by 1(S49), and returns the process to S44. When the variable N is equal to the number of groups set in S42 (S47: "yes"), the CPU21 displays the current number of sewing items a (N), the current target number of sewing items b (N), and the current completion rate d (N) in a graph form according to the classification set in S42 (S48).

When the classification is performed by the operator, the CPU21 displays, for example, a screen 41. As shown in FIG. 11, the screen 41 includes

input keys

40, 42 to 44 and a chart 45. The input key 40 is used to input a request for detailed display. The input keys 42 to 44 are used for inputting an instruction for switching the classification. Among the input keys 42 to 44, the input keys of the designated category have a black background, and the input keys of the unspecified category have a white background. The horizontal axis of the graph 45 indicates the operator number, the left vertical axis indicates the completion rate d (n)%, and the right vertical axis indicates the current number of sewing items a (n) and the current target number of sewing items b (n). The completion rate d (n) is represented by a black circle, the current number of stitches a (n) is represented by a hatched bar chart, and the current target number of stitches b (n) is represented by a hatched bar chart. Similarly, when the devices are classified, the CPU21 displays, for example, a screen 46. As shown in FIG. 12, the screen 46 includes

input keys

40, 42 to 44 and a chart 47. The horizontal axis of the graph 47 represents the device name. When the classification is performed for each process, the CPU21 displays, for example, a screen 48. As shown in FIG. 13, the screen 48 includes input keys 42 to 44 and a chart 49. The screen 48 does not include the input keys 40. The horizontal axis of the graph 49 represents the process number. In the graph 49, the current number of sewing items a (n) and the current target number of sewing items b (n) are displayed so as to be divided into different categories for each operator. The CPU21 can change the display mode (color, type of shade, etc.) for each operator in the graph 49. The CPU21 ends the production status display processing by the above processing, and returns the processing to the response processing. The CPU21 returns the process to S31 after S33.

When the request is not the production status display (S32: NO), the CPU21 judges whether the request is the detailed display (S34). The detailed display is an instruction to display a temporal change in the status information to be displayed within a predetermined period. The display object is any one of a specific device selected by the administrator and a category (worker-by-worker, device-by-device) selected by the administrator. For example, the predetermined period is set in units of 1 hour. The predetermined period may be set by the administrator or may be automatically set by the information processing apparatus 2. The operator can specify a display object and input a request for detailed display for a predetermined period. The operator can input a request for displaying the detailed classification by selecting the input key 40 on the

screens

41 and 46. The operator can input a request for detailed display of the selected sewing device 3 by selecting a specific sewing device 3 on the

screens

46, 48, 95. When the detailed display is requested (S34: YES), the CPU21 executes detailed display processing (S35).

As shown in fig. 14, the CPU21 sets the variable N, K to 1 (S61). The variable K is a variable for acquiring a log file of a predetermined period in the log file of the nth display object. The CPU21 refers to the log file storage area 244 to acquire the kth log file within a predetermined period of the nth display object (S62). The CPU21 acquires the status information from the K-th log file (S63). The CPU21 determines whether the status information acquired in S63 is absence information (codes X11 to X14) (S64). If the status information acquired in S63 is absence information (S64: yes), the CPU21 refers to the icon storage area 243 to acquire an icon corresponding to the code acquired in S63 (S66). If the status information acquired in S63 is not the absence information (S64: no), the CPU21 refers to the code storage area 242 to acquire color information corresponding to the status information acquired in S63 (S65). For example, in the case of code X00, the CPU21 acquires gray as color information. After S65 or S66, the CPU21 determines whether the kth log file is the last log file within the prescribed time (S67). When the Kth log file is not the last log file within the predetermined time (S67: NO), the CPU21 increments the variable K by 1(S68), and the process returns to S62.

When the Kth journal file is the last journal file in a predetermined time period (S67: YES), the CPU21 calculates the number of sewing items per unit time period (S69). The number of sewing items per unit time is a value obtained by dividing the current number of sewing items by the operation time. The working time is a value obtained by subtracting a rest time (for example, noon break) and a leaving time from a value obtained by subtracting an end time from a start time of a predetermined period. The absence time is calculated based on the absence information. The CPU21 displays a chart based on the calculation result of S69 and the condition information acquired in S63 (S70). The CPU21 determines whether the variable N coincides with the number of display objects (S71). When the variable N does not match the number of display objects (S71: no), the CPU21 increments the variable N by 1, sets the variable K to 1(S72), and returns the process to S62. When the variable N matches the number of display objects (S71: yes), the CPU21 ends the detailed display processing by the above processing, and returns the processing to the response processing of fig. 9.

In the sewing apparatus 3 in which the display object is the apparatus name M001-1, when the predetermined period is 9 to 10 points, the CPU21 displays the screen 100 on L CD27, for example, as shown in fig. 15, the screen 100 includes input keys 101 to 104, display columns 105 and 106, and a graph 107, the input keys 101 to 103 are used for inputting the display object, the input key 101 is used for inputting an instruction to set the display object as a specific apparatus, the input key 102 is used for inputting an instruction to set the display object as an operator, the input key 103 is used for inputting an instruction to set the display object as an apparatus, the input keys 101 to 103 of the specified display object have a black background, the input keys of the display objects which are not specified have a white background, the input key 104 is used for inputting an instruction to finish detailed display, the display column 105 shows the display objects, the graph 106 shows the number of sewing per unit time calculated in S69, the graph 107 shows the state information with a time change, the graph 107 shows the state information with a state corresponding to the icon period except for the state information with the state of the icon in the graph 107.

When the display object is an operator, the CPU21 displays, for example, the screen 110 on L CD27 when the predetermined period is 9 to 10 points, as shown in fig. 16, the screen 110 includes input keys 101 to 104, and display columns 115 to 117, the display column 115 indicates a predetermined time, the display column 116 indicates the number of stitches per unit time calculated in S69 for each operator, the display column 117 displays a graph showing a time change of the status information for each operator in an up-down direction, in each graph of the display column 117, a period corresponding to the absence information is indicated by an icon corresponding to the absence information, in each graph of the display column 117, a period corresponding to the status information other than the absence information is indicated by color information corresponding to the status information, when the display object is an apparatus, when the predetermined period is 9 to 10 points, the CPU 32 displays, for example, the screen 120 on 363936 CD27, as shown in fig. 17, the screen 120 includes input keys 101 to 104, the display columns 115, 126, and the display column 127, the display column 127 shows the information for each graph 127, the display device displays the information corresponding to the absence information in the display time change in the up-down direction, the graph of the display device, and the information corresponding to the display the status information for each graph 127, the display device, the time of the list 127, and the list 127.

The CPU21 returns the process to S31 after S35. When the request is not the detailed display (S34: NO), the CPU21 performs other processing in accordance with the request (S36), and returns the processing to S31. When the power of the information processing apparatus 2 is turned off, the CPU21 ends the response processing.

In the information processing system 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the information processing system 1, the information processing device 2, the communication I/F25, L CD27, the storage unit 24, and the CPU21 are examples of the information processing system, the information processing device, the communication unit, the display unit, the storage device, and the control unit of the present invention, the portable medium 5, and the terminal device 10 are examples of the terminal device of the present invention, the absence information 91 is an example of the non-job information of the present invention, the CPU31 and the control unit 57 which execute S2 are examples of the accepting unit of the present invention, the CPU31 and the control unit 57 which execute S12 are examples of the transmitting unit of the present invention, the CPU21 which executes S21 is an example of the receiving unit of the present invention, the S21 is an example of the receiving process of the present invention, the CPU21 which executes S24 is an example of the storage control unit of the present invention, the S24 is an example of the storage control process of the present invention, the CPU21 which executes S32 is an example of the device designation of the CPU 34 is an example of the CPU 6321 which executes S638, the process of the present invention, the display process of the display condition of the display unit of the present invention, the CPU 6321 is an example of the display condition of the display unit of the present invention, the CPU 638, the display unit of the present invention, the CPU 638, the present invention.

The information processing system 1 according to the above embodiment can display the temporal change of the status information of the display target specified in S34 among the status information transmitted from the portable medium 5 or the terminal device 10 on the L CD27 so that the absence information and other information in the status information can be distinguished, and the manager can grasp the period during which the operator has left the work related to sewing from the status information displayed on the L CD27, and the information processing system 1 can display the status information so that the manager can grasp the work status related to sewing in more detail than before.

The information processing system 1 can display the temporal change of the status information designated in S34 on L CD27 so as to be able to distinguish the absence information from other information using an icon corresponding to the type of the absence information among the plurality of icons stored in the storage unit 24, the manager can easily grasp the type of the absence information from the icon displayed in S L CD27, as compared with the case where the absence information is one type, the information processing system 1 can more specifically display the status of the operator leaving the work related to sewing, the manager can easily grasp the type of the absence information from the icon displayed in s.17, the CPU21 is referred to as M001-1, M3-M3, M001-3, M3-M3.

The CPU21 calculates the amount of work per unit time other than the period of acquiring the absence information from the status information and the time information (S69). the CPU21 displays the calculated amount of work per unit time on the L CD27 (S70). As shown in FIG. 3, for example, the worker with the worker number H006 performs the work of the work process 2 and the work process 4. in some cases, the worker with the worker number H006 performs the work of the work process 2 and the work process 4 within a predetermined period.A speed of the work performed by the worker with the worker number H006 is estimated to be low when the amount of work per unit time is calculated by dividing the number of sewed by a predetermined period without considering the period of no work.A manager can calculate the amount of work per unit time other than the period of acquiring the absence information.A manager can set the amount of work per unit time in consideration of the amount of work per unit time displayed by the L CD27, for example, and can efficiently distribute the number of workers.

The sewing device storage area 241 of the storage unit 24 stores the sewing device, the operator, and the work process corresponding to each of the portable medium 5 and the terminal device 10, and the CPU21 specifies the classification of displaying the work amount related to the corresponding sewing from the sewing device, the operator, and the work process based on the status information transmitted from each of the portable medium 5 and the terminal device 10, and displays the work amount in the L CD27 (S83) according to the specified classification.

When the designated classification is a sewing machine or a worker, the CPU21 displays the temporal change of the status information of the removable medium 5 and the terminal device 10 designated in S34 on the L CD27 (S35) so that the absence information and the other information in the status information can be distinguished, the information processing system 1 can display the temporal change of the status information of the removable medium 5 and the terminal device 10 on the L CD27 so that the absence information and the other information in the status information can be distinguished for each classification, and the manager can easily confirm the temporal change of the status information for each classification.

The sewing device 3 includes a plurality of sewing devices 3 connected to the movable medium 5. Each sewing device 3 prohibits the sewing function while the status information is the absence information (S11). Therefore, the information processing system 1 can reliably suppress erroneous driving of the sewing device 3 during acquisition of the absence information.

In addition to the above-described embodiments, the present invention can be modified in various ways, and the type, number, configuration, and the like of the devices provided in the information processing system can be modified as appropriate, when the sewing device 3 has a communication unit capable of communicating with an external device, the sewing device 3 can store the status information in the storage unit 34 and directly transmit the status information to the information processing device 2 at a predetermined timing, and the predetermined timing of transmitting the status information to the information processing device 2 can be modified as appropriate, and the terminal device 10 which is not electrically connected to the sewing device 3 can transmit the status information to the information processing device 2, for example, upon receiving an input of the status information, and the type, form, and the like of the status information transmitted from the sewing device 3 to the information processing device 2 can be modified as appropriate, and the identification information of the sewing device 3 can be provided from the portable medium 5 and the terminal device 10, and the display unit can be a plasma display, an organic E L display, and the storage device can be other storage devices such as an SSD.

The program including the instruction for the information processing apparatus to execute the processing may be stored in a storage device provided in the information processing apparatus before the information processing apparatus 2 executes the program. The information processing apparatus may receive the program executed by the processor from another apparatus via cable or wireless communication and store the program in a storage device such as a flash memory. Other devices include, for example, a PC, a server connected via a network.

Each step of the processing executed by the information processing apparatus 2 is not limited to the example executed by the CPU21, and a part or all of the processing may be executed by another electronic device (for example, ASIC). Similarly, the steps of the processing executed by the sewing device 3 and the processing executed by the terminal device 10 are not limited to the example executed by the CPU31 or the control section 57, and a part or all of the processing may be executed by another electronic device (for example, ASIC). Each step of the above-described processing may be distributed by a plurality of electronic devices (for example, a plurality of CPUs).

The identification information of the sewing device may be information that can distinguish a plurality of sewing devices, and characters, patterns, and the like may be appropriately changed. The type of the status information can be changed as appropriate. The type of the non-job information may be changed as appropriate, or may be one type. The non-operation information may be information indicating that the operator is away from the sewing operation, and may include a situation (e.g., a call, a conversation with a manager, etc.) in which the operator is not performing the sewing operation although the operator is near the sewing device 3 or the terminal device 10. The non-job information may be displayed not only on the display unit using an icon but also by a character, a symbol, or a graphic representing the non-job information or a display mode corresponding to the non-job information. The design of the icon and the like can be changed as appropriate. The display modes include background color, character color, font, lighting/blinking of display area, and the like. S69 may be omitted as appropriate. The unit time of S69 may be changed as appropriate. The control portion may calculate the amount of work per unit time including the period during which the non-work information is acquired. The amount of work per unit time may be displayed in a graph form. The storage device of the information processing device may not store the sewing device, the operator, and the work process corresponding to each of the plurality of terminal devices. When the operation process is a cutting process, a bonding process, a product inspection process, an ironing process, or the like, the terminal device may not correspond to the sewing device. The information processing system may include a device for performing a work related to sewing other than the sewing device. The devices other than the sewing device include an iron, a cutting device, and an adhesive device. At this time, the information processing system may stop the driving of the apparatus while the non-job information is acquired.

In the information processing apparatus, S32 and S33 may be omitted, and the job amount may be displayed on the display unit in each category without being based on the status information of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses. The amount of work displayed by classification in S33 may be represented by other types of graphs such as a bar graph, a line graph, and a scatter graph, or may be represented by a numerical value. In S35, when the specified sewing device or the specified operator is classified based on the status information of each of the plurality of terminal devices, the temporal change of the status information transmitted from the terminal device may not be displayed so as to distinguish the non-work information from the other information in the status information. In S35, the information processing device may display the time variation of the status information of the plurality of sewing devices designated on the display unit. The time change of the status information may be displayed by other types of charts such as a pie chart, in addition to a bar chart. In the sewing device, S10, S11, and S14 may be omitted, and the sewing function may not be prohibited while the status information is the non-operation information. The sewing device may issue a message indicating that the sewing function is in the disabled state at S10. The sewing device may issue a warning when an instruction to operate the sewing function is acquired while the status information is the non-operation information.

Claims

1. An information processing system (1) is provided with:

a plurality of terminal devices (5, 10), each of which can transmit status information indicating a work status related to sewing by an operator; and

an information processing device (2) is provided with: a communication unit (25) that can communicate with each of the plurality of terminal devices; a display unit (27) capable of displaying an image; a storage device (24) capable of storing the condition information; and a control unit (21), wherein the information processing device (2) processes the status information of each of the plurality of terminal devices,

said information processing system (1) being characterized in that,

the status information includes non-operation information indicating that the operator has left the operation related to the sewing,

each of the plurality of terminal devices includes:

a reception unit configured to receive input of the non-operation information; and

a transmission unit that transmits the status information and identification information for identifying the terminal device to the information processing device,

the control unit of the information processing apparatus functions as:

a receiving unit that receives the identification information and the status information from each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses via the communication unit;

a storage control unit that stores the status information and time information indicating a time at which the status information is acquired in the storage device so as to be associated with the identification information;

a device specifying section that specifies a specific terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices; and

and a specific display control unit that displays a temporal change in the status information transmitted by the terminal device specified by the device specifying unit on the display unit so that the non-job information and other information in the status information can be distinguished from each other.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1,

the non-operation information includes a plurality of types different from each other in a state where the operator leaves the operation related to the sewing,

the storage device further stores a plurality of icons corresponding to each of the plurality of types of the non-job information,

the specific display control unit displays the temporal change of the status information on the display unit so that the non-job information and the other information can be distinguished from each other, using an icon corresponding to a type of the non-job information among the plurality of icons stored in the storage device.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2,

the control unit also functions as:

a calculation unit that calculates a work amount per unit time excluding a period during which the non-work information is acquired, based on the status information and the time information; and

and a production information display control unit that displays the work amount per unit time calculated by the calculation unit on the display unit.

4. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the storage device stores sewing devices, operators and operation procedures corresponding to each terminal device in the plurality of terminal devices,

the control unit also functions as:

a display condition designating unit that designates a classification for displaying a work amount related to the sewing corresponding to each of the plurality of terminal devices from among the sewing device, the operator, and the work process, based on the status information of each of the plurality of terminal devices; and

and a workload display control unit that displays the workload on the display unit in accordance with the classification specified by the display condition specifying unit.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4,

the control unit further functions as a classification display control unit that displays the time change of the status information transmitted from the terminal device on the display unit so that the non-operation information and other information in the status information can be distinguished when the classification specified by the display condition specifying unit is the sewing device or the operator.

6. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

further comprises a sewing device (3), the sewing device (3) is provided with the terminal device,

the sewing device is provided with a function stopping part, and the function stopping part prohibits a sewing function in a period when the state information is the non-operation information.

7. An information processing device (2) is provided with: a communication unit (25) that can communicate with each of a plurality of terminal devices (5, 10), each of which can transmit status information indicating a work status relating to sewing by an operator; a display unit (27) capable of displaying an image; a storage device (24) capable of storing the condition information; and a control unit (21), wherein the information processing device (2) processes the status information of each of the plurality of terminal devices,

the information processing apparatus (2) is characterized in that,

the control unit functions as:

a receiving unit that receives the status information and identification information for identifying the terminal device from each of the plurality of terminal devices via the communication unit;

8. An information processing method executed by a control unit (21) of an information processing device (2), the information processing device (2) comprising: a communication unit (25) that can communicate with each of a plurality of terminal devices (5, 10), each of which can transmit status information indicating a work status relating to sewing by an operator; a display unit (27) capable of displaying an image; a storage device (24) capable of storing the condition information; and the control unit (21), the information processing method is used for processing the status information of each terminal device in a plurality of terminal devices,

the information processing method is characterized in that,

the information processing method comprises the following steps:

a receiving step (S21) for receiving, from each of the plurality of terminal devices, the status information and identification information for identifying the terminal device via the communication unit;

a storage control step (S24) for storing the status information and time information indicating the time at which the status information was acquired in the storage device in association with the identification information;

a device specification step (S34) for specifying a specific terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices; and

and a specific display control step (S70) of displaying, on the display unit, a temporal change in the status information transmitted from the terminal device specified by the device specification step, so that the non-job information and other information in the status information can be distinguished from each other.