Time studies chronometer with generic descriptions
First Claim
1. A time studies chronometer with a changeable display wherein:
- (a) for each task of a plurality of observed tasks, the display presents a plurality of generic task description options to describe the task, and (b) the chronometer accepts input from a user to select one of said task description options for the task.
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Abstract
A time studies chronometer presents to a user generic descriptions for the user to choose from to describe each task observed by the user. By employing generic descriptions, data collected for each task is automatically given a tag (meta-data) so that all tasks of a single generic description can be processed together for presentation or computation. Tasks are organized in a hierarchy of processes (task series) which are organized in a hierarchy of studies. For the process description and the study description the user is also presented with generic descriptions from which to choose so that the process data and the study data also have tags (meta-data) that can be used for processing the data. The use of pre-specified generic descriptions greatly speeds up the time study process.
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94 Claims
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1. A time studies chronometer with a changeable display wherein:
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(a) for each task of a plurality of observed tasks, the display presents a plurality of generic task description options to describe the task, and (b) the chronometer accepts input from a user to select one of said task description options for the task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 17. A data carrier containing a plurality of generic task description options to describe a task to be observed in a time study, for copying into a time studies chronometer with a changeable display for presenting the options on the display.
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21. A time studies chronometer with a changeable display wherein:
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(a) for each of a plurality of tasks to be observed, the display presents a plurality of generic task characterization options to characterize a task, and (b) the chronometer accepts input from a user to select one of said task characterization options. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A time studies chronometer with a changeable display wherein:
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(a) for each series of tasks of a plurality of series of tasks, the display presents a plurality of generic task series description options to describe the task series, and (b) the chronometer accepts input from a user to select one of said task series description options for the task series. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A time studies chronometer with a changeable display wherein:
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(a) before commencing a time study, the display presents a plurality of generic study description options to describe the study to be done, and (b) the chronometer accepts input from a user to select one of said study description options. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A time studies chronometer with a changeable display wherein:
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(a) for a task series to be observed as part of a time study, the display presents a plurality of task series description options to describe the task series, (b) upon receipt of input from a user selecting a task series, the display presents a plurality of task description options to describe a task, and (c) the chronometer accepts input from a user to select one of said task description options for the task. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A time studies chronometer with one or more inputs for receiving task designations, task series designations, and mark time events wherein:
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(a) input task designations are grouped into a plurality of input task series designations, (b) mark time events are received designating commencement and finish of tasks, (c) a mark time event is received designating finish of each of two or more series of tasks, and (d) for each of the two or more series of tasks, the chronometer measures a time duration. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A method in a time studies chronometer for capturing inspection method data for one or more tasks, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a mark time event designating commencement of a task, (b) receiving inspection method data input on the chronometer;
(c) receiving a mark time event designating finish of the task, and (d) storing in a memory said inspection method data and, associated with said inspection method data, time data indicating duration of the task. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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83. A method in a time studies chronometer system for generating a work sheet for a task, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving standard text for presentation on a worksheet;
(b) receiving a task name and description for a task;
(c) receiving a mark time event designating commencement of the task;
(d) receiving a mark time event designating finish of the task;
(e) storing in a memory said task name and description and, associated with said task name and description, time data indicating duration of the task; and
(f) generating data representing a worksheet document for the task comprising the standard text, the task name and description, and duration of the task. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A method in a software based time studies chronometer with a display and a multi-tasking operating system for simultaneously capturing data for two or more time studies, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving user input instructing the time studies chronometer to commence a first time study and, in response, running a first instance of a time study software module which presents information in a first window on the display;
(b) while the first instance remains operational, receiving user input instructing the time studies chronometer to commence a second time study and, in response, running a second instance of a time study software module which presents information in a second window on the display;
(c) upon receipt of user input designating one of the windows, causing the display to present the information of the designated window; and
(d) while the first window is displayed, entering mark time events received by the chronometer in a data record for the first time study and, while the second window is displayed, entering mark time events received by the chronometer in a data record for the second time study. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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