# US 11,029,672 B2 · Manufacturing system and method of granting authority > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,672 B2 - Document ID: US11029672B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/142,099 - Filed: 2018-09-26 - Published: 2019-04-11 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-10 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hideki Sumi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029672B2 ## CPC - G05B 19/4184: {characterised by fault tolerance, reliability of production system} - G05B 19/4188: {characterised by CIM planning or realisation} - H05K 13/083: {Quality monitoring using results from monitoring devices, e.g. feedback loops (H05K13/084 takes precedence)} - H05K 13/0882: {Control systems for mounting machines or assembly lines, e.g. centralized control, remote links, programming of apparatus and processes as such (H05K13/083 takes precedence)} - G05B 2219/32222: Fault, defect detection of origin of fault, defect of product - G05B 2219/45029: Mount and solder parts on board - G05B 2219/45031: Manufacturing semiconductor wafers - Y02P 90/02: Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] - 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) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A manufacturing system includes a plurality of manufacturing facilities, a remote terminal, and a remote authority controller that controls authority of a remote operation from the remote terminal. When an error is detected in a first manufacturing facility out of the plurality of manufacturing facilities, the remote authority controller grants authority of a remote operation of a second manufacturing facility to the remote terminal. The second manufacturing facility causes the error and is other than the first manufacturing facility. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A manufacturing system comprising: a plurality of manufacturing facilities for performing a series of processes on a substrate; an inspection facility configured to detect at least one error on the substrate, the at least one error caused by the inspection facility or one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities; a remote terminal; and a main processor configured to: determine whether the at least one error was caused by the inspection facility or one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities; when the at least one error was caused by the inspection facility, allow the remote terminal to perform a remote control operation with the inspection facility; and when the at least one error was caused by one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities: provide a list of the at least one error detected by the inspection facility, each error caused from one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities; receive a selection on one of the list of at least one error; and determine a manufacturing facility that caused the selected error, among the plurality of manufacturing facilities, wherein the remote terminal is configured to initiate a remote control operation with the manufacturing facility that caused the selected error. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The manufacturing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to specify the manufacturing facility that caused the selected error. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The manufacturing system of claim 1, wherein the remote terminal includes a display, and wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display the list of the errors detected in the inspection facility. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The manufacturing system according to claim 3, wherein the selection on one of the list of the errors is received from the remote terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The manufacturing system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of manufacturing facilities include a solder printing machine that prints solder on a substrate, and wherein the inspection facility includes a post-printing inspection machine that inspects a printing state of the solder printed on the substrate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The manufacturing system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of manufacturing facilities include a component mounting machine that mounts a component on a substrate, and wherein the inspection facility includes a post-mounting inspection machine that inspects a mounting state of the component mounted on the substrate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The manufacturing system of claim 1, wherein each of the list of the at least one error displayed on a screen includes an index number of a component with which an error is detected and a type of the error, and a selection option for allowing a user to select whether to conduct an inspection to identify which one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities caused each error or to skip the inspection. ### Claim 8 A method for operating a manufacturing system including a plurality of manufacturing facilities for performing a series of processes on a substrate, an inspection facility, and a remote terminal, the method comprising: detecting at least one error on the substrate, each error caused from the inspection facility or one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities; determining whether the at least one error was caused by the inspection facility or one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities; when the at least one error was caused by the inspection facility, allowing the remote terminal to perform a remote control operation with the inspection facility; and when the at least one error was caused by one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities: providing a list of the at least one error detected by the inspection facility; receiving a selection on one of the list of at least one error; determining a manufacturing facility that caused the selected error, among the plurality of manufacturing facilities; and initiating, by the remote terminal, a remote control operation with the manufacturing facility that caused the selected error. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the selection on one of the list of at least one error is received from the remote terminal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the remote terminal includes a display, and wherein the list of the at least one error detected in the inspection manufacturing facility is displayed on the display of the remote terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the one of the list of at least one error displayed on the display is selected by the remote terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of manufacturing facilities include a solder printing machine that prints solder on a substrate, and wherein the inspection facility includes a post-printing inspection machine that inspects a printing state of the solder printed on the substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of manufacturing facilities includes a component mounting machine that mounts a component on a substrate, and wherein the inspection facility includes a post-mounting inspection machine that inspects a mounting state of the component mounted on the substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein each of the list of the at least one error displayed on a screen includes an index number of a component with which an error is detected and a type of the error, and a selection option for allowing a user to select whether to conduct an inspection to identify which one of the plurality of manufacturing facilities caused each error or to skip the inspection.