JP7177658B2 - METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC SERVICE MANUAL - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method, system and program for displaying an electronic service manual.

Conventionally, it is known to convert a vehicle service manual into electronic data so that a user (for example, a maintenance worker such as a dealer) can view it on a display device. For example, in Patent Document 1, in order to enhance the user's convenience, when the user operates a predetermined button after selecting an electrical component on a wiring diagram displayed on a display device, an electric wire extending from the selected electrical component is disclosed. is disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 4597203

However, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, when two or more wires are connected to one electrical component, all the wires extending from the electrical component selected by the user are highlighted. . As a result, even when maintenance work is to be performed along a single wiring route in a complicated wiring diagram, wires other than the intended wiring route are highlighted, and maintenance workability cannot be sufficiently improved. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to improve workability in maintenance work for finding the cause of a failure by following a single wiring route.

A method for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention is a method for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle mounted with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of wires connecting the plurality of electrical components. A wiring diagram including a plurality of electrical components and the plurality of wires is displayed by a user in a state in which two or more of the plurality of wires are connected to one electrical component among the plurality of electrical components. and highlighting the selected wire in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device in response to the user selecting at least one wire from the plurality of wires. and a second step of causing

According to the above method, the user can directly select a wire without selecting an electrical component in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device, so that only the wire that the user wants to know can be highlighted. That is, the user can decide which of the two or more wires connected to one electrical component should be highlighted and which should not be highlighted. Therefore, it is possible to avoid highlighting an electric wire that the user does not want, and improve workability in maintenance work for finding the cause of a failure by following a single wiring route.

The plurality of electric wires include a plurality of electric wire sets composed of a positive electric wire and a negative electric wire, and in the first step, the wiring diagram is generated in a state in which the plurality of electric wire sets are connected to the one electrical component. It may be displayed on a display device.

According to the method, even if a plurality of positive wires are connected to one electrical component, only one of the positive wires can be highlighted. Therefore, it is possible to improve workability in maintenance work for searching for the cause of failure mainly by following the positive wire.

In the second step, when the user selects two or more electric wires from the plurality of electric wires, the selected two or more electric wires are colored differently according to the user's designation or automatically. can be displayed with .

According to the above method, when a plurality of electric wires are highlighted, the electric wires can be easily distinguished from each other and visually recognized, thereby improving maintenance workability.

In the second step, the selected wire may be highlighted in response to the user directly clicking or touching to select the wire of the wiring diagram.

According to the above method, the user can easily and quickly select the wire to be highlighted, thereby improving maintenance workability.

The wiring diagram displayed on the display device may further include a third step of returning the reselected wire to normal display in response to the user reselecting the highlighted wire. .

According to the above method, even if the user selects an electric wire by mistake, the erroneous selection can be easily eliminated, and maintenance workability is improved.

In the first step, the wiring diagram is displayed along with the all-selection command section on the display device, and the display method comprises highlighting in the wiring diagram in response to the user selecting the all-selection command section. A fourth step of highlighting all possible may also be included.

According to the method, by highlighting all the items that can be highlighted in the wiring diagram, it is possible to obtain an overall grasp of the items that can be selected for highlighting in the wiring diagram. Therefore, subsequent selection work can be performed smoothly, and maintenance workability is improved.

The first step causes a lock command to be displayed on the display device along with the wiring diagram, and the display method disables additional selection by the user in response to the user selecting the lock command. and a fifth step of fixing highlighting of the wire in the user's wiring diagram.

According to the above method, even if the user operates the display screen of the display device for enlargement, scrolling, etc., the operation is misidentified as an operation for highlighting, and the highlighting state is changed unexpectedly. can be prevented, and maintenance workability is improved.

A sixth step of displaying the voltage information of the selected electric wire on the display device together with the wiring diagram may be provided.

According to the above method, the user can immediately grasp the voltage of the highlighted wire, thus improving maintenance workability.

An electronic service manual display system for a vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention is a display system for an electronic service manual for a vehicle mounted with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of electric wires connecting the plurality of electrical components to each other, the display system comprising: A wiring diagram including a plurality of electrical components and the plurality of wires is displayed by a user in a state in which two or more of the plurality of wires are connected to one electrical component among the plurality of electrical components. , wherein the computer system is responsive to the user selecting at least one wire from the plurality of wires in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device. highlight the wire.

According to the above configuration, similarly to the above, it is possible to avoid highlighting wires that the user does not want, and to improve workability in maintenance work for searching for the cause of a failure by following a single wiring route.

The computer system includes a client device connected to the display device, and a server device connected to the client device via a communication network. The configuration may include a storage unit that accumulates information on the selection of the electric wire, and a calculation unit that aggregates the information accumulated in the storage unit.

According to the above configuration, maintenance information of a plurality of users can be collectively grasped on the server side, and information useful for future maintenance work and product design can be provided.

A program for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention is a program for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle mounted with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of electric wires connecting the plurality of electrical components, the program comprising: A wiring diagram including a plurality of electrical components and the plurality of wires is displayed by a user in a state in which two or more of the plurality of wires are connected to one electrical component among the plurality of electrical components. and highlighting the selected wire in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device in response to the user selecting at least one wire from the plurality of wires. causing the computer to perform a second step of causing a

According to the above configuration, similarly to the above, it is possible to avoid highlighting wires that the user does not want, and to improve workability in maintenance work for searching for the cause of a failure by following a single wiring route.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve workability in maintenance work for finding the cause of a failure by following a single wiring route.

1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic service manual display system according to an embodiment; FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic service manual display system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a diagram of a display screen of a display device of a client device in the electronic service manual display system shown in FIG. 2; FIG. FIG. 4 is a drawing when an all selection command is issued to the display screen shown in FIG. 3; FIG. FIG. 4 is a drawing when one electric wire is selected on the display screen shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 6 is a drawing when another electric wire is additionally selected on the display screen shown in FIG. 5;

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic service manual display system 1 according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic service manual display system 1 shown in FIG. An electronic service manual display system 1 is a service manual for a vehicle (for example, a motorcycle, a three-wheeled vehicle, a four-wheeled vehicle, a PWC, etc.) equipped with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of electric wires connecting the electrical components. is provided electronically.

As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic service manual display system 1 comprises a computer system 2 via a communication network N (for example, the Internet). The computer system 2 includes a client device 3 used by a user (for example, a vehicle dealer maintenance worker) and a server device 4 connected to the client device via a communication network N. The client device 3 is, for example, a notebook computer, a tablet, a smart phone, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the client device 3 includes a CPU 11, a memory 12, a communication interface 13, an input device 14, a display device 15, and a browser program 16. The CPU 11 uses the memory 12 to perform arithmetic processing according to a predetermined program. The communication interface 13 is an interface for connecting to the communication network N, and is, for example, a wireless communication device or a communication connector. The input device 14 is a device operated by a user to perform input, and is, for example, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like. The display device 15 is a device that outputs and displays a screen, such as a liquid crystal display and an organic EL display.

The browser program 16 is a program for displaying an electronic service manual including a wiring diagram created in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) on the display device 15 for user viewing. The browser program 16 is stored in the storage device of the client device 3 , and the display screen (browser) is displayed on the display device 15 by the CPU 11 performing calculations according to the browser program 16 . For the browser program 16, for example, Internet Explorer (registered trademark) of Microsoft Corporation is used, and SVG Viewer (registered trademark), which is a plug-in program of Adobe Corporation for SVG, is added.

The server device 4 includes a CPU 21 , a memory 22 , a communication interface 23 , a manual display program 24 , an operation history storage section 25 and an aggregation program 26 . The CPU 21 uses the memory 22 to perform arithmetic processing according to a predetermined program. The communication interface 23 is an interface for connecting to the communication network N, and is, for example, a wireless communication device or a communication connector.

The manual display program 24 is downloaded to the client device 3 via the communication network N in response to a request from the client device 3 . The manual display program 24 is written in a vector image description language (eg SVG). SVG is an XML-based two-dimensional vector image description language. Image files created with SVG can be used by embedding them in other XML documents. An image of a wiring diagram 31, which will be described later, is created in SVG and embedded in an electronic service manual described in XHTML.

The operation history storage unit 25 receives and stores, as an operation history, the content of the user's operation of the manual display program 24 downloaded to the client device 3 via the browser program 16 via the communication network N. FIG. Since the server device 4 is connected to the client devices 3 of a plurality of users, the operation histories of the plurality of users are accumulated in the operation history storage unit 25 . The tabulation program 26 is for tabulating the operation histories of a plurality of users accumulated in the operation history storage unit 25 . The CPU 21 (calculation unit) aggregates the information accumulated in the operation history storage unit 25 according to the aggregation program 26 and outputs the aggregation result according to the specified rule.

FIG. 3 is a drawing of the display screen 30 of the display device 15 of the client device 3 in the electronic service manual display system 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the display screen 30 is, for example, a display area of a browser window. The display screen 30 has a wiring diagram 31 and a menu bar 32 . The wiring diagram 31 displays a large number of electrical components 41 (eg, ECU, relay box, fuse box, sensor, lamp, actuator, etc.) mounted on the vehicle and a large number of electric wires 42 connecting the electrical components 41 to each other. It is a wiring diagram.

The wiring diagram 31 is displayed with two or more electric wires 42 connected to one electrical component 41 . The two or more electric wires 42 may include two electric wires consisting of a positive electric wire and a negative electric wire that constitute one electric wire set. The two or more wires 42 may include multiple positive wires and at least one negative wire. The two or more electric wires 42 may include an electric wire group consisting of a plurality of positive electric wires and a plurality of negative electric wires forming a plurality of electric wire sets.

Menu bar 32 displays a plurality of icons for the user to enter commands to operate wiring diagram 31 . Specifically, the menu bar 32 includes an enlargement command portion 51, a reduction command portion 52, a full display command portion 53, a reset command portion 54, a single selection state portion 55, a multiple selection state portion 56, a lock command portion 57, a color It has a selection instruction section 58 and an all selection instruction section 59 .

The enlargement command section 51 is an icon for enlarging and displaying the wiring diagram 31 . The manual display program 24 enlarges and displays the wiring diagram 31 in response to the user clicking or touching the enlargement instruction section 51 using the input device 14 . The reduction command section 52 is an icon for displaying the wiring diagram 31 in a reduced size. The manual display program 24 causes the wiring diagram 31 to be reduced and displayed in response to the user clicking or touching the reduction instruction section 52 using the input device 14 .

The entire display command section 53 is an icon for displaying the entire wiring diagram 31 so that all of the electrical components 41 and the electric wires 42 in the wiring diagram 31 are within the display area. The manual display program 24 adjusts the display size of the wiring diagram 31 so that the entire wiring diagram 31 is displayed in response to the user clicking or touching the entire display command section 53 using the input device 14. . The reset command section 54 is an icon for canceling the highlighting, which will be described later. Manual display program 24 returns all highlighting to normal display in response to the user clicking or touching reset instruction portion 54 using input device 14 .

The single selection state portion 55 is an icon for limiting the highlighting, which will be described later, to only one. Manual display program 24, in response to the user clicking or touching single selection state portion 55 with input device 14, causes only the wire 42 most recently selected by the user to be highlighted. That is, when one electric wire 42 is selected and highlighted and then another electric wire 42 is selected, the highlighting of the previously selected electric wire 42 returns to normal display and the later selected electric wire 42 is highlighted. .

The multiple selection state portion 56 is an icon for permitting multiple highlighting. Manual display program 24 causes all of the plurality of wires 42 selected by the user to be highlighted in response to the user clicking or touching multiple selection state portion 56 with input device 14 . That is, when one wire 42 is selected and highlighted and then another wire 42 is selected, the later selected wire 42 is also highlighted while the previously selected wire 42 remains highlighted.

The lock command portion 57 is an icon for invalidating the selection operation of the electric wire 42 by the user and fixing the highlighted display of the electric wire 42 in the wiring diagram 31 . The manual display program 24 responds to the user clicking or touching the lock command section 57 using the input device 14, and even if the user additionally selects the electric wire 42 using the input device 14, the highlighted display does not change. to fix the highlighting state.

The color selection instruction section 58 is an icon for the user to select a display color used for highlighting the electric wire 42 . The manual display program 24, in response to the user clicking or touching the color selection instruction section 58 using the input device 14, causes the wire 42 to be selected next to be highlighted in the selected color.

The all selection command section 59 is an icon for highlighting all items that can be highlighted in the wiring diagram 31 . The manual display program 24, in response to the user clicking or touching the select all command portion 59 using the input device 14, causes the wiring diagram 31 to highlight everything that can be highlighted and selectable parts and non-selectable parts are identifiably displayed.

Next, changes in the display screen 30 according to the user's maintenance work will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, when the user first places the mouse pointer P on the all-select command section 59 and clicks, the manual display program 24 responds by highlighting all the wires 42 . In this embodiment, the electrical component 41 is set to be non-highlightable, and only the wire 42 can be highlighted.

Highlighting is displaying the thickness of the wire 42 thicker than the normal display, making the display color of the wire 42 different from the display color of the normal display, or both. In this embodiment, the electric wire 42 is displayed in black in the normal display, and is displayed in the color selected by the color selection command section 58 (a color different from black) in the highlighted display.

By highlighting all items in the wiring diagram 31 that can be highlighted in this manner, the user can generally grasp items that can be selected for highlighting in the wiring diagram 31 . Therefore, it is possible for the user to smoothly select the highlighted display thereafter.

Then, in response to the user clicking the reset command portion 54, the manual display program 24 cancels all highlighting and returns to the normal display of FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the user places the mouse pointer P on one electric wire 42a that the user wants to check among the plurality of electric wires 42 connected to the malfunctioning electrical component 41, and clicks it. Select the wire 42a directly. In response to the selection of wire 42a, manual display program 24 causes only the selected wire 42a to be highlighted. The mode of highlighting is as described above. When a branch line branches off from the electric wire 42a to be highlighted, the branch line is also highlighted.

Further, the manual display program 24 may display the voltage information 43 of the wire 42a selected and highlighted by the user adjacent to the wire 42a in the wiring diagram 31 . In this way, the user can immediately grasp the voltage of the highlighted wire 42a.

When the user wants to cancel the highlighting, the user moves the mouse pointer P to the highlighted wire 42a and clicks to reselect the wire 42a. Then, in response to the reselection of the wire 42a, the manual display program 24 returns the reselected wire 42a from highlighted display to normal display. As a result, even if the user erroneously selects the electric wire 42a, the erroneous selection can be easily eliminated.

In addition, there may be a case where the user traces the highlighted wire 42a to search for the actual cause of the failure of the vehicle and wishes to highlight another wire 42b. In this case, the user places the mouse pointer P on the multiple selection state portion 56 and clicks to set the manual display program 24 to a mode in which the user can simultaneously select and highlight a plurality of wires 42 . Then, the user additionally selects the electric wire 42b by placing the mouse pointer P on the electric wire 42b different from the electric wire 42a and clicking the electric wire 42b. Manual display program 24 then highlights wire 42b in response to the additional selection of wire 42b. Note that the manual display program 24 may also display the voltage information 44 of the additionally selected electric wire 42b adjacent to the electric wire 42b in the wiring diagram 31 .

The highlighting of the later electric wire 42b and the highlighting of the earlier electric wire 42a may be made in the same display mode, but in the present embodiment, the display modes are different. For example, when the user operates the color selection instruction section 58 to select the first electric wire 42a while the first color is selected, the electric wire 42a is highlighted in the first color, and then the user operates the color selection instruction section. By operating 58 to select a second color (that is, a color different from the first color) and then selecting the subsequent wire 42b, the wire 42b is highlighted in the second color.

That is, by highlighting the plurality of electric wires 42a and 42b in different colors according to user's designation, the electric wires 42a and 42b can be easily distinguished from each other and visually recognized. In the present embodiment, the display colors of the electric wires 42a and 42b are determined according to the user's designation using the color selection command unit 58, but the manual display program 24 selects different display colors for the electric wires 42a and 42b according to a predetermined rule. It may be determined automatically.

If the user wants to keep the display state of the wiring diagram 31 as it is, the user selects the lock instruction section 57 by placing the mouse pointer P on the lock instruction section 57 and clicking it. Then, in response to the selection of the lock command section 57, the manual display program 24 disables the additional selection of the wire 42 by the user and fixes the highlighted display of the wire 42 in the wiring diagram 31 of the user. As a result, even if the user operates the display screen 30 of the display device 15 for enlarging, scrolling, or the like, the operation may be misidentified as an operation for highlighting, and the highlighting state may change unexpectedly. prevented.

According to the configuration described above, the user can directly select the electric wire 42 without selecting the electric component 41 in the wiring diagram 31 of the display screen 30 displayed on the display device 15. Only 42a, 42b can be highlighted. That is, in the wiring diagram 31 in which two or more wires 42 are connected to one electrical component 41, the user can decide which wires 42a and 42b should be highlighted and which wires should not be highlighted. Therefore, it is possible to avoid highlighting an electric wire that the user does not want, and improve workability in maintenance work for finding the cause of a failure by following a single wiring route. Also, even if a plurality of plus wires are connected to one electrical component 41, only one of the plus wires can be highlighted. Therefore, it is possible to improve workability in maintenance work for searching for the cause of failure mainly by following the positive wire.

Also, the browser program 16 running on the client device 3 transmits to the server device 4 operation history information in which the user has selected the wires 42 a and 42 b from among the plurality of wires 42 . The server device 4 stores the received operation history information in the operation history storage unit 25 . The CPU 21 of the server device 4 tallies the information accumulated in the operation history storage unit 25 according to the tally program 26, and outputs the tallied result according to the designated rule.

As a result, maintenance information of a plurality of users can be collectively grasped on the server side, making it possible to provide useful information for future maintenance work and product design. For example, the tallying program 26 may be output in descending order (or descending order) of the number of selections of each electric wire 42 selected by each user on the wiring diagram 31 in maintenance work.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and its configuration can be changed, added, or deleted. For example, the computer system 2 of the electronic service manual display system 1 is not limited to having the client device 3 and the server device 4, and may be configured with a single computer that does not involve a communication network. Further, when a touch panel is used for the display device 15, instead of the operation of directly selecting the electric wires 42a and 42b by the user placing the mouse pointer P on the desired electric wires 42a and 42b and clicking the desired electric wires 42a and 42b, the user can may directly select the wires 42a and 42b to be highlighted by touching the desired wire 42 with a finger.

1 electronic service manual display system 2 computer system 3 client device 4 server device 15 display device 21 CPU (arithmetic unit)
24 manual display program 25 operation history storage unit (storage unit)
31 Wiring diagram 41 Electrical components 42, 42a, 42b Electric wires 43, 44 Voltage information 57 Lock command unit 59 All selection command unit N Communication network

Claims (11)

A method of displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle equipped with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of electric wires connecting the plurality of electrical components, the method comprising:
A wiring diagram including the plurality of electrical components and the plurality of wires is generated by a computer in a state in which two or more wires out of the plurality of wires are connected to one electrical component out of the plurality of electrical components. a first step of displaying on a user's display device;
a second step of causing a computer to highlight the selected wire in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device in response to the user selecting at least one wire from the plurality of wires; ,
a third step of, by a computer, in response to the user selecting a lock directive, disabling the user's additional selection of a wire and fixing the highlighting of the wire in the user's wiring diagram; A method for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle, comprising: The plurality of wires includes a plurality of wire sets consisting of a positive wire and a negative wire,
2. The vehicle electronic service manual display method according to claim 1, wherein in said first step, said wiring diagram is displayed on said display device in a state in which said plurality of wire sets are connected to said one electrical component. In the second step, when the user selects two or more electric wires from the plurality of electric wires, the selected two or more electric wires are colored differently according to the user's designation or automatically. 3. The method for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display is performed by . In the first step, causing the display device to display the all-selection instruction part together with the wiring diagram,
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the display method further comprises a fourth step of highlighting all highlightable items in the wiring diagram in response to the user selecting the select all instruction section. A vehicle electronic service manual display method according to any one of the preceding claims. In the first step, displaying a lock command unit on the display device together with the wiring diagram;
The display method further comprises a fifth step of, in response to the user selecting the lock directive, overriding additional selection by the user and fixing highlighting of the wire in the user's wiring diagram. A method for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , comprising: 6. The vehicle electronic service manual display method according to claim 1, further comprising a sixth step of causing said display device to display voltage information of said selected wire together with said wiring diagram. The method further comprises a seventh step of performing enlarged display, reduced display, full display, or scroll display of the wiring diagram in accordance with a user's operation in a state in which the computer disables additional selection of the electric wire by the user. 7. A vehicle electronic service manual display method according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A display system for an electronic service manual for a vehicle mounted with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of wires interconnecting the plurality of electrical components,
A wiring diagram including the plurality of electrical components and the plurality of wires is displayed by a user in a state in which two or more wires out of the plurality of wires are connected to one electrical component out of the plurality of electrical components. Equipped with a computer system for displaying on the device,
The computer system causes the selected wire to be highlighted in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device in response to the user selecting at least one wire from the plurality of wires , and an electronic service manual display for a vehicle, in response to said user selecting a lock directive, overriding said user's additional selection of a wire and fixing the highlighting of said wire in said user's wiring diagram; system. A display system for an electronic service manual for a vehicle mounted with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of wires interconnecting the plurality of electrical components,
A wiring diagram including the plurality of electrical components and the plurality of wires is displayed by a user in a state in which two or more wires out of the plurality of wires are connected to one electrical component out of the plurality of electrical components. Equipped with a computer system for displaying on the device,
The computer system highlights the selected wire in response to the user selecting at least one wire from the plurality of wires in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device;
The computer system includes a client device having the display device, and a server device connected to the client device via a communication network,
The server device has a storage unit that stores information on the electric wire selected by the user from among the plurality of electric wires, and a calculation unit that aggregates the information accumulated in the storage unit. Service manual display system. A vehicle electronic service manual display system comprising:
A computer system for displaying a wiring diagram including a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of electric wires on a user's display device,
The computer system detects an operation by the user to select at least one wire from the plurality of wires in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device,
The computer system includes a client device having the display device, and a server device connected to the client device via a communication network,
The server device has a storage unit that stores operation information for the user to select the electric wire from among the plurality of electric wires, and a calculation unit that aggregates the information accumulated in the storage unit. Service manual display system. A program for displaying an electronic service manual for a vehicle equipped with a plurality of electrical components and a plurality of electric wires connecting the plurality of electrical components,
A wiring diagram including the plurality of electrical components and the plurality of wires is displayed by a user in a state in which two or more wires out of the plurality of wires are connected to one electrical component out of the plurality of electrical components. A first step of displaying on the device;
a second step of highlighting the selected wire in the wiring diagram displayed on the display device in response to the user selecting at least one wire from the plurality of wires;
and a third step of disabling the user's additional selection of a wire and fixing the highlighting of the wire in the user's wiring diagram in response to the user selecting a lock directive. A vehicle electronic service manual viewing program.

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