JPS6097467A - Data processing method of container distribution facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transfer data of a terminal device to a central processor and to perform no data processing when distribution is completed by storing only a container identification code in the shipment of a container, storing the container identification code in a terminal device in corresponding relation with a customer identification code during unloading. CONSTITUTION:A CPU11 prints out a distribution schedule list 25 of containers to be distributed for every customer on the distribution day. A person in charge of the distribution loads a necessary quantity of containers 20 of the corresponding kind while looking at each distribution schedule list 25. In this case, the card 21 of a container is inserted into a card reader 13 at every time to read the container code and kind. When the specific loading is completed, the CPU11 stores the customer code, customer name, measured value up to the last time, the kind and quantity of containers, etc., in the storage part of the terminal device 19 to display ''loading OK'' on a display device 26. The person in charge of the distribution inputs the customer name, container codes and kinds of unloaded containers and returned containers, and current measured value at customer sites. The person in charge of the distribution after returning to a factory 10 connects the terminal device 19 to a controller 12 through a connector 18 to store the data inputted at the customer sites in a specific part of an RAM17.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is suitable for application when recording container numbers or managing container customer information, for example, in equipment for filling and delivering containers such as liquefied propane gas cylinders. Regarding data processing methods.

It is a well-known fact that in this type of equipment, it is necessary to record the history of each container used and to keep sales records for each customer (sales destination).

Conventionally, as a data processing method for performing the above-mentioned recording, a method as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 48-540[] is known. According to this method, as shown in FIG.
That is, when the cylinder is loaded onto a truck and shipped, the cylinder number and the customer's destination of the cylinder are recorded in the permanent storage device 1t1 for each cylinder. In this case, cylinder? No. 19 is a board 21.2 attached to each cylinder and on which the corresponding cylinder number is recorded in advance.
-1. From 2-8..., customer information is also stored on separate boards 3-+, 3-t, 3-s on which customer names etc. are recorded in advance.
. . . are read and stored through the respective detection devices t¥4.5.

However, such conventional methods have the following problems. That is, since the cylinders are associated with the customer name at the time of shipment, when the cylinders are loaded or unloaded at the customer site, only the cylinders that are associated with the customer site can be loaded or unloaded. However, since the order in which cylinders are loaded onto a truck at the time of shipment is usually undefined, loading and unloading becomes extremely complicated (or virtually impossible). In order to solve the above problem, it is necessary to load the cylinders while associating them with the customers in an order that matches the delivery route of the cylinders at the time of shipment. However, doing so not only makes loading work extremely complicated, but also makes it impossible to change the delivery route.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a data processing method that is efficient in loading and unloading containers, and is capable of recording container numbers and managing customer information extremely accurately and easily. There is a particular thing.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overview of equipment and data flow when the data processing method according to the present invention is applied to delivery equipment for liquefied propane gas cylinders.

In this figure, liquefied propane gas filling and shipping factory 10
As shown in the same figure and FIG. 3, a control device 12 including a computer C (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 11, a card reader 13, a keyboard 14, a printer 15, and the like are provided. The card reader 13, the keyboard 14, and the printer 15Fi are each connected to the control device 12 via signal lines to exchange data with the CPU II. This CPtJll operates according to a program stored in advance in a ROM (read only memory) 16 and stores various data in a RAM (random access memory) 17. This RAM
17 is provided with a customer code file for storing data related to cylinders for each customer, that is, customer information, and a cylinder code file for storing data for each cylinder, that is, cylinder information. The customer code file stores, for each customer, data such as the type and number of cylinders to be delivered last time, the number of cylinders to be delivered last time, the meter guide of the customer name, and the cylinder code. The file stores, for example, data such as total cylinder weight, cylinder capacity, tare weight, previous filling weight, next pressure resistance deadline, etc. for each cylinder.

Further, a handy terminal (portable terminal device) 19 can be connected to the control device 12 via a connector 18. This non-day terminal 19 has an internal storage section, and a key switch 19a for inputting data into the memory section.

It has a display B't 19b and a printing section 19a for displaying data set by the key switch 19a or data stored in the jlit storage section. Note that the printed portion 19c is not necessarily required.

In addition, each cylinder 20 handled in this equipment is provided with a card (for example, a card made of metal with data perforated) on which a cylinder code (container identification code) such as the cylinder symbol and number of the cylinder 20 is recorded in advance. 21 were killed.

Similarly, in this facility, each truck 22 used for delivering the cylinders 20 is provided with a card 23 on which data such as a code for identifying the truck is recorded in advance.
is attached.

The method of processing data in the example of 'Qp' will be explained in order below.

Figure 2! :53, delivery instruction data such as customer code, type (capacity) and number of cylinders to be shipped on the same day can be stored on the delivery instruction list 24 (e.g. on a high-level computer) on or before the day by the operator. RA via the keyboard 14 based on
Store it in M1.7. Next, on the day of delivery, the CPU 1 prints out a delivery schedule 25 for the customer side of the cylinders to be delivered using the printer 15. Each delivery side diagram 25 includes a customer code indicating the customer as a customer identification code, a customer name,
The type and number of cylinders to be delivered and the cylinder code of the cylinders to be taken home (ie, under-eaves inventory list) are printed as shown in FIG. Next, the delivery person checks all the cylinders 20-, . 20-,. 20-s... is loaded onto the truck 22.

Here, these cylinders 20-, . 20-,. 20-,,
. . 111 into the track 22 will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the delivery person inserts the card 23 of the truck 22 into the card reader 13 and reads the truck's identification code (
Steps S and l in FIG. Since the CPU 11 already knows the types of cylinders to be loaded on the day and the number of cylinders for each type, the CPU 11 sets the number of cylinders to be loaded for each type at a predetermined memory address (step S). Here, the delivery person sequentially loads the cylinders of the corresponding type for each necessary amount of water while looking at each delivery schedule table 25. At this time, the cylinders 20-
,．． 20-,. 20-, . . . each card 21-.
, 21-t, 21-, . C.P.U.I.
Step 1 stores the read cylinder code and type, and increments the corresponding counter among the loading number counters provided in advance for each cylinder type in step S) to determine the cylinder type. For example, if the first cylinder 20-3 to be loaded has a capacity of 30 kg,
At step SnIcIm, the loading number counter for 30 kg pumps is incremented. Next, CPUII
For each type of cylinder t111, it is determined whether the number of loaded cylinders matches the set number of cylinders to be loaded, that is, whether the loading of cylinders of that type has been completed. For example, if the currently loaded cylinder has a capacity of 30 kg, in step S7, the contents of the installed number counter for the 30 kg cylinder are compared with the set number of loaded cylinders for the 30 kg cylinder. The above data processing is continued until the set number of cylinders of all types are loaded.

That is, step S continues until loading is completed.

The above process is repeated by returning to step S via . If there is a cylinder with too much lay, the indicator 26 (see Figure 2) will be displayed in step S.
In step S, the actual number of cargoes to be loaded is regarded as the set number of cargoes to be loaded. ), and if the card 23 is inserted again before loading is completed, the display 26 displays the shortage of the number of implanted cards in step Su. When the actual number of cylinders installed and the set number of cylinders to be loaded match for all cylinder types (step S□), the number of cylinders installed is displayed on the display 26.
(Step S, ). Next, the delivery person checks the truck 22's card 2 to confirm 811 that the cylinder loading is complete.
3 into the card reader 13 again [Step 514
). When this card 23 is read, the CPU
11 is the full return cylinder 20- that has been loaded up to that point.
,．． Step SI to organize and rememorize the data of 20-t, 20-1-...! +), these data are output to the printer 15, and a shipping cylinder list 27 as shown in FIG. 6 is printed (step 5l11). Furthermore, this sixth
In the figure, A A, A, U ()'0,0'-I
O1BI3B-00000... indicates the cylinder code, and 50 (kg), 50 (kg),... indicates the cylinder type (capacity 11F). Next, the CPU 11 stores in the storage section of the handy terminal 19 connected to the connector 1a, the '6 destination code of each customer to whom cylinders are to be delivered this time, the customer name, the guideline for the previous total of 11 meters, and each of these. The type and number of cylinders to be delivered to the customer are memorized, and each cylinder loaded this time is 2o-, 120-t, 20-
The cylinder codes and cylinder types of s ~... are stored (step ``'17''). When the following processing is completed, a display indicating dispatch 01 () is made on the display 26 (
step 518). Here, the delivery person removes the handy terminal 19 from the connector 18 and carries it with him, carries the shipping schedule 25 and the shipping cylinder list 27, and starts delivering the cylinders.

When the delivery person arrives at the target customer 28-x, the delivery person selects the type of delivery (
The required number of filling method cylinders 20-1, . At this time, the delivery person operates the key switch 19a of the handy terminal 19, inputs the customer code of the customer 28-X, and checks the shipping cylinder list 27 before loading and unloading each cylinder 20-1, . . , and the cylinder code and number of empty cylinders 20-j, . The delivery person also inputs the current meter guideline into the handy terminal 19. In this case, the handicap terminal 19 calculates and stores the amount of gas used from the customer's previous meter pointer stored at the time of shipment and the meter pointer input this time, and also The amount is printed by the printing section 19o. This printed material can be provided to the customer.

FIG. 7 explains the above data processing. In (a) of this figure, first, the display 19blcVj of the handy terminal 19:, the customer code is displayed in the 20-digit display window at the top (indicated by 99...9 in the rotation pressure), and 94 customer names (indicated by cc...C in the figure) are displayed in the 20-digit display window at the bottom.

Here, the delivery person operates the display scrolling switch of the key switch 19a to scroll the display of the customer code and customer name, and selects the scroll corresponding to the customer currently loading/unloading. Return until something appears. When the desired customer code and customer name are displayed on the display 19b, the user operates the input key to set and store them. As a result, as shown in (1) in the same figure, the customer code is fixedly displayed on the display 19b in the 14 digits on the left side of the upper row, and the cylinder code (aaa99...・Denoted by 9) and species if (
Z 9 K G) is displayed. Here, the delivery person operates the display scrolling switch again to scroll the cylinder code and type display, and continues this scrolling until the one corresponding to the cylinder that has just been loaded and unloaded is displayed. Then, when the desired item is displayed, operate the input key. Then, the number of loaded and unloaded cylinders (in this case, it is 01 because it is the first cylinder) is displayed in the 17th and 18th digits of the upper row of the display 19. Thereafter, in the same manner, the display of cylinder code 1 persimmons is scrolled and each time a desired one is displayed, the input key is operated to set the data for the loading/unloading cylinder. Next, when loading and unloading is completed, the meter reading data display switch is operated to input meter reading data. Then, Figure 7 (e
), "Kensin Data" is displayed in the lower display window of the display 19b, and the 10th to 14th digits (
You can enter numbers in the shaded area). Here, the delivery person operates the key switch 19a to set the current meter pointer, and then operates the input key to input the meter pointer 1. When the above input is completed, the lower display shows the amount of gas used (this time) as shown in (d) of the same figure.
- The usage amount calculated from (previous guideline) is displayed.

Note that this usage amount can be printed by the printing unit 19c as described above.

As described above, each customer enters the customer code, the cylinder code of the cylinder to be loaded/unloaded and the cylinder to take home, r, n.
and the current meter designation.

Next, when all the cylinders have been delivered and returned to the factory 10, the delivery person connects the handy terminal 19 to the connector 18.
The 0CPUII, which is connected to the control device 12 via a The cylinder code, type and number, amount of gas used, cylinder code of the cylinder taken home, type 1511, etc. are read and stored, and the customer code file and cylinder code file of the ILAM 17 are updated respectively based on these data.

Next, data processing at the time of filling empty cylinders brought back from each customer will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, a take-home cylinder is connected to a filling device (not shown) in the factory 10, and is filled with the card 21 of the cylinder inserted into the card reader 13 (step S1 in the figure). In this step SI, the CPU 11
The previous total filling weight of the cylinder is read from the cylinder code file, the current remaining weight is read from a measuring device (not shown), and the difference between these surface weights is calculated to calculate the actual amount of gas used. Next, the CPU 1 adds this amount of usage to a usage amount accumulation buffer 30 (initial value is zero) prepared for each customer, and also adds the amount of usage to a filling number counter 31 (initial value is zero) also prepared for each customer. Increment (step S,).

The above process +4 is repeated until the empty cylinder brought back from the same customer is completely filled. Now, assuming that all the empty cylinders brought back from the same customer have been filled, in step S of the figure, the contents of the filling number counter 31 and the number of cylinders delivered to the customer in the customer code file 32 are calculated. When comparing the two, the two are evenly distributed. Then step S
4, the usage Ill 11t based on the meter is calculated from the previous meter pointer and the current meter finger'&I (this pointer was input from the handy terminal 19) in the customer code file 32. . and,
Based on step S, this amount of usage and integration buffer 30
Compare the usage t;1 (amount used based on weight) obtained in . In this case, if there is a difference greater than the allowable tolerance between the two, an error message is printed by the printer 15 in step S. Therefore, according to the above process, after filling all the empty cylinders brought back this time, it is possible to judge the quality of all the meters at the customer's site to which we delivered this time, and also to check the quality of all the meters at the customer's site. It can also perform safety checks for gas leaks, etc. It goes without saying that the cylinder code file is updated by the process described in ``1''.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the handy terminal 19
However, without doing this, for example, when loading a cylinder, the shortened code 01.02, . . . is stored in relation to the cylinder code AAA-ooono, as shown in Fig.・When unloading the cylinder (II), refer to the shipping cylinder list 27, enter and store this short code as a separate code in the handy terminal 19, and control the handy terminal 19 after the delivery is completed. When connecting to the device 12 and transferring data, the abbreviated code may be converted to a cylinder code.Also, the customer code can be similarly processed as an abbreviated code.Furthermore, each cylinder 20 The recorded content of the card 21 attached to the container may also be a code different from the cylinder code, and any arbitrary container identification code may be set as the container identification code as long as it corresponds to the cylinder code and can identify the container.

As explained above, according to the data processing method of the present invention, only the container identification code is stored when shipping containers, and when loading and unloading at a customer site, the container identification code of the loaded and unloaded containers is used to identify the customer. The data is stored in the terminal device in association with the code, and when the delivery is completed, the data in the terminal device is transferred to the central processing unit to associate the container information with the customer FY1 information, resulting in the following effects. .

(a) Containers can be loaded in a random order, which greatly improves the efficiency of loading.

(b) It becomes possible to freely change the delivery route of containers.

(c) When relating customer information and container information, the containers to be related are already known, so the data processing time required for this association can be reduced by targeting all containers as in the past. is significantly shorter than .

In addition, since the container identification code and customer identification code to be input on the terminal device are selected from those sequentially displayed on the device, the reliability of the data is greatly improved. Data input reliability can be improved by using abbreviated codes for the container identification code and customer identification code that should be input in abbreviated form.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional data processing method, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing data processing in a container delivery facility to which an actual case of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional data processing method. Block diagram showing the main parts of the equipment in detail, No. 4
The figure is a plan view showing a part of the delivery schedule printed in the same embodiment, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing data processing during container loading in the same embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the input procedure for the customer code and cylinder code in the same embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the container filling process in the same embodiment. be. 10... Liquefied propane gas filling and shipping factory, 11
... Central processing unit, 13 ... Information reading device (card reader), 17 ... Storage device (RAM)
, 19... Portable terminal device (handy terminal)
, 2゜... Container (cylinder), 21... Card, 22... Transportation means (truck), 23...
...Card, 25...Delivery plan, 27...
・List of shipping cylinders. Junjin Hakusan Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] +11 A container delivery station in which a central processing unit having an information reading device and a storage device is installed, a transportation means for delivering containers shipped from the container delivery station to a customer, and a storage unit. and a portable terminal device FI having an information input means, (a) when loading containers to be delivered from the container delivery station onto the transport means based on a delivery plan, a first step of storing the container identification code of each of these containers in the storage device via the information reading device; a second step of associating the container identification code with the customer identification code and storing it in the storage section of the terminal device; (c) connecting the terminal device to the central processing unit at the end of delivery; a third step of transferring the customer identification code and container identification code stored in the storage unit of the device t1 to the storage device of the central processing unit; A data processing method comprising: a fourth step of associating customer information and container information prestored in the storage device with each other based on an identification code and storing the relationship in the storage device. (2) In the first step, when the loading of containers is completed, the customer identification code in the customer information and the container identification code in the container information stored in advance from the storage device are transferred to the terminal device. and in the second step, the container classification code and the customer identification code are displayed on the terminal device, and the correspondence between these identification codes is performed by pressing the displayed identification code to be selected. A data processing method according to claim @1.