JP2002099984A - Operation control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation control system, capable of transmitting data input to a data input device by a driver to an operation control meter from a data input device without having to perform artificial transmission operations. SOLUTION: In this operation control system for mounting the operation control meter 6 on a vehicle 1 for recording various data required for vehicle operation control with time, the data input device 42 for inputting work item information is connected to the operation control meter 6 through radio transmission.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation management system for business vehicles such as trucks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an operation management system in which an operation control meter configured to record various data required for operation of a vehicle such as a truck, a bus, and a taxi with time is mounted on a vehicle. When data is input, various data are input to the operation control device by a data input device connected to the operation control device by a wire and recorded.
In this case, even when the data input device is detached from the operation controller and performs data input, it is usual that data communication is performed via a wire when transmitting data to the operation controller.

[0003]

According to this method, when a driver inputs data to a data input device outside a vehicle while carrying the data input device, the data must be artificially transmitted to the operation control device. For this reason, forgetting to transmit the input data is inevitable.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which, for example, a bar code of a delivery item 90 is read and data such as delivery item information and customer information are input to a data input device 91 carried by the driver S. In FIG. 6, an operation control meter 92 is provided, for example, near a driver seat 94 of a vehicle 93, and an in-vehicle adapter 96 connected to the operation control meter 92 by a cable 95 is provided near the operation control meter 92. . Even if the driver S carries out data input while carrying the data input device 91 removed from the on-vehicle adapter 96, the driver S then sets the data input device 91 on the on-vehicle adapter 96. If the user forgets, the data is not transmitted to the operation control meter 92, and the input data is not recorded in the operation control meter 96.

Reference numeral 97 denotes a memory card as a recording medium which is removably mounted on the operation control meter 92.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and has as its object to transmit data input by a driver to a data input device without performing an artificial transmission operation from the data input device to an operation control device. An operation management system that can be transmitted to

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is provided with an operation control device mounted on a vehicle so as to record various data necessary for vehicle operation control with time. In the operation management system, a data input device for inputting work item information and the like is wirelessly connected to the operation management device.

The data input device according to the present invention is for inputting work item information and the like. The data input device can be used only with (1) a registration terminal (hereinafter referred to as a handy terminal) for inputting work item information. And (2) the handy terminal and a barcode reader for inputting delivery information, customer information, and the like. (2 ′) When the handy terminal and the barcode reader are combined to form a data input device as in (2) above, for example, the reading unit of the barcode reader is positioned at the tip of the handy terminal. An integrated type in which a bar code reader is incorporated in the handy terminal (see FIG. 3), the handy terminal and the bar code reader are separate bodies, and both are connected by wire (see FIG. 5) or wirelessly connected. May be configured.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show a wireless data transmission function for an integrated data input device in which the bar code reader is incorporated in the handy terminal so that the reading section of the bar code reader is located at the tip of the handy terminal. The operation item information input to the handy terminal by the driver, the delivery information input to the barcode reader, and the like are wirelessly transmitted to the operation control device and are recorded on the recording medium. First of the present invention
An embodiment will be described.

First, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a freezer truck (an example of a vehicle) having a freezer 2 at a rear portion thereof. , 3) are appropriately loaded. 4
Reference numerals a, 4b, and 4c denote temperature sensors for detecting the temperature inside the luggage compartment 2. In the illustrated example, 4a is a temperature sensor provided near a door 5 provided at the rear of the luggage compartment 2;
Temperature sensor 4c provided on the back side (driver's seat side) of luggage compartment 2
Is a temperature sensor provided at the center of the luggage compartment 2.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an operation control meter provided near the driver's seat 7 of the refrigerator car 1. As shown in FIG. 2, for example, the operation management device 6 includes a CPU 8, a ROM 9, a RAM 10, a clock circuit 11, a power supply circuit 12, an interface (I / F).
13 and the like, and a frozen vehicle 1 such as a speed sensor 14, an engine speed sensor 15, and the temperature sensors 4, 4b, 4c.
Output signals from various sensors provided on the operation controller 6 are recorded over time on a memory card 17 (see FIG. 1) as a recording medium detachably mounted on the operation controller 6. . CPU 8, ROM 9, R
AM 10, clock circuit 11, power supply circuit 12, interfaces (I / F) 13, 40, etc.
4. 16a is a handy terminal 1
A liquid crystal display section 6 and 16b are operation sections of the handy terminal 16 and include numeric keys and operation switches.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a computer as an information processing apparatus, which includes a computer main body 19 and an input keyboard 2
0, a display 21 and a printer (not shown). Reference numeral 22 denotes a reading device (card reader) connected to the computer main body 19, which reads the contents of the attached memory card 17 and sends it to the computer main body 19. These devices 18 and 22 are installed in, for example, an office of a transportation company.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 23 denotes a cargo loading / unloading platform provided in a building 24 of a cargo collection and delivery center. Reference numeral 25 denotes a bellows-shaped blocking sheet provided above the platform 23.

Further, in this embodiment, a refrigerating vehicle having a cooling function is employed as a vehicle, but the present invention can be applied to an operation management system of a vehicle not having a cooling function. Not even.

Hereinafter, the characteristic configuration of the present invention will be described.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, reference numeral 42 denotes a data input device for inputting work item information and the like, which comprises the handy terminal 16 and a bar code reader 29 incorporated in the handy terminal 16. The barcode reader 29 reads the barcode 30 of the delivery 3 and inputs delivery information, customer information, and the like.

That is, in this embodiment, as the data input device 42, the tip 1 of the handy terminal 16 is used.
6c so that the reading unit 29a of the bar code reader 29 is positioned at the handy terminal 1c.
6 is adopted. The reading unit 29a is provided with, for example, a semiconductor laser device that scans left and right through a window 46 formed in the distal end portion 16c.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a portable data input device having a wireless data transmission function, which comprises a data input device 42 and a wireless transmission unit 58 integrated with the data input device 42. The wireless transmission unit 58 is provided with the I / O 59, the CPU 60, the high-frequency transmission unit 61, and the power supply unit 62, and is provided with a transmission antenna 63. Data input device 4
2), and delivery item information, customer information, and the like obtained by reading the barcode 30 with the barcode reader 29.

The operation control meter 6 on the driver's seat 7 side includes:
A wireless receiving section 64 corresponding to the wireless transmitting section 58 is integrally incorporated. That is, the receiving unit 64 includes, for example, the receiving antenna 65, the high-frequency receiving unit 66, the CPU 67
Etc. In addition, the main body 74 of the operation control
/ O 69, the CPU 8 (see FIG. 2), the display unit 71, the I / O 13 (see FIG. 2), and the like, and are configured so that the recording medium 17 such as a memory card can be detachably mounted. I have. Reference numeral 80 denotes a mounting port in which the recording medium 17 is removably mounted. The mounting port 80 is provided in the main body 74 of the operation controller 6.

Although not shown, it is needless to say that the operation controller 6 is provided with a power supply for operating each member.

When loading the delivery item 3 or unloading the delivery item 3 at the delivery destinations 32, 33, 34, and 35, the driver S receives the portable data input function with the wireless data transmission function. Holding the device 50 in one hand, and holding the device 50 stationary, the tip portion 16c is
And the customer information is input to the CPU 60 via the I / O 59 of the wireless transmission unit 58 together with the work item information.
It is transmitted by radio waves via the high-frequency transmitting unit 61 and the transmitting antenna 63.

In this case, the portable data input device 5 having a wireless data transmission function is provided in an area outside the vehicle that cannot be reached wirelessly.
Various information input at 0, that is, data collected outside the vehicle, can be automatically transmitted to the operation control meter 6 when returning to the vehicle 1. That is, the above various information can be automatically transmitted to the operation control meter 6 only when the driver S carrying the portable data input device 50 with the wireless data transmission function returns to an area near the vehicle 1 where radio communication can be reached.

In this case, the radio wave is received by the radio receiving unit 64 provided in the operation control unit 6. That is, the radio wave received by the receiving antenna 65 is sequentially taken into the CPU 67 via the high frequency receiving unit 66, and is taken into the CPU 8 of the operation control main unit 74 via the I / O 69. This CP
Various signals such as a speed signal from a speed sensor or the like provided in the freezing car 1 are input to U8, and the CPU 8 performs appropriate arithmetic processing on these signals.
Various information input to, that is, the handy terminal 1
The work item information input by the user 6, the delivery information obtained by reading the barcode 30 with the barcode reader 29, the customer information, and the like are also appropriately signal-processed and displayed on the display unit 71 or via the I / O 13. In the memory area of the recording medium 17.

As described above, it is not necessary to set the data input device 91 to the vehicle-mounted adapter 96 as in the related art. That is, in the related art, a human error such as forgetting to set the data input device 91 to the on-vehicle adapter 96 occurs,
While the input data obtained by the data input device 91 is no longer recorded on the recording medium 97, in the present invention, the input data input to the portable data input device 50 with a wireless data transmission function is transmitted to the operation management device 6 by radio. Since the data can be transmitted, the input data can always be recorded on the recording medium 17 as long as the recording medium 17 is attached to the operation control device 6.

In short, according to the present invention, while the wireless transmission unit 58 is attached to the data input device 42,
The wireless receiving unit 64 corresponding to the wireless transmitting unit 58 is provided, and the data input to the data input device 42 is automatically transmitted to the wireless receiving unit 64 via the wireless transmitting unit 58. It is possible to reliably prevent forgetting to transmit the data to the operation control meter 6 without performing an artificial transmission operation as in the related art.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the present invention in which the handy terminal 16 and the bar code reader 29 are separate bodies and both are connected by wire. In FIG. 5, the same components as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are the same or equivalent.

In this case, the bar code reader 29 is detachably connected to the handy terminal 16 via the cable 31. The data input device 42 comprises the handy terminal 16 and the bar code reader 29.
Further, a portable data input device with a wireless data transmission function is constituted by the data input device 42 and the wireless transmission unit 58 integrally incorporated therein.

In the second embodiment, the handy terminal 16 and the bar code reader 29 are separate components, and the data input device is shown in which both are connected by wire. You may.

[0030]

According to the operation management system of the present invention,
An operation control meter configured to record various data necessary for vehicle operation control over time, and a data input device for inputting work item information and the like, and the data input device is wirelessly transmitted to the operation control device. Because it is configured to connect, data collected outside the vehicle can be automatically input to the operation control meter without performing an artificial transmission operation as in the past, and forgetting to transmit data to the operation control meter Can be reliably prevented.

Further, the operation management system of the present invention does not need to provide an in-vehicle adapter for setting a data input device as in the related art, and can contribute to space saving.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a configuration of an operation control meter used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3A is an operation explanatory diagram in the embodiment. (B) is an explanatory diagram of a main part configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a wireless operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

6: operation control meter, 42: data input device, 50: portable data input device with wireless data transmission function, 58: wireless transmission unit, 64: wireless reception unit.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A data input device for inputting work item information and the like in an operation management system in which an operation control meter configured to record various data necessary for vehicle operation management with time is mounted on a vehicle. Is wirelessly connected to the operation control device. 2. The operation management system according to claim 1, wherein the data input device includes a handy terminal for inputting the work item information, and a bar code reader for inputting delivery information, customer information, and the like.