JP2000268070A - Method and device for preparing sign information of construction machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exactly grasp information on the sign such as characters or the like, which are to be drawn on a construction machine by the request of a client, and to exactly draw the sign on the ordered construction machine accord ing to the request of the client on the basis of the grasped sign information. SOLUTION: This sign information preparing device for construction machine is provided at least with a display means, an input means and a storage means and the input means is provided with a first function for selectively displaying all the parts or a single part of the appearance of a construction machine 10 on the display means, a second function for drawing characters 112 on the selectively displayed construction machine while selecting the type, color and size of the characters to be drawn on the construction machine, a third function for extending/compressing or moving the characters drawn on the construction machine and a fourth function for reading the dimensions of the said construction machine 10 on which the characters are drawn, and of the drawn characters 112 and storing them in the said storage means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for creating marking information for construction machines, and more particularly to the marking of characters, signs (marks), figures, etc., which are pasted or drawn on construction machines, which are products to be ordered. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for creating sign information of a construction machine for supporting creation of a sign.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a construction machine is delivered to a customer,
It is performed to draw and put company name or address on the body. Normally, sales staff at sales offices in various locations instruct the company to write letters, signs (marks), graphics, etc. on construction machinery, such as hydraulic excavators, for which they have received orders, according to the customer's request. Fill in the content and send it to the company, factory, etc.
I was in contact with X. At the factory, the production staff drew a sign such as letters on the construction machine that was ordered according to the instructions in the letter entry instructions. The letter entry instructions include customer name,
In addition to the model, delivery date, etc., in the case of characters, instructions on where to draw the character on the construction machine, instructions on the type of characters to be drawn such as round gochock, square gochock, kabuki characters, standard, Instructions for the size of characters such as bold and extra-thick, instructions for character colors, instructions for sticker or handwriting, character contents to be drawn, character positions, vertical and horizontal dimensions of the entire character, and the like are indicated.

[0003]

Generally, construction machines are very expensive, and customers who purchase such expensive construction machines use the construction machines with care and are drawn to the construction machines. The demands for marking company names, addresses, company marks, etc. are strict.For example, for characters drawn on construction machinery, it is easy to make claims that the drawn characters are small, the lines of the characters are thin, the drawing positions are different, etc. Each time, redrawing was necessary. This is a problem caused by the fact that information relating to the sign such as characters desired by the customer is not properly expressed and is notified to the factory or the like, and it is difficult for the factory to accurately grasp the obtained information.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to surely grasp information relating to a sign such as a character to be drawn on a construction machine requested by a customer,
Construction machine marking that transmits the grasped marking information to the company and factory as it is, and enables the factory to accurately draw the marking on the ordered construction machine according to the customer's request based on the marking information. An object of the present invention is to provide an information creating method and an apparatus therefor.

[0005]

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

[0006] As a construction machine sign information creating apparatus, at least a display means, an input means, and a storage means are provided, and the input means selects and displays all or a part of the appearance of the construction machine on the display means. A first function to select a font, character color, size, and thickness of a character to be drawn on the construction machine, and a second function to draw a character on the selected and displayed construction machine; A third function of expanding and contracting or moving a character drawn on the construction machine, and a fourth function of reading the construction machine on which the character is drawn and the size of the drawn character and storing the read size in the storage unit. It is characterized by having.

[0007] As a method of creating the sign information of the construction machine, a first step of selecting and displaying all or a part of the appearance of the construction machine, a font, a character color, and a size of a character to be drawn on the construction machine are provided. A second step of selecting a thickness and drawing a character on the selected and displayed construction machine; a third step of expanding and contracting or moving the character drawn on the construction machine; A fourth step of reading and storing dimensions of the drawn construction machine and drawn characters.

[0008] Further, the construction machine sign information creating device includes at least a display unit, an input unit, and a storage unit, and selects all or a part of the appearance of the construction machine on the display unit by the input unit. A first function to be displayed, a second function to input imaged sign information to be drawn on the construction machine and draw a sign on the selected and displayed construction machine, and a second function to draw a sign on the construction machine A third function of expanding and contracting or moving the drawn sign, and a fourth function of reading the dimensions of the construction machine on which the sign is drawn and the drawn sign and storing the dimensions in the storage means. .

In addition, as a method of creating drawing information of a construction machine, a first step of selecting and displaying all or a part of the appearance of the construction machine and inputting sign information to be drawn on the construction machine are input. A second step of drawing a sign on the selected and displayed construction machine, a third step of extending or retracting the sign drawn on the construction machine, a construction machine on which the sign is drawn, and And reading and storing the dimensions of the drawn sign.

Further, as a construction machine sign creating system, there is provided a display means for acquiring and displaying the sign information stored in the construction machine sign information creating device according to claim 1 or 3. It is characterized in that a sign is drawn or pasted on a real construction machine based on the sign information.

A first step of obtaining and displaying the sign information stored in the sign information generating method for a construction machine according to the second or fourth aspect of the present invention is provided as a sign forming method for a construction machine. And drawing or pasting a sign on the actual construction machine based on the sign information.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a sign creating system for drawing characters on a construction machine using the sign information creating apparatus according to the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a sign information generating device which includes a display device and input means such as a keyboard and a mouse, and is constituted by a portable personal computer or the like. Communication means such as a mobile phone for transmitting sign information such as characters, 3 is a company information device for receiving the transmitted sign information, 4 is installed in a factory, and displays the sign information transmitted from the company information device 3. A display device 5 including a computer or the like is a construction machine on which a sign such as a character is drawn based on the sign information displayed on the display device 4.

Here, the salesperson brings the portable sign information creating device 1 and the portable telephone 2 to visit the customer, and examines and creates characters to be drawn on the construction machine for the construction machine ordered by the customer. . Sign creation is the sign information creation device 1
Is created and determined by the dialogue between the sales representative and the customer while looking at the display screen of. The sign information such as the determined characters is stored in the sign information creating device 1. Next, the stored sign information is transmitted to the company information device 3 by the mobile phone 2,
The transmitted sign information is further transmitted to the factory using a company network or the like. At the factory, the production staff
The transmitted sign information is displayed on the display device 4, and based on the displayed sign information, a character is drawn on the ordered construction machine 5 or a sticker on which the character is drawn is attached.

In each embodiment, the case where the sign information stored in the sign information creating device 1 is transmitted to the company information device by the mobile phone 2 has been described. However, the salesperson takes the sign information creating device 1 back to the company. Alternatively, the sign information may be transmitted from the company information device 2 and the in-house network to the factory.

FIGS. 2 to 4 are views showing screens of the sign information creating process displayed on the display device of the sign information creating apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

In these figures, reference numeral 10 designates a construction machine on which characters are to be drawn from a plurality of models in which drawings or photographs are stored as images in the sign information creating device 1, and the characters of the selected construction machine should be drawn. A part of the construction machine in which the portion is enlarged and displayed, 11, 111, and 112 are characters selected as characters to be drawn from the characters stored in the sign information creating device 1, and 12 is finally selected and determined. A scale frame for displaying the character 113 on the scale of the construction machine as an image of the character size display, and a dimension display 13 for measuring the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the entire character finally selected and determined in the construction machine and numerically displaying it. Part.

Next, a process of creating the sign information by the sign information creating apparatus 1 will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 and FIG.

In the flowchart of FIG. 5, in step 1, as shown by reference numeral 10 in FIG. 2, a portion where the character of the selected construction machine is to be drawn is selected and displayed on the display screen of the sign information creating device 1. Next, in step 2, the font, character color, size, thickness, and the like of the character to be drawn on the displayed construction machine are selected. Next, in step 3, as shown by reference numeral 11 in FIG. 2, the selected character is moved on the displayed construction machine and displayed in a superimposed manner. Next, in steps 4 and 5, as shown by reference numeral 111 in FIG. 3, the characters superimposed and displayed on the construction machine are expanded and contracted to a desired size, moved to a desired position, and Determine the size and position of In step 6, reference numeral 1 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13, the determined character 112 is further displayed on the scale frame 12 so that the dimensions of the entire character can be grasped as an image. Further, the dimensions of the entire character displayed on the scale frame 12 are measured and numerically displayed at the dimension display portion 13. In Step 7, the character size created and determined by the sign information creating device 1 is stored, and the image information of the construction machine in which the determined character is drawn is stored. The stored sign information is transmitted to the company and factory as described above.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the present embodiment, the characters to be drawn on the construction machine are obtained from the character information stored in the sign information creating device 1 in the first embodiment, The difference is that the sign information such as the mark (mark) and the design is obtained as image information picked up by an image pickup means such as a digital camera from the outside of the sign information creating device 1.
Others are not different from those of the first embodiment.

FIGS. 6 to 8 are views showing screens of the sign information creating process displayed on the display device of the sign information creating apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

In these figures, 14, 141, 14
Reference numeral 2 denotes a sign, such as a character, a mark (a mark), or a design, to be drawn on the construction machine from outside the sign information creating device 1, for example, from a construction machine or the like owned by a customer and having the sign already drawn, such as a digital camera. It is a sign imaged and displayed by the imaging means. The other configuration is almost the same as the configuration of the same reference numeral shown in FIG. 2 and the description is omitted. Next, the process of creating the sign information by the sign information creating apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the flowchart of FIG. 9, in step 11, as shown by reference numeral 10 in FIG. 6, the display device of the sign information creating device 1 displays a portion where the character of the selected construction machine is to be drawn. Next, in step 12, the signing information such as a character to be drawn, a mark (mark), a design, and the like, which are imaged by the imaging means, are input to the signing information creating apparatus 1. Next, in step 13, as shown by reference numeral 14 in FIG. 6, signs such as characters, marks (marks), symbols, and the like captured on the displayed construction machine are displayed in a superimposed manner. Next, in steps 14 and 15, reference numeral 141 in FIG.
As shown in (1), the sign superimposed on the construction machine is expanded or contracted or moved to determine an appropriate position and size of the sign on the construction machine. In step 16, reference numeral 143 in FIG.
As shown in (2), the determined mark 142 is further moved or copied to the scale frame 12 and displayed, so that the dimensions of the entire mark are grasped as an image. Further, the size of the entire mark displayed on the scale frame 12 is measured and numerically displayed on the size display portion 13. In step 17, the sign information created and determined in the sign information creating device 1 is stored, and the image information of the construction machine in which the determined sign is drawn is stored. The stored sign information is transmitted to a company or a factory as in the first embodiment.

[0026]

As described above, by using the method and the apparatus for creating marking information of a construction machine according to the present invention, it is possible to surely grasp information relating to marking such as characters to be drawn on a construction machine desired by a customer. In addition, since the grasped sign information can be transmitted to factories and the like as it is,
In a factory or the like, a sign in accordance with a customer's request can be accurately drawn on the ordered construction machine based on the sign information.

Also, by using the method and system for creating sign information of a construction machine of the present invention, sign information such as characters to be drawn on the construction machine desired by the customer can be transmitted to a factory or the like as it is. In a factory or the like, a sign in accordance with a customer's request can be quickly and accurately drawn on an ordered construction machine based on the sign information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a sign creating system for drawing signs such as characters on a construction machine using a sign information creating apparatus according to first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen of a sign information creating process displayed on a display device of the sign information creating device 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen of a sign information creating process displayed on a display device of the sign information creating device 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen of a sign information creating process displayed on a display device by the sign information creating device 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a sign information creating procedure of the sign information creating apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen of a sign information creating process displayed on a display device of the sign information creating device 1 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a screen of a sign information creating process displayed on a display device of the sign information creating apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a screen of a sign information creating process displayed on a display device of the sign information creating apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a sign information creating procedure performed by the sign information creating apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Marking information preparation apparatus, such as a mobile personal computer 2 Communication apparatus, such as a mobile telephone, 3 Company information equipment 4 Display device, such as a computer 5 Real construction machine on which a sign is drawn 10 Construction machine drawn on a screen 11, 111, 112 screen Characters drawn on the construction machine above 113 Characters displayed on the scale frame 12 Scale frame 13 Dimension display locations 14, 141, 142 Signs drawn on the construction machine on the screen 143 Marks displayed on the scale frame

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Saburo Hosono 2-6-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo F-term in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. 5B046 AA03 BA05 FA02 FA06 FA09 GA01 GA04 5B050 AA10 BA07 BA20 CA07 EA12 EA20 FA02 FA05 FA09

Claims (6)

[Claims] At least a display unit, an input unit, and a storage unit are provided.
A first function of selecting and displaying all or a part of the appearance of the construction machine on the display means, and selecting a font, a character color, a size, and a thickness of a character to be drawn on the construction machine; A second function of drawing a character on the construction machine displayed as a third function, a third function of expanding / contracting or moving the character drawn on the construction machine, the construction machine on which the character is drawn, and the drawn A fourth function of reading the size of a character and storing it in the storage means. 2. A first step of selecting and displaying all or a part of the appearance of a construction machine, and selecting a font, a character color, a size, and a thickness of a character to be drawn on the construction machine, A second step of drawing a character on the selected and displayed construction machine, a third step of expanding and contracting or moving the character drawn on the construction machine, and the construction machine and the drawn drawing of the character And a fourth step of reading and storing the size of the written characters. 3. A first function comprising: at least display means, input means, and storage means, wherein the input means selects and displays all or part of the appearance of the construction machine on the display means; A second function of inputting imaged sign information to be drawn on the machine and drawing the sign on the selected and displayed construction machine; and a second function of expanding or contracting or moving the sign drawn on the construction machine. A marking information creation device for a construction machine, comprising: a third function; and a fourth function of reading the construction machine on which the sign is drawn and the dimensions of the drawn sign and storing the dimensions in the storage means. 4. A first step of selecting and displaying all or a part of the appearance of a construction machine, and inputting imaged sign information to be drawn on the construction machine, and selecting and displaying the selected and displayed construction. A second step of drawing the sign on the machine, a third step of extending or retracting the sign drawn on the construction machine, and reading and storing the construction machine on which the sign is drawn and the dimensions of the drawn sign And a fourth step of creating a pictorial drawing information of a construction machine. 5. A display means for acquiring and displaying the sign information stored in the sign information creating device for a construction machine according to claim 1 or 3, and constructing a real object based on the displayed sign information. A sign making system for a construction machine, wherein the sign is drawn or pasted on the machine. 6. A first step of obtaining and displaying the stored sign information in the method for creating sign information of a construction machine according to claim 2 or 4, and realizing the actual sign information based on the displayed sign information. A second step of drawing or pasting the sign on the construction machine.