US 11,960,830 B2Granted

Exploratory data interface

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsJonathan Fry, Cheng-Tin Luo, Cheng-Yi Lin, Dureseti Chidambarrao, Jang Sim

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Abstract

A method for production analysis includes: receiving production data at a processor from a plurality of tools spatially arranged within a manufacturing facility; creating a hierarchal topology of the data in the processor, wherein each level of the hierarchal topology is based on a different one of a plurality of static parameters that are selected from a list consisting of: a tool identifier, a batch identifier, and a spatial orientation; displaying, at a user interface implemented by the processor, a first analysis of a first level of the hierarchal topology, wherein the analysis contains parameters related to other levels of the hierarchal topology; receiving, via the user interface, a selection by a user of a first parameter displayed on the first analysis; and updating the user interface to display a second analysis of a second level of the hierarchal topology that is related to the first parameter.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method for constructing a computerized user interface, the method comprising:

displaying a first electronic spreadsheet that has a plurality of cells arranged in rows and columns, each row corresponding to a different parameter that is identified in the first column of the row and each cell of each subsequent column displaying a value associated with the parameter identified in the corresponding row;
receiving a click on a first cell of the first electronic spreadsheet, wherein the first cell displays a parameter identifier of a first parameter, and the first parameter is a lot i.d.;
in response to the click on the first cell of the first electronic spreadsheet, generating and displaying at least one intermediate spreadsheet and receiving at least one click on the at least one intermediate spreadsheet;
in response to the at least one click on the at least one intermediate spreadsheet, generating a second electronic spreadsheet that represents data values of a first array of records that pertain to the first parameter, wherein data values of the second electronic spreadsheet are names of variables that pertain to the first parameter and that are ranked according to a metric selected from a list consisting of:
out-of-sigma count and p-value;
and
further in response to the at least one click on the at least one intermediate spreadsheet, displaying the second electronic spreadsheet;
in response to a user selection of a first filter in the second electronic spreadsheet, displaying a first data view that represents only data values of a second array of records that are a subset of the first array of records and match the first filter;
and
in response to a user selection of a second parameter value in the first data view, displaying a second data view that represents data values of a third array of records, which match the second parameter value and also match the first filter.

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A method for production analysis comprising:

receiving production data at a processor from a plurality of tools spatially arranged within a manufacturing facility;
creating a hierarchal topology of the data in a memory coupled in communication with the processor, wherein each level of the hierarchal topology is based on a different one of a plurality of static parameters that are selected from a list consisting of:
a tool identifier, a batch identifier, and a spatial orientation;
displaying, at a user interface implemented by the processor, a first analysis of a first level of the hierarchal topology, wherein the analysis contains parameters related to other levels of the hierarchal topology;
receiving, via the user interface, a selection by a user of a first parameter displayed in the first analysis, wherein the first parameter is a lot i.d.;
in response to the selection of the first parameter displayed in the first analysis, generating and displaying at least one intermediate analysis and receiving at least one selection on the at least one intermediate analysis;
in response to the at least one selection in the at least one intermediate analysis, generating a second analysis of a second level of the hierarchal topology, wherein the second level is related to the first parameter;
further in response to the at least one selection in the at least one intermediate analysis, updating the user interface to display the second analysis of the second level of the hierarchal topology;
in response to a user selection of a first filter in the display of the second analysis, displaying a third analysis that represents only data values of a subset of the data values in the second analysis;
and
in response to a user selection of a second parameter value in the third analysis, displaying a fourth analysis that represents data values that match the second parameter value and also match the first filter, wherein all of the data values of the fourth analysis pertain to the first parameter and include variable names that are ranked according to a metric selected from a list consisting of:
out-of-sigma count and p-value.

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An apparatus for production analysis, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium embodying computer executable instructions;
and
at least one processor, coupled to the computer readable storage medium, and operative by the computer executable instructions to facilitate a method of:
receiving production data at a processor from a plurality of tools spatially arranged within a manufacturing facility;
creating a hierarchal topology of the data in a memory coupled in communication with the processor, wherein each level of the hierarchal topology is based on a different one of a plurality of static parameters that are selected from a list consisting of:
a tool identifier, a batch identifier, and a spatial orientation;
displaying, at a user interface implemented by the processor, a first analysis of a first level of the hierarchal topology, wherein the analysis contains parameters related to other levels of the hierarchal topology;
receiving, via the user interface, a selection by a user of a first parameter displayed in the first analysis, wherein the first parameter is a lot i.d.;
in response to the selection of the first parameter displayed in the first analysis, generating and displaying at least one intermediate analysis and receiving at least one selection in the at least one intermediate analysis;
in response to the at least one selection on the at least one intermediate analysis, generating a second analysis of a second level of the hierarchal topology wherein the second level is related to the first parameter;
further in response to the at least one selection on the at least one intermediate analysis, updating the user interface to display the second analysis of the second level of the hierarchal topology;
in response to a user selection of a first filter in the display of the second analysis, displaying a third analysis that represents only data values of a subset of the data values in the second analysis;
and
in response to a user selection of a second parameter value in the third analysis, displaying a fourth analysis that represents data values that match the second parameter value and also match the first filter, wherein all of the data values of the fourth analysis pertain to the first parameter and include variable names that are ranked according to a metric selected from a list consisting of:
out-of-sigma count and p-value.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/780,876Filed 3 Feb 2020
Published: US 2021/0240921 A15 Aug 2021
Granted: 16 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 40/18
Of tables; using ruled lines: of spreadsheets
G05B 19/4183
Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible…:…
G05B 19/4187
Characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow: by tool management
G06F 40/137
Use of codes for handling textual entities: hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines