JP2571921B2 - Inspection line control system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a control system for a vehicle inspection line that enables efficient vehicle inspection.

(2) Conventional technology As a conventional control system of this type, an inspection type selection device for selecting only a required inspection type from among the set inspection types of a vehicle, and an inspection type selection device set for the inspection type selection device An inspection procedure memory circuit for storing the inspection items included in the inspection items and the execution order of the inspection items for each inspection type, and a signal of the inspection type selected by the inspection type selection device,
An inspection item selection circuit that compares the signal of the inspection type with the inspection item stored in the inspection point storage circuit and selects an inspection item corresponding to the selected inspection type from the inspection point storage circuit; A display device for displaying the inspection types, inspections, and diagnosis results selected by the inspection type and the inspection item selection circuit, and a central unit having a computer connected to an operation panel to operate the inspection item selection circuit and the display device A control device is provided, and an inspection item corresponding to the inspection type is automatically selected according to an operation signal from the central control device and is displayed on the display device. When input to the central controller by the selection device, the inspection item corresponding to the inspection type is automatically selected by the inspection item selection circuit and displayed on the display device in the order of execution. Thing is known.

(3) Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to this conventional control system, an operator performs an inspection according to inspection items on a display device, and when the inspection results in a defect, judges and selects a replacement part by himself. In addition, there is a problem in that the operation requires skill and labor, and when there are a plurality of vehicle inspection lines, inspection and diagnosis are performed individually for each line and data management is not sufficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle inspection line control system which solves these problems and enables efficient vehicle inspection and data management of all vehicle inspection lines.

(4) Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides an address, a name, an inspection item corresponding to the contents of the vehicle inspection, and a judgment condition corresponding to each inspection item in advance. A storage device for storing data of a replacement parts list corresponding to each inspection item, and by inputting a member of a vehicle to be inspected to an operation panel, an address, a name, and an inspection content of an owner of the vehicle from the storage device are obtained. The corresponding inspection items and determination conditions are selected to determine pass / fail from the measurement results of each measuring device on the line, and in the case of rejection based on the determination result, a replacement part is determined from the replacement part list data in the storage device. A line operation control device for executing selection, a display device for displaying inspection items, identification of judgment results and a selection list of replacement parts according to a command from the line operation control device, and the line operation control device. A recording device for recording the owner's address, name, vehicle inspection content, judgment result, and selection list of replacement parts according to a command from the device, and a host operation control device for transmitting data to and from the line operation control device. It is characterized by the following.

(5) Operation In advance, the address and name of the owner of each inspected vehicle, inspection items corresponding to the inspection contents, judgment conditions corresponding to each inspection item, and data of replacement parts corresponding to each inspection item are stored. From, the inspected vehicle is introduced to the vehicle inspection line. Then, when the operator inputs the number of the inspected vehicle to the operation panel, the line operation control device reads out the inspection contents and determination conditions corresponding to the inspected vehicle from the storage device and checks the inspection items corresponding to the inspection contents. Display on the display device sequentially.

The operator performs inspection and maintenance in accordance with the displayed inspection items, and the line arithmetic and control unit determines whether or not the measurement result of the measuring device satisfies the determination condition, and displays the pass / fail on the display device. As described above, when the judgment result in the inspection and maintenance of each inspection item is unsuccessful, the line operation control device selects a replacement part, and after completion of the vehicle inspection, displays a selection list of the replacement part on the display device, and the operator follows this display. Enables replacement of parts.

Then, in accordance with a command from the line operation control device, the address, name, details of the vehicle inspection, the result of the inspection, and the selected replacement part are recorded by the recording device.

In this way, the vehicle inspection is performed for each inspected vehicle on each vehicle inspection line, and the data of the vehicle inspection contents and the results are transmitted from each line arithmetic and control unit to the host arithmetic and control unit, and the data is centrally managed.

(6) Embodiment One embodiment of the control system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(1) shows a vehicle inspection line, (2) shows a line operation control device installed in a control room (3) beside the line (1), and the line operation control device (2) comprises a CPU. , The signal converter (4) as shown in the block diagram of FIG.
The exhaust gas tester (6a) and the side slip tester (6a) on the receiver (5) and the vehicle inspection line (1)
b), connected to measuring instruments such as a combination tester (6c) and a headlight tester (6d). Further, the line operation control device (2) is located above the storage device (7) and the vehicle inspection line (1). Display device installed (8)
And a recording device (9) installed next to the line operation control device (2).

Here, the operation panel (10) is integrally formed with the transmitter, and according to the operation of the operation panel (10), a signal corresponding to the operation is transmitted to the receiver (5) as a radio signal from the transmitter. The received signal is converted by the signal converter (4) and input to the line operation control device (2). Each line arithmetic and control unit (2) is connected to a factory host arithmetic and control unit (12) composed of a CPU via an interface (11), and the host arithmetic and control unit (12) of each factory is connected via a data transmission cable. It is connected to the head office host arithmetic and control unit (13) consisting of the head office CPU.

 Next, the operation of the system of the above embodiment will be described.

In advance, the operator operates the operation panel attached to the line operation control device (2) to display data of each managed vehicle, for example, the address of the owner of each vehicle,
A list of replacement parts according to the inspection item, such as a name, an inspection item according to the inspection content, a judgment condition corresponding to each inspection item, that is, a reference value, and the like are input, and these data are read into the storage device (7). deep.

After the data of each managed vehicle is input to the storage device (7), the vehicle inspection work is started.

First, the inspected vehicle is introduced to the inspection line (1), and the operator inputs the number of the inspected vehicle to the operation panel (10).
The line operation control device (2) receiving the input signal
Reads out the inspection contents of the inspected vehicle corresponding to the number from the storage device (7), and displays the first inspection item of the inspection contents on the display device (8).

The operator performs an initial exhaust gas measurement, for example, according to this check item. The measured value of the exhaust gas is inputted to the line arithmetic and control unit (2), and the measured value and the reference value are compared in the line arithmetic and control unit (2). Then, a pass, for example, green display is displayed on the display device (8). However, when the line operation control device (2) determines that the measured value is outside the allowable reference value, the display device (8) displays a rejection, for example, in red.

After the completion of the inspection and maintenance for the first inspection item in this way, the operator operates the operation panel (10), so that the line operation control device (2) selects the next inspection item of the vehicle inspection content and performs the inspection. Items such as measurements by a side slip tester are displayed on the display device (8). In accordance with this display, the operator moves the inspected vehicle to the measurement location and makes a pass / fail determination by the same operation as described above.

As described above, the operator performs the inspection and maintenance according to the inspection items sequentially displayed on the display device (8) by the operation of the line arithmetic and control unit (2), and ends the series of inspection and maintenance of the contents of the vehicle inspection. After the end of the series of inspection and maintenance, the line arithmetic and control unit (2) selects a replacement part in the case of a failure as a result of the judgment in each inspection and maintenance, and displays the selection list on the display unit (8). Therefore, there is no need for the operator to select a replacement part at his own discretion, and the operator's skill is not required,
Work efficiency can be improved.

The inspection items, measurement results, pass / fail judgment results, selected replacement parts, and the owner's address, name, vehicle number, and the like according to the contents of the vehicle inspection are printed out in a maintenance report by the recording device (9). The printed maintenance report can be handed over to the vehicle owner.

In this way, the data of the vehicle inspection result of each vehicle at each vehicle inspection line (1) is sent from the line arithmetic and control unit (2) to the factory host arithmetic and control unit (12), and centralized data management is performed for each factory. Centralized data is transmitted from the factory host arithmetic and control unit (12) to the head office host arithmetic and control unit (13),
Centrally manage data at the head office company-wide.

(7) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, when the number of the inspected vehicle is input to the operation panel, the line operation control device sequentially displays the inspection items of the inspection contents corresponding to the inspected vehicle on the display device. At the same time, the result of the pass / fail judgment by performing these inspection items is displayed on the display device, so that the result of the pass / fail judgment can be understood at a glance. Since the list is also displayed on the display device, the operator does not need to select a necessary replacement part, so that the worker is not required to be skilled and work efficiency is remarkably improved. And the data such as the address, name, details of the inspection and the inspection results of the owner of each inspected vehicle are all printed out by the recording device. The printed sheet can be passed to the owner as it is, and there is no need to take any particular record. Further, since the line operation control device of each line is connected to the host operation control device, the data can be centrally managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a control system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a vehicle inspection line. (2) Line operation control device (6a) to (6d) Measurement device (7) Storage device (8) Display device (9) Recording device (10) Operation panel (12) ), (13) ... Host arithmetic and control unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. The address and name of the owner of each inspected vehicle in advance.
By inputting the number of the vehicle to be inspected into the operation panel, a storage device for storing the data of each inspection item corresponding to the inspection content, the judgment condition corresponding to each inspection item, the list of replacement parts corresponding to each inspection item, and the like. From the storage device, select the inspection items and judgment conditions according to the owner's address, name, and vehicle inspection content for the vehicle, and judge pass / fail from the measurement results of each measuring device on the line, and reject according to the judgment result In the case of (1), a line operation control device for executing selection of a replacement part from data of the replacement part list in the storage device, and identification of an inspection item, a judgment result, and selection of a replacement part according to a command from the line operation control device A display device for displaying a list, and a record for recording an address, a name, a vehicle inspection content, a judgment result, and a selection list of replacement parts of the owner according to a command from the line operation control device. The control system of inspection lines, wherein the location, in that it consists of a host arithmetic and control unit for data transmission between said line operation control device.