JPH08169700A - Work managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent work instruction from being imposed one-sidedly on specific working vehicles and enhance the total working efficiency of the vehicles by giving average work instructions to each vehicle. CONSTITUTION: A work managing device is equipped with stationary sub-stations 2, 3 to make work request, a main station 1 to give work commands to different working vehicles 4 in conformity to the work request from the sub-stations 2, 3, and a mobile sub-station 5 mounted on vehicle to emit the contents of the given work instruction, and further a work amount coordinating means to coordinate the work instruction amounts for the vehicles 4 so that work instruction amounts based on the work request may not be overimposed on specific vehicles.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work management device for managing work of a plurality of work vehicles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a mobile slave station mounted on each work vehicle such as a forklift for discharging parts, a fixed slave station for requesting the discharge of parts, and a part discharge from the fixed slave station. There is a work management apparatus as shown in FIG. 3 which is connected online with a main station which displays work instruction data on the screen of each mobile slave station mounted on a work vehicle in response to a request. As shown in FIG. 3, the control center has a host computer 1A and an online network.
A main station 1 having a network controller 1B for controlling the network is installed.

On the other hand, near the assembly line AL, fixed slave stations 2 and 3 (not necessarily two, but two for convenience of description) are provided as line terminals. A mobile slave station 5 is installed in each work vehicle 4 such as a forklift (a plurality of work vehicles are actually used, but one is shown for convenience of explanation). There is. Each mobile slave station 5 is provided with a display screen 5D on which work instruction data (work instruction content) based on work instruction information described later transmitted from the main station 1 is displayed.

Since the main station 1 and the fixed slave stations 2 and 3 communicate in the form of radio waves, a wireless modem 1M is connected to the main station 1, and the fixed slave stations 2 and 3 have wireless modems 2M and 3M. Is equipped with. The mobile slave station 5 mounted on each work vehicle 4 such as a forklift is provided with a wireless modem 5M. With this configuration, the wireless modem 1M and the wireless modems 2M and 3M are connected between the main station 1 and the fixed slave stations 2 and 3.
Communication is performed via radio waves between. On the other hand, between the main station 1 and each mobile slave station 5, a wireless modem 1M and a wireless modem 5 are connected.
Communication between the M and the radio wave is performed. In the following description, description of the communication path via radio waves between the wireless modems 1M, 2M, 3M, 5M will be omitted, and information directly between the main station 1, the fixed slave stations 2, 3, and the mobile slave station 5 will be described. This will be described as communication.

In the work management apparatus configured as described above, when the worker requests the assembly line AL to pay out the necessary parts, the paying-out request information of the part A is operated by operating the operation unit of the stationary slave station 2. Is transmitted from the fixed slave station 2,
When the payout request information of the part B is transmitted from the fixed slave station 3 by operating the operation unit of the fixed slave station 3, the payout request information of the part A and the payout request information of the part B are sequentially transmitted to the main station 1. Received and accepted.

On the other hand, immediately after the mobile slave station 5 of each work vehicle 4 is turned on, registration request information for requesting the employee NO registration for operating each work vehicle 4 is sent from each mobile slave station 5 as main information. Sent to station 1. Upon receiving this registration request information, the main station 1 transmits registration reply information to the effect that it has registered to each mobile slave station 5 after registering the employee NO.

The main station 1 sends work request information based on the payout request information for the part A and the payout request information for the part B from the stationary slave stations 2 and 3 to the mobile slave stations of all the working vehicles 4 in operation. 5 is sent. As shown in FIG. 4, the display screen 5D of the mobile slave station 5 mounted on each work vehicle 4 has a display section (lift section screen) for displaying payout work instruction data of the part A and a part in advance. B payout work instruction data
A display section (lift section screen) for displaying data is set, and work instruction data of the parts A and B is displayed on the screen of each section. The lift division screen can be arbitrarily switched by the division screen switching key.
The worker of the work vehicle 4 visually checks the work instruction data displayed on the display screen 5D, selects the work he / she is in charge of, and outputs the selection permission request information of the work to each mobile slave station 5 To the main station 1.

Upon receiving the work selection permission request information transmitted from each mobile slave station 5, the main station 1 selects when the work selection permission request information is not transmitted from a plurality of mobile slave stations. While the permission information is transmitted, when the selection permission request information for the same work is transmitted from multiple mobile slave stations, the selection non-permission information is sent to the mobile slave stations other than the selection permission request information that was accepted first. Send.

When the mobile slave station 5 receives the selection permission information from the main station 1, the worker drives the work vehicle 4, performs the permitted payout work, and then presses the completion key to move the mobile slave station 5.
Transmits the work completion information to the main station 1 and deletes the work instruction data from the display screen 5D. And
The main station 1 transmits work result information indicating that the work has been completed to the stationary slave stations 2 and 3 that have issued the parts A and B.

[0010]

According to the conventional work management apparatus as described above, only one predetermined work instruction data is displayed in one lift section, and the work instruction data is concentrated. The work load of each work vehicle is not averaged, so the work rate of some work vehicles is extremely high, but the work rate of some work vehicles is low, and the overall work rate is low. There is a problem that work efficiency decreases. Therefore, in the present invention, in order not to bias the work instructions to a specific work vehicle,
The technical problem to be solved is to improve the overall work efficiency by making each work vehicle receive work instructions on average.

[0011]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a fixed slave station for requesting work and a main station for issuing work instructions to respective work vehicles based on the work request from the fixed slave station. And a mobile slave station mounted on a work vehicle for outputting the work instruction content, and a work amount adjusting means for adjusting the work instruction amount of each work vehicle.

[0012]

According to the work management apparatus of the present invention, when the work instruction from the main station based on the work request from the fixed slave station is transmitted to the mobile slave station mounted on the work vehicle, The amount adjusting means adjusts the work instruction amount of each work vehicle so that the work instruction amount does not increase in a specific work vehicle.

Further, according to the work management apparatus of the second aspect, the work instruction amount in each section in charge of each work vehicle displayed on the display screen of the mobile slave station has a predetermined maximum value. When the work instruction amount exceeds the maximum value, the work amount adjusting means displays the work instruction content for the work amount exceeding the maximum value in the section in charge of another work vehicle whose work instruction amount does not exceed the maximum value.

According to the work management apparatus of the third aspect, the mobile slave station can variably set the maximum value of the work instruction amount.

Further, according to the work management apparatus of the fourth aspect, the mobile slave station issues means for selecting a work instruction displayed on the screen and selection permission request information of the selected work instruction to the main station. When there are a plurality of the same selection permission request information, the main station outputs the selection permission information to one suitable work vehicle and at the same time outputs the selection non-permission information to the other work vehicles. When there is only one piece of permission request information, the selection permission information is output to the work vehicle.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing the overall configuration of the work management apparatus. In addition, the work management device shown in FIG.
Since the hardware configuration is the same as the hard configuration of the conventional work management apparatus, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. still,
Although a plurality of work vehicles 4 are actually used, only one work vehicle 4 is illustrated for convenience of explanation. Also, in fact,
Information is transmitted and received via radio waves between the wireless modems 1M, 2M, 3M and 5M.
The explanation via radio waves between M, 2M, 3M and 5M is omitted,
It will be described as a system for directly transmitting and receiving information among the main station 1, the fixed slave stations 2 and 3, and the mobile slave station 5.

When a worker requests the assembly line AL to pay out the necessary parts, the operating unit of the stationary slave station 2 is operated to send the requesting information for the parts A from the stationary slave station 2 to the stator. When the payout request information of the part B is transmitted from the fixed slave station 3 by operating the operation unit of the station 3, the payout request information of the part A and the payout request information of the part B are sequentially received by the main station 1. , Accepted.

On the other hand, immediately after the mobile slave stations 5 of the respective work vehicles 4 are turned on, registration request information for requesting the employee NO registration for operating the respective work vehicles 4 is sent from each mobile slave station 5 as main information. Sent to station 1. Upon receiving this registration request information, the main station 1 transmits registration reply information to the effect that it has registered to each mobile slave station 5 after registering the employee NO.

The main station 1 sends the work request information based on the payout request information of the parts A and the payout request information of the parts B from the stationary slave stations 2 and 3 to the mobile slave stations of all the working vehicles 4 in operation. 2, the lift classification, which is the classification of the work vehicle 4 that is originally determined to be in charge of the work instruction data based on the transmitted work instruction information, as shown in FIG. Another work instruction data is already displayed on the display screen 5D of
When the number of work instructions displayed is equal to the predetermined maximum number, the maximum number is displayed on the lift classification display screen 5D as it is. At the same time as displaying work instruction data in excess of the number of items, a payout request for the part A is also displayed on the lift division display screen 5D, which is a division in charge of another work vehicle 4 not originally determined to be in charge. The work instruction data based on the information and the payout request information of the part B is displayed. That is, in the main station 1, work amount adjusting means for adjusting the work amount of each work vehicle 4 is configured by software. The maximum number of cases is appropriately set by the variable setting means provided in each mobile slave station 5.

The operator of each work vehicle 4 visually confirms the work instruction data in the lift section he / she is in charge of, which is displayed on the display screen 5D, and selects the work he / she is in charge of. The selection permission request information is transmitted from each mobile slave station 5 to the master station 1.

Upon receiving the work selection permission request information transmitted from each mobile slave station 5, the main station 1 selects when the work selection permission request information is not transmitted from a plurality of mobile slave stations. While the permission information is transmitted, when the selection permission request information for the same work is transmitted from multiple mobile slave stations, the selection non-permission information is sent to the mobile slave stations other than the selection permission request information that was accepted first. Send. When the selection permission request information of the same work is transmitted from a plurality of mobile slave stations, the main station 1 transmits the selection permission information to one suitable work vehicle and at the same time, the selection non-permission information to other work vehicles. To send. Then, when the selection permission request information is transmitted from one mobile slave station, the selection permission information is transmitted to the work vehicle.

When the mobile slave station 5 receives the selection permission information from the main station 1, the worker drives the work vehicle 4, performs the permitted payout work, and then presses the completion key to move the mobile slave station 5.
Transmits the work completion information to the main station 1 and deletes the work instruction data from the display screen 5D. And
The main station 1 transmits work result information indicating that the work has been completed to the stationary slave stations 2 and 3 that have issued the parts A and B.

As described above, when the number of work instructions for a certain work vehicle 4 exceeds the maximum number, the work instructions for other work vehicles 4 whose work instruction number has not exceeded the maximum number still exceed the maximum number. Since the data can be allocated, it is possible to prevent the problem that the work amount of the specific work vehicle 4 becomes excessive.

The configurations described above are not limited to the present embodiment, and other configurations may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention, as long as the same operation is obtained. For example,
By rearranging the software of the work amount adjusting means of the main station 1, it is possible to uniformly give work instructions to each work vehicle 4 in advance. Further, instead of displaying the work instruction data on the display screen 5D, the work instruction data can be printed out from the printer. Further, an automated guided vehicle may be used instead of the work vehicle 4. In this case, the work performed by the worker in the above embodiment is replaced by the automatic control device mounted on the automatic guided vehicle, and all the work is automatically performed.

The above embodiment has been described with respect to the work management apparatus based on the payout request to the assembly line of the factory, but it can be applied to other than this, for example, in the delivery work in a warehouse.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a fixed slave station which makes a work request, a main station which gives a work instruction to each work vehicle based on the work request from the fixed slave station, and its work In the work management device including the mobile slave station equipped with the work vehicle that outputs the instruction content, since the work amount adjusting means for adjusting the work instruction amount of each work vehicle is provided, the work amount is not biased to a specific work vehicle. As described above, each work vehicle can receive a work instruction on average, and there is an effect that the overall work efficiency can be improved.

Further, according to the work management apparatus of the second aspect, the work instruction amount in each section in charge of each work vehicle displayed on the display screen of the mobile slave station has a predetermined maximum value. When the work instruction amount exceeds the maximum value, the work amount adjusting means can display the work instruction content for the work amount exceeding the maximum value in a section in which another work vehicle whose work instruction amount does not exceed the maximum value is in charge.

According to the work management apparatus of the third aspect, the mobile slave station can variably set the maximum value of the work instruction amount.

Further, according to the work management apparatus of the fourth aspect, the mobile slave station issues a means for selecting a work instruction displayed on the screen and selection permission request information of the selected work instruction to the main station. When there are a plurality of the same selection permission request information, the main station outputs the selection permission information to one suitable work vehicle and at the same time outputs the selection non-permission information to the other work vehicles. When there is only one piece of permission request information, the selection permission information can be output to the work vehicle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a display explanatory diagram of a display screen.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram showing a configuration of a conventional work management apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a display explanatory diagram of a display screen of a conventional work management apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main station 2, 3 Fixed slave station 4 Work vehicle 5 Mobile slave station 5D Display screen

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A fixed slave station for requesting a work, a main station for giving a work instruction to each work vehicle based on the work request from the fixed slave station, and movement of a work vehicle for outputting the work instruction content. A work management device including a slave station, the work management device including work amount adjusting means for adjusting a work instruction amount of each work vehicle. 2. The mobile slave station has a display screen, and when the work instruction amount displayed in the display screen in each section in charge of each work vehicle exceeds a predetermined maximum value, work is performed. 2. The work management device according to claim 1, wherein the quantity adjusting means displays the work instruction content exceeding the maximum value in a section in which another work vehicle whose work instruction quantity does not exceed the maximum value is in charge. 3. The work management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the mobile slave station has means for variably setting the maximum value of the work instruction amount. 4. The mobile slave station has means for selecting a work instruction displayed on the screen and means for issuing selection permission request information of the selected work instruction to the main station, and the main station has the same selection. When there is a plurality of permission request information, the selection permission information is output to one suitable work vehicle and at the same time the selection non-permission information is output to another work vehicle. When there is one selection permission request information, the work vehicle is selected. The work management apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising means for outputting the selection permission information.