JP2002342832A - Operation control system in coin rice mill - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for maintenance-controlling plural coin rice mills located in remote sites at the required minimum cost. SOLUTION: In this operation control system 2, data output from sensors provided in the respective coin rice milers 1 are received time-serially, the data are comparison-classified according to a procedure programed preliminarily in the operation control system 2 when the data are received, and the data of the control system 2 are transmitted to a manager 3 according to preset significance.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation management system for a coin milling machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a remote centralized monitoring system for an ID photograph creating apparatus using a telephone line and a remote monitoring system for a vending machine using a network are disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-198.
555 and JP-A-9-507953.

[0003]

By the way, a coin milling machine for milling brown rice and the like brought by a customer by inserting coins also needs to collect money and perform regular maintenance and inspection. However, at present, there is no known system for collectively maintaining and managing a plurality of coin polishing machines scattered in various places. In addition, in the case of coin milling machines, for example, in areas where stones are contained abundantly in brown rice, it is necessary to adjust the length of time to discharge stones in the stone removing machine. Management is required, and collective maintenance of the coin milling machine is complicated and troublesome. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and has as its object to provide a system capable of easily maintaining and managing a plurality of coin milling machines located in remote places at a minimum necessary cost. It is in.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an operation management system includes:
Receiving data output from sensors provided in each device of the coin milling machine in chronological order, and upon receiving the data, compare and classify the data according to a procedure pre-programmed in the operation management system and set the data in advance. It is characterized in that the operation management system data is transmitted to the administrator according to the degree of importance. Further, the invention according to claim 2 receives data output from a sensor provided in each device of the coin milling machine in chronological order, and upon receiving the data, the data according to a procedure pre-programmed in the operation management system. Are compared and classified according to the degree of importance, and as a result, when the data is lower than a predetermined order, the operation management system does not transmit the data of the operation management system, and the operation management system directly operates the coin milling machine or transmits the data to the coin milling machine. When the data is transmitted and exceeds a predetermined order, the data of the operation management system is transmitted to the administrator. Further, the invention according to claim 3 receives data output from a sensor provided in each device of the coin milling machine in a time-series manner, and upon receiving the data, according to a procedure preprogrammed in an operation management system. When comparing and classifying the coins, the classification is characterized by the stroke of the coin milling machine, the breakdown, or the use. Further, according to the invention of claim 4, when the classification of the data output from the sensor provided in each device of the coin milling machine is according to the stroke of the coin milling machine, or according to the breakdown, or according to the usage, according to each combination. It is characterized in that the failure cause is selected from preset failure cause data at the same time that the importance is determined.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the data output from the sensors provided in the respective devices of the coin milling machine are compared and classified, and the data of the operation management system is transmitted to the manager according to the importance. The user can grasp highly important data on the operation status. As a result, a plurality of coin-milling machines at remote locations can be easily maintained and managed collectively, and troubles can be easily grasped and maintenance management can be easily performed. Further, there is no need to equip a special communication device using a commercial general telephone line, and the above system can be constructed at a minimum cost.
According to the invention of claim 2, out of the data output from the sensors provided in each device of the coin milling machine, only the data with high importance is transmitted to the manager, and when the data is other than that, the manager Is not transmitted, and the operation management system directly operates the coin milling machine or transmits data to the coin milling machine, so that the administrator can quickly grasp only the data of high importance relating to the operating status. According to the invention of claim 3, when the data output from the sensors provided in the respective devices of the coin milling machine are compared and classified, when the data of the coin milling machine is traveled,
Alternatively, by classifying by the breakdown or the use, the complicated operation state of the coin milling machine can be accurately grasped. According to the invention of claim 4, the data output from the sensor provided in each device of the coin milling machine is classified according to the stroke, failure, or use of the coin milling machine, and the importance is determined according to each combination. Is determined at the same time as the failure cause is selected from preset failure cause data, so that the importance of the operation status data is accurately determined, and the failure diagnosis can be facilitated.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall outline of an operation management system in a coin polishing machine of the present invention. NO. 101 to NO. Each of the four coin-milling machines 104 (of course, the number of coin-milling machines 1 may be any number) can be communicated with the operation management system 2 via the commercial general telephone line 7. Each coin mill 1 is provided with a sensor in each device, and a sensor detection value output from this sensor is input to a control unit (CPU) of the coin mill 1 and output data from the control unit is a coin. The data is transmitted from the telephone 6 to the operation management system 2 via the telephone line 7 via the modem communication unit (MCU) 4 and the modem 5 mounted on the rice polishing machine 1.

In the operation management system 2, data on the operation status sent from each coin mill 1 is transmitted to the telephone 6.
Via the modem 5 and input to the management personal computer 7 via the modem 5. The telephone 6 is a general subscriber telephone and a PHS
A telephone with a built-in modem or a mobile phone may be used.
Each coin polishing machine 1 is installed at a different location, and, of course, the operation status varies depending on the coin polishing machine 1. The operation management system according to the present invention receives data output from sensors provided in each device of the coin milling machine 1 in time series, and upon receiving the data, according to a procedure pre-programmed in the operation management system 2, The data is compared and classified, and the data is transmitted to the manager 3 according to the importance.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1
No. 01, the rice milling machine 1 outputs data indicating that "the brass bag is full of brass (there is replacement of the brass bag)". From the coin milling machine 1 of No. 102, data indicating that "today's usage is 11, 3100 yen" is output.
The data of "abnormal" is output from the coin milling machine 1 of No. 103, and NO. It is assumed that the coin milling machine 1 of 104 outputs data indicating that "the net is replaced." When the management personal computer 7 of the operation management system 2 receives these data, the management personal computer 7 compares and classifies the data. The abnormality of Unit 103 is notified to the administrator 3 together with the operation status data. The manager 3 who has received the report can confirm the contents of the trouble from the operation status data without going to the site, and can take prompt action such as dispatching a maintenance man to the site.

Here, the configuration of the coin polishing machine 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of each step in the coin milling machine 1, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an operation panel of the coin milling machine 1. The coin milling machine 1 includes a loading hopper 8 into which grains are thrown, a stone removing device 13 for sorting stones and the like in the thrown grains by a rocking sorting plate, and a grain removing device 13 in which the specific gravity is sorted by the stone removing device 13. A foreign matter removing device 14 that separates and sorts a long material such as straw and further has a conveying action on the grain, a rice milling device 17 that whitens the grain, a white rice storage tank 18 that stores white rice after milling, and It has means for supplying and transporting to each of the above devices.

As shown in FIG. 2, the customer stands in the front cabin and throws the grain (brown rice) brought by the customer into the inlet of the hopper 8. Then, the coins enough to secure the operation time corresponding to the grain amount are inserted into the insertion opening of the coin mech 24. Next, the whiteness selection buttons 25 to 27 (see FIG. 3) are selected to set the whiteness. Here, the selection button 25 is “8”, the selection button 26 is “standard”, and the selection button 27
Is "Kamihaku". When any one of these selection buttons is selected and pressed, the rice mill 17 is activated in eight, standard, or white. When these setting preparations are completed, the control unit reads the number of inserted coins (the number of inserted coins is displayed on the coin display unit 23), calculates the operation time, and operates the apparatus of the coin milling machine 1 over the operation time. Each part starts operation.

The grains fed into the charging hopper 8 are fed out of the hopper 8 by the transport spiral 10. The presence or absence of grains in the hopper 8 is detected by a grain detection sensor 9 attached in the hopper 8. Next, the brown rice is transported upward by the destoning elevating device 11, and the stone, foreign matter, and the like are removed by the subsequent destoning device 13 and the foreign matter removing device 14. Note that a brown rice switching device 12 is provided upstream of the stone removing device 13 so that the introduced brown rice can be brought back without removing the stone. Then, the grains from which stones, foreign matter, etc. have been removed are transported upward by the rice raising and lowering device 15, and
It is put into the brown rice tank 16 and then sent to the rice milling device 17. Here, the rice is milled, and the milled white rice is stored in the white rice tank 18. The load current value of the rice polishing device 17 is displayed on the ammeter 28 of the operation panel. The generated bran is a bran fan 20
And in the cyclone 21 in the bran bag 22.

[0012] In addition, the grains in the early stage of milling, in which the milling is incomplete, are switched at the milled rice outlet 19 and returned to the milling and lowering device 15.
The remaining grains in the destoner 13 are milled by the rice raising and lowering device 15
There may be a configuration having a flow path for transporting the fluid. Each device of the coin milling machine 1 is provided with various sensors for detecting the state of the flow of the grain and for detecting the operation state of each device, in addition to the above-described grain detection sensor 9. ing.

As described above, in the present invention, data output from sensors provided in each device of such a coin milling machine 1 is received in a time series, and when the data is received, the data is programmed in the operation management system 2 in advance. The data is compared and classified according to the procedure described above, and the data of the operation management system 2 is transmitted to the manager 3 according to the preset importance. When the data is classified, the data is compared and classified according to the importance. As a result, when the data is lower than the predetermined order, the data of the operation management system 2 is not transmitted to the administrator 3, and only when the data exceeds the predetermined order, the data of the operation management system 2 is transmitted to the administrator 3. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which With such a configuration, among the data output from each coin-milling machine 1, only the data of high importance, which is mainly related to the occurrence of a trouble requiring an emergency maintenance by the dispatch of a maintenance person, is stored in the manager 3. In the case of other data, the data is not transmitted to the manager 3, so that the manager 3 can quickly grasp only the data of high importance relating to the operation status.

In the case where the data has a significance level lower than a predetermined order and the data is not transmitted to the manager 3, the operation management system 2 operates each coin polishing machine 1 directly or transmits data to each coin polishing machine 1. I do. In other words, for the malfunction of the coin polishing machine 1 such as resetting of each device to the initial state, which can be remotely adjusted directly from the operation management system 2 without the dispatch of a maintenance man, the operation management system 2 and the coin polishing machine Data is exchanged with the device 1. In addition, the basic operation time of the coin mill 1 requires some adjustment depending on the season, and in an area where a large amount of stone is contained in brown rice, it is necessary to adjust the length of time for discharging the stone in the stone remover. For example, there is a need to manage the operation so that it can be operated in accordance with the region and the season. For this data transmission, the operation management system transmits management data corresponding to the region and the season to each coin mill 1. In addition, setting of the basic operation time of each coin milling machine 1 and the discharging time of the stone is also included.

By the way, as described above, when the operation management system 2 receives data output from sensors provided in each device of each coin milling machine 1 in time series, the operation management system 2 follows the procedure programmed in the operation management system 2 in advance. The data is compared and classified, and the classification can be performed for each process, failure, or use of the coin milling machine.

FIG. 4 to FIG.
Alternatively, a list of data information classified according to failure or usage is shown as a specific example. FIG. 4 relates to the data structure of the process information.
The process information data obtained from the data register DR10 is displayed on the screen. Similarly, FIG. 5 relates to the data structure of the failure information, and the data register DR11
The data of the failure information obtained from is displayed on the screen. FIG. 6 relates to the data structure of the usage information, and displays the data of the usage information obtained from the data register DR12 on a screen.

When the classification of the received data is performed according to the stroke, failure, or use of the coin milling machine, the importance is determined according to each combination, and the cause of the failure is determined in advance. It is selected from the set failure cause data. For example, if a failure occurs,
The degree of importance is determined in consideration of the content of the failure, the process in which the failure occurred, and the usage status at that time. If the determined degree of importance exceeds the predetermined order, the data of the operation management system 2 is transmitted to the administrator 3, and the administrator 3 receiving this data sets the operation status monitor screen as shown in FIG. Above, the details of the operation status and the details of the failure can be confirmed. When the determined importance is equal to or lower than the predetermined order, the data of the operation management system 2 is not transmitted to the manager 3 and the coin mill 1 is operated directly from the operation management system 2 or the coin mill 1 is operated.
Data is sent to and adjusted. Alternatively, as described later, when there is a customer in the coin milling machine 1, the coin milling machine 1
The method of clearing the failure can be broadcasted to the customer or displayed on the screen by the speaker 29 or the display device 32 installed in the vehicle.

The manager 3 can arbitrarily take out not only the data transmitted to the manager 3 but also all management data of the operation management system 2. The operation status monitor database shown in FIG. 7 is managed by the management personal computer 7 of the operation management system 2. The operation management system 2 receives the data output from each coin milling machine 1 in chronological order,
This is stored as a database. The operation status monitor screen of FIG. 7 displays a list based on the data information transmitted from each coin mill 1. Store numbers (for example, “A9999”) are sequentially displayed in the column 30. When any store number is clicked, the store number is selected.
At the bottom of the screen, select buttons 3 for “Status check”, “Fault diagnosis”, “Coin miller master”, “Administrator master”
1 is arranged, for example, when a "status check" button is clicked, details of the operating status are displayed on the screen.

When the "failure diagnosis" button is clicked, the screen shifts to a failure diagnosis screen as shown in FIG. 8, where the details of the failure of the coin polishing machine 1 of the store number selected on the operation status monitor screen are displayed. . In the column 40, the store number is displayed, and in the column 41, the failure occurrence location, the cause of the failure, the failure clearing method, and the like are displayed. The failure cause is selected from preset failure cause data based on the data transmitted from the coin mill 1 described above. Then, when a failure history button on the failure diagnosis screen is clicked, the screen shifts to a failure history screen as shown in FIG. 9 and a history of failure contents is displayed. When the input button is clicked after inputting the input items in the column 50, the content is updated with the input content.

As described above, when the importance and the cause of the failure are selected, data is transmitted from the operation management system 2 to the administrator according to the importance and the content of the failure cause, or each coin is directly transmitted from the operation management system 2. The rice mill 1 is operated, etc., but the failure can be easily resolved. When there is a customer in the coin rice mill 1, the failure is released from the speaker 29 or the display device 32 installed in the coin rice mill 1. The method is broadcast or displayed on the screen, so that the customer can clear the trouble on the spot. Further, when data is output from a sensor provided in each device of each coin milling machine 1, if there is no response from the operation management system 2 for a predetermined time or more, the operation management system 2 issues an alarm or By notifying the operation management system 2 that the operation management system 2 is abnormal, countermeasures such as inspection and repair of the operation management system 2 can be performed.

As described above, according to the operation management system for a coin milling machine of the present invention, not only can the operating status of each coin milling machine 1 be accurately grasped and trouble occurrences can be properly dealt with, but also failure prediction and Maintenance management can be easily performed by specifying the maintenance time, etc. In addition, the usage status can be grasped, the payment data can be stored electronically,
Expansion judgment and the like can be performed.

[0022]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the data output from the sensors provided in each device of the coin milling machine are compared and classified, and the manager operates according to the importance. Since the data of the management system is transmitted, the manager can grasp the data of high importance regarding the operation status, and as a result, it is possible to easily maintain and manage a plurality of coin milling machines at remote locations. In addition, there is no need to equip special communication equipment using commercial telephone lines,
It is possible to construct the above system at a minimum cost. According to the second aspect of the present invention, only data having a high degree of importance is transmitted to the administrator among data output from sensors provided in each device of the coin milling machine, and in the case of other data, No data is sent to the administrator, and the operation management system operates the coin milling machine directly or sends data to the coin milling machine, so that the administrator can quickly grasp only important data related to the operation status. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when comparing and classifying the data output from the sensors provided in the respective devices of the coin milling machine, it is possible to determine whether the coin milling machine is traveling or malfunctioning.
Alternatively, since the coins are categorized according to usage, the complicated operation status of the coin milling machine can be accurately grasped. Further, according to the invention of claim 4, the data output from the sensor provided in each device of the coin milling machine is classified according to the stroke of the coin milling machine, or according to failure or usage, and according to each combination. At the same time as the degree of importance is determined, the cause of failure is selected from preset failure cause data, so that the importance of the data relating to the operation status can be accurately determined, and furthermore, complicated and complicated trouble diagnosis can be facilitated. I can do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall outline of an operation management system in a coin polishing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow of each process in the coin polishing machine.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an operation panel of the coin milling machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of process information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data structure of failure information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data structure of usage information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation status monitor screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a failure diagnosis screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a failure history screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin milling machine 2 Operation management system 3 Administrator 8 Input hopper 11 Stone removal elevating device 13 Stone removal device 14 Foreign matter removing device 15 Rice polishing elevating device 17 Rice polishing device 18 White rice tank

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Hideomi Kawabata 1-Eight Hachikura, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Prefecture Iseki Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. F term in the company engineering department (reference) 3E048 AA10 BA01 4D043 JF07 MA01 MA04 MA19 MA21 MA30 MB08 MB24

Claims (4)

[Claims] An operation management system receives data output from a sensor provided in each device of a coin milling machine in chronological order, and receives the data in accordance with a procedure preprogrammed in the operation management system. An operation management system for a coin milling machine, wherein data is compared and classified, and data of the operation management system is transmitted to an administrator according to a preset importance. 2. Receiving data output from a sensor provided in each device of the coin milling machine in time series, and upon receiving the data, the data is classified according to importance according to a procedure previously programmed in an operation management system. The data is compared and classified, and as a result, if the data is lower than the predetermined order, the operation management system does not transmit the data of the operation management system to the manager, but operates the coin milling machine directly from the operation management system or transmits data to the coin milling machine. An operation management system for a coin milling machine, which transmits data of an operation management system to a manager when data exceeds the rank. 3. A data output from a sensor provided in each device of the coin milling machine is received in chronological order, and upon receiving the data, the data is compared and classified according to a procedure preprogrammed in an operation management system. 3. The operation management system according to claim 1, wherein the classification is based on a process, a failure, or a usage of the coin milling machine. 4. When the classification of the data output from the sensors provided in the respective devices of the coin milling machine is classified by stroke, by failure, or by usage of the coin milling machine, the importance is determined according to each combination. 4. The operation management system according to claim 1, wherein the failure cause is selected from failure cause data set in advance.