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US 2019/0155464 A1Published application
Aircraft assembly tracker systems and methods
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsLaurent PEYRAS, Michel Colombier
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Abstract
The disclosure herein describes an aircraft assembly tracker system including a user interface configured to display an aircraft part under assembly and overlay one or more zones on the displayed part. The user interface operates on a computing device. The zones represent different panels to be affixed to the aircraft during assembly and their shape displayed on the user interface is identical to the shape of their corresponding panel being affixed to the physical aircraft part. The aircraft assembly tracker system monitors the assembly progress of each zone and automatically alerts aircraft assembly workers when the zone is ready for closure.
Claims21
An aircraft assembly tracker system comprising:
- one or more computing devices comprising at least one processor and memory storing executable instructions for the at least one processor;
- and
- an aircraft assembly tracker implemented on the at least one processor and memory and configured to:
- display, on a user interface, a diagram of at least one selected part of an aircraft under assembly, wherein displaying the diagram comprises displaying a plurality of zones overlaid on a graphical representation of the at least one selected part, and displaying for one or more of the plurality of zones, a graphical indicator that indicates a quality control closure state of the zone;
- receive user input selecting a first zone of the plurality of zones;
- in response to receiving the user input, access an assembly history database for the aircraft to retrieve an assembly progress report for the first zone, wherein the assembly progress report for the first zone comprises a plurality of action items;
- display, on the user interface, at least a first portion of the assembly progress report, the first portion comprising completed action items;
- receive further user input selecting at least a second portion of the assembly progress report, the second portion comprising one or more non-completed action items, for completion;
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- in response to receiving the further user input, access the assembly history database for the aircraft, and update the assembly progress report for the first zone to indicate that at least the second portion of the action items on the assembly progress report have been completed.
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A method for tracking aircraft assembly, the method comprising:
- storing executable instructions for implementing a user interface in a memory for at least one processor;
- implementing and then operating the user interface on the at least one processor;
- displaying, on the user interface, a diagram of at least one selected part of an aircraft under assembly, wherein displaying the diagram comprises displaying a plurality of zones overlaid on a graphical representation of the at least one selected part, and displaying for one or more of the plurality of zones, a graphical indicator that indicates a quality control closure state of the zone;
- receiving user input selecting a first zone of the plurality of zones;
- in response to receiving the user input, accessing an assembly history database for the aircraft to retrieve an assembly progress report for the first zone, wherein the assembly progress report for the first zone comprises a plurality of action items;
- displaying, on the user interface, at least a first portion of the assembly progress report, the first portion comprising completed action items;
- receiving further user input selecting at least a second portion of the assembly progress report, the second portion comprising one or more non-completed action items, for completion;
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- in response to receiving the further user input, accessing the assembly history database for the aircraft, and updating the assembly progress report for the first zone to indicate that at least the second portion of the action items on the assembly progress report have been completed.
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One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, on a user interface, an up-to-date diagram of at least one selected part of an aircraft under assembly, wherein displaying the diagram comprises displaying a plurality of zones overlaid on a graphical representation of the selected part, and for a zone, a graphical indicator that indicates a quality control closure state of the zone;
- receiving user input selecting a first zone of the plurality of zones;
- in response to receiving the user input, accessing an assembly history database for the aircraft to retrieve an assembly progress report for the first zone, wherein the assembly progress report for the first zone comprises a plurality of action items;
- displaying, on the user interface, at least a first portion of the assembly progress report, comprising any completed or non-completed action items;
- receiving further user input selecting at least a second portion of the assembly progress report, comprising one or more non-completed action items, for completion;
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- in response to receiving the further user input, accessing the assembly history database for the aircraft, and update the assembly progress report for the first zone to indicate that at least the second portion of the action items on the assembly progress report have been completed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.