IP Library Granted Patent US 11,464,150
Granted Patent B2
US 11,464,150 · App. 16/980,960 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Information processing device and information processing method

Inventors: Hitoshi Kobayashi (Toyohashi, JP); Junichi Kako (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
H05K13/085H05K13/0495
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,464,150
App. No.
16/980,960
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The information processing device is a device used in a mounting system configured as a production line including a mounting device configured to mount components on a board. The information processing device comprises: a control section configured to obtain the operator workload to be performed within a time block between a first point-in-time and a second point-in-time based on correspondence information linking work content and operator working time required for the work content, and the production job of the production line; create a workload table linking the time block and the workload; and output the created workload table.

Claims (22)

1. An information processing device for use in a mounting system configured as a production line, including a component mounter configured to mount components on a board, the information processing device comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

extract work sessions corresponding to a production job of the production line;

calculate start times of the work sessions;

obtain an operator workload to be performed within a time block between a first point-in-time and a second point-in-time based on correspondence information linking work content and operator working time required for the work content;

create a workload table linking, the start times, the time block and the operator workload; and

output the workload table,

wherein multiple operators are in charge of the mounting system, and

wherein, when there is a production line with a time block in which the operator workload is larger than a workload range, the processing circuitry selects the operator workload that has a workload smaller than the workload range of the time block, and sets a selected operator as an assistant operator of the production line, the operator workload of which being larger than the workload range.

2. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein the mounting system comprises multiple production lines, and the processing circuitry creates the workload table in which the operator workload is linked to each production line.

3. The information processing device of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry creates the workload table, in which the operator workload is linked to each operator, based on assignment information in which the operators and devices of the mounting system assigned to each operator are linked.

4. The information processing device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processing circuitry displays one or more of: the time block workload within the workload range in which the operator works, the time block workload that is smaller than the workload range, and the time block workload that is larger than the workload range.

5. The information processing device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processing circuitry acquires production status information from the mounting system during a mounting process and updates the workload table during the mounting process based on the acquired production status information.

6. The information processing device of claim 2 ,

wherein the processing circuitry outputs information of one or more of an average workload, a maximum workload, and a minimum workload of the production lines.

7. An information processing method, used in a mounting system composed of production lines, comprising component mounters configured to mount components on a board, the information processing method using processing circuitry configured to extract work sessions and create workload tables corresponding to production jobs of the production lines and comprising:

calculating start times of the work sessions; obtaining operator workload to be performed within a time block between a first point-in-time and a second point-in-time based on correspondence information linking work content and operator working time required for the work content

creating a workload table in which the operator workload is linked to the time block and the start times;

outputting the workload table; and

selecting the operator workload, of multiple operators are in charge of the mounting system, that has a workload smaller than the workload range of the time block, and sets a selected operator workload as an assistant operator of the production line, the operator workload of which being larger than the workload range when there is a production line with a time block in which the operator workload is larger than a workload range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2020
From: KOBAYASHI, HITOSHI; KAKO, JUNICHI
To: FUJI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053772/0774 →
Continuity (1)
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