Method for transforming original bill-of-material for printed circuit board into standard bill-of-material

• US 6,041,268 A
• Filed: 01/08/1999
• Issued: 03/21/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bellwave Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Daewoo Electronics (Government of South Korea)
• Inventors: Jin, Sang-Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Grant, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARC, MCDIEUNEL
• Application Number:
  US09/227,713
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 705/29, 700/106, 700/107, 257/469
• US Class Current: 700/107
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/086 Supply management, e.g. supply of components or of substrates

Abstract

In a programmed computer system with a display device for preparing a working plan for inserting a plurality of materials into a printed circuit board, a method for transforming an original bill-of-material made by a material supplier into a standard bill-of-material is disclosed. In the method, the original bill-of-material is stored in a first storage area of the programmed computer system, and then field configuration information of the original bill-of-material is registered. Next, a bill-of-material transforming command is inputted, and then in response to the bill-of-material transforming command, material information of the original bill-of-material stored in the first storage area is transformed into the standard bill-of-material. Finally, the transformed material information is stored in a second storage area assigned as a standard bill-of-material area.

Claims

1. In a programmed computer system having a display device for preparing a working plan for inserting a plurality of materials into a printed circuit board, a method for transforming an original bill-of-material made by a material supplier into a standard bill-of-material, comprising the steps of:

storing the original bill-of-material in a first storage area of the programmed computer system;

registering field configuration information of the original bill-of-material, the field configuration information including field division way information, field expression way information, field position information, and field length information;

inputting a bill-of-material transforming command;

in response to the bill-of-material transforming command, transforming material information of the original bill-of-material stored in the first storage area into the standard bill-of-material; and

storing the transformed material information in a second storage area allotted to a standard bill-of-material area.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

selecting a material supplier registration mode from a main menu screen displayed on the display device;

in response to the selection of the material supplier registration mode, displaying a material supplier registration window on the display device;

registering a material supplier in the material supplier registration window;

selecting a bill-of-material transformation setting button in the material supplier registration window; and

in response to the selection of the bill-of-material transformation setting button, displaying a bill-of-material transformation window on the display device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the field division way information can be set by the steps of:

displaying a first field representing that a tab key is used as a field divider and a second field representing that a space key is used as the field divider, where each of the first and second fields has a radio button, in the bill-of-material transformation window; and

selecting one button between the radio buttons of the first and second fields.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the field expression way information is used to represent on which basis the original bill-of-material is made between a material number and a material code.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the field expression way information can be set by the steps of:

displaying a third field representing that the original bill-of-material is made on a material number basis and a fourth field representing that the original bill-of-material is made on a material code basis, where each of the third and fourth fields has a radio button, in the bill-of-material transformation window; and

selecting one button between the radio buttons of the third and fourth fields.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the field configuration information further includes material number expression way information and line treatment way information, and the material number expression way information is used to represent that on which way multiple material numbers corresponding to a code is made between a consecutive expression way using

a tab, space, or comma divider and a consecutive expression way using a hyphen divider in a case that the original bill-of-material is made in a basis of the material code.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the line treatment way information is used to represent that on which way the original bill-of-material is made between a way of representing an item in multiple lines and a way of utilizing a blank line as a record divider in a case that the original bill-of-material is made in the material code basis.

8. In a programmed computer system having a display device for preparing a working plan for inserting a plurality of materials into a printed circuit board, a method for transforming an original bill-of-material made by a material supplier into a standard bill-of-material, comprising the steps of:

storing the original bill-of-material in a first storage area of the programmed computer system;

registering field configuration information of the original bill-of-material, the field configuration information including field division way information, field expression way information, field position information, and field length information;

inputting a bill-of-material transforming command;

in response to the bill-of-material transforming command, transforming material information of the original bill-of-material stored in the first storage area into the standard bill-of-material area; and

storing the transformed material information in a second storage area allotted to a standard bill-of-material area;

displaying a bill-of-material editing window on the display device;

selecting an edition button from the bill-of-material editing window; and

in response to the selection of the edition button, displaying an edition window for displaying the transformed standard bill-of-material.