Patent ID: 6167401
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G05B,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A communications system comprising:a plurality of workstations each including (a) a computer terminal having a display and at least one input device, (b) test apparatus operatively coupled to said computer terminal and to a workpiece for performing at least one test measurement of the workpiece, and (c) an assembly application program which generates a first display of an assembly procedure to be followed by an assembler on said display of said computer terminal and a second display for display of the at least one test measurement obtained by said test apparatus or a result of the at least one test measurement on said display of said computer terminal; anda relational database operatively connected to said workstations via a communications link, said relational database storing data which is independent of the assembly program and which is indicative of the assembly procedure used by the assembly application program and the test measurement of the workpiece.