Apparatus and method for controlling and scheduling processing machines
Patent 5444632 Issued on August 22, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 28, 2014. 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.
April 28, 2014. 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.Patent ReferencesReal world modeling and control process Work scheduling method Modeling a factory with human operators and validating the model Expert system and method for batch production scheduling and planning Dynamic scheduling Method for calendaring future events in real-time Network management system Patent #: 5285494 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 234072 filed on 04/28/1994US Classes:700/100, Job scheduling257/E21.525Procedures, i.e., sequence of activities consisting of plurality of measurement and correction, marking or sorting steps (EPO)ExaminersPrimary: Envall, Roy N. Jr.Assistant: Garland, Steven R. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 019/00AbstractA method and apparatus selects a period of time for evaluating process resources and lots to be processed by the process resources. Selected lots and selected process resource are chosen that are available to be processed by the process resource and that are available to process the selected lots respectively. For each of the combination of selected process and selected lots a tool score and a lot score is determine and combined in order to select a winning score. The factory is controlled through the process resource in accordance with the winning score.Other References
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