IP Library Granted Patent US 8,271,119
Granted Patent B2
US 8,271,119 · App. 12/382,350 · Granted Sep 18, 2012

Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing system

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Patent No.
US 8,271,119
App. No.
12/382,350
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a substrate processing system which can cause different display portions to output different displays, and cause different operations to be carried out from different operation screens. A substrate processing system, on login information of a user being input from a main display device, refers to the login information, a user group parameter, with which is set a group to which the user belongs, and an authority parameter, which sets an authority of the group, and causes the main display device to display a main operation screen corresponding to the user, while it, on login information of a user being input from an external operating apparatus, causes an external display device to display an external parameter setting screen for setting an authority parameter of a group to which the user belongs, or to display an external operation screen corresponding to the group to which the user belongs.

Claims (31)

1. A substrate processing system comprising:

a controller which controls at least a substrate processing mechanism for processing a substrate;

a memory which stores an authority parameter, which regulates various operational authorities set in advance corresponding to a user who operates at least the substrate processing mechanism, and a function restriction parameter, which restricts a function which the user operates;

a first display portion which is disposed in a vicinity of the substrate processing mechanism;

a second display portion which is disposed in a position separated from the substrate processing mechanism; wherein the controller,

on login information of the user being input from the first display portion, collates the login information with the authority parameter stored in the memory, and uses the authority parameter to cause the first display portion to display an operation screen corresponding to an operational authority of the user, and

on login information of the user being input from the second display portion, compares the function restriction parameter set in advance in the memory with the authority parameter, specified in the login information corresponding to the operational authority of the user, and uses a matched operational authority based on the authority parameter and the function restriction parameter, to cause the second display portion to display an operation screen corresponding to the matched operational authority of the user.

2. A substrate processing apparatus comprising:

a controller, wherein the controller,

controls at least a substrate processing mechanism for processing a substrate,

is connected to a first display portion which is disposed in a vicinity of the substrate processing mechanism, and

is connected to a second display portion which is disposed in a position separated from the substrate processing mechanism; and

a memory which stores an authority parameter, which regulates various operational authorities set in advance corresponding to a user who operates at least the substrate processing mechanism and a function restriction parameter, which restricts a function which the user operates; wherein the controller,

on login information of the user being input from the first display portion, collates the login information with the authority parameter stored in the memory, and uses the authority parameter to cause the first display portion to display an operation screen corresponding to an operational authority of the user, and

on login information of the user being input from the second display portion, compares the function restriction parameter set in advance in the memory with the authority parameter, specified in the login information corresponding to the operational authority of the user, and uses a matched operational authority based on the authority parameter and the function restriction parameter, to cause the second display portion to display an operation screen corresponding to the matched operational authority of the user.

3. The substrate processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller can cause each of the first display portion and the second display portion to output a different display.

4. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller can cause each of the first display portion and the second display portion to output a different display.

5. The substrate processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller carries out a different control in response to each of an instruction from the first display portion and an instruction from the second display portion.

6. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller can cause each of the first display portion and the second display portion to output a different display.

7. The substrate processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller displays an authority setting screen for setting user's operational authority on the first display portion or the second display portion.

8. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller displays an authority setting screen for setting user's operational authority on the first display portion or the second display portion.

9. The substrate processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the user's operational authority is set for each predetermined file or command.

10. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the user's operational authority is set for each predetermined file or command.

11. The substrate processing system according to claim 7 , wherein the operational authority of a group in which a plurality of users is registered is set for each predetermined file or command.

12. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operational authority of a group in which a plurality of users is registered is set for each predetermined file or command.

13. The substrate processing system according to claim 7 , wherein the user's operational authority is set corresponding to an operating condition of the substrate processing apparatus.

14. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the user's operational authority is set corresponding to an operating condition of the substrate processing apparatus.

15. The substrate processing system according to claim 11 , wherein the group in which a plurality of users belongs is any one of Product, Engineer, Maintenance, and Recovery.

16. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the group in which a plurality of users belongs is any one of Product, Engineer, Maintenance, and Recovery.

17. The substrate processing system according to claim 11 , wherein the group's or the user's operational authority is set over each recipe on the authority setting screen and is any one of “Inhibit”, “Read Only”, “Edit”, or “Exec”.

18. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the group's or the user's operational authority is set over each recipe on the authority setting screen and is any one of “Inhibit”, “Read Only”, “Edit” or “Exec”.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048008/0206 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2009
From: NAKAGAWA, YOSHIHIKO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 022486/0680 →