Data integrate system and data integrate method

• US 7,055,096 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2002
• Issued: 05/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Namioka, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Herndon, Heather R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Peter J.
• Application Number:
  US10/134,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20020178192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 715/523, 715/524, 715/513
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation

Abstract

There is disclosed a translation apparatus 1 which obtains a plurality of data/information concerning a manufacturing managed by mutually different formats in a plurality of quality control apparatuses 5-1 to 5-n, integrates these data/information and translates the data/information into data/information to be handled in common in the plurality of quality control apparatuses 5-1 to 5-n.

Claims

1. A translation apparatus comprising:

a translation section which integrates a plurality of pieces of first information described in mutually different formats, and translates said plurality of pieces of first information into second information which is to be handled in common;

a translation method dictionary storing section which stores a translation method dictionary to translate at least said first information; and

a data/information definition dictionary storing section which stores a correspondence between a representing format of said first information and a representing format of said second information,

wherein said translation section includes;

a translation method dictionary interpretation section which applies said translation method dictionary to translation processing;

a data/information definition referring section which refers to said data/information definition dictionary;

a data/information generation section which sets said first information in the different formats to be in common based on said translation method dictionary and said data/information definition dictionary and prepares said second information; and

a data/information calculation section which applies various types of calculation processing to said first information in the different formats if necessary;

a translation method dictionary modification/consolidation section which modifies said translation method dictionary based on said first information when first information concerning a modification of said translation method dictionary is obtained in a process of translation of said first information;

a data/information separation section which prepares division information and adds the division information to said second information when it is necessary to divide a content of said first information and prepare a plurality of pieces of division information in the process of translation of said first information;

a data/information associating section which prepares related information to prepare a relation and adds said related information to said second information when the relation is generated among a plurality of pieces of second information, and between the pieces of second information and said second information already obtained in the process of translation of said first information;

a data/information integrate section which acquires second information from said second information already obtained and collected and integrates the acquired second information with said second information in the process of translation of said first information;

a data/information modification section which prepares modification information to modify said second information and adds said modification information to said second information when it is necessary to modify said second information already obtained in the process of translation of said first information;

a data/information consolidation section which adds consolidation information to consolidate said second information based on consolidation data/information concerning a consolidation of said second information already obtained, to said second information when the consolidation data/information is obtained in the process of translation of said first information; and

a data/information definition dictionary modification/consolidation section which modifies said data/information definition dictionary based on said first information when first information concerning a modification of said data/information definition dictionary is obtained in the process of translation of said first information.