Patent ID: 7330783

Claim:
A system for managing vehicle inspections, the system comprising a server used on a vehicle production line and including an inspection master database which stores inspection items for parts to be inspected and an inspection result database storing inspected defects and causes as well as repair methods; an inspection terminal and repair terminal which communicate with the server via a LAN and which are used at each of a plurality of inspection stages; and a master managing terminal connected to the LAN to input inspection information, wherein a predetermined inspection items are sent from the server and displayed on the inspection terminal so that an inspector can inspect a part of the vehicle to find out a defect and cause thereof on the basis of the inspection items, wherein the defect information denoting a result of the inspection including the defect and cause is sent to the server via the inspection terminal, and wherein a repairer can perform a repair method based on the defect and cause sent from the server and displayed on the repair terminal for eliminating the defect, wherein the server comprises: a statistical processing section configured to sequentially statistically process defects and causes to form the ranking of the defects and causes according to the defects and causes on the basis of defect information and the cause information transmitted from the inspection terminal, and the repair terminal comprises: a display section configured to display the defect and cause information sent from the inspection result database; an instructing section provided in the display section and configured to give an instruction on display of ranking of defects and causes based on frequencies of the causes and the repair methods; means for transmitting repair method information performed by the repairer based on the defect and cause displayed on the display section to the inspection result database for the statistical processing; and a display control section configured to cause the ranking of the defects, causes, and the repair methods to be displayed on the display section when the instructing section is operated to repair the defect.