JP2005264976A - Laying information collecting/processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laying information collecting/processing method, capable of collecting and processing laying information of a piping network wherein piping members are connected by piping connecting portions so as to show in which positional relationships the piping connecting portions are connected across the piping member, without requiring much time and effort and making mistakes. <P>SOLUTION: In the laying information collecting/processing method for the piping network 10 structured by connecting the plurality of the piping members 1a, 1b, 1c in a form wherein the adjacent piping members are connected by the piping connecting portions, natural identifiers are assigned to the piping connecting portions 2a, 2b. The positional relationship information of the adjacent piping connecting portions 2a, 2b is collected in relation with a pair of the natural identifiers assigned to the piping connecting portions 2a, 2b. About a plurality of the collected positional relationship information, the plurality of the positional relationship information including the same natural identifier is associated to be connected with each other, thereby producing the laying information of the piping network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a piping network laying information collection processing method in which a plurality of piping members are connected in a form in which adjacent piping members are connected to each other by a pipe connecting portion.

  As a conventional method of collecting and processing piping network laying information, in a piping network configured to include a synthetic resin piping member such as a polyethylene pipe, electric fusion for connecting the synthetic resin piping members to each other is performed. There is a method for collecting and processing information related to pipe connections such as fittings. This information collection processing method is a method for collecting and processing where and how a pipe connection portion such as a joint in a pipe network is installed. Specifically, the position of the joint is collected by using a GPS receiver, and the electrical fusion conditions of the joint (fusion information such as current during energization and energization time) are collected. It is possible to reflect the laying information in the existing piping network diagram data.

JP 2002-297707 A

  In the conventional information collection processing method, the laying information of a plurality of pipe connection portions can be collected by the collection method as described above, but each pipe connection portion is continuously in any positional relationship across the pipe member. Whether it is unknown. In addition, it is possible for the operator to manually input information on the positional relationship between each pipe connection part with the piping member interposed therebetween, but it takes a lot of time and human input errors. There is a possibility that, for example, it may be erroneously described in the piping network diagram data such that a pipe connection portion that is not originally connected is connected.

  This invention is made | formed in view of said subject, The objective is how each piping connection part pinched | interposed the piping member about the laying information of the piping network in which the piping member was connected by the piping connection part. It is in the point of providing the laying information collection processing method which can collect and process so that there may be little effort and a mistake so that it may be understood whether it is continuous by a proper positional relationship.

  The first characteristic configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a pipe configured by connecting a plurality of pipe members in a form in which adjacent pipe members are connected by a pipe connecting portion. In the network laying information collection processing method, a unique identifier is assigned to the pipe connection part, and positional relationship information between adjacent pipe connection parts is a pair of unique identifiers assigned to each pipe connection part and The plurality of positional relationship information collected in association is associated with each other so as to connect a plurality of positional relationship information including the same unique identifier, thereby creating the piping network laying information.

According to the first characteristic configuration described above, each unique information assigned to each pipe connection portion is collected even if information on the positional relationship of the plurality of pipe connection portions connected to each other across the piping member is not collected. By associating identifiers, a plurality of pieces of collected positional relationship information are connected. As a result, it is not necessary for the operator to manually connect the positional relationship information, and the possibility of an artificial input error can be eliminated.
Therefore, the laying information of the pipe network in which the pipe members are connected at the pipe connection portions can be obtained with less effort and so as to understand in what positional relationship each pipe connection portion is sandwiched between the pipe members. A laying information collection processing method capable of collecting and processing without mistakes will be provided.

  In the second characteristic configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention, in addition to the first characteristic configuration, in the collection of positional relationship information between the pipe connection portions, the piping member existing between the pipe connection portions The point is to measure the laying posture and the relative distance between the pipe connecting portions.

  According to the second characteristic configuration, as the positional relationship information between the pipe connection parts, the laying posture of the pipe members and the relative distance between the pipe connection parts, that is, the lengths of the pipe members are measured. It is possible to collect piping network laying information including in what direction and in what length the piping members existing between them are arranged.

  A third characteristic configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention is that, in addition to the second characteristic configuration, the laying posture is measured using an azimuth meter and an inclinometer.

  According to the third characteristic configuration, the laying posture represented by the yaw angle and the pitch angle of the piping member existing between the pipe connection portions is accurately measured using a simple device configuration such as an azimuth meter and an inclinometer. be able to.

  The fourth characteristic configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention is that, in addition to the second or third characteristic configuration, the relative distance is accurately measured using a laser distance meter.

  According to the fourth characteristic configuration, the length of the pipe member corresponding to the relative distance between the pipe connection portions can be measured using a simple device configuration called a laser rangefinder.

  In a fifth feature configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention, in addition to any of the first to fourth feature configurations, an information description portion in which the unique identifier is described is provided in the pipe connection portion. The information of the unique identifier is collected by reading the information description part.

  According to the fifth feature configuration, since the information description part in which the unique identifier is described is provided in each pipe connection part, it is necessary to simply read the unique identifier described in the information description part. The positional relationship information between the connection parts is automatically associated with a pair of unique identifiers assigned to the respective pipe connection parts. As a result, when the positional relationship information between the pipe connection portions is associated with a pair of unique identifiers assigned to the respective pipe connection portions, an operation error or the like can be prevented.

  In the sixth feature configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention, in addition to the fifth feature configuration, the pipe connection portion is a joint, and attribute information of the joint is described in the information description portion. The attribute information is collected by reading the information description section.

  According to the sixth characteristic configuration described above, when collecting the piping network laying information, information such as the type and diameter of the joint, the manufacturer name, and the manufacturing lot is collected, and the piping network laying information to be collected is processed. The content can be abundant. As a result, the collected piping network laying information can be secondarily used for various purposes such as preparation of piping network construction report documents and a map system for displaying the piping network laying information on a map.

  According to a seventh feature configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention, in addition to the fifth or sixth feature configuration, when the information description part provided in the pipe connection part is read, the specific information The piping member is to write the positional relationship information between the plurality of pipe connecting portions respectively connected to the other plurality of piping members.

  According to the seventh characteristic configuration described above, the positional relationship information with another adjacent pipe connection unit is described in the information description unit of one pipe connection unit, and thereafter, the information described in the information description unit It is possible to collect the positional relationship information between adjacent pipe connection parts simply by reading.

  In an eighth feature configuration of the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention, in addition to any of the fifth to seventh feature configurations, connection condition information between the piping members is described in the information description section. The information description part collects the connection condition information by reading the information description part.

  According to the eighth feature configuration, when collecting the piping network laying information, collecting and collecting the connection condition information such as the pipe connection worker, the pipe connection date and time, the environmental temperature, and the presence or absence of abnormality of the pipe connection portion. The contents of the laying information of the pipe network to be processed can be abundant. As a result, it is possible to save labor in construction management related to pipe connection and enhance management work.

  According to a ninth feature of the laying information collection processing method of the present invention, in addition to any of the fifth to eighth features described above, the information description unit includes an IC tag capable of remotely reading and writing information. The IC tag is read from the ground position after the pipe connecting portion is embedded.

  According to the ninth feature, the information described in the IC tag which is the information description part provided in the pipe connection part can be read even after the pipe connection part is buried. Piping network laying information can be collected from the ground position without re-excavating the connection.

The laying information collection processing method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a laying information collection processing apparatus in which the laying information collection processing method according to the present invention is implemented. As shown in FIG. 1, a piping network 10 is laid that includes piping members 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d and piping connecting portions 2a, 2b, and 2c that connect them. When the pipe members 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d are synthetic resin pipes such as polyethylene pipes, the pipe connection portions 2a, 2b, and 2c that exist at the ends of the pipe members are a method such as electric fusion. It is comprised as a coupling for connecting adjacent piping members.
A unique identifier as exemplified in Table 1 is assigned to each of the pipe connection portions 2a, 2b, and 2c.

  In addition, information description units 3a, 3b, and 3c are provided in each of the pipe connection units 2a, 2b, and 2c. In each information description part 3a, 3b, 3c, the above-mentioned unique identifier, information on connection conditions such as current and energization time at the time of electrical fusion performed to connect the piping members, the type of joint In addition, attribute information (joint connection attribute information) of a joint such as a size such as length and shape, a manufacturer name, and a manufacturing lot is described. The information described in the information description units 3a, 3b, and 3c can be read using the reading device 14. The information description units 3a, 3b, and 3c can be realized by barcodes, IC tags, and the like. In this embodiment, barcodes are used as the information description units 3a, 3b, and 3c, and a barcode reader is used as the reading device 14. An example will be described.

  When the information description units 3a, 3b, and 3c are read using the reading device 14, the information described in the information description units 3a, 3b, and 3c is stored in the information processing device 15 connected to the reading device 14. Will be transferred and stored. The information processing apparatus 15 includes an arithmetic processing unit centered on a CPU (Central Processing Unit), various programs executed in the arithmetic processing unit, a memory for storing information on the arithmetic processing process or information before and after the arithmetic processing, a hard disk drive, an external A storage unit configured by a storage medium such as a storage device, a device for inputting information such as a communication port connected to a keyboard or a communication network, and a display unit for displaying processing results and processes are configured. It can be realized by one or a plurality of computers.

The laser rangefinder 11 is a device that measures the distance to the object using laser light. In this embodiment, the laser distance meter 11 is provided on the support member 12 having a height of H, and when the distance between the laser distance meter 11 and the pipe connection part 2b is measured as D, the pipe connection part 2a and the pipe the relative distance between the connecting part 2b: L can be derived from the square root of (D ² -H ^2). Then, the measured distance D between the laser distance meter 11 and the pipe connection portion 2 b can be automatically transferred to the information processing device 15.

  The angle detector 13 includes an azimuth meter that can measure the orientation (yaw angle) of the longitudinal axis of the piping member 1b using geomagnetism, the inclination (pitch angle) of the longitudinal axis of the piping member 1b, and the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. It is comprised with the inclinometer which can measure inclination (roll angle). Further, in order to ensure the measurement accuracy of the pitch angle, the attitude of the angle detector 13 is adjusted so that the roll angle becomes 0 °. Then, the measured yaw angle and pitch angle of the piping member 1 b can be automatically transferred to the information processing device 15.

Next, a flow chart of the laying information collection processing method performed in the laying information collection processing device will be described with reference to FIG. 2. This laying information collection processing method uses a laying information collection processing program installed in the information processing device 15. It starts by starting up.
In step 100, the unique identifier and attribute information of the pipe connection unit 2 a are read using the reading device 14, and the information is transferred to the information processing device 15. Specifically, when the barcode 3a serving as an information description unit in which the unique identifier (001) and attribute information of the pipe connection unit 2a are described is read using the barcode reader 14 serving as a reading device, the attribute information is obtained. Is transferred to and stored in the information processing apparatus 15 with the unique identifier (001) associated therewith.

  Next, in step 102, the laying posture of the piping member 1b is measured using the angle detector 13, and the information is transferred to the information processing device 15 and associated with the unique identifier (001). Remembered. Specifically, the orientation (yaw angle) of the longitudinal axis of the piping member 1b is measured by an orientation meter provided in the angle detector 13, and the inclination (pitch angle) of the longitudinal axis of the piping member 1b is measured by an inclinometer. The At that time, in order to ensure the measurement accuracy of the pitch angle, the attitude of the angle detector 13 is adjusted so that the inclination (roll angle) in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is 0 °. Information on the yaw angle and pitch angle of the piping member 1b measured by the angle detector 13 is transferred to the information processing device 15 and stored in a state associated with the unique identifier (001).

  Next, in step 104, the distance D from the pipe connection part 2a to the adjacent pipe connection part 2b is measured using the laser distance meter 11, and the information is transferred to the information processing device 15 and the above-mentioned unique It is stored in a state associated with the identifier (001). Specifically, the laser distance meter 11 emits the laser distance meter 11 in a state where the support member 12 of the laser distance meter 11 is in contact with the pipe connecting portion 2a and the support member 12 is arranged perpendicular to the pipe member 1b. The laser beam is irradiated to the adjacent pipe connection portion 2b and reflected from the laser distance meter 11 therefrom. As a result, the distance D from the laser distance meter 11 to the pipe connecting portion 2b is measured by the laser distance meter 11.

  Next, in step 106, reading of the unique identifier and attribute information of the pipe connecting portion 2b is performed using the reading device 14, and the information is transferred to the information processing device. Specifically, when the barcode 3b serving as the information description unit in which the unique identifier (002) and the attribute information of the pipe connection unit 2b are described is read using the barcode reader 14 serving as a reading device, the attribute information is obtained. Is transferred to and stored in the information processing apparatus 15 in a state where the unique identifier (002) is associated therewith.

  Next, in step 108, the information processing apparatus 15 uses the pipe connection part 2a that has started collecting the laying information of the pipe network 10 as a starting point, and the pipe connection part 2b that has finished the collection as an end point, and the pipe connection part collected in the meantime. The positional relationship information between the pipe connecting portions between 2a and the pipe connecting portion 2b, the positional relationship information between the unique identifiers (001 and 002) (the relative distance between the pipe connecting portions and the piping member between the pipe connecting portions) It is memorized as laying posture. Illustrated in Table 2 is positional relationship information between a plurality of unique identifiers collected as described above.

  In step 110, the information processing apparatus 15 associates positional relationship information including the same unique identifier with respect to the positional relationship information between the plurality of unique identifiers. For example, in Table 2, there are positional relationship information between the unique identifiers (001 and 002) and positional relationship information between the unique identifiers (002 and 003), and both include the same unique identifier (002). Yes. Accordingly, the information processing device 15 associates the two pieces of positional relationship information shown in Table 2 and starts the pipe connection unit 2a corresponding to the unique identifier (001), and the pipe network 10 having the unique identifier (002) as the end point. Create positional relationship information that describes the handling of. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the relative distance between the pipe connecting portions 2a and 2b in which the shape and length of the pipe connecting portion are not taken into account is measured, but the shape is used as attribute information of the pipe connecting portion. Since size information such as length and length is collected, the handling of the piping network 10 can be estimated.

  As described above, even if the information on the positional relationship in which the plurality of pipe connection parts are connected across the pipe member is not collected, each unique identifier assigned to each pipe connection part can be associated. By doing so, a plurality of pieces of collected positional relationship information are connected. As a result, it is not necessary for the operator to connect the positional relationship information by manual input, and it is possible to prevent an artificial input error from occurring.

<Another embodiment>
<1>
In the above-described embodiment, the case of a barcode is exemplified as the information description unit provided in the pipe connection unit, but another information description unit such as an IC tag may be used. For example, when an IC tag is used as the information description unit, information described in the information description unit can be read from the ground using the reader 14 after the pipe connection unit is buried in the ground.

  In addition, the information description part may be a label in which characters are simply described. In this case, the label is imaged by using the reading device (imaging device) 14, and character recognition processing in the image is performed in the information processing device 15 so as to collect information such as a unique identifier described in the label. Can be configured.

<2>
In the above embodiment, the case where information described in the information description unit is read using the reading device 14 has been described. However, when the IC tag is used as the information description unit, information can be written. For example, the information described in the information description part 3a provided in the pipe connection part 2a is read, and information on the laying posture of the pipe member 1b and information on the relative distance between the pipe connection part 2a and the pipe connection part 2b are obtained. After collecting, when reading the information description part 3b provided in the pipe connection part 2b (step 106 in the flowchart of FIG. 2), the pipe member 1b is connected to the other pipe member with respect to the information description part 3b. The positional relationship information with the pipe connection part 2a connected to 1a, that is, the information described in the information description part 3a collected earlier, the information regarding the laying posture of the pipe member 1b, and the pipe connection part 2a and the pipe connection part Information related to the relative distance to 2b may be written. As a result, from the next time, it is possible to collect the positional relationship information between the adjacent pipe connection portions 2a and 2b by performing the operation of reading the information described in the information description portion 3b only once.

<3>
In the said embodiment, although the electrofusion joining joint (EF joining joint) for connecting piping members by electrofusion was demonstrated as a piping connection part, for example, the flange for connecting piping members by flange joining For example, a pipe joint for connecting pipe members to each other by other methods may be used.

<4>
In the above embodiment, the case where the pipe connecting portion is a joint has been described. However, there may be a case where the joint is not provided, for example, when the pipe members are butt-joined. For example, when the piping members are butt-welded by butt fusion, as shown in FIG. 3, the piping members 21a, 21b, and 21c are butt-fused at the pipe connecting portions 22a and 22b to form beads 24a and 24b. It is connected. The information description sections 23a and 23b in which information such as a unique identifier assigned to each pipe connection section and connection conditions between pipe members (heating temperature, heating time, etc. at the time of performing butt fusion) are described. The pipe connection portions 22a and 22b on the pipe member are provided.

  The laying information collection processing method carried out in this case is also the same as that in the above embodiment, and the pipe connecting portion 22a using the laser distance meter 11, the support member 12, the angle detector 13, the reading device 14, and the information processing device 15 is used. , Information such as a unique identifier assigned to 22b and connection conditions between pipe members (heating temperature, heating time, etc. at the time of performing butt fusion), information on the relative distance between the pipe connection portions 22a and 22b, and Information relating to the laying posture of the piping member is collected and processed in the information processing device 15 as laying information of the piping network.

<5>
Although FIG. 1 illustrates the laying information collection processing apparatus in which the laser distance meter 11, the support member 12, the angle detector 13, the reading device 14, and the information processing device 15 are configured as separate devices, the laser distance meter 11, All or part of the support member 12, the angle detector 13, the reading device 14, and the information processing device 15 may be integrally formed.

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Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a Piping member 1b Piping member 1c Piping member 1d Piping member 2a Piping connection part 2b Piping connection part 2c Piping connection part 3a Information description part 3b Information description part 3c Information description part 10 Piping network 11 Laser distance meter 12 Support member 13 Angle detector 14 Reading device 15 Information processing device

Claims (9)

A piping network laying information collection processing method configured by connecting a plurality of piping members in a form in which adjacent piping members are connected to each other by a pipe connection portion,
Assign a unique identifier to the pipe connection,
Collecting positional relationship information between adjacent pipe connections in association with a pair of unique identifiers assigned to each pipe connection,
A laying information collection processing method for creating laying information of the piping network by associating a plurality of collected positional relationship information so as to connect a plurality of positional relationship information including the same unique identifier.   2. The laying information collection processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in collecting the positional relationship information between the pipe connecting portions, a laying posture of a pipe member existing between the pipe connecting portions and a relative distance between the pipe connecting portions are measured. .   The laying information collection processing method according to claim 2, wherein the laying posture is measured using an azimuth meter and an inclinometer.   The laying information collection processing method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the relative distance is measured using a laser distance meter.   The information description part in which the said unique identifier is described is provided in the said pipe connection part, and the information collection of the said unique identifier is performed by reading the said information description part. Laying information collection processing method. The pipe connection part is a joint, and attribute information of the joint is described in the information description part,
The laying information collection processing method according to claim 5, wherein the attribute information is collected by reading the information description part.   When reading the information description unit provided in the pipe connection unit, the positional relationship information of the plurality of pipe connection units connected to the specific pipe member and the other plurality of pipe members is written. The laying information collection processing method according to claim 5 or 6. Connection condition information between the piping members is described in the information description section,
The laying information collection processing method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein information collection of the connection condition information is performed by reading the information description section. The information description unit is configured using an IC tag capable of remotely reading and writing information,
The laying information collection processing method according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the IC tag is read from a ground position after the pipe connection portion is buried.

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