Patent ID: 8248241
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting assembly work that comprises coupling a plurality of components to which IC tags are attached respectively using a system that comprises a terminal connected to a server via a network, the terminal including an IC tag reading unit, a display and messaging unit, and a control communication unit, wherein information representing mating relations between the IC tags and joint parts of the plurality of components to which the IC tags are attached is stored in the terminal, the method comprising: after coupling a first component and a second component, using the IC tag reading unit to read a first IC tag attached to a joint part of the first component and a second IC tag attached to a joint part of the second component together in a manner of preventing collision; using the control communication unit to determine whether the first component and the second component are coupled correctly, based on identification data for the first IC tag and identification data for the second IC tag which have been read together and the information representing the mating relations between the IC tags and the joint parts of the plurality of components; and displaying a result of determining whether the first component and the second component are coupled correctly on the display and messaging unit of the terminal, and wherein, if a number of IC tags which have been read together exceeds a first predetermined threshold value, a coupling of the first component and the second component is determined by the control communication unit to be incorrect.