TW201917634A - Computer program product for identifying a flange specification and method thereof loaded with a program to execute a data reading instruction and a data analysis instruction - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a computer program product for identifying a target flange specification, wherein the computer program product is loaded with a program by a computer device to execute a data reading instruction and a data analysis instruction, the data reading instruction enables the computer device to read the target flange data. The data analysis instruction enables the computer device to compare the target flange data with the flange specification standard reference data to obtain the flange specification analysis result data, wherein the target flange data includes the first to third flange size data, which is the specific data related to the target flange specification. Accordingly, the computer program product of the present invention can identify the target flange specification, and does not need to remove the target flange and the valve device in the process, and the maintenance process is more time-saving and labor-saving. The present invention further provides a method for identifying a target flange specification.

Description

Computer program product and method for identifying flange specifications

The invention relates to a computer program product and method for identifying specifications of mechanical parts, and more particularly to a computer program product and method for identifying specifications of flanges.

A valve device is a mechanical device that controls the flow, flow direction, pressure, temperature, etc. of a flowing fluid medium. A flange (also known as a flange or flange) is a mechanical part and can be installed in a valve device. In order to achieve the functions of assisting the valve device to complete two or more pipeline connections and sealing, for example.

If the flange is not easy to identify its specifications due to rust and old due to prolonged sun and rain, for example, it often causes troubles for maintenance personnel when replacing new products. At present, maintenance personnel can only stop in the pipeline in this case. Remove the valve device after fluid flow (for example, stop water or gas) in order to measure and compare the flange specifications of the target flange. After identifying the flange specifications, you need to wait for new products to arrive, stop water or gas. It takes a long time and the repair process is time consuming and laborious.

An object of the present invention is to provide a computer program product for identifying a flange specification, which is capable of obtaining and accurately identifying the specification data of a target flange without removing the target flange and the valve device. Therefore, The invention has the effect of not needing to stop the fluid flow (for example, non-stop water or non-stop gas) in the pipeline during the specification identification process and the time and labor saving effect during the maintenance process.

To achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention provides a computer program product for identifying the specifications of a target flange. The target flange is provided on a valve device, and the computer program product is loaded into the program via a computer device. Executing: a data reading instruction to make the computer device read a target flange data; and a data analysis instruction to make the computer device compare the target flange data with a flange specification standard reference data to obtain A flange size analysis result data; wherein the target flange data includes a first flange size data, a second flange size data and a third flange size data, the first flange size data is about the target The center distance between any two adjacent bolt holes of the flange, the second flange dimension data is the circumferential length of the flange outer diameter of the target flange, and the third flange dimension data is the bolt of the target flange Number of holes.

In an embodiment of the computer program product of the present invention, the program further executes: a data input instruction to enable the computer device to provide a user interface to facilitate a user to input the target flange data to the computer device.

In an embodiment of the computer program product of the present invention, the program further executes: a data receiving instruction to enable the computer device to receive the flange reference standard reference data retrieved from the outside.

In an embodiment of the computer program product of the present invention, the flange specification standard reference data is stored in a cloud database, and the computer device is communicatively connected to the cloud database through a network to retrieve the flange specification standard. References.

In an embodiment of the computer program product of the present invention, the acquisition of all or part of the target flange data is completed by a computer automatic analysis.

In an embodiment of the computer program product of the present invention, an image of the target flange is obtained by capturing a stereo camera with an image capture function, and the computer device has an image analysis function to analyze the image. An automatic analysis is performed to obtain the first flange size data, the second flange size data, and the third flange size data.

In an embodiment of the computer program product of the present invention, the computer device has image capture and image analysis functions. An image of the target flange is obtained by capturing the computer device. The images are automatically analyzed to obtain the first flange size data, the second flange size data and the third flange size data.

In an embodiment of the computer program product of the present invention, the obtaining of the first flange size data and the second flange size data is completed by the computer device automatically analyzing the image using a depth map technology in computer vision. The acquisition of the third flange dimension data is completed by the computer device automatically analyzing the image by using image feature extraction technology in computer vision.

Therefore, the computer program product of the present invention can obtain and identify the specification data of the target flange, and it is not necessary to remove the target flange and the valve device during the identification process, so there is no need to stop the fluid flow in the pipeline during the identification process ( For example, non-stop water or non-stop gas), in addition, it has the effect of saving time and effort during maintenance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for identifying a flange specification, which is capable of obtaining and accurately identifying the specification data of a target flange without removing the target flange and the valve device. It is not necessary to stop the fluid flow (for example, non-stop water or non-stop gas) in the pipeline during the specification identification and the time-saving and labor-saving effects during the maintenance process.

In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention provides a method for identifying a flange specification. The target flange is provided in a valve device. The method includes a first data acquisition step, using a computer device to make The computer device obtains a target flange data; and a data comparison step, using the computer device to compare the target flange data with a flange specification standard reference data, thereby obtaining a flange specification analysis result data; wherein The target flange data includes a first flange size data, a second flange size data and a third flange size data. The first flange size data is about any two adjacent bolt holes of the target flange. The center flange distance, the second flange dimension data is the circumferential length of the flange outer diameter of the target flange, and the third flange dimension data is the number of bolt holes of the target flange.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, in the first data obtaining step, the user measures the target flange and enters the target flange data into a user interface provided by a display screen of the computer device. The computer device.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, the method further includes: a second data obtaining step, using the computer device to enable the computer device to obtain the flange specification standard reference data from the outside thereof.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, the flange specification standard reference data is stored in a cloud database, and in the second data obtaining step, the computer device communicates with the cloud database via a network to communicate with Retrieve this flange specification standard reference.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, in the first data obtaining step, all or part of obtaining the target flange data is completed by computer automatic analysis.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, in the first data obtaining step, an image of the target flange is obtained by capturing a stereo camera with an image capturing function. The computer device has The image analysis function automatically analyzes the image to obtain the first flange size data, the second flange size data and the third flange size data.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, in the first data obtaining step, an image of the target flange is obtained by capturing the computer device, and the computer device has an image analysis function to analyze the target flange. The images are automatically analyzed to obtain the first flange size data, the second flange size data and the third flange size data.

In an embodiment of the method of the present invention, in the first data obtaining step, the obtaining of the first flange size data and the second flange size data is performed by the computer device using a depth map technology in computer vision. The image is automatically analyzed and completed. The acquisition of the third flange dimension data is completed by the computer device automatically analyzing the image by using image feature extraction technology in computer vision.

Therefore, the computer program product of the present invention can obtain and identify the specification data of the target flange, and it is not necessary to remove the target flange and the valve device during the identification process, so there is no need to stop the fluid flow in the pipeline during the identification process ( For example, non-stop water or non-stop gas), in addition, it has the effect of saving time and effort during maintenance.

In order to fully understand the purpose, features and effects of the present invention, the following specific embodiments are used in conjunction with the accompanying drawings to make a detailed description of the present invention, which will be described later:

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a valve device 3000 provided with a first flange 1000 and a second flange 2000. In this embodiment, the first flange 1000 has eight first bolt holes 1100. The second flange 2000 also has eight second bolt holes 2100. The first bolt holes 1100 and the second bolt holes 2100 are correspondingly arranged. The surface shapes of the first flange 1000 and the second flange 2000 are Exactly the same.

In this embodiment, a variable X ₁ represents a distance from the center of any adjacent two first bolt holes 1100 using a variable X ₂ represents a circumferential length of the outer diameter of the first flange 1000, or may be a variable outer diameter X ₂ Diameter length, where the diameter length multiplied by pi is the circumference length of the outer diameter.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of a screen of a computer device 4000 loaded with a computer program product according to an embodiment of the present invention. The screen in the embodiment of FIG. 2 is a user provided by a display screen of the computer device 4000. An interface for a user to input target flange data data_object about the target flange through a data input command of the computer program product. The computer device 4000 may be a mobile device (such as a mobile phone or a panel). The computer program product can actually be an application program (APP) installed in an application library (such as the APP Store) for download, or a computer program installed on a server computer for users to transmit and download through the network, or installed in A computer program in a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores a program having multiple instructions, and after being read by a computer device, the program executes at least one instruction. The storage medium such as Non-volatile storage media, such as: optical discs, magnetic disks, magnetic disks, memory cards or flash drives.

For example, if the first flange 1000 in FIG. 1 is used as the target flange, the user can actually measure the X ₁ value and X ₂ value of the first flange 1000 and calculate the X ₃ value (the bolts After the number of holes 1100), the data input instruction is used to input the above value into the corresponding square of the screen as the target flange data data_object. The aforementioned measurement includes manual measurement by the user using the naked eye and through a scale tool.测 方式。 Testing method. However, all or part of the target flange data data_object can also be completed by computer automatic analysis of a computer device 4000 (such as a mobile phone or tablet) with image capture and processing capabilities. For example, the computer device 4000 (or other computer device) can use the depth map in computer vision technology to automatically analyze an image (such as a photo or a picture) of the target flange to calculate the size of the target flange (such as X ₁ value and X ₂ value size), the computer device 4000 (or other computer device) preferably has more than two lenses to create a depth map by different focal lengths between the two lenses, and for example, the computer device 4000 ( Or another computer device) can use computer vision technology algorithms and image processing methods for image feature extraction to automatically analyze the image, so as to calculate the number of bolt holes (such as X ₃ value) of the target flange.

Referring to FIG 3, if the user inputs X ₁ is 67, X ₂ is 659.4, X ₃ is 8, the information in a computer program product of the read command, the read apparatus the objective of the computer 4000 Flange data data_object, where X ₁ value can be used as a first flange size data data1, X ₂ value can be used as a second flange size data data2, X ₃ value can be used as the third flange size data data3, The first flange dimension data data1, the second flange dimension data data2, and the third flange dimension data data3 included in the target flange data data_object can draw an image P of the target flange.

In a data analysis instruction of the computer program product, the computer device 4000 compares the target flange data data_object with a flange specification standard reference data_ref. The flange specification standard reference data data_ref can be stored in the computer device. 4000 inside or obtained from the computer device 4000, for example, the flange specification standard reference data data_ref can be stored in a cloud database 5000 (for example, FIG. 4), and the computer device 4000 can communicate via the Internet or local area network Connect to the cloud database 5000 to retrieve the flange specification standard reference data_ref.

A comparison table (for example, FIG. 5) that can be included in the flange specification standard reference data data_ref. When the data analysis instruction is executed, the computer device 4000 can look up the target flange data data_object and the flange specification standard through a table lookup method. The comparison table contained in the reference data data_ref is compared to find out the target flange specifications to obtain a flange specification analysis result data data_result. For example, the flange specification analysis result data data_result is "4"- "JIS 10K" and "4" -JIS 10K "are the specifications of the target flange after analysis.

It should be noted that in the data analysis instruction, the comparison method to find out the specifications of the target flange is not limited to the table lookup method, and other comparison methods may also exist, for example, it is established in the cloud database 5000 The flange specification standard reference data_ref containing multiple flange images, and then the flange specification analysis result data data_result is obtained by comparing the image P with the image of the flange specification standard data_ref. In addition, draw the The program of the target flange image P can be selectively executed.

In addition, although an embodiment is proposed above in which the user inputs the target flange data data_object through the data input instruction, and the computer device 4000 with an image capture and image analysis function performs automatic computer analysis to obtain the target Another embodiment of the flange data data_object, however, all or part of the target flange data data_object may also be obtained in other ways, for example, by analyzing photos or pictures, and the photos or pictures may be obtained, for example, by a stereo camera Image capture (such as taking a picture or video) function, because the image captured by the stereo camera is a stereo image, after the stereo image about the target flange is input to the computer device 4000, the computer device 4000 can The image is automatically analyzed by computer, so that the size of the target flange (such as X ₁ value and X ₂ value) and the number of bolt holes (such as X ₃ value) can be calculated, that is, the first flange size data data1 is obtained , The second flange size data data2 and the third flange size data data3, therefore, the target flange data data_objec There is a third embodiment for obtaining t, which is not limited to the foregoing two embodiments.

Further, in a possible embodiment, a part of the target flange data data_object may be obtained by a user inputting to the computer device 4000 through the data input instruction, and another part of the target flange data data_object may be obtained by A computer device 4000 with image capture and image analysis functions is obtained by image capture and computer automatic analysis. Further, in another possible embodiment, a part of the target flange data data_object may be obtained by a user inputting into the computer device 4000 through the data input instruction, and another part of the target flange data data_object may be borrowed A computer device 4000 with an image capturing stereo camera and image analysis function is used for image capturing and automatic computer analysis.

In a data display instruction of the computer program product, a display screen of the computer device 4000 may display the flange specification analysis result data data_result. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, above the target flange image P may be displayed. The data of the flange analysis result data_result is displayed as "4" -JIS 10K "to inform the user of the specifications of the target flange.

The computer program product may not execute the data display instruction. Instead, the computer program product executes a data output instruction to cause the computer device 4000 to output the flange specification analysis result data data_result. For example, the computer device 4000 via the Internet or The local area network stores the flange specification analysis result data data_result in the cloud database 5000 for possible subsequent use (for example, Fig. 4). The computer program product may or may not execute the data display instruction and the data. The output instruction, so the data display instruction and the data output instruction are not mutually exclusive, that is, the computer program product is not only capable of executing one of the data display instruction and the data output instruction.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a flowchart of a method for identifying the specification of a target flange according to an embodiment of the present invention. The target flange is provided in a valve device. The target flange of the embodiment of FIG. 6 may be a diagram. The first flange 1000 of FIG. 1 and the valve device of the embodiment of FIG. 6 may be the valve device 3000 of FIG. 1.

The method includes a first data obtaining step S110 and a data comparison step S120. The first data obtaining step S110 uses a computer device to enable the computer device to obtain a target flange data data_object. The computer device may be a mobile device. (Such as a mobile phone or a panel), the data comparison step S120 uses the computer device to compare the target flange data data_object with a flange specification standard reference data_ref to obtain a flange specification analysis result data data_result.

Regarding the data acquisition and comparison method in the first data acquisition step S110 and the data comparison step S120, since the above paragraphs have explained how the computer program product executes the data reading instruction and the data analysis instruction, in particular, The obtaining of the target flange data data_object in the first data obtaining step S110 has listed several embodiments in the previous paragraph, so the details of the first data obtaining step S110 and the data comparison step S120 are not described here. And comparison details.

In addition, in the first data obtaining step, the target flange data data_object may be input to the computer device by the user measuring the target flange and providing a user interface through a display screen of the computer device. The paragraph has explained how the computer program product executes the data input instruction, so details are not repeated here.

The method may further include a second data obtaining step S130, which uses the computer device to enable the computer device to obtain the flange standard reference data_ref from the outside. Similarly, since the above paragraphs have explained how the computer program product is executed The data receiving instruction is not repeated here.

The flange specification standard reference data data_ref may be stored in a cloud database. In the second data obtaining step S130, the computer device may communicate with the cloud database via the Internet or a local area network to retrieve the cloud database. Flange specification standard data_ref.

In addition, since the flange specification standard reference data data_ref can be stored in the computer device from the beginning, the second data obtaining step S130 may be unnecessary.

In the data comparison step S120, the computer device can compare the target flange data data_objec with a comparison table contained in the flange specification standard reference data_ref by means of a table lookup method to obtain the flange specification analysis. The result data data_result.

The method may further include a data display step S140 and a data output step S150. The data display step S140 uses the display screen of the computer device to display the flange specification analysis result data data_result. The data output step uses the computer device to output The data of the flange specification analysis result data data_result. Since the above paragraph has explained how the computer program product executes the data display instruction and the data output instruction, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that the data display step S140 and the data output step S150 may be unnecessary, or only the data display step S140 or the data output step S150 may be performed.

In summary, the computer program product and method of the present invention can obtain and identify the specification data of the target flange, and it is not necessary to remove the target flange and the valve device during the identification process, so there is no need to stop the fluid flow in the pipeline ( For example, non-stop water or non-stop gas), in addition, it has the effect of saving time and effort during maintenance.

The present invention has been disclosed in the foregoing with a preferred embodiment, but those skilled in the art should understand that this embodiment is only for describing the present invention, and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that all changes and substitutions equivalent to this embodiment should be included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention shall be defined by the scope of the patent application.

1000‧‧‧First flange

1100‧‧‧first bolt hole

2000‧‧‧Second flange

2100‧‧‧Second bolt hole

3000‧‧‧ valve device

4000‧‧‧Computer device

5000‧‧‧Cloud Database

data_object‧‧‧ target flange data

data_ref‧‧‧Flange Specification Standard Reference

data_result‧‧‧Flange specification analysis result data

data1‧‧‧First flange size data

data2‧‧‧Second flange dimension data

data3‧‧‧The third flange size data

S110‧‧‧First data acquisition steps

S120‧‧‧Data comparison steps

S130‧‧‧Second data acquisition steps

S140‧‧‧Data Display Procedure

S150‧‧‧Data output steps

P‧‧‧Target flange image

X ₁ , X ₂ , X ₃ ‧‧‧ variables

[Figure 1] A schematic diagram of a valve device provided with one of two flanges. [FIG. 2] A schematic diagram of a screen of a computer device loaded with a computer program product according to an embodiment of the present invention. [FIG. 3] A schematic diagram of another screen of a computer device loaded with a computer program product according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] A schematic diagram of data transmission between the computer device and a cloud database. [FIG. 5] It is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a comparison table included in a reference specification of a flange specification. 6 is a flowchart of a method for identifying a target flange specification according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (16)

A computer program product for identifying the specifications of a target flange. The target flange is provided on a valve device, and the computer program product is loaded into the program via a computer device for execution: a data read instruction to make the computer device Read a target flange data; and a data analysis instruction, so that the computer device compares the target flange data with a flange specification standard reference data to obtain a flange specification analysis result data; wherein the target method The blue data includes a first flange size data, a second flange size data and a third flange size data. The first flange size data is about the center distance between any two adjacent bolt holes of the target flange. The second flange dimension data is the circumferential length of the flange outer diameter of the target flange, and the third flange dimension data is the number of bolt holes of the target flange. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the program further executes: a data input instruction to enable the computer device to provide a user interface to facilitate a user to input the target flange data to the computer device. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the program further executes: a data receiving instruction to enable the computer device to receive flange reference standard data retrieved from the outside. The computer program product according to claim 3, wherein the flange specification standard reference data is stored in a cloud database, and the computer device is communicatively connected to the cloud database via the network to retrieve the flange specification standard reference data. The computer program product described in any one of the claims 1 to 4, wherein all or part of the acquisition of the target flange data is completed by a computer automatic analysis. The computer program product according to claim 5, wherein an image of the target flange is obtained by capturing a stereo camera with an image capturing function, and the computer device has an image analysis function to perform the image processing. The automatic analysis then obtains the first flange size data, the second flange size data and the third flange size data. The computer program product according to claim 5, wherein the computer device has image capturing and image analysis functions, and an image of the target flange is obtained by capturing the computer device, and the computer device analyzes the image. An automatic analysis is performed to obtain the first flange size data, the second flange size data, and the third flange size data. According to the computer program product described in claim 7, the acquisition of the first flange size data and the second flange size data is completed by the computer device automatically analyzing the image using the depth map technology in computer vision. The third flange dimension data is obtained by the computer device using image feature extraction technology in computer vision to automatically analyze the image. A method for identifying the specifications of a target flange is executed by a computer device. The target flange is provided on a valve device. The method includes: a first data obtaining step, using the computer device to make the computer The device obtains a target flange data; and a data comparison step, using the computer device to compare the target flange data with a flange specification standard reference data to obtain a flange specification analysis result data; wherein the target The flange data includes a first flange size data, a second flange size data, and a third flange size data. The first flange size data is about the center of any two adjacent bolt holes of the target flange. The distance, the second flange size data is the circumferential length of the flange outer diameter of the target flange, and the third flange size data is the number of bolt holes of the target flange. The method according to claim 9, wherein in the first data obtaining step, the user measures the target flange and inputs a target flange data to the target flange through a user interface provided by a display screen of the computer device. Computer device. The method according to claim 9, further comprising: a second data obtaining step, using the computer device to enable the computer device to obtain the flange specification standard reference material from outside. The method according to claim 11, wherein the flange specification standard reference data is stored in a cloud database, and in the second data obtaining step, the computer device is communicatively connected to the cloud database via a network to retrieve Take this flange specification standard reference. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein in the first data acquisition step, all or part of the acquisition of the target flange data is completed by computer automatic analysis. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the first data obtaining step, an image of the target flange is obtained by capturing a stereo camera with an image capturing function, and the computer device has an image The analysis function automatically analyzes the image to obtain the first flange size data, the second flange size data and the third flange size data. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the first data obtaining step, an image of the target flange is obtained by capturing the computer device, and the computer device has an image analysis function to analyze the image. An automatic analysis is performed to obtain the first flange size data, the second flange size data, and the third flange size data. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the obtaining step of the first data, the obtaining of the first flange size data and the second flange size data is performed by the computer device using a depth map technology in computer vision. The image is automatically analyzed and completed. The acquisition of the third flange dimension data is completed by the computer device automatically analyzing the image by using image feature extraction technology in computer vision.