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Evaluation of output-producing asset productivity

  • US 10,332,057 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2015
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An output producing asset productivity evaluation device system comprising:

  • a first data acquisition device system comprising a first data processing device system, a first input-output device system communicatively connected to the first data processing device system, and a first processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the first data processing device system and storing a first program executable by the first data processing device system, the first input-output device system of the first data acquisition device system including a first display device; and

    a server device system communicatively connected to the first data acquisition device system and a first digital printing press, the server device system comprising a second data processing device system, a second input-output device system communicatively connected to the second data processing device system, and a second processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the second data processing device system and storing a second program executable by the second data processing device system,wherein the server device system is configured at least by the second program at least to;

    receive, via the second input-output device system, first asset input from the first digital printing press in response to occurrence of a first event at the first digital printing press in which one or more sensors of the first digital printing press indicate that the first digital printing press (a) is not operational or (b) has concluded a print job without any detected errors, the first asset input providing information about the first event; and

    store the first asset input in a database in association with an indication of the first event, the database stored by the second processor-accessible memory device system,wherein the first data acquisition device system is configured at least by the first program at least to;

    log in a first operator indicating operation of the first digital printing press by the first operator;

    cause the first display device to visually present a user interface linked to the first digital printing press and the logged-in first operator in a first state in which the first operator is logged in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press, the user interface including a plurality of user-selectable software keys each associated with one or more events associated with both the logged-in first operator and the first digital printing press in the first state;

    receive, via user-selection of a first particular software key of the plurality of user-selectable software keys in the first state in which the first operator is logged in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press, first operator input linked to the logged-in first operator due to the first state in which the first operator is logged-in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press, the first operator input indicating auxiliary information about the first event in which the one or more sensors of the first digital printing press indicate that the first digital printing press (a) is not operational or (b) has concluded the print job without any detected errors, the first particular software key associated with the logged-in first operator, the first event, and the first digital printing press in the first state in which the first operator is logged in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press, the auxiliary information providing information about the first event that is unavailable to the first digital printing press and, consequently, is not included in the first asset input;

    transmit, via the first input-output device system, the first operator input to the server device system; and

    log out the first operator indicating a conclusion of operation of the first digital printing press by the first operator,wherein the server device system is configured at least by the second program at least to;

    receive, via the second input-output device system, the first operator input from the first data acquisition device system; and

    store the first operator input in the database in association with the indication of the first event,wherein the first data acquisition device system is configured at least by the first program at least to;

    log in a second operator indicating operation of the first digital printing press by the second operator;

    cause the first display device to visually present the user interface linked to the first digital printing press and the logged-in second operator in a second state in which the second operator is logged in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press, each user-selectable software key of the plurality of user-selectable software keys associated with one or more events associated with both the logged-in second operator and the first digital printing press in the second state;

    receive, via user-selection of a second particular software key of the plurality of user-selectable software keys in the second state in which the second operator is logged in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press, second operator input linked to the logged-in second operator due to the second state in which the second operator is logged-in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press, the second operator input indicating auxiliary information about a second event occurring at the first digital printing press, the second event other than the first event, the second particular software key associated with the logged-in second operator, the second event, and the first digital printing press in the second state in which the second operator is logged in and the user interface is associated with the first digital printing press;

    transmit, via the first input-output device system, the second operator input to the server device system; and

    log out the second operator indicating a conclusion of operation of the first digital printing press by the second operator, andwherein the server device system is configured at least by the second program at least to;

    receive, via the second input-output device system, the second operator input from the first data acquisition device system;

    store the second operator input in the database in association with an indication of the second event;

    generate a first set of values of at least a first production-based metric associated with production by the first digital printing press based at least on the first asset input, the first operator input, and the second operator input stored in the database; and

    cause a display device to display a first graphical representation of information comparing productivity of the first digital printing press while under operation of the first operator to productivity of the first digital printing press while under operation of the second operator, based at least on the generated first set of values of the at least the first production-based metric.

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