Wire harness continuity inspection device, wire harness continuity inspection program, and wire harness continuity inspection method
A wire harness continuity inspection method includes: specifying a first certain electrical wire and a second certain electrical wire of which one end is connected to the other end of the first certain electrical wire, described in the first region-based connector/wiring information, and regarding them as a single electrical wire; referring to auxiliary device-based wiring information to obtain a first terminal of a first electrical component and a second terminal of a second electrical component connected by a circuit line, which are described in the auxiliary device-based wiring information; referring to the region-based connector/wiring information to specify a first electrical wire of which one end is connected to the first terminal of the first electrical component, described in the region-based connector/wiring information; and determining whether the terminal connected to the other end of the first electrical wire is identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component.
1. A wire harness continuity inspection device, comprising:
a storage unit that stores auxiliary device-based wiring information and region-based connector/wiring information; and
a control unit that compares a first terminal of a first electrical component and a second terminal of a second electrical component connected by a circuit line, described in the auxiliary device-based wiring information stored in the storage unit with terminals connected to both ends of an electrical wire connecting the first terminal of the first electrical component and the second terminal of the second electrical component, described in the region-based connector/wiring information stored in the storage unit, wherein
the control unit is configured to
specify, based on a first region-based connector/wiring information, a first certain electrical wire and a second certain electrical wire of which one end is connected to the other end of the first certain electrical wire which are described in the first region-based connector/wiring information, and regard the first certain electrical wire and the second certain electrical wire as a single electrical wire,
specify, based on a first auxiliary device-based wiring information, a first terminal of a first electrical component and a second terminal of a second electrical component connected by a circuit line, described in the first auxiliary device-based wiring information,
specify, based on the first region-based connector/wiring information, a first electrical wire of which one end is connected to the first terminal of the first electrical component described in the first region-based connector/wiring information, and
determine whether a terminal connected to the other end of the first electrical wire is identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component,
wherein the region-based connector/wiring information reflects actual wiring and the auxiliary device-based wiring information is predetermined.
2. The wire harness continuity inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
when a terminal connected to the other end of a (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, is not identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component, the control unit refers to the first region-based connector/wiring information to specify the n-th electrical wire of which the one end is connected to the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire described in the first region-based connector/wiring information, and
the control unit determines whether a terminal connected to the other end of the n-th electrical wire is identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component.
3. The wire harness continuity inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein
the control unit sequentially records information on the specified (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, into the storage unit, and
when a terminal connected to the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, is identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component, the control unit stores, into the storage unit, information indicating that the first terminal of the first electrical component is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second electrical component.
4. The wire harness continuity inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein
the control unit is configured to
refer to second auxiliary device-based wiring information to specify the first terminal of the first electrical component and the second terminal of the second electrical component described in the second auxiliary device-based wiring information,
refer to the information on the (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, recorded sequentially to specify first to (n−1)th wire harnesses connecting the first terminal of the first electrical component and the second terminal of the second electrical component,
determine whether the first to (n−1)th wire harnesses belong to wire harnesses constituting the second region-based connector/wiring information, and
when the first to (n−1)th wire harnesses are determined to belong to the wire harnesses, the control unit refers to the information stored in the storage unit, indicating that the first terminal of the first electrical component is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second electrical component and records information indicating that the first terminal of the first electrical component is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second electrical component.
5. The wire harness continuity inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
when a terminal connected to the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, is not identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component, the control unit refers to the first region-based connector/wiring information to specify the n-th electrical wire of which the one end is connected to the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire described in the first region-based connector/wiring information based on connection means for connecting the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire and the one end of the n-th electrical wire.
6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute a wire harness continuity inspection method is stored, the wire harness continuity inspection method, comprising:
specifying, based on a first region-based connector/wiring information, a first certain electrical wire and a second certain electrical wire of which one end is connected to the other end of the first certain electrical wire which are described in the first region-based connector/wiring information, and regarding the first certain electrical wire and the second certain electrical wire as a single electrical wire;
specifying, based on a first auxiliary device-based wiring information, a first terminal of a first electrical component and a second terminal of a second electrical component connected by a circuit line, described in the first auxiliary device-based wiring information;
specifying, based on the first region-based connector/wiring information, a first electrical wire of which one end is connected to the first terminal of the first electrical component described in the first region-based connector/wiring information; and
a first determining step of determining whether a terminal connected to the other end of the first electrical wire is identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component,
wherein the region-based connector/wiring information reflects actual wiring and the auxiliary device-based wiring information is predetermined.
7. The wire harness continuity inspection method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
an n-th specifying step of referring to the first region-based connector/wiring information to specify an n-th electrical wire of which one end is connected to the other end of a (n−1)th electrical wire, described in the first region-based connector/wiring information when a terminal connected to the other end of the (n−1) electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, is not identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component; and
an n-th determining step of determining whether a terminal connected to the other end of the n-th electrical wire is identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component.
8. The wire harness continuity inspection method according to claim 7 , wherein
when the terminal connected to the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, is not identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component, the n-th specifying step includes referring to the first region-based connector/wiring information to specify the n-th electrical wire of which the one end is connected to the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire described in the first region-based connector/wiring information based on connection means for connecting the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire and the one end of the n-th electrical wire.
9. The wire harness continuity inspection method according to claim 7 , wherein
the (n−1)th specifying step includes sequentially recording information on the specified (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, and
the n-th specifying step includes recording information indicating that the first terminal of the first electrical component is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second electrical component when the terminal connected to the other end of the (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, is identical to the second terminal of the second electrical component.
10. The wire harness continuity inspection method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a second referring step of referring to second auxiliary device-based wiring information to specify the first terminal of the first electrical component and the second terminal of the second electrical component described in the second auxiliary device-based wiring information,
a wire harness specifying step of referring to the information on the (n−1)th electrical wire, where n is an integer of 2 or more, recorded sequentially in the (n- 1 )th specifying step to specify first to (n−1)th wire harnesses connecting the first terminal of the first electrical component and the second terminal of the second electrical component,
a wire harness determining step of determining whether the first to (n−1)th wire harnesses specified in the wire harness specifying step belong to wire harnesses constituting the second region-based connector/wiring information, and
when the first to (n−1)th wire harnesses are determined to belong to the wire harnesses in the wire harness determining step, referring to the information recorded in the n-th specifying step, the information indicating that the terminals are electrically connected to each other, and recording information indicating that the first terminal of the first electrical component is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second electrical component.
11. A non-transitory storage medium in which is stored a wire harness continuity inspection program for causing a computer to execute the respective steps of the wire harness continuity inspection method as defined in claim 6 .