Patent ID: 6510987
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method for monitoring ESD (electro static discharge) from each operator in a production area during production of articles of manufacture, the method including the steps of:reading a respective badge identification of each operator who checks into said production area; storing said respective badge identification of each operator who checks into said production area in a first working file of a computer system; reading a respective badge identification of each operator who measures a respective amount of ESD (electro static discharge) from a body of said operator at an ESD (electro static discharge) measuring unit; storing said respective badge identification and said respective amount of ESD measured for each operator who measures said respective amount of ESD at said ESD measuring unit in a second working file of said computer system; generating by said computer system a list of operators assigned to work during a predetermined work shift from data stored in a database including data regarding a plurality of operators working in said production area, at a start of said predetermined work shift; and assigning by said computer system a respective flag to each operator in said list of operators assigned to work during said predetermined work shift, at said start of said predetermined work shift, by processing data from said first working file and said second working file of said computer system as follows: assigning a first flag to an operator if a respective badge identification of said operator is recorded in said first working file indicating that said operator has checked into said production area, and if said respective badge identification of said operator is recorded in said second working file indicating that said operator has measured a respective amount of ESD (electro static discharge) from the body of said operator at an ESD (electro static discharge) measuring unit; assigning a second flag to an operator if a respective badge identification of said operator is not recorded in said first working file indicating that said operator has not checked into said production area, and if said respective badge identification of said operator is recorded in said second working file indicating that said operator has measured a respective amount of ESD (electro static discharge) from the body of said operator at an ESD (electro static discharge) measuring unit; assigning a third flag to an operator if a respective badge identification of said operator is recorded in said first working file indicating that said operator has checked into said production area, and if said respective badge identification of said operator is not recorded in said second working file indicating that said operator has not measured a respective amount of ESD (electro static discharge) from the body of said operator at an ESD (electro static discharge) measuring unit; and assigning a fourth flag to an operator if a respective badge identification of said operator is not recorded in said first working file indicating that said operator has not checked into said production area, and if said respective badge identification of said operator is not recorded in said second working file indicating that said operator has not measured a respective amount of ESD (electro static discharge) from the body of said operator at an ESD (electro static discharge) measuring unit.