JP2007323146A - Design support system, method and program for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a design support system for reducing any careless mistake when inputting data, in a design support system for supporting the preparation of a configuration table. <P>SOLUTION: The design support system includes: a component information registration means for registering component information including the extent of the quantity of components and the unit of quantity for each component; an input means for inputting configuration table data including at least identification information of the components, the quantity of the components, and the unit of the quantity of the components; and a configuration table preparation means for preparing a component configuration table on the basis of the configuration table data inputted by the input means. The configuration table preparation means includes a warning means for warning to that effect, when the quantity of the components inputted by the input means exceeds the extent of the quantity of the component information registered by the component information registering means; a unit selection means for selecting the unit of the quantity of the components to be input by the input means from among the units of the quantity of the component information registered by the component information registering means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a design support system, a control method thereof, and a control program thereof, and more particularly, to a design support system that supports creation of a component configuration table, a control method thereof, and a control program thereof.

  When a device such as an electronic device is manufactured, a configuration table of parts constituting the device is usually created. In the configuration table, a part name, a part code, a quantity, a unit of quantity, and the like are described for each part. The composition table is used for procurement of parts in the procurement department. In the manufacturing department, it is used for operations such as acceptance of procured parts, inventory management, and delivery to the manufacturing site. In the cost management department, it is also used for cost calculation of equipment.

  In this way, the configuration table is used in various departments of the device manufacturing business and is extremely important data.

  Today, it is common to create a configuration table using a computer system. However, when creating a configuration table for a new device, human input of data is absolutely necessary. come.

  In addition, as the types of devices diversify as they are today, the format of the configuration table itself may vary from device to device, and the workload associated with creating the configuration table will become even greater. ing.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique related to a computer assistance system that standardizes creation of a configuration table and has an automatic editing function of the configuration table in order to reduce such a work load.
Japanese Patent Publication No.7-120360

  As described above, the creation of a configuration table requires data entry work by humans. At this time, items that are most likely to cause careless mistakes and have the greatest impact of careless mistakes are the quantity of parts. "And its" unit ".

  Needless to say, the effect of entering an incorrect number of parts to be procured by one digit is obvious. Further, for example, the same applies when “g (gram)” in weight unit is erroneously input as “kg (kilogram)”.

  Once these “quantity” and “unit” are entered incorrectly, it is not easy to find the error. Although there is a possibility that a device designer can find an error relatively easily, there are many cases where an operator other than the designer inputs data of the configuration table. In this case, it is very difficult to find the error. Become.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a design support system that supports creation of a configuration table, a design support system capable of reducing careless mistakes during data input, a control method thereof, and the An object is to provide a control program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the design support system according to the present invention registers, as described in claim 1, part information for registering part information including a range of the quantity of the part and the unit of the quantity for each part. Registration means; input means for inputting configuration table data including at least the identification information of the parts; the quantity of the parts; and a unit of the quantity of the parts; and component configuration based on the configuration table data input by the input means A configuration table creating means for creating a table, wherein if the quantity of parts input by the input means exceeds the range of the quantity of parts information registered by the parts information registration means, a warning to that effect And a unit selection means for selecting a unit of the quantity of the part to be input by the input means from a unit of the quantity of the part information registered by the part information registration means Characterized in that and a configuration table creating means having a.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a control method for a design support system according to the present invention is the control method for a design support system that supports the creation of a component configuration table as described in claim 5. A component information registration step for registering part information including a range of the quantity of the part and the unit of the quantity, and configuration table data including at least the identification information of the part, the quantity of the part, and the unit of the quantity of the part And a component table creation step of creating a component configuration table based on the configuration table data input in the input step, wherein the quantity of the components input in the input step is the component information When exceeding the quantity range of the parts information registered in the registration step, a warning step to warn to that effect and the input to be input in the input step The units of goods quantity, characterized by comprising, a configuration table creation step with a unit selection step for selecting, from among the units of the quantity of component information registered in the parts information registration step.

  In order to solve the above problems, a control program for a design support system according to the present invention provides a control program for a design support system that supports the creation of a component configuration table, as described in claim 7. A component information registration step for registering part information including a range of the quantity of the part and the unit of the quantity, and configuration table data including at least the identification information of the part, the quantity of the part, and the unit of the quantity of the part And a configuration table creation step of creating a parts configuration table based on the configuration table data input in the input step, wherein the quantity of the components input in the input step is the component information When the quantity of parts information registered in the registration step is exceeded, a warning step to warn to that effect and an input in the input step Causing the computer to execute a composition table creating step including a unit selection step for selecting a unit of the quantity of the part to be selected from the units of the quantity of the part information registered in the part information registration step. It is characterized by that.

  According to the design support system, the control method thereof, and the control program thereof according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce careless mistakes at the time of data input in the design support system that supports the creation of the configuration table.

  A design support system 1, a control method thereof, and a control program thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(1) Configuration The design support system 1 according to the present embodiment is a system that supports the creation of a component configuration table (hereinafter simply referred to as a configuration table) indicating the configuration of components that constitute an apparatus such as an electronic device.

  The configuration table is usually created for each apparatus, and describes the type and quantity of parts used in the apparatus. Specifically, for each component, together with identification information for identifying the component (for example, component name, component code, etc.), component usage information (hereinafter, component information) such as the quantity used in the device, the unit of the quantity, etc. Is described).

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration example of a design support system 1 according to the first embodiment.

  The design support system 1 includes an input / output device 2, a unit information registration unit 3, a unit information database 4, a part information registration unit 5, a part information database 6, and a configuration table creation unit 7.

  The input / output device 2 is used by the user (creator of the configuration table) to input the component information and the like to the configuration table creation means 7 using the input means such as a keyboard, and creates the configuration table necessary for the input. Display the screen. Further, the input / output device 2 inputs the component information to be registered and the unit information related to the unit to the component information registration unit 5 and the unit information registration unit 3. It should be noted that the input operation of the information for registration itself is performed by the user (information registrant). The input / output device 2 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse.

  The unit information registering means 3 is a means for registering in the unit information database 4 physical quantities and units that can be used for the physical quantities in order to preliminarily limit the units of quantities used in the configuration table.

  For example, in addition to meters (m), centimeters (cm), and millimeters (mm), there are many units such as kilometers (km), miles, yards, feet, and inches for the physical “length”. Exists. Allowing all of these many units can cause unnecessary confusion and error.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the necessary units are narrowed down within a necessary and practical range from the large number of units and registered in the unit information database 4 in advance. When creating the configuration table, only the units registered in the unit information database 4 can be used.

  The number of units that can be registered for one physical quantity may be one, or a plurality of units within a limited number of ranges. For example, in the case of “length”, three units of meters (m), centimeters (cm), and millimeters (mm) are registered, and in the case of “area”, one unit of square meters (m2) May be registered.

  The part information registering means 5 registers in advance the range of the quantity that each part is likely to be used in the apparatus and the unit of the quantity in the part information database 6 for the part that is expected to be used in the apparatus. It is means to do. When registering a unit in the component information database 6, the unit information database 4 that has already been registered is referred to and the unit registered in the unit information database 4 is used for registration.

  The configuration table creation means 7 is a means for creating a configuration table by inputting part data (configuration table data) by a user (configuration table creator). The configuration table creation means 7 includes a warning means 8 that warns the user when the quantity input by the user exceeds the range registered in the parts information database 6. The configuration table creation means 7 includes unit selection means 9 that allows the user to select the unit of quantity to be input by the user from the units registered in the part information database 6 by using, for example, a pull-down menu. .

  The hardware of the design support system 1 according to the first embodiment is not particularly limited, and is realized by, for example, a personal computer or a stand-alone server.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration example of the design support system 1a according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the design support system 1a is constructed by a distributed system. In this case, the design support system 1a includes an input / output terminal (terminal) 2a, a first server 11, and a second server 12, which are mutually connected to telecommunication lines 100, 101 such as the Internet and a LAN. Connected through.

  The input / output terminal (terminal) 2a is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, and has input means such as a keyboard and display means such as a display. The first server 11 is provided with unit information registration means 3, unit information database 4, part information registration means 5, and part information database 6. The second server 12 is provided with a configuration table creating means 7.

  The servers 11 and 12 include, for example, a Web system, and are configured to be able to provide a Web screen to the input / output terminal 2a. The input / output terminal 2a is configured to be able to input various data via the Web screen in addition to browsing the Web screen provided from the servers 11 and 12 by the Web browser.

  Although the basic configuration is the same between the first embodiment and the second embodiment, although there is a difference between the centralized type and the distributed type, the description of each function realizing unit according to the second embodiment is omitted. To do.

(2) Operation The operation (control method) of the design support system 1 configured as described above, particularly the operation related to the configuration table creation will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of processing relating to creation of a configuration table of the design support system 1 (or the design support system 1a). In the flowchart, portions related to human operations are indicated by dotted frames.

  First, in step ST1, the user inputs a unit of quantity to be registered in the unit information database 4 for each part.

  In step ST2, the unit of the input quantity is registered in the unit information database 4.

  FIG. 4A shows an example of the unit information database 4. FIG. 4B illustrates the meaning of the unit registered in the unit information database 4 and additionally indicates whether the unit is an integer or a real number including a small number.

  As described above, by defining the physical quantity registered in the unit information database 4 (described as “unit group name” in FIG. 4A) and its unit, the type of unit used in the configuration table can be determined. Restricted. In the example of FIG. 4A, in the case of “length”, only three units of meter (m), centimeter (cm), and millimeter (mm) are registered, and in the case of “area”, Only units of square meters (m2) are registered.

  Next, in step ST2 of FIG. 3, the user inputs the range of the quantity of parts that can be used for each part, and the unit registered in the unit information database 4 is changed from the unit of quantity to the part information database 6. Select the unit of quantity to be registered.

  The input quantity range or the selected unit is registered in the parts information database 6 (step ST4).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the component information database 6. As identification information for identifying a component, columns of “component code” and “name” are provided. In addition, for each part, a column for inputting “unit” and a column for inputting “quantity range” are provided. In FIG. 5, the “quantity range” field of “tape” is blank, which means that the quantity range is not particularly specified for “tape”.

  6 to 8 are diagrams for explaining the flow of creating and registering the component information database 6 using the screens displayed on the input / output device 2. In the case of the input / output terminal 2a according to the second embodiment, since the display content is the same as that of the input / output device 2, the screen of the input / output device 2 and the screen of the input / output terminal 2a are not particularly distinguished below. Explained.

  FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of a part information registration screen 52 for registering part information related to “PCB board” as part information used in the configuration table. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of registering component information related to, for example, “tape” on the same registration screen.

  The component information registration screen 52 is provided with input boxes such as “name”, “manufacturer”, “usage unit”, and “quantity specifiable range”. Parts information is input into these input boxes from a keyboard or the like.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the used unit selection screen 56 displayed when the used unit is selected.

  The flow when registering component information in the component information database 6 using the component information registration screen 52 (FIG. 6) and the usage unit selection screen 56 (FIG. 7) will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the component information registration unit 5 displays a component information registration screen 52. The user inputs, for example, “AAA...” Or “PCB board” into the “component code” and “name” fields from the keyboard. Furthermore, a range of quantities that can be assumed when the part is used in the apparatus is entered in the “quantity specifiable range” field. For the quantity range to be entered, enter the maximum value. For example, when it is considered that the number of capacitors having a specific capacity used in the apparatus does not exceed 10, “10” is entered in the “quantity specifiable range” field. With this input, the number of capacitors of that specific capacity is defined in the range of 1 to 10. In the example of FIG. 8A, since the number of “PCB boards” is usually not considered to be more than one in the device that is the object of the configuration table, for example, a portable electronic device, the “quantity specifiable range” “1” is entered in the field.

  The “usage unit” column is entered using the unit selection button 53. When the unit selection button 53 is clicked, a first use unit selection screen 56a is displayed. A plurality of “unit group names” corresponding to physical quantities are displayed on the left side of the first use unit selection screen 56a. In the case of a PCB board, the physical quantity representing the quantity is the number, so the part displayed as “number” is clicked, and “number” is selected as the “unit group name”.

  By this click, the second use unit selection screen 56b is displayed. In the second use unit selection screen 56b, one or a plurality of units associated with the selected unit group name are displayed in the area to the right of “unit group name” on the first use unit selection screen 56a. Is done. This display is performed by the component information registration means 5 with reference to the unit information database 4, and one or a plurality of units registered in advance in the unit information database 4 (registered in step ST2) are displayed. The A check box is provided at the display position of each “unit”, and the user selects a unit to be registered in the component information database 6 by checking this check box. A plurality of units can be selected from those displayed on the second use unit selection screen 56b. After checking the unit, when the “select” button 58 is clicked, the unit selection is confirmed and the screen returns to the part information registration screen 52.

  In the “usage unit” field of the component information registration screen 52, the selected unit (“P” indicating the number in the example in the figure) is input. In this way, when the input of the component information to be registered in the component information database 6 is completed, the registration information of the component information is confirmed by clicking the “Register” button 54 on the component information registration screen 52.

  There may be a form in which the unit information registration unit 3 and the unit information database 4 are not provided. In this case, the unit to be defined may be directly input from the keyboard or the like in the “usage unit” column of the component information registration screen 52.

  By repeatedly performing the procedure shown in FIG. 8 for each component, the component information database 6 illustrated in FIG. 5 is created.

  Step ST5 and subsequent steps in FIG. 3 are a flow showing steps for actually creating a configuration table using the created component information database 6.

  First, in step ST5, the configuration table creation means 7 displays the configuration table creation screen 70. FIG. 9 shows an example of the configuration table creation screen 70. The composition table creation screen 70 is in a table format, and input columns for “order number”, “part code”, “name”, “quantity”, and “unit” are provided in the column direction of the table. .

  Of these, the user enters data (configuration table data) from the keyboard etc. in the input fields for “Sequence number”, “Part code”, “Name”, “Quantity” (“Sequence number” automatically starts from “001”) It is also possible to add a number to the number).

  On the other hand, “unit” can be selected by clicking from a pull-down menu.

  The user inputs “Sequence Number”, “Part Code”, and “Name”, and then inputs “Unit”. When the user clicks the pull-down button 73 on the configuration table creation screen 70, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the units registered in the part information database 6 are displayed as options (step ST6).

  For example, in the case of a component “tape”, three types of length units “M (meter)”, “CM (centimeter)”, and “MM (millimeter)” are registered in the component information database 6 ( Therefore, these three types of units are displayed as pull-down menus. The user selects a desired unit from the displayed pull-down menu (step ST7). For example, click “CM” to select.

  Next, the user inputs a numerical value in the “quantity” field (step ST8).

  Here, the configuration table creation means 7 determines whether or not the quantity input by the user is within the quantity range registered in the parts information database 6 (step ST9).

  If the input quantity is outside the registered quantity range (NO in step ST9), a warning to that effect is given (step ST10). A warning sound may be generated together with the warning display.

  By these warnings, the user can recognize at the time of input that there was an error in the input, and re-input the correct data on the spot (step ST11).

  When the input quantity is within the registered quantity range (YES in step ST9), the user continues the input operation as it is.

  When the composition table data has been input for all parts, the creation of the composition table is completed by clicking the “Register” button 71 on the composition table creation screen 70, and the composition table data is saved.

  In the flow shown in FIG. 3, steps of a portion excluding human operations (frames indicated by dotted lines) can be executed by a computer and can be provided as a control program of the design support system 1. .

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the effect of the present embodiment. According to the present embodiment, the unit input in creating the configuration table is selected from the part information database 6 registered in advance, so that it is difficult to make a mistake. Also, the selection format is displayed as a pull-down menu, so it is easy to select. Furthermore, since the types of units registered in the component information database 6 are limited by the unit information database 4 registered in advance, unnecessary options can be excluded in advance.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when the quantity input by the user is out of the range registered in the parts information database 6, the user is warned, so that erroneous input due to careless mistakes can be reduced.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, the constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

1 is a diagram showing a system configuration example of a design support system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the system configuration example of the design support system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a process of the control method of the design support system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of a unit information database. The figure which shows an example of a components information database. The figure which shows an example of a components information registration screen. The figure which shows an example of the screen for use unit selection. The figure which shows the example of a transition of the screen at the time of component information registration. The figure which shows an example of a composition table creation screen. The figure which illustrates the condition which inputs composition table data on a composition table creation screen. The figure which shows an example of the effect of the design support system which concerns on this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a Design support system 2 Input / output device 2a Input / output terminal 3 Unit information registration means 4 Unit information database 5 Part information registration means 6 Part information database 7 Configuration table creation means 8 Warning means 9 Unit selection means 11 First server 12 Second server

Claims (8)

For each part, part information registration means for registering part information including the range of the quantity of the part and the unit of the quantity;
Input means for inputting composition table data including at least the identification information of the part, the quantity of the part, and a unit of the quantity of the part;
Composition table creating means for creating a parts composition table based on composition table data input by the input means,
When the quantity of parts input by the input means exceeds the range of the quantity of parts information registered by the parts information registration means, warning means for warning that effect;
A configuration table creation means having unit selection means for selecting a unit of quantity of the parts to be input by the input means from among units of quantity of the part information registered by the part information registration means;
Design support system characterized by comprising Unit information registration means for registering the unit of quantity of each part is further provided for each part,
2. The design support according to claim 1, wherein when registering a unit of quantity of the part information, the part information registration unit registers using the unit of quantity registered by the unit information registration unit. system. A terminal and a server connected to the terminal via a telecommunication line,
The input means is provided in the terminal;
The design support system according to claim 1, wherein the part information registration unit and the configuration table creation unit are provided in the server. A terminal, and a first server and a second server connected to the terminal via a telecommunication line,
The input means is provided in the terminal;
The component information registration unit and the unit information registration unit are provided in the first server,
The configuration table creation means is provided in the second server.
The design support system according to claim 2, wherein: In a control method of a design support system that supports creation of a component configuration table,
For each part, a part information registration step of registering part information including the range of the quantity of the part and the unit of the quantity;
An input step of inputting composition table data including at least the identification information of the part, the quantity of the part, and a unit of the quantity of the part;
A composition table creation step for creating a parts composition table based on the composition table data input in the input step,
When the quantity of parts input in the input step exceeds the range of the quantity of parts information registered in the parts information registration step, a warning step for warning that effect;
A unit selection step for selecting a unit of quantity of the part to be input in the input step from a unit of quantity of the part information registered in the part information registration step; ,
Design support system characterized by comprising A unit information registration step for registering a unit of the quantity of each part is further provided for each part.
6. The design according to claim 5, wherein the component information registration step registers the unit of the quantity of the component information using the unit of the quantity registered in the unit information registration step. Support system control method. In a control program of a design support system that supports creation of a component configuration table,
For each part, a part information registration step of registering part information including the range of the quantity of the part and the unit of the quantity;
An input step of inputting composition table data including at least the identification information of the part, the quantity of the part, and a unit of the quantity of the part;
A composition table creation step for creating a parts composition table based on the composition table data input in the input step,
When the quantity of parts input in the input step exceeds the range of the quantity of parts information registered in the parts information registration step, a warning step for warning that effect;
A unit selection step for selecting a unit of quantity of the part to be input in the input step from a unit of quantity of the part information registered in the part information registration step; ,
A computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for a control method of a design support system, wherein For each part, let the computer further execute a unit information registration step for registering the unit of the quantity of the part,
In the component information registration step, when registering the unit of the quantity of the component information, the unit information is registered using the unit of the quantity registered in the unit information registration step.
The control program for a design support system according to claim 7.

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