JPH09138743A - Operation procedure display method based on operation pattern - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give the instruction of the most appropriate operation contents for the purpose of the operation and the instruction of a menu to select next by analogizing the purpose of the operation from the sequential array of a menu an operator actually selects and displaying an appropriate operation sequence. SOLUTION: At the time of starting operation and selecting a menu, a menu transition monitoring module 11 always monitors a menu transition state from the operator and is matched with a rule described in a menu transition pattern data base 14. Concretely, the contents of an operation sequence corresponding to a rule matched with a transition pattern is extracted from an operation sequence knowledge database 15. The rule is stored as a transition pattern to instruct operation contents corresponding to the purpose of the operation when it is applied, and to dynamically switch display contents by setting a fixed guidance provided by each menu in advance as the object to be displayed when the rule is not applied.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work procedure display method for assisting the operation of an electronic component mounting apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the work procedure of an electronic component mounting apparatus is as follows.
It was only instructed by a fixedly defined character string for each operation menu. The above-mentioned conventional method of displaying the work procedure will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 shows an external appearance of an electronic component mounting apparatus provided with the operation system of the present invention. In FIG. 6, 16 is an operation menu, an operation screen for displaying a work procedure, and 17 is an operation panel equipped with an input device for selecting menus and giving execution instructions of device functions. FIG. 7 is a function tree diagram schematically representing the structure of an operation menu of the electronic component mounting apparatus, and FIG. 8 is an example of a conventional operation screen.

Regarding the operation system configured as described above,
The operation will be described with reference to FIGS. The operator repeats the menu selection in the direction from the upper menu to the lower menu in order to select the menu for executing the device function according to the work purpose according to the function tree shown in FIG. 7. At this time, the work instruction displayed on the operation screen is performed by displaying a character string fixedly defined for each menu in the work procedure display area as shown by 18 in FIG.

[0004]

Generally, an electronic component mounting apparatus is required to have multiple functions such as control of the apparatus, management of data to be handled, editing, etc. Therefore, the operation menu becomes large and complicated. Therefore, it is one of the important factors directly related to the productivity of the apparatus that the operator quickly knows where the target menu is. Further, as a characteristic of the operation of the electronic component mounting apparatus, it is often requested to operate a plurality of menus for one work purpose. For example, the operator generally selects "mounting data", "enters the number of products to be produced, and other production condition data", and "sets a cassette on which mounted components are mounted" for the purpose of "switching product types". Swap ",
It is necessary to select the menu corresponding to each operation in the order of "performing trial operation and confirming that the set data is correct" and "performing continuous production".

However, in the above-described conventional work procedure display method, since the content of the work instruction that can be displayed on the screen is fixed, the selected menu is based on the operation caused by the different work purpose. Even if there is, the contents are the same and there is a problem that the actual intention of the operator is not reflected. In addition, when selecting multiple menus that are necessary for a certain work purpose, the structure of the operation menu may be complicated, and it is the current situation to rely on the knowledge cultivated through some experience. Had a problem that it was very difficult to learn the operation method in a short period of time.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art by inferring the work purpose of the operator from the selection history up to that point for the selected menu and instructing the work content most suitable for the work purpose. The present invention provides a method of displaying a work procedure that gives an instruction of a menu to be selected next.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, in the work procedure display method based on the operation pattern of the present invention, the operation menu of the apparatus is displayed and the operation menu to be selected for the operator. A screen having a display area for instructing the contents to be worked and an input means for selecting the operation menu are provided, and the operator actually uses the transition pattern of the menu stored in advance according to the work purpose. The purpose of the work is inferred from the sequence of the menu selected in, and the appropriate work procedure is displayed.

Further, the transition pattern of the menu is dynamically defined and stored in accordance with the operator level hierarchically defined based on the work purpose and the frequency with which the menu is selected. According to this invention, if it is determined that the work purpose is different even in the same menu,
Appropriate work procedure contents can be displayed according to each work purpose.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The invention described in claim 1 of the present invention displays an operation menu possessed by the apparatus, and displays to the operator an operation menu to be selected and contents to be worked. A screen having an area and an input means for selecting the operation menu are provided, and the operation purpose is selected from the sequence of menus actually selected by the operator based on the transition pattern of the menu stored in advance according to the operation purpose. It is a work procedure display method based on an operation pattern, which is characterized by displaying an appropriate work procedure by analogy, and the work procedure display of the electronic component mounting apparatus should be an appropriate one reflecting the intention of the operator. You can

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a menu transition pattern database in which a menu selection order and a work purpose are described, a menu being selected, an estimated work purpose,
Equipped with a work procedure knowledge database that describes work instruction contents, the menu transition monitoring module monitors the menu transition status from the operator, matches the rules described in the menu transition pattern database, and matches the transition pattern. The work procedure display method based on the operation pattern according to claim 1, wherein the work procedure corresponding to the rule is displayed and displayed from the work procedure knowledge database, and the same operation as that of the invention according to claim 1 is performed. Is to have.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 3, the transition pattern of the menu is dynamically defined according to the operator level hierarchically defined based on the work purpose and the frequency of selection of the menu, The work procedure display method based on the operation pattern according to claim 1, wherein each menu is not only fixed guidance according to a predefined rule, but also the state of the device, the skill level of the operator. It is possible to display a work procedure instruction that reflects the work purpose that is inferred according to the above.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an operating system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an operation screen and 2 is 1.
This is a device for selecting menus and inputting commands, which is a trackball, which is a type of pointing device. 2 is a screen displayed on the operation screen 1, where 3 is the selected menu,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 selectable menus, 9
Is an area for displaying the work procedure contents.

FIG. 3 is a processing block diagram in the present invention, and shows the relationship between necessary data and the procedure for processing them. In FIG. 3, 10 is a rule generation module, 11 is a menu transition monitoring module, 12 is a matching module, and 13 is a work procedure display module, each of which represents a data processing module. Further, 14 is a menu transition pattern database, and 15 is a work procedure knowledge database. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure in the present invention.

Regarding the operation system constructed as described above,
The operation will be described. In the menu transition pattern database, the relation between the menu selection order and the work purpose is
described in the form. For example, if "Select mounting data" and "Enter production condition data" are selected, the operator selects "Product type" from the sequence of menus actually selected by the operator based on the pre-stored menu transition patterns. The setup will be changed. ” In addition, the work procedure knowledge database describes the relationship among the selected menu, the inferred work purpose, and the work instruction contents to be displayed. For example, if it is determined in the above example that "the product type will be changed over", the cassette containing the mounted parts will be replaced,
Display the work procedure to instruct to clear the production control information.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 4, when an operation is started and a menu is selected, it is retained as a menu transition history, and the menu transition monitoring module is
The menu transition state from the operator is constantly monitored, and the rule described in the menu transition pattern database is matched. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the work procedure contents corresponding to the rule matching the transition pattern are extracted from the work procedure knowledge database. For example, for transition pattern 1, the work procedure corresponding to rule 1 is extracted, and similarly for transition pattern 2, rule 2 is extracted.
The work procedure corresponding to is extracted. In this way, it is stored as a transition pattern, and when the rule is applied, the work content according to the work purpose is instructed, and when it is not applied, the fixed guidance provided in each menu in advance is displayed. , Display contents can be switched dynamically.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the work purpose is analogized from the sequence of menus actually selected by the operator based on the transition pattern of the menu stored in advance according to the work purpose, and the appropriate work purpose is obtained. By displaying the work procedure,
It is possible to give an appropriate instruction that reflects the intention of the operator. (Embodiment 2) In the above embodiment, the rule of the menu transition pattern database is tried to be matched with the rule stored in advance. The rule itself is hierarchically defined based on the work purpose. Dynamically generated according to the operator level and the frequency with which the menu is selected,
It can also be targeted for matching. That is, the operator level is defined for the purpose of protecting the mounting data and the setting contents of the device, and limits the menu selection. Since the transition pattern of the menu differs depending on the skill level of the operation of the operator, it is possible to more accurately infer the work purpose by defining and storing the rule for each operator level. For example, it is conceivable that an operator who is not accustomed to the operation takes a menu transition pattern in which he / she hesitates to select a menu to switch between the same menus. In such a case, the rule generation module infers the work purpose of an operator who is not accustomed to the operation based on the already stored expert menu transition pattern rule, and newly stores the menu transition pattern in the menu transition pattern database. To do.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, each menu reflects not only the fixed guidance according to the predefined rule but also the work purpose estimated by the state of the apparatus and the skill level of the operator. The work procedure instruction can be displayed. In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, an example in which the relationship between the menu selection order and the work purpose is described in the if-then-format in the menu transition pattern database is shown, but it is used in the artificial intelligence languages LISP and PROLOG. It may be expressed by such a list notation or a logical expression.

[0018]

As described above, the present invention displays the operation menu of the apparatus, the operation menu to be selected by the operator, and the screen having the display area for instructing the contents to be worked, and the screen. An input means for selecting an operation menu is provided, and based on the transition pattern of the menu stored in advance according to the work purpose, the work purpose is inferred from the sequence of menus actually selected by the operator, and an appropriate work procedure is performed. By displaying, it is possible to give an appropriate instruction that reflects the operator's intention. Therefore, the operation can be smoothly advanced, and the work efficiency is improved.

The transition pattern of the menu is defined in advance by dynamically defining and storing it according to the operator level hierarchically defined based on the work purpose and the frequency with which the menu is selected. Not only fixed guidance by rules, but rules according to customer operations are dynamically generated, and the data structure of the system is flexible.

Further, by enriching the work procedure instruction contents, it is possible to learn an operation method in a short period of time, and to train operators.
It is also useful in terms of education.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an operating system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a processing block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between a menu transition pattern and rules according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an external view of an electronic component mounting apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a function tree diagram schematically showing an operation menu of a conventional electronic component mounting apparatus.

FIG. 8 is an example of a screen displayed by a conventional electronic component mounting apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Operation screen of the present invention 2 Trackball 3 Selected menu 4 Selectable menu 1 5 Selectable menu 2 6 Selectable menu 3 7 Selectable menu 4 8 Selectable menu 5 9 Display of work procedure contents Area 10 Rule generation module 11 Menu transition monitoring module 12 Matching module 13 Work procedure display module 14 Menu transition pattern database 15 Work procedure knowledge database 16 Conventional operation screen 17 Conventional operation panel

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A screen for displaying an operation menu of the apparatus, a screen having a display area for instructing an operator to select an operation menu and contents to be worked, and an input for selecting the operation menu. The present invention is characterized by providing a means, analogizing the work purpose from the sequence of menus actually selected by the operator based on the transition pattern of the menu stored in advance according to the work purpose, and displaying an appropriate work procedure. A work procedure display method based on operation patterns. 2. A menu transition monitoring database comprising a menu transition pattern database in which a menu selection order and a work purpose are described, and a work procedure knowledge database in which a selected menu, an estimated work purpose, and work instruction contents are described. The module monitors the menu transition status from the operator,
The operation pattern according to claim 1, wherein the operation pattern corresponding to the rule matching the transition pattern is displayed and displayed from the operation procedure knowledge database by matching with the rule described in the menu transition pattern database. Based work procedure display method. 3. The transition pattern of the menu is dynamically defined and stored in accordance with the operator level hierarchically defined based on the work purpose and the frequency with which the menu is selected. A work procedure display method based on the operation pattern described in 1. 4. An electronic component mounting apparatus provided with a work procedure display method based on the operation pattern according to claim 1, claim 2, or claim 3.