Vehicle inspection management system and method

• US 20050273228A1
• Filed: 03/28/2005
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kimura, Norichika, Tsubota, Tomohiro, Kambe, Shigeo
• Application Number:
  US11/090,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20050273228A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/10 together with the recording, indicating or registering of other data, e.g. of signs of identity

Abstract

An inspection item displayed on a liquid crystal display is inspected through a mobile inspection terminal in the state that the inspection screen is displayed. A time necessary to the inspection is measured as an actual inspection time. On the completion of inspection on one inspection screen, the measured actual inspection time is compared with the upper limit value and the lower limit value of a standard inspection time received from a server, and when the actual inspection time deviates from the upper limit value and the lower limit value, a warning is issued by displaying an inspection time warning dialog on the liquid crystal display.

Claims

1. A vehicle inspection management system comprising:

a server for use in a vehicle manufacturing line; and

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inspection terminals which communicate with the server through a LAN,

wherein the server comprises;

an inspection master database configured to store inspection standard information of the vehicle and to register the standard inspection times for respective inspection items and threshold values for issuing a warning to a worker in charge of inspection when the standard inspection times deviate;

an inspection result database configured to store actual inspection times on one inspection screen transmitted from the inspection terminals;

first transmission section configured to, when vehicle reception is input from the inspection terminal, read out the inspection standard information of the vehicle in a process and transmit the inspection standard information to the inspection terminal; and

second transmission section configured to determine the upper limit values and the lower limit values of the standard inspection times on the one inspection screen from the standard inspection times of the respective inspection items and the threshold value for warning and transmit the upper limit values and the lower limit values to the inspection terminal, and

each of the inspection terminals comprises;

a display;

first display section configured to receive the inspection standard information of the vehicle to be inspected from the server and display an inspection screen on the display;

time measurement section configured to measure actual inspection times when inspection jobs are executed for the inspection items on the one inspection screen being displayed;

comparison section configured to, on the completion of the inspection jobs of the respective inspection items displayed on the one inspection screen, compare the actual inspection times measured by the time measurement means with the upper limit values or the lower limit values of the standard inspection times; and

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second display section configured to, when the results of comparison deviates from the threshold values, display warnings including the results of comparison on the display as an inspection time warning dialog screen.

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

the server further determines the standard inspection times of the respective inspection screens and transmits the standard inspection times to the inspection terminal together with inspection standard information, and,

the inspection terminal displays an inspection screen on the display as well as displays the standard inspection times on the inspection screen.

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

the server further stores the numbers of warnings issued when the actual inspection time of each inspection worker is longer than the standard inspection time and when the actual inspection time is shorter than the standard inspection time, respectively, and,

the number of warnings issued to a worker in charge of inspection in the inspection result database is incremented when the comparison section of the inspection terminal determines that the actual inspection time deviates from the range of the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the standard inspection time.

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

the server further stores the numbers of warnings issued when the actual inspection time of each inspection worker is longer than the standard inspection time and when the actual inspection time is shorter than the standard inspection time, respectively, and,

the number of warnings issued to an inspection worker in the inspection result database is incremented when the comparison section of the inspection terminal determines that the actual inspection time deviates from the range of the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the standard inspection time.

5. A vehicle inspection management method comprising:

a server for use in a vehicle manufacturing line; and

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inspection terminals which communicate with the server through a LAN,

wherein the server comprises the steps of;

first transmission step, when vehicle reception is input from the inspection terminal, reading out the inspection standard information of the vehicle in a process and transmit the inspection standard information to the inspection terminal; and

second transmission step determining the upper limit values and the lower limit values of the standard inspection times on the one inspection screen from the standard inspection times of the respective inspection items and the threshold value for warning and transmit the upper limit values and the lower limit values to the inspection terminal, and

each of the inspection terminals comprises the steps of;

first display step receiving the inspection standard information of the vehicle to be inspected from the server and display an inspection screen on a display;

time measurement step measuring actual inspection times when inspection jobs are executed for the inspection items on the one inspection screen being displayed;

comparison step, on the completion of the inspection jobs of the respective inspection items displayed on the one inspection screen, comparing the actual inspection times measured by the time measurement section with the upper limit values or the lower limit values of the standard inspection times; and

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second display step, when the results of comparison deviates from the threshold values, displaying warnings including the results of comparison on the display as an inspection time warning dialog screen.

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

the server further determines the standard inspection times of the respective inspection screens and transmits the standard inspection times to the inspection terminal together with inspection standard information, and,

the inspection terminal displays an inspection screen on the display as well as displays the standard inspection times on the inspection screen.

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

the server further stores the numbers of warnings issued when the actual inspection time of each inspection worker is longer than the standard inspection time and when the actual inspection time is shorter than the standard inspection time, respectively, and,

the number of warnings issued to a worker in charge of inspection in the inspection result database is incremented when the comparison section of the inspection terminal determines that the actual inspection time deviates from the range of the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the standard inspection time.

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

the server further stores the numbers of warnings issued when the actual inspection time of each inspection worker is longer than the standard inspection time and when the actual inspection time is shorter than the standard inspection time, respectively, and,

the number of warnings issued to an inspection worker in the inspection result database is incremented when the comparison section of the inspection terminal determines that the actual inspection time deviates from the range of the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the standard inspection time.