KR100689234B1 - Checking System of Railway Using Information System, and the Method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention uses a wireless terminal equipped with a recognition indicator such as a barcode or RFID and a recognition unit capable of recognizing the barcode or RFID to register the result of accurate inspection work so that the history information of the train can be inquired in real time and the material billing is automatically performed And to an inspection system for an electric vehicle capable of reducing the inspection time of the electric vehicle and efficiently inspecting the electric vehicle; A recognition indicator provided with information on apparatuses and parts constituting each part of the train; A central server for operating a database in which recognition indicator data corresponding to the recognition indicator is stored; A recognition unit for reading the information of the recognition indicator at the time of inspection of the inspector may be provided to read the information of the recognition indicator and to connect the recognition indicator data to the central server to check the recognition indicator data of the central server And a checker wireless terminal.

According to the present invention, a recognition indicator such as a barcode or an RFID tag is provided in an apparatus and a part of a train to accurately provide history information on the vehicle or apparatus in real time during inspection work, thereby performing more efficient inspection in inspection of a train And the work instruction can be given so that the worker can perform the work corresponding to the correct position.

Electric car, inspection, barcode, RFID, parts

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for checking a train using an information system,             

FIG. 1 is a conceptual view of a work on inspection of a train using an information system according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electric vehicle inspection system using an information system according to the present invention. FIG.

3 is a circuit configuration diagram of a controller and a worker terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a main process of an electric vehicle inspection system using an information system according to the present invention. FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE SYMBOLS

10: Checker 20: A recognition indicator

22: Bar code 24: RFID tag

30, 40: wireless terminal 32:

33: network interface unit 34: memory unit

35: key input unit 36:

37: display unit 38: bar code reader unit

39: RFID recognition unit 50: central server

52: Network 60: Database

The present invention relates to an electric vehicle inspection system and method using an information system. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electric vehicle inspection system and method using an information system, and more particularly, The present invention relates to an inspection system for an electric vehicle capable of checking the history information of the electric vehicle in real time and automatically charging the material, thereby reducing inspection time of the electric vehicle and efficiently inspecting the electric vehicle.

There are two main types of maintenance work for the electric car that is currently carried out by the operator: inspection work corresponding to the repair costs and maintenance corresponding to the maintenance costs. In addition, the inspection corresponding to the above-mentioned reduction ratio is divided into arrival inspection / daily inspection / monthly inspection according to the inspection range, maintenance corresponding to the maintenance fee is carried out every two or three years and maintenance is carried out every four or six years Maintenance to be carried out, provisional maintenance, and so on.

Particularly, in the inspection work, the state of the electric motor vehicle is always checked so that the operation of the electric motor vehicle is not impeded, and the necessary parts are exchanged or repaired.

However, the inspection work currently carried out by the operator is composed of a group of inspection workers. Each group is composed of 5-6 persons and conducts the inspection of the condition of the train, the work, and the registration of the work results .

At this time, one knitting of the train is usually composed of 10 pieces, and the length is about 200m, and it is composed of many parts, so it takes a lot of time and manpower to inspect the accurate train.

In addition, the inspection result registered after finishing inspection work of the train is not stored in a database such as a vehicle or a device, and it is stored in a paper-like document, so that it is difficult to reflect information on the inspection result to the next work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for providing information on a device and a part constituting a train when the inspection work is performed by providing a barcode or RFID tag on each part of a train, And the central server transmits the data necessary for the inspection work in real time to improve the inspection work efficiency.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a transit inspection system for registering inspection results of a surveyor and managing and managing the inspection results by a central server, .

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for inspecting a train operated by the above system.

The present invention relates to an electric vehicle inspection system using an information system, and more particularly, to an electric vehicle inspection system using an information system, comprising: a recognition indicator having information on devices and components constituting parts of the electric vehicle; A central server for operating a database in which recognition indicator data corresponding to the recognition indicator is stored; A recognition unit for reading the information of the recognition indicator at the time of inspection of the inspector may be provided to read the information of the recognition indicator and to connect the recognition indicator data to the central server to check the recognition indicator data of the central server And a checker wireless terminal.

The present invention relates to a method of inspecting an electric vehicle using an information system, which comprises a central server for managing and managing a database storing recognition indicator data / inspection result data / maintenance result data for a train, ; (a) the central server receives information on the recognition indicator provided in each part of the received train, from the wireless terminal of the inspector equipped with the recognition unit, data on the vehicle / device / part; (b) transmitting acknowledgment indicator data according to a request of the wireless terminal of the inspector to the wireless terminal of the inspector to confirm; (c) registering and storing the inspection result of the inspection result data of the database when the inspection result of the inspection of the transporter of the inspector is transmitted from the wireless terminal of the inspector; (d) notifying the maintenance worker's wireless terminal of the inspection result data; and (e) when the maintenance result is transmitted from the wireless terminal of the operator with reference to the inspection result data, the central server registers and stores the maintenance result data as the maintenance result data of the database .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an electric vehicle inspection work using an information system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a train inspection system using an information system according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a circuit configuration And FIG. 4 is a main process flowchart of a transit inspection system using an information system according to the present invention.

1 and 2, an electric vehicle inspection system using an information system according to the present invention automatically generates check work instruction data for the combination according to a plan established beforehand when a vehicle is delivered, and the generated inspection work instruction data The inspector 10 transmits the information to the inspector 10 for inspecting the electric vehicle and inspects the corresponding electric vehicle. The inspector 10 checks the recognition indicator 20 such as the barcode 22 or the RFID tag 24 installed in the inspection vehicle or the device, The recognition unit 32 of the wireless terminal 30 identifies the vehicle or device and inquires the history of the vehicle or device currently being inspected and registers the inspection result of the vehicle or device in the central server 50, And the inspection result is transmitted to the maintenance worker 12 so that the maintenance worker 12 can perform the correct maintenance work To perform and configured to register the results.

The inspection system is composed of a central server 50 and a database 60 managed by the administrator of the operation destination and a plurality of inspection wireless terminals 30 and maintenance worker wireless terminals 40 are connected to the network 52 .

At this time, the acceptance system instructs a plurality of inspectors 10 performing inspection work of the actual train, instructs inspection work from the inspector 10 in cooperation with the radio terminal 30 used by the inspector 10 during inspection work, And if the request is made by the inspector 10, the history information of the vehicle and the device stored in the database 60 managed and operated by the central server 50 is transmitted in real time and provided.

In addition, the central server 50 stores and manages the inspection result data registered through the inspection work to instruct the worker 12 performing the actual maintenance and, when there is a request from the worker 12, 12 to the wireless terminal 40 so that the efficiency of the maintenance work can be improved. The result of performing the maintenance work is stored by the worker 12 in the database 60 managed by the central server 50 by registering using the wireless terminal 40 which is used by the worker 12, It can be used as a reference for work.

When the inspection result data is registered, the central server 50 notifies the material department of a request for a required material, and prepares a material such as necessary devices and parts.

At this time, the database 60 constituting the inspection system and managed by the central server 50 is connected to the barcode 22 or the RFID tag 24 provided in the apparatus and components constituting each part of the train A recognition indicator information database 62 for organizing information about the same recognition indicator 20 and storing and managing the recognition indicator data as recognition indicator data and a recognition result database 62 for registering the result of inspection of each part of the train, And a maintenance result information database 64 for storing and managing the maintenance result information stored in the inspection result information database 64. The inspection result information database 64 stores maintenance information And a maintenance result information database 66 for storing and managing result data.

It is preferable that the recognition indicator data of the recognition indicator information database 62 is structured so as to be able to systematically manage and store information about the constituent device / parts / delivery company of the train together with the management information.

In addition, when the inspector 10 and the operator 12 retrieve the inspection result data or the maintenance result data, it can search the classification of the specific device and the parts in various ways in cooperation with the recognition indicator data of the database 60 It is also preferable to provide the checker 10 and the operator 12 with the convenience of searching so as to improve the work efficiency.

In order for the inspection system to function smoothly, the wireless terminals 30 and 40 of the inspector 10 and the worker 12 must be connected to the central server 50 through the network 52, It is preferable that the terminals 30 and 40 are configured using a wireless interface module 33 for connecting to the external network 52.

3, the wireless terminal 30 of the inspector includes a recognition unit 32 for recognizing the recognition indicator 20 such as the barcode 22 and the RFID tag 24 attached to the respective parts of the electric vehicle, A memory unit 34 for receiving and storing device and part information of a specific vehicle inputted through the recognition unit 32 and a central server 50 for inputting information through the recognition unit 32, A network interface unit 33 connected to the network interface unit 52 and receiving recognition indicator data from the database 60 and a network interface unit 33 for requesting registration and data retrieval during inspection or maintenance work by the inspector 10 or the worker 12 A control unit 36 for calculating information recognized by the recognition unit 32 and input information of the key input unit 35 and a controller 36 for outputting the result to the inspector 10 or the operator 12. [ And a display unit 37 for displaying the display unit 37 so that it can be confirmed.

Accordingly, in the case of the examiner 10, when the examining instruction data is received from the central server 50 connected via the network 52, the examiner 10 checks and confirms the examining instruction data. At this time, if the failed device and the parts are checked through the recognition unit 32 and the result is input through the key input unit 35 and registered, the verification result information database 64).

In the case of the worker 10, when the work instruction data is received from the central server 50 connected via the network 52, the work instruction data is checked and the maintenance work is performed. At this time, the device and the parts are checked through the recognition unit 32 of the operator's wireless terminal 30, and the result data of the parts or the like which are replaced as a result of the maintenance work are input through the key input unit 35 and registered, To the central server 50 and stored and managed in the maintenance result information database 66. [

At this time, the recognition unit 32 may include a barcode reader unit 38 for scanning the barcode 20 and an RFID recognition unit 39 for recognizing the RFID tag 24, or if necessary, It is also possible to configure only one of the RFID reader 38 and the RFID recognition unit 39.

The method using the bar code 22 requires the bar code reader 38 to approach the surface of the bar code 22 to acquire the bar code information. Therefore, the bar code 22 is installed in a conspicuous place .

The operation principle of the RFID will be briefly described as follows: an RFID tag 24 attached to an apparatus and a part of a vehicle; an RFID recognition unit (not shown) for reading the RFID tag 24 using a radio frequency 39 to approach the RFID tag 24 within a range of several tens of meters (m) to several centimeters (cm), the mounting position of the RFID tag 24 is free compared to the barcode 20 .

On the other hand, the RFID tag 24 may be of a readable type or a readable / writable type. However, it is preferable to use a read-only RFID tag 24 because it is rarely necessary to recharge the RFID tag 24 with respect to the electric railcar.

Since the wireless terminal 30 of the inspector is the same as the wireless terminal 40 of the operator, the description of the wireless terminal of the operator is omitted.

Hereinafter, flow of inspection work of the electric vehicle using the information system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.

The central server 50 instructs the inspector 10 to carry out a inspection operation when an electric vehicle equipped with the bar code 22 or the RFID tag 24 is installed at each part of the apparatus and the parts of the vehicle at step s100. At this time, the inspection work instruction may be notified through the wired / wireless communication network and may be notified directly to the wireless terminal 30 of the inspector 10.

The inspector 10 who has received the inspection work instruction inspects each part of the train received at the base of the vehicle and checks the identification part 32 of the wireless terminal 30 to the barcode 22 or the RFID tag 24 When the apparatus or part information is read in close proximity, it is stored in the memory unit 34 by the operation of the control unit 36. Such information is displayed on the display unit 37 composed of an LCD or the like to confirm the current device or part (s120)

When the user wants to check the history of the vehicle / device / parts after receiving the barcode 22 or the RFID tag 24, the database 36 60, and inquires the corresponding information. (S130)

The inspector 10, which searches for the vehicle / device / part through the search and performs more accurate inspection, registers the inspection result through the wireless terminal 30, and the central server 50 transmits the inspection result data And stores and manages the verification result in the verification result information database 64. (s140)

When the inspection result data is registered in the central server 50, the central server 50 notifies the material department of necessary materials by a method such as SMS or E-mail through calculation to prepare materials such as required devices and parts (S150)

Meanwhile, the inspection result data is stored in the inspection result information database 64 and is notified to the worker 12 performing the maintenance work through the wired / wireless communication network. The operator 12 who confirms the inspection results, (S160)

The operator 12 performs maintenance work based on the inspection result and registers the result of the maintenance work through the wireless terminal 40. The maintenance result data generated due to the registration is managed by the operation of the central server 50 And stored and managed in the maintenance result information database 66.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary,

As can be seen from the above description, the following effects can be expected in the inspection work of the electric vehicle using the electric vehicle inspection system and method using the information system according to the present invention.

First, a recognition indicator such as a barcode or an RFID tag is provided in a device and a part of a train to accurately provide history information about the vehicle or the device in real time during the inspection work so that the inspector performs a more efficient inspection in the inspection of the train, There is an effect that the work instruction can be given so that the worker can perform the work corresponding to the correct position.

Second, the maintenance result of the operator is stored in the central server, and is fed back if necessary during the inspection work for the next electric car, thereby effecting a more efficient inspection of the electric car.

Third, since the items of general replacement parts are automatically counted, even if the operator does not perform any other action, the automatic billing is effective in reducing the manpower and the time required for requesting the existing goods.

Claims (8)

A recognition indicator provided with information on apparatuses and parts constituting each part of the train; A central server for operating a database in which recognition indicator data corresponding to the recognition indicator is stored; A recognition unit for reading the information of the recognition indicator at the time of inspection of the inspector may be provided to read the information of the recognition indicator and to connect the recognition indicator data to the central server to check the recognition indicator data of the central server And a checker wireless terminal, The wireless terminal includes a recognition unit for recognizing the recognition indicator, a memory unit for receiving and storing specific vehicle / device / part information input through the recognition unit, a network interface unit for connecting to the central server with a network, A control unit for controlling data of the recognition unit and the memory unit, a key input unit for inputting a command, and a display unit for displaying the data. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the recognition indicator comprises a barcode, and the recognition unit comprises a barcode reader for scanning the barcode. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the recognition indicator comprises an RFID tag, and the recognition unit comprises an RFID recognition unit for receiving a radio frequency from the RFID tag. The system of claim 1, wherein the database comprises: A recognition indicator information database for storing recognition indicator data for the vehicle / device / part of the train; Wherein the inspector checks each part of the train and registers it as the inspector's wireless terminal, and stores the inspection result data as an inspection result information database. The method according to claim 1 or 4, The central server immediately notifies the wireless terminal of the maintenance worker connected to the network of the inspection result data registered in the database and generates maintenance result data when the operator registers the maintenance result through the wireless terminal of the worker And a maintenance result information database for storing the maintenance result information database. delete A central server for managing and managing a database storing recognition indicator data, inspection result data, and maintenance result data for a train, and a controller and operator of a train; (a) the central server receives information on the recognition indicator provided in each part of the received train, from the wireless terminal of the inspector equipped with the recognition unit, for the vehicle / device / part; (b) transmitting recognition indicator data according to a request of the wireless terminal of the inspector to the wireless terminal of the inspector to confirm; (c) registering the central server as inspection result data of the database when the inspection result of the inspection of the transponder of the inspector is transmitted from the wireless terminal of the inspector; (d) notifying the wireless terminal of the maintenance worker of the inspection result data; and (e) when the maintenance result is transmitted from the wireless terminal of the operator with reference to the inspection result data, the central server registers and stores the maintenance result data as the maintenance result data of the database A Method of Inspection of Electric Vehicle using Information System. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein the recognition indicator is any one of a bar code and an RFID tag.

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