US 2018/0039807 A1 · TOOLING SYSTEM

Abstract

A tooling system may comprise a tool scanner, a tool database, and a user interface device. The tool scanner may be configured to scan a tool identifier on a tool. The tool database may have tool information associated with the tool identifier. The user interface device may be in communication with the tool scanner and the tool database. The user interface device may receive tool information from the tool database in response to the scan by the tool scanner, concurrently display a tool issue description and a tool issue image from the tool information of the tool database, receive a tool area selection with respect to the tool issue image, and provide access to a tool issue history from the tool database in response to the tool area selection.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A tooling system comprising:

a tool scanner configured to scan a tool identifier on a tool;
a tool database having tool information associated with the tool identifier, wherein the tool information includes at least one of spare parts information and voice recognition information;
and
a user interface device in communication with the tool scanner and the tool database, wherein the user interface device:
receives tool information from the tool database in response to the scan by the tool scanner, and
provides access to at least a portion of the tool information from the tool database.

3 more elements

A method of a tooling system, the method comprising:

providing a tool scanner configured to scan a tool identifier on a tool, a tool database having tool information associated with the tool identifier, and a user interface device in communication with the tool scanner and the tool database, wherein the tool information includes at least one of spare parts information and voice recognition information;
receiving tool information from the tool database in response to the scan by the tool scanner;
and
providing access to at least a portion of the tool information from the tool database.

1 more element

A method for a user interface device for a tool, the method comprising:

communicating with a tool scanner configured to optically or verbally scan a tool identifier associated with a tool, a tool database having tool information associated with the tool identifier, and a user interface device being in communication with the tool scanner and the tool database, wherein the tool information includes at least one of spare parts information and voice recognition information;
receiving voice recognition information from the tool scanner regarding the tool;
and
providing access to at least a portion of the tool information in response to the voice recognition information.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/681,956Filed 21 Aug 2017

Priority

1 Mar 2012

Published

8 Feb 2018

Term ends

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Classification28 codes

G06K 7/1417
The method being specifically adapted for the type of code: 2D bar codes
B29C 33/70
Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor: maintenance
B29C 45/17
Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor: component…
G05B 19/18
Electric: numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as…

Family

Application61/605,366Us provisional application · filed 1 Mar 2012

Application13/690,097Continuation in part · filed 30 Nov 2012

Application14/266,423Continuation in part · filed 30 Apr 2014

Application15/075,650Continuation in part · filed 21 Mar 2016

Application15/681,956Continuation in part

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