COMBINED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20090192646A1
• Filed: 03/10/2008
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Song, Keun-An
• Application Number:
  US12/045,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20090192646A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A combined management system includes: a factory server; at least one terminal in communication with a user, such as a consumer or a specialist; and a central server in communication with the factory server and the terminal, for determining, based on signals received from the factory server, whether a malfunction occurs in a factory, and connecting the terminal with the factory server if a malfunction does occur.

Claims

1. A combined management system comprising:

a factory server;

at least one terminal configured to communicate with a user; and

a central server in communication with the factory server and the terminal, and configured to determine, based on signals received from the factory server, whether a malfunction occurs in a factory, and connecting the terminal with the factory server if the malfunction does occur.

2. The combined management system of claim 1, further comprising a member selected from the group consisting of:

a camera for detecting images in the factory, in communication with the factory server;

an information sensor for detecting information of components used in the factory, in communication with the factory server;

a malfunction sensor for detecting the malfunction, in communication with the factory server; and

combinations thereof.

3. The combined management system of claim 1, wherein the central server comprises a malfunction diagnosis database, wherein causes, states, and solutions of possible malfunctions are stored in the malfunction diagnosis database.

4. The combined management system of claim 2, wherein each of the components is associated with an identifier, and the information sensor detects the identifiers.

5. The combined management system of claim 4, wherein the identifier comprises a bar code.

6. The combined management system of claim 2, wherein a malfunction is determined if a location of one of the components does not change for a predetermined time.

7. The combined management system of claim 3, wherein the central server outputs the solution to the malfunction stored in the malfunction diagnosis database to the factory server if the cause and the state of the malfunction are stored in the malfunction diagnosis database.

8. The combined management system of claim 3, wherein the central server receives input from the user through the terminal and outputs the input to the factory server if the cause and the state of malfunction of the machines are not stored in the malfunction diagnosis database.

9. The combined management system of claim 1, wherein the terminal can receive complaints from a consumer.

10. The combined management system of claim 9, wherein the central server further comprises a complaint database, wherein the complaints, and solutions to the complaints, are stored in the complaint database.

11. The combined management system of claim 10, wherein the central server outputs the solutions stored in the complaint database to the terminal if the complaints of the consumer are stored in the complaint database.

12. The combined management system of claim 10, wherein the central server receives solutions to the complaints through another terminal and outputs the solutions to the terminal that is accessible to the consumer if the complaints of the consumer are not stored in the complaint database.

13. The combined management system of claim 1, wherein the central server further comprises a member selected from the group consisting of:

a production database for storing information about production of goods in the factory and stock of components used in the factory;

a sales database for storing information about sales volume of the goods;

a transport database for storing information about transport states of the goods and/or the components; and

combinations thereof.