Patent ID: 6934596
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing system comprising: a system having a terminal apparatus that is configured to receive a stream of inspection data capable of having a plurality of inspection data formats, said terminal apparatus being configured to, upon receipt of a signal containing inspection data regarding an inspection result having a different inspection data format according to a type of inspection or a measuring instrument, carry out data processing on the inspection data in accordance with the inspection data format of the inspection data to create a second set of inspection data regarding the inspection result in a second inspection data format, and to transmit a signal including data in a data format compatible with the measuring instrument to give an instruction to the measuring instrument, wherein all inspection data regarding the inspection results obtained from the inspection in all steps for manufacturing a finished article and components constituting the finished article, together with data of the measuring instrument that has performed measurement are stored as inspection data and exchanged among the steps, said all data comprising inspection data obtained from the measuring instrument, inspection data obtained from manual inspection by an inspector or measurer according to an operational instruction, and operational instruction data manually input by an operator.