US 12,189,802 B2
Device information management system
Masato Yamamura, Yamanashi (JP); Takahiro Kouji, Yamanashi (JP); Daisuke Suzuki, Yamanashi (JP); Yuusaku Nishimura, Yamanashi (JP); and Ken Miyawaki, Yamanashi (JP)
Assigned to FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
Appl. No. 18/040,892
Filed by FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/032711
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/054767, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-152540 (JP), filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315887 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/6218 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device information management system for managing information regarding a device made up of a combination of a plurality of components supplied from different suppliers, the device information management system comprising:
a configurational information storage unit configured to store, on a device-by-device basis, configurational information regarding the device, the configurational information including a device ID for identifying the device, component IDs for identifying the components incorporated in the device, and hierarchical information indicating a superior-subordinate relationship between the components in the device;
a component data storage unit configured to store component data regarding each component, the component data including a component ID, supplier information specifying a supplier of the component, one or more pieces of technical information regarding the component, and permission information specifying, in terms of a relationship between the components in the device, an extent to which the technical information is permitted to be browsed; and
an access management unit configured to determine whether or not to permit browsing of the technical information, based on the hierarchical information and the permission information.