JP4670515B2 - Vehicle information recognition system and vehicle information recognition method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle information recognition system and a vehicle information recognition method, and more particularly to a system and method for recognizing vehicle failure information and unique information.

  When a vehicle breaks down, it is necessary to perform repairs according to the service manual that guides the repair location and repair method. However, if all causes and repair methods are covered, the service manual has many pages. It takes time and effort to find an appropriate repair method. Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a management system that searches and displays information related to repair when a vehicle malfunctions. A controller mounted on the vehicle determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle. If it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, a repair location and a repair method are stored in advance in a database stored by the mobile phone installed in the vehicle. A search is performed by accessing, and the search result is displayed on a monitor mounted on the vehicle.

  In vehicle maintenance / inspection, it is necessary to proceed according to the procedure specified by the vehicle manufacturer based on the unique information such as the vehicle number, production date, and operation time of the vehicle. Therefore, for example, in Patent Document 2, a storage device that stores information unique to the vehicle is mounted on the vehicle, and the maintenance information is provided with information unique to the storage device to a service person for work. A vehicle-mounted data storage system is disclosed. A storage device of the vehicle is connected to a maintenance computer installed in a maintenance facility or service department that performs maintenance / inspection, and vehicle specific information read from the storage device of the vehicle by the maintenance computer is displayed on the monitor.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-42196 JP 11-326139 A

  However, in the management system of Patent Document 1, a mobile phone must be connected to the controller in order to execute access to the database, and the controller includes a mobile phone interface and software for controlling the mobile phone. This complicates the system configuration and causes a problem that the database cannot be accessed if the vehicle is located in an area where the mobile phone cannot communicate such as in a factory or a tunnel.

  Further, in the storage system of Patent Document 2, since the vehicle storage device is connected to a maintenance computer installed in a maintenance facility or service department that performs maintenance / inspection to read the unique information, the vehicle is positioned at the user's place of use. In this case, the unique information cannot be read from the storage device of the vehicle. Therefore, it is necessary to record the vehicle specific information by handwriting, which is troublesome and causes a problem that the reliability of the maintenance / inspection information is impaired if it is mistakenly written at the time of recording.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and has a simple structure and a vehicle information recognition system and a vehicle information recognition method capable of recognizing information about the vehicle regardless of the current position of the vehicle. The purpose is to provide.

A vehicle information recognition system according to the present invention includes a multidimensional barcode generation unit that is mounted on a forklift and generates a multidimensional barcode representing unique information of the forklift, and a multidimensional barcode generation unit that is mounted on the forklift and A display device that displays a generated multidimensional barcode, and a portable terminal that includes a multidimensional barcode reader that extracts forklift specific information from the multidimensional barcode displayed on the display device. The forklift specific information extracted from the multi-dimensional bar code displayed on the display device is displayed on the mobile terminal, and the forklift specific information is information for maintenance, inspection or repair of the forklift and is installed in the forklift Unchangeable unique information and time from the time of forklift production stored in memory Is intended to include specific information together is sequentially updated.

The multidimensional barcode generation means may be a failure diagnosis apparatus for generating a multi-dimensional bar code contents of the failure of a forklift as unique information of the forklift.
In addition, the vehicle information recognition system according to the present invention includes a multidimensional barcode generation unit that generates a multidimensional barcode that represents information about the vehicle and is mounted on the vehicle, and a multidimensional barcode generation unit that is mounted on the vehicle. in comprising a display device for displaying a multi-dimensional bar code generated, and a portable terminal to extract information about a vehicle from a multidimensional bar code displayed on the display device, mobile terminal, multi-displayed on the display device Information related to the vehicle is extracted from the 3D bar code and displayed. The information related to the vehicle is information for maintenance, inspection or repair of the vehicle, and is unchanged from the time of production of the vehicle stored in the memory mounted on the vehicle. Vehicle unique information and vehicle unique information that is sequentially updated with time .
As the multi-dimensional barcode generation means, a failure diagnosis device that generates a multi-dimensional barcode using the content of the vehicle failure as information about the vehicle can be used.
In any of the above systems, the failure diagnostic apparatus may generate a multi-dimensional bar code including repair assistance. Alternatively, the failure diagnosis device generates a multi-dimensional barcode including the address of the repair document database server, and accesses the repair document database server using the address read by the mobile terminal, thereby providing a repair guide corresponding to the failure. You can also get it. In the case of using a failure diagnosis device as the multi-dimensional barcode generation means, a warning lamp that is activated by the failure diagnosis device when a failure is detected can be further provided.

Further, portable terminal includes a storage means for storing information extracted from the multi-dimensional bar code displayed on the display device.

Another vehicle information recognition system according to the present invention includes a multi-dimensional barcode generation means for generating a multi-dimensional barcode that is mounted on a forklift and that represents unique information of the forklift, and is mounted on the forklift and generates a multi-dimensional barcode. Comprising a display device for displaying the multi-dimensional barcode generated by the means, and a data reading means comprising a multi-dimensional barcode reader for extracting the forklift specific information from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device The user or service person extracts and recognizes the forklift specific information from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device by using the data reading means, and the forklift specific information is used for maintenance, inspection or repair of the forklift. Information for and stored in the memory mounted on the forklift It is intended to include specific information that is sequentially updated with specific information and time invariant from the time the forklift production that.
In addition, the vehicle information recognition method according to the present invention generates a multidimensional barcode representing unique information of a forklift, displays the generated multidimensional barcode on a display device mounted on the forklift, and provides a multidimensional barcode reader. the extract specific information from a multi-dimensional bar code displayed on the display device of the forklift by using the portable terminal display to a mobile terminal equipped, Ri methods der to recognizable unique information of the forklift, the forklift unique The information is information for maintenance / inspection or repair of the forklift, and includes invariant inherent information stored in a memory mounted on the forklift and invariant inherent information from the time of production and inherent information that is sequentially updated with time .

  According to the present invention, since information related to the vehicle is extracted from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device using the mobile terminal, the information related to the vehicle can be recognized regardless of the position of the vehicle while having a simple structure. Is possible.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 shows a forklift equipped with a vehicle information recognition system according to the first embodiment. A display device 2 as shown in FIG. 2 is disposed in the driver's seat 1 of the forklift.
As shown in FIG. 3, the forklift includes a traveling device 3 for traveling the vehicle and a cargo handling device 4 that performs a cargo handling operation. The travel device 3 and the cargo handling device 4 control the operation of the entire vehicle. A controller 5 is connected. The controller 5 is connected to a traveling lever 6 and a cargo handling lever 7 disposed in the driver's seat 1 and a plurality of various sensors 8 that detect the operation and state of each part of the vehicle.

The controller 5 is connected with a failure diagnosis device 9 for self-diagnosis of a failure of each part of the vehicle, and the failure diagnosis device 9 is connected with a display device 2 disposed in the driver's seat 1 and a warning lamp 10. The failure diagnosis device 9 diagnoses the operation of each part of the vehicle based on various data input from the controller 5 in accordance with a diagnosis program built in advance. When a failure is detected, a failure part code 11 indicating the failure part and a multidimensional barcode 12 indicating the content of the failure and the address (URL) on the Internet of the repair document database server S are displayed on the display device 2.
Further, a driver who is a user of a forklift carries a mobile phone 13 equipped with a multi-dimensional bar code reader as a mobile terminal or data reading means, and includes the display device 2, the failure diagnosis device 9 and the warning lamp 10. The mobile information recognition system according to the first embodiment is constructed by the mobile phone 13. The mobile phone 13 has a storage means 14 built therein.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, the controller 5 drives and controls the traveling device 3 and the cargo handling device 4 based on the operation of the traveling lever 6 and the cargo handling lever 7 by the driver, whereby the traveling operation and the cargo handling operation are performed.

  Here, the failure diagnosis apparatus 9 inputs various data from the controller 5 and executes failure diagnosis of operation of each part of the vehicle according to a diagnosis program built in advance. If any failure is detected, the failure diagnosis device 9 creates a multi-dimensional barcode 12 such as a QR code representing the content of the failure and the address of the repair document database server S on the Internet, The multi-dimensional bar code 12 is displayed on the display device 2 together with the fault part code 11 indicating the above. Further, the failure diagnosis device 9 turns on or blinks a warning lamp 10 disposed in the driver's seat 1 to warn the driver of the occurrence of the failure.

  When the driver who recognizes the occurrence of the failure by the operation of the warning lamp 10 reads the multi-dimensional barcode 12 displayed on the display device 2 using the mobile phone 13 carried by himself / herself, the mobile phone 13 12, the contents of the failure and the address of the repair database server S are extracted and displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 13. In this way, the driver can recognize the content of the failure via the screen of the mobile phone 13. Further, by accessing the repair document database server S using the address of the repair document database server S displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 13, it is possible to view or download a repair guide for the failure. It becomes.

  As described above, since the multi-dimensional bar code 12 displayed on the display device 2 is read by the mobile phone 13 equipped with the multi-dimensional bar code reader, the contents of the failure and the address of the repair book database server S are recognized. Thus, it is not necessary to directly connect the mobile phone 13 to a device installed in a vehicle such as the failure diagnosis device 9, and the interface for the mobile phone 13 and the software for controlling the mobile phone 13 are not required. Is simplified. Further, even if the forklift is located in the communication disabled area of the mobile phone 13, by moving only the mobile phone 13 to the communication enabled area, it is possible to access the repair database server S and obtain repair guidance. .

  In order to obtain the repair guide by accessing the repair book database server S, it is possible not only to obtain a new repair guide immediately even when the repair book is revised, but also as a display device 2 sufficient for detailed display. It is not necessary to use a device having a large display area, and a small display device capable of displaying at least the multidimensional barcode 12 is sufficient.

The contents of the failure extracted from the multi-dimensional barcode 12 and the address of the repair document database server S can be stored in the storage means 14 built in the mobile phone 13. Furthermore, the past failure history and the access history to the repair database server S can be stored in the storage means 14.
The contents of the failure extracted from the multi-dimensional barcode 12 by the mobile phone 13 and the address of the repair book database server S are displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 13 as characters, but are output from the mobile phone 13 as images and sounds. It can also be configured to.

In the first embodiment, the driver who is the user of the forklift carries the mobile phone 13 and reads the multi-dimensional barcode 12 displayed on the display device 2, but the service for performing maintenance, inspection and repair of the forklift A man can read the multi-dimensional barcode 12 with the mobile phone 13 and access the repair database server S.
Further, in place of the mobile phone 13, as a mobile terminal or data reading means, a camera for photographing the multi-dimensional barcode 12, a computer having a multi-dimensional barcode reader, and a communication means capable of accessing the repair database server S are combined. Can also be used. Similarly, a multi-dimensional barcode reader equipped with communication means may be used.

Embodiment 2
In the above-described first embodiment, the repair guide database server S is accessed by the mobile phone 13 using the address extracted from the multi-dimensional barcode 12, and the repair guide is obtained. Data may be stored, and the failure diagnosis device 9 may create a multidimensional barcode 15 representing repair guidance and display it on the display device 2 as shown in FIG. When a failure is detected, the failure diagnosis device 9 searches the repair guide data stored in advance for repair guidance corresponding to the failure, and creates a multi-dimensional barcode 15 representing the content of the failure and the repair guidance. The display unit 2 displays the failure part code 11 indicating the failure part.
When the driver or service person reads the multi-dimensional barcode 15 with the mobile phone 13, the mobile phone 13 extracts the content of the failure and the repair guidance from the multi-dimensional barcode 15 and displays them on the screen of the mobile phone 13. In this way, the content of the failure and the repair guide corresponding to the failure can be recognized via the screen of the mobile phone 13.
If the content of the failure and the repair guide cannot be expressed due to insufficient capacity in one multi-dimensional barcode 15, it is divided into a plurality of multi-dimensional barcodes 15, and the plurality of multi-dimensional barcodes 15 are sequentially displayed. It can also be displayed on the device 2.

Even if the repair guide is represented by the multi-dimensional bar code 15 as in the second embodiment, the mobile phone 13 is directly connected to a device installed in the vehicle such as the failure diagnosis device 9 as in the first embodiment. Since there is no need, an interface for the mobile phone 13 and software for controlling the mobile phone 13 are not required, the system configuration is simplified, and a repair guide can be obtained regardless of the current position of the forklift. It becomes.
In the second embodiment, since the repair document database server S is not accessed, a camera for photographing the multi-dimensional barcode 12 and a multi-dimensional barcode reader are used as a mobile terminal or data reading means instead of the mobile phone 13. It is also possible to use a combination of computers equipped with a multi-dimensional bar code reader without communication means.

Embodiment 3
In the first and second embodiments described above, the failure diagnosis device 9 generates a multidimensional barcode representing the content of a forklift failure as information related to the vehicle. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the forklift specific information is related to the vehicle. You may comprise so that a multidimensional barcode may be produced | generated as information.
FIG. 5 shows the overall configuration of the forklift equipped with the vehicle information recognition system according to the third embodiment. This forklift is the same as the forklift according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4 except that the failure diagnosis device 9 and the warning lamp 10 are omitted and the display device 2 is directly connected to the controller 5 and the unique information display switch 16 and the memory are connected to the controller 5. 17 is connected.

  The memory 17 stores in advance unique information that has not changed from the time of production, such as the vehicle number of the forklift, the date of production, etc., as well as the operating time (traveling time, cargo handling time), travel distance, date and time of maintenance, etc. The controller 5 stores the unique information to be updated sequentially with the time.

For example, when the unique information display switch 16 is operated by a service person who performs maintenance / inspection or repair of the forklift, the controller 5 reads the unique information from the memory 17 and displays a multi-dimensional barcode 18 representing the read unique information. Created and displayed on the display device 2.
When the service person reads the multi-dimensional bar code 18 displayed on the display device 2 using the mobile phone 13 carried by himself / herself, the mobile phone 13 extracts the unique information of the forklift from the multi-dimensional bar code 18, and the mobile phone 13 screens. In this way, the service person can recognize the unique information via the screen of the mobile phone 13.

  As described above, the multi-dimensional bar code 18 displayed on the display device 2 is read by the mobile phone 13 equipped with the multi-dimensional bar code reader to recognize the specific information of the forklift. Therefore, regardless of the current position of the vehicle, In addition, vehicle specific information can be obtained accurately without having to record by handwriting or the like. This facilitates maintenance / inspection work and improves information reliability.

  In the third embodiment, since the repair document database server S is not accessed as in the first embodiment, the multi-dimensional barcode 12 is photographed as a mobile terminal or data reading means instead of the mobile phone 13. A combination of a computer equipped with a camera and a multi-dimensional bar code reader, or a multi-dimensional bar code reader having no communication means can be used.

  In the first to third embodiments, the description has been given for the forklift. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applied to various types of vehicles, and information on the vehicles is obtained using multidimensional barcodes. It becomes possible to recognize.

It is a side view which shows the forklift with which the vehicle information recognition system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention is mounted. It is a figure which shows partially the driver's seat of the forklift of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the forklift with which the vehicle information recognition system which concerns on Embodiment 1 is mounted. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the forklift with which the vehicle information recognition system which concerns on Embodiment 2 is mounted. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the forklift with which the vehicle information recognition system which concerns on Embodiment 3 is mounted.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Driver's seat, 2 Display device, 3 Traveling device, 4 Cargo handling device, 5 Controller, 6 Travel lever, 7 Cargo handling lever, 8 Various sensors, 9 Fault diagnosis device, 10 Warning lamp, 11 Fault location code, 12, 15, 18 Multi-dimensional bar code, 13 mobile phone, 14 storage means, 16 unique information display switch, 17 memory, S repair database server.

Claims (10)

A multidimensional barcode generation means for generating a multidimensional barcode that is mounted on the forklift and that represents the unique information of the forklift;
A display device that is mounted on a forklift and displays a multidimensional barcode generated by the multidimensional barcode generation means;
A portable terminal equipped with a multi-dimensional barcode reader that extracts forklift-specific information from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device,
Forklift specific information extracted from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device using the mobile terminal is displayed on the mobile terminal ,
The forklift specific information is information for maintenance, inspection or repair of the forklift. The forklift specific information that is stored in the memory mounted on the forklift is unchanged from the time of production of the forklift and the specific information that is sequentially updated with time. vehicle information recognition system which comprises. 2. The vehicle information recognition system according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-dimensional barcode generation unit is also a failure diagnosis device that generates a multi-dimensional barcode using the content of a forklift failure as unique information of the forklift. A multidimensional barcode generating means for generating a multidimensional barcode that is mounted on the vehicle and that represents information about the vehicle;
A display device mounted on a vehicle and displaying the multidimensional barcode generated by the multidimensional barcode generation means;
A portable terminal that extracts information about the vehicle from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device ,
Before SL portable terminal may extract and display the information about the vehicle from the multi-dimensional bar code displayed on the display device,
Vehicle-related information is information for vehicle maintenance / inspection or repair, and is stored in a memory mounted on the vehicle, and the vehicle-specific information that has not changed from the time of production of the vehicle and the vehicle that is sequentially updated with time. A vehicle information recognition system including unique information . 4. The vehicle information recognition system according to claim 3, wherein the multi-dimensional barcode generation unit is also a failure diagnosis device that generates a multi-dimensional barcode using the content of a vehicle failure as information about the vehicle. The vehicle information recognition system according to claim 2 or 4 , wherein the failure diagnosis device generates a multidimensional barcode including repair guidance. The failure diagnosis device generates a multi-dimensional barcode including the address of the repair database server,
The vehicle information recognition system according to claim 2 or 4 , wherein repair information corresponding to a failure is obtained by accessing a repair document database server using an address read by the portable terminal. The vehicle information recognition system according to any one of claims 2, 4, 5, and 6 , further comprising a warning lamp that is operated by the failure diagnosis device when a failure is detected.   The vehicle information recognition system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the portable terminal includes a storage unit that stores information extracted from a multidimensional barcode displayed on the display device. A multidimensional barcode generation means for generating a multidimensional barcode that is mounted on the forklift and that represents the unique information of the forklift;
A display device that is mounted on a forklift and displays a multidimensional barcode generated by the multidimensional barcode generation means;
Data reading means including a multi-dimensional barcode reader that extracts forklift specific information from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device,
The user or service person extracts and recognizes the unique information of the forklift from the multi-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device using the data reading means ,
The forklift specific information is information for maintenance, inspection or repair of the forklift. The forklift specific information that is stored in the memory mounted on the forklift is unchanged from the time of production of the forklift and the specific information that is sequentially updated with time. vehicle information recognition system which comprises. Generate a multi-dimensional barcode that represents the specific information of the forklift,
Display the generated multidimensional barcode on the display device mounted on the forklift,
Extracting the forklift specific information from the multidimensional barcode displayed on the display device using a mobile terminal equipped with a multidimensional barcode reader and displaying it on the mobile terminal, enabling the forklift specific information to be recognized ,
The forklift specific information is information for maintenance, inspection or repair of the forklift. The forklift specific information that is stored in the memory mounted on the forklift is unchanged from the time of production of the forklift and the specific information that is sequentially updated with time. The vehicle information recognition method characterized by including .

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