Graphical user interface shop floor control system
US6523045B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99948
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for managing information about a manufacturing operation uses factory screens, shop floor screens and/or the like of a shop floor control graphical user interface. The factory screen graphically represents a factory. The shop floor screens represent different shop floors or other areas of the factory. These areas of the factory are represented by selectable icons, positioned within the factory screen at locations corresponding to the locations of the represented areas within the factory. Each shop floor screen depicts the general appearance of one of the areas of the factory and the factory elements of that area of the factory. Icons representing factory elements are positioned within the shop floor screens at locations corresponding to the locations of the represented factory elements within the corresponding shop floor. Icons representing machines and storage locations include graphics depicting the appearance of the represented machine or storage location.
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