# US 10,768,610 B2 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium having program recorded therein > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,610 B2 - Document ID: US10768610B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/168,686 - Filed: 2018-10-23 - Published: 2019-05-23 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-17 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Yuji Unagami; Takuji Hiramoto; Tatsumi Oba; Tomohiro Oda; Naoki Ochi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768610B2 ## CPC - G05B 19/4184: {characterised by fault tolerance, reliability of production system} - G06F 9/542: {Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications} - G06F 11/0751: {Error or fault detection not based on redundancy (power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06)} - G06F 11/0766: {Error or fault reporting or storing} - G06F 11/14: Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operations (error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16) - G06F 11/3013: {where the computing system is an embedded system, i.e. a combination of hardware and software dedicated to perform a certain function in mobile devices, printers, automotive or aircraft systems (testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof G05B23/02)} - G06F 11/3055: {Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available (error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operations G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16)} - G06F 11/3476: {Data logging (G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence)} - G05B 2219/32222: Fault, defect detection of origin of fault, defect of product - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An integration server manages production in a manufacturing line that includes a first stage and a second stage carried out after the first stage. The integration server includes a communicator that acquires a first production log and a second production log. The first production log includes a first production count of processing objects in the first stage. The second production log includes the number of processing objects in the second stage. The integration server also includes an irregularity detector that detects the presence of irregularity in the first production log and the second production log on the basis of the first production count and the number of the processing objects in the second stage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus that controls production in a manufacturing line including a first stage performed in a first manufacturing system and a second stage performed in a second manufacturing system after the first stage, the first manufacturing system performing a first predetermined process on processing objects in the first stage, and the second manufacturing system performing a second predetermined process on the processing objects in the second stage, the second manufacturing system including a sensor, the information processing apparatus including a processor; and a memory storing a computer program, while the first manufacturing system and the second manufacturing system are in operation, the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations including: acquiring, from the first manufacturing system, a first production log including a number of non-defective processing objects in the first stage; acquiring, from the second manufacturing system, a second production log including a number of processing objects delivered to the second stage detected by the sensor; and detecting a presence of irregularity in the manufacturing line, in a case where the number of processing objects delivered to the second stage fails to match the number of non-defective processing objects in the first stage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the manufacturing line includes a sample inspection stage provided between the first stage and the second stage, and wherein the presence of irregularity in the manufacturing line is detected in a case where the number of processing objects delivered into the second stage fails to match a number obtained by subtracting a number of samples in the sample inspection stage from the number of non-defective processing objects. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform further operations including: providing a notification indicating the presence of irregularity in a case in which a detection result indicates irregularity in the detecting. ### Claim 4 An information processing method of an information processing apparatus that controls production in a manufacturing line including a first stage performed in a first manufacturing system and a second stage performed in a second manufacturing system after the first stage, the first manufacturing system performing a first predetermined process on processing objects in the first stage, and the second manufacturing system performing a second predetermined process on the processing objects in the second stage, the second manufacturing system including a sensor, the information processing method, which is performed while the first manufacturing system and the second manufacturing system are in operation, comprising: acquiring, from the first manufacturing system, a first production log including a number of non-defective processing objects in the first stage; acquiring, from the second manufacturing system, a second production log including a number of processing objects delivered to the second stage detected by the sensor; and detecting a presence of irregularity in the manufacturing line, in a case where the number of processing objects delivered to the second stage fails to match the number of non-defective processing objects in the first stage. ### Claim 5 A non-transitory recording medium storing a program that controls production in a manufacturing line including a first stage performed in a first manufacturing system and a second stage performed in a second manufacturing system after the first stage, the first manufacturing system performing a first predetermined process on processing objects in the first stage, and the second manufacturing system performing a second predetermined process on the processing objects in the second stage, the second manufacturing system including a sensor, while the first manufacturing system and the second manufacturing system are in operation, the program causing a computer to execute: acquiring, from the first manufacturing system, a first production log including a number of non-defective processing objects in the first stage; acquiring, from the second manufacturing system, a second production log including a number of processing objects delivered to the second stage detected by the sensor; and detecting a presence of irregularity in the manufacturing line, in a case where the number of processing objects delivered to the second stage fails to match the number of non-defective processing objects in the first stage.