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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Jiajing Guo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Liang Gou, San Jose, CA (US);
Samuel Kimport, Campbell, CA (US);
Liu Ren, Saratoga, CA (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
In some implementations, the device may receive, for a plurality of stations, processing times indicating a time required for a part to be processed by each station, and waiting times indicating how long the part waited before moving to a subsequent one of the plurality of stations. In addition, the device may determine, cycle times for a predetermined window of time, where the cycle times indicates an average number of parts processed by the plurality of stations during the predetermined window of time. The device may determine one of the stations as a potential bottleneck station. Moreover, the device may display, to a user, the potential bottleneck station as a visualization which includes the processing time, the waiting time, and the cycle time of the potential bottleneck station. Also, the device may receive, from the user, a user feedback related to the potential bottleneck station.