Patent ID: 7965179

Claim:
An operation instruction system that has a plurality of operation instruction devices each of which indicates a manual operation among a series of operations that include both automated operations and manual operations temporally, the plurality of operation instruction devices corresponding to a plurality of series of operations that proceed simultaneously, respectively and indicating a manual operation among a corresponding series of operations of the plurality of series of operations, wherein: the plurality of operation instruction devices are interconnected by a communication line, and each of the plurality of operation instruction devices includes, an operation detection section that detects an instruction for performing a manual operation on the each operation instruction device; an operation detail display section that displays details of the manual operation instructed by the instruction detected by the operation detection section; an operation occurrence notification section that, in response to the detection of the instruction for performing the manual operation by the operation detection section, notifies occurrence of the instruction for performing the manual operation on the each operation instruction device to other operation instruction devices of the plurality of operation instruction devices over the communication line; a notification reception section that receives a notification of occurrence of an instruction for performing a manual operation on one of the other operation instruction devices which is sent from the one operation instruction device; and an operation occurrence display section that, when the notification of the occurrence of the instruction for performing the manual operation on the one operation instruction device is received by the notification reception section, displays the occurrence of the instruction for performing the manual operation on the one operation instruction device.