JP5973859B2 - Inspection equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an article inspection apparatus that inspects the quality of an object to be inspected, such as raw meat, fish, processed food, and medicine, and more particularly to an article inspection apparatus that can be easily operated by an operator.

Conventionally, inspection apparatuses such as a weight sorter, an X-ray foreign object detection apparatus, and a metal detection apparatus are known as article inspection apparatuses for inspecting the quality of an inspection object.
Such a conventional weight sorter measures the mass of the object to be inspected, determines whether or not the obtained measurement value is within the reference range, and determines whether or not the non-defective product is within the reference range. Sorting out good products. Further, a conventional X-ray foreign object detection device irradiates an object to be transported with X-rays, and detects whether or not foreign objects are mixed in the object to be inspected from the amount of transmitted X-rays. Yes. In addition, the conventional metal detector generates an alternating magnetic field in the conveyance line, passes the inspection object of each product type through the alternating magnetic field, and metal is mixed from the detection output when passing through the magnetic field. Whether or not it is detected.

  Since many workers can work on this kind of article inspection apparatus, it is possible that an inspection object that has become a defective product by an operator with less work experience is mixed into the transfer path of a good product. Proposals have been made to prevent or prevent a malicious worker from opening the cover that covers the conveyance path and illegally taking the inspection object out of the factory (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

JP 2008-296202 A

However, in the article inspection apparatus described in Patent Document 1, it is not possible under the production line where many workers work, such as preventing the introduction of defective products into non-defective products and the illegal taking-out of inspection objects. Although good products can be properly managed, there is a problem that the workability for workers is not yet considered sufficiently and efficient work cannot be promoted.
Many workers can work on this product inspection device, so those who have little work experience, those who have a lot of work experience, those who are familiar or unfamiliar with the operation contents of the device The operation level of each worker is different. Therefore, depending on the worker, troublesome work may occur.
In particular, when the display of the article inspection apparatus is written in Japanese, it is not suitable for foreigners who are good at English, so it is necessary to switch to English notation every time work is performed, which is troublesome.
In addition, guidance for displaying device operation instructions corresponding to those who are not familiar with device operations is unnecessary for those who are familiar with device operations. Becomes a cumbersome task. In addition, depending on each worker, there is a preference for the size of the character size, and the display switching operation for selecting the character size becomes a troublesome operation.
As described above, there is a problem in that it takes time to select a display form displayed on the display screen of the article inspection apparatus, and efficient work cannot be promoted.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and an article inspection apparatus that can smoothly proceed without selecting a display form displayed on a display screen. The issue is to provide.

  In the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, (1) quality data of an object to be inspected conveyed by a conveying means is acquired, and a preset reference value is compared with the quality data. In the article inspection apparatus for inspecting the quality of the inspected object, display means and storage means for storing at least one display form item preset for each worker for each worker. The display means displays the designated worker and displays the designated worker according to the display form item stored in the storage means in a display form corresponding to the designated worker.

With the above configuration, in the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, the selection of the display form displayed on the display screen does not take time, and the work can be smoothly proceeded.
In other words, the display of the designated worker and the items of the display form corresponding to the designated worker are displayed in the list table, so that the worker can easily grasp the items of the display form set for himself / herself. can do.
In particular, it is possible to display items such as language, character size, explanation 1 and explanation 2 in the display form items set for the worker, and display the display form according to the items. it can. As a result, the operator is freed from the annoyance of having to select a display form for each display item, and the work in the article inspection apparatus can proceed smoothly. For foreign workers who are unfamiliar with Japanese and are good at English, it can be set in advance so that it is displayed in English, so that it is possible to save the trouble of selecting Japanese and English.
Further, for an operator who has little work experience, the explanation can be promoted by displaying explanation 1 and explanation 2 as described above on the display screen. On the other hand, it is possible to promote the work by omitting the display of the explanation 1 and the explanation 2 as described above for the worker having abundant work experience.

  In the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, (2) the worker's display may be composed of at least one of the worker's name and the worker's face photograph.

  With the above configuration, in the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, since at least one of the operator's name and the operator's face photograph is displayed on the display screen, who is working on the article inspection apparatus? Can be easily grasped by a third party such as another worker, the need to find out who the worker is is eliminated, and the efficiency of the work of other workers is promoted.

  In the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, (3) the display means can display a plurality of workers, and any one of the plurality of workers displayed by the display means. A worker selection means that can select the worker, and the worker selection means includes a barcode set for each worker, a tag set for each worker, and each worker. The worker may be selected based on any of the set authentication cards.

With the above configuration, in the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, when a plurality of workers are included in the display of the worker displayed on the display unit, any one of the displayed workers is selected. Since an operator selecting means capable of selecting such an operator is further provided, the operator can be easily selected.
For example, after display of display items and display items of a plurality of workers is displayed on the display means, a barcode set in advance corresponding to the worker is read and collated with a barcode stored in advance in the storage means. Thus, the corresponding worker can be selected. When an operator is selected by this barcode, items of display form such as language, character size and handling of explanation 1 and explanation 2 determined corresponding to the worker can be configured to be executed immediately. This eliminates the need to select a display form.

  Further, the worker selection means performs communication between the tag attached to the worker and the communication means provided in the apparatus main body, with the human body of the worker working on the article inspection apparatus as a communication medium, It is also possible to read out the name as the name of the worker recorded in the tag attached to the worker, and select the worker by comparing with the name of the worker stored in advance in the storage means. Even in the article inspection apparatus provided with communication means using the human body as a communication medium, communication can be used, and there is no need to select a display form.

  Further, the worker selecting means stores in advance the name of the worker in the authentication card when the authentication card possessed by the worker working in the article inspection apparatus is inserted into the card insertion means provided in the apparatus main body. It is also possible to select the worker by checking with the name of the worker stored in the means. As a result, even in the article inspection apparatus provided with an authentication system using an authentication card, the authentication system can be used, and there is no need to select a display form.

  In the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, (4) the item of the display form may include a language.

  With the above configuration, in the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, when a language is included in the display form item, it corresponds to a plurality of languages such as Japanese, English, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, etc. The display can be set. As a result, the content of the display screen is displayed in a language that is easy for the operator to understand without selecting one language notation from among many language notations prepared in advance. As a result, the work can be smoothly performed.

  In the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, (5) the operator name may be composed of at least two types of notation including Japanese notation and English notation.

  With the above configuration, in the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, both the Japanese and English notations are written in the notation column of the operator's name, and both Japanese and English are displayed at once on the display screen. Many workers can quickly grasp that names such as their own names are displayed.

  According to the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an article inspection apparatus that does not require time and effort to select a display form displayed on the display screen, and that allows the work to proceed smoothly.

It is a perspective view showing a weight sorter according to an embodiment. It is a block diagram showing a weight sorter according to an embodiment. It is a top view which shows the example of a display of the user table in the display part of the weight sorter which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view which shows the example of a display of the other user table in the display part of the weight sorter which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view which shows the example of a display of the other user table which described Japanese description and English description in the display part of the weight sorter | selector which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view which shows the example of a display of the Japanese description in the display part of the weight sorter which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view which shows the example of a display of English description in the display part of the weight sorter which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view which shows the example of a display with a small character of the display part of the weight sorter which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view which shows the example of a display with a large character of the display part of the weight sorter which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the driving | operation of the weight sorter which concerns on embodiment.

Embodiments of an article inspection apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
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1 to 10 show an example of an embodiment in which an article inspection apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a weight sorter 1.
In addition, the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention may include not only the weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment but also other devices other than the weight sorter 1. For example, a metal that generates an alternating magnetic field in the transfer line, passes the test object of each type through the alternating magnetic field, and detects whether or not metal is mixed from the detection output when passing through the magnetic field You may be comprised with the detector. Further, the X-ray foreign object detection device is configured to irradiate the object to be transported with X-rays and detect whether or not foreign substances are mixed in the object to be inspected from the amount of transmitted X-rays. Also good.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the weight sorter 1 includes an apparatus main body 2, a transport unit 3 as a transport unit, a light projecting / receiving unit 4, and a sorting unit 5.

  The weight sorter 1 is installed at the rear end portion of the belt conveyor BC constituting a part of the production line, and is configured to measure the mass of the inspection object W that is sequentially conveyed in the direction of arrow A at a predetermined interval. Has been. Then, the measurement value obtained by the measurement is compared with both the upper limit reference value and the lower limit reference value recorded in the recording section 12c described later, and it is determined whether or not the obtained measurement value is within the reference range. Judgment is made so that a product within the reference range is determined as a non-defective product, and other products are selected as defective products.

  The apparatus main body 2 includes a display unit 6 as a display unit, a storage unit 7 as a storage unit, a selection unit 8 as an operator selection unit, a power supply unit 9, a conveyance control unit 11, a weight selection unit 12, An operation unit 13 for inputting various operations and various settings of the weight sorter 1 and a storage housing 14 for storing these units are configured.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 6 is provided at the upper end portion of the apparatus main body 2 on the transport unit 3 side, and is configured by a touch panel such as a liquid crystal display, for example.
This touch panel has two functions of display and input. The touch panel displays image information input from the outside of the display unit 6 on the screen of the liquid crystal display, and characters and pictures displayed on the screen by the operator. When a point or area is touched with a hand, information on the touched screen position is sensed and output to the outside as an information signal.

  In the display unit 6, when the operator turns on the weight sorter 1, the user table shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 is displayed.

The user table shown in FIG. 3 is a list of items of display forms set in advance corresponding to the workers for each worker, and is stored in the storage unit 7. In this user table, the display of the worker and the items of the display form stored in the storage unit 7 are displayed on the display screen at the same time.
In the column on the left side of the user table shown in FIG. 3, the reference number (No.) indicating the worker is simply displayed as 1 to 6, but identification display such as an ID or a symbol indicating the worker is provided. It may be.
In the right column of the reference number, names as the names of the workers corresponding to the display of the workers are displayed. From the top, No. 1 “Yamada ○ child”, No. 2 “Sato ○ male”, No. .3 “Yamashita ○ Mike”, No. 4 “Yumi Suzuki”, No. 5 “Yo Tanaka” and No. 6 “Maria Kinoshita”.
In the right column of the name, language, character size, explanation 1, explanation 2, and last login date are displayed in order. In addition, when switching from the worker who is currently working to another worker, the display set for the new worker who has switched is performed without executing the display of the user table as described above. The display form may be automatically displayed in the form.

Languages are Japanese, English, and Portuguese, but other languages are displayed as necessary. For example, languages such as Chinese and Spanish are displayed.
Although the character size is displayed as large, medium, or small, other character sizes may be displayed. For example, a character size of about 10 points to about 60 points indicating the size of the point type may be set and displayed for every one point or several points.
The explanation 1 is an explanation of the operation content of the weight sorter 1 and is an explanation display for a person in charge with little work experience. This explanation 1 is an explanation of the contents of operations and functions such as so-called guidance and help on the display screen. For example, a handling method and a treatment method when an NG product is generated on the inspection object W, a record data Collection methods are included.

The explanation 2 is the explanation of the operation content of the weight sorter 1 as in the explanation 1, and is a display of the explanation for the person in charge and the manager with abundant work experience. This explanation 2 is similar to the explanation 1 and is a description of the contents of operations and functions such as so-called guidance and help displayed on the display screen. For example, explanation of a detection sensitivity changing method, product type setting method, apparatus calibration method, etc. Is included.
As the last login date, the date on which the worker finally performed the work with the weight sorter 1 is displayed, which can be used for reference of statistics of the usage frequency of the weight sorter 1 for each worker.

In the user table shown in FIG. 3, when the name display field on the display screen is touched, a group display of the name of the person who will work from now on the weight sorter 1 and the person in charge of the person with that name is displayed in the upper right part of the display screen. The At the same time, the display on the display screen after the touch is displayed according to the items of the display form shown in the user table.
For example, in the case of No. 1 worker “Yoko Yamada”, touching the display portion of “Yoko Yamada” will display “Yoko Yamada” in the upper right part of FIG. “Person in charge” is displayed. Further, a face photograph of “Yamada ○ child” may be displayed in the vicinity of “Yamada ○ child” in the upper right part of FIG. 4. By displaying the face photograph, it is possible to notify a third party such as another worker who is working on the weight sorter 1. The face photograph may be displayed in an enlarged manner not only in the upper right part of FIG. 4 but also in an area where the central part is not displayed.

In the weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment, the case where the name is displayed in Japanese in the name display column of the user table has been described, but may be displayed in other language notation. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, Japanese and English notation may be displayed side by side in the name display field. Moreover, you may make it display in other language notations, such as English notation and Portuguese, in the name display column.
In addition, the display in the display column of the worker name may be an ID such as an identification code or a group display. For example, a groove display such as “Japanese beginner group”, “Japanese manager group”, “Brazil beginner group” may be displayed.

  When the display form item shown in the user table is a language, in Japanese, for example, as shown in FIG. In the display column of the product name and mass reference value of the object W to be inspected, the product name is displayed in Japanese, such as “Tsubaki Onigiri”. On the other hand, in English, for example, as shown in FIG. In the display column of the product name and mass reference value of the inspection object W, the product name is displayed as “SYAKE ONIGIRI” with the English product name corresponding to Japanese. Therefore, even a foreign worker who is unfamiliar with Japanese can easily grasp the product name if he / she understands English. The product name may be displayed in Japanese on the upper side and in English on the lower side.

When the item of the display form shown in the user table is a character size, when the character size is small, for example, as shown in FIG. It is displayed in relatively small characters, and on the right side, each value is displayed in order from the top, such as 100.0 g, 108.5 g, 97.6 g, and 102.3 g. In this case, more information can be displayed on the display screen as compared with the large character size.
On the other hand, when the character size is large, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the measured value is displayed at the upper center of the display screen, and 100.0 g is displayed as a relatively large character at the lower side. In this case, the operator can read the display content even from a relatively distant distance from the display screen as compared with the small character size.

  On the display unit 6, the inspection result including the measurement value such as the mass of the inspection object W as described above is displayed, and other necessary display is performed. For example, the product type, measurement range, measurement speed, measurement accuracy, detection sensitivity, stand-by display of selection items, warnings when abnormalities occur in the weight sorter 1, and inspection requests are displayed as necessary. Is done.

  The storage unit 7 includes a part of the recording area of the recording medium. The storage unit 7 includes operations such as the above-described user table displayed on the display unit 6, worker reference numbers, worker identification symbols, and the like. Information on the person is stored. If necessary, the user table and stored information stored in the storage unit 7 are read out and used.

The selection unit 8 displays No. 1 “Yamada ○ child”, No. 2 “Yasuo Sato”, No. 3 “Yamashita ○ Mike”, No. 4 “Yumi Suzuki”, No. It is configured to select which one of No. 6 “Akira Tanaka” and No. 6 “Mina Kinoshita” will be the operator of the weight sorter 1. As described above, the worker can be selected by touching the area of the name of each worker displayed on the user table, but the user is selected by other methods. Other methods include the following methods. For example, after the user table is displayed on the display unit 6, the barcode set in advance corresponding to the worker is read and collated with the barcode stored in the storage unit 7 in advance, so that the corresponding worker Can be selected.
When an operator is selected by this bar code, items of a display form such as language, character size and handling of explanation 1 and explanation 2 determined corresponding to the worker are immediately executed.

  The selection unit 8 communicates between a tag attached to the worker and a communication unit (not shown) provided in the apparatus main body 2 using the human body of the worker working on the weight sorter 1 as a communication medium. It is also possible to read the worker name recorded in the tag attached to the worker, and select the worker by collating with the worker name stored in the storage unit 7 in advance.

  In addition, when the authentication card possessed by the worker who works on the weight sorter 1 is inserted into a card insertion unit (not shown) provided in the apparatus main body 2, the selection unit 8 includes the worker name in the authentication card, You may make it select an operator collating with the operator name memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 7 previously.

  The power supply unit 9 is configured by a known power supply unit that is attached to the storage housing 14 and supplies power to each component of the weight sorter 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the transport unit 3 includes a running conveyor 3 a and a weighing conveyor 3 b. The run-up conveyor 3a includes two rollers 3c and 3d and an endless conveyor belt 3e wound around these rollers. The weighing conveyor 3b includes two rollers 3f and 3g and an endless conveyance belt 3h wound around these rollers.
The conveyance unit 3 is configured to convey various inspection objects W such as packed raw meat, fish, processed food, and medicine flowing in the direction of arrow A from the belt conveyor BC. The to-be-inspected object W is brought into a stable state by the run-up conveyor 3a, is loaded on the load sensor by the weighing conveyor 3b, and is further conveyed to the sorting unit 5.

The light projecting / receiving unit 4 includes a pair of light projecting units 4a and a light receiving unit 4b, and is disposed between the run-up conveyor 3a and the weighing conveyor 3b. For example, the light projecting unit 4a is positioned on the apparatus main body 2 side of the transport belt 3h, the light receiving unit 4b is positioned on the other side of the transport belt 3h so as to face the light projecting unit 4a, and the object W is projected. When passing between the part 4a and the light receiving part 4b, the light receiving part 4b is shielded by the inspection object W, and it is detected that the inspection object W is carried in.
The detection signal is output to a mass detection section 12b and a load sensor 12a, which will be described later.

The sorting unit 5 includes a sorting mechanism unit 5a and a transport conveyor 5b. The conveyor 5b includes a roller 5c, a roller (not shown) arranged to face the roller 5c, and an endless conveyor belt 5d wound around these rollers.
The sorting mechanism unit 5a is configured by, for example, an extrusion type sorting mechanism. The sorting mechanism unit 5a may be any sort mechanism such as a flipper mechanism, an air jet mechanism, and a dropout mechanism, as long as it can sort non-defective products and defective products.
While the sorting mechanism 5a is transporting the inspection object W conveyed from the upstream weighing conveyor 3b in the arrow B direction by the conveyance conveyor 5b, the inspection object W is based on the determination result of the determination section 12d described later. On the other hand, the conveying belt 5d is pushed in the side direction and jet air is blown. The sorting mechanism 5a performs sorting by discharging the inspected object W having a defective result from the conveyor belt 5d and distinguishing it from the inspected object W having a determined result.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the conveyance control unit 11 includes a drive motor 11a and a control section 11b. The control section 11b can adjust the drive speed of the drive motor 11a based on the inspection result. In addition, the control section 11b is configured to stop the drive motor 11a based on the recognition that the abnormality sorter 1 recognizes that the weight sorter 1 has an abnormality. .

The weight selection unit 12 includes a load sensor 12a for acquiring quality data, a mass detection section 12b, a recording section 12c, and a determination section 12d for determining quality.
The load sensor 12a is configured by any scale mechanism such as an electromagnetic balance mechanism, a differential transformer mechanism, and a strain gauge mechanism. In the electromagnetic balance mechanism, instead of placing a test object W on one side of the balance and a weight serving as the weight on the other side, an electric force, that is, an electromagnetic force is applied to balance the balance. Using the fact that the amount of electricity required for balancing changes depending on the weight of the object W to be inspected, when the balance is balanced, the current generated in the load sensor 12a is detected, and the magnitude of this current is determined. A signal is output.

  The electromagnetic force is applied at a timing when a predetermined time t has elapsed after the light projecting / receiving unit 4 detects the inspection object W being carried into the weighing conveyor 3b. The predetermined time t is set to a time required until the object W is completely transferred to the weighing conveyor 3b after the inspection object W starts to be carried into the weighing conveyor 3b and the signal output from the load sensor 12a is stabilized. For example, the predetermined time t is a conveyance speed (m / min) of the weighing conveyor 3b set by an input from the operation unit 13, a length (mm) along the arrow B direction that is the conveyance direction of the inspection object W, and the like. It is determined based on the criteria.

  The output signal is input to the mass detection section 12b, the mass of the inspection object W is detected in the mass detection section 12b, and the detected mass is output to the determination section 12d as a mass signal.

  The recording section 12c is constituted by a part of the recording area of the recording medium, and information necessary for selecting the inspection object W corresponding to the type of the inspection object W (for example, upper limit reference value and lower limit reference value of mass, run-up) Each speed (m / s) of the conveyor 3a and the weighing conveyor 3b and the length (mm) along the conveying direction of the conveyor 3a and the length (mm) along the conveying direction of the inspected object W from the carry-out end of the weighing conveyor 3b Data such as the distance up to 5, the carry-in interval (mm) of the inspection object W, and the quality data, statistical data, alarm history and inspection history of the inspection object W acquired by the load sensor 12a. ing.

  The determination section 12d receives the mass signal of the inspection object W output from the mass detection section 12b, reads the upper limit reference value and the lower limit reference value of the mass recorded in advance in the recording section 12c, and The mass is compared with the upper limit reference value and the lower limit reference value, and it is determined whether or not the mass of the workpiece W is within the mass tolerance determined by the upper limit reference value and the lower limit reference value. The determined result is output to the selection unit 5. Further, the determination result is displayed on the display unit 6, and the determination result is recorded on the recording section 12c.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the operation unit 13 may be provided at the upper end portion of the apparatus main body 2 on the transport unit 3 side together with the display unit 6, and may be formed as a touch panel on the lower part of the display screen of the display unit 6. In addition, an operation button for “screen switching” is displayed on the lower left portion of the operation unit 13 displayed as a touch panel, and an input button is displayed on a part of the display screen of the display unit 6 by touching the operation button for screen switching. May be displayed. Information such as an authentication ID and a password can be input from this operation button.

  In the operation unit 13, information necessary for selecting the inspection object W, for example, each speed (m / s) of the run-up conveyor 3a and the weighing conveyor 3b and a length (mm) along the conveyance direction, the inspection object The length (mm) along the conveyance direction of W, the upper limit Ga and the lower limit Gb of the allowable range with respect to the inspection object W, the distance from the unloading end of the weighing conveyor 3b to the sorting unit 5, and the interval of loading the inspection object W Selection information such as (mm) can be input from an input part such as an operation button so that the determination section 12d and the mass detection section 12b are set.

  The weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured with a CPU (not shown) that controls each component and a structure in which components are connected to these. For example, each component such as the conveyance unit 3, the light projecting / receiving unit 4, the selection unit 5, the display unit 6, the conveyance control unit 11, the weight selection unit 12, and the operation unit 13 in the weight sorter 1 is configured to be operated by the CPU. May be. A control program provided to correspond to each component stored in the apparatus main body 2 may be executed based on the command from the CPU to operate each component.

  Further, the CPU (not shown) for controlling each of the above-described components and a structure for connecting the components to these may be configured by a personal computer arranged outside the weight sorter 1, that is, a so-called PC. In this case, since the PC and the weight sorter 1 are connected by a cable or wireless communication, the apparatus main body 2 of the weight sorter 1 is further miniaturized and the configuration is simplified. In addition, a plurality of weight sorters 1 can be controlled by a PC, the system of the production factory is unified, and high work efficiency can be obtained with high accuracy.

  Next, the operator's work on the weight sorter 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the power of the weight sorter 1 is turned on by an operator (S1), the weight sorter 1 is set in advance corresponding to each worker, and at least one stored in the storage unit 7 is stored. A table including the items of one display form and the worker display, for example, the user table shown in FIG. 3 is read from the storage unit 7 and displayed on the display screen of the display unit 6 (S2). Then, one of the operations of the operators “Yamada ○ child”, “Sato ○ male”, “Yamashita ○ microphone”, “Suzuki ○ good”, “Tanaka ○ Aro”, and “Kinoshita ○ Maria” displayed in the user table A standby state for selection is made so that a person is selected (S3).
When any one of the workers is selected (S4), for example, when the operator “Yoko Yamada” is selected, the operator “Yamada Yoko” selected in the upper right part of the display screen shown in FIG. A face photograph of “Yoko Yamada” is displayed (S5). Further, “Yamada ○ child” is displayed below “Yamada ○ child” as the person in charge of the weight sorter 1. The selected worker corresponds to the designated worker in the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention.

Subsequently, the display screen of the display unit 6 is switched based on a user table that is preset and stored in the storage unit 7 corresponding to the selected worker “Yoko Yamada”. For example, the user table shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the language is displayed in Japanese as shown in FIG. 6, and the character size is displayed in small as shown in FIG. In the case of the operator “Yoko Yamada”, explanations 1 and 2 are unnecessary in advance, so that the explanations 1 and 2 are not displayed (S6).
Next, it is determined whether or not the work of the operator “Yoko Yamada” is completed after a predetermined time has elapsed (S7). If it is determined that the work has not been completed, it is further determined whether or not the work has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed (S7).

  If it is determined that the work has been completed, then the work content and work result are recorded in the apparatus main body 2 (S8). Then, it is determined whether or not other work items are to be worked (S9). For example, if it is selected that another work is to be performed by touching the display unit 6 by the worker, the process proceeds to step S7. If it is not selected in step S9 to perform another work item, the work ends.

As described above, since the weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment is configured, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, the weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment acquires the quality data of the inspection object W transported by the transport unit 3, compares the preset reference value with the quality data, and compares the quality data of the inspection object W. It is configured to inspect the quality. And the memory | storage part which memorize | stores the display part 6 and the user table containing the language, character size, description 1 and description 2 which are the items of the at least 1 display form preset corresponding to the worker for every worker 7 and the display unit 6 is configured to display the name of the worker and the item of the display form.

As a result, the weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment is advantageous in that it does not take time to select the display form displayed on the display screen, and the work can be smoothly performed.
That is, since the operator's name and the above-described user table are displayed on the display screen, the operator can easily grasp the items of the display form set for himself / herself.
In particular, since items such as language, character size, explanation 1 and explanation 2 are displayed in a display form set corresponding to the worker, the worker is bothered to select a display form for each display item. Thus, the work in the weight sorter 1 can be proceeded smoothly. For foreign workers who are unfamiliar with Japanese and are good at English, it is set in advance to display in English, so that it is possible to save the trouble of selecting Japanese and English.
Further, for an operator who has little work experience, the explanation can be promoted by displaying explanation 1 and explanation 2 as described above on the display screen. On the other hand, it is possible to promote the work by omitting the display of the explanation 1 and the explanation 2 as described above for the worker having abundant work experience.
Further, since the name of the worker and the photograph of the face of the worker are displayed on the display screen, the display of the name of the worker and the photograph of the face indicates whether or not the person who works on the weight sorter 1 is different. A third party such as an operator can easily grasp, the need to find out who the worker is is eliminated, and the efficiency of the work of other workers is promoted.

In addition, when the user table displayed on the display unit 6 includes a plurality of workers, the weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment is any one of the displayed workers. Is further provided, so that an operator can be selected easily.
For example, after the user table is displayed on the display unit 6, the barcode set in advance corresponding to the worker is read and collated with the barcode stored in the storage unit 7 in advance, so that the corresponding worker Can be selected. When an operator is selected by this bar code, items in the display form such as language, character size and explanation 1 and explanation 2 determined according to the worker are immediately executed. This eliminates the need to select a display form.

  The selection unit 8 communicates between a tag attached to the worker and a communication unit (not shown) provided in the apparatus main body 2 using the human body of the worker working on the weight sorter 1 as a communication medium. It is also possible to read out the worker name recorded on the tag attached to the worker and collate with the worker name stored in advance in the storage unit 7 to select the worker. Even in the weight sorter 1 provided with a communication unit using a human body as a communication medium, communication can be used, and there is no need to select a display form.

In addition, when the authentication card possessed by the worker who works on the weight sorter 1 is inserted into a card insertion unit (not shown) provided in the apparatus main body 2, the selection unit 8 includes the worker name in the authentication card, It is also possible to select an operator by collating with the operator name stored in the storage unit 7 in advance. As a result, even in the weight sorter 1 provided with the authentication system using the authentication card, the authentication system can be used, and there is no need to select a display form.
In addition, both Japanese and English are displayed at the same time by writing both Japanese and English in the notation column for the name of the worker in the user table, so that many workers can easily access the user table. I can grasp it.

In the weight sorter 1 according to the embodiment, a user table including language, character size, explanation 1 and explanation 2 which are items of at least one display form preset for each worker for each worker is provided. The case where the user table is stored in the storage unit 7 and the user table is displayed on the display unit has been described.
However, in the article inspection apparatus according to the present invention, a user table other than the preset user table may be displayed on the display unit.
For example, if a preset user table is added, deleted, or changed the size of the text size while working with an article inspection device, the size after adding, deleting, and changing It is also possible to update as a new user table, store the updated user table in the storage means, and display the new user table on the display means.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an article inspection apparatus capable of smoothly proceeding with work without selecting a display form displayed on the display screen, which can be performed smoothly. It is useful for inspection devices that maintain quality, such as devices for inspecting quality, such as various weight sorters, X-ray foreign matter detection devices, and metal detection devices.

1 Weight sorter (article inspection device)
2 Device body 3 Transport section (transport means)
4 Light emitting / receiving unit 5 Sorting unit 6 Display unit (display means)
7 Storage unit (storage means)
8 Selection part (worker selection means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 Power supply part 11 Conveyance control part 12 Weight selection part 13 Operation part 14 Storage housing | casing

Claims (5)

Article inspection for acquiring quality data of an object to be inspected (W) conveyed by the conveying means (3) and comparing the quality data with a reference value set in advance to inspect the quality of the inspected object In the device
Display means (6);
Storage means (7) for storing at least one display form item preset for each worker corresponding to each worker;
The display means displays the designated worker, and in accordance with the item of the display form stored in the storage means, displays the article in a display form corresponding to the designated worker. apparatus.   The article inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display of the worker includes at least one of a worker name and a face photograph of the worker. The display means can display a plurality of workers,
Worker selection means (8) capable of selecting any one of the plurality of workers displayed by the display means;
The worker selecting means selects the worker based on one of a barcode set for each worker, a tag set for each worker, and an authentication card set for each worker. The article inspection apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   The item inspection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the item of the display form includes a language.   3. The article inspection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the name of the worker includes at least two kinds of notations including Japanese notation and English notation.