IP Library Granted Patent US 12699362
Granted Patent B2
US 12699362 · App. 18/218,153 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Production line control device, production line control method, and production line control system

Inventor: Daisuke Osagawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
G05B13/0265
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Patent No.
US 12699362
App. No.
18/218,153
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A production line control device includes: an input unit to receive user identification information and product identification information; an authentication unit to authenticate the user identification information; an acquisition unit to acquire a production condition for producing a product associated with the product identification information and the user identification information; a modification unit to generate a modified production condition by modifying the production condition acquired by the acquisition unit; a supply instruction unit to instruct a material supply device corresponding to the modified production condition to supply a material corresponding to the modified production condition; a processing instruction unit to instruct a processing device corresponding to the modified production condition to process a material corresponding to the modified production condition; and a storage instruction unit to instruct a product storage device corresponding to the modified production condition to store a product.

Claims (46)

1 . A production line control device to control a production line shared by a plurality of users and having a material supply device that supplies a stored material, a processing device that processes the material supplied from the material supply device, and a product storage device that stores a product processed by the processing device, the production line control device comprising:

an input unit comprising a communication interface to receive user identification information of the plurality of users and product identification information indicating a product to be produced in the production line from each of a plurality of user terminals connected via a network;

a processor to execute a program; and

a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of,

authenticating the user identification information received by the input unit,

acquiring production conditions for each of the material supply device the processing device and the product storage device, for producing a product associated with the product identification information received by the input unit and the authenticated user identification information,

generating modified production conditions by modifying the acquired production conditions for each of the material supply device, the processing device and the product storage device,

instructing the material supply device to supply a material corresponding to the modified production condition for the material supply device,

instructing the processing device to process a material corresponding to the modified production condition for the processing device, and

instructing the product storage device to store a product corresponding to the generated modified production condition for the product storage device, wherein

the authentication of the received user identification information, by the processor, permits a sequential performance of the instructing the material supply device to supply the material, the instructing the processing device to process the material, and the instructing the product storage device to store the product.

2 . The production line control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the material supply device has a lock mechanism to execute locking against putting in and taking out of the material, and

the production line control device instructs, using the authenticated user identification information, the material supply device corresponding to the modified production condition to execute unlocking and then to supply the material.

3 . The production line control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the product storage device has a lock mechanism to execute locking against putting in and taking out of the product, and

the production line control device instructs, using the authenticated user identification information, the product storage device storing the product processed by the processing device to execute locking.

4 . The production line control device according to claim 3 , wherein the production line control device presents a proposed modification for the acquired production condition by using a learned model generated by machine learning based on a combination of environmental information affecting quality of the product and the modified production condition modified in accordance with the environmental information.

5 . The production line control device according to claim 2 , wherein the production line control device presents a proposed modification for the acquired production condition by using a learned model generated by machine learning based on a combination of environmental information affecting quality of the product and the modified production condition modified in accordance with the environmental information.

6 . The production line control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the product storage device has a lock mechanism to execute locking against putting in and taking out of the product, and

the production line control device instructs, using the authenticated user identification information, the product storage device storing the product processed by the processing device to execute locking.

7 . The production line control device according to claim 6 , wherein the production line control device presents a proposed modification for the acquired production condition by using a learned model generated by machine learning based on a combination of environmental information affecting quality of the product and the modified production condition modified in accordance with the environmental information.

8 . The production line control device according to claim 1 , wherein the production line control device presents a proposed modification for the acquired production condition by using a learned model generated by machine learning based on a combination of environmental information affecting quality of the product and the modified production condition modified in accordance with the environmental information.

9 . A production line control system comprising:

a production line shared by a plurality of users and having a material supply device that supplies a stored material, a processing device that processes the material supplied from the material supply device, and a product storage device that stores a product processed by the processing device; and

a control device including:

an input unit comprising a communication interface to receive user identification information of the plurality of users and product identification information indicating a product to be produced in the production line from each of a plurality of user terminals connected via a network;

a processor to execute a program; and

a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of,

authenticating the user identification information received by the input unit,

acquiring production conditions for each of the material supply device, the processing device and the product storage device, for producing a product associated with the product identification information received by the input unit and the authenticated user identification information,

generating modified production conditions by modifying the acquired production conditions for each of the material supply device, the processing device and the product storage device,

instructing the material supply device to supply a material corresponding to the modified production condition for the material supply device,

instructing the processing device to process a material corresponding to the modified production condition for the processing device, and

instructing the product storage device to store a product corresponding to the generated modified production condition for the product storage device, wherein

the authentication of the received user identification information, by the processor, permits a sequential performance of the instructing the material supply device to supply the material, the instructing the processing device to process the material, and the instructing the product storage device to store the product.

10 . A production line control method of controlling a production line shared by a plurality of users and having a material supply device that supplies a stored material, a processing device that processes the material supplied from the material supply device, and a product storage device that stores a product processed by the processing device, the production line control method comprising:

an input step of receiving user identification information of the plurality of users and product identification information indicating a product to be produced in the production line from each of a plurality of user terminals connected via a network;

an authentication step of authenticating the user identification information received in the input step;

an acquisition step of acquiring production conditions for each of the material supply device, the processing device and the product storage device, for producing a product associated with the product identification information received in the input step and the user identification information authenticated in the authentication step;

a modification step of generating-a modified production conditions by modifying the production conditions acquired in the acquisition step for each of the material supply device, the processing device and the product storage device;

a supply instruction step of instructing the material supply device to supply a material corresponding to the modified production condition for the material supply device;

a processing instruction step of instructing the processing device to process a material corresponding to the modified production condition for the processing device; and

a storage instruction step of instructing the product storage device to store a product corresponding to the generated modified production condition for the product storage device, wherein

the authentication of the received user identification information permits sequentially performing the instructing the material supply device to supply the material, the instructing the processing device to process the material, and the instructing the product storage device to store the product.