OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20100333009A1
• Filed: 01/22/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Nippon Steel Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Nippon Steel Corporation)
• Inventors: Harada, Minoru, Sasaki, Eiichi, Oshita, Isao, Satou, Yukio, Shimoi, Shinichiroh
• Application Number:
  US12/735,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20100333009A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

An operation support apparatus includes a display device (16) displaying a setting screen including an operating instruction information setting section in which operating instruction information related to the operating instruction is set and an applicable condition setting section having a menu for setting an applicable condition when notifying the operating instruction information. A CPU (11) selects one item from display items in the menu based on an operating input by a PD (14), and performs control to change and display display items in a lower menu below the menu depending on the selected item.

Claims

1. An operation support apparatus for giving an operating instruction to workers in production processes on a production line to support operations on the production line, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit displaying a setting screen including an operating instruction information setting section in which operating instruction information related to the operating instruction is set and an applicable condition setting section having a menu for setting an applicable condition when notifying the operating instruction information to the workers;

a selecting unit selecting one item from display items in the menu based on an operating input; and

a display control unit performing control to change and display display items in a lower menu below the menu depending on the item selected by the selecting unit.

2. The operation support apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the applicable condition setting section is provided with an applicable condition setting field in which the applicable condition is set using one or more single setting items set with the menu and the lower menu,

the apparatus further comprising a setting unit setting the applicable condition based on a content of setting in the applicable condition setting field.

3. The operation support apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting screen further includes a timing/notification destination setting section in which a timing and a notification destination when notifying the operating instruction information to the workers are set,

the apparatus further comprising a notification processing unit performing processing to notify the operating instruction information to the notification destination and at the timing which are set in the timing/notification destination setting section when an applicable condition set in the applicable condition setting section is satisfied.

4. The operation support apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the setting screen is provided with a notification method setting field enabling setting of notification via display and sound at the notification destination as a method of the notification, and

wherein the notification processing unit performs processing to notify the operating instruction information at least via display or sound at the notification destination based on a content of setting in the notification method setting field.

5. The operation support apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting screen is provided with a reference button for referring to an operating file related to an operation of each production process on the production line,

the apparatus further comprising an obtaining processing unit performing processing to obtain, when a predetermined operating file is specified by an operating input via the reference button, the predetermined operating file from an operating file storage unit storing the operating file.

6. The operation support apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the setting unit stores information containing information related to the applicable condition as setting information in the setting information storage unit and sets the applicable condition.

7. An operation support method for giving an operating instruction to workers in production processes on a production line to support operations on the production line, the method comprising:

a display step of displaying on a display unit a setting screen including an operating instruction information setting section in which operating instruction information related to the operating instruction is set and an applicable condition setting section having a menu for setting an applicable condition when notifying the operating instruction information to the workers;

a selecting step of selecting one item from display items in the menu based on an operating input; and

a display control step of performing control to change and display display items in a lower menu below the menu depending on the item selected in the selecting step.

8. The operation support method according to claim 7,

wherein the applicable condition setting section is provided with an applicable condition setting field in which the applicable condition is set using one or more single setting items set with the menu and the lower menu,

the method further comprising a setting step of setting the applicable condition based on a content of setting in the applicable condition setting field.

9. The operation support method according to claim 7,

wherein the setting screen further includes a timing/notification destination setting section in which a timing and a notification destination when notifying the operating instruction information to the workers are set,

the method further comprising a notification processing step of performing processing to notify the operating instruction information to the notification destination and at the timing which are set in the timing/notification destination setting section when an applicable condition set in the applicable condition setting section is satisfied.

10. The operation support method according to claim 9,

wherein the setting screen is provided with a notification method setting field enabling setting of notification via display and sound at the notification destination as a method of the notification, and

wherein in the notification processing step, processing is performed to notify the operating instruction information at least via display or sound at the notification destination based on a content of setting in the notification method setting field.

11. The operation support method according to claim 7,

wherein the setting screen is provided with a reference button for referring to an operating file related to an operation of each production process on the production line,

the method further comprising an obtaining processing step of performing processing to obtain, when a predetermined operating file is specified by an operating input via the reference button, the predetermined operating file from an operating file storage unit storing the operating file.

12. The operation support method according to claim 8,

wherein in the setting step, information containing information related to the applicable condition is stored as setting information in the setting information storage unit and the applicable condition is set.

13. A computer program for causing a computer to execute an operation support method for giving an operating instruction to workers in production processes on a production line to support operations on the production line, the computer program causing a computer to execute:

a display step of displaying on a display unit a setting screen including an operating instruction information setting section in which operating instruction information related to the operating instruction is set and an applicable condition setting section having a menu for setting an applicable condition when notifying the operating instruction information to the workers;

a selecting step of selecting one item from display items in the menu based on an operating input; and

a display control step of performing control to change and display display items in a lower menu below the menu depending on the item selected in the selecting step.

14. The computer program according to claim 13,

wherein the applicable condition setting section is provided with an applicable condition setting field in which the applicable condition is set using one or more single setting items set with the menu and the lower menu,

the computer program further comprising a setting step of setting the applicable condition based on a content of setting in the applicable condition setting field.

15. The computer program according to claim 13,

wherein the setting screen further includes a timing/notification destination setting section in which a timing and a notification destination when notifying the operating instruction information to the workers are set,

the computer program further comprising a notification processing step of performing processing to notify the operating instruction information to the notification destination and at the timing which are set in the timing/notification destination setting section when an applicable condition set in the applicable condition setting section is satisfied.

16. The computer program according to claim 15,

wherein the setting screen is provided with a notification method setting field enabling setting of notification via display and sound at the notification destination as a method of the notification, and

wherein in the notification processing step, processing is performed to notify the operating instruction information at least via display or sound at the notification destination based on a content of setting in the notification method setting field.

17. The computer program according to claim 13,

wherein the setting screen is provided with a reference button for referring to an operating file related to an operation of each production process on the production line,

the computer program further comprising an obtaining processing step of performing processing to obtain, when a predetermined operating file is specified by an operating input via the reference button, the predetermined operating file from an operating file storage unit storing the operating file.

18. The computer program according to claim 14,

wherein in the setting step, information containing information related to the applicable condition is stored as setting information in the setting information storage unit and the applicable condition is set.