Method and device for executing work consisting of a plurality of steps under computer control
US7356375B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 6, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A manufacturing process control apparatus that controls a manufacturing process divided into a plurality of steps that are controlled by a plurality of user terminals, comprising transmitting means that, when conditions for the execution of one step of said plurality of steps are met, transmits to the user terminal that controls said one step information to the effect that said step can be started, and receiving means that, when said one step of the plurality of steps is complete, receives from the user terminal that controls said one step information to the effect that said one step is complete.
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