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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108061 | System and method for detecting part abnormality in a manufacturing assembly line According to one aspect of the invention a system and method for minimizing assembly line manufacturing including an override is provided. Each workstation is equipped with a docking station. A first database is in communication with the programmable controller and ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108250 | Method and apparatus for providing a business tool A method and apparatus for business consulting are described. An input interface enables designated personnel to enter data in pseudo-real-time into the system. An analysis logic calculates key values for the business based on the pseudo-real-time data entered and e... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7962235 | Operation instructing system, method for instructing operation, and operation instructing apparatus An operation instructing system includes an individual process information obtaining section obtaining, each time a production element is entered into the system, the process information about one of the production lines to produce the entered production element; a ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7920935 | Activity based real-time production instruction adaptation A manufacturing process for automatically delivering an appropriate level of instructions to a manufacturing operator on demand based on the manufacturing operator's level of activity and performance, the particular characteristics of the product being manufactured,... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7805212 | Control for an assembly machine with spatial positioning control An assembly machine includes a support structure having a plurality of selectively moveable support members that facilitate manually manipulating a tool relative to a work piece. A controller continuously gathers position information regarding the support members to... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7783373 | Debug method for determining excursive machines in a manufacturing process A process debug method used to identify at least one excursive machine in a manufacturing process comprising the following steps: First, a series of validity identification data is collected, and the serial validity identification data is associated with its pathway... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7706906 | Work management support method and work management support system which use sensor nodes A sensor net system including: a sensor node which includes: a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker; a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and a server which includes: a relation list for correlating the sensor data with work ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7440812 | Component mounting apparatus, service providing device and servicing method A method for monitoring a mounting tact of a component mounting apparatus including a component supplier for supplying a component and a component holder for holding the component from the component supplying device and mounting the component onto a circuit board. T... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426419 | Scheduling system and method Photolithography operation in a wafer fab using relative weightings of work in progress to iteratively schedule wafers. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7398132 | Method and system for analyzing throughput Described is a method and system for analyzing throughput of a production line. The method includes selecting among the stations, a set of susceptible stations that are affected by at least one selected event, ranking the susceptible stations with respect to a selec... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395129 | Method for optimization of an order of component mounting, apparatus using the same, and mounter An optimizing apparatus for optimizing a mounter equipped with a line gang pickup head which picks up a plurality of components and mounts them on a board. The apparatus includes a nozzle set determination unit for determining a nozzle set which reduces a mounting t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7366579 | Work management support method and work management support system which use sensor nodes A system which strengthens cooperation among workers in a business organization through flexible real-time communications and also allows interactive real-time data communications between the head of the organization (manager) and workers, thereby promoting communic... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353379 | Methods for configuring a plasma cluster tool A method for configuring a plasma cluster tool is disclosed. The method includes generating a key file from option specifications, the key file encapsulating configuration restrictions specifically imposed on the plasma cluster tool. The method also includes generat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349746 | System and method for abnormal event detection in the operation of continuous industrial processes Thousands of process and equipment measurements are gathered by the modern digital process control systems that are deployed in refineries and chemical plants. Several years of these data are historized in databases for analysis and reporting. These databases can be... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346413 | Productivity for tool having plurality of processing modules Method, system and program product are disclosed for determining productivity for a tool including a plurality of processing modules. The invention provides an understanding of a relationship between measured variables and overall tool speed by calculating computati... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343353 | Method to turn off machines during-turn down period while achieving minimum cost and required cycle time A method and system for determining which machine tools to turn off during slow periods to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum cycle time increase. It uses a product demand forecast and a simplified approach to the X-factor theory to provide an objective, anal... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331244 | Stamping press line simulation device and method An apparatus and method for testing a stamping press die that has includes a plurality of mechanical devices. The apparatus includes a plurality of pneumatic connections for supplying pressurized air to each of the plurality of mechanical devices; a plurality of val... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7317961 | Substrate processing apparatus and method of transporting substrates and method of processing substrates in substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of cells each including a predetermined processing unit, a transport mechanism, and a cell controller. The cell controller independently controls operations in each cell in accordance with transport setting and p... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7272461 | Work data collection method A work data collection method is provided. The method includes photographing through a video camera a series of different jobs done by at least a worker, to record video signal of said jobs on a memory device of said video camera; inputting a break point signal in s... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257513 | Performance monitoring system and method A system and method for monitoring the performance of at least one machine operator, the system comprising at least one measuring device for measuring at least one machine parameter during operation of the machine by the operator, a server (8) for generating ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245978 | Managing apparatus for managing assisting work to assist substrate-related-work performing system, and managing program for managing assisting work to assist substrate-related-work performing system Assisting-work management apparatus and an assisting-work management program for performing the assisting work in a substrate work machine system efficiently by a plurality of workers. A worker determining section (140) determines a worker to perform an objec... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242994 | Method and system of production planning Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-aided production planning method and system for accurately and quickly drafting a production plan for a given period for a production system employing a production line with a salvage process. In one embodiment, the me... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233971 | System and method for analyzing work activity and valuing human capital A system and method for obtaining information about the work activities of an employee includes providing a site accessible to the employee over a network, creating a profile of the work activities of the employee at the site, and calculating a value for the profile... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221988 | Creation and display of indices within a process plant A process control system uses an asset utilization expert to collect data or information pertaining to the assets of a process plant from various sources or functional areas of the plant including, for example, the process control functional areas, the maintenance f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221993 | Systems and methods for transferring small lot size substrate carriers between processing tools In a first aspect, a method of managing work in progress within a small lot size semiconductor device manufacturing facility is provided. The first method includes providing a small lot size semiconductor device manufacturing facility having (1) a plurality of proce... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218981 | Dispatch integration system and method based on semiconductor manufacturing A dispatch integration method based on semiconductor manufacturing. When multiple tools are idle, idle messages are sent to a real-time dispatch system through a tool control system and a manufacturing execution system. The real-time dispatch system sorts tool param... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209859 | Method and apparatus for sequentially collecting and analyzing real time data with interactive monitoring A system, comprising a plurality of slave devices collecting real time data from process stations, a master device receiving the collected data from the plurality of slave devices, wherein the master device polls the plurality of slave devices in a predetermined ord... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203655 | Method and system for providing performance statistics to agents A method and a system for providing and presenting performance statistics to an agent. A further embodiment of the present invention provides performance comparison reporting between an agent and an agent data group and/or a management unit. This is achieved by coll... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7162319 | Manufacturing information and troubleshooting system and method Systems and methods for providing alarming indications and troubleshooting indications and actions in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162320 | Assembly line quality control Disclosed herein is a method of controlling an assembly line, comprising the steps of providing an article assembly line; designating, on the assembly line, an upstream processing station and a downstream processing station; delivering a first article to the upstrea... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146239 | Methods and systems for coordinating customized manufacturing of consumer products There are provided methods and systems for manufacturing consumer products such as clothing. In accordance with the invention, customer measurements and preferences are collected by a unique, small-footprint or private custom clothing shop. These measurements and pr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139719 | System for scheduling product planning A product development scheduler uses a distributed, constraint based system for modeling allocation of resources. All resources for all active development projects are provided at a central location, so that resources are not allocated twice across different project... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136825 | Work assignment system and method, distributed client/server system, and computer program storage A work assignment system for assigning and composing a work formed from a plurality of work standards to a plurality of stations. A display displays the names of the plurality of work standards as composition targets. A composition condition is input. The plurality ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130708 | Draw-in map for stamping die tryout Sheet metal forming is a manufacturing process in which flat sheet metal is drawn into a die cavity to form a product shape. Draw-in amount is the single most important stamping index that controls all forming characteristics (strains and stresses), formability fail... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117057 | Yield patrolling system A yield patrolling system, which monitors production yield of a manufacturing line, has at least one product measurement and test device. The product measurement and test device measures yield determining parameters of product at completion of process steps executed... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113839 | System for providing indexed machine utilization metrics A system and method for providing indexed work machine utilization data. The system implementing the method includes an operator identification device for identifying an operator of a work machine based on operator identification data and a work data collection devi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103437 | Work data collection method There is disclosed a work data collection method. In a darkroom, a data collector (12) photographs a series of jobs through an infrared video camera (14) while observing the jobs being done by a worker (11) through a darkroom goggle. At each bre... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103439 | Method and apparatus for initializing tool controllers based on tool event data A method for initializing process controllers based on tool event data includes providing a tool having a process controller adapted to employ a control model to control an operating recipe of the tool; receiving a tool event notification; and initializing the contr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099726 | Production planning system The production of semiconductor devices manufactured through a plurality of manufacturing sites is unitarily managed and an appropriate production plan is instructed. A computer projects a production plan of an entire company based on various information. The produc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099730 | Terminal table unit A terminal table unit is associated with an output apparatus such as valves and solenoids and an input apparatus such as switches and includes not only a main body with a control device and a memory device but also a cassette with a memory medium that is detachably ... | 08/29/2006 |
