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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:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446807 ; 36446806 ;
Abstract
A production control is applied to control a production machine for producing a product from a material in a process divided into a plurality of steps. The execution numbers are counted on a per-step basis. A priority order is allocated on the basis of the counted execution numbers. The information relating to the priority order is output to the production machine. The production machine can select the next step in accordance with the input priority order. The execution numbers can be properly controlled by such control method on the per-step basis.