JP2018120564A - Vehicle maintenance information management system, vehicle maintenance information management method, and vehicle maintenance information management program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle maintenance information management system, a vehicle maintenance information management method, and a vehicle maintenance information management program capable of sufficiently utilizing information on the maintenance of a vehicle or the like by easily and smoothly performing the browsing and management of the information on the maintenance or the like even when a computer operation is unfamiliar, and presenting sufficient information to a customer regardless of whether or not expert knowledge on the maintenance is rich.SOLUTION: A vehicle maintenance information management system 1 comprises: a work screen database 149 for storing vehicle identification information for identifying the type of a vehicle, travel distance information indicating the travel distance of the vehicle and maintenance item information including a predetermined number of maintenance items indicating the maintenance content of the vehicle associated with the vehicle identification information and the travel distance information; an information extraction part 179 for extracting the maintenance item information corresponding to the vehicle identification information and the travel distance information from the work screen database 149; and a maintenance item display part 630 capable of displaying the maintenance item information extracted by the information extraction part 179.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle maintenance information management system, a vehicle maintenance information management method, and a vehicle maintenance information management program for managing information related to vehicle repair and maintenance.

Vehicles must be used for a relatively long period of time, from purchase to maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection (hereinafter collectively referred to as “maintenance, etc.” in this specification). Is a conceivable article. For this reason, establishments related to vehicle maintenance such as vehicle dealers and maintenance factories (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “maintenance establishments”) centrally manage records of vehicle maintenance, etc. The history is used for future maintenance.
An invention for managing such information such as maintenance is described in Patent Document 1, for example. The dealer service management system described in Patent Document 1 is constructed by a dealer terminal operated by a dealer and a host computer connected via a network. The dealer operates the dealer terminal and determines an evaluation value for each predetermined check item. Dealer clinic check data is constituted by the determined evaluation value. The dealer clinic check data includes, for example, data necessary for the dealer to provide repair / service such as “confirmation of damaged area and situation” and “arrangement for delivery of repaired car”.

  Information related to vehicle maintenance can be used not only at dealers but also at sales and maintenance sites. For this reason, it is desirable that maintenance information can be browsed and managed by various workers such as dealers, maintenance workers, sales representatives, and office workers at various locations such as offices, factories, and customers.

JP 2003-263515 A

However, as mentioned above, when workers in various departments browse information such as maintenance, workers who are unfamiliar with the operation of the computer cannot take full time to use the information such as maintenance, There is a concern that there will be a difference in the information presented to the customer using the system between a worker with abundant maintenance expertise and a worker with less maintenance expertise.
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even if the user is unfamiliar with computer operation, information such as vehicle maintenance can be browsed and managed easily and smoothly, and the information such as maintenance can be fully utilized. To provide a vehicle maintenance information management system, a vehicle maintenance information management method, and a vehicle maintenance information management program capable of presenting sufficient information to customers regardless of whether or not they have a wealth of maintenance expertise. Objective.

  In order to solve the above problems, a vehicle maintenance information management system according to one aspect of the present invention includes vehicle identification information for identifying a type of vehicle, travel distance information indicating a travel distance of the vehicle, the vehicle identification information, and the travel distance information. A database in which maintenance item information including a predetermined number of maintenance items indicating the maintenance contents of the vehicle associated with the vehicle is stored, and the maintenance item information corresponding to the vehicle identification information and the travel distance information is extracted from the database And a maintenance item display unit capable of displaying the maintenance item information extracted by the extraction unit.

  The vehicle maintenance information management method according to one aspect of the present invention includes vehicle identification information for identifying the type of vehicle, travel distance information indicating the travel distance of the vehicle, and vehicle maintenance information associated with the vehicle identification information and the travel distance. An extraction step for extracting the maintenance item information corresponding to the vehicle identification information and the mileage information from a database in which maintenance item information including a predetermined number of maintenance items indicating is stored, and the extraction extracted in the extraction step A maintenance item display process for displaying maintenance item information.

  In the vehicle maintenance information management program according to one aspect of the present invention, a computer is associated with vehicle identification information that identifies a type of vehicle, travel distance information that indicates a travel distance of the vehicle, and the vehicle identification information and the travel distance. An extraction unit that extracts the maintenance item information corresponding to the vehicle identification information and the mileage information from a database in which maintenance item information including a predetermined number of maintenance items indicating maintenance contents of the vehicle is stored, and the extraction unit extracts The maintenance item display unit can display the maintenance item information.

  According to the above-described aspect of the present invention, even if the user is unfamiliar with computer operation, information such as vehicle maintenance can be browsed and managed easily and smoothly, and information such as maintenance can be fully utilized. It is possible to provide a vehicle maintenance information management system, a vehicle maintenance information management method, and a vehicle maintenance information management program that can present sufficient information to a customer regardless of whether or not there is abundant expertise.

It is a functional block diagram for demonstrating the multi-window display apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a multi-window displayed in the multi-window display device illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the fitting of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the fitting of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the process which determines the side to fit in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the multi-window display method and multi-window display program of one Embodiment of this invention. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a process of step S52 shown in FIG. 5. It is the figure which illustrated the main window with which the reception information screen was initially displayed. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of a vehicle and customer search dialog screen. It is the figure which illustrated the main window where the reception information screen of the state where the information about vehicles and a customer was applied was displayed. It is the figure which illustrated the main window where the vehicle information screen was displayed. It is the figure which illustrated the main window and the search menu dialog screen which displayed the detail screen. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of a vehicle type set search dialog (the 1). It is a figure which shows schematic structure of a vehicle type set search dialog (the 2). It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the search of a maintenance content in a vehicle type set search dialog, and a process. It is a figure which shows an example of a model matching table. It is a figure which shows an example of a vehicle classification set table. It is the figure which illustrated the main window with which the detailed screen of the state in which the maintenance item currently displayed on the selection item display part was reflected in the maintenance content edit part was displayed (the 1). It is the figure which illustrated the main window with which the detailed screen of the state in which the maintenance item currently displayed on the selection item display part was reflected in the maintenance content edit part was displayed (the 2). It is the figure which illustrated the main window where the confirmation screen was displayed. It is a figure explaining the structure of the back surface of the printed slip, and the sealing method of a slip. It is a figure which shows an example of a setting menu dialog screen. It is a figure explaining a vehicle classification set details search dialog. It is the figure which illustrated the main window with which the set details screen was displayed.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment exemplifies an apparatus, a method, or a program for embodying the technical idea of the present invention. The technical idea of the present invention is based on the material, shape, structure, arrangement, etc. of components. It is not specified to the following. The technical idea of the present invention can be variously modified within the technical scope defined by the claims described in the claims.

[Vehicle maintenance information management system]
Hereinafter, a vehicle maintenance information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining the vehicle maintenance information management system of the present embodiment. The vehicle maintenance information management system 1 of this embodiment includes a display device 11, a main body 13, and a user interface 15 through which a user inputs information to the main body 13. Hereinafter, each component of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 will be described.

<Display device>
The display device 11 is, for example, a general liquid crystal display. The display device 11 includes a display screen 110 and a display driver 111 for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal according to an image to be displayed. The display screen 110 is assumed to have a rectangular shape in front view as illustrated later. The vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment can display two windows, a main window (an example of a first window) and a sub window (an example of a second window), as multiple windows on the display screen 110. Details of the fitting control unit 130 and the work control unit 170 will be described later.

<Main body>
The main body 13 includes a working memory 131, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 133, a program memory 135, a maintenance information database 147, and a work screen database 149 as hardware. Such a main body 13 can be constituted by a general-purpose computer. Although not shown in FIG. 1, a setting information file storing setting information used for operation control of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 is arranged in the main body 13.

  The maintenance information database 147 stores customer information and vehicle information in association with maintenance information related to the contents and history of maintenance. The customer information is, for example, personal information such as the name and address of the vehicle owner. The vehicle information is information determined at the time of manufacturing the vehicle, such as the vehicle model, manufacturer, model, date of manufacture, and parts such as the engine. The maintenance information is, for example, information on the contents of maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection, and the like performed after the purchase of the vehicle. Further, the maintenance information database 147 stores vehicle sales information, which is information on vehicles sold at the maintenance office, in addition to the maintenance information.

The work screen database 149 is a database that stores data for displaying a work screen for performing work related to information related to maintenance, repair, repair, maintenance, inspection, vehicle inspection, etc. performed after the purchase of the vehicle or after the purchase. It is.
In this embodiment, the maintenance information database 147 is prepared by the management side of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 at the maintenance office. The work screen database 149 may be prepared in advance by the providing side of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 or may be an original created by the management side. The maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 are stored in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, read by the CPU 133 as necessary, and displayed on the display screen 110. However, the maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 are not limited to the configuration stored in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 shown in FIG. The maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 may be stored on a server device connected via a network.

The CPU 133 comprehensively controls arithmetic processing executed by the main body 13. The program memory 135 is a memory that stores a program as software used for processing executed by the CPU 133. The working memory 131 is a memory used for the processing of the CPU 133.
The program memory 135 includes a fitting control unit 130 related to multi-window fitting and a work control unit 170 related to work in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1. In addition to the vehicle maintenance information management program of the present embodiment, the program memory 135 also stores known programs such as a word processor function, spreadsheet, and the Internet (not shown).

  The operation determination unit 145 determines an operation performed by the user. Here, the operations are, for example, voice input / output using a microphone, speaker, earphone, character input using a keyboard, input of position and direction (on the screen) using a mouse, pen tablet, touch panel, joystick, etc., an image using a camera, etc. It is performed by video input and a combination thereof. For this reason, as the user interface 15, a microphone, a speaker, an earphone, a keyboard, a mouse, a pen tablet, a touch panel, a joystick, a camera, or the like is used. However, in this embodiment, it demonstrates as what operates the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 using a mouse | mouth and a keyboard.

  The fitting control unit 130 includes an inter-window distance determination unit 137 and a display image generation unit 139. In addition, the work control unit 170 includes a display control unit 177 and an information extraction unit 179. Each program stored in the program memory 135 exhibits its function when the CPU 133 reads and executes each program. However, for ease of explanation, FIG. 1 shows each program stored in the program memory 135 as a functional block.

(Multi-window fitting)
In the present embodiment, first, functions related to multi-window fitting of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 will be described.
If the operation determination unit 145 determines that the user has instructed the drag operation, the operation determination unit 145 passes the determination result to the display image generation unit 139. When the operation determination unit 145 determines that an instruction to activate a program other than the fitting control unit 130 is instructed by an operation such as a click, the operation determination unit 145 passes the determination result to the activated program.

The display image generation unit 139 generates an image displayed on the display screen 110 in accordance with a user operation. For example, when the user drags and moves a window displayed on the display screen 110, the display image generation unit 139 creates an image after moving the window and develops it in the working memory 131. When the user performs an operation to change the size of the window, the display image generation unit 139 creates an image after the window is changed and develops it in the working memory 131. The image data developed in the working memory 131 is output from the display image generation unit 139 to the display device 11 together with a control signal for the display driving unit 111.

The display device 11 drives the display driving unit 111 according to the control signal output from the display image generation unit 139. By such an operation, the image generated by the display image generation unit 139 is displayed on the display screen 110.
The display image generation unit 139 includes a fitting display unit 141 and a window operation unit 143. In this embodiment, the inter-window distance determination unit 137 is stored in the fitting control unit 130. The fitting display unit 141, the window operation unit 143, and the inter-window distance determination unit 137 are programs unique to the multi-window display function of this embodiment.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a multi-window (main window 121 and sub-window 123) displayed on the display screen 110 in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 both have a rectangular outer shape. The sub window 123 is arranged side by side with the main window 121. Note that the main window 121 and the sub window 123 may have a square outer shape.

The main window 121 is mainly used for display related to operations including input of information held in the maintenance information database 147 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “maintenance DB information”) and editing of information. The sub window 123 is mainly used for displaying information used for work in the main window 121, but is not used for display related to input and editing of maintenance DB information.
The screen shown in the sub-window 123 of FIG. 2 is an example of an initial screen that first appears on the display screen 110 when the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 is activated. On the initial screen of the display screen 110, a main window 121 and a sub window 123 are displayed simultaneously. However, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, the user can arbitrarily select whether or not to display the sub window 123 by switching the flag in the program.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, “customer”, “payment”, “total”, “form order”, “analysis”, “vehicle”, “total invoice”, “promotion”, and “application” are displayed in the main window 121. An information selection button 125 for selecting information desired to be browsed is displayed. The main window 121 also displays a screen display button 127 for displaying a work screen for information management and document creation regarding the vehicle. On the screen display button 127, selection buttons such as “maintenance”, “car sales”, and “payment” are displayed. In the right area of the screen display button 127, a button (operation selection button) for selecting an operation related to the selected button is displayed. In FIG. 2, when the “maintenance” button is selected from the screen display buttons 127, work for managing information related to maintenance such as “reception”, “batch processing”, and “receipt list”, “approximate estimate”, A button for selecting an operation for creating a document (also referred to as a slip) relating to vehicle maintenance such as “work instruction”, “maintenance invoice”, and “invoice for various expenses” is displayed. When these work selection buttons are selected, a work screen for performing work is displayed. Further, when a button such as “car sales” or “payment” is selected from the screen display buttons 127, work for selecting information management and document creation work related to “car sales” or “payment” instead of “maintenance”. A selection button is displayed.

  A headline display unit 128 is displayed at the top of the main window 121. The headline display unit 128 displays news headline information (headline information) displayed on a predetermined homepage (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “automobile news site”) that provides news related to automobiles. Further, a calendar 129 is displayed on the main window 121. In the calendar 129, for example, the details of the schedule of the current month and the schedule of the selected day are displayed.

  The sub window 123 displays at least one of customer information, vehicle information, and maintenance information. In the present embodiment, editing the maintenance DB information on the sub window 123 is restricted. The user can narrow down the information from the information displayed in the sub-window 123 or select the displayed information to display related information and more detailed contents of the information on the main window 121.

  In the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 of the present embodiment, the sub-window 123 includes “search mode”, “arbitrary designation mode”, “total mode”, “inquiry mode”, “reservation mode”, “analysis mode”, and “print mode”. It is possible to operate in seven modes. The sub-window 123 shown in FIG. 2 is a screen in the “search mode” state. Each mode can be switched by, for example, pressing seven buttons arranged in a mode selection button section provided in the upper area in the sub window 123. In some cases, the mode of the sub window 123 is automatically switched based on information displayed on the main window 121. Details of each mode will be described later. The vehicle maintenance information management system 1 is configured such that the user can arbitrarily set the mode of the sub window 123 on the initial screen.

  Next, processing related to fitting which is one of the multi-window display functions for the main window 121 and the sub window 123 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. In the multi-window function, a fitting for displaying the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 without a gap and a multi-window drag performed after the fitting are realized.

<Fitting>
FIG. 3A to FIG. 3C are schematic views for explaining the fitting of this embodiment. In FIG. 3, the main window 121 and the sub window 123 shown in FIG.
The window distance determination unit 137 shown in FIG. 1 determines the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. When the distance between the main window 121 and the subwindow 123 determined by the inter-window distance determination unit 137 is shorter than a predetermined threshold in the display image generation unit 139, the fitting display unit 141 Fitting, which is an operation for displaying the main window 121 and the sub window 123 so that one side of the sub window parallel to one side matches, is performed.

In the present embodiment, the distance between the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 is determined in advance when the inter-window distance determination unit 137 enters a part of the sub-window 123 within a predetermined range based on the vertex of the main window 121. It is determined that the value has become shorter than a predetermined threshold.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, the rectangular main window 121 has a pair of long sides 121a and 121b and a pair of short sides 121c and 121d. The subwindow 123 has a pair of short sides 123a and 123b and a pair of long sides 123c and 123d. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3B, a virtual square a centering on the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121d of the main window 121 is set in advance. The length of one side of the square a can be defined by the number of pixels of the display screen 110. In this embodiment, one side of the square a is set to 40 pixels, for example.

The inter-window distance determination unit 137 monitors whether any part of the sub-window 123 is within the range of the square a. When it is detected that a part of the sub window 123 is within the range of the square a, it is determined that the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 is shorter than the threshold value.
The inter-window distance determination unit 137 notifies the fitting display unit 141 of the display image generation unit 139 that the distance between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 is shorter than the threshold value.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 3C, the fitting display unit 141 is in the display image generation unit 139, and the main window 121 has a short side 121 d and a sub-window 123 has a long side 123 c that coincides with the main window 121. The fitting for displaying 121 and the subwindow 123 is performed.
Through the above processing, the present embodiment automatically detects that the user is trying to display the main window 121 and the sub window 123 side by side. And even if a user does not finely adjust the position of the main window 121 and the subwindow 123, both can be displayed integrally without a gap. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even a user who is unfamiliar with the operation arranges the main window 121 and the sub window 123 on the display screen 110 so that there is no gap or gap between them in a short time. be able to.

Furthermore, the fitting display unit 141 of the present embodiment fits one side of the sub window 123 to one of a pair of two sides parallel to each other of the main window 121. That is, in the present embodiment, the sub window 123 can be fitted to any of two sides of the main window 121 that are parallel to each other.
Which side of the main window 121 is fitted to the sub window 123 is determined as follows. That is, the fitting display unit 141 specifies the main center c1 that is the center of the left and right of the main window 121 and the sub center c2 that is the center of the left and right of the subwindow 123. Then, when the position of the sub center c2 is on the right side of the position of the main center c1, the fitting display unit 141 fits the one side 123c on the left side of the sub window 123 to the one side 121d on the right side of the main window. On the other hand, when the position of the sub center c2 is to the left of the position of the main center c1, the right side 123d of the sub window 123 is fitted to the left side 121c of the main window 121.

Next, the above-described fitting process will be described more specifically.
FIGS. 4A, 4 </ b> B, and 4 </ b> C are diagrams for explaining processing for determining which side of the main window 121 is to be fitted with the sub-window 123. In the present embodiment, the xy coordinates are shown in any of FIGS. 4-1 (a), (b) and FIG. 4-2 (c). The x side is defined as the “left side” with reference to the center point o of the xy coordinates. Further, the −x side is defined as “right side” with the center point o of the xy coordinates as a reference. Therefore, the center point o is on the left and right center lines of the main window 121 and the sub window 123. The main center c <b> 1 is a straight line passing through the left and right centers of the main window 121. The sub center c <b> 2 is a straight line passing through the left and right centers of the sub window 123.

  When the sub window 123 falls within the range of the square a shown in FIG. 3 of the main window 121, the fitting display unit 141 determines whether the sub center c2 is on the left or right side of the main center c1. When it is determined that the sub center c2 is on the right side of the main center c1 as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the fitting display unit 141 changes the long side 123c of the sub window 123 to the short side 121d of the main window 121. Fit.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the square a shown in FIG. 3B can be set in advance with the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121c of the main window 121 as the center. When the sub window 123 enters the range of the square a set so as to be centered on the intersection of the long side 121a and the short side 121c, the fitting display unit 141 displays either the left or right side of the main center c1. It is determined whether it is on the side. If it is determined that the sub center c2 is on the right side of the main center c1 as shown in FIG. 4B, the fitting display unit 141 changes the long side 123d of the sub window 123 to the short side 121c of the main window 121. Fit.

FIG. 4C is a diagram for explaining processing for determining whether the sub window 123 is on the left or right side of the main window 121. In the example shown in FIG. 4-2 (c), it is assumed that the subwindow 123 at the position p1 is dragged to the position p3 through the position p2. The fitting display unit 141 sequentially reads the coordinates of the main center c1 and the sub-center c2 in the process of dragging. Then, the fitting display unit 141 determines that the sub window 123 has moved from the right side to the left side of the main window 121 at a timing when the sub center c2 coincides with the main center c1 when the sub window 123 passes through the position p2.

Further, when the condition that the sub window 123 falls within the range of the square a is satisfied, the fitting display unit 141 fits the sub window 123 to the main window 121 based on the relative left and right positional relationship between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. .
According to such processing, the present embodiment can fit the sub window 123 from either the left or right direction with respect to the main window 121. For this reason, in this embodiment, the main window 121 and the sub-window can be arranged so that the user can easily operate the display screen 110 according to his / her dominant hand and work environment.

  Note that the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration in which the sub window 123 is fitted to either the left or right of the main window 121 as described above. For example, according to the present embodiment, the short side 123b or the short side 123a of the sub window 123 can be fitted to one of the long side 121a or the long side 121b of the main window 121.

<Multi window drag>
Next, multi-window dragging according to this embodiment will be described. The multi-window drag is performed by the window operation unit 143 of the display image generation unit 139 shown in FIG. When a drag operation is performed on the main window 121 on which the fitting has been performed, the window operation unit 143 performs a drag operation on the sub window 123 together with the main window 121 while maintaining the fitting. On the other hand, when a drag operation is performed on the subwindow to which the fitting has been performed, the window operation unit 143 cancels the fitting and performs the drag operation only on the subwindow 123. Such an operation is referred to as multi-window drag in this embodiment.

  Specifically, when the user instructs a drag operation, the display image generation unit 139, when the main window 121 and the subwindow 123 are moved with the operation instruction valid, according to the direction and amount of the drag. A display image in a state in which 121 and the sub window 123 are moved is generated. At this time, in this embodiment, it is determined whether the window operation unit 143 is in the display image generation unit 139 and the main window 121 and the sub window 123 are fitted. Then, it is determined whether dragging is instructed on the main window 121 or the subwindow 123 based on the coordinates of the cursor input from the user interface 15.

  If the window operation unit 143 determines that dragging is instructed on the main window 121, the window operation unit 143 validates this operation and moves the main window 121 according to the drag direction and amount. In addition, the window operation unit 143 moves the sub window 123 by the same direction and the same amount as the main window 121 simultaneously with the movement of the main window 121.

On the other hand, when the window operation unit 143 determines that dragging is instructed on the sub window 123, the window operation unit 143 cancels the fitting between the main window 121 and the sub window 123. Then, the window operation unit 143 validates the drag instruction only for the subwindow 123, and moves the subwindow 123 according to the drag direction and amount.
With the above operation, in this embodiment, if the main window 121 is dragged after fitting, the fitted main window 121 and sub window 123 can be dragged together. For this reason, a user unfamiliar with the operation of the computer moves the main window 121 to unintentionally cancel the fitting with the sub window 123, thereby avoiding the trouble of performing the fitting again.

  Further, according to the above operation, the fitting between the main window 121 and the sub window 123 can be canceled as necessary by instructing dragging on the sub window 123. Such an operation is intuitively close to the physical operation of attaching / detaching the sub display to / from the main display, so that even a user unfamiliar with the computer can perform the operation smoothly.

[Multi-window display method, multi-window display program]
5 and 6 are flowcharts for explaining a multi-window display method and a multi-window display program in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 illustrates a multi-window display method for performing the above-described fitting. FIG. 6 illustrates a multi-window display method for executing multi-window dragging. The flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are each realized by a program operating on a computer.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the present embodiment, first, in S <b> 51, the operation determination unit 145 shown in FIG. 1 sequentially acquires the coordinates of the cursor from the user interface 15. Next, in step S52, the operation determination unit 145 executes a process of determining an operation such as dragging or clicking performed by the user based on the acquired coordinates or the locus of continuous coordinates. In step S53, the display image generation unit 139 illustrated in FIG. 1 generates a display image that has changed according to the operation.

  In step S54, the inter-window distance determination unit 137 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines the distance of the sub window 123 from the main window 121 in the generated image. If the inter-window distance determining unit 137 determines that the main window 121 and the sub-window 123 are within the range of the square a (denoted as “distance between windows <a” in the figure) (step S54: Yes), in step S55 The fitting display unit 141 shown in FIG. 1 fits the sub window 123 to the main window 121.

  After the fitting, in step S56, the fitting display unit 141 turns on a flag indicating that the fitting is performed in the program functioning as the fitting display unit 141. If it is determined in step S54 that the sub window 123 is outside the range of the square a (step S54: No), the fitting display unit 141 turns off the fitting flag in step S57.

  After the above processing, the display image generation unit 139 shown in FIG. 1 expands the generated display image in the working memory in step S58. Then, the display image developed by controlling the display driving unit 111 is displayed on the display screen 110. Note that the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is terminated by an interrupt process when the system is shut down.

  The flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is a diagram for describing the operation determination process executed in step S52 shown in FIG. In step S61, the operation determination unit 145 illustrated in FIG. 1 determines whether the information input from the user interface 15 is a command indicating a specific task. When it is determined in step S61 that the operation related to the command has been performed (step S61: Yes), the CPU 133 illustrated in FIG. 1 instructs the program corresponding to the command in step S62.

  If the operation determination unit 145 determines that the operation is not a command input (step S61: No), the operation determination unit 145 determines whether or not a drag operation instruction has been issued in step S63. If the instruction is a drag operation instruction (step S63: Yes), the operation determination unit 145 determines whether dragging is instructed on the main window 121 in step S64. If it is determined that the drag operation has been performed on the main window 121 (step S64: Yes), the window operation unit 143 determines whether the fitting flag is ON or OFF in step S65.

  When the fitting flag is ON (step S65: Yes), the window operation unit 143 performs multi-window drag that enables the drag instruction for the sub window 123 simultaneously with the main window 121 in step S66. Further, when it is determined in step S63 that the coordinate instructed to be dragged is not on the main window 121 (step S64: No) and when it is determined that the fitting flag is OFF (step S65: No). The window operation unit 143 validates the drag instruction only for the dragged target (referred to as normal drag processing in the figure).

  Furthermore, when the operation determination unit 145 determines in step S63 that the instruction input from the user interface 15 is not a drag operation (step S63: No), the operation determination unit 145 performs an operation for character input in step S67. Whether or not is instructed is determined. If it is determined that a character input operation has been instructed (step S67: Yes), the operation determination unit 145 notifies the program that performs the character input process of the multi-window display program that the character input has been instructed.

  In response to the notification from the operation determination unit 145, in step S68, the multi-window display program executes input processing for starting a character input program that operates independently as the multi-window display program. If it is determined in step S67 that the operation is not an instruction for character input (step S67: No), the operation determination unit 145 ends the process because the type of operation cannot be determined. At this time, the display image generation unit 139 shifts to display image generation assuming that no operation is performed.

In the present embodiment described above, the multi-window display program provides a multi-window screen independent from the system screen of a general-purpose program used for realizing the multi-window display function. Therefore, the multi-window display program operates independently of the general-purpose computer program.
In this embodiment, the main program of the computer can be operated during the execution of multi-window processing. Further, the operation of the main screen of the computer is not limited. For this reason, this embodiment can reduce the stress concerning a user during operation of a multi-window.

(Information browsing and work in the main window)
Next, returning to FIG. 2, information that can be browsed in the main window 121 and operations that can be performed in the main window 121 according to the present embodiment will be described. In the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, when performing work using the main window 121 and the sub window 123, the information extraction unit 179 of the work control unit 170 shown in FIG. Extract maintenance information. Further, the information extraction unit 179 extracts information used for displaying the work screen from the work screen database 149. The information extraction unit 179 extracts various setting information from a setting information file (not shown) arranged in the main body 13. The display control unit 177 automatically displays maintenance information and the like extracted by the information extraction unit 179 on the main window 121.

(Voucher creation assist function)
The slip creation assist function in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The slip creation assist function is a function that assists creation of a slip (estimate, bill, etc.) including work related to vehicle maintenance and a charge related to the work. The vehicle maintenance information management system 1 having a slip creation assistance function displays information suitable for slip creation among the information stored in the maintenance information database 147 and the work screen database 149 on the work screen in the main window 121. The smooth slip creation by can be assisted. For this reason, a voucher can be efficiently created by using the vehicle maintenance information management system 1. Hereinafter, the details of the slip creation assist function in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 will be described by taking an invoice as an example among various slips relating to vehicle maintenance.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram exemplifying a main window 121 on which a reception information screen 121j for input of reception information initially set when an invoice is created is initially displayed. The reception information is, for example, information on a customer, a person in charge at a maintenance shop, and a billing destination. The reception information screen 121j shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the main window 121 when, for example, the user selects “maintenance invoice” from the screen display buttons 127 of the initial screen shown in FIG. When “maintenance invoice” is selected from the screen display buttons 127, the main window 121 enters a tab display state in which a plurality of tab screens can be switched and displayed as shown in FIG. A plurality (11 in this example) of tab screens are switched and displayed by selecting the name of each tab screen in the tab name portion 210 where the name of each tab is displayed.

  As an example of an operation flow for creating a slip (invoice here) in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, the user selects a “reception information” tab displayed at the left end of the tab name portion 210 among 11 tab screens. Is selected and the work on the reception information screen 121j is performed. Next, the user selects the “vehicle information” tab displayed second from the left of the tab name portion 210 and performs work on the vehicle information screen 121k described later. Next, the user selects the “detail” tab displayed third from the left of the tab name portion 210 and performs an operation on the detail screen 121l described later. In the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, each tab screen is displayed in such a procedure, and information relating to a slip (slip information) is input on each screen. Finally, the user selects the “confirmation” tab displayed third from the right of the tab name portion 210 to display a confirmation screen 121m described later, and confirms and prints the contents of the slip information. Hereinafter, each screen will be described in the order of the reception information screen 121j, the vehicle information screen 121k, the detail screen 121l, and the confirmation screen 121m. In addition, during the display of the reception information screen 121j, the vehicle information screen 121k, the detail screen 121l, and the confirmation screen 121m, the display window 110 can display the sub window 123 together with the main window 121. However, the subwindow 123 is not shown in FIGS. 7, 9 to 11, and 16 to 18.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the reception information screen 121j is provided with a basic information column 211 in which basic information used for creating a slip can be input. The basic information column 211 includes, for example, a maintenance vehicle information column 211a in which maintenance vehicle information indicating a vehicle to be maintained can be input, a date information column 211b in which date information including an issue date of a slip can be input, a slip type, A slip type information field 211c in which slip type information indicating classification information can be input, a person information field 211d in which person information indicating a person in charge of maintenance can be input, and a labor per one man-hour (for example, one hour) are shown. It has a lever rate information column 211e in which lever rate information can be input. Further, the reception information screen 121j is provided with a customer information column 213 for inputting information of a customer who has requested maintenance, and a billing destination information column 215 for inputting a delivery destination of a slip. As shown in FIG. 7, on the reception information screen 121j at the time of initial display, the input fields of the basic information column 211, the customer information column 213, and the billing destination information column 215 are almost blank except for a part.

  Here, when the new button 122 displayed at the bottom of the main window 121 shown in FIG. 7 is pressed, a vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. The vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 is a dialog screen for searching for a vehicle and a customer using, for example, information about the vehicle such as a vehicle number and a vehicle name, and information about the customer such as a customer code and a customer name for identifying the customer. The type of information serving as a search condition can be selected from a search condition selection field 513 provided in the left area of the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511. When the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 is initially displayed, a vehicle number is selected as a search condition from among the selection buttons displayed in the search condition selection field 513.

  When the vehicle number is selected as the search condition, the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 includes a number input field 515 for inputting the vehicle number, and a vehicle and a vehicle that match the vehicle number input by the user in the number input field 515. A vehicle / customer list display unit 517 that displays a list of information related to the customer corresponding to is displayed. The number input field 515 and the vehicle / customer list display unit 517 are displayed in a blank state at the initial display time.

  When the user inputs the last four digits of the vehicle number (for example, “1111”) in the number input field 515 by inputting characters using the keyboard and presses the enter key, information on the vehicle and the customer that meets the conditions input by the user is displayed. The information is extracted from the maintenance information database 147 by the extraction unit 179, and the extracted information is displayed in a list on the vehicle / customer list display unit 517 by the display control unit 177. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the vehicle number “Shinjuku nu 1111” and the vehicle name “bB” are displayed as information related to the vehicle in the vehicle / customer list display unit 517, and the customer code “001021” and the customer name are displayed as information related to the customer. “A river B husband” is displayed. Although one piece of information is displayed in the vehicle / customer list display unit 517 in FIG. 8, the last four digits of the vehicle number may overlap, so a plurality of pieces of information are displayed in the vehicle / customer list display unit 517. May be displayed.

  A confirmation button 519 is provided at the bottom of the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511. The confirmation button 519 is in an invalid state in which it is impossible to accept a user operation at the time of initial display. However, when information on a vehicle and a customer that matches the search condition is displayed on the vehicle / customer list display unit 517, the user's operation is displayed. Transition to a valid state in which operations can be accepted. The user selects the vehicle to be maintained among the information displayed on the vehicle / customer list display unit 517, that is, the vehicle to be created for the slip by an operation such as a mouse click, and the valid state confirmation button 519 is selected. When pressed, the display control unit 177 closes the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 and displays the reception information screen 121j to which the information selected by the user is applied. If there is only one piece of information displayed on the vehicle / customer list display unit 517, this one piece of information is automatically selected, and the user only has to press the confirm button 519.

  FIG. 9 shows a reception information screen 121j in a state in which information on the vehicle and customer selected by the user in the vehicle / customer list display unit 517 is applied. As shown in FIG. 9, the basic information column 211, customer information column 213, and billing destination information column 215 of the reception information screen 121j correspond to the vehicle number “Shinjuku Nu 1111” selected on the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511. The information regarding the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle to be used and the customer name “A river B husband” is applied.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a vehicle information screen 121k displayed on the main window 121 when the tab name “vehicle information” displayed second from the left in the tab name portion 210 is selected. In the vehicle information screen 121k, more detailed information (detailed information) of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle number “Shinjuku Nu 1111” selected in the vehicle / customer list display section 517 of the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 (see FIG. 8). Is displayed. Here, the detailed information of the vehicle includes, for example, information such as the model and chassis number of the vehicle and information on the travel distance. Here, the model is information indicating the outer shape, structure, and specifications of the vehicle, and is information for identifying the vehicle. The chassis number is a unique number assigned to each vehicle.

  The vehicle information screen 121k is provided with a travel distance input unit 221 that allows the user to input a travel distance. The travel distance input unit 221 is blank when the vehicle information screen 121k is initially displayed. The travel distance input unit 221 shown in FIG. 10 is a state in which the user inputs “50000” as the travel distance and displays “50,000 km”.

  FIG. 11 shows that a detail screen 121l displayed when the tab name “detail” displayed third from the left in the tab name section 210 is selected, and a search button 231 provided at the bottom of the detail screen 121l is pressed. It is a figure which shows the search menu dialog screen 520 displayed by doing. In FIG. 11, for easy understanding, the search menu dialog screen 520 is shown on the right side of the detail screen 121l. Actually, the search menu dialog screen 520 is displayed so as to overlap the front of the detail screen 121l. . The detail screen 121l is provided with a maintenance content editing unit (an example of a work information input unit) 230 for editing information related to the maintenance content of the vehicle described in the slip. The maintenance content editing unit 230 will be described later. At the initial display of the detail screen 121l, the maintenance content editing unit 230 is displayed in a blank state in which no work information is recorded.

  When the user presses the search button 231 provided at the bottom of the detail screen 121l by operating the mouse, a search menu dialog screen 520 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. The search menu dialog screen 520 is provided with a menu display unit 521. The menu display unit 521 displays eight menu selection images that accept a user's pressing operation. By pressing each menu selection image displayed on the menu display unit 521, dialog screens corresponding to various search menus with different search targets such as maintenance contents corresponding to the vehicle type, work in vehicle maintenance, parts used for the work, etc. Is displayed. In FIG. 11, in the menu display unit 521, “set search”, “car type set search”, “work search”, “work menu search”, “work man-hour selection”, “part search”, “part menu selection”, and Eight menu selection images of “part price search” are displayed. Information relating to the maintenance content retrieved by each dialog displayed by pressing each menu selection image can be reflected in the maintenance content editing unit 230. Thereby, even if a user does not input the description content of a slip from the beginning, the description content of a slip can be set easily. Note that when the return button 523 provided at the bottom of the search menu dialog screen 520 is pressed, the search menu dialog screen 520 is closed.

  Here, regarding the vehicle type set search dialog 600 displayed based on pressing the menu selection image “car type set search” displayed second from the top among the menu selection images in the menu display unit 521, This will be described with reference to FIGS. The vehicle type set search dialog 600 can search for the maintenance content according to the vehicle type, and select an arbitrary maintenance item from the searched maintenance content. As will be described in detail later, in the vehicle type set search dialog 600, a maintenance item corresponding to the vehicle type and mileage is searched, and the user selects an arbitrary item from the searched maintenance items and enters the maintenance content editing unit 230. It can be reflected.

  Further, although detailed explanation is omitted, when a menu selection image “set search” displayed first from the top among menu selection images in the menu display unit 521 is pressed, a set search dialog is displayed. The In the set search dialog, maintenance items according to the combination of major classifications such as “vehicle inspection”, “general maintenance”, “plating / painting”, and minor classifications including vehicle size, displacement, parts to be maintained, etc. The user can select an arbitrary item from the searched maintenance items and reflect it in the maintenance content editing unit 230.

  FIG. 12 (FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B) is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the vehicle type set search dialog 600. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of search and processing of maintenance contents in the vehicle type set search dialog 600. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a model association table 800 that is one of a plurality of tables included in the work screen database 149. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the vehicle type set table 900 that is one of the tables included in the work screen database 149 as with the model association table 800. The model association table 800 and the vehicle type set table 900 store information used for maintenance content search processing in the vehicle type set search dialog 600.

  First, a schematic configuration of the vehicle type set search dialog 600 will be described with reference to FIG. 12A. As shown in FIG. 12A, the vehicle type set search dialog 600 is provided with a search condition input unit 610 for inputting maintenance condition search conditions. The search condition input unit 610 includes a manufacturer name input unit 611 that can input the name of the vehicle manufacturer, a vehicle name input unit 613 that can input the name of the vehicle type, a model input unit 615 that can input the model of the vehicle, A travel distance input unit 617 capable of inputting a value of the travel distance of the vehicle and a course input unit 619 capable of inputting a maintenance course from three maintenance courses having different numbers of maintenance items to be implemented. In the present embodiment, the manufacturer name input unit 611, the vehicle name input unit 613, the model input unit 615, the travel distance input unit 617, and the course input unit 619 in the search condition input unit 610 are set to one value from the pull-down menu. Is selected and entered.

  A search vehicle cooperation display unit 620 is provided in the right area of the search condition input unit 610. The search vehicle cooperation display unit 620 cooperates with the input contents in the manufacturer name input unit 611, the vehicle name input unit 613, and the model input unit 615, and information on the vehicle according to the input content (manufacturer name, vehicle type name and model). ) Is displayed in list format.

  Further, a maintenance item display unit 630 that displays a list of items indicating maintenance contents that match the search condition input to the search condition input unit 610 is provided in a lower region of the search condition input unit 610. In the upper right area of the maintenance item display unit 630, an all selection button 631 and an all release button 633 are provided.

  Further, in the right area of the maintenance item display unit 630, a selected maintenance item display for displaying the maintenance item selected by the user among a predetermined number of maintenance items included in the maintenance item set displayed on the maintenance item display unit 630. A portion 640 is provided. A clear button 641 is provided in the upper right area of the selected maintenance item display unit 640. Furthermore, a confirmation button 601 and a return button 603 are provided below the selected maintenance item display unit 640. FIG. 12B shows a state in which the maintenance item selected from the maintenance item display unit 630 is displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640.

  Next, an example of the flow of the maintenance content search and the selection method of the searched maintenance content in the vehicle type set search dialog 600 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12, 14 and 15 and FIG.

(Step S31)
In step S <b> 31, the user inputs the manufacturer name of the vehicle in the manufacturer name input unit 611 in the search condition input unit 610. Specifically, the user selects one manufacturer name from a pull-down menu in which a predetermined number of manufacturer names extracted from the work screen database 149 by the information extraction unit 179 are displayed in the manufacturer name input unit 611. As a result, the manufacturer name, which is one of the search conditions, is input to the manufacturer name input unit 611. At this time, the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620 displays a list of vehicle model names and models corresponding to the manufacturer name input by the user to the manufacturer name input unit 611. Specifically, when the manufacturer name of the vehicle is input to the manufacturer name input unit 611, the information extraction unit 179 causes the vehicle model name and model information corresponding to the manufacturer name input to the manufacturer name input unit 611 by the user. Is extracted from the work screen database 149 and transferred to the display control unit 177. The display control unit 177 displays the received information on the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620.

(Step S32)
In step S <b> 32, the user inputs a vehicle type name to the vehicle name input unit 613. The user selects one vehicle model name from a pull-down menu in which a predetermined number of vehicle model names extracted from the work screen database 149 by the information extraction unit 179 in the vehicle name input unit 613 are displayed. As a result, the vehicle name that is one of the search conditions is input to the vehicle name input unit 613. FIG. 12A shows a state where the vehicle type name “bB” is input to the vehicle name input unit 613. Here, the vehicle name displayed in the pull-down menu is the vehicle name extracted from the work screen database by the information extraction unit 179 in accordance with the manufacturer name input to the manufacturer name input unit 611 by the user in step S31. Therefore, when the manufacturer name is not input to the manufacturer name input unit 611, the vehicle type name is not displayed in the pull-down menu of the vehicle name input unit 613. At this time, the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620 includes information corresponding to the vehicle model name input in step S32 among the information displayed when the manufacturer name is input to the manufacturer name input unit 611 in step S31. Is displayed. Thus, the display content of the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620 is linked with the input content of the search condition input unit 610.

(Step S33)
In step S <b> 33, the user inputs the vehicle model at the model input unit 615. The user selects one type from a pull-down menu in which a predetermined number of types extracted from the work screen database 149 by the information extraction unit 179 is displayed in the type input unit 615. As a result, a model that is one of the search conditions is input to the model input unit 615. FIG. 12A shows a state where the model “NCP30” is input to the model input unit 615. Here, the type displayed in the pull-down menu is determined by the information extraction unit 179 based on the manufacturer input to the manufacturer name input unit 611 in step S31 and the vehicle name input to the vehicle name input unit 613 in step S32. This is a model extracted from the model association table 800 in the work screen database 149. Therefore, when the manufacturer and the vehicle name are not input in the search condition input unit 610, the model is not displayed in the pull-down menu of the model input unit 615. At this time, the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620 displays information corresponding to the model input in step S33 among the information displayed when the manufacturer name is input to the vehicle name input unit 613 in step S32. The Here, an example of the model association table 800 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a part of information stored in the model association table 800. As shown in FIG. 14, the model association table 800 includes three columns, a “maker name” column, a “car model name” column, and a “model” column. The “manufacturer name” column stores the name of the manufacturer that manufactured the vehicle corresponding to the model, the “car model name” column stores the name of the vehicle model corresponding to the model, and the “model” column identifies the vehicle. The model for is stored. The data in each row is data that associates the manufacturer name, vehicle type name, and model. Different models are assigned to vehicles according to differences in the specifications of the external shape and internal structure even if the vehicle type names are the same. Therefore, a plurality of different models (for example, “NCP30” and “NCP31”) are associated with one manufacturer name (for example, company B) and vehicle type name (for example, bB).

  As described above, the model association table 800 shown in FIG. 14 includes information (vehicle outline information) including a manufacturer name and a vehicle model name in association with a predetermined number (for example, six) of models (an example of vehicle identification information). Is remembered. As a result, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the information extraction unit 179 extracts a predetermined number of models corresponding to the manufacturer and vehicle model name input by the user in the search condition input unit 610 from the model association table 800. The display control unit 177 can display on the pull-down menu of the model input unit 615. As a result, the model input unit (an example of the designation unit) 615 is input to the manufacturer name input unit 611 (an example of the vehicle overview information input unit) and the vehicle name input unit (an example of the vehicle overview information input unit) 613. The user can designate one type from among the types corresponding to the information. For this reason, the user can easily enter the model by selecting the model of the vehicle to be maintained from the models displayed on the pull-down menu of the model input unit 615 after being narrowed down based on the manufacturer name and the car name. can do. Further, the model association table 800 only needs to store at least the model and information on the manufacturer name and the model name corresponding to the model. Therefore, in addition to the manufacturer name and vehicle model name, information corresponding to the model may be stored. Note that the information extracted by the information extraction unit 179 from the model association table 800 is displayed on the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620 of the vehicle type set search dialog 600, for example.

(Step S34)
Returning to FIG. 13, in step S <b> 34, the user inputs the travel distance of the vehicle in the travel distance input unit 617. In the pull-down menu of the travel distance input unit 617, a plurality of travel distance information registered in advance in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 is displayed. The travel distance information is information indicating a range of travel distance. The vehicle maintenance information management system 1 includes, for example, “˜30,000 km”, “30,000 km—50,000 km”, “50,000 km—70,000 km”, “70,000 km—90,000 km”, “90,000 km”. Six types of travel distance information “km to 100,000 km” and “100,000 km” are registered in advance. In the six types of travel distance information, for example, “˜30,000 km” indicates a range of 0 km or more and 30,000 km or less. For example, “30,000 km to 50,000 km” indicates a range exceeding 30,000 km and not more than 50,000 km. As described above, in the six types of travel distance information, the value indicating the start of the range indicates that the range of the travel distance starts from a value exceeding the value, and the value indicating the end of the range is the range of the travel distance. Indicates that the range is less than or equal to that value. In the travel distance input unit 617, the user selects one travel distance information including the travel distance of the vehicle to be maintained from a pull-down menu in which six types of travel distance information are displayed. As a result, travel distance information that is one of the search conditions for the maintenance content is input to the travel distance input unit 617. FIG. 12A shows a state in which travel distance information “30,000 km to 50,000 km” is input to the travel distance input unit 617.

(Step S35)
In step S <b> 35, the user inputs a maintenance course at the course input unit 619. The pull-down menu of the course input unit 619 displays a plurality of maintenance courses registered in advance in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1. In this example, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, for example, three types of travel distance information of “standard”, “deluxe”, and “ultra” are registered in advance. The maintenance course “Standard” is a maintenance course for performing standard maintenance, and is a course for performing maintenance with the smallest number of items among the three types. The maintenance course “Deluxe” is a course that performs more thorough maintenance than “Standard”. The maintenance course “Deluxe” includes maintenance items in “Standard”. In addition, the maintenance course “Ultra” is a course that carries out more thorough maintenance than “Deluxe”. The maintenance course “Ultra” includes maintenance items in “Deluxe”. In the course input unit 619, the user selects one maintenance course from a pull-down menu on which three types of travel distance information are displayed. As a result, a maintenance course, which is one of the maintenance content search conditions, is input to the course input unit 619. FIG. 12A shows a state in which the maintenance course “standard” is input to the course input unit 619. In the vehicle type set search dialog 600, it is sufficient that at least the maintenance contents corresponding to the vehicle type and the travel distance can be searched. For this reason, the course input unit 619 does not have to be provided in the vehicle type set search dialog 600.

  In this example, a vehicle to be maintained (manufacturer name: Company B, vehicle name: bB, model: NCP30) is selected in advance on the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 (see FIG. 8). In the vehicle information screen 121k (see FIG. 10), “50,000 km” is input to the travel distance input unit 221 as the travel distance. For this reason, at the initial display of the vehicle type set search dialog 600, the manufacturer name “Company B” selected on the vehicle / customer search dialog screen 511 is input to the manufacturer name input unit 611, and the vehicle name input unit 613 is input. Similarly, the name “bB” of the selected vehicle is input, “NCP30” is input to the model input unit 615, and “30,000 km to 50,000 km” is input to the travel distance input unit 617. . In the vehicle information management system 1, the initial value of the maintenance course can be set in the setting information file. In this example, based on the fact that the initial value of the maintenance course is set to “standard” in the setting information file, the maintenance course “standard” is input in the course input unit 619 when the vehicle type set search dialog 600 is initially displayed. ing.

(Step S36)
Returning to FIG. 13, in step S <b> 36, the display control unit 177 displays on the maintenance item display unit 630 maintenance items that match the input contents of the search condition input unit 610 extracted by the information extraction unit 179 from the work screen database. First, the information extraction unit 179 extracts the maintenance content corresponding to the search condition input by the user in the search condition input unit 610 in steps S31 to S35 from the vehicle type set table 900 of the work screen database 149. In the example shown in FIG. 12A, the information extraction unit 179 extracts the maintenance contents corresponding to the conditions of the model “NCP30”, the travel distance “30,000 km to 50,000 km”, and the maintenance course “standard” from the vehicle type set table 900. To do.

  Here, an example of the vehicle type set table 900 in the work screen database 149 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the vehicle type set table includes a “model” column, a “travel distance” column, a “course” column, a “maintenance item” column, a “man-hour” column, a “technical fee” column, and a “part quantity”. It is composed of 6 columns: a column and a “part price” column.

  In the vehicle type set table 900, the vehicle type is stored in the “model” column. The models included in the vehicle type set table 900 are models included in the models stored in the model association table 800. In the “travel distance” column, travel distance information indicating the range of the travel distance of the vehicle is stored. This travel distance information is equivalent to the six types of travel distance information displayed in the pull-down menu of the travel distance input unit 617. That is, the values stored in the “travel distance” column are “˜30,000 km”, “30,000 km to 50,000 km”, “50,000 km to 70,000 km”, “70,000 km to 90,000 km”. , “90,000 km to 100,000 km” and “100,000 km” are values indicating six types of travel distance information. In the “course” column, a value indicating a maintenance course is stored. The value indicating the maintenance course is information equivalent to the three types of maintenance courses displayed in the pull-down menu of the course input unit 619. That is, the values stored in the “course” column are values indicating three types of maintenance courses of “standard”, “deluxe”, and “ultra”. In the “maintenance item” column, the value of the maintenance item indicating the maintenance content of the vehicle is stored. The maintenance items include items indicating work in vehicle maintenance and items indicating parts used for the work (including consumables such as oil).

  In the “man-hour” column, man-hours corresponding to items indicating work among maintenance items are stored. In the “Effort” column, “1” indicates “1 hour”. In the “technical fee” column, a technical fee per man-hour corresponding to an item indicating work among maintenance items is stored. The “part quantity” column stores the quantity of vehicle parts (including consumables) used for maintenance work. In the “part unit price” column, the unit price of a part used for work is stored. In the present embodiment, data stored in the vehicle type set table 900 is data provided from the providing side of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 to the management side. Maintenance man-hours, technical fees, parts quantities, and parts prices may vary depending on the situation of each maintenance shop and market. Therefore, in the vehicle type set table 900 in a state (default state) first provided from the providing side of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 to the management side, a “man-hour” column, a “technical fee” column, and a “part quantity” column In addition, the “unit unit price” column may not store a value.

  Here, the correspondence relationship of the information stored in the vehicle type set table 900 will be described. In the vehicle type set table 900, six types of travel distance information are associated with one type of value. Further, three types of maintenance courses are associated with each of the six types of travel distance information. Further, a predetermined number of maintenance items (maintenance item sets) are associated with each of the three types of maintenance courses. Therefore, 18 types (= 6 travel distances × 3 types of maintenance courses) of maintenance items are associated with one type of model in the vehicle type set table 900. FIG. 15 shows a model column value “NCP30”, a travel distance column value “30,000 to 50,000 km”, and a course column value “standard” among the maintenance item sets stored in the vehicle type set table 900. An example of a maintenance item set including 19 maintenance items (maintenance item string values) is illustrated.

  When the course input unit 619 is not provided in the vehicle type set search dialog 600, the course row may not be provided in the vehicle type set table 900. The course column, the man-hour column, the technical fee column, the part quantity column, and the component unit price column may be provided in different tables. That is, the vehicle type set table 900 only needs to include at least a model column, a travel distance column, and a maintenance item column.

  As described above, the work screen database 149 includes at least a vehicle type, mileage information indicating the mileage of the vehicle, and a predetermined number of maintenance items indicating the contents of the vehicle associated with the vehicle type and the mileage information. A maintenance item set (an example of maintenance item information) is stored.

  When the information extraction unit 179 extracts the maintenance item set corresponding to the vehicle type and the travel distance information from the work screen database 149, the information extraction unit 179 passes the maintenance item included in the extracted maintenance item set to the display control unit 177. In this example, the information extraction unit 179 corresponds to the model “NCP30” and the travel distance information “30,000 km to 50,000 km” input by the user in the search condition input unit 610 and further corresponds to the maintenance course “standard”. The maintenance item set to be extracted and the values of the “technical fee” column, the “part quantity” column and the “part unit price” column corresponding to each maintenance item included in the maintenance item set are extracted from the vehicle type set table 900 and extracted. The maintenance item is transferred to the display control unit 177.

  In this way, the display control unit 177 displays maintenance items that match the input content of the search condition input unit 610 on the maintenance item display unit 630. That is, the display control unit 177 displays the maintenance items included in the maintenance item set extracted by the information extraction unit 179 on the maintenance item display unit 630 illustrated in FIG. 12A. The maintenance item display unit 630 is roughly divided into four items: “maintenance content”, “technical fee”, “part quantity”, and “part unit price”. In the “maintenance content” column, maintenance items included in the maintenance item set extracted from the vehicle type set table 900 by the information extraction unit 179 are displayed in a list format. In the “technical fee” column, “part quantity” column, and “part unit price” column, the “technical fee” column, “part quantity” column, and “part unit price” corresponding to each maintenance item in the vehicle type set table 900 are displayed. The column value is displayed. As described above, the maintenance item display unit 630 is associated with the model (for example, “NCP30”) and the travel distance information (for example, “30,000 to 50,000 km”) input by the user in the search condition input unit 610. Maintenance items (items indicating maintenance contents) are extracted from the vehicle type set table 900 and displayed.

  The maintenance content of the vehicle may differ depending on the type even if the vehicle name is the same. In addition, the maintenance contents vary depending on the length of the travel distance. However, maintenance personnel who have little experience in maintenance work, or employees of maintenance factories who are not in charge of maintenance work (for example, clerks), may be asked to make It is difficult to propose appropriate maintenance contents in consideration of the travel distance. For this reason, the maintenance content proposed by an experienced maintenance worker may differ greatly from the maintenance content proposed by other employees.

  In the vehicle type set table 900 in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment, multiple types (six types in this example) of travel distance information correspond to the same model. Furthermore, a predetermined number of pieces of maintenance item information are associated with each combination of the model and one piece of travel distance information. As a result, by the search by the vehicle type set search dialog 600, the maintenance content corresponding to the condition of the vehicle to be maintained, that is, the maintenance content considering the model and the travel distance can be proposed to the customer. Further, the combination of the model and one mileage information and the maintenance item information in the vehicle type set table 900 are associated with each other on the basis of maintenance results at a number of maintenance factories and experience rules of experienced maintenance personnel. . For this reason, even a user who has little experience in maintenance work or a user who is not a person in charge of maintenance work can refer to the maintenance items displayed on the maintenance item display unit 630 and have long experience in maintenance work. The maintenance contents equivalent to those in charge of the maintenance work who have can be proposed to the customer.

  In this example, the “technical fee” column and the “component unit price” column associated with the maintenance item values corresponding to the model “NCP30” and the travel distance “30,000 km to 50,000 km” in the vehicle type set table 900 are used. Data is not stored. For this reason, the “technical fee” column and the “part unit price” column in the maintenance item display section 630 are blank.

(Step S37)
In step S <b> 37, the operation determination unit 145 determines whether or not the user has selected a maintenance item in the maintenance item display unit 630. Here, selection of maintenance items in the maintenance item display unit 630 will be described with reference to FIG. 12B. The maintenance item display unit 630 is configured to be able to select maintenance items displayed in a list format. FIG. 12B shows a state where the user has selected nine items among the maintenance items displayed in the “maintenance content” column in the maintenance item display unit 630. More specifically, FIG. 12B illustrates that among the maintenance items displayed in the “maintenance content” column, the user performs “vehicle inspection maintenance (24-month statutory inspection)” “daily inspection item inspection”, “brake lubrication, cleaning”, It shows a state in which nine maintenance items are selected in the order of “engine oil replacement”, “oil element replacement”, “wiper blade replacement”, “brake oil”, “engine oil”, and “oil element”.

  In the maintenance item display unit 630, the left side of the “maintenance content” column, that is, the leftmost column is a selection order column in which the order (selection order) in which the user selects each maintenance item in the “maintenance content” column is displayed. Thus, the maintenance item display unit 630 is configured such that the user can select each maintenance item one by one in the “maintenance content” column. In addition, the maintenance items displayed in the “maintenance content” column can be brought into a fully selected state in which all the maintenance items being displayed are selected by pressing the all selection button 631. Further, when the all release button 633 is pressed, the maintenance item selection state in the maintenance item display unit 630 can be canceled. When the selection state is released, the selection order displayed in the selection order column is also cleared.

  If the operation determination unit 145 determines that the maintenance item displayed on the maintenance item display unit 630 is selected in step S37, the operation determination unit 145 proceeds to the process of step S38. On the other hand, when the operation determination unit 145 determines that the maintenance item is not selected in the maintenance item display unit 630, the operation determination unit 145 proceeds to the process of step S43.

(Step S38)
In step S <b> 38, the display control unit 177 displays the maintenance item selected in the maintenance item display unit 630 on the selected maintenance item display unit 640. In the selected maintenance item display unit 640, maintenance items are displayed in the order selected in the maintenance item display unit 630. FIG. 12B shows a state in which nine maintenance items are displayed in the selected maintenance item display unit 640 in the order of selection (in ascending order of the numbers in the selection order column). A clear button 641 is provided on the upper right of the selected maintenance item display unit 640. By pressing the clear button 641, the maintenance item displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 is cleared. The maintenance items displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 are also cleared when the all release button 633 described above is pressed.

(Step S39)
In step S <b> 39, the display control unit 177 determines whether or not the confirmation button 601 is in an invalid state that does not accept a user operation (mouse click). If the display control unit 177 determines that the confirmation button 601 is in an invalid state, the display control unit 177 proceeds to the process of step S40. On the other hand, when the display control unit 177 determines that the confirmation button is in a valid state for accepting a user operation, the display control unit 177 proceeds to the process of step S41.

(Step S40)
In step S40, the display control unit 177 sets the confirm button 601 to the valid state, and proceeds to the process of step S41. Thus, the confirm button 601 determines that the maintenance item has been selected in the maintenance item display unit 630 (YES in step S37), and when the maintenance item is displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640, the user operation is performed. It becomes a valid state to accept.

(Step S41)
In step S41, the operation determination unit 145 determines whether or not the confirm button 601 has been pressed (mouse click). When the operation determining unit 145 determines that the confirm button 601 has been pressed, the operation determining unit 145 notifies the display control unit 177 that the confirm button 601 has been pressed, and the display control unit 177 executes the process of step S42. On the other hand, if the operation determination unit 145 determines that the confirm button 601 has not been pressed, the operation determination unit 145 proceeds to the process of step S43.

(Step S42)
In step S42, the display control unit 177 reflects the maintenance item displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 in the maintenance content editing unit 230 of the detail screen 121l, and closes the vehicle type set search dialog 600. Thereby, the user ends the search and selection process in the vehicle type set search dialog 600 and returns to the work on the detail screen 121l.

(Step S43)
In step S43, the operation determination unit 145 determines whether or not the return button 603 has been pressed (mouse click). When the operation determination unit 145 determines that the return button 603 has been pressed, the operation determination unit 145 notifies the display control unit 177 that the return button 603 has been pressed, and the display control unit 177 executes the process of step S44. On the other hand, when the operation determination unit 145 determines that the return button 603 is not pressed, the operation determination unit 145 returns to the process of step S37.

(Step S44)
In step S44, the display control unit 177 closes the vehicle type set search dialog 600 and displays the search menu dialog screen 520 (see FIG. 11). As a result, the user ends the search and selection process in the vehicle type set search dialog 600 and returns to the search menu selection operation in the search menu dialog screen 520.

  Next, input of work information related to maintenance contents on the detail screen 121l will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the work information refers to information including the man-hour of the vehicle maintenance work and the charge related to the vehicle maintenance work.

  FIG. 16 shows a state in which the maintenance items displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 are reflected on the maintenance content editing unit 230. Here, the maintenance content editing unit 230 will be described. The maintenance content editing unit 230 is configured not only to display information related to the maintenance content of the vehicle described in the slip but also to accept an input operation by the user. The maintenance content editing unit 230 includes “line”, “work”, “part”, “name”, “man-hour”, “technical fee”, “quantity”, “unit”, “part unit price”, and “part subtotal”. There are 10 major categories.

  In the “line” column, the number of each line of the maintenance content editing unit 230 configured in a list display format is displayed. The “row” column does not accept user input operations. In the “work” column, a work code assigned to each item (work item) indicating work among maintenance items can be displayed and input. In the “parts” column, a part code assigned to each item (part item) indicating a part used for work among maintenance items can be displayed and input. In addition, maintenance items can be displayed and input in the “name” column. In this example, nine maintenance items displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 are displayed.

  In the “Effort” column, the effort extracted from the “Effort” column of the vehicle type set table 900 (see FIG. 15) by the information extraction unit 179, and the value of the “maintenance item” column indicating the work item, The man-hours stored in association with each other are displayed by the display control unit 177. However, as described above, the vehicle type set table 900 may not store a manhour value in the “manhour” column. In this case, the standard man-hour extracted from the work screen database 149 is displayed in the “man-hour” column. For example, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the work screen database 149 stores the standard man-hours defined by the “Japan Federation of Development Promotion Organizations” in association with each maintenance item. When the man-hour is not stored in the vehicle type set table 900, the information extraction unit 179 uses the work screen database 149 to reflect the maintenance items displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 in the maintenance content editing unit 230. A standard man-hour corresponding to each maintenance item is extracted and transferred to the display control unit 177. As a result, the standard man-hour is displayed in the “man-hour” column by the display control unit 177. However, there are also maintenance items that are not associated with standard man-hours in the work screen database 149. In this example, since the standard man-hour corresponding to “wiper blade replacement” displayed in the name column on the sixth line does not exist in the work screen database 149, the “man-hour” column on the sixth line is blank. .

  Also, in the “technical fee” column, the technical fee extracted from the “technical fee” column of the vehicle type set table 900 (see FIG. 15) by the information extraction unit 179, the “maintenance item” column indicating the work item. The technical fee stored in association with the value of is displayed. However, as described above, the vehicle type set table 900 may not store the technical fee in the “technical fee” column. In this case, in the “technical fee” column, a value obtained by multiplying the man-hour displayed in the “man-hour” column by the lever rate per hour is displayed as the technical fee. The lever rate indicates the wage per hour that is set independently by the maintenance shop. FIG. 16 shows an example in which a technical fee calculated with a lever rate of 6,000 yen is displayed in the “technical fee” column. For example, in the “technical fee” column on the first line, “12,600 (yen)” (= lever rate “6,0000 (yen)” × the man-hour “2.10” in the “man-hour” column on the first line) ) Is displayed. As a result, the technical fee for the maintenance item “vehicle inspection maintenance (24-month legal inspection)” in the first line of the “name” column is 12,600 yen. In the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to this embodiment, the lever rate used for calculating the technical fee is the value input in the “general lever rate” in the lever rate information field 211e of the reception information screen 121j (see FIG. 7). It is done.

  In the “quantity” column, the part quantity extracted from the “part quantity” column of the vehicle type set table 900 (see FIG. 15) by the information extraction unit 179 and in the “maintenance item” column indicating the part item is displayed. The part quantity stored in association with the value is displayed. In FIG. 16, for example, the component quantity “0.50” stored in association with the “brake oil” component item in the vehicle type set table 900 is the component item “brake” in the “component quantity” column on the seventh line. It is displayed in association with “oil”. However, if the part quantity corresponding to the part item displayed in the “name” field is not stored in the “part quantity” column of the vehicle type set table 900, the “quantity” field is displayed blank.

  In the “unit” column, a unit (liter, piece, etc.) corresponding to the component item is displayed. The unit displayed in the “unit” column is a value extracted by the information extraction unit 179 from the work screen database 149 in association with the part code. For example, when the “unit” column is provided in the vehicle type set table 900 and the maintenance item displayed in the selected maintenance item display unit 640 is reflected in the maintenance content editing unit 230, the information extraction unit 179 displays “unit”. The unit stored in the column may be extracted.

  In the “part unit price” column, a “unit price” column indicating the part item, which is a part unit price extracted from the “part unit price” column of the vehicle type set table 900 (see FIG. 15) by the information extraction unit 179. The component unit price stored in association with the value of is displayed. In the vehicle type set table 900 of this example, “1050” is stored in the “part unit price” column corresponding to the part item “oil element”, but the value “in the maintenance item” column indicating the part item is “ No values are stored in the “part unit price” column corresponding to “brake oil” and “engine oil”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 16, the “component unit price” column corresponding to the component items “brake oil” and “engine oil” is displayed in a blank state and corresponds to the component item “oil element”. A value (1050) stored in the vehicle type set table 900 is displayed in the “part unit price” column.

  In the “part subtotal” column, a value calculated by multiplying the value in the “part unit price” column and the value in the “quantity” column is displayed. In FIG. 16, the part subtotal “1,050” = (part unit price “1,050 (yen)” × quantity “1”) is displayed in the ninth line of the “part subtotal” column.

  As described above, when the maintenance item displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 is reflected on the maintenance content editing unit 230, the information extraction unit 179 sets the information associated with the reflected maintenance item to the vehicle type set. The display control unit 177 extracts the extracted information from the work screen database 149 including the table 900 and displays the extracted information in association with the maintenance item on the maintenance content editing unit 230. Thereby, even a user unfamiliar with the operation of the computer can set the contents described in the slip quickly and easily as compared with the case where the contents described in the slip (for example, bill) are input from scratch. Further, even a user who has little expertise in vehicle maintenance can create a slip equivalent to a user who has a wealth of vehicle maintenance expertise.

  As described above, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the maintenance content editing unit 230 provides the user with work information including man-hours for work related to the maintenance content and fees (technical fee, unit price) related to the work related to the maintenance content. Is configured to allow input. Therefore, when the maintenance item displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 is reflected on the maintenance content editing unit 230, the user can input missing information or correct the reflected information. . FIG. 17 illustrates a state in which information that is insufficient in the maintenance content editing unit 230 illustrated in FIG. 16 is input by the user.

  In the maintenance content editing unit 230 shown in FIG. 17, “0.50” is input as the man-hour corresponding to the work item “wiper blade replacement” in the sixth line of the “man-hour” column, and “3, 000 ”= (lever rate“ 6,0000 (yen) ”× man-hour“ 0.5 ”) is input. Also, “2,000” is entered as the component unit price corresponding to the component item “brake oil” in the seventh line of the “part unit price” column, and “1,000” ( = Parts unit price “2,000” × quantity “0.50”). Also, “900” is input as the component unit price corresponding to the component item “engine oil” in the eighth line of the “part unit price” column, and “3,600” (= parts) in the eighth line of the “part subtotal” column. Unit price “900” × quantity “4”) is input.

  Thus, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the maintenance content editing unit 230 is configured to accept a user input operation. For this reason, the information stored in the vehicle type set table 900 or the like is used, and the information corresponding to the situation at the time of voucher creation (part price change, temporary technical fee change, etc.) is reflected. A voucher can be created.

  FIG. 18 is a screen displayed when the tab name “confirmation” displayed third from the right in the tab name portion 210 is selected, and is a confirmation screen (a slip display portion of the slip display portion) that displays a slip relating to vehicle maintenance. (Example) It is a figure which shows an example of 121m. The confirmation screen 121m is a screen for confirming the contents and print layout of the slip reflecting the information input on the detail screen 121l. As shown in FIG. 18, on the confirmation screen 121m, the slip 3 reflecting the content input to the maintenance content editing unit 230 shown in FIG. 17 is displayed. Therefore, the slip 3 may include the maintenance items displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit 640 (see FIG. 12B) and the work information input to the maintenance content editing unit 230 by the user. In this example, slip 3 is a maintenance bill.

  In the slip 3, customer information 330a, slip name 331, establishment information 332a, and billing amount 335 are displayed. In the customer information 330a, the customer's name (or organization name if the customer is an organization), the customer's address and contact information (telephone number, FAX number, etc.) are displayed. In FIG. 18, information of “A river B husband” is printed as the customer information 330a. The slip name 331 displays the name of the slip (“Bill” in FIG. 18). In the business office information 332a, the name and address of the business office that issues the slip are printed. In FIG. 18, information of “◯ × automobile maintenance factory” is displayed as the establishment information 332a.

  The maintenance item cost column 333 reflects information input to the maintenance content editing unit 230 (see FIG. 17). In the “work contents / used parts” column of the maintenance item cost column 333, the maintenance items (9 in this example) in each row of the “name” column of the maintenance content editing unit 230 are displayed. In the “work cost” column of the maintenance item cost column 333, the value of the technical fee in each row in the “technical fee” column of the maintenance content editing unit 230 is displayed. In the “quantity” column of the maintenance item cost column 333, the value of the “quantity” column of the maintenance content editing unit 230 is displayed. In addition, in the “component cost” column of the maintenance item cost column 333, the value of the “part subtotal” column of the maintenance content editing unit 230 is displayed. In addition, the billing amount 335 displays a sum of the sum of the work wages in the maintenance item cost column 333 and the sum of the parts charges as the billing amount to be presented to the customer (maintenance amount) plus consumption tax. .

  A print button 201 is provided at the bottom of the confirmation screen 121m. When the user confirms the display contents of the slip 3 and presses the print button 201, the slip 3 is output from a printing machine (not shown) connected to the vehicle maintenance information management system 1. Note that the print layout of the slip 3 shown in FIG. 18 is an example, and the print layout of the slip 3 is not limited to this. A print layout selection unit 203 is provided at the top of the confirmation screen 121m. The print layout selection unit 203 can select various print layouts (for example, a vertical layout and a horizontal layout). The print layout selected by the print layout selection unit 203 is applied to the slip 3 displayed on the confirmation screen 121m. As a result, the user can confirm the print layout applied to the slip 3 without printing the slip 3. A horizontal layout is applied to the slip 3 shown in FIG.

(Address printing function)
Next, the address printing function in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described using FIG. 19 with reference to FIG. 18. FIG. 19A shows the back side of the slip 3 shown in FIG. FIG. Further, FIG. 19B is a diagram showing the back side of the slip 3 in a folded state, and FIG. 19C is a view in which the slip 3 in the folded state shown in FIG. 19B is enclosed. It is a figure which shows the envelope 5 with a window.

  Conventionally, there have been many vertical layouts for slips. Recently, however, the number of slips with a landscape layout has been increasing for reasons such as improving the visibility and design of information. In particular, automobile-related slips are suitable for a horizontal layout in which expenses classified for each maintenance item, such as the maintenance item cost column 333, can be described separately from the detailed information because the costs are classified into various categories such as fees and taxes. . However, in the case of the landscape layout slip, there is a problem that the position of the customer information 330a does not match the position of the window of a general envelope with a window. In the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment, customer information (customer name, customer address) is printed in a vertical layout at a position corresponding to the window of the envelope with a window on the back side of the slip 3 of the horizontal layout. This makes it possible to use an envelope with a window even in a horizontally laid out slip.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 19A, customer information 330b, maintenance office message 381, free image 383, and maintenance office information 332b are printed on the back surface 3b of the slip 3 in a vertical layout. Yes. The vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment displays a print selection dialog (not shown) when a slip 3 having a landscape layout is printed. In this print selection dialog, the user selects the customer information 330b in the vertical layout on the back surface 3b, the maintenance office message 381, the free image 383, and the maintenance office information 332b (hereinafter, these information will be collectively referred to as “back side portrait orientation”). It is possible to select whether or not to print “print information”.

  The customer information (an example of the destination information) 330b includes a customer name (in this example, “A river B husband”) and a customer address having the same contents as the customer information 330a printed on the surface of the slip 3 shown in FIG. Is printed. However, the printing mode of each customer information need not be the same. The information printed on the customer information 330b is information used as a slip destination. In addition, a message directed from the maintenance office to the customer is printed in the maintenance office message 381 arranged below the customer information 330b. In addition, an arbitrary image image set by the user is printed on the free image 383 arranged below the maintenance establishment message 381 and in the central region of the back surface 3b. The image printed on the free image 383 (free image image) may be an image registered in advance in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 or an image separately prepared by the user. Also, maintenance facility information 332b is printed below the free image 383. In the maintenance establishment information 332b, information having the same content as the establishment information 332a printed on the surface of the slip 3 (information of “○ × automobile maintenance factory”) is printed. However, the printing mode of each office information may not be the same.

  Further, on the back surface 3b of the slip 3, tri-fold guide lines L1a, L1b, L2a, and L2b that are used when the slip 3 is folded in three when sealed in an envelope with a window are printed. As shown in FIG. 19A, the tri-fold guide lines L1a and L2a are printed perpendicular to the same long side of the rectangular slip 3, and the tri-fold guide lines L1b and L2b are the tri-fold guide lines L1a and L2a. It is printed perpendicular to the long side opposite to the one printed. The tri-fold guide lines L1a and L1b are provided to face each other. Similarly, the tri-fold guide lines L2a and L2b are also provided facing each other. For example, when the user inserts the printed slip 3 into an envelope with a window, the user first folds the mountain along a virtual straight line connecting the three-fold guide lines L2a and L2b, and further connecting the three-fold guide lines L1a and L1b. Fold the mountain along. FIG. 19B is a diagram showing the slip 3 folded in this way.

  An area α shown in FIG. 19B is an upper area of the back surface 3b divided by a virtual straight line connecting the trifold guide lines L1a and L1b shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 19B, the area α corresponds to a printing area for the customer information 330b and the maintenance office message 381. The user encloses the slip 3 in an envelope with a window so that the customer information 330b printed in the region α can be viewed from the window. When the slip 3 is enclosed in an envelope with a window, as shown in FIG. 19 (c), customer information 330b printed in a vertical layout on the back surface 3b of the slip 3 from the window portion 5a of the envelope 5 with a window, Even detailed information such as a customer address is visible. Further, since the maintenance office message 381 is printed in the area α, the maintenance office message 381 is easily visible to the customer when the customer who mailed the slip 3 takes out the slip 3 from the envelope with window. Thereby, according to the slip 3 printed with the back side vertical print information set by the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, the impression that the maintenance establishment gives to the customer can be improved.

  As described above, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, the back vertical print information including at least the customer information 330 b of the slip 3 is printed in a direction different from the direction of the slip 3 on the back surface 3 b of the surface on which the slip 3 is output. Thus, slip output control is performed. That is, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1, at least the customer information 330b is set to the vertical layout on the back surface 3b of the slip 3 of the horizontal layout. For this reason, the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 can send a voucher to a customer by a general envelope with a window even in a landscape voucher excellent in information visibility and design. This eliminates the need for additional work such as preparing an address sticker on which customer information is separately printed when sending a horizontal layout slip, and allows the user to efficiently send a horizontal layout slip. .

  However, in a maintenance establishment, a printing machine (not shown) connected to the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 may not support double-sided printing. For this reason, the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 outputs an instruction to the printing machine to print the back side vertical printing information following the printing of the slip 3 when the connected printing machine does not support double-sided printing. To do. For example, a sheet on which the slip 3 is printed and a sheet on which the back side vertical print information is printed face each other so that the non-printing surfaces face each other, and these sheets are folded as shown in FIG. The customer information 330b can be sealed in the envelope 5 with a window in a state where the customer information 330b is visible. In this way, even if the printing machine does not support double-sided printing, the user can efficiently perform the work of sending a slip in a horizontal layout.

(Vehicle type set table editing function)
Next, the vehicle type set table editing function in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The vehicle type set table editing function is a function for editing the contents of the vehicle type set table 900. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the setting menu dialog screen 550. The setting menu dialog screen 550 is displayed on the display screen 110 when the user presses the setting button 501 provided at the lower part of the main window 121 on the initial screen (see FIG. 2) of the vehicle maintenance information management system 1. Is displayed. The setting menu dialog screen 550 is provided with a setting menu display unit 551 that displays a plurality of setting menu images indicating information that can be set by the user. Here, when the setting menu image 551a displayed as “Vehicle type set content” in the setting menu image displayed on the setting menu display unit 551 is pressed, the vehicle type set detail search dialog 600b shown in FIG. 21 is displayed on the display screen. 110.

  A vehicle type set detail search dialog 600b shown in FIG. 21 includes a search condition input unit 610b, a search vehicle cooperation display unit 620b, and a maintenance item display unit 630b. The search condition input unit 610b, the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620b, and the maintenance item display unit 630b are a search condition input unit 610, a search vehicle cooperation display unit 620, and a maintenance item display unit 630 in the vehicle type set search dialog 600 (see FIG. 12). The detailed description is omitted. In the vehicle type set detail search dialog 600b, the maintenance item set to be edited in the vehicle type set table 900 can be specified by inputting each search condition to the search condition input unit 610. In this example, in the search condition input unit 610, conditions of the model “NCP30”, the travel distance “30,000 to 50,000 km”, and the maintenance course “standard” are input. The maintenance item display unit 630b displays a list of maintenance item sets that match the conditions input to the search condition input unit 610b. A confirmation button 605 and a return button 607 are provided at the bottom of the vehicle type set detail search dialog 600b. When the user presses the confirm button 605, a set detail screen 121 n shown in FIG. 22 is displayed on the main window 121. When the return button 607 is pressed, the vehicle type set detail search dialog 600b is closed.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the set detail screen 121n is provided with a condition display unit 650 and a maintenance content editing unit 230b. The condition display unit 650 displays the contents of the search condition input to the search condition input unit 610b (see FIG. 21). In the maintenance content editing unit 230b, the maintenance item displayed on the maintenance item display unit 630b and information related to the maintenance item are extracted from the vehicle type set table 900 by the information extraction unit 179 and displayed by the display control unit 177. Is done. Since the configuration of the maintenance content editing unit 230b is the same as that of the maintenance content editing unit 230 (see FIG. 16), detailed description thereof is omitted. The content input by the user in the maintenance content editing unit 230b is registered in the vehicle type set table 900 by pressing the save button 609 provided at the bottom of the set detail screen 121n. For this reason, on the set detail screen 121n, the user adds a new maintenance item for the maintenance item set corresponding to the condition displayed on the condition display unit 650, or information (manhours, technical fee, (Quantity, unit price, etc.) can be registered. In FIG. 22, the user inputs the man-hour “1” in the eleventh line of the “man-hour” column in association with the maintenance item (work item) “air cleaner replacement”, and the technology in the eleventh line of the “technical fee” column. An example in which the fee “7,000” is input is shown. As described above, in the vehicle maintenance information management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the user can arbitrarily customize the information stored in the vehicle type set table 900. As a result, in the vehicle type set table 900, information reflecting the actual situation of each maintenance factory to which the user belongs is accumulated in addition to the maintenance results at various maintenance shops. As a result, the user can create a voucher with contents suitable for the actual situation of the working maintenance shop and propose a maintenance mode to the customer regardless of the length of the working period at the maintenance shop.

(Modification)
In the above embodiment, the “travel distance” column of the vehicle type set table 900 (see FIG. 15) is equivalent to the six types of travel distance information displayed in the pull-down menu of the travel distance input unit 617 (see FIG. 12A). Although the information is displayed, the present invention is not limited to this. In the “travel distance” column, for example, a value indicating information equivalent to six types of travel distance information may be stored. For example, a value indicating information equivalent to six types of travel distance information is a travel distance code that is six numerical values from “0” to “5” associated with each of the six types of travel distance information. May be. For example, the travel distance code “0” indicates travel distance information “˜30,000 km”, the travel distance code “1” indicates travel distance information “30,000 km to 50,000 km”, and the travel distance code “2” is The travel distance information “50,000 km to 70,000 km” is indicated, the travel distance code “3” is the travel distance information “70,000 km to 90,000 km”, and the travel distance code “4” is the travel distance information “90,000 km”. km ”and“ 100,000 km ”, and the travel distance code“ 5 ”indicates travel distance information“ 100,000 km ”.

  In the above embodiment, when the same information as the three types of maintenance courses displayed in the pull-down menu of the course input unit 619 (see FIG. 12A) is displayed in the “course” column of the vehicle type set table 900. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In the “course” column, for example, a value indicating information equivalent to three types of maintenance courses may be stored. The value indicating information equivalent to the three types of maintenance courses may be a maintenance course code that is three numerical values from “0” to “2” associated with each of the three types of maintenance courses. For example, the maintenance course code “0” indicates the maintenance course “standard”, the maintenance course code “1” indicates the maintenance course “deluxe”, and the maintenance course code “2” indicates the maintenance course “ultra”.

  When a travel distance code is input in the “travel distance” column of the vehicle type set table 900, the work screen database 149 is provided with an association table that associates the travel distance code with the travel distance information indicated by the travel distance code. It may be done. Similarly, when a maintenance course code is input in the “course” column of the vehicle type set table 900, an association table for associating the maintenance course code with the maintenance course indicated by the maintenance course code may be provided.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the vehicle type set table 900 is referred to in the processing of various work screens in the main window 121 and the dialog screen derived from the work screen has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. I can't. The vehicle type set table 900 may be referred to in processing of a dialog window that is derived from the sub window 123 or the sub window 123 and displayed. For example, a “slip” mode may be added to the sub window 123 as a new mode. For example, the sub-window in the “slip” mode can use the same functions as those of the search condition input unit 610, the search vehicle cooperation display unit 620, the maintenance item display unit 630, etc. included in the vehicle type set search dialog 600 (see FIG. 12A). The vehicle type set table 900 may be referred to. As a result, the user can refer to the contents of the vehicle type set table 900 in the sub window 123 while performing an operation different from the work related to the slip creation in the main window 121.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention and the modifications thereof have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Part or all of the present invention can be incorporated into hardware or software (including firmware, resident software, microcode, state machines, gate arrays, etc.). Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product on a computer-usable or computer-readable storage medium, which incorporates computer-usable or computer-readable program code. It is done. A computer usable or computer readable medium can record, store, communicate, propagate, or carry a program used by or in conjunction with an instruction execution system, apparatus or device, Any medium can be used.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. Is done.

  The present invention can be applied to any configuration as long as it is a field for centrally managing information related to vehicle sales, purchase, maintenance after sales, and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multi window display apparatus 11 Display apparatus 13 Main body 15 User interface 110 Display screen 111 Display drive part 121 Main window 121a, 121b, 123c, 123d Long side 121c, 121d, 123a, 123b Short side 121j Reception information screen 121k Vehicle information screen 121l Detail screen 121m Confirmation screen 121n Set detail screen 123 Subwindow 131 Working memory 133 CPU
137 Inter-window distance determination unit 141 Fitting display unit 143 Window operation unit 145 Operation determination unit 147 Maintenance information database 149 Work screen database 135 Program memory 170 Work control unit 177 Display control unit 179 Information extraction unit 230, 230b Maintenance content editing unit 600 Vehicle type set search dialog 610, 610b Search condition input unit 611 Manufacturer name input unit 613 Vehicle name input unit 615 Model input unit 617 Travel distance input unit 619 Course input unit 620, 620b Search vehicle cooperation display unit 630, 630b Maintenance item display unit 800 Model correspondence table 900 Vehicle type set table

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Maintenance item information including vehicle identification information that identifies the type of vehicle, travel distance information that indicates the travel distance of the vehicle, and a predetermined number of maintenance items that are associated with the vehicle identification information and the travel distance information and indicate the maintenance content of the vehicle A database that stores
An extraction unit that extracts the maintenance item information corresponding to the vehicle identification information and the travel distance information from the database;
A vehicle maintenance information management system comprising: a maintenance item display unit capable of displaying the maintenance item information extracted by the extraction unit. A vehicle in which a user can input vehicle summary information that is stored in the database in association with a predetermined number of vehicle identification information and includes at least vehicle information that indicates the manufacturer of the vehicle and vehicle name information that indicates the name of the vehicle type of the vehicle. An overview information input section;
A designation unit that allows a user to designate one vehicle identification information among vehicle identification information corresponding to the vehicle summary information input to the vehicle summary information input unit;
A travel distance input unit that allows the user to input the travel distance information;
With
2. The vehicle maintenance information management according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts, from the database, the vehicle identification information specified by the specification unit and the maintenance item information corresponding to the travel distance information input by the travel distance input unit. system. A selected maintenance item display unit for displaying an item selected by the user among a predetermined number of maintenance items included in the maintenance item information displayed in the maintenance item display unit;
A slip display section for displaying slips related to vehicle maintenance,
The vehicle maintenance information management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slip display unit can display the slip including the maintenance items displayed on the selected maintenance item display unit. A work information input unit that allows a user to input work information including work man-hours related to the maintenance content indicated by the maintenance item and a charge related to the work;
The vehicle maintenance information management system according to claim 3, wherein the slip display unit can display the work information input to the work information input unit. Maintenance item information including vehicle identification information for identifying the type of vehicle, travel distance information indicating the travel distance of the vehicle, and a predetermined number of maintenance items indicating the maintenance content of the vehicle associated with the vehicle identification information and the travel distance. An extraction step of extracting the maintenance item information corresponding to the vehicle identification information and the travel distance information from a stored database;
A vehicle maintenance information management method comprising: a maintenance item display step of displaying the maintenance item information extracted in the extraction step. Computer
Maintenance item information including vehicle identification information for identifying the type of vehicle, travel distance information indicating the travel distance of the vehicle, and a predetermined number of maintenance items indicating the maintenance content of the vehicle associated with the vehicle identification information and the travel distance. An extraction unit that extracts the maintenance item information corresponding to the vehicle identification information and the travel distance information from the stored database, and a maintenance item display unit that can display the maintenance item information extracted by the extraction unit Vehicle maintenance information management program.

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