JPS60220452A - Goods processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the check of the statistical data on goods by collecting statistics every prescribed period through a terminal device and performing the unitary control of the running states of plural goods processors. CONSTITUTION:When a fault such as a paper jam, etc. is produced to a mail processors 1, the corresponding terminal devices 2 informs the fault to a central processor 8 via an integrated service digital network ISDN9. The processor 8 analyzes and displays the supplied data on generation of the fault or informs the items of maintenance which are discriminated necessary from the analysis. Then an operator of the processor 8 gives an indication to an operator of the processor 1 for recovery of the fault or sends a service man to the processor 1 for recovery of the fault. Furthermore the processor 8 delivers the request data to the processor 1 for selection and execution of a self-diagnosis program when the data on generation of said fault is supplied.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to article processing such as a mail processing unit using a mail processing device such as an automatic postal code reading and sorting machine or an automatic mail sorting, sorting, and stamping machine. Regarding the system.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, post offices have been equipped with a plurality of mail processing devices, such as automatic mail sorting, sorting, and stamping machines and automatic postal code reading and sorting machines. These mail processing devices are equipped with a terminal device that manages the entire device, and either a service person is stationed to maintain each device, or a service person is assigned to each area of multiple stations. There were cases where it was compatible. As mentioned above, when a service person is always on-site, there is no guarantee that there will always be a failure of the equipment, so the labor force is wasted. In addition, if an area consisting of multiple stations is managed and a malfunction occurs in the equipment, the person in charge of the corresponding station will contact the above-mentioned service person by phone and request that the service person come. It has become. In this case, even if the malfunction could be repaired by a staff member, the serviceman would not be able to grasp the malfunction situation and would have to go to the service. Furthermore, it was not possible to grasp the failure situation and take prompt response to the failure.

Furthermore, daily reports, weekly reports, monthly reports, etc. of each mail processing device were recorded by the staff for each predetermined data, and the recorded data could be calculated. For this reason, daily reports,
゛It required a lot of power to obtain weekly and monthly reports, and data collection efficiency was poor.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to be able to centrally manage the operating status of multiple article processing devices, to be able to check their statistical data, and to improve data collection efficiency. Our goal is to provide a very good product processing system.

[Summary of the invention]

This invention uses a central processing unit that collects the operating status of article processing equipment, processing data, etc., and performs statistics on the data for each predetermined period using a terminal device, and is connected to a plurality of these terminal devices via a digital network. , the operational status of the plurality of article processing apparatuses is managed and statistical data is checked.

[Embodiment of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a mail processing system as an article processing system of the present invention. Namely, numerals 1, . . . are mail processing devices such as an automatic mail sorting, arranging and stamping machine, an automatic postal code reading and sorting machine, etc., and a plurality of machines are installed at each post office. The mail processing apparatus 1 is capable of self-diagnosis using various self-diagnosis programs. 2... is the above mail processing device 1
This is a terminal device provided for each mail processing device, which stores status information, processing data, etc. of each part of the corresponding mail processing device, or performs diagnosis of the corresponding mail processing device. The terminal device 2 includes a CRT display device 3 and a glitterer 4 for displaying data as shown in FIG.
, a floppy disk device 6 that stores data on a floppy disk 5, and a CPU (central processing unit) 7 that controls the entire terminal. For example, the CPU 7 has a collection function of storing processing data supplied from the mail processing device 1, that is, the number of sorted mails, the number of processed mails, etc., or status data, on the floppy disk 5, and collects the data in response to a request from the central processing unit 8, which will be described later. A data transmission function that outputs data and status data, a function that outputs a request to execute a self-diagnosis program selected in response to a request from the central processing unit 8 to the terminal device 2, and a failure has occurred in the mail processing device 1. There is a fault reporting function that notifies the central processing unit 8 in the event of a failure. The CPU 7 takes out daily, weekly, or monthly processing data and fault data from the floppy disk 5, converts it into statistical data, creates the converted statistical data, that is, daily reports, weekly reports, and monthly reports. disk 5
It is something that allows you to remember.

Further, 8 is a central processing unit, which is connected to multiple terminal devices 2 and 8.
...In other words, it is installed at the maintenance base of a plurality of mail processing devices 1..., and is connected to the terminal device 2 of each post office via the 15DN (Interlated Service Digital Network) 9. ···It is connected to the. The central processing unit 8 includes a CRT 7' similar to the terminal device.
Consisting of an Issoray device, a floppy disk device, and a CPU, the function requests data from each terminal device 2 above, collects the data supplied in response to this request, and analyzes and displays the collected data. , as a result of the analysis,
It has functions such as notifying maintenance items that are deemed necessary, selecting a self-diagnosis program necessary for more detailed checks, and requesting the terminal to execute it.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be explained. For example, in each post office, the mail processing apparatuses 1 are currently performing various processes, such as sorting and stamping, sorting, and the like. In this state, the mail processing device 1...
outputs the operating status, processing data, etc. to the corresponding terminal device 2. Then, the CPU 7 in the terminal device 2...
stores the supplied operating status and processing data on the floppy disk 5.

Further, the CPU 7 converts the processed data (failure data) stored in the floppy disk 5 into statistical data at the end of data processing for one day, one week, or one month, and this converted statistical data, for example, daily report 1. Weekly reports and monthly reports are created and stored on the floppy disk 5.

Then, when an error such as a paper jam occurs in the mail processing device 1..., the corresponding terminal device 2...
The CPU 9 notifies the central processing unit 8 of the occurrence of the failure. Then, the central processing unit 8 analyzes and displays the supplied failure occurrence data, and notifies maintenance items that are determined to be necessary as a result of the analysis. As a result, the staff at the central processing unit 8 can instruct the staff at the mail processing device 1 to recover from the fault, or notify the service personnel of the details of the fault recovery, depending on the details of the fault, and then notify the service personnel to process the mail. The person is made to go to device 1 and perform fault recovery. In addition, when the above failure occurrence data is supplied, if a more detailed check is required, the central processing unit 8 instructs the mail processing apparatus 1 to select and execute a self-diagnosis program via the 15DN 9 and the terminal device 2. Outputs the request data shown.

In response to this check, the mail processing device 1 outputs the diagnosis result to the central processing device 8 via the terminal device 2 and 15DN9. Thereafter, the central processing unit 8 causes the failure recovery to be performed in the same manner as described above.

Further, the central processing unit 8 requests a predetermined terminal device 2 for one day's worth, one week's worth, or one month's worth of processing data. Then, the terminal device 2 reads the corresponding data from the floppy disk 5 and outputs it to the central processing unit 8 via the 1SDN 9.

Thereby, the central processing unit 8 can display the supplied data, that is, daily, weekly, or monthly reports, on a CRT display device (not shown). As a result, the timing of maintenance and periodic inspection can be known from the display. Furthermore, if the failure occurrence status is supplied and displayed as data, the trend of the mail processing device 1 can be seen, and important points to be checked during periodic inspection can be known.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to centrally manage the operating status of a plurality of article processing devices, check their statistical data, and provide an article processing system with very high data collection efficiency. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the terminal device. 1~... Mail processing equipment (article processing equipment), 2~...
・Terminal device, 3... CRT display device, 4...
- Printer, 5... Floppy disk, 6... Floppy disk device, 7... CPUS 8... Central processing unit, 9... l5DN. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] An article processing device, a terminal device that collects the operating status, processing data, etc. of the article processing device, and takes statistics on the same for each predetermined period, and is connected to the plurality of terminal devices via a digital network, and each terminal An article processing system comprising: a central processing unit that manages the operating states of a plurality of article processing apparatuses according to data from the apparatuses and checks statistical data.