Engineering expert system
First Claim
1. An expert system for aiding engineering personnel in a contact lens manufacturing, comprising:
- a user interface for receiving a query from a user regarding an element of business entity'"'"'s industrial environment in which the user works in a contact lens manufacturing related capacity;
a database containing information describing aspects of elements of the business entity'"'"'s industrial environment; and
an inference engine subsystem for receiving the query via the user interface and obtaining solution information from the database by matching keyterms in the query, wherein the user interface outputs the solution information to the user.
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Abstract
An expert system aids engineering personnel working in a manufacturing or other industrial environment by answering questions relating to machines, processes, systems or other elements of the environment. Users can interact with the system using kiosks in the relevant areas of the plant to enter queries and receive answers. A user can enter a query in a natural language format, which the system parses for keywords or keyterms. The system can use a backward chaining method to reach a solution, based upon the user'"'"'s answer to further questions that the system asks the user.
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23 Claims
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1. An expert system for aiding engineering personnel in a contact lens manufacturing, comprising:
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a user interface for receiving a query from a user regarding an element of business entity'"'"'s industrial environment in which the user works in a contact lens manufacturing related capacity; a database containing information describing aspects of elements of the business entity'"'"'s industrial environment; and an inference engine subsystem for receiving the query via the user interface and obtaining solution information from the database by matching keyterms in the query, wherein the user interface outputs the solution information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 23)
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9-10. -10. (canceled)
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13. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium on which is recorded a computer program for aiding engineering personnel in a contact lens manufacturing, the computer program comprising:
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user interface code for receiving a query from a user regarding an element of a business entity'"'"'s industrial environment in which the user works in a contact lens manufacturing related capacity; database code containing information describing aspects of elements of the business entity'"'"'s industrial environment; and inference engine code for receiving the query via the user interface and obtaining solution information from the database by matching keyterms in the query, wherein the user interface outputs the solution information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22)
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20-21. -21. (canceled)
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