JP6514630B2 - Schedule creation support apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a schedule creation support apparatus and method for supporting creation of a schedule of work to be performed on an item in a factory or the like.

  Conventionally, a schedule creation support device has been proposed that supports creation of a production schedule in a production line using a Gantt chart (see Patent Document 1). In the schedule creation support device described in Patent Document 1, even if the schedule satisfying the delivery date can not be obtained even if the assignment method of the tasks is changed, an operation of increasing the processing capability of the task for a fixed period in some facilities The schedule has been corrected by doing.

JP, 2011-181058, A

  In general, in factories, research institutes, research institutes and the like, a plurality of work places for working on articles are provided, the article to be worked is arranged in each work place, and predetermined work is performed on the articles in each work place. However, in the Gantt chart which displays each work in time series, it is difficult to understand the positional relationship between each work place. For this reason, the schedule creation support device described in Patent Document 1 can not sufficiently cope with the case where it is desired to change the work place of the article. Further, when another figure is displayed in addition to the Gantt chart, the time and effort of the user's operation may increase.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide a schedule creation support device and method that can cope with a change in the work place of an article and does not excessively increase a user's operation time.

  One aspect of the present invention is a schedule creation support device that supports creation of a schedule of work to be performed on an article, and is arranged in each of a plurality of work places to perform the work and the plurality of work places at display time. A plan view processing unit for displaying a plan view showing the article on the display unit in association with the work place to be arranged, including the article to be operated, and ending the work from the work start time to start the work And a Gantt chart processing unit for displaying on the display unit a Gantt chart in which charts of the articles extending up to the work end time are shown corresponding to the plurality of work places, the display time being It is a time included in the Gantt chart, and in the plan view processing unit, the display content of the Gantt chart displayed on the display unit is based on the user's operation. When changed, the display content of the plan view is changed according to the change, and the Gantt chart processing unit changes the display content of the plan view displayed on the display unit based on the user's operation. Then, the display content of the Gantt chart is changed according to the change.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a schedule creation support method in a schedule creation support device for supporting creation of a schedule of work to be performed on an article, comprising: a plurality of work places on which the work is performed; A plan view processing step of displaying on the display unit a plan view showing the article including a work object respectively disposed in the work place and associated with the work place to be placed, and an operation start of the work And a Gantt chart processing step of displaying on the display unit a Gantt chart configured so that a chart of the article extending from a time to an operation end time for ending the operation is shown corresponding to each of the plurality of work places. The display time is a time included in the Gantt chart, and the plan view processing step is displayed on the display unit. When the display content of the Gantt chart is changed based on the user's operation, the display content of the plan view is changed according to the change, and the Gantt chart processing step is performed on the flat surface displayed on the display unit. When the display content of the figure is changed based on the operation of the user, the display content of the Gantt chart is changed according to the change.

  At the work place, an article to be worked and parts or instruments used for the work are arranged. Therefore, when arranging one article in a plurality of work places, the plurality of work places need to be adjacent to each other. However, in the Gantt chart, although it is easy to understand whether the work time overlaps or the context of the work time, it is difficult to understand the adjacency relation of the work place.

  Therefore, in each of the above aspects, a plane including a plurality of work places where work is performed and an article to be worked that is disposed in each of the plurality of work places at display time and associated with the placed work places A figure is displayed on the display unit. Therefore, it becomes possible to easily grasp the adjacency of the work place.

  On the other hand, when both the plan view and the Gantt chart are displayed on the display unit, the time and effort of the user's operation may increase. Therefore, in each of the above aspects, when the display content of the Gantt chart displayed on the display unit is changed based on the user's operation, the display content of the plan view is changed according to the change. When the display content of the plan view displayed on the display unit is changed based on the user's operation, the display content of the Gantt chart is changed according to the change.

  As described above, in each of the above aspects, when one of the display content of the Gantt chart and the display content of the plan view is changed based on the user's operation, the other display content is changed according to the change. Therefore, the operation of changing only one of the display content of the Gantt chart and the display content of the plan view may be performed, and the operation of changing both is not required. For this reason, according to each said aspect, it can suppress that the effort of a user's operation increases excessively.

  The display time of the plan view is the time included in the Gantt chart. Therefore, the plan view can be said to be the Gantt chart in which the arrangement of the article relative to the work place is cut out at the display time.

  In the above aspect, for example, the Gantt chart further includes a first input unit that changes the work start time or the work end time of the article according to an operation of the user on the Gantt chart; The work start time or the work end time of the article is changed using the input unit, and the article whose display time is not included in the time from the work start time to the work end time is viewed from the plan view You may delete it.

  In this aspect, the user changes the work start time or the work finish time of the article on the Gantt chart by using the first input unit, and the article whose display time is not included in the time from the work start time to the work finish time Is eliminated from the plan view. For this reason, according to this aspect, there is an advantage that the user does not have to perform an operation of deleting an article which is not included in the plan view.

  In the above aspect, for example, the Gantt chart further includes a first input unit that changes the work start time or the work end time of the article according to an operation of the user on the Gantt chart; The work start time or the work finish time of the article is changed using the input unit, and the article newly included in the time from the work start time to the work finish time is displayed on the plan view. You may display it.

  In this aspect, the work start time or the work finish time of the article on the Gantt chart is changed by the user using the first input unit, and the article newly included in the time from the work start time to the work finish time Is displayed on the plan view. Therefore, according to this aspect, there is an advantage that the user does not have to perform an operation of displaying an item newly included in the plan view in the plan view.

  In the above aspect, for example, the Gantt chart further includes a first input unit that changes the work start time or the work end time of the article by the operation of the user on the Gantt chart, and the plurality of work places are the first work A location and a second work location, the Gantt chart processing unit being configured to receive the first input unit when the article is also disposed at the second work location in addition to the first work location; When the work start time or the work end time of the article placed in the first work place is changed using the above, the chart of the chart shown corresponding to the first work place and the second work place The work start time or the work end time may be changed.

  When the article is arranged in the second work place in addition to the first work place, the work start time or the work end time of the article arranged in the first work place is changed using the first input unit Then, the work start time or the work end time of the article placed at the second work place is similarly changed. So, in this aspect, the work start time or the work end time of the chart shown corresponding to the first work place and the second work place is changed. Therefore, according to this aspect, there is an advantage that the user does not have to perform an operation of changing the work start time or the work end time of the item disposed in the second work place.

  In the above aspect, for example, the Gantt chart further includes a second input unit that changes the display time by an operation of the user, and the plan view processing unit uses the second input unit to display the display time. When changed, the plan view displayed on the display unit may be changed according to the change of the display time.

  In this aspect, when the display time is changed using the second input unit on the Gantt chart, the plan view displayed on the display unit is changed according to the change of the display time. Therefore, according to this aspect, the display time of the plan view can be easily changed on the Gantt chart.

  In the above aspect, for example, a third input unit that adds a new article to the plan view in association with the work place by the user's operation is further provided, and the Gantt chart processing unit uses the third input unit. When the new article is added to the plan view in association with the work place by the user, the chart of the new article may be added to the Gantt chart with the display time as the work start time.

  In this aspect, when a new article is added to the plan view in association with the work place using the third input unit, a chart of the new article is added to the Gantt chart with the display time as the work start time. Therefore, according to this aspect, there is an advantage that the user does not have to perform an operation of adding a chart of a new article to a Gantt chart. The work end time in the chart of the new article may be a time obtained by adding a default time preset to the work start time.

  In the above aspect, for example, on the Gantt chart, a fourth input unit for selecting the chart to be changed to be changed to another work place by an operation of the user and an adjacent relation between the plurality of work places are shown. The Gantt chart processing unit further includes: a first storage unit in which adjacent information is stored in advance; and the Gantt chart processing unit stores the chart in the first storage unit when the chart to be changed is selected using the fourth input unit. It is determined whether or not the work place can be changed based on the adjacent information being processed, and the first changeable display indicating that the change is possible and the change can not be made according to the determination result. And / or at least one of the first non-modifiable indication indicating the above may be displayed on the Gantt chart.

  At the work place, an article to be worked and parts or instruments used for the work are arranged. Therefore, when arranging one article in a plurality of work places, the plurality of work places need to be adjacent to each other. However, in the Gantt chart, although it is easy to understand whether the work time overlaps or the context of the work time, it is difficult to understand the adjacency relation of the work place.

  Therefore, in this aspect, when the chart to be changed is selected using the fourth input unit, it is determined based on the adjacent information stored in the first storage unit whether it is possible to change to a vacant work place or not. Be done. Then, according to the determination result, at least one of the first changeable display and the first non-changeable display is displayed on the Gantt chart. Therefore, according to this aspect, it is possible to avoid the user performing a useless operation of instructing a change to an unmodifiable work place.

  Then, when the user performs an operation to change the chart to be changed into a changeable work place on the Gantt chart, the plan view processing unit associates the plan view displayed on the display unit with the work place before the change. It is possible to change from the plan view in which the articles are represented to the plan view in which the articles are represented in association with the changed work place.

  In the above aspect, for example, on the plan view, a fifth input unit that selects the item to be changed which is to be changed to another work place by the operation of the user, and the work start of the article in the plurality of work places The plan view processing unit further includes: a second storage unit that stores schedule information including a time and the work end time, and the plan view processing unit is configured to select the item to be changed using the fifth input unit. Based on the schedule information stored in the second storage unit, it is determined whether or not the work place can be changed, and a second changeable display indicating that change is possible according to the determination result At least one of a second non-modifiable indication indicating that the change can not be made may be displayed on the plan view.

  In the work place, of course, it is not possible to work on a plurality of articles at the same time. However, in the plan view, although the adjacency relationship of the work place is easy to understand, it is difficult to know whether the work time overlaps.

  Therefore, in the present aspect, when the item to be changed is selected using the fifth input unit, whether or not the working time is overlapped is determined based on the schedule information stored in the second storage unit, It is determined whether it is possible to change to a vacant work place. Then, in accordance with the determination result, at least one of the second changeable display and the second non-changeable display is displayed on the plan view. Therefore, according to this aspect, it is possible to avoid the user performing a useless operation of instructing a change to an unmodifiable work place.

  When the user performs an operation to change the article to be changed to a changeable work place on the plan view, the Gantt chart processing unit causes the Gantt chart displayed on the display unit to be a work place before the change of the chart. The Gantt chart shown and configured correspondingly to can be changed to a Gantt chart configured and shown corresponding to the working place after the change.

  In the above aspect, for example, a sixth input unit for extending the work end time of the article to a later time by the user's operation on the Gantt chart is further provided, and the Gantt chart processing unit includes the sixth input unit. In the work place where the article whose work end time has been extended is placed using the < " > work overlap time with the work of another article, the work start time of all the charts of the overlapped other articles. And the work end time may be moved backward by the overlapping time.

  In this aspect, when overlapping with the work of another article at the work place where the article whose work end time is extended using the sixth input unit is placed on the Gantt chart, another overlapped article It is moved backward by the time when the work start time and the work end time of all the charts of. Therefore, according to this aspect, it is possible to prevent overlapping of the work times of the charts at the same work place on the Gantt chart.

  In this manner, when the work end time of the article is extended to a later time using the sixth input unit and overlaps with the work of the other article, the work start time of all the charts of the other overlapped articles and It is moved backward by the time when the work end time is overlapped. When an article placed in each work place is changed at the display time by this movement, the plan view processing unit can change the plan view displayed on the display unit according to the change. .

  According to the present invention, since the plan view is displayed on the display unit, it is possible to easily grasp the adjacent relation of the work place. Further, according to the present invention, when one of the display content of the Gantt chart and the display content of the plan view is changed based on the operation of the user, the display content of the other is changed according to the change. Can be suppressed from increasing excessively.

It is a block diagram showing roughly an example of composition of a schedule creation support device of this embodiment. It is a figure showing roughly an example of a display screen of a display. It is a figure showing roughly an example of data composition of adjoining information saved in a storage part, and schedule information. It is a flowchart which shows roughly an example of operation | movement of the schedule creation assistance apparatus of this Embodiment. It is a figure showing roughly an example of a display screen of a display. It is a figure showing roughly an example of a display screen of a display. It is a figure showing roughly an example of a display screen of a display. It is a flowchart which shows roughly an example of operation | movement in the case of changing the work place of articles | goods on a Gantt chart. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of the display screen of a display when operation | movement of FIG. 8 is performed. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of the display screen of a display when operation | movement of FIG. 8 is performed. It is a flowchart which shows roughly an example of operation | movement in the case of changing the work place of articles | goods on top view. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of the display screen of a display when operation | movement of FIG. 11 is performed. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of the display screen of a display when operation | movement of FIG. 11 is performed. It is a flowchart which shows roughly an example of operation | movement in the case of changing the working time of articles | goods on a Gantt chart. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of the display screen of a display when operation | movement of FIG. 14 is performed. It is a figure which shows roughly an example of the display screen of a display when operation | movement of FIG. 14 is performed.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same components.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of an electrical configuration of a schedule creation support apparatus of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a display screen of a display. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the data configuration of the adjacent information and the schedule information stored in the storage unit.

  The schedule creation support device of the present embodiment supports, for example, creation of a schedule for assembly or trial operation of a robot system for component production (an example of an article). As shown in FIG. 1, the schedule creation support device 10 of the present embodiment includes a display 100, an input unit 200, a storage unit 300, and a control unit 400.

  The display 100 (an example of a display unit) includes, for example, a liquid crystal display panel. The display 100 is controlled by the control unit 400 to display a display screen 110 including, for example, the plan view 120 and the Gantt chart 130 shown in FIG. The display 100 is not limited to the liquid crystal display panel. The display 100 may include another panel such as, for example, an organic electroluminescence (EL) panel.

  The input unit 200 (an example of a first input unit, a second input unit, a third input unit, a fourth input unit, a fifth input unit, and a sixth input unit) includes, for example, a mouse or a keyboard. When operated by the user, the input unit 200 outputs an operation signal indicating the content of the operation to the control unit 400. When the display 100 is a touch panel display, the touch panel display may be used as the input unit 200 instead of the mouse or the keyboard.

  The storage unit 300 is configured of, for example, a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. The storage unit 300 stores the adjacent information 310 and the schedule information 320 (FIG. 3). The adjacent information 310 and the schedule information 320 will be described in detail later.

  The control unit 400 includes a plan view processing unit 410 and a Gantt chart processing unit 420. Control unit 400 controls display screen 110 displayed on display 100 in accordance with the operation signal input from input unit 200, and updates the information stored in storage unit 300. Control unit 400 includes, as a hardware configuration, a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and the like. The control unit 400 functions as the plan view processing unit 410 and the Gantt chart processing unit 420 when the CPU operates according to the program stored in the memory.

  The plan view processing unit 410 displays, for example, the plan view 120 shown in FIG. 2 on the display screen 110. As shown in FIG. 2, the plan view 120 includes a work place where a component manufacturing robot system is assembled or commissioned, and an object to be placed in the work place at a display time (described later).

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, nine work places of three rows and three columns are provided, and four articles T1 to T4 are work targets. The articles T1 to T4 may represent, for example, the name of the article, the name of the customer who ordered the article, or the specification of the article. The articles T1 to T4 are represented in the area of the work place to be arranged. In the following, for example, the work place of 1 row A column is referred to as "work place (1-A)".

  The adjacent information 310 stored in the storage unit 300 (an example of the first storage unit) indicates an adjacent relationship between nine work places in three rows and three columns. As shown in FIG. 3, the adjacent information 310 includes a work place 311 and an adjacent work place 312. The adjacent work place 312 represents a work place adjacent to the work place shown in the corresponding work place 311.

  For example, as can be seen from FIG. 2, work places (1 -B) and (2 -A) are adjacent to work place (1 -A). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, (1-B) and (2-A) are stored in the items of the adjacent work place 312 corresponding to the item (1-A) of the work place 311.

  The contents of the adjacent information 310 are determined when the work place provided in the factory, laboratory, research organization, etc. is determined. Therefore, the adjacent information 310 is stored in advance in the storage unit 300.

  In this embodiment, at the time of schedule creation, the user uses the input unit 200 to arrange the objects T1 to T4 to be worked at the work start time 0 in the area of each work place. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the user places the article T1 in the work place (1-A), (1-B) and the article T2 in the work place (1-C), (2- C), the article T3 is placed in the work place (2-A), (2-B), (3-A), and the article T4 is placed in the work place (3-B), (3-C) doing.

  Various operations can be adopted as the operation of arranging the articles T1 to T4 in the area of each work place by the user using the input unit 200. For example, the user may use a mouse to drag and drop from the separately displayed item list into the area of each work place. Alternatively, the user may directly input an item with the keyboard in the area of each work place. Alternatively, if the display 100 is a touch panel display, the user may tap a desired item.

  The plan view 120 represents the arrangement of each article at each display location at the display time. The display time of the plan view 120 shown in FIG. 2 is the work start time 0.

  At the actual work place provided in a factory, a research laboratory, a research institute, etc., an article to be worked and parts or instruments used for the work are arranged. Therefore, when arranging one article in a plurality of work places, the plurality of work places need to be adjacent to each other. That is, one article can not be placed across multiple work places that are not adjacent to each other. For example, the article T1 can not be arranged at the work place (1-A) and the work place (2-B).

  In the present embodiment, the plan view processing unit 410 represents the work place in a rectangular shape, but is not limited to this. The plan view processing unit 410 may represent, for example, the work place in the form of an actual work place.

  The plan view processing unit 410 outputs, to the Gantt chart processing unit 420, location information (described later) indicating the arrangement of the work object input to the work location input by the user using the input unit 200, and the storage unit 300. Save to

  The Gantt chart processing unit 420 displays the Gantt chart 130 on the display screen 110 based on the location information representing the arrangement of the work object input to the work location input from the plan view processing unit 410, as shown in FIG. indicate. The Gantt chart 130 is configured so that a rectangular chart extending from the work start time to start the work on the articles T1 to T4 to the work finish time to end the work is shown corresponding to each of nine work places P.

  In FIG. 2, since the plan view 120 represents the arrangement state of each article at the work start time 0, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 selects the Gantt chart 130 where the work start time of each article is the work start time 0. indicate. At this time, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 displays a chart of the working time Ti of a predetermined initial value, as shown in FIG. The Gantt chart processing unit 420 stores time information (described later) in the storage unit 300.

  At time 0 of the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 2, a straight line td representing the display time is shown. A straight line td representing the display time represents the display time of the plan view 120. The plan view 120 shown in FIG. 2 shows the location information at the work start time 0 as described above. Therefore, in the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 2, the straight line td representing the display time is represented at the time 0 position. As described above, the display time of the plan view 120 is the time included in the time displayed on the Gantt chart 130. Therefore, the plan view 120 can be said to be the Gantt chart 130 in which the arrangement of the article with respect to the work place is cut out at the display time.

  Note that, as described later, the display time of the plan view 120 can be changed by moving the position of the straight line td representing the display time shown by the Gantt chart 130. In this case, the display time of the plan view 120 may be continuously changed, or may be discretely changed, for example, every five minutes.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the schedule information 320 stored in the storage unit 300 (an example of the second storage unit) includes article information 321, place information 322, and time information 323. Location information 322 and time information 323 are stored for each of the articles T1 to T4 in the article information 321.

  In the place information 322 of FIG. 3, information of the work place shown in the plan view 120 shown in FIG. 2 is stored. That is, for example, (1-A) and (1-B) are stored as the location information 322 of the article T1.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the time information 323 includes work start time and work end time or work time. In the case of the Gantt chart 130 shown in FIG. 2, the work start time of all the articles T1 to T4 in the time information 323 of FIG. 3 is 0, and all the work times are Ti which is the initial value.

  Hereinafter, an operation in which the plan view 120 and the Gantt chart 130 are updated in conjunction with each other in this embodiment will be described using a flowchart and a diagram showing a display screen of a display.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart schematically showing an example of the operation of the schedule creation support device of the present embodiment. 5 to 7 schematically show an example of the display screen of the display.

  In step S41 of FIG. 4, the plan view processing unit 410 displays an article in the area of each work place on the plan view 120 according to the operation performed by the user using the input unit 200 (the plane of FIG. 2). Figure 120).

  Next, in step S42, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 is configured such that a chart is shown corresponding to each work place P at the work time Ti of the initial value based on the place information input from the plan view processing unit 410. The Gantt chart 130 is automatically displayed on the display screen 110 (Gantt chart 130 in FIG. 2).

  Next, in step S43, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 corrects the Gantt chart 130 displayed on the display screen 110 according to the correction operation on one work place performed by the user using the input unit 200. Next, in step S44, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 automatically corrects the chart shown corresponding to the other work place of the same article. In steps S43 and S44, when the Gantt chart processing unit 420 corrects the Gantt chart 130, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 stores the corrected time information in the storage unit 300 and outputs it to the plan view processing unit 410.

  That is, on the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 5, for example, since the working time for the article T1 at the working place (1-A) is insufficient, the work end time of the article T1 is extended backward by the user as shown by the arrow. Then, the work end time of the other work place (1-B) of the same article T1 is also automatically extended without the user's operation.

  For example, even when the work at the work place (1-B) of the article T1 is completed, the work T1 is the work place (1-B) while the work on the article T1 at the work place (1-A) continues. You can not move from one place to another. Therefore, the time and effort of the user's operation can be reduced by automatically extending the work end time of the other work place (1-B) of the article T1.

  In the present embodiment, the work place (1-A) is an example of the first work place, and the work place (1-B) is an example of the second work place.

  Further, on the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 5, when the work start time of the article T2 at the work place (1-C) is extended backward by the user as indicated by the arrow, another work place of the same article T2 ( The work start time in 2-C) is also automatically changed without the user's operation.

  For example, if it is not possible to move the item T2 to the work place (1-C) because the arrival of parts requires time, it is likewise impossible to move the item T2 to the work place (2-C) . Therefore, by automatically extending the work start time in the other work place (2-C) of the same article T2, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the user's operation.

  In the present embodiment, the work place (1-C) is an example of the first work place, and the work place (2-C) is an example of the second work place.

  Referring back to FIG. 4, in step S45, the plan view processing unit 410 automatically updates the plan view 120 according to the corrected time information input from the Gantt chart processing unit 420. That is, the plan view 120 shown in FIG. 5 shows the location information at time 0, as described above. On the other hand, in the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 5, the work start time of the article T2 at the work places (1-C) and (2-C) is extended after time zero. Therefore, the plan view processing unit 410 erases the article T2 from the plan view 120 as shown in FIG.

  In the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 5, for example, it is assumed that the user performs an operation of returning the work start time of the article T2 at the work place (1-C) to time 0. Then, in the same manner as described above, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 corrects the Gantt chart 130 so that the work start time of the article T2 at the work places (1-C) and (2-C) is returned to time 0 and corrected. The stored time information is stored in the storage unit 300 and is output to the plan view processing unit 410.

  Then, the plan view processing unit 410 automatically updates the plan view 120 according to the corrected time information input from the Gantt chart processing unit 420. In this case, the item T2 is newly included at the display time 0 of the plan view 120. For this reason, the plan view processing unit 410 displays the article T2 on the work places (1-C) and (2-C) in the plan view 120 of FIG. That is, the plan view 120 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display screen 110.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the user performs an operation of moving the straight line td representing the display time using the input unit 200 in step S46, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 responds to the operation on the Gantt chart 130. The position of the straight line td representing the display time is moved. When moving the position of the straight line td representing the display time, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 outputs the position information of the straight line td representing the display time to the plan view processing unit 410.

  The operation of moving the straight line td representing the display time may be, for example, an operation of dragging the straight line td representing the display time by a mouse, for example, even if it is a swipe operation on the straight line td representing the display time on the touch panel display Good.

  Next, in step S47, the plan view processing unit 410 automatically displays the article corresponding to the position information of the straight line td representing the display time input from the Gantt chart processing unit 420 on the work place on the plan view 120. Do.

  In the Gantt chart 130 shown in FIG. 5, a straight line td representing the display time displayed at the position of time 0 is displayed at the time t1 in the Gantt chart 130 shown in FIG. Therefore, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 outputs the time t1 to the plan view processing unit 410 as position information of the straight line td indicating the display time. The plan view processing unit 410 reads the time information 323 of the schedule information 310 stored in the storage unit 300, and determines whether the working time of each item included in the item information 321 includes the time t1.

  As can be seen from the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 6, at time t1, the item T2 is working in the work area (1-C), (2-C), and the item T4 is in the work area (3-B), ((2) Working in 3-C). Therefore, as shown in the plan view 120 of FIG. 6, the plan view processing unit 410 displays the article T2 on the work place (1-C), (2-C), and the work place (3-B), ( 3-C) displays the item T4.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S48, when the user performs an operation of placing a new article in the vacant work place of the plan view 120 by the user using the input unit 200, the plan view processing unit 410 performs the operation of the user. In response, the new article is displayed on the work place on the plan view 120. The plan view processing unit 410 stores, in the storage unit 300, the place information related to the new article displayed in the work place of the plan view 120, and outputs the place information to the Gantt chart processing unit 420.

  Next, in step S49, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 corresponds to each work place P at the work time Ti of the initial value based on the place information input from the plan view processing unit 410 as in step S42. The Gantt chart 130 shown and configured is automatically displayed on the display screen 110.

  In FIG. 7, new articles T <b> 5 are disposed in the work places (1 -A), (2 -A) and (3 -A) of the plan view 120. According to the arrangement of the new article T5, the chart of the article T5 having the time t1 as the operation start time is newly added to the work places (1-A), (2-A) and (3-A) of the Gantt chart 130. Is displayed on. Then, as shown by the arrows in the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 7, when the operation to change the work end time of the item T5 of the work place (1-A) is performed using the input unit 200, step S43 of FIG. , S44, the work end time of the item T5 of the work place (2-A), (3-A) is also automatically changed.

  FIG. 8 is a flow chart schematically showing an example of the operation in the case of changing the work place of the article on the Gantt chart. 9 and 10 schematically show examples of the display screen of the display when the operation of FIG. 8 is performed.

  For example, on the Gantt chart 130 shown in FIG. 9, the user wants to change the work place (1-A) of the item T5 whose work is started at time t1 to another work place for convenience of work. The operation of the case is described.

  In this case, the user uses the input unit 200 to select the change of the work place (1-A) of the article T5 in step S81 of FIG. For example, when the user double-clicks the mouse on the chart 131 (an example of the chart to be changed) of the article T5, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 determines that the change of the work place (1-A) of the article T5 is selected It is also good.

  Alternatively, for example, when the user right-clicks the mouse on the chart 131 of the item T5, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 may display a pull-down menu from which change of the work place of the item T5 can be selected. Alternatively, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 may previously display in the vicinity of the Gantt chart 130 a selection menu (not shown) in which change of the work place of each article can be selected. When the user selects the work place (1-A) of the item T5 in the pull-down menu or selection menu, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 determines that the change of the work place (1-A) of the item T5 is selected. May be

  Hereinafter, in the Gantt chart 130, a rectangular bar extending from a work start time to start work on an item to a work end time to end the work is referred to as a "chart".

  In the subsequent step S82, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 displays the change destination candidates 132 and 133 at the work place available at the work time of the article T5. The Gantt chart processing unit 420 displays the change destination candidates 132 and 133 in a dotted frame in FIG. 9.

  Next, in step S83, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 reads the adjacent information 310 stored in the storage unit 300, and the work place of the change destination candidates 132 and 133 is adjacent to all the remaining work places. Determine if it is. This is because, as described above, when using a plurality of work places for the same article, the work places need to be adjacent to each other.

  In FIG. 9, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 first reads the adjacent information 310 stored in the storage unit 300, and the work place (1-B) of the candidate 132 of the change destination is the work place (2-A). Or it judges whether it is adjacent to the work place (3-A). As a result, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 determines that the work place (1-B) of the change destination candidate 132 is not adjacent to the work places (2-A) and (3-A).

  In addition, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 reads the adjacent information 310 stored in the storage unit 300, and the work place (2-B) of the change destination candidate 133 is the work place (2-A) or the work place (2-A). It is judged whether it is adjacent to 3-A). As a result, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 determines that the work place (2-B) of the change destination candidate 133 is adjacent to the work place (2-A).

  Next, in step S84, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 displays whether or not it is possible to change to the change destination candidates 132, 133 based on the determination result of step S83. The Gantt chart processing unit 420 displays “NG” (an example of the first non-modifiable display) indicating that change is impossible in the change destination candidate 132 in FIG. "OK" (an example of the first changeable display) indicating that the change is possible is displayed.

  Next, in step S85, for example, when the user drags the chart 131 of the article T5 to the work place (2-B) with the mouse, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 displays the chart 131 of the article T5 as shown in FIG. Display at the location of the work place (2-B).

  In the subsequent step S86, the plan view processing unit 410 automatically displays the change of the work place on the plan view 120. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the plan view processing unit 410 erases the article T5 in the work place (1-A), as shown in FIG. 10, in the article T5 displayed in the work place (1-A) in FIG. , And display the article T5 at the work place (2-B).

  Thus, when an operation to change the work place of the article is performed on the Gantt chart 130, the display of the plan view 120 is automatically changed. Therefore, the time and effort of the user's operation can be reduced.

  In addition, on the Gantt chart 130, the user can not intuitively grasp the adjacent relation of the work place. However, if the Gantt chart processing unit 420 determines whether the work place of the change destination is adjacent to the remaining work places, and determines that the work place is not adjacent, the Gantt chart 130 indicates that the change is impossible. it's shown. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from accidentally changing the work place to a non-adjacent work place on the Gantt chart 130.

  FIG. 11 is a flow chart schematically showing an example of the operation in the case of changing the work place of the article on the plan view. 12 and 13 schematically show an example of the display screen of the display when the operation of FIG. 11 is performed. In the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 12, the straight line td representing the display time is disposed at the time t2. Therefore, the plan view 120 of FIG. 12 shows the arrangement of the article at time t2.

  On the plan view 120 shown in FIG. 12, for example, the user wants to change the work place (3-A) of the item T5 whose work is being performed at time t2 to another work place for work convenience. The operation in the case of failure is described.

  In this case, the user uses the input unit 200 in step S111 in FIG. 11 to select the change of the work place (3-A) of the article T5. For example, when the user double-clicks the mouse on the work place (3-A) of the article T5, the plan view processing unit 410 may determine that the change of the work place (3-A) of the article T5 is selected.

  Alternatively, for example, when the user right-clicks the mouse on the work place (3-A) of the item T5, the plan view processing unit 410 may display a pull-down menu from which change of the work place of each item can be selected. Alternatively, the plan view processing unit 410 may display in advance, in the vicinity of the plan view 120, a selection menu (not shown) in which change of the work place of each article can be selected. When the user selects the work place (3-A) of the item T5 in the pull-down menu or selection menu, the plan processing unit 410 determines that the change of the work place (3-A) of the item T5 is selected. May be

  In the plan view 120, the user can immediately determine the adjacency of the work place. In FIG. 12, it can be immediately recognized that there are two candidates for the change place of the work place (3-A), the work places (1-B) and (2-B). However, on the plan view 120, it is extremely difficult for the user to determine in the work place whether or not work of an article whose work time overlaps in the future is scheduled.

  Therefore, in the subsequent step S112, the plan view processing unit 410 reads the time information 323 stored in the storage unit 300, and the working time overlaps the working place of the change destination candidate (that is, the work end of the article T5) It is determined whether or not there is an item (for which the work start time is set earlier than the time).

  In FIG. 12, the plan view processing unit 410 first reads the time information 323 stored in the storage unit 300, and there are articles whose working times overlap in the work place (1-B) of the change destination candidate. Determine if it is or not. As a result, the plan view processing unit 410 determines that there is an article T6 whose working time overlaps in the work place (1-B) of the change destination candidate.

  Further, the plan view processing unit 410 reads out the time information 323 stored in the storage unit 300, and determines whether there is an article for which the working time overlaps in the working place (2-B) of the change destination candidate. to decide. As a result, the plan view processing unit 410 determines that there is no article for which the working time overlaps in the work place (2-B) of the change destination candidate.

  Next, in step S113, the plan view processing unit 410 displays, based on the determination result in step S112, whether or not the change destination candidate work place can be changed. In FIG. 12, the plan view processing unit 410 displays “NG” (an example of the second non-modifiable display) indicating that modification is not possible in the work place (1-B) of the change destination candidate In the work place (2-B) of the change destination candidate, “OK” (an example of the second changeable display) indicating that the change is possible is displayed.

  Next, in step S114, for example, when the user drags the area 121 of the article T5 of the work place (3-A) to the work place (2-B) with the mouse, the plan view processing unit 410 is shown in FIG. Then, the item T5 is displayed in the area of the work place (2-B).

  In the subsequent step S115, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 automatically displays the change of the work place on the Gantt chart 130. That is, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 sets the chart 134 of the article T5 shown in FIG. 12 corresponding to the work place (3-A) to the work place (2-B) as shown in FIG. Display and erase the chart of the article T5 displayed at the work place (3-A).

  Thus, when an operation to change the work place of the article is performed on the plan view 120, the display of the Gantt chart 130 is automatically changed. Therefore, the time and effort of the user's operation can be reduced.

  Further, on the plan view 120, it is difficult for the user to intuitively grasp whether or not the working time is overlapped. However, in the present embodiment, the plan view processing unit 410 reads out the time information 323 stored in the storage unit 300, and whether or not there is an article for which the working time overlaps the work place of the change destination candidate. If it is determined that it is present, it is displayed in the plan view 120 that the change is impossible. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from accidentally changing the work place of an article on the plan view 120 to a work place that overlaps with the work time of another article.

  FIG. 14 is a flow chart schematically showing an example of the operation in the case of changing the working time of the article on the Gantt chart. 15 and 16 schematically show an example of the display screen of the display when the operation of FIG. 14 is performed.

  In the Gantt chart 130 shown in FIG. 15, the work of the article T3 at the work places (2-A), (2-B) and (3-A) is originally finished at time t3 before time t1. A schedule was set. On the other hand, the operation when the user wants to change the work end time t3 to the time t4 after the time t1, for example, because the work of the article T3 may be prolonged, will be described.

  The user uses the input unit 200 to change the work end time t3 of the item T3. For example, the user drags the right end of the chart 135 of the item T3 of the work place (2-A) to the right with the mouse, and ends the drag at time t4. Then, in step S141 in FIG. 14, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 detects that the work end time of the article T3 has been changed from time t3 to time t4 by the user, and extends the chart 135 to time t4.

  Further, in step S142, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 also extends the charts of the other work places (2-B) and (3-A) of the same article T3 to time t4.

  Next, in step S143, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 reads the time information 323 stored in the storage unit 300, and extends the working time to work on another item at the working place where the working time is extended. Determine if it overlaps with time. If it does not overlap the working time of another item (NO in step S143), the process of FIG. 14 ends.

  On the other hand, in step S143, if overlapping with the working time of another item (YES in step S143), in step S144, Gantt chart processing unit 420 starts the work start time and ends the work time of the other item Move the time backward by the overlapping time. In addition, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 updates, in the storage unit 300, the time information 323 of the item for which the working time has been changed. In addition, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 moves the chart of all the work places of the moved item backward. In FIG. 16, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 moves the charts 136a, 136b, 136c of the article T5 at the work places (1-A), (2-A), (2-B) to the rear.

  Next, in step S145, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 further determines whether or not the work time of another item is overlapped with the movement of the work time in step S144. If it overlaps with the working time of another item (YES in step S143), the process returns to step S144, and steps S143 and S144 are repeated. That is, when the working time is overlapped with the working time of another item one after another, the working time is moved like a ball and the operation of eliminating the overlapping of the working time is repeated.

  On the other hand, if it does not overlap with the working time of another item in step S145 (NO in step S145), the plan view processing unit 410 in step S146 responds to the change of working time on the Gantt chart 130. In FIG. 120, the display of the article at each work place is automatically changed.

  That is, when the arrangement of the article at the display time t1 to the work place is changed due to the change of the work time on the Gantt chart 130, the plan view processing unit 410 is a plan view according to the change. Change the display position of the article at 120. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, the plan view processing unit 410 displays the article T <b> 5 displayed in the work places (1-A), (2-A), and (2-B) in FIG. The article T3 is displayed on the work place (2-A), (2-B) and (3-A).

  Thus, when an operation of changing the working time of the article is performed on the Gantt chart 130, the display of the plan view 120 is automatically changed. Therefore, the time and effort of the user's operation can be reduced.

(Modified embodiment)
(1) In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the adjacent information 310 and the schedule information 320 specify the work place by, for example, one row A column, but it is not limited to this. For example, the work place may be specified by coordinate values of X, Y coordinates.

  (2) In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the display time of the plan view 120 is designated by the position of the straight line td representing the display time, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a display time designation button may be provided on the display screen 110, and the display time may be designated using the input unit 200. Alternatively, the display time may be the position clicked with the mouse of the input unit 200 on the Gantt chart 130 or the position touched with a finger on the Gantt chart 130 of the touch panel display.

  (3) In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 indicates that the change is impossible by displaying “NG”, and can change it by displaying “OK”. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 may display a dotted-lined rectangle only for changeable candidates. That is, in FIG. 9, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 may display only the change destination candidate 133 without displaying the change destination candidate 132.

  Alternatively, instead of or in addition to indicating that the Gantt chart processing unit 420 can not change, the user can change to a work place that can not be changed (that is, a work place not adjacent to another work place). If an operation is performed, the work place may not be changed. That is, for example, in FIG. 9, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 causes the chart 131 to return to the original position after dragging even if the user drags the chart 131 to the position of the candidate 132 of the change destination using the mouse. It is also good.

  However, it is preferable to indicate that the change is impossible and the change is possible, as in the above-described embodiment, because the user's unnecessary operation can be prevented more reliably.

  (4) In the Gantt chart 130 of FIG. 9, the Gantt chart processing unit 420 may display a chart corresponding to a changeable work place, for example, in different colors. Similarly, in the plan view 120 of FIG. 12, the plan view processing unit 410 may display, for example, the color of the changeable work place. For example, in FIG. 9 and FIG. 12, when the work place (2-A) of the article T5 is changed, the other work places (1-A) and (3-A) are not adjacent to each other. 2-A) can not be changed. Therefore, only the work areas (1-A) and (3-A) of the article T5 may be displayed in different colors.

  In this case, the item list of the items T1 to T4 may be separately displayed, and the changeable work place may be displayed when the user selects an item from the item list.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Schedule preparation support apparatus 100 Display 120 Top view 130 Gantt chart 200 Input part 300 Storage part 310 Adjacency information 320 Schedule information 410 Top view processing part 420 Gantt chart processing part

Claims (10)

A schedule creation support device for supporting creation of a schedule of work to be performed on an article, comprising:
The display unit includes a plurality of work places where the work is to be performed and articles to be arranged for the work places respectively at the display time and is associated with the work places to be arranged to display the plan view of the articles A plan view processing unit to be displayed on the
A Gantt chart for displaying on the display unit a Gantt chart in which charts of the articles extending from a task start time to start the task to a task finish time to finish the task are shown corresponding to the plurality of work locations A chart processing unit,
Equipped with
The display time is a time included in the Gantt chart,
When the display content of the Gantt chart displayed on the display unit is changed based on the user's operation, the plan processing unit changes the display content of the plan according to the change.
When the display content of the plan view displayed on the display unit is changed based on the user's operation, the Gantt chart processing unit changes the display content of the Gantt chart according to the change. apparatus. The Gantt chart further includes a first input unit that changes the work start time or the work end time of the article according to an operation of the user on the Gantt chart,
The plan view processing unit changes the work start time or the work finish time of the article using the first input unit, and the display time is included in the time from the work start time to the work finish time The schedule creation support device according to claim 1, wherein the article which has not been eliminated is deleted from the plan view. The Gantt chart further includes a first input unit that changes the work start time or the work end time of the article according to an operation of the user on the Gantt chart,
The plan view processing unit changes the work start time or the work finish time of the article using the first input unit, and the display time is new from the work start time to the work finish time. The schedule creation assistance device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the article included in the is displayed on the plan view. The Gantt chart further includes a first input unit that changes the work start time or the work end time of the article according to an operation of the user on the Gantt chart,
The plurality of work places include a first work place and a second work place,
The Gantt chart processing unit is disposed at the first work place using the first input unit when the article is disposed also at the second work place in addition to the first work place. When the work start time or the work end time of the article is changed, the work start time or the work end time of the chart indicated corresponding to the first work place and the second work place is changed The schedule creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. And a second input unit configured to change the display time by the user's operation on the Gantt chart,
The plan view processing unit changes the plan view displayed on the display unit according to the change of the display time, when the display time is changed using the second input unit. The schedule creation support device according to any one of the items. It further comprises a third input unit that adds a new article to the plan view in association with the work place by the operation of the user.
When the new article is added to the plan view in association with the work place by the user using the third input unit, the Gantt chart processing unit uses the display time as the work start time, and the new article The schedule creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the chart of is added to the Gantt chart. A fourth input unit configured to select the chart to be changed, which is to be changed to another work place by the operation of the user, on the Gantt chart;
And a first storage unit in which adjacent information indicating the adjacent relationship between the plurality of work places is stored in advance.
When the Gantt chart processing unit selects the chart to be changed using the fourth input unit, the Gantt chart processing unit sets the vacant work place based on the adjacent information stored in the first storage unit. It is determined whether or not it is changeable, and according to the determination result, at least one of a first changeable display indicating that change is possible and a first changeable display indicating that it is not changeable is displayed on the Gantt chart. The schedule creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein A fifth input unit configured to select the item to be changed which is to be changed to another work place by the operation of the user on the plan view;
And a second storage unit configured to store schedule information including the work start time and the work end time of the article at the plurality of work places.
When the article to be changed is selected using the fifth input unit, the plan view processing unit is provided in the vacant work place based on the schedule information stored in the second storage unit. It is determined whether or not it is changeable, and in accordance with the determination result, at least one of a second changeable display indicating that it is changeable and a second changeable display that indicates that it is not changeable can be displayed The schedule creation assistance device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein The Gantt chart further includes a sixth input unit that extends the work end time of the article to a later time by an operation of the user.
When the Gantt chart processing unit overlaps the work of another article at the work place where the article whose work end time is extended using the sixth input unit is arranged, the Gantt chart processing unit The schedule creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the work start time and the work end time of all the charts of the items are moved backward by the overlapping time. A schedule creation support method in a schedule creation support device for supporting creation of a schedule of work to be performed on an article, comprising:
The display unit includes a plurality of work places where the work is to be performed and articles to be arranged for the work places respectively at the display time and is associated with the work places to be arranged to display the plan view of the articles A plan processing step to be displayed on the
A Gantt chart for displaying on the display unit a Gantt chart in which charts of the articles extending from a task start time to start the task to a task finish time to finish the task are shown corresponding to the plurality of work locations Chart processing steps,
Equipped with
The display time is a time included in the Gantt chart,
When the display content of the Gantt chart displayed on the display unit is changed based on the user's operation, the plan processing step changes the display content of the plan according to the change.
In the Gantt chart processing step, when the display content of the plan view displayed on the display unit is changed based on the user's operation, the schedule creation support changes the display content of the Gantt chart according to the change. Method.