Patent ID: 7725364
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G05B,G06F,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A part catalog creating system comprising: (a) a part table creating means including a first storage portion configured to store a part table to be rewritable, the part table containing design change numbers respectively set for a plurality of parts composing a product obtained by assembling the plurality of parts, header numbers corresponding to the design change numbers, part numbers corresponding to the design change numbers and quantity of parts corresponding to the design change numbers and required to be assembled into the product; (b) an input means for inputting product numbers of a product assembled with different part configurations, design change numbers of parts used for each of the product numbers of the product, and group identification numbers each of which is for identifying a group comprising one of an assembly or control equipment in the product of the product numbers; (c) a product number data creating means including a second storage portion configured to store product number data containing the design change numbers and the group identification numbers which are input by the input means so as to correspond to the product numbers input; (d) a judgment means configured to compare a design change number of the product number data of the product that has been read out from the second storage portion to a design change number of the part table that has been read out from the first storage portion, select the design change number of the part table that coincides with the design change number that has been read out from the second storage portion, and remove design change numbers remaining unselected, header numbers corresponding to the unselected design change numbers, part numbers corresponding to the unselected design change numbers, and quantity of parts corresponding to the unselected design change numbers and required to be assembled into the product, from the part table; and (e) a select and input means for selecting and inputting a product number for which a part catalog is to be created; (f) a control means configured to cause the judgment means to select the design numbers according to the product number input by the select and input means and create part catalog data for each product number of the product from the part table that contains header numbers corresponding to the design change numbers selected by the judgment means, part numbers corresponding to the selected design change numbers, and quantity of parts corresponding to the selected design change numbers and required to be assembled into the product and to output the part catalog data, (g) an image creating means configured to create an image of the part corresponding to the design change number selected by the judgment means, an image of the control equipment, and an image of the assembly corresponding to the group identification number included in the product number data of the product which has been read out from the second storage portion, (h) wherein the control means creates the part catalog data for each product number of the product, based on the images of the part, the control equipment, and the assembly created by the image creating means, and the part table that contains the design change number selected by the judgment means, the part number and the quantity of the parts required to be assembled into the product, each of which corresponds to the selected design change number, wherein the control means outputs the part catalog data such that parts for standard equipment and optional parts are displayed in a standard portion and an order-receiving portion, respectively, to distinguish the standard equipment from the optional parts; and (i) the part catalog data further includes quantity of the optional parts to be supplied and quantity of the optional parts which have been supplied.