CN116166520A - Apparatus and method for test part management - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for test part management. There is provided an apparatus for test part management, comprising: a memory having instructions stored thereon; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: receiving item information of a test piece; determining a list of parts required for the test piece; determining an attribute of each part in the parts list; displaying assembly plan information of the test piece; wherein the attribute of each part in the parts list is determined from a part name based search of information from one or more systems.

Description

Apparatus and method for test part management

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to managing vehicle parts using software development techniques, and more particularly, to a method, apparatus, and computer storage medium for managing test parts of a vehicle using software development techniques.

Background

In modern society, vehicles are the most common means of transportation. In recent years, the number of people driving a vehicle has been increasing. The development of vehicle technology provides many benefits to people's life. Vehicles are complex industrial products. The development and production process of the vehicle involves different stages. Among them, testing a vehicle is an important link. It is often necessary to test various aspects of the vehicle. For example, the vehicle tests may include a whole vehicle factory test, a supplier test, a parts supplier test, and the like.

There is still a need for improved management of test parts for vehicles.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for test part management.

In one aspect of the disclosure, a memory is provided having instructions stored thereon; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: receiving item information of a test piece; determining a list of parts required for the test piece; determining an attribute of each part in the parts list; displaying assembly plan information of the test piece; wherein the attribute of each part in the parts list is determined from a part name based search of information from one or more systems.

In one example, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: and performing secondary confirmation on the attribute of each part in the determined part list.

In one example, the assembly plan information displayed therein includes one or more of an attribute of the part, a logistical state of the part, a planned assembly date of the part, and an assembly state of the part.

In one example, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: and sending a prompt message to a logistics system when the logistics state of the part is not in place.

In one example, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: feedback on properties of the part is received from a scanning device used in the part assembly process.

In one example, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: and sending the attribute or the assembly prompt of the part to a scanning device used in the part assembly process.

In one example, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: the assembly information for each part in the parts list is stored.

In one example, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: the displayed assembly plan information of the test piece is modified based on the assembly information.

In one example, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: the list of parts required for the determined test item is modified based on the assembly information.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for test part management, comprising: receiving item information of a test piece; determining a list of parts required for the test piece; determining an attribute of each part in the parts list; displaying assembly plan information of the test piece; wherein the attribute of each part in the parts list is determined from a part name based search of information from one or more systems.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform the method described above.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method described above.

Other features of the present invention and its advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

The disclosure may be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of an exemplary network environment, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart of a method for test part management in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 illustrates a screenshot of an interface of software implementing a method for testing part management in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be implemented as a system, method, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present disclosure may be embodied in the following forms, namely: either entirely hardware, entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.), or entirely software, or a combination of hardware and software, referred to herein generally as a "circuit," module "or" system. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the invention may also be embodied in the form of a computer program product in one or more computer-readable media, which contain computer-readable program code.

Any combination of one or more computer readable media may be employed. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

The computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, either in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Computer program code for carrying out operations of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, smalltalk, C ++ and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The present invention is described below with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable medium that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable medium produce an article of manufacture (including instruction means (instruction means) which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide processes for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

As previously mentioned, vehicle component testing is an important element in vehicle production. In vehicle part testing, an item responsible person needs to manage the bill of materials of the vehicle part under test and coordinate the testing of each part in the bill of materials. In the prior art, only a stylus is typically used to record and manage the bill of materials of the tested vehicle parts. However, the bill of materials of the vehicle parts tested typically include at least hundreds of parts. In addition, in the testing process, it is necessary to monitor and manage the stock state, the physical distribution state, the assembly state, and the like of each part to confirm the testing process. That is, even for a common vehicle part test, a lot of manpower is required for record management of the bill of materials. Moreover, for the traditional paper note recording mode, the whole supervision of the test process cannot be performed, and the recorded content of the test process cannot be archived and analyzed.

Apparatuses and methods in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below.

Fig. 1 presents a block diagram illustrating an example of an electronic device 100 in accordance with some embodiments.

The electronic device 100 may be used to perform various embodiments of methods according to the present disclosure described below. Electronic device 100 may include processing subsystem 110, memory subsystem 112, and networking subsystem 114. The processing subsystem 110 includes one or more devices configured to perform computing operations. For example, processing subsystem 110 may include one or more microprocessors, ASICs, microcontrollers, programmable logic devices, graphics Processor Units (GPUs), and/or one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs).

Memory subsystem 112 includes one or more devices for storing data and/or instructions for processing subsystem 110 and networking subsystem 114. For example, memory subsystem 112 may include Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), static Random Access Memory (SRAM), and/or other types of memory (sometimes collectively or individually referred to as "computer-readable storage media").

In some embodiments, memory subsystem 112 is coupled to one or more high-capacity mass storage devices (not shown). For example, the memory subsystem 112 may be coupled to a magnetic or optical drive, a solid state drive, or another type of mass storage device. In these embodiments, the electronic device 100 may use the memory subsystem 112 as a quick access store for frequently used data, while a mass storage device is used to store infrequently used data.

The networking subsystem 114 includes one or more devices configured to couple to and communicate over (i.e., to perform network operations on) a wired and/or wireless network, including: control logic 116, interface circuitry 118, and one or more antennas 120 (or antenna elements). (although FIG. 1 includes one or more antennas 120, in some embodiments, electronic device 100 includes one or more nodes, such as node 108, which may be coupled to one or more antennas 120. Thus, electronic device 100 may or may not include one or more antennas 120.) for example, networking subsystem 114 may include a Bluetooth networking system, a cellular networking system (e.g., a 3G/4G/5G network such as UMTS, LTE, etc.), a USB networking system, a networking system based on the standards described in IEEE 802.11 (e.g., a Wi-Fi networking system), an Ethernet networking system, and/or another networking system.

Within electronic device 100, processing subsystem 110, memory subsystem 112, and networking subsystem 114 are coupled together using bus 128. Bus 128 may include electrical, optical, and/or electro-optical connections that a subsystem may use to communicate commands and data, etc. Although only one bus 128 is shown for clarity, different embodiments may include different numbers or configurations of electrical, optical, and/or electro-optical connections among the subsystems.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 includes a display subsystem 126 for displaying information on a display, which may include a display driver and a display, such as a liquid crystal display, a multi-touch screen, or the like.

Although electronic device 100 is described using particular components, in alternative embodiments, different components and/or subsystems may be present in electronic device 100. For example, electronic device 100 may include one or more additional processing subsystems, memory subsystems, networking subsystems, and/or display subsystems. In addition, one or more of the subsystems may not be present in the electronic device 100. Furthermore, in some embodiments, electronic device 100 may include one or more additional subsystems not shown in fig. 1. Additionally, although separate subsystems are shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, some or all of a given subsystem or component may be integrated into one or more of the other subsystems or components in electronic device 100. For example, in some embodiments, program instructions 122 are included in an operating system 124 and/or control logic 116 is included in interface circuitry 118.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example network environment 100 including the electronic device shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

The example network environment 200 may include an AP210 and one or more client devices 220A, 220B, 220C (hereinafter collectively referred to as client devices 220 for simplicity). The electronic device 100 shown in fig. 1 may be implemented as the AP210 or a portion thereof as shown in fig. 2, or as a client device or a portion thereof.

An AP refers to an access point as specified according to, for example, the 802.11 protocol. The AP210 is used to provide wireless network connectivity for the client device 220. In particular, AP210 may receive/route various types of communications from client device 220 and/or transmit/route various types of communications to client device 220. It should be noted that, the AP described herein may include a router, a gateway, a home controller, and the like having an AP function.

In some embodiments, client device 220 may be any electronic device having at least one network interface. For example, the client device 220 may be: desktop computers, laptop computers, servers, mainframe computers, cloud-based computers, tablet computers, smart phones, smart watches, wearable devices, consumer electronic devices, portable computing devices, radio nodes, routers, switches, repeaters, access points, and/or other electronic devices. Client device 220 communicates with AP210 using its network interface to access external network 230 via AP 210. Although three client devices are shown in fig. 2, it should be understood that the number of client devices to which the AP210 may connect may be less or more than three, depending on the network capacity supported by the AP 210.

The external network 230 may be a wide area network (Wide Area Network, WAN), such as the Internet.

A method for test part management according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 3. For example, the method may be performed by the apparatus described in fig. 1.

Vehicle testing includes testing various portions of the vehicle. Typically, the selected portion of the vehicle that needs to be tested is referred to as a test piece. In the vehicle test process, firstly, a project responsible person for vehicle test establishes project information of a test piece according to production requirements. Referring to fig. 3, in step 301, item information of a test piece is received. The item information of the test piece may include an identification number of the test item, such as an item ID. The item information of the test piece may further include information of a setup time, a planned start time, a planned completion time, sub-items included, a test site, and the like of the test item. The various item information of the test piece may be received through an input device (e.g., without limitation, a mouse, keyboard, etc. of a computer device). The user may be prompted to input various item information of the test piece in a tabular manner. The respective item information of the test piece may also be acquired by loading a file of a predetermined format. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that other suitable means of receiving item information for a test piece may be used.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 302, a list of parts required for a test part is determined. In step 303, the attributes of each part in the parts list are determined.

As previously mentioned, the parts required for test pieces are typically at least in the hundreds of thousands, and conventional paper recordings (commonly referred to as bill of materials) require a significant amount of labor, are extremely error prone, and are not amenable to supervisory management, statistics, and analysis. On the other hand, bill of materials information for test pieces is generally from different information sources, such as different manufacturers, different suppliers, and the like. Bill of materials information from different sources is typically presented in different formats, which also provides difficulty in locating information in paper records.

In one embodiment according to the present application, the attributes of each part in the parts list are determined from a part name based search of information from one or more systems. For example, a field search may be performed on bill of materials information from different information sources regarding the part name to obtain an information entry for the named part. The required part properties can then be obtained from the information item. Part attributes may include part size, production information, technical parameter information, and the like. For example, the part name may be a0001, an information item of the part is obtained by searching using the field "a0001", and a desired part attribute, such as various technical parameter information, or the like, is selected from the obtained information item.

Because information about parts from different information sources may have different formats, the list of parts containing part attributes obtained by field retrieval cannot guarantee one hundred percent accuracy. To ensure production safety, in one embodiment according to the present application, the determined attributes of each part in the parts list are secondarily confirmed. The secondary confirmation not only can ensure the accuracy of information in the part list, but also can adjust the attribute information in different formats into a desired unified format, thereby improving the readability of the part list and facilitating the subsequent analysis of the part list.

Returning to fig. 3, in step 304, assembly plan information of the test piece is displayed. In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, the displayed assembly plan information includes one or more of an attribute of the part, a logistical state of the part, a planned assembly date of the part, and an assembly state of the part. The displayed assembly plan information of the test piece enables the whole test item to be presented in a more visual mode, so that each manager of the item can conveniently obtain the item progress condition, discover problems in time and accelerate the item progress.

In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, a reminder message is sent to the logistics system when the logistics status of the part is displayed as out of place.

In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, feedback on properties of a part is received from a scanning device used in a part assembly process. In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, an attribute or assembly hint of a part is sent to a scanning device used in a part assembly process. For example, on a production line, an assembly worker may obtain technical parameters for each part by scanning an identification code of each part using a scanning gun and an assembly prompt given by a technician for the part. The picture of the part problem encountered in the assembly process can be obtained through the shooting function of the scanning equipment, and the problem is fed back through uploading the picture. The function enables technicians to communicate closely with the production line, timely obtain relevant feedback, and solve various problems in the assembly and test processes as soon as possible. The project responsible personnel can monitor the production and assembly process more conveniently, discover problems in time and optimize the process.

In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, assembly information for each part in a parts list is stored. For example, the assembly information for each part may include part assembly time, assembly place, assembly person, problems encountered during assembly, and so forth. By storing the assembly information of the parts, the statistical analysis in the future is convenient, problems are found, and the process is optimized.

In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, the assembly plan information of the displayed test piece is modified based on the assembly information. Typically, the assembly plan information is based on past production flows or experience, and the actual production process is affected by various factors. By timely modifying the assembly plan information of the test piece based on the assembly information and displaying the modified assembly plan information through the display, the change factors in the production flow can be timely followed, and the emergency situation can be dealt with, so that the planning is more reasonable, and the flow is optimized.

In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, the list of parts required for the determined test item is modified based on the assembly information. For example, situations in some manufacturing processes may necessitate adjustment of a list of previously determined desired parts. The function enables the user to make adjustments in time in response to an emergency.

FIG. 4 illustrates an interface screenshot of software implementing a method for testing part management in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 4, item information of the test piece may be received through an "upload item information" button (first, left bottom, "Upload Project Information" button). The item information view may be made through the "item information" menu item (second menu item above "Project Information"). The list of parts required for the test piece and the attributes of each part in the list of parts can be determined by an "Upload bill of materials" button (second, left, "Upload BoM (Build of Material)" button). Bill of materials viewing may be performed through a "bill of materials Management" menu item (second menu item above "BoM Management"). The displayed Assembly plan information of the test piece can be viewed through an "Assembly plan" button (third lower left, "Assembly Planning (Time)" button) or an "Assembly station" button (fourth lower left, "Assembly station" button). Assembly plan information can be intuitively presented in the timetable of the middle area of the software interface.

The function of modifying the list of parts required for the determined test piece item based on the assembly information can be implemented by a "parts reorder" button (third above, "Part Re-Order" button) to cope with an emergency.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the interfaces in fig. 4 are merely exemplary, and that other application interfaces may be used to implement one or more aspects of the foregoing solutions.

While certain specific embodiments of the invention have been illustrated in detail by way of example, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the foregoing examples are intended to be illustrative only and not to limit the scope of the invention. It should be appreciated that some of the steps in the foregoing methods are not necessarily performed in the order illustrated, but they may be performed simultaneously, in a different order, or in an overlapping manner. Furthermore, one skilled in the art may add some steps or omit some steps as desired. Some of the components in the foregoing systems are not necessarily arranged as shown, and one skilled in the art may add some components or omit some components as desired. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes could be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims (20)

1. An apparatus for testing part management, comprising:

a memory having instructions stored thereon; and

a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to:

receiving item information of a test piece;

determining a list of parts required for the test piece;

determining an attribute of each part in the parts list; and

displaying assembly plan information of the test piece;

wherein the attribute of each part in the parts list is determined from a part name based search of information from one or more systems.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: and performing secondary confirmation on the attribute of each part in the determined part list.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the displayed assembly plan information includes one or more of an attribute of the part, a logistical state of the part, a planned assembly date of the part, and an assembly state of the part.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: and sending a prompt message to a logistics system when the logistics state of the part is not in place.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: feedback on properties of the part is received from a scanning device used in the part assembly process.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: and sending the attribute or the assembly prompt of the part to a scanning device used in the part assembly process.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: the assembly information for each part in the parts list is stored.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: the displayed assembly plan information of the test piece is modified based on the assembly information.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the device to: the list of parts required for the determined test item is modified based on the assembly information.

10. A method for test part management, comprising:

receiving item information of a test piece;

determining a list of parts required for the test piece;

determining an attribute of each part in the parts list; and

displaying assembly plan information of the test piece;

wherein the attribute of each part in the parts list is determined from a part name based search of information from one or more systems.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising secondarily validating the determined attribute of each part in the parts list.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the displayed assembly plan information includes one or more of an attribute of the part, a logistical status of the part, a planned assembly date of the part, and an assembly status of the part.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising sending a reminder message to the logistics system when the logistics status of the part is displayed as not in place.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving feedback on properties of the part from a scanning device used in the part assembly process.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising sending an attribute or assembly cue of the part to a scanning device used in the part assembly process.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing assembly information for each part in the parts list.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising modifying the displayed assembly plan information for the test piece based on the assembly information.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising modifying the list of parts required for the determined test item based on the assembly information.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform the method of any of claims 10-18.

20. A computer program product comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement a method according to any of claims 10-18.

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