JP4987440B2 - Vehicle operation information collection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle operation information collection device that records vehicle operation information in an operation information storage medium, and more particularly, to a vehicle operation information collection device that issues a warning when an operation information storage medium is not installed during operation. Is.

  The vehicle operation information collection device collects operation information used for safety management, economic management, and labor management of vehicles that run for business purposes (hereinafter referred to as operation), such as cargo transport trucks and taxis. Specifically, information on vehicle status during operation such as engine speed and mileage, and information on various operation status such as loading and unloading, passengers getting on and off, and rest time are collected by measurement or manual input. The operation information is recorded on an operation card which is a removable operation information storage medium attached to the apparatus.

  It is required by law to record operation information during vehicle operation. Therefore, when starting the operation, it is necessary to attach an operation card for recording the operation information to the vehicle operation information collecting device. The vehicle operation information collecting device has a function of warning that the operation card is not installed when the operation card is operated without being installed.

  Since it is necessary to record operation information during operation, a function that warns that an operation card is not installed is very useful. However, when traveling for other than business purposes that do not require operation records, such as land transportation to a delivery location at the time of vehicle delivery, the vehicle may be moved without an operation card attached. At this time, since a warning is issued even when moving a short distance, there is a possibility that the work efficiency may be lowered because it is very troublesome.

  In order to solve this problem, an operation mode that does not perform an alarm operation when the operation card is not installed is provided in the vehicle operation information collection device for traveling other than the operation (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The vehicle operation information collection device disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a land transport mode flag, and when the flag is ON, does not perform a warning operation when the operation card is not installed (hereinafter referred to as land transport mode). The land transport mode flag is set to ON or OFF depending on the setting card (the land transport information storage medium or the land transport cancel information storage medium of Patent Document 1), and an appropriate operation is performed when the vehicle is running, so that the operation card is not attached. The behavior was enabled or disabled.

Actually, the land transport mode flag was set as follows. At the time of shipment of the vehicle operation information collection device, the land transport mode flag is set to ON, and the vehicle to which the device is attached is land transported to the delivery location. After that, the device was initially set at the delivery location, and at the same time, the land transport mode flag was turned off (that is, a warning that the operation card is not installed is performed. Hereinafter, the operation mode) was performed. Specifically, the initial setting work and the land transport mode flag OFF work were simultaneously performed by mounting the setting card storing the setting information and the land transport cancel information on the vehicle operation information collecting device. In addition, the above setting is performed each time a delivered vehicle arrives one by one, and the work becomes complicated and inefficient. Therefore, when the number of vehicles is gathered to some extent, the above setting operation is performed for a plurality of vehicles all at once. It was.
Patent Publication 2002-157621

  However, after land transport to the delivery location, the land transport mode flag of the vehicle operation information collection device has been changed to OFF (that is, the operation mode). In some vehicles, it may be necessary to travel other than during that time. In that case, since it has been changed to the operation mode, there is a problem that when driving without an operation card, a warning sound is sounded during driving, which hinders driving.

  As a countermeasure for this problem, only the initial setting work is performed after land transportation to the delivery location, and the operation mode change work from the land transportation mode to the operation mode is performed immediately before the first operation starts, so that the operation other than the operation before the operation starts. It is possible to avoid an alarm operation during traveling. However, the operation mode change work that occurs every time the operation starts is complicated, and if the operation mode is not changed due to a work mistake and it remains in the land transport mode, the alarm operation without the operation card is not performed, There was a problem that the driver could not operate without recording the operation information required by the law without noticing that the operation card was not installed.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to avoid a warning operation at the time of traveling other than the operation before the start of the operation, and to perform the vehicle operation that can surely change the operation mode from the land transport mode to the operation mode without complicated work. It is to provide an information collecting apparatus.

In order to solve the above problems, the vehicle operation information collection device according to claim 1, which is made according to the present invention, collects operation information generated in response to changes in the vehicle operation status as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1. Operation mode information storage means 11a for storing operation mode information indicating which mode is a land transport mode incapable of being collected and an operation mode in which the operation information can be collected in response to transition from the land transport mode In the vehicle operation information collecting apparatus that collects the operation information and stores it in the removable operation information storage medium 41 when the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage means 11a is the operation mode. , When the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage means 11a is the land transport mode, the attachment detection means 12b for detecting the attachment of the operation information storage medium 41; Serial in response to the detection of mounting of operation information storage medium by mounting detecting means 12b, the operation information recording medium together with the operation mode information storage unit 11a changes the operation mode information stored in the operation mode is a non-wearing Even when the operation mode information changing means 12c for continuing the operation mode information in the operation mode and the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage means 11a are in the land transport mode, no warning is given and in the operation mode. And a warning means 12a for warning that the operation information storage medium 41 is not attached.

  As shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1, the vehicle operation information collection device according to the second aspect of the present invention is an incomplete state in which the initial setting necessary for operation is not performed, and the incomplete state by completion of the initial setting. A setting state information storage unit 11b that stores setting state information indicating which state is a completed state transitioning from a state, and the operation mode information changing unit 12c includes the setting state information storage unit When the setting state information stored in 11b is in the completed state, the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage unit 11a is stored in response to the detection of the mounting of the operation information storage medium by the mounting detection unit 12b. It is characterized by changing to the operation mode.

  According to the vehicle operation information collecting apparatus of the present invention described in claim 1 above, when the operation mode information is in the land transport mode, if the operation information storage medium 41 is detected to be installed, the operation mode information changing means 12c Change information from land transport mode to operation mode. For this reason, by mounting the operation information storage medium 41 at the start of the first operation, the operation mode can be changed without performing a separate setting operation.

  According to the vehicle operation information collection device of the present invention described in claim 2, the apparatus has the setting state information storage unit 11b for storing the initial setting incomplete state / completion state, and the operation mode information changing unit 12c When it is detected that the operation information storage medium 41 is mounted when the setting is completed and the operation mode is the land transport mode, the operation mode information is changed from the land transport mode to the operation mode. For this reason, it is possible to change the operation mode only for the vehicle operation information collection device for which the initial setting has been completed, and it is possible to prevent the operation mode from being changed in the vehicle operation information collection device for which the initial setting has not been completed. Become.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the operation mode information can be changed to the land transport mode by mounting the operation information storage medium 41 at the start of the first operation. In other words, the operation mode can be automatically changed from the land transport mode to the operation mode starting from the installation of the operation information storage medium 41, and the timing for changing the operation mode is set immediately before the first operation starts from the time when the initial setting work is performed. It becomes possible to.

  For this reason, when traveling other than the operation before the start of the operation, which does not require the operation information storage medium 41 to be installed, it is in the land transport mode, so there is no warning sound when the operation card is not installed, Since the operation mode is changed to the operation mode at the time of wearing, no separate setting work for changing the operation mode is required.

  Therefore, it is possible to avoid a trouble in driving due to the sound of the warning sound during traveling before the start of operation, and it is freed from complicated setting work involving manpower. Furthermore, since the operation mode can be changed by a normal operation that is performed at the start of the operation of installing the operation card, it is possible to prevent the operation mode information from being changed due to an operation error.

  In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the present invention described in claim 2 can change the operation mode only for the vehicle operation information collection device for which the initial setting has been completed, and the operation of the device for which the initial setting has not been completed. It becomes possible to prevent the mode from being changed.

  For this reason, when the operation information storage medium 41 is mounted in the vehicle operation information collection device in which the initial setting is not completed, the operation mode is not changed, and unauthorized operation information due to incomplete initial setting is prevented from being recorded. be able to.

  Hereinafter, a vehicle operation information collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

  In FIG. 2, a vehicle operation information collection device (hereinafter referred to as “device”) 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is mounted on, for example, a cargo transportation truck, and various vehicle sensors such as a handy terminal 20 and a travel sensor and an engine rotation sensor. (Not shown) is connected. In addition, a detachable operation information storage medium (hereinafter referred to as an operation card) 41 or a setting card 42 for initial setting of the device 1 is mounted in the slot 14 of the device 1.

  The handy terminal 20 is used to input information related to the driver and passengers, information necessary to obtain operation information, and information related to various events in the operation state, and input function keys and numerical values indicating necessary information. A display unit for performing display when performing a numeric keypad, input operation, confirmation of information, and the like is provided.

  As the operation card 41 and the setting card 42, a memory card (hereinafter referred to as a CF card 40) having a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory is used. Moreover, the operation card 41 and the setting card 42 have identification information for distinguishing them from each other.

  On the other hand, the vehicle operation information analysis apparatus 5 installed in a vehicle management office or the like that manages vehicle operation has a personal computer (personal computer) 50 that operates according to a predetermined program. The personal computer 50 has a personal computer main body, a keyboard connected to the personal computer, and a monitor. The personal computer 50 includes a reader / writer 30 that reads operational information from the operational card 41 removed from the apparatus 1, and a printer that outputs the analysis result of operational information input to the personal computer 50 by the reader / writer 30 on paper. 60 is connected. The reader / writer 30 has a slot 30a for inserting / ejecting the CF card 40.

  Next, the configuration of the apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 10 denotes a microcomputer (μCOM), which has an EEPROM 11, a CPU 12, a RAM 13 and an I / O 14 therein.

  The EEPROM 11 is an electrically erasable / rewritable read-only nonvolatile memory, and as shown in FIG. 4, a program area 110 in which a predetermined program and fixed data are stored in a part of the area, and initial setting information, The information management area 111 stores information that needs to be changed later, such as operation mode information. In addition, a program for performing processing shown in FIG. 5 described later is stored in a part of the program area 110.

  The CPU 12 represents a central processing unit, and the CPU 12 operates according to a control program stored in advance in the EEPROM 11. The RAM 13 is a readable / writable memory, and has a data area for storing various data generated in the process of the CPU 12, a work area used for the processing, and the like. The I / O 14 is an input / output control unit for peripheral functions, to which a reader / writer unit 15, a buzzer unit 16, and a handy terminal 20 (not shown in FIG. 3) are connected. A vehicle sensor is also connected, and various information is input and output.

  A CF card 40 inserted into the slot 14 shown in FIG. 2 is connected to the reader / writer unit 15. The reader / writer unit 15 outputs the mounting state of the CF card 40 to the CPU 11, and the operation information and the like are written to the CF card 40 and the initial setting information and the like are read via the reader / writer unit 15. .

  The buzzer unit 15 sounds a warning sound based on the control of the CPU 12. When determining a warning output based on various information, the CPU 12 outputs a signal for controlling the buzzer unit via the I / O 14.

  The operation card 41 and the setting card 42 are inserted into the slot 14 of FIG. 2 and attached to the reader / writer unit 15. The CPU 12 accesses the CF card 40 via the reader / writer unit 15 and the I / O 14. In the operation card 41, operation information collected by the device 1 is recorded. The setting card 42 stores in advance various setting information such as parameters relating to the vehicle, SS store code, and store name, and the information is taken into the apparatus 1 when the setting card 42 is mounted.

  Next, a memory map of the EEPROM 11 built in the μCOM 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The program area 110 stores a control program 110a that is read by the CPU 12, and the CPU 12 executes operations related to operation information collection according to the control program 110a.

  The information management area 111 is provided with areas for storing operation mode information 111a, setting state information 111b, vehicle parameters 111c, SS store code 111d, and store name 111e, respectively.

  The operation mode information 111a is an area for storing information indicating the land transport mode / operation mode, which is the operation mode of the apparatus 1, and corresponds to the operation mode information storage unit 11a shown in FIG. When the device is shipped, the land transport mode is set.

  The setting state information 111b is an area for storing information indicating an incomplete state / completion state of the initial setting of the apparatus 1, and corresponds to the setting state information storage unit 11b illustrated in FIG. When the apparatus is shipped, it is set to an incomplete state.

  The vehicle parameter 111c is an area for storing information related to the vehicle to which the device 1 is attached. For example, a parameter for converting original information detected by a vehicle sensor into a format for recording as operation information, a vehicle such as loading / unloading A value or the like corresponding to a specific operation status is set.

  The SS store code 111d and the store name 111e are areas for storing information on the SS store code and the store name read from the setting card when the apparatus 1 is initially set. By storing information about the SS store code and the store name inside the device 1, when a failure occurs in the device 1 at a later date, statistical information for each SS store and store is created for the type and frequency of failure, Can be used to guide and improve work.

  Next, an outline of the processing (operation mode transition determination processing) according to the present invention performed by the CPU 12 of the apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the apparatus 1 is turned on, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the CF card 40 is attached to the reader / writer unit 15 of FIG. If it is determined that the CF card 40 is loaded (Y in step S1), the process proceeds to step S2. If it is determined that it is not mounted (N in step S1), the process proceeds to step S8. The determination of the mounting of the CF card 40 may be based on a mechanical method based on the mounting of the CF card 40 at a predetermined position, or based on the fact that the CPU 12 can electrically access the CF card 40. Also good.

  In step S2, the operation mode when the CF card 40 is mounted is determined by referring to the operation mode information 111a shown in FIG. When the operation mode information 111a is the operation mode, the process proceeds to step S3. In the case of land transport mode, the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S3, the type of the CF card 40 mounted in the operation mode is determined. The CF card 40 has identification information therein, and the CPU 12 determines the type of the CF card 40 based on the identification information. If the CF card 40 type is an operation card, it is determined that the operation during normal operation is to be executed, and the operation mode transition determination process is terminated. If the type of the CF card 40 is a setting card, it is determined that the process for changing the existing setting is executed, and the process proceeds to step S7 for executing the initial setting.

  In step S4, the type of the CF card 40 mounted in the land transport mode is determined. When the type of the CF card 40 is an operation card, it is determined that the first operation process is started in the device 1, and the process proceeds to step S5 for determining whether the operation process can be started. If the CF card 40 type is a setting card, it is determined that the initial setting is to be executed, and the process proceeds to step S7. Note that the step S1, the step S2, and the present step S4 correspond to the attachment detection means in the claims.

  In step S5, whether or not the operation mode information 111a can be changed is determined based on the setting state of the device 1. When the initial setting is not completed in the device 1, it is not possible to shift to the operation mode because unauthorized operation information may be recorded. Therefore, in this step, the completion / uncompleted state of the initial setting of the device 1 is determined by referring to the setting state information 111b shown in FIG. When the setting state information 111b is in the completed state, it is determined that the initial setting has been completed, and the process proceeds to step S6 where the operation mode information 111a is changed to the operation mode. Further, when the setting state information 111b is in an incomplete state, it is determined that the initial setting has not been completed, and the process proceeds to step S9 in order to issue a warning that an inappropriate CF card 40 has been installed.

  In step S6, the operation mode information 111a of the device 1 is changed. Information indicating the operation mode is written in the area of the operation mode information 111a, and the operation mode transition determination process is terminated. In addition, the said step S5 and this step S6 are corresponded to the operation mode information change means of a claim.

  In step S7, initial setting of the apparatus 1 is performed. If it is determined that the setting card is installed in the land transport mode and the operation mode, the process proceeds to this step. That is, regardless of the operation mode, the initial setting process is executed when a setting card is inserted. In the initial setting process, various types of information in the information management area 111 shown in FIG. 4 are mainly set. After the initial setting, the operation mode transition determination process ends.

  In step S8, the operation mode when the CF card 40 is not attached is determined by referring to the operation mode information 111a. If the operation mode information 111a is in the operation mode, the process proceeds to step S9 to issue a warning that the operation card is not installed. Further, when the operation mode information 111a is the land transport mode, the operation mode transition determination process is terminated.

  In step S9, various warnings are given to the user. When the operation mode information 111a is the operation mode and the operation card 41 is not installed, a warning that the operation card is not installed is given. Further, when the setting state information 111b is in an incomplete state and the operation card 41 is attached, a warning is given that an inappropriate CF card 40 is attached. After the warning, the operation mode transition determination process ends. This step S9 corresponds to the warning means in the claims.

  Next, a transition example of the operation mode information by the processing according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  S indicates the transition of information set in the operation mode information 111a, and the time advances toward the right in the figure. E1 to E5 are events that occur with respect to the apparatus 1 and occur in order from E1 to E5.

  In the shipment E1, the operation mode information 111a of the apparatus 1 is set to the land transport mode, and the setting state information 111b is set to an incomplete state. As described above, in the land transport mode, the operation information collection operation and the warning operation when the operation card is not installed are not performed.

  The attachment E2 to the vehicle is a physical attachment to the vehicle, and the operation mode information of the device 1 does not transition. After being attached to the vehicle, the vehicle is landed to the delivery location, but since it is still in land transportation mode at this time, the operation information collecting operation and the operation of not attaching the operation card are not performed.

  The operation start E3 indicates a case where the operation card is erroneously installed before the initial setting at the vehicle transfer destination. At the time of E3, since the initial setting of the apparatus 1 is not performed (incomplete state), it is determined that an inappropriate CF card 40 is installed, and the operation mode information is not changed and the land transport mode is continued.

  In the initial setting E4, the initial setting of the device 1 is performed using a setting card, and the setting state information 111b is changed to a completed state. In addition, since it is assumed that travel other than the operation is performed after the initial setting, the operation mode information 111a remains in the land transport mode even at this time.

  At the operation start E5, the land transport mode and the initial setting are completed, and by detecting the installation of the operation card in that state, the first operation start is determined and the operation mode information 111a of the device 1 is changed to the operation mode. Thereafter, the operation mode is continued, and the operation information stored in the operation card is stored.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the operation mode information 111a of the vehicle operation information collection device 1 is changed to the operation mode by attaching the operation card 41 at the start of operation. Thereby, the transition from the land transport mode to the operation mode can be performed immediately before the start of operation without performing any other work. That is, since the land transport mode can be maintained until the actual operation is started (E5 in FIG. 6) instead of the initial setting time (E4 in FIG. 6), the operation information is collected until the operation starts. In addition, since the warning operation without the operation card is not performed and troublesome warnings are eliminated in traveling other than the operation, it is possible to prevent troubles in work.

  In addition, since the operation card 41 is mounted at the start of operation, the operation for changing the operation mode information 111a is not required, and the operation mode information 111a can be prevented from being changed due to an operation error.

  Further, when the operation mode information 111a is changed, it is determined whether the initial setting of the device 1 is performed, thereby preventing the operation mode information 111a from being changed for the device 1 in which the initial setting has not been performed (E3 in FIG. 6). It is possible to prevent unauthorized operation information from being collected in the device 1 that has not been initially set.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the operation mode information changing unit 12c changes the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage unit 11a, the setting state information stored in the setting state information storage unit 11b. Based on the above, it is determined whether or not the operation mode can be changed, but an embodiment in which the determination of the setting state information is omitted may be employed. Thereby, since the transition to the operation mode is possible only by mounting the operation card, the initial setting work by the setting card can be omitted, and the operation cost can be reduced.

  In addition, embodiment mentioned above only showed the typical form of this invention, and this invention is not limited to embodiment. That is, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It is a basic lineblock diagram of the vehicle operation information collection device of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a system to which a vehicle operation information collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle operation information collection apparatus 1 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the memory map of EEPROM11 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the operation mode transfer determination process which CPU12 of FIG. 3 performs. It is a figure which shows the example of a transition of the operation mode of the vehicle operation information collection apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Vehicle operation information collection device 11 EEPROM
11a Operation mode information storage means 11b Setting state information storage means 12 CPU
12a Warning means 12b Wear detection means 12c Operation mode information change means 41 Operation information storage medium (operation card)

Claims (2)

Either a land transport mode incapable of collecting operation information generated according to a change in the operation status of the vehicle, or an operation mode capable of collecting the operation information in response to a transition from the land transport mode. An operation mode information storage means for storing operation mode information indicating whether the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage means is an operation mode, and the operation information is collected and detachable operation is performed. In the vehicle operation information collection device stored in the information storage medium,
When the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage means is the land transport mode, the attachment detection means for detecting the attachment of the operation information storage medium;
The operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage means is changed to the operation mode in response to the detection of the operation information storage medium attached by the attachment detection means, and the operation information recording medium is not attached. An operation mode information changing means for continuing the operation mode information in the operation mode;
Warning means for warning that the operation mode information stored in the operation mode information storage means is not in the land transport mode and that the operation information storage medium is not installed in the operation mode;
A vehicle operation information collection device characterized by comprising: Setting state information indicating which state is an incomplete state in which the initial setting necessary for collecting the operation information is not performed and a completed state in which the initial setting is completed and a transition is made from the incomplete state Having stored setting state information storage means;
The operation mode information changing unit is configured to detect the operation mode information when the setting state information stored in the setting state information storage unit is in a completed state, in response to detection of mounting of the operation information storage medium by the mounting detection unit. The vehicle operation information collection device according to claim 1, wherein the operation mode information stored in the storage means is a means for changing to the operation mode.

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