METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING AN OPERATOR OF A PAPER FOLDING MACHINE

• US 20070094599A1
• Filed: 04/26/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag
• Original Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag
• Inventors: WAGNER, Dave, SLUSHER, Howard, PELLMAN, Mark, WALKER, Mark, NEWMAN, Dave
• Application Number:
  US11/380,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094599A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/705
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/502 relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/6582 Special processing for irreversibly adding or changing the sheet copy material characteristics or its appearance, e.g. stamping, annotation printing, punching
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00877 Folding device

Abstract

An interactive tutorial teaches an operator all of the required information needed to set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot a folding machine. The interactive tutorial includes graphic and text displays that provide all the necessary information to the operator or short videos to show exactly how an operation should be carried out. The tutorial preferably uses a touchscreen with buttons that allow the operator to select one from several displayed folder functions, see further information regarding a particular operation, or jump to another screen. In one embodiment, the displayed information in the tutorial is not used to control any functions of the folding machine and may include at least one of an operating manual, a maintenance procedure, and a troubleshooting operation. In another embodiment, the interactive tutorial can be upgraded and then connected to the folding machine after the training of the operator has been completed to control the functions of the folding machine using the displayed functions.

Claims

1. A computerized tutorial method for training an operator to operate a folding machine, comprising:

displaying on a display functions of the folding machine and information regarding the folding machine;

selecting one of the functions and information from the displayed functions and information based on input from the operator;

inputting, selecting, or retrieving data based on the selected one of the plurality of functions and information; and

operating the computerized tutorial in a state in which the computerized tutorial is disconnected from the folding machine so as not to control any functions of the folding machine.

2. The computerized tutorial method of claim 1, wherein the displayed information is not used to control the functions of the folding machine.

3. The computerized tutorial method of claim 2, wherein the displayed information is at least one of an operating manual, a maintenance procedure, and a troubleshooting operation.

4. The computerized tutorial method of claim 1, further comprising the step of, after the training of the operator has been completed, using the computerized tutorial method to control the folding machine using the functions provided in the computerized tutorial method.

5. The computerized tutorial method of claim 1, wherein the step of inputting, selecting or retrieving data is performed using a touch screen of the display.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the information includes videos which display various operations regarding the folding machine.

7. A system for training an operator to operate a folding machine, comprising:

a storage device in which functions of the folding machine and information regarding a folding machine are stored;

a display on which the functions of the folding machine and information regarding the folding machine are displayed; and

an input device provided to allow the operator to select one of the functions and information displayed on the display;

wherein

the system can be disconnected from the folding machine during the training of the operator during which the system does not control any functions of the folding machine and operates only as a tutorial.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the displayed information is not used to control the functions of the folding machine.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the displayed information is at least one of an operating manual, a maintenance procedure, and a troubleshooting operation.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the system can be connected to the folding machine after the training of the operator has been completed and can control the functions of the folding machine using the displayed functions.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the input device is a touch screen of the display.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the information includes videos which display various operations regarding the folding machine.

13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method, comprising:

displaying on a display functions of a folding machine and information regarding the folding machine;

selecting one of the functions and information from the displayed functions and information based on user input;

inputting, selecting, or retrieving data based on the selected one of the functions and information; and

tutoring the operator to operate a folding machine independent of the folding machine so as not to control any functions of the folding machine.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the displayed information is not used to control the functions of the folding machine.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the displayed information is at least one of an operating manual, a maintenance procedure, and a troubleshooting operation.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising the step of, after the training of the operator has been completed, controlling the functions of the folding machine using the displayed functions.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the information includes videos which display various operations regarding the folding machine.

18. A system for training an operator to operate a folding machine, comprising:

means for storing functions of the folding machine and information regarding the folding machine;

means for displaying functions of the folding machine and information regarding the folding machine; and

means for selecting a desired function of the folding machine or information regarding the folding machine in response to an input from the operator;

wherein

the system can be disconnected from the folding machine during the training of the operator during which the system does not control any functions of the folding machine and operates only as a tutorial.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the displayed information is not used to control the functions of the folding machine.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the displayed information is at least one of an operating manual, a maintenance procedure, and a troubleshooting operation.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the system can be connected to the folding machine after the training of the operator has been completed and can control the functions of the folding machine using the displayed functions.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the means for selecting is a touch screen of the display.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the information includes videos which display various operations regarding the folding machine.

24. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a selection device, a method of providing and selecting from a menu on the display, comprising:

displaying a menu of functions of a folding machine and information regarding the folding machine to an operator;

receiving a menu selection signal indicating which of the functions and information was selected with the selection device;

displaying data in response to the selected function or information; and

operating the computer system in a state in which the computer system is disconnected from the folding machine so that the computer system does not control the functions of the folding machine.