# US 2022/0035332 A1 · Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, production system, method of manufacturing article, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0035332 A1 - Document ID: US20220035332A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/387,808 - Filed: 2021-07-28 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-31 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tomonori Sasaki; Hiroyuki Ueda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220035332A1 ## CPC - G05B 19/058: {Safety, monitoring} - G05B 23/0235: {based on a comparison with predetermined threshold or range, e.g. "classical methods", carried out during normal operation; threshold adaptation or choice; when or how to compare with the threshold} - G05B 23/027: {Alarm generation, e.g. communication protocol; Forms of alarm} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - G05B 2219/13144: GUI graphical user interface, icon, function bloc editor, OI operator interface - G06F 3/147: using display panels - 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) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided is an information processing apparatus for displaying a state of a machine facility including a plurality of devices, on a display unit. An operation time for an operation of one predetermined device among the plurality of devices and signals relating to the operation are displayed on the display unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus for displaying a state of a machine facility including a plurality of devices, on a display unit, wherein an operation time for an operation of one predetermined device among the plurality of devices and signals relating to the operation are displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus displays a timing about start and/or end of the operation, on the display unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information processing apparatus displays a first range that is a range of a timing when the operation is to be ended, on the display unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the signals include a first signal that instructs start of the operation and a second signal indicates that the operation has been performed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information processing apparatus arranges and displays the operation time, the first signal, and the second signal in a time series on the display unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information processing apparatus displays a second range that is a range of a timing when the first signal is to be output, and a third range that is a range of a timing when the second signal is output, on the display unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the information processing apparatus arranges and displays the operation time, the first signal, and the second signal in a time series on the display unit, and wherein the information processing apparatus displays a first range that is a range of a timing when the operation is to be ended, over the operation time on the display unit, displays the second range over the first signal on the display unit, and displays the third range over the second signal on the display unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information processing apparatus displays the operation time as a first block on the display unit, displays the first signal as a second block on the display unit, and displays the second signal as a third block on the display unit, and wherein the information processing apparatus displays the first range as a fourth block in a display pattern different from a display pattern of the first block on the display unit, displays the second range as a fifth block in a display pattern different from a display pattern of the second block on the display unit, and displays the third range as a sixth block in a display pattern different from a display pattern of the third block on the display unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information processing apparatus displays the first block, the second block, and the third block in a predetermined pattern on the display unit, and wherein the information processing apparatus displays the fourth block, the fifth block, and the sixth block as dashed rectangles on the display unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information processing apparatus displays, on the display unit, an operation time with an end timing out of the first range and an operation time with an end timing within the first range in different display patterns. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information processing apparatus displays the first signal with an output timing out of the second range and the first signal with an output timing within the second range, in different display patterns on the display unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information processing apparatus records, as abnormalities, an operation time with an end timing out of the first range and the first signal with an output timing out of the second range. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information processing apparatus is able to set a display period of the time series. ### Claim 14 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information processing apparatus acquires the operation time based on a timing when the first signal is output and a timing when the second signal is output. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus displays the signals with an actual name of a corresponding device of the plurality of devices on the display unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the machine facility performs predetermined works using the plurality of devices in a predetermined cycle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus displays information about a delay in the operation time on the display unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the information about the delay includes at least one of a delay time, a number of occurrences of delays, and a delay occurrence timing. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the information processing apparatus displays at least one of the delay time, the number of occurrences of delays, and the delay occurrence timing in a table format on the display unit. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the information processing apparatus displays a total time of the delay time or the number of occurrences of delays in a bar chart on the display unit. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The information processing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein a first screen on which the total time is displayed in the bar chart on the display unit and a second screen on which the number of occurrences of delays is displayed in the bar chart on the display unit are switchable. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is a touch panel. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) A production system comprising: the information processing apparatus according to claim 1; and the machine facility. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) A method of manufacturing an article by using the production system according to claim 23. ### Claim 25 A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising: displaying a state of a machine facility including a plurality of devices, on a display unit, wherein an operation time for an operation of one predetermined device among the plurality of devices and signals relating to the operation are displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a control program that enables execution of the method according to claim 25. ### Claim 27 An information processing apparatus that controls a machine facility including a plurality of devices, wherein the information processing apparatus outputs an operation time for an operation of one predetermined device among the plurality of devices and signals relating to the operation.