Framework for automatic generation of sequence of operations

US7809457B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Chengyin Yuan · Rochester Hills, US
• Fangming Gu · Rochester Hills, US
• Stephan R. Biller · Birmingham, US
• Magnus Johansson · Luleå, SE
• Mikael Kjellgren · Gothenburg, SE
• Richard C. Immers · Rochester Hills, US
• Chieh-Yi Jerry Yen · Rochester Hills, US
• Bengt Erik Lennartson · Gothenburg, SE
• Martin Fabian · Hindås, SE
• Knut Akesson · Avesta, SE
• Petter Falkman · Kungsbacka, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 5, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for generation of a sequence of operations for a manufacturing process including modeling the manufacturing process through a finite state machine to create a sequence of operations generator operative to generate a list of sequences of operations for the manufacturing process and utilizing the sequence of operations generator to input process information and automatically generate a list of sequences of operations.