A system for cognitive assistance in aircraft assembly includes a system to monitor an aircraft assembly process and acquire physical and physiological data on a human worker performing assembly operations. A cognitive model of the human worker on a data-processing device is coupled to the monitoring system to receive acquired physical and physiological data of the human worker, the cognitive model configured to provide state information on the human worker and prognostic data on expected behavior of the human worker during the aircraft assembly process. The state information and the prognostic data are continuously updated during the aircraft assembly process. A system control is coupled to the monitoring system and the cognitive model to assess current state of the aircraft assembly process based on the monitored aircraft assembly process, the state information of the of the human worker and the prognostic data of the cognitive model.

An operation order system includes a management apparatus that manages processing executed by a plurality of processing machines and operations performed on the processing machines by operators and that determines a next operation for each operator based on an operation state of the operator, and portable terminal that can be carried by the operator and via which the operator can input the operation state of the operator so that the portable terminal transmits the input operation state to the management apparatus through wireless communication, the portable terminal receives the next operation from the management apparatus through wireless communication and displays the received next operation. The portable terminal receives, as the operation state, operation start information or operation completion information input from the operator indicating that the operator has started or completed the operation at a home position in a facility.

A work support apparatus holds a value indicating information on at least one of an apparatus used for a work and a worker, a work change recognition determination algorithm, and a work support content corresponding to a determination result, applies a value indicating information on at least one of the apparatus and the worker to the work change recognition determination algorithm, determines whether or not the worker recognizes a work change indicating at least one of a change in a work process and a transition between a normal state and an abnormal state of a work, and outputs, to the output device, a work support content corresponding to the determination result.

A method includes accessing feature values representing a historical population of assembly units assembled on an assembly line; and accessing a failure status of the assembly unit at a target test on the assembly line. The method also includes, for each feature: deriving a correlation between values of the feature and failure status at the target test; deriving an effective limit of the feature based on scope of feature values in the historical population of assembly units; and calculating an action score for the feature based on the correlation and a width of the effective limit. The method further includes: selecting a particular feature exhibiting greatest action score; defining a preemptive test for the particular feature upstream of the target test during a next assembly period; and assigning a target limit, narrower than an effective limit of the particular feature, to the preemptive test.

An information processing system includes a storage which stores a plurality of operators, in association with current operations and work histories; a detection unit which detects an anomaly; an anomaly responder determination unit which determines a first operator who is intended to respond to the anomaly, from among the plurality of operators who are stored in the storage, on the basis of the work histories; an operation assignment unit which carries out an assignment of a new operation cluster upon a second operator, an unfulfilled operation identification unit which identifies an unfulfilled operation which has arisen due to the first operator responding to the anomaly; and an operator determination unit which determines an operator who is intended to respond to the unfulfilled operation on the basis of the current operations of each of the operators which are stored in the storage.

Provided is an information processing system with which manufacturing efficiency of a plant when an anomaly occurs can be improved, said information processing system comprising: a storage means which stores a plurality of operators, in association with current operations and work histories; a detection means which detects an anomaly; an anomaly responder determination means which determines a first operator who is intended to respond to the anomaly, from among the plurality of operators who are stored in the storage means, on the basis of the work histories; an operation assignment means which carries out an assignment of a new operation cluster upon a second operator who had been engaged in an interrupted operation which could not be advanced due to the occurrence of the anomaly; an unfulfilled operation identification means which identifies an unfulfilled operation which has arisen due to the first operator responding to the anomaly; and an operator determination means which determines an operator who is intended to respond to the unfulfilled operation on the basis of the current operations of each of the operators which are stored in the storage means.

An operation order system includes a management apparatus that manages processing executed by a plurality of processing machines and operations performed on the processing machines by operators and that determines a next operation for each operator based on an operation state of the operator, and portable terminal that can be carried by the operator and via which the operator can input the operation state of the operator so that the portable terminal transmits the input operation state to the management apparatus through wireless communication, the portable terminal receives the next operation from the management apparatus through wireless communication and displays the received next operation. The portable terminal receives, as the operation state, operation start information or operation completion information input from the operator indicating that the operator has started or completed the operation at a home position in a facility.

A system for cognitive assistance in aircraft assembly includes a system to monitor an aircraft assembly process and acquire physical and physiological data on a human worker performing assembly operations. A cognitive model of the human worker on a data-processing device is coupled to the monitoring system to receive acquired physical and physiological data of the human worker, the cognitive model configured to provide state information on the human worker and prognostic data on expected behavior of the human worker during the aircraft assembly process. The state information and the prognostic data are continuously updated during the aircraft assembly process. A system control is coupled to the monitoring system and the cognitive model to assess current state of the aircraft assembly process based on the monitored aircraft assembly process, the state information of the of the human worker and the prognostic data of the cognitive model.