Inference planning system

Patent 5321620 Issued on June 14, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 7, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 116730 filed on 09/07/1993

US Classes:

700/104, Knowledge based (e.g., expert system)706/919Designing, planning, programming, CAD, CASE

Examiners

Primary: MacDonald, Allen R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Cushman, Darby & Cushman

Foreign Patent References

0153747 EP. 09/13/1985
2126762 GB. 03/13/1984
2136174 GB. 09/13/1984
2139787 GB. 11/13/1984
2145256 GB. 03/13/1985
2206713 GB. 01/13/1989
86/00735 WO. 01/13/1986

International Class

G06F 015/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1988-05-25 JP

Abstract

Data for production is input by and input device 3 and stored in a data base 1 for planning. Knowledge for planning is also input by the input device 3 and stored in a knowledge base 2 for planning. An inference engine 6 automatically makes and modifies the production plan. The plan made by the inference engine 6 is stored in a data base 17 of inference result. An intelligent editor 15 makes a plan free of inconsistencies through the input device 3. The inference result of planning of the intelligent editor is also stored in the data base 17 of inference result. Data in the data base 1 and in the data base 17 of inference result is either indicated on a display 16 or printed on paper by a printer 22. As a result, it is possible to make a reliable plan and realize planning having wide extent of utilization.

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