TW201520712A - Automation testing system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An automation testing system and method thereof is disclosed. By using a control signal to drive a fixture device, a smart interactive device, and a testing end so as to scan a barcode and image of a unit under test (UUT) and recording a voice of the UUT by the smart interactive device, and playing a preset voice at the smart interactive device, so as to provide the testing end to verify and to produce a test result when executing automation testing. The mechanism is help to improve the efficiency of testing.

Description

Automated test system and method thereof

The present invention relates to a test system and method thereof, and more particularly to an automated test system and method for generating a barcode, image and sound for verification using a smart interactive device.

In recent years, with the popularization and vigorous development of semiconductor technology, the production efficiency of electronic products has been increasing, so that how to simultaneously improve the testing efficiency of electronic products has become one of the problems that various manufacturers are eager to solve.

In general, the way to test an electronic product is to connect the electronic product to be tested (also called the unit to be tested) to the test end, and the tester performs the operation and test one by one for various process requirements and test cases. . However, in some test cases, such as: whether the test microphone can receive the sound, whether the speaker can play the sound, whether the output color of the display is correct, etc., because it is impossible to judge whether it is normal according to the electrical signal, it needs to be manually or additionally To test, it is easy to cause problems with poor test efficiency.

In view of this, some manufacturers have proposed a way to increase the sensor to detect a test item that cannot be judged directly by the electrical signal. However, these sensors cannot move with the electronic products, so it takes a lot of time to reset the position of the sensor to be suitable for the new electronic product to be tested before testing different electronic products, so this method still cannot be effective. Solve the problem of poor test efficiency.

In summary, it can be seen that there has been a problem of poor test efficiency in the prior art for a long time, so it is necessary to propose an improved technical means to solve this problem.

The invention discloses an automated test system and a method thereof.

First, the present invention discloses an automated test system comprising: a smart interactive device, a fixture device, a test end, and a servo end. The intelligent interactive device is configured to receive the first control signal, and scan the barcode of the unit to be tested according to the first control signal, capture an image of the unit to be tested, record the sound generated by the unit to be tested, and play the preset in the smart interaction. a sound of the device; the clamp device is configured to receive the second control signal, and move the smart interactive device disposed in the clamp device according to the second control signal; the test end is configured to receive and execute the test script to automatically test the unit to be tested, and The barcode, image and sound of the unit to be tested received by the smart interactive device are verified to generate a test result; the server is configured to transmit the pre-stored test script to the test end, and generate a first control signal and a second control And transmitting a first control signal to the smart interactive device and transmitting the second control signal to the clamp device.

In addition, the present invention also discloses an automated test system comprising: a smart interactive device, a fixture device, a test terminal and a servo terminal. The smart interaction device is configured to receive the first control signal and the second control signal, wherein the barcode of the unit to be tested is scanned according to the first control signal, and the image of the unit to be tested is captured according to the second control signal, and the recording is to be tested. The sound generated by the unit and the sound preset to be played by the smart interactive device; the clamp device is configured to receive the third control signal, and move the smart interactive device disposed in the clamp device according to the third control signal; the test end is configured to receive and execute The test script performs an automated test on the unit to be tested, and generates a second test signal to receive the image and sound of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device for verification to generate a test result; the server generates the first control signal and transmits the signal to the test The smart interactive device receives the barcode of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device to filter out the test script transmitted to the test end, and generates a third control signal and transmits the signal to the fixture device.

Next, the present invention discloses an automated test method, which is applied to The environment has a smart interaction device, a fixture device, a test end and a server end, and the steps include: the server transmits the pre-stored test script to the test end, and generates a first control signal and a second control signal, and the first control signal is generated. Transmitting to the smart interactive device, transmitting the second control signal to the clamp device; the smart interactive device receives the first control signal, and scanning the barcode of the unit to be tested according to the first control signal, capturing an image of the unit to be tested, and recording The sound generated by the measuring unit and the sound preset to be played in the smart interactive device; the clamp device receives the second control signal, and moves the smart interactive device disposed in the clamp device according to the second control signal; the test terminal receives and executes the test script to The unit to be tested is automatically tested, and the barcode, image and sound of the unit to be tested received from the smart interactive device are verified to generate test results.

The invention also discloses an automatic testing method, which is applied to an environment with intelligent interactive device, fixture device, test end and servo end, and the steps thereof include: the server generates the first control signal and transmits it to the smart interactive device, and generates the third The control signal is transmitted to the clamp device; the clamp device moves the smart interactive device disposed in the clamp device according to the third control signal; the smart interactive device scans the barcode of the unit to be tested according to the first control signal; and the servo end receives the smart interactive device The barcode of the unit to be tested is used to filter out the test script transmitted to the test end; the test end receives and executes the test script to automatically test the unit to be tested, and generates a second control signal to transmit to the smart interactive device; the smart interactive device according to the second The control signal captures the image of the unit to be tested, records the sound generated by the unit to be tested, and plays the sound preset to the smart interactive device; the test end receives the image and sound of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device for verification to generate the test. result.

The system and method disclosed in the present invention are as above, and the difference from the prior art is that the invention drives the clamp device, the smart interactive device and the test end through the control signal, so that the smart interactive device disposed in the clamp device scans the barcode of the unit to be tested. With the image, and recording the sound and playing the preset sound in the smart interactive device, in order to provide the test end to perform automated tests to verify and produce test results.

Through the above technical means, the present invention can achieve the technical effect of improving test efficiency.

111, 121‧‧‧Smart interactive devices

112, 122‧‧‧ fixture device

113, 123‧‧‧ test end

114, 124‧‧‧ server

500‧‧‧Clamping device

511‧‧‧Fixed components

512, 513‧‧‧ linear slides

514‧‧‧ Controller

515‧‧‧stepper motor

611‧‧‧Smart interactive device

612‧‧‧Clamping device

613‧‧‧test side

614‧‧‧Server

621‧‧‧Unit under test

622‧‧‧ display

Step 211‧‧ The server sends a pre-stored test script to the test end, and generates a first control signal and a second control signal, and transmits the first control signal to the smart interactive device, and the second Control signal is transmitted to the fixture device

Step 212‧‧ The intelligent interactive device receives the first control signal, and scans a barcode of a unit to be tested according to the first control signal, captures an image of the unit to be tested, and records a sound generated by the unit to be tested and Play preset sounds in this smart interactive device

Step 213‧‧ The fixture device receives the second control signal, and moves the smart interactive device disposed in the fixture device according to the second control signal

Step 214‧‧ The test terminal receives and executes the test script to perform an automated test on the unit to be tested, and validates the barcode, image and sound of the unit to be tested received from the smart interactive device to generate a test result

Step 221. The servo end generates a first control signal and transmits it to the smart interactive device, and generates a third control signal and transmits it to the fixture device.

Step 222‧‧‧ The fixture device moves the smart interactive device disposed in the fixture device according to the third control signal

Step 223‧‧‧ The smart interactive device scans the barcode of a unit to be tested according to the first control signal

Step 224‧‧‧ The server receives the barcode of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device to screen Select a test script to be sent to the test end

Step 225‧‧‧ The test terminal receives and executes the test script to automatically test the unit to be tested, and generates a second control signal to transmit to the smart interactive device

Step 226‧‧ The smart interactive device captures an image of the unit to be tested according to the second control signal, records a sound generated by the unit to be tested, and plays a sound preset to the smart interactive device

Step 227‧‧‧ The test end receives the image and sound of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device for verification to generate test results

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the system of the automated test system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of another system of the automated test system of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the method of the automated test method of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of another method of the automated test method of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic view of the clamp device of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of testing a plurality of units to be tested simultaneously by applying the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments, so that the application of the technical means to solve the technical problems and achieve the technical effects can be fully understood and implemented.

Before describing the automated test system and method thereof disclosed in the present invention, the nouns defined by the present invention are described. The unit to be tested according to the present invention refers to an electronic device to be tested, such as a motherboard, a display component, and the like. Wait. In addition, the smart interactive device of the present invention is a smart mobile phone, a personal digital assistant or a tablet computer including an imaging element, a sound collecting element, a speaker, a wireless transmission device and a processor.

The following is a further description of the automated test system and method of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of an automated test system of the present invention. The system includes: a smart interactive device 111, The clamp device 112, the test end 113, and the servo end 114. The smart interaction device 111 is configured to receive the first control signal, and scan the barcode of the unit to be tested according to the first control signal, capture an image of the unit to be tested, record the sound generated by the unit to be tested, and play the preset in wisdom. The sound of a type of interactive device. In practical implementation, it is assumed that the first control signal is a binary signal "00", which is touchable The image detecting component scans the barcode of the unit to be tested, such as: a Quick Response Code (QR Code); assuming that the first control signal is a binary signal “01”, which can trigger the image capturing component to capture an image of the unit to be tested; A control signal is a binary signal "10", which can trigger the sounding component to record the sound generated by the unit under test; assuming that the first control signal is a binary signal "11", which can trigger the speaker to play the sound preset in the smart interactive device 111. . In addition, these captured barcodes and images, recorded and played sounds can be processed by the processor and transmitted wirelessly via a wireless transmission device.

The clamp device 112 is configured to receive the second control signal and move the smart interactive device 111 disposed in the clamp device 112 according to the second control signal. In practical implementation, the clamp device 112 includes at least a fixed component, a linear slide, a controller, and a stepping motor for moving the smart interactive device 111 in two dimensions or three dimensions. The clamp device 112 will be described in detail later with reference to the drawings.

The test end 113 is configured to receive the test script, and then execute the test script to perform an automated test on the unit to be tested, and verify the barcode, image and sound of the unit to be tested received from the smart interactive device 111 to generate a test result. In practical implementation, the receiving test script can be implemented by wireless transmission. As for the execution of the test script for automated testing, it is a well-known technique, so it will not be repeated here.

The server 114 is configured to transmit the pre-stored test script to the test terminal 113, and generate a first control signal and a second control signal, transmit the first control signal to the smart interaction device 111, and transmit the second control signal to the fixture. Device 112. The smart interactive device 111 and the clamp device 112 can be controlled by the first control signal and the second control signal, so that the smart interactive device 111 disposed on the clamp device 112 is moved to the corresponding test block of the test unit to scan the barcode, capture the image, Recording sounds and playing back sounds preset in the smart interactive device 111.

Next, please refer to "Figure 2", "Figure 2" is another system block diagram of the automated test system of the present invention, the system includes: intelligent mutual The moving device 121, the clamp device 122, the test end 123 and the servo end 124. The smart interaction device 121 is configured to receive the first control signal and the second control signal, wherein the barcode of the unit to be tested is scanned according to the first control signal, and the image of the unit to be tested is captured according to the second control signal, and the recording is to be performed. The sound generated by the measuring unit and the sound preset by the smart interactive device 121 are played. The difference between the smart interactive device 121 and the smart interactive device 111 illustrated in FIG. 1 is that the smart interactive device 121 transmits the barcode of the unit to be tested to the server 124, and will receive the test terminal 123. The second control signal is used to trigger the process of capturing an image of the unit to be tested, recording the sound generated by the unit to be tested, and playing the sound preset to the smart interactive device 121.

The clamp device 122 is configured to receive the third control signal and move the smart interactive device 121 disposed in the clamp device 122 according to the third control signal. The clamp device 122 is identical to the clamp device 112 illustrated in FIG. 1 and will not be further described herein.

The test end 123 is configured to receive the test script, and execute the test script to perform an automated test on the unit to be tested, and then generate a second test signal to receive the image and sound of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device 121 for verification to generate the test result. . The test end 123 is different from the test end 113 shown in FIG. 1 in that the test end 123 generates a second test signal and transmits the second test signal to the smart interactive device 121 to enable the smart interactive device. 121 Take an image of the unit to be tested and record the sound produced by the unit under test.

The server 124 is configured to generate a first control signal and transmit the signal to the smart interactive device 121. The smart interactive device 121 receives the barcode of the unit to be tested to filter the test script transmitted to the test terminal 123, and generates a third control signal. Transfer to the clamp device 122. The servo end 124 is different from the servo end 114 shown in FIG. 1 in that the servo end 124 controls the smart interactive device 121 to complete the barcode scanning only in the pre-test period, and the subsequent test is to control the smart interaction by the test end 123. Device 121. In actual implementation, test scripts of a plurality of different units to be tested may be pre-stored on the server 124, and The bar code of the measurement unit filters out the corresponding test script.

Next, please refer to "FIG. 3", which is a flowchart of the method for the automated test method of the present invention. The steps include: the server 114 transmits the pre-stored test script to the test terminal 113, and generates the first control. The signal and the second control signal, the first control signal is transmitted to the smart interactive device 111, and the second control signal is transmitted to the clamp device 112 (step 211); the smart interactive device 111 receives the first control signal, and according to the first The control signal scans the barcode of the unit to be tested, captures the image of the unit to be tested, records the sound generated by the unit to be tested, and plays the sound preset in the smart interactive device 111 (step 212); the fixture device 112 receives the second control signal, And moving the smart interactive device 111 disposed in the clamp device 112 according to the second control signal (step 213); the test terminal 113 receives and executes the test script to automatically test the device to be tested, and receives the self-intelligent interactive device 111 The bar code, image and sound of the unit to be tested are verified to generate test results (step 214). Through the above steps, the smart device and the test end can drive the clamp device, the smart interactive device and the test end, so that the smart interactive device 111 disposed in the clamp device 112 scans the barcode and the image of the unit to be tested, and records the sound and the play preset. The sound of the smart interactive device 111 is provided to provide verification when the test terminal 113 performs an automated test and to generate test results.

As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a flow chart of another method for the automated test method of the present invention, which is applied to an environment having a smart interactive device 121, a fixture device 122, a test terminal 123, and a servo terminal 124. The steps include: the server 124 generates a first control signal and transmits it to the smart interaction device 121, and generates a third control signal and transmits it to the fixture device 122 (step 221); the fixture device 122 moves according to the third control signal and is disposed in the fixture. The smart interactive device 121 of the device 122 (step 222); the smart interactive device 121 scans the barcode of the unit to be tested according to the first control signal (step 223); the server 124 receives the barcode of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device 121. The test script transmitted to the test terminal 123 is filtered out (step 224); the test terminal 123 receives and executes the test script to automatically test the unit to be tested, and generates The second control signal is transmitted to the smart interactive device 121 (step 225); the smart interactive device 121 captures the image of the unit to be tested according to the second control signal, records the sound generated by the unit to be tested, and plays the preset in the smart interactive device. The sound of 121 (step 226); the test end 123 receives the image and sound of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device 121 for verification to generate a test result (step 227). Through the above steps, the intelligent interactive device 121 disposed in the clamp device 122 can also scan the barcode and image of the unit to be tested through the control signal driving fixture device 122, the smart interactive device 121 and the test terminal 123, and record the sound and The sound preset to the smart interactive device 121 is played to provide verification when the test terminal 123 performs an automated test and to generate a test result.

The following description will be made by way of example with reference to "figure 5" and "figure 6". Please refer to "figure 5" and "figure 5" for a schematic view of the jig apparatus of the present invention. In practical implementation, the detailed configuration of the foregoing clamp device (112, 122) can be as shown in "figure 5". The clamp device 500 includes: a fixed component 511, a linear slide rail (512, 513), a controller 514, and a step. Into the motor 515. The fixing element 511 is used for fixing the unit to be tested (not shown); the linear sliding rails (512, 513) cooperate with each other to make two-dimensional movement, and even the linear sliding rail can be added to realize three-dimensional movement; the controller 514 Then, the movement mode of the stepping motor 515 is controlled according to the second control signal or the third control signal.

As shown in "Fig. 6," "Fig. 6" is a schematic diagram of testing a plurality of units to be tested simultaneously by applying the present invention. In actual implementation, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of sets of test systems are set to simultaneously perform automatic test on a plurality of units 621 to be tested. The smart interactive device 611 is configured to scan a bar code or a two-dimensional code, capture an image of the display 622 of the unit to be tested 621, and perform processing, and even control a radio component (eg, a microphone) and a speaker (eg, a speaker) to be recorded. The sound of the measuring unit 621 or the sound is emitted by the unit to be tested 621 for recording. The smart interactive device 611 can wirelessly communicate with the test terminal 613 or the servo terminal 614 via the wireless communication device; the clamp device 612 communicates with the servo terminal 614. And controlling the stepping motor to move the smart interactive device 611 to Specifying a location; the test terminal 613 is configured to perform an automated test according to the test script, and receive the information (eg, barcode, image, and sound) of the smart interactive device 611, and can directly or indirectly control the smart interactive device 611, and even The information can be transmitted to the server 614. The server 614 can register, deregister, and obtain related information (such as an identification code) for the smart interactive device 611, the fixture device 612, and the test terminal 613. These devices are controlled, and the server 614 can also filter the test scripts, transmit control signals to the smart interactive device 611 and obtain feedback information (eg, barcodes), and send control signals to the fixture device 612 to control the stepper motor pair. The smart interactive device 611 performs positioning and even transmits the filtered test script to the test terminal 613 for performing an automated test.

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that the intelligent interactive device provided in the fixture device scans the barcode and image of the unit to be tested by driving the clamp device, the smart interactive device and the test end through the control signal. And recording the sound and playing the preset sound in the smart interactive device, so as to provide the test end to perform the automatic test to verify and generate the test result, by means of a technical means can solve the problems of the prior art, thereby achieving the test The technical effect of efficiency.

While the present invention has been described above in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of patent protection shall be subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

111‧‧‧Smart interactive device

112‧‧‧Clamping device

113‧‧‧Test end

114‧‧‧Server

Claims (10)

An automated test system, comprising: a smart interactive device, configured to receive a first control signal, and scan a bar code of a unit to be tested according to the first control signal, capture an image of the unit to be tested, and record the The sound generated by the unit to be tested and the sound preset to be played in the smart interactive device; a fixture device for receiving a second control signal, and moving the smart interaction disposed in the fixture device according to the second control signal a test end, configured to receive and execute a test script to automatically test the unit to be tested, and verify the barcode, image and sound of the unit to be tested received from the smart interactive device to generate a test result; and a server for transmitting the pre-stored test script to the test end, and generating the first control signal and the second control signal, and transmitting the first control signal to the smart interactive device And transmitting the second control signal to the fixture device. An automated test system, comprising: a smart interactive device, configured to receive a first control signal and a second control signal, wherein a barcode of a unit to be tested is scanned according to the first control signal, and according to the first The second control signal captures an image of the unit to be tested, records a sound generated by the unit to be tested, and plays a sound preset to the smart interactive device; a fixture device for receiving a third control signal, and moving the smart interaction device disposed in the fixture device according to the third control signal; a test terminal for receiving and executing a test script to test the The unit performs an automated test, and generates the second test signal to receive the image and sound of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device for verification to generate a test result; and a servo end for generating the first control signal and And transmitting to the smart interactive device, receiving the barcode of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device to filter out a test script transmitted to the test end, and generating the third control signal and transmitting the third control signal to the fixture device. An automated test system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fixture device comprises at least a fixed component, a linear slide, a controller and a stepping motor for moving the smart interactive device in two dimensions or three dimensions mobile. According to the automated test system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the smart interactive device is a smart mobile phone, an individual comprising an imaging component, a radio component, a speaker, a wireless transmission device and a processor. Digital assistant or tablet. According to the automatic test system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the smart interactive device and the terminal to be tested, and the intelligent interactive device and the server are wirelessly transmitted. An automated test method is applied to an environment having a smart interactive device, a fixture device, a test terminal and a server. The steps include: The server transmits a pre-stored test script to the test terminal, and generates a first control signal and a second control signal, and transmits the first control signal to the smart interaction device, and the second control signal Transmitting to the fixture device; the smart interaction device receives the first control signal, and scans a barcode of a unit to be tested according to the first control signal, captures an image of the unit to be tested, and records a sound generated by the unit to be tested And playing the sound preset to the smart interactive device; the clamp device receives the second control signal, and moves the smart interactive device disposed in the clamp device according to the second control signal; and the test terminal receives and executes the The test script performs an automated test on the unit to be tested, and verifies the barcode, image and sound of the unit to be tested received from the smart interactive device to generate a test result. An automated test method for an environment having a smart interactive device, a fixture device, a test terminal, and a servo terminal, the steps comprising: the server generates a first control signal and transmits the same to the smart interactive device, and Generating a third control signal and transmitting to the fixture device; the fixture device moves the smart interaction device disposed in the fixture device according to the third control signal; the smart interaction device scans a to-be-test according to the first control signal a bar code of the unit; the server receives the bar code of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device to filter out a test script transmitted to the test end; The test terminal receives and executes the test script to automatically test the unit to be tested, and generates a second control signal to be transmitted to the smart interactive device; the smart interactive device captures the unit to be tested according to the second control signal Image, recording the sound generated by the unit to be tested, and playing the sound preset to the smart interactive device; and the test terminal receives the image and sound of the unit to be tested from the smart interactive device for verification to generate a test result. The automated test method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the fixture device comprises at least a fixed component, a linear slide, a controller and a stepping motor for moving the smart interactive device in two dimensions or three dimensions. mobile. According to the automated test method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the smart interactive device is a smart mobile phone, an individual comprising an imaging component, a radio component, a speaker, a wireless transmission device and a processor. Digital assistant or tablet. According to the automated test method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the smart interactive device and the terminal to be tested, and the smart interactive device and the server are wirelessly transmitted.