Location selection system and method
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorAlan Baumgartner
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Abstract
Systems and methods to select a location to perform a process are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system receives tool data defining a tool including its location within a manufacturing facility and process data defining a process for assembling at least a portion of a vehicle. The system stores the tool data in memory. The system automatically determines whether the tool data satisfies a selected process definition. The system outputs a representation of the tool's location along a first axis, a representation of the process along a second axis, and a representation relative to the first axis and the second axis indicating that the tool satisfies the process if the tool data satisfies the process definition thereby enabling a user to select a location to perform the process.
Claims20
A computer-implemented location selection system comprising:
- a computer configured to
- receive tool data defining a tool including its location within a manufacturing facility,
- receive process data defining a process for assembling at least a portion of a vehicle,
- store the tool data in memory,
- automatically determine whether the tool data satisfies a selected process definition,
- output a representation of the tool's location along a first axis,
- output a representation of the process along a second axis, and
- output a representation relative to the first axis and the second axis indicating that the tool satisfies the process if the tool data satisfies the process definition thereby enabling a user to select a location to perform the process.
A location selection method comprising:
- receiving tool data defining a tool including its location within a manufacturing facility;
- receiving process data defining a process for assembling at least a portion of a vehicle;
- storing the tool data in memory;
- automatically determining whether the tool satisfies a selected process definition;
- outputting a representation of the tool's location along a first axis;
- outputting a representation of the process along a second axis;
- and
- outputting a representation relative to the first axis and the second axis indicating that the tool satisfies the process if the tool data satisfies the process definition thereby enabling a user to select a location to perform the process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.