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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06393 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application relates to a method and apparatus for estimating throughput of a production line, the method including: a data obtaining step, a bottleneck work station selecting step, a first correcting step, a second correcting step as well as a throughput estimating step.