JP2007058809A - Management apparatus of rental equipment and material - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rental equipment and material management apparatus capable of systematically managing the fitting positions of management tags and efficiently performing the warehousing/shipping management of various rental equipment and materials. <P>SOLUTION: The rental equipment and material management apparatus is constituted of fixed terminals 1 installed in respective offices or the like of a rental agent, a server connected to the fixed terminals 11 through a network 15, portable terminals 16 carried by respective operators and management tags 20 fitted to respective rental equipment and materials 17, 18, 19. The server 13 previously registers an image indicating the fitting position of the management tag 20 correspondingly to each rental equipment and material. When the rental equipment and material is warehoused/shipped, the fitting position data of the management tag 20 corresponding to the rental equipment and material concerned with a request from the portable terminal 16 are transmitted from the server 13 to the portable terminal 16 in accordance with the request. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a management device for rental equipment including construction machines and construction materials, and more particularly to management of the attachment position of a management tag attached to each rental equipment. In this specification, “rental” includes both rental based on a so-called rental contract and rental based on a so-called lease contract.

  Conventionally, rental companies and leasing companies attach an IC tag storing management information necessary for each rental article, and read the management information stored in the IC tag when renting and returning rental articles. A management apparatus that manages the distribution of rental articles by comparing the management information that has been issued with the management information stored in advance in the reading means is used (for example, see Patent Document 1).

When this type of management device is provided, it is possible to quickly and accurately grasp rental rentals and returns, so that the distribution management of rental articles can be performed efficiently.
JP 2004-355281 A

  By the way, if the rental item is a small item such as a CD or a personal computer, the IC tag is not so difficult to find the mounting position wherever the IC tag is attached, especially the IC tag. There is no need to manage the mounting position. In addition, if the rental items to be handled are small varieties, if the attachment position of the IC tag is determined for each kind, there will be no difficulty in learning the attachment position. Can be easily read.

  However, if the rental item is a large item such as a construction machine or construction material, if the IC tag mounting position is not known in advance, it takes a long time to find the IC tag mounting position. Management efficiency decreases. Moreover, in rental companies and leasing companies that handle construction machines and construction materials, there are many types of rental items to be handled, and they change according to demand, so even if you decide the mounting position of the IC tag for each type, It is difficult to memorize the mounting position in a short time and to maintain the memory for a long time, and it cannot be an effective means for finding the mounting position of the IC tag. In addition, if the IC tag attachment position depends on the memory of the operator, if the IC tag does not exist at the stored position, is the memory wrong or whether the IC tag has been removed? In the end, it is necessary to search for an IC tag for the entire circumference of the rental article, and the management efficiency of the rental article becomes extremely poor.

  The present invention has been made to solve such deficiencies of the prior art, and its purpose is to systematically manage the mounting position of the management tag, and to handle large and various types of rental equipment. The object is to provide a rental equipment management device capable of efficiently managing the entry and exit of rental equipment.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides storage means for storing management data of a plurality of rental equipment including at least a construction machine and construction materials, a management tag attached to each of the plurality of rental equipment, The device ID input means recorded in the management tag, the search means for searching the management data corresponding to the equipment ID inputted by the input means from the storage means, and the management data searched by the search means In the rental equipment management apparatus configured to include a portable terminal provided with a display means for displaying to the person, the storage means stores attachment position data of the management tag for each of the plurality of rental equipment. And the attachment position data stored in the storage means is displayed on the display means in response to a request from the portable terminal. It was.

  According to such a configuration, the attachment position data stored in the storage means can be appropriately displayed on the display means of the portable terminal in response to a request from the portable terminal handled by the worker. Even when the position is not stored, it is possible to know the attachment position of the management tag for the desired rental equipment based on the attachment position data displayed on the display means, and it is recorded in the management tag to the input means. This makes it easier to input the equipment ID, and makes it easier to manage the entry / exit of each rental equipment.

  According to the present invention, in the rental equipment management apparatus having the above-described configuration, the attachment position data is an image indicating the attachment position of the management tag with respect to the rental equipment.

  According to such a configuration, an image showing the attachment position of the management tag with respect to the rental equipment can be displayed on the display means in response to a request from the portable terminal, so that the worker can visually recognize the attachment position of the management tag on the rental equipment. Thus, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of the input of the equipment ID to the input means, and hence the storage management of each rental equipment.

  Further, in the rental equipment management apparatus having the above-described configuration, a plurality of images having different enlargement ratios are stored in the storage unit as the image, and the plurality of images are stored in response to a request from the portable terminal. The images are displayed on the display means in ascending order of magnification.

  According to such a configuration, the display means of the mobile terminal can display a plurality of images with different enlargement ratios, which are the images indicating the attachment positions of the management tags with respect to the rental equipment, in order from the lower enlargement ratio. Even for large rental equipment such as machines, the operator can easily grasp the installation position of the management tag, and input of the equipment ID to the input means, and in turn, more efficient entry / exit management of each rental equipment Can be achieved.

  The rental equipment management apparatus of the present invention stores the management tag attachment position data for each of a plurality of rental equipment in the storage means for storing the management data of the rental equipment, and from the portable terminal handled by the operator. Since the attachment position data stored in the storage means can be appropriately displayed on the display means of the terminal device in response to the request, the display means can be used even when the operator does not store the attachment position of the management tag. The installation position of the management tag for the desired rental equipment can be known on the basis of the installation position data displayed in (1), and the equipment ID can be easily input to the input means. Therefore, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the management of the storage of rental equipment for large-scale rental equipment such as construction machinery and when there are various types of rental equipment of various sizes.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a rental equipment management apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a rental equipment management apparatus according to an embodiment. As is apparent from this figure, the rental equipment management apparatus of this example includes a fixed terminal 11 provided at each sales office of the rental agent, a printer 12 that outputs processing data of the fixed terminal 11, a company LAN, and the like. A server 13 to which the fixed terminal 11 is connected via the network 15, a portable terminal 16 carried by an operator, a wireless device 14 for wirelessly transmitting information stored in the server 13 to the portable terminal 16, and rental equipment. A hydraulic excavator 17, a generator 18, and a management tag 20 each attached to an iron plate 19 are included.

  The fixed terminal 11 is operated by an operator and performs processing such as acceptance of a rental reservation and inventory check. Rental reservations are made by confirming the customer name, model, number of units, scheduled start date and scheduled return date, etc., and the reservation information is sent to the server 13 via the network 15 and provided in the server 13. Stored in a database (storage means). The inventory information accumulated in the server 13 is transmitted to the fixed terminal 11 via the network 15 and displayed on the display unit of the fixed terminal 11. The printer 12 prints reservation information, inventory information, and the like according to the operator's instruction.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server 13 manages a customer management database 131 that manages customer information, a reservation management database 132 that manages reservation information, and equipment ID, rental information, maintenance information, and the like for each rental equipment. The device management database 133 is provided, the reservation information transmitted from the fixed terminal 11 is stored in the reservation management database 132, and the information accumulated in each database in response to a request from the fixed terminal 11 or the portable terminal 16 Is transmitted to the fixed terminal 11 or the portable terminal 16.

  FIG. 3 is a table showing an example of information stored in the equipment management database 133. The equipment ID, model, number, inventory status, lending status, and lending start date of all rental equipment managed by each sales office. The lending end date, the machine state, the maintenance schedule, the corresponding attachment ID, and the attachment position of the management tag 20 are managed.

  The excavator 17, the generator 18 and the iron plate 19, which are rental equipment, are arranged and stored for each type of rental equipment in a required storage location attached to each sales office. In this example, only the hydraulic excavator 17, the generator 18, and the iron plate 19 are listed as rental equipment. However, the gist of the present invention is not limited to this, and other equipment is managed as rental equipment. Of course it is also possible to do.

  As the management tag 20, a wireless IC tag (RFID tag) in which the equipment ID of the rental equipment to which the management tag 20 is attached is stored in the storage unit, or a bar code displaying the equipment ID of the rental equipment is used. The management tag 20 is fixed to the surface of each rental equipment 17, 18, 19 by means such as adhesion.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile terminal 16 communicates with the server 13 via the arithmetic unit 161, the ID reading unit (input unit) 162 that reads the equipment ID from the management tag 20, the antenna 164, and the antenna 14. Data communication unit (search unit) 163, a display unit (display unit) 165 for displaying the calculation result of the calculation unit 161, an input unit 166 for inputting various commands by operating a switch, and an imaging unit for taking an image 167 and a storage unit 168 that stores a calculation result of the calculation unit 161, communication data with the server 13, an image captured by the imaging unit 167, and the like. Note that the input unit 166 may be a touch panel attached to the display unit 165.

  The imaging unit 167 is used to photograph the attachment position of the management tag 20 in each rental equipment 17, 18, 19. The image picked up by the image pickup unit 167 is registered in a “tag attachment position” provided in the equipment management database 133 of the server 13 as shown in FIG. As is clear from FIG. 3, the images accompanying the rental equipments 17, 18, and 19 are not limited to only one image, and may be a combination of a plurality of images.

  The portable terminal 16 creates management data for the rental equipment 17, 18, 19 and transmits the created management data to the server 13, when the rental equipment 17, 18, 19 is released (at the time of rental) and when it enters the warehouse. Reading the equipment ID from the management tag 20 at the time (when returning), transmitting the read equipment ID to the server 13, receiving management data corresponding to the read equipment ID from the server 13, and receiving The management data is used for displaying the generated management data, creating management data after the warehousing process or after the warehousing process, and transmitting the created management data after the warehousing process or after the warehousing process to the server 13.

  The management data creation procedure for each rental equipment and the registration procedure to the server will be described below with reference to FIG. These operations are performed each time new equipment is deployed at the sales office.

  First, the management tag 20 is attached to the surface of rental equipment to be worked by bonding or the like (procedure S1). In this case, it becomes easy to search for the installation position of the management tag 20 by relying on the memory of the worker when the rental equipment is delivered and received, so that a specific position determined in advance for each type of rental equipment. It is particularly preferable to attach the management tag 20 to the. For example, the excavator 17 is the portion of the swing body 17a closest to the driver's seat 17b, the generator 18 is near the main switch 18a, and the iron plate 19 is a corner of the surface. Next, the device ID stored or displayed on the management tag 20 is read using the ID reading unit 162 (step S2). Next, using the input unit 166, a model, a machine, a machine state, a maintenance schedule, and a corresponding attachment ID to be registered in the equipment management database 133 are input (step S3). Next, an image of the attachment position of the management tag 20 to be registered in the equipment management database 133 is taken using the imaging unit 167 (step S4). Finally, using the data communication unit 163, the equipment ID, model, number, machine state, maintenance schedule and corresponding attachment ID, and the captured image are transmitted to the server 13 and registered in the equipment management database 133.

  As described above, in the equipment management database 133, a plurality of images can be registered for one rental equipment. For example, using the imaging unit 167 provided in the portable terminal 16, an overall image of the excavator 17 shown in FIG. 6, a low-magnification zoom-up image of the management tag mounting unit in the excavator 17 shown in FIG. A high-magnification zoom-up image of the management tag mounting portion in the illustrated excavator 17 can be taken, and each of these images can be registered as images 000001-01, 000001-02, and 000001-03 in FIG.

  Next, according to FIG. 9, the processing procedure when the rental equipment is issued will be described by taking a case where there is a rental reservation as an example.

  First, the name of the customer who made the rental reservation is input to the input unit 166, management data relating to the reserved rental equipment is taken from the server 13 to the portable terminal 16 and displayed on the display unit 165 (step S11). When the installation position of the management tag 20 is not known for the reserved rental equipment (step S12), the input unit 166 is operated to select the rental equipment whose installation position of the management tag 20 is unknown (step S13). ) And tag position display selection (step S14). As a result, an image indicating the attachment position of the management tag 20 registered in the server 13 is displayed on the display unit 165 (step S15). If a plurality of images are registered and the attachment position of the management tag 20 cannot be recognized only by looking at one image, an image with a different zoom-up magnification is obtained by repeating the tag position display selection operation. The information is sequentially displayed on the display unit 165 of the portable terminal 16. Instead of the tag position display method, a method of automatically displaying a plurality of images on the display unit 165 in order of increasing magnification, or a method of simultaneously displaying a plurality of images in one screen. You can also take. The worker searches the attachment position of the management tag 20 based on the displayed image, and reads the equipment ID recorded on the management tag 20 using the ID reading unit 162 (step S16). After confirming that the equipment ID of the rental equipment displayed on the display unit 165 matches the equipment ID read using the ID reading unit 162, the operator operates the input unit 166 to check the stock status. Is changed to “No” and the lending status is rewritten to “Lending”, that is, the issue process is performed (step S17). The processing from step S11 to step S17 is performed for all the reserved rental equipment (step S18), and the processing at the time of delivery ends.

  When the worker remembers the attachment position of the management tag 20 for the rental equipment being delivered, the process proceeds from step S12 to step S16, and the reading of the equipment ID recorded in the management tag 20 and the delivery process are performed. And in this order.

  Even at the time of warehousing, processing is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. However, as the warehousing process in step S17, the input unit 166 is operated to rewrite the inventory status to “present” and the lending status to “not scheduled”.

  Even if there is no rental reservation in advance, necessary information can be captured in the portable terminal 16 by inputting the equipment name or a part of the equipment name into the input unit 166. Equipment can be issued.

  In the rental equipment management apparatus of this example, the attachment position data of the management tag 20 is stored in the server 13 that stores the management data of the rental equipment 17, 18, and 19, and in response to a request from the portable terminal 16 handled by the operator. Accordingly, since the attachment position data stored in the server 13 can be appropriately displayed on the display unit 165 of the portable terminal 16, the display unit can be displayed even when the worker does not store the attachment position of the management tag 20. The attachment position of the management tag 20 for the desired rental equipment can be known according to the attachment position data displayed in 165, and the equipment ID can be easily read into the portable terminal 16. Therefore, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the management of entering and exiting rental equipment for large-sized rental equipment such as the hydraulic excavator 17 and when there are various types of rental equipment of various sizes. Moreover, since the rental equipment management apparatus of this example uses an image as the installation position data of the management tag 20, the operator can visually know the installation position of the management tag in each rental equipment, and the portable terminal 16 It is possible to easily read the equipment ID. Furthermore, the rental equipment management apparatus of this example stores a plurality of images in the server 13 in correspondence with one rental equipment as necessary, and the plurality of images are received in response to a request from the mobile terminal 16. Are displayed on the display unit 165 in ascending order of magnification, so that the operator can easily grasp the mounting position of the management tag 20 for large rental equipment such as the hydraulic excavator 17, Reading the equipment ID into the portable terminal 16 can be performed particularly easily.

  In the above-described embodiment, the wireless IC tag or the barcode is used as the management tag 20, but the gist of the present invention is not limited to this, and a nameplate on which the equipment ID is written can also be used. . When a nameplate is used as the management tag 20, the equipment ID of each rental equipment indicated on the nameplate is input using the input unit 166 of the mobile terminal 16.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a rental equipment management device according to an embodiment. It is a block diagram of the database with which a server is equipped. It is a table | surface figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in an equipment management database. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a portable terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the registration procedure of the management data to a server. It is the whole image of a hydraulic excavator. It is the low magnification zoom-up image of the management tag attachment part in a hydraulic excavator. 3 is a high-magnification zoom-up image of a management tag mounting portion in a hydraulic excavator. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of the receipt / entry of rental equipment.

Explanation of symbols

13 Server 15 Network 16 Mobile terminal 17, 18, 19 Rental equipment 20 Management tag 162 ID reading unit 165 Display unit 166 Input unit 167 Imaging unit

Claims (3)

Storage means for storing management data of a plurality of rental equipment including at least construction machines and construction materials;
A management tag attached to each of the plurality of rental equipment;
The device ID input means recorded in the management tag, the search means for searching the management data corresponding to the equipment ID input by the input means from the storage means, and the management data searched by the search means In the rental equipment management apparatus configured to include a portable terminal provided with a display means for displaying to the worker,
The storage means stores attachment position data of the management tag for each of the plurality of rental equipment, and the attachment position data stored in the storage means in response to a request from the mobile terminal is stored in the storage means. Rental equipment management apparatus characterized by displaying on a display means.   The rental equipment management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attachment position data is an image showing an installation position of the management tag with respect to the rental equipment.   A plurality of images having different magnification rates are stored in the storage unit as the images, and the plurality of images are displayed on the display unit in descending order of the magnification rate in response to a request from the portable terminal. The rental equipment management device according to claim 2.

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