Graphical user interface shop floor control system
May 29, 2018. 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 ReferencesFactory floor operator interface console Database access machine for factory automation network Integrated manufacturing system Apparatus and method for viewing relationships in a factory management system Integrated manufacturing system Object-oriented architecture for factory floor management Neural network system and method for factory floor scheduling Automated shop floor control system and method of operation thereof Object-oriented architecture for factory floor management Icon based process design and control system InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 086718 filed on 05/29/1998US Classes:700/108Performance monitoringExaminersPrimary: Gordon, Paul P.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 019/00AbstractA graphical user interface shop floor control system includes one or more of factory screens, shop floor screens, machine status screens, a material/parts container screens, machine login screens, new production screens, and machine maintenance screens. The factory screen graphically represents a factory. The shop floor screens represent different shop floors or other areas of the factory. These areas of the factory are represented by selectable icons, positioned within the factory screen at locations corresponding to the locations of the represented areas within the factory. Each shop floor screen depicts the general appearance of one of the areas of the factory and the factory elements of that area of the factory. Icons representing factory elements are positioned within the shop floor screens at locations corresponding to the locations of the represented factory elements within the corresponding shop floor. Icons representing machines and storage locations include graphics depicting the appearance of the represented machine or storage location. The shop floor screens include status buttons. Selecting a status button and a machine icon assigns the selected status to the machine represented by the selected machine icon, and color codes that icon. Containers of parts are associated with the various machines. Their movement around the shop floors is controlled by scanning bar code labels associated with the containers. Animations of the movement of the containers is displayed to indicate that the movement of the container has been recorded. Animations can also be provided for the machine icons based upon their status.Other References
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