The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Robert Bruce Tilove, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Bangalore, IN;
Stephan R. Biller, Birmingham, MI (US);
Robert Bruce Tilove, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Bangalore, IN;
Stephan R. Biller, Birmingham, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Manufacturing facility process optimization includes monitoring communication signals within a facility device network, analyzing work station specific patterns in the communication signals, developing operational dependencies for work stations based upon the work station specific patterns, and predictively evaluating impacts to the work stations of the proposed configuration of the manufacturing facility process based upon the operational dependencies.