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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2009
Takeo Koishi, Mito, JP;
Yoshitomi Ookura, Mito, JP;
Kiyotaka Fujii, Hitachi, JP;
Teruhisa Koseki, Hitachi, JP;
Takeo Koishi, Mito, JP;
Yoshitomi Ookura, Mito, JP;
Kiyotaka Fujii, Hitachi, JP;
Teruhisa Koseki, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process control device includes a tracking controller receiving event information indicating that a product pass a predetermined location is received; a conductor unit for determining a corresponding process based on the event information; and a work instruction unit for issuing a work instruction for the product in the production line in response to the request from the conductor unit. The device further includes a work instruction past record control unit for controlling past record of the work instructions in response to an issue of the work instruction; a work instruction sequence order control unit for controlling a sequence order of the work instructions; and a work instruction sequence order storage for storing information of the sequence order of the work instructions to control the information of the sequence order of the work instructions in addition to the current location information of the product.