Equipment tutorial review audit

• US 10,539,943 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2017
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Michalscheck, Jimi, Michalscheck, Kelly
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US15/418,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20170148335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/05 Programmable logic controllers, e.g. simulating logic interconnections of signals according to ladder diagrams or function charts
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/13174 Pc, computer connected to plc to simulate machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2443 Stored procedures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

For equipment tutorial review audit, a processor synchronizes a plurality of equipment tutorials to a mobile device. Each equipment tutorial corresponds to an equipment instance of a plurality of equipment instances of specific equipment and each equipment instance corresponds to an equipment reference code. The processor receives a first equipment reference code for a first equipment instance at the mobile device. The processor retrieves a first equipment tutorial of the plurality of equipment tutorials that is indexed to the first equipment reference code at the mobile device. The processor displays the first equipment tutorial on the mobile device. In addition, the processor records a review of the first equipment tutorial by an operator to an audit report.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

synchronizing, by use of a processor, a plurality of equipment tutorials to a mobile device through a network, wherein each equipment tutorial corresponds to an equipment instance of a plurality of equipment instances of specific equipment and each equipment instance corresponds to an equipment reference code;

receiving a first equipment reference code for a first equipment instance at the mobile device;

retrieving a first equipment tutorial of the plurality of equipment tutorials that is indexed to the first equipment reference code to the mobile device;

displaying the first equipment tutorial on the mobile device;

communicating a procedure question;

receiving a procedure answer in response to the procedure question;

generating a progress report based on at least one of the procedure step and the procedure answer;

generating a process certification in response to at least one of the procedure step and the procedure answer exceeding a certification threshold;

recording a review of the first equipment tutorial by an operator to an audit report; and

communicating the process certification through the network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first equipment tutorial comprises one or more of text instructions, hypertext instructions, audio instructions, video instructions, and image instructions for performing one or more operations using the first equipment instance.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising recording an audit status comprising the review of the first equipment tutorial.

4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising receiving an attestation to the audit report from an auditor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the procedure question is communicated by displaying a written question, presenting a video question, presenting an audio question, and/or presenting a computer-simulation question.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the procedure question is related to an instruction step of the first equipment tutorial.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the procedure question is about a procedure step of the first equipment instance.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory storing code executable by the processor to perform;

synchronizing a plurality of equipment tutorials to a mobile device through a network, wherein each equipment tutorial corresponds to an equipment instance of a plurality of equipment instances of specific equipment and each equipment instance corresponds to an equipment reference code;

receiving a first equipment reference code for a first equipment instance at the mobile device;

retrieving a first equipment tutorial of the plurality of equipment tutorials that is indexed to the first equipment reference code to the mobile device;

displaying the first equipment tutorial on the mobile device;

communicating a procedure question;

receiving a procedure answer in response to the procedure question, procedure answer;

generating a process certification in response to at least one of the procedure step and the procedure answer exceeding a certification threshold;

recording a review of the first equipment tutorial by an operator to an audit report; and

communicating the process certification through the network.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first equipment tutorial comprises one or more of text instructions, hypertext instructions, audio instructions, video instructions, and image instructions for performing one or more operations using the first equipment instance.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, the processor further recording an audit status comprising the review of the first equipment tutorial.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, the processor further receiving an attestation to the audit report from an auditor.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the procedure question is communicated by displaying a written question, presenting a video question, presenting an audio question, and/or presenting a computer-simulation question.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the procedure question is related to an instruction step of the first equipment tutorial.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the procedure question is about a procedure step of the first equipment instance.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor to perform:

synchronizing a plurality of equipment tutorials to a mobile device through a network, wherein each equipment tutorial corresponds to an equipment instance of a plurality of equipment instances of specific equipment and each equipment instance corresponds to an equipment reference code;

receiving a first equipment reference code for a first equipment instance at the mobile device;

retrieving a first equipment tutorial of the plurality of equipment tutorials that is indexed to the first equipment reference code to the mobile device;

displaying the first equipment tutorial on the mobile device;

communicating a procedure question;

receiving a procedure answer in response to the procedure question;

generating a progress report based on at least one of the procedure step and the procedure answer;

generating a process certification in response to at least one of the procedure step and the procedure answer exceeding a certification threshold;

recording a review of the first equipment tutorial by an operator to an audit report; and

communicating the process certification through the network.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first equipment tutorial comprises one or more of text instructions, hypertext instructions, audio instructions, video instructions, and image instructions for performing one or more operations using the first equipment instance.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, the processor further recording an audit status comprising the review of the first equipment tutorial.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, the processor further receiving an attestation to the audit report from an auditor.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the procedure question is communicated by displaying a written question, presenting a video question, presenting an audio question, and/or presenting a computer-simulation question.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the procedure question is related to an instruction step of the first equipment tutorial.