Vehicle inspection management system and method

• US 20050216152A1
• Filed: 03/28/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kambe, Shigeo, Kimura, Norichika, Tsubota, Tomohiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,818,105 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

When the mobile inspection terminal determines that the inspection standard information received from a server is the “specification”, it displays the received inspection standard information and out-of-standard specification information on a liquid crystal display. When it is confirmed in this state that selected inspection standard information is input, whether or not an part to be inspected is acceptable is determined based on the inspection standard information, and the server is notified of a result of determination. Further, when it is determined that the inspection standard information is the “measured value”, a measured value input screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display. When it is confirmed in this state that a measured value is input, whether or not the part to be inspected is acceptable or not is determined based on the input information, and the server is notified of a result of determination.

Claims

1. A vehicle inspection management system comprising:

a server for use in a vehicle manufacturing line, the server being provided with a database having inspection standard information stored therein; and

inspection terminals which communicate with the server through a LAN and which are used in a plurality of inspection processes,

wherein the server comprises;

inspection information transmission section configured to read out the inspection standard information of a vehicle from the database and transmitting the inspection standard information of the vehicle to one of the inspection terminals, and

each of the inspection terminals comprises;

a display;

first display section configured to display an inspection item screen on the display;

second display section configured to, when it receives the inspection standard information from the server, display an inspection information input screen on the display in the state in which the inspection standard information is masked; and

notification section configured to determine, when a inspection worker in charge of inspection inputs a result of inspection of a section to be inspected on the inspection information input screen, whether or not the section is accepted based on the inspection standard information and notifying the server of a result of determination.

2. A vehicle inspection management system according to claim 1, wherein

the database is configured to store specification information of vehicles as inspection standard information,

the inspection information transmission section of the server is configured to read out the specification information of a part to be inspected of a vehicle from the database and transmit the specification information to an inspection terminal together with out-of-standard specification information of the vehicle,

the second display section of the inspection terminal is configured to display the received specification information and the received out-of-standard specification information on the display as a selection screen, and

the notification section is configured to, when specification information selected from the displayed specification information is input on the selection screen, determine whether or not the part to be inspected is acceptable based on the selected specification information and notify the server of a result of determination.

3. A vehicle inspection management system according to claim 1, wherein

the database is configured to store the standard values of parts to be inspected of vehicles as inspection standard information,

the inspection information transmission section of the server is configured to read out the standard value of a part to be inspected of a vehicle from the database and transmit the standard value to an inspection terminal,

the second display section of the inspection terminal is configured to, when it receives the standard value from the server, display a measured value input screen to the part to be inspected on the display, and

the notification section is configured to, when a measured value is input to the measured value input screen, determine whether or not the part to be inspected is acceptable based on the measured value and notify the server of a result of determination.

4. A vehicle inspection management system according to claim 1, wherein the inspection terminal comprises a barcode reader, and the result of inspection is input by reading a barcode attached to a part to be inspected with the barcode reader.

5. A vehicle inspection management method comprising:

a server for use in a vehicle manufacturing line, the server being provided with a database having inspection standard information stored therein; and

inspection terminals which communicate with the server through a LAN and which are used in a plurality of inspection processes,

wherein the server comprises the step of;

inspection information transmission step for reading out the inspection standard information of a vehicle from the database and transmitting the inspection standard information of the vehicle to one of the inspection terminals, and

each of the inspection terminals comprises the steps of;

first display step for displaying an inspection item screen on a display;

second display step for, when it receives the inspection standard information from the server, displaying an inspection information input screen on the display in the state in which the inspection standard information is masked; and

notification step for determining, when a inspection worker in charge of inspection inputs a result of inspection of a section to be inspected on the inspection information input screen, whether or not the section is accepted based on the inspection standard information and notifying the server of a result of determination.

6. A vehicle inspection management method according to claim 5, wherein

the database is configured to store specification information of vehicles as inspection standard information,

the inspection information transmission step of the server is configured to read out the specification information of a part to be inspected of a vehicle from the database and transmit the specification information to an inspection terminal together with out-of-standard specification information of the vehicle,

the second display step of the inspection terminal is configured to display the received specification information and the received out-of-standard specification information on the display as a selection screen, and

the notification step is configured to, when specification information selected from the displayed specification information is input on the selection screen, determine whether or not the part to be inspected is acceptable based on the selected specification information and notify the server of a result of determination.

7. A vehicle inspection management method according to claim 5, wherein

the database is configured to store the standard values of parts to be inspected of vehicles as inspection standard information,

the inspection information transmission step of the server is configured to read out the standard value of a part to be inspected of a vehicle from the database and transmit the standard value to an inspection terminal,

the second display step of the inspection terminal is configured to, when it receives the standard value from the server, display a measured value input screen to the part to be inspected on the display, and

the notification step is configured to, when a measured value is input to the measured value input screen, determine whether or not the part to be inspected is acceptable based on the measured value and notify the server of a result of determination.

8. A vehicle inspection management method according to claim 5, wherein the inspection terminal comprises a barcode reader, and the result of inspection is input by reading a barcode attached to a part to be inspected with the barcode reader.