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System and method for minimizing non-productive idle times within an automation process

US11977370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ingo Thon · Grasbrunn, DE
Hans-Georg Köpken · Erlangen, DE
Josep Soler Garrido · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 2, 2020
Grant date	May 7, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a system and method for minimizing non-productive idle times within an automation process executed by an automation facility, the system including a model memory which stores a probabilistic model of a distribution of object exchange times of objects used or consumed in the automation process; and an optimizer adapted to calculate optimal assignments of objects to magazine positions of an object storage magazine depending on the probabilistic model and depending on a sequence of productive non-idle times of objects used or consumed in process steps of the automation process.

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