INFORMATION COLLECTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION COLLECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20150278721A1
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: smart-FOA Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: smart-FOA Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Oku, Masaharu
• Application Number:
  US14/351,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20150278721A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4183 characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2291 User-Defined Types; Storage management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A searching unit for searching each supplementary information from a database, and a reconfiguring unit for adding the searched supplementary information to the job-site data and reconfiguring event information for each individual product and each manufacturing process are provided. The searching unit searches for other kinds of supplementary information by various combinations in the job-site data included in the event information reconfigured by the reconfiguring unit and each of the added supplementary information as a search key, and the reconfiguring unit sequentially adds the supplementary information sequentially searched by the searching unit to the event information. Moreover, a tracking information generating unit is provided for generating event tracking information in which each of the event information in each manufacturing process of the same individual product is collected and integrated.

Claims

1. An information collecting system connected to each of data generating apparatuses which generates job-site data of each manufacturing process for each individual product via a network, comprising:

a first storage storing a dictionary defining a type of each of supplementary information to be added to the job-site data;

a database storing the supplementary information having various contents;

a searching section searching for each of the supplementary information from the database in accordance with the dictionary;

a reconfiguring section reconfiguring event information of each of the individual products and each of the manufacturing processes by adding each of the searched supplementary information to the job-site data and; and

a second storage accumulating the event information, wherein

the searching section makes the search for the supplementary information by using a combination according to a type defined in the dictionary in the job-site data included in the event information reconfigured by the reconfiguring section and each of the added supplementary information as a search key;

the reconfiguring section sequentially adds the supplementary information sequentially searched by the searching section to the event information; and

a tracking information generating section is further provided which generates event tracking information in which each of event information of each manufacturing process of the same individual product is collected from the second storage and integrated.

2. The information collecting system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a third storage storing type information of the event information to be integrated into the event tracking information, wherein

the tracking information generating section collects the event information indicated by the type information stored in the third storage from the second storage and integrates the same.

3. The information collecting system according to claim 2, wherein

in the dictionary stored by the first storage, a type indicating individual identification information of a component or a material used in a product in a manufacturing process from which the event information originates is defined as supplementary information to be added to the job-site data;

the reconfiguring section adds the individual identification information to the event information; and

the tracking information generating section repeats collection of the event information by using the individual identification information as a search key and collection of the event information by using the individual identification information similarly included in the collected event information as the search key and collects each of the event information of each manufacturing process of the same individual product.

4. The information collecting system according to claim 3, wherein

the third storage stores the type information of the event information having the same individual identification information in association by a link;

and

the tracking information generating section specifies the type information of the event information to be subsequently collected by following the link and collects the event information to be subsequently collected by using the same individual identification information as a search key.

5. The information collecting system according to claim 4, wherein

the second storage stores the event information for each of the type information;

and

the tracking information generating section uses only the event information corresponding to the specified type information as a search target.

6. The information collecting system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display displaying a screen for selecting the type information to be stored in the third storage; and

an operating section for operating the display screen.

7. An information collecting method of an information collecting system connected to each of data generating apparatuses which generates job-site data of each manufacturing process for each individual product via a network,

the information collecting system including:

a first storage storing a dictionary defining a type of each of supplementary information to be added to the job-site data;

a database storing the supplementary information having various contents; and

a second storage, comprising;

a searching step of searching each of the supplementary information from the database in accordance with the dictionary;

an event information generating step of adding each of the searched supplementary information to the job-site data and reconfiguring event information of each individual product and each manufacturing process; and

a storage step of accumulating the event information in the second storage are executed, wherein

in the searching step, a search is made for the supplementary information by using a combination according to a type defined in the dictionary in the job-site data included in the event information reconfigured in the event information generating step and each of the added supplementary information as a search key;

in the event information generating step, the supplementary information sequentially searched by the searching section is sequentially added to the event information; and

event tracking information in which each of the event information of each manufacturing process of the same individual product is collected from the storage and integrated is further executed.

8. The information collecting method according to claim 7, wherein

the information collecting system further includes a third storage storing type information of the event information to be integrated into the event tracking information;

and

the tracking information generating step collects the event information indicated by the type information stored in the third storage from the second storage and integrates the same.

9. The information collecting method according to claim 8, wherein

in the dictionary stored in the first storage, the type indicating the individual identification information of a component or a material used in a product in the manufacturing process from which the event information originates is defined as the supplementary information to be added to the job-site data;

in the event information generating step, the individual identification information is added to the event information; and

in the tracking information generating step, collection of the event information by using the individual identification information as a search key and collection of the event information by using the individual identification information similarly included in the collected event information as the search key are repeated so as to collect each of the event information of each manufacturing process of the same individual product.

10. The information collecting method according to claim 9, wherein

the third storage stores the type information of the event information having the same individual identification information in association by a link;

and

the tracking information generating step specifies the type information of the event information to be subsequently collected by following the link and collects the event information to be subsequently collected by using the same individual identification information as a search key.

11. The information collecting method according to claim 10, wherein

the second storage stores the event information for each of the type information;

and

the tracking information generating step uses only the event information corresponding to the specified type information as a search target.

12. The information collecting method according to claim 7, wherein

a display screen for selecting the type information to be stored in the third storage is displayed on the display screen;

and the type information is stored in the third storage in accordance with an operation on the display screen.

13. A computer-accessible storage medium storage recording a program, which allows an information collecting system connected to each of data generating apparatuses which generates job-site data of each manufacturing process for each individual product via a network, including:

a first storage storing a dictionary defining a type of each of supplementary information to be added to the job-site data;

a database storing the supplementary information having various contents; and

a second storage, to execute;

a searching step of searching each of the supplementary information from the database in accordance with the dictionary;

an event information generating step of adding each of the searched supplementary information to the job-site data and of reconfiguring event information of each individual product and each manufacturing process; and

a storage step of accumulating the event information in the second storage, wherein

in the searching step, a search is made for the supplementary information by using a combination according to a type defined in the dictionary in the job-site data included in the event information reconfigured in the event information generating step and each of the added supplementary information as a search key;

in the event information generating step, the supplementary information sequentially searched by the searching section is sequentially added to the event information; and

a tracking information generating step of generating the event tracking information in which each of the event information of each manufacturing process of the same individual product is collected from the storage and integrated is further executed.

14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein

the information collecting system further includes a third storage storing type information of the event information to be integrated into the event tracking information;

and

the tracking information generating step collects the event information indicated by the type information stored in the third storage from the second storage and integrates the same.

15. The storage medium according to claim 14, wherein

in the dictionary stored in the first storage, the type indicating the individual identification information of a component or a material used in a product in the manufacturing process from which the event information originates is defined as the supplementary information to be added to the job-site data;

in the event information generating step, the individual identification information is added to the event information; and

in the tracking information generating step, collection of the event information by using the individual identification information as a search key and collection of the event information by using the individual identification information similarly included in the collected event information as the search key are repeated so as to collect each of the event information of each manufacturing process of the same individual product.

16. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein

the third storage stores the type information of the event information having the same individual identification information in association by a link;

and

the tracking information generating step specifies the type information of the event information to be subsequently collected by following the link and collects the event information to be subsequently collected by using the same individual identification information as a search key.

17. The storage medium according to claim 16, wherein

the second storage stores the event information for each of the type information;

and

the tracking information generating step uses only the event information corresponding to the specified type information as a search target.

18. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein

a display screen for selecting the type information to be stored in the third storage is displayed on a display screen and the type information is stored in the third storage in accordance with an operation on the display screen.