Patent ID: 6625618
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B64F,Y10S

Abstract:
A maintenance manual interface system for retrieving and identifying a paragraph (page) of a maintenance manual to be referenced in response to a maintenance request information, the interface system comprising:a nonvolatile storage unit including: a total management storage block containing an image data of total management drawings, each showing a set of structurally related components which set is specified by the maintenance request information; a partial management storage block containing an image data of partial management drawings corresponding to the respective components of the set; a detailed information storage block containing a detailed information associated with the respective components of the set; and a manual information storage block containing paragraphs of the maintenance manual stored corresponding to the respective components; a display screen for displaying an information; a main controller for data processing; and a man-machine interface having a function for entering a maintenance request information, a detailed information display request, and a maintenance manual display request into the main controller and a function for specifying a position on the display screen, wherein the main controller includes: a total management storage display controller for detecting a maintenance request information entered through the man-machine interface, reading out a total management drawing corresponding to the maintenance request information from the total management storage block, and displaying the total management drawing on the display screen; a partial management storage display controller for detecting a position specification on the currently displayed drawing through the man-machine interface, reading out a partial management drawing corresponding to a component specified by the position specification, from the partial management storage block, and displaying the partial management drawing on the display screen; a detailed information display controller for detecting a detailed information display request from the man-machine interface, reading out a detailed information associated with the currently displayed partial management drawing, from the detailed information storage block, and displaying the detailed information on the display screen; and a manual information display controller for detecting a manual information display request from the man-machine interface, reading out a paragraph of the maintenance manual associated with the currently displayed detailed drawing, and displaying the paragraph on the display screen.