JP2865235B2 - Operation management device for transportation vehicles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is mounted on a transportation vehicle,
The present invention relates to a transport vehicle operation management device that collects information for managing the operation of a transport vehicle, and particularly to start data and end for managing the operation of the transport vehicle by input operations performed at the start and end of each delivery operation. The present invention relates to an operation management device for a transportation vehicle that collects information including data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a device of this type, it is necessary for a driver or a crew to know the time and the traveling distance at the time of starting / ending loading and unloading at the time of starting / ending loading. It is necessary to know the time required for unloading and unloading, the mileage and time until the next work, and to manage the operation of the transport vehicle later, such as the contents of the delivery work.

Therefore, conventionally, at the start and end of each delivery operation, the driver turns on the start key and the end key, so that information such as the start time and the end time can be time-sequentially stored in an IC card or the like. There has been considered a device that records data in a memory device to collect operation data of a transport vehicle.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, if the driver's manual input operation is forgotten at the end of the work, the correct work time, the time until the start of the next work, the mileage, etc. There is a disadvantage that data cannot be collected and the reliability of the collected data is lost.

Accordingly, in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a method of detecting the end of a work even if the driver forgets to input the end of the work by manual input. It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation management device for a transportation vehicle which is designed to increase the number of vehicles.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a work instruction apparatus for a transportation vehicle according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in the basic configuration diagram of the transport vehicle operation management device that collects information consisting of start data and end data for managing the operation of the transport vehicle by input operation performed at the start and end of each delivery work, a running detecting means D4 for detecting the running of the transportation vehicle, depending on the running detecting transportation vehicle by the travel detecting means D4 after the commencement input operation each shipping operations, the travel distance of the transportation vehicle after the detection measure
First measuring means D11-11 and start input of each delivery work
Transportation vehicle by the travel detection means D4 after the operation is performed
The travel time of the transported vehicle after the detection is measured.
Measuring means D11-12, the first or second measuring means
End data for automatically creating the end data when there is no end input operation even if the running distance or running time measured by the second measuring means D11-11 or D11-12 exceeds a preset distance or time. And creation means D11-2.

[0007]

The present invention focuses on the fact that a transport vehicle once entering a delivery operation stops and does not travel until the delivery operation is completed. after a, the running detecting means D4 detects the running of the transport vehicle, together with the first measuring means D11 11 measures the traveling distance of the transport vehicle after detection, a second measurement
Measures the traveling time of the transport vehicle after detection by means D11-12.
And the first or second measuring means D11-11 or D1
Even if the travel distance or travel time measured by 1-12 exceeds the preset distance or time, if there is no end input operation indicating the end of the delivery work by the driver, the finish data creating means D11-2 outputs the finish data. Since the data is automatically created, even if the driver forgets the end input operation indicating the end of the delivery work, the end data is reliably created.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of an operation management device for a transportation vehicle according to the present invention, wherein the operation management device is mounted on the transportation vehicle.
Control box (hereinafter abbreviated as C / B) D1
A handy terminal (hereinafter abbreviated as H / T) D2 connected to the C / BD1, and an IC card reader / writer (abbreviated as R / W) connected to the C / BD1.
D3 and a travel sensor D4 connected to the C / BD 1 for generating a travel signal of the transport vehicle.

[0009] Specifically, the C / BD 1 has a microcomputer (CPU) D11 which operates according to a predetermined control program. The CPU D11 inputs a running pulse from a running sensor (not shown) via an external interface (IF) D12,
Card R / WD connected via / WIFD13
3 with the H / TIFD 14
To exchange data for communication with the H / TD2 connected via the. The IC card R / WD3 is used for writing data to the driver IC card E and for the driver IC.
The data is read from the card E.

The CPU D11 has an RO-only memory, which is a read-only memory for storing the control program and the like.
MD15 and data from IC card R / WD3, C
A RAMD 16 which is a memory for reading and writing various data created by the PUD 11,
An electrically erasable and programmable (EEP) ROM 17 in which preset setting data is stored is connected.

On the other hand, the H / TD 2 is a microcomputer (CP) that operates according to a predetermined control program.
U) having D21. This CPUD21 is a C / BIF
Data is exchanged with the C / BD 1 via the D22, and the illumination unit D23 and the display unit D24 are controlled by the data input via the C / BIFD 22 to perform predetermined display. An operation signal is input from an operation unit D25 including various operation keys formed by display and transmitted to the C / BD 1 via the C / BIFD 22. The CPUD21 has a ROMD26 which is a read-only memory storing the control program and the like, a RAMD27 which stores various data and is a readable and writable memory used as a work area when the CPUD21 operates, and Buzzer D28 that generates various message sounds to the operator during the operation of H / TD2
And are connected.

As shown in FIG. 3, the IC card R / WD 3 has a microcomputer (CPU) D31 which operates according to a predetermined control program. This C
The PUD 31 transmits and receives data to and from the C / BD 1 via the C / BIFD 32, and the IC card connector D3
3. Data is exchanged with the driver's IC card E connected via the interface 3 to read data from the driver's IC card E and write data to the driver's IC card E. In addition, the setting data is read from the system IC card F connected via the IC card connector D33 and stored in the EEPROM D17.

As shown in FIG. 4, the driver's IC card E has a vehicle data area E1 and an actual data area E2.
And a work instruction data area E3. In the in-vehicle data area E1 and the performance data area E2, data written by the in-vehicle operation management device and read by the transportation company is recorded. In the work instruction data area E3, data written by the transportation company and read by the on-board operation management device is recorded.

In the above configuration, immediately after the apparatus having the configuration shown in FIG. 2 is mounted on a transportation vehicle, the IC card R / WD3
The system IC card F is inserted into the device, and various system setting data stored therein are read.
/ BD1 in the EEPROM D17. The system setting data is used to automatically create the delivery work end data as shown in FIG. 5 when there is no operation input for creating the data. That is, the ending traveling time (× 10 seconds) T ₁ and the ending traveling distance (km) K ₁ for setting the loading A, and the ending traveling time (× ₁ ) for setting the unloading A
0 sec) T ₂ and end travel distance (km) K _2, data such as termination running time for ferry setting (× 10 seconds) T ₃ and end travel distance (km) K ₃ are stored.

When a transportation vehicle leaves a transportation company for delivery work, the driver inserts his IC card E into an IC card.
Insert the card into the card R / WD3, read the delivery work instruction data recorded in the work instruction data area E3, store this in a predetermined area in the RAMD 16 of the C / BD 1, and thereafter, Use it to perform delivery work and create delivery performance data.

At the start of each delivery operation, the driver must
When a work start input is performed by the operation unit D25 while looking at the display unit D24 of / TD2, and a work end input is performed at the end of the delivery work, the CPUD11 creates work start data and work end data according to these inputs. Then, these are written and stored in the in-vehicle data area E1 of the IC card E as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the CPU D11 measures the traveling distance of the transported vehicle based on the traveling pulse from the traveling sensor D4,
The cumulative travel distance data area (not shown) formed in the RAMD 16 is incremented for each unit distance travel to create the cumulative travel distance data, and the clock area (not shown) formed in the RAMD 16 is incremented for each unit time. The time data is created by incrementing, and the work start data and the end data are created using the accumulated traveling distance data and the time data at that time.

The CPUD 11 creates work start data in accordance with the work start input as described above and writes the work start data in the on-vehicle data area E1. When the transportation vehicle travels, the traveling distance from the start of the traveling is measured and the elapsed time is measured, and the traveling distance or time is set in advance for the delivery work and stored in the EEPROM D17. km) and the end running time (×
10 seconds). When it exceeds those travel distance or time has been set these in advance, to create a work end data by the cumulative travel distance data and time data at that time, and writes the Re this in-vehicle data area E1.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the transportation vehicle is stopped to start loading A, a loading start input is performed at time t ₁ , and the loading A is completed and time t is reached. _{When the} transport vehicle travels at ₂ , the transport vehicle travels a predetermined distance K ₁ from the travel start time t ₂ of the transport vehicle or detects the end of the work of loading A at a time t ₃ when a predetermined time T ₁ elapses and automatically detects the end. To generate loading A end data. Performs unloading A start input at time t _4, finished working at time t _5, when running forget its termination input, or a predetermined time T ₂ has elapsed a certain distance K ₂ traveling from the travel start time t ₅ automatically create unloading a termination data detecting work completion of unloading a at time t _6.
At time t ₇ , a ferry entry is made, and at time t ₈ , the driver forgets to enter the ferry and travels.
_Three runs or when t ₉ for a predetermined time T ₃ has elapsed to detect the ferry Fufune automatically create ferry Fufune data.

How to use the operation management device having the above configuration will be described below. When the transportation vehicle departs from the transportation company, the operation manager gives the driver an IC card E in which delivery work instruction data for instructing the contents of the delivery work is recorded in the work instruction data area E3. When the driver inserts the IC card E into the in-vehicle IC card R / WD3, the data therein is read and the RAM in the C / BD1 is read.
D16 is stored in a predetermined storage area.

After unloading, the transport vehicle heads to the shipping station, where it starts loading preparation work, starts the loading work of the delivery items, and when the loading operation is completed, it automatically becomes the actual vehicle and creates actual vehicle data. . This actual vehicle data is the IC
The data is recorded in the in-vehicle data area E1 of the card E. In addition, the in-vehicle data area E1 includes insertion / ejection of the IC card, preparation for loading, waiting for loading, loading, unloading, car washing, ferry boarding, At the beginning and end of breaks, meals, etc.
At preset times such as return to home, start of work, end of work, and empty / actual vehicle time, the time, the accumulated mileage at that time, the actual mileage of the vehicle, and the mileage of the empty vehicle are recorded, and this becomes the operating data of the transport vehicle.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the details of the operation of the apparatus of the present invention, which has been schematically described above, performed by the CPUD 11 of the C / BD 1 in accordance with the control program, in particular, the operation when loading a delivery vehicle onto a transport vehicle at a shipping place. This will be described with reference to FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 8, in the first step S1, when there is a start input of the loading A work by operating the operation unit D25 of the H / TD 2, the process proceeds to step S2, where the loading A start data is created, and The data is stored in the in-vehicle data area E1 of the IC card E. Then, step S3
Then, 30 × 10 seconds (= 5 minutes), which is the end traveling time data T ₁ set in advance for the loading A work, is set in a T counter formed in a predetermined area of the RAMD16. the write a work is a preset terminated traveling distance data K ₁ 1.5 km is set to K counter in which is formed in a predetermined area of RAMD16.

The T counter is decremented every time the transporting vehicle travels for 10 seconds, and the K counter is decremented each time the traveling vehicle travels 0.1 km. In response to the detection of travel of the transport vehicle by the sensor D4, the travel distance of the transport vehicle after the detection is measured .
The first measuring means D11-11 for measuring and the traveling time are measured.
Function as measuring means D11-12 .

Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S5, where H / T
It is determined whether or not there is an end input of the loading A operation by operating the operation unit D25 of D2. If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S6 to determine whether the T counter is 0. If the determination in step S6 is also NO, the process proceeds to step S7 to determine whether the K counter is 0. If the determination in step S7 is also NO, step S7 is performed.
5 and waits for any of steps S5 to S7 to be YES.

Now, upon completion of the loading A operation, the driver moves to H
When end input is performed by operating the operation unit D25 of / TD2,
If the determination in step S5 is YES, the flow advances to step S8 to turn on the manual input end flag, and in step S9, the loading A end data is created and stored in the in-vehicle data area E1 of the IC card E. The operation of loading A ends.
Note that the loading A end data at this time is provided with a flag turned on in step S8 indicating that this data was manually created, so that it can be understood how the data was created later. It has become.

When the loading A operation is completed, but the driver forgets the end input by operating the operation unit D25 of the H / TD 2 and the transport vehicle starts running, the T counter is set to 10 seconds in response to this. It is decremented at regular intervals, and K
The counter is decremented at every fixed traveling distance of 0.1 km. Then, after 5 minutes have passed since the first time the transport vehicle has traveled, the T counter becomes 0, and if the determination in step S6 becomes YES, the process proceeds to step S10, turns on the automatic time end flag, and then proceeds to step S9. Proceed to create loading A end data as described above. In the loading A end data at this time, the automatic time end flag is turned on.

[0027] Furthermore, 1.5k from the first time the transport vehicle has run
After running m, the K counter becomes 0, and if the determination in step S7 becomes YES, the flow proceeds to step S11 to turn on the automatic distance end flag, and then proceeds to step S9 to create the loading A end data as described above. I do. Loading A at this time
In the end data, the automatic distance end flag is turned on.

By executing the step S9, the CPU D11 automatically outputs the end data when there is no end input operation even if the running distance or running time measured by the T or K counter exceeds a preset distance or time. It functions as the end data creating means D11-2 to create.

[0029]

According to the present invention as described in the foregoing, measured after an initiation input operation each shipping operations, upon detecting the travel of the transport vehicle, the distance traveled and the run line time subsequent transport vehicles However, even if the measured travel distance or travel time exceeds a preset distance or time, if there is no finish input operation indicating the end of the delivery work by the driver, the finish data is automatically created, and the driver Even if the end input operation indicating the end of the delivery operation is forgotten, the end data can be reliably obtained, so that the reliability of the collected data can be improved. In particular, one of travel distance or travel time is set in advance
End data automatically when the distance or time
If you are traveling on a congested road,
Depending on the time, without driving over the specified distance,
If you enter the highway, it may take longer than
The end data is automatically created before you run
In any case, do not exceed the specified distance and specified time.
The required end operation will be performed sooner.
More reliable data than only
It becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a transportation vehicle operation management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing one embodiment of an operation management device for a transportation vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific configuration example of a part in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data format in a driver IC card in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data format in a system IC card in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a format of operation data stored in a vehicle-mounted data area in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a task performed by the CPU in the control box in FIG. 2 at the time of loading.

[Explanation of symbols]

D11-1 1 CPU (first measurement unit) D11-12 CPU (second measurement unit) D11-2 CPU (end data creation means) D4 travel sensor (travel detection means)

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An operation management apparatus for a transport vehicle, which collects information including start data and end data for managing the operation of the transport vehicle by input operations performed at the start and end of each delivery operation. a travel detection means for detecting, depending on the running detecting transportation vehicle by the travel detecting means after an initiation input operations of each delivery operation, a first measurement for measuring a travel distance of the transportation vehicle after the detection Means and the travel detecting means after a start input operation of each delivery operation is performed.
In response to the detection of travel of the transportation vehicle by the step, the transportation vehicle after the detection
A second measuring means for measuring both traveling times, and when the traveling distance or traveling time measured by the first or second measuring means exceeds a preset distance or time, the end input operation is not performed, An operation management device for a transportation vehicle, comprising: an end data creating unit that automatically creates the end data.