Method for monitoring a use of a surface processing apparatus and information system
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring a use of a surface processing apparatus, comprising:
- allocating a processing task to the surface processing apparatus, an expected time for execution being associated with the processing task;
transmitting, with a communications unit of the surface processing apparatus, a notification to an external receiving unit indicative of an operation of the surface processing apparatus at an operating time and therefore indicative of the execution of the processing task;
determining, at the receiving unit, whether the operating time lies before or, at the latest, at a specified or specifiable latest possible operation initiation time,wherein the duration from the operation initiation time to a specifiable or specified latest possible task completion time is at least as long as the expected time for execution of the processing task.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for monitoring a use of a surface processing apparatus to which a processing task is allocated. In accordance with the invention, in order to provide such a method that enables better monitoring of the execution of the processing task, the surface processing apparatus transmits a notification concerning the operation of the surface processing apparatus at an operating time to an external receiving unit, and, at the receiving unit, it is determined whether the operating time lies before or, at the latest, at a specified or specifiable latest possible operation initiation time, wherein the duration from the operation initiation time to a specifiable or specified latest possible task completion time is at least as long as the expected time for execution of the processing task. The invention further relates to an information system for carrying out the method.
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1. A method for monitoring a use of a surface processing apparatus, comprising:
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allocating a processing task to the surface processing apparatus, an expected time for execution being associated with the processing task; transmitting, with a communications unit of the surface processing apparatus, a notification to an external receiving unit indicative of an operation of the surface processing apparatus at an operating time and therefore indicative of the execution of the processing task; determining, at the receiving unit, whether the operating time lies before or, at the latest, at a specified or specifiable latest possible operation initiation time, wherein the duration from the operation initiation time to a specifiable or specified latest possible task completion time is at least as long as the expected time for execution of the processing task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An information system comprising:
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a surface processing apparatus to which a processing task is allocated, an expected time for execution being associated with the processing task, the surface processing apparatus comprising at least one functional tool; and an external receiving unit, wherein a notification indicative of an operation of the surface processing apparatus at an operating time and therefore indicative of the execution of the processing task is transmittable from the surface processing apparatus to the receiving unit via a communications unit of the surface processing apparatus, and wherein, at the receiving unit, it is determinable whether the operating time lies before or, at the latest, at a specified or specifiable latest possible operation initiation time, wherein the duration from the operation initiation time to a specifiable or specified latest possible task completion time is at least as long as the expected time for execution of the processing task. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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