JP7426768B2 - Inspection management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an inspection management system used to inspect desired products to be inspected, such as automobiles manufactured in automobile factories.

For example, when inspecting a car manufactured at an automobile factory, a list of inspection items is created in advance depending on the type of car. In the inspection line, all inspections listed in the inspection item list are required to be performed properly.
On the other hand, systems have been proposed in the past in which inspectors on inspection lines carry communication terminals and the content of inspection work is displayed on the communication terminals (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). ). According to such a configuration, the inspector only has to proceed with the inspection according to the display on the communication terminal, so it is possible to prevent omissions in the inspection.

However, in the prior art, data for displaying individual inspection details on a communication terminal (data on process-specific inspection items) is created independently, regardless of the data on the inspection item list. For this reason, the time and cost required to create data for the inspection items for each process increase. When improvements are made to automobiles, the inspection items for each process are changed accordingly, but in the past, in such cases, the data for inspection items for each process was changed to the data in the inspection item list. Changes are made separately from changes. Therefore, even when changing the data of inspection items for each process, time and costs increase.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2017-196707 Patent No. 6236231

The present invention was devised under the above-mentioned circumstances, and enables the creation and modification of process-specific inspection item data displayed on the screen of a communication terminal used for inspection in a simple, low-cost, and appropriate manner. The objective is to provide an inspection management system that can perform the following tasks:

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical measures.

The inspection management system provided by the present invention includes a data storage means that stores data of an inspection item list for a product to be inspected, and a data storage means that is used in an inspection line for the product to be inspected and that is used for a plurality of inspections in the inspection line. A communication terminal capable of displaying data of process-specific inspection items to be executed in each process on a screen, and an inspection item data conversion means for converting data of the inspection item list into data of the process-specific inspection items. It is characterized by the fact that it is equipped with

According to such a configuration, the data of inspection items for each process used in the communication terminal is created by converting the data of the inspection item list, so the time required for this is short, and the cost increases significantly. This does not occur, and it is possible to reduce the cost of the entire inspection management system. When the inspection item list is changed, by converting the data of the changed inspection item list, data on appropriate process-specific inspection items corresponding to the change can be easily obtained. Therefore, it is possible to further promote cost reduction. Furthermore, by converting the data in the inspection item list to create process-specific inspection item data, you can avoid problems such as missing items or adding inappropriate items to the process-specific inspection item data. can do.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an overall outline of an inspection management system according to the present invention. (a) and (b) are block diagrams showing the schematic configurations of a communication terminal and an information management terminal, respectively, which constitute the test management system of FIG. 1. FIG. It is an explanatory view showing an example of the contents of a test item list. (a) is an explanation showing an example of the contents of inspection items for each process, and (b) is an enlarged view of a part of (a). 2 is a schematic front view showing an example of a screen displayed on a communication terminal used in the test management system of FIG. 1. FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

The inspection management system SY shown in FIG. 1 is applied to an automobile inspection line L installed as a final line in an automobile factory. Although detailed illustrations and explanations are omitted, the inspection line L includes, for example, an adjustment line, an instrument line, and an exterior/interior final inspection (final inspection) line.

The inspection management system SY includes, as its component devices, a plurality of communication terminals 1 to be operated by inspectors, and an information management terminal 2 installed in a management office in the factory or near the inspection line L. .

The communication terminal 1 is a terminal for an inspector to operate in the inspection line L, and is, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. In FIG. 1, communication terminal 1 (1a) is a smart phone that can be worn on the wrist of an inspector using a belt, and communication terminal 1 (1b) is a tablet type terminal placed near the inspection line L. Two types are shown. The communication terminal 1 may be any of these, or may be used in a mixed state.
A wireless LAN system is constructed in the inspection line L, and wireless communication is possible between the communication terminal 1 and the information management terminal 2. The wireless LAN system is, for example, a Wi-Fi network system.

As shown in FIG. 2(a), the communication terminal 1 includes a data processing unit 10 configured using a CPU or the like, a communication circuit 11 capable of wireless communication such as Wi-Fi, and a storage unit including ROM, RAM, etc. 12, a display section 13 using a liquid crystal display or the like, an operation section 14, an imaging camera 15, and a speaker 16, and these are connected to each other via a bus. The operation section 14 employs a touch panel system, and is combined with the display section 13. The storage unit 12 stores data Db of inspection items for each process, which will be described later, for proceeding with the inspection of automobiles in each work process of the inspection line L. This process-based inspection item data Db is downloaded from the information management terminal 2. However, the download source is not limited to this.

The information management terminal 2 is configured using, for example, a personal computer, and its basic hardware configuration is the same as the communication terminal 1 except that it does not include the imaging camera 15. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the information management terminal 2 includes a data processing section 20, a communication circuit 21, a storage section 22, a display section 23, an operation section 24, and a speaker 25. There is. As shown in FIG. 1, a printer P is also connected.

The storage unit 22 of the information management terminal 2 stores inspection item list data Da, conversion data Dc for converting the inspection item list data Da into process-specific inspection item data Db, and converted process-specific inspection data. Item data Db is stored.

The data Da of the inspection item list has contents as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and all the items to be inspected for a predetermined type of automobile are defined in detail.
The data Db of inspection items for each process has contents as shown in FIG. 4, for example. This process-specific inspection item data Db was created using the conversion data Dc that already described the inspection item list data Da, and the inspection items listed in the inspection item list are transferred to the inspection line L. This is a conversion so that it can be distributed to each of a plurality of processes. This conversion can be performed by software processing, for example, by comparing the process classification of the inspection item list in FIG. 3 with the work contents in the plurality of processes on the inspection line L. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and by attaching an identification code different from the process classification to each inspection item, it is possible to convert it into data Db of inspection items by process. Preferably, the process-based inspection item data Db is such that a plurality of inspection items are arranged in an order that is efficient for the inspector to proceed with the inspection, and arranged in an easy-to-read manner.

When the process-based inspection item data Db shown in FIG. 4(b) is downloaded to the communication terminal 1, the communication terminal 1 can display the screen shown in FIG. 5, for example. In this screen display, there are a plurality of test item display fields C2 and a test result entry field C3. The inspector proceeds with the inspection while looking at the inspection item display column C2, and inputs the inspection results into the inspection result entry column C3. Since the display unit 13 is of a touch panel type, data can be entered by tapping the displayed portion of the inspection item to select it and then inputting the data by handwriting.

The test-related data input as described above is transmitted from the communication terminal 1 to the information management terminal 2 and managed. Furthermore, based on this data, data for a completed inspection report C is created in the information management terminal 2, and can be output from the printer P.
A communication terminal 1 is prepared for each process of the inspection line L, and by downloading corresponding data from the data Db of inspection items by process to this communication terminal 1, the communication terminal 1 can be used for inspection in each process. It is possible to use

According to the inspection management system SY of this embodiment, as described above, the data Db of inspection items for each process used in the communication terminal 1 is created by converting the data Da of the inspection item list. Therefore, the data Db of inspection items for each process can be created easily and quickly, and the cost of creating it can be kept low. In addition, it is possible to accurately correspond to the inspection item list, and to avoid omitting items or adding inappropriate items.

The present invention is not limited to the content of the embodiments described above. The specific configuration of each part of the inspection management system according to the present invention can be modified in various ways within the intended scope of the present invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the information management terminal 2 that receives test result data from the communication terminal 1 is referred to as "data storage means that stores test item list data" in the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a device other than the information management terminal 2 may be used as the data storage means.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the information management terminal 2 is referred to as the "inspection item data conversion means" in the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to convert the data Da of the inspection item list into the data Db of inspection items by process using a device different from the information management terminal 2 (although this is not very practical). However, it is also possible, for example, to have the communication terminal 1 execute the data conversion described above).
The data Db of the inspection items for each process may be created through a conversion process of the data Da of the inspection item list, and these data do not need to match completely. Inspection items that are not included in the data Da of the inspection item list may be added to the data Db of inspection items by process.
The "communication terminal" referred to in the present invention is preferably one that is suitable for carrying, such as a smart phone or a tablet type terminal, but instead of or in addition to this, it may also be configured using a small notebook computer, etc. be.
The products to be inspected are not limited to automobiles, and it is of course possible to inspect vehicles other than automobiles, as well as various other products.

SY Inspection management system L Inspection line 1 (1a, 1b) Communication terminal 2 Information management terminal (data storage means, inspection item data conversion means)

Claims (1)

a data storage means for storing data of an inspection item list for the product to be inspected;
a communication terminal that is used in the inspection line of the product to be inspected and is capable of displaying data on process-specific inspection items that are each executed in a plurality of inspection processes in the inspection line;
Conversion data for converting the data of the inspection item list into data of the process-specific inspection items is stored, and the data listed in the inspection item list is stored by software processing using this conversion data. Inspection item data conversion means that allows a plurality of inspection items to be compared with work contents in a plurality of inspection processes and distributed to each of the plurality of processes of the inspection line, and to obtain data on the inspection items for each process. and,
An inspection management system characterized by:

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