Product control method using wireless communication
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Eguchi
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Abstract
A product controlling method that enables the operator to easily recognize an order of operation includes the steps of: transmitting a number can uniquely identifies portable telephone 200 such as a telephone number and inquiry data to a host computer when an inquiry button of a portable telephone attached to the product is pressed; receiving response data from the host computer; displaying data representing the following process of the received response data as well as data representing the process condition of the following process; and transmitting data representing the process condition of the following process to a production facility in the following process.
Claims15
A product control method of controlling processes of producing said product by wireless communication between a communication device attached to said product and a computer controlling said process of producing said product, comprising the steps of:
- preparing in said computer a control table storing control data controlling said product corresponding to an identification number for identifying said communication device;
- transmitting said identification number and information requiring control data from said communication device to said computer by wireless communication;
- transmitting, from said computer to said communication device identified by said identification number, control data stored in said control table corresponding to said received identification number in response to reception of said identification number and said information requiring control data from said communication device;
- receiving in said communication device said control data from said computer;
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- outputting control data relating to said product in a form recognizable to a person based on said received control data.
A product control method of controlling process of producing said product by a communication device attached to said product and a computer controlling said process of producing said product by wireless communication, comprising the steps of:
- preparing in said computer registration data of said product corresponding to an identification number for identifying said communication device;
- selecting said product stored in said registration data;
- transmitting calling data from said computer to said communication device designated by said identification number corresponding to said product selected in said step of selecting said product;
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- performing a prescribed operation in said communication device identified by said calling data based on said received calling data in response to reception of said calling data from said computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.