Patent ID: 6336053
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G05B,Y10S

Abstract:
A graphical user interface for inputting, displaying and managing information about a manufacturing operation stored in a database, the manufacturing operation comprising at least one shop floor, each shop floor including at least one factory element, the graphical user interface comprising:at least one shop floor screen, each shop floor screen corresponding to one of the at least one shop floor of the manufacturing operation and graphically depicting the corresponding shop floor and the at least one factory element of the corresponding shop floor, wherein: each at least one shop floor screen comprises at least one selectable icon, each selectable icon graphically depicting one of the at least one factory element of the corresponding shop floor; for at least one of the at least one shop floor screen, at least one of the at least one selectable icon represents a machine located on the corresponding shop floor; for each selectable icon that represents a machine, that selectable icon includes at least one graphic depicting the machine represented by that selectable icon; and for each of at least one of the selectable icons, the at least one graphic comprises a plurality of graphics that are sequentially displayable within that selectable icon.