Patent ID: 6512985
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A computerized system for analyzing property information associated with a process characteristic of a process unit, the system comprising:a database of historical information relating to previously compiled property information associated with the process characteristic, secure input means for receiving limit criteria, compilation criteria, selection criteria, manipulation criteria, and disposition criteria from a restricted source, computing means for mathematically determining a limit based upon the limit criteria, open input means for receiving the property information associated with the process characteristic of the process unit from multiple test locations, compilation means for selectively adding to the database of historical information the property information associated with the process characteristic of the process unit received from the multiple test locations based upon the compilation criteria, the computing means further for selecting at least a portion of the property information associated with the process characteristic of the process unit based upon the selection criteria, the computing means further for manipulating the selected property information associated with the process characteristic of the process unit based upon the manipulation criteria, comparison means for comparing the manipulated property information associated with the process characteristic of the process unit against the limit, and output means for indicating a first disposition of the process unit based on the disposition criteria when the manipulated property information associated with the process characteristic of the process unit violates the limit, and for indicating a second disposition of the process unit based on the disposition criteria when the manipulated property information associated with the process characteristic does not violate the limit.