公开(公告)号：US07440932B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-21

申请号：US10678822

申请日：2003-10-02

申请人： Karl Gartland ,  Zhenya D. Ramphal ,  Yuji Tomita ,  David L. Travagline

发明人： Karl Gartland ,  Zhenya D. Ramphal ,  Yuji Tomita ,  David L. Travagline

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06N5/02

CPC分类号： G05B19/4189 ,  G05B2219/31272 ,  G05B2219/32239 ,  G05B2219/45031 ,  Y02P90/12 ,  Y02P90/14 ,  Y02P90/28 ,  Y02P90/86

摘要： Automatic error recovery systems and methods for automated manufacturing plants and factories are disclosed. Such facilities normally have multiple automated control systems, including an automated material handling system (AMHS), all of which run automatically, typically under the control of a computerized manufacturing execution system (MES). The disclosed issue resolution (ISR) systems and methods involve providing components, which may be supervised and operated by an issue resolution management (ISRM) system, if desired, that interfaces with the MES, AMHS, and/or production control system(s) which operate the tools and other stations within the automated factory. The components, which may be considered customized logic cells, may each be written for handling a specific kind of incoming error condition, problem or other issue that might occur and which is amenable to automatic resolution or recovery. These errors often occur between or across the boundaries of the various interactive systems and automated equipment. Each cell may cycle through a sequence of possible error resolution or recovery steps until the specific issue is resolved or until the sequence of steps is exhausted. Other components of the ISR system may provide results-oriented messages and/or facilitate the collection of data as to whether and which corrective commands from the ISR system resolved the reported error conditions automatically. The disclosed ISR systems and methods for resolving errors and other issues automatically helps improve the overall productivity of automated factories by reducing downtime and the need for human intervention to correct problems, thereby increasing factory throughput.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于自动化制造工厂和工厂的自动错误恢复系统和方法。 这样的设施通常具有多个自动化控制系统，包括自动化物料处理系统（AMHS），所有这些系统都自动运行，通常在计算机化的制造执行系统（MES）的控制下运行。 所披露的问题解决（ISR）系统和方法涉及提供组件，如果需要，其可以由问题解决管理（ISRM）系统监督和操作，与MES，AMHS和/或生产控制系统接口， 其操作自动化工厂内的工具和其他站。 可以认为可以认为是定制逻辑单元的组件可以被编写为用于处理可能发生的特定类型的进入错误状况，问题或其他问题，并且适于自动分辨或恢复。 这些错误通常发生在各种交互式系统和自动化设备的边界之间或之间。 每个单元格可以循环通过一系列可能的错误解决或恢复步骤，直到特定问题得到解决或直到步骤顺序耗尽为止。 ISR系统的其他组件可以提供面向结果的消息和/或便于收集关于来自ISR系统以及哪些校正命令的数据是否自动解决所报告的错误状况。 所公开的ISR系统和解决错误等问题的方法自动通过减少停机时间和人为干预来纠正问题，从而提高工厂吞吐量，从而提高自动化工厂的总体生产力。