公开(公告)号：CA2024635C

公开(公告)日：1994-02-22

申请号：CA2024635

申请日：1990-09-05

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： FERRITER KATE M ,  KROSNER STEPHEN P ,  LASZCZ JOHN F ,  WITHERS DAVID H

IPC: B23Q41/08 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06F15/60

Abstract: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESS PLANS A method and system are disclosed for the efficient generation of manufacturing process plans. A visual image of at least a portion of a selected product is captured or generated and displayed on a portion of the video display of a computer system. A library of iconic representations of manufacturing process steps is also displayed, each having a stored textual instruction associated therewith. By utilizing a graphical pointing device, the operator may select a location within the visual image and thereafter select the iconic representation of the manufacturing step desired. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the operator may selectively alter the textual instruction utilizing a known text editor. In the depicted embodiment of the present invention, the textual instructions are automatically sequentially numbered and stored for later use by a manufacturing technician during the manufacturing process. The visual image of the selected product is also altered to include reference numerals corresponding to each sequentially numbered textual instruction.

公开(公告)号：DE69030550T2

公开(公告)日：1997-11-13

申请号：DE69030550

申请日：1990-08-29

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： FERRITER KATE M ,  KROSNER STEPHEN P ,  LASZCZ JOHN F ,  WITHERS DAVID H

IPC: B23Q41/08 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06T11/60

公开(公告)号：DE69030550D1

公开(公告)日：1997-05-28

申请号：DE69030550

申请日：1990-08-29

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： FERRITER KATE M ,  KROSNER STEPHEN P ,  LASZCZ JOHN F ,  WITHERS DAVID H

IPC: B23Q41/08 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06T11/60

公开(公告)号：CA2023617A1

公开(公告)日：1991-04-24

申请号：CA2023617

申请日：1990-08-20

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ABRAHAM ROBERT L ,  BAKER BRIANA J ,  FATH JANET L ,  KROSNER STEPHEN P ,  PRIVEN MICHAEL P

IPC: G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F9/00

Abstract: AN9-89-003 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A COMPLEX HIERARCHY OF DATA OBJECTS The method and apparatus of the present invention may be utilized to process a complex hierarchy of interrelated data objects so that a system user may rapidly and efficiently traverse the hierarchy from a first selected data object within the hierarchy to a second selected data object without the necessity of manually returning to a known point or "root" within the hierarchy. Each time the system user traverses the hierarchy from a known point to a selected data object, the data objects encountered during the traverse are stored, along with a set of actions which were necessary to traverse the hierarchy to that point. Upon an indication by the user that a second selected data object is required, the system will automatically display the existing path from the known point within the hierarchy to the selected data object in current utilization and the user is then permitted to alter the data objects and actions contained therein to reflect a "path" to a second data object. Thereafter, the system will automatically traverse the complex hierarchy along this newly created path to arrive at the second selected data object. In one embodiment of the present invention, a selected path to a known data object may be saved or "bookmarked" to permit the user to selectively return to that particular data object at any time in the future.