阅读说明：本技术 Pcba板装配防错方法、追溯方法、系统及存储介质 (Error-proofing method, tracing method, system and storage medium for assembly of PCBA (printed circuit board assembly) ) 是由 杨雪城 韦军 连劲 陈振红 柯丽燕 于 2021-05-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种PCBA板装配防错方法、追溯方法、系统及存储介质,防错方法包括：获取待装配产品的产品型号,当对待装配产品进行PCBA板装配时,获取PCBA板的型号；基于产品信息表,判断PCBA板的型号与待装配产品的产品型号是否对应；当将PCBA板与外壳装配成总成后,获取总成的产品型号代码,基于产品信息表,判断产品型号代码与待装配产品的产品型号是否对应。本发明在对产品进行装配的过程中,能够实现PCBA板装配过程中的防错和追溯。(The invention provides a method, a tracing method, a system and a storage medium for preventing assembly errors of a PCBA (printed circuit board assembly), wherein the error-preventing method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps of obtaining the product model of a product to be assembled, and obtaining the model of a PCBA board when the PCBA board assembly is carried out on the product to be assembled; judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; and when the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table. In the process of assembling the product, the invention can realize error prevention and tracing in the process of assembling the PCBA board.)

1. A PCBA assembly error-proofing method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method comprises the steps of obtaining the product model of a product to be assembled, and obtaining the model of a PCBA board when the PCBA board assembly is carried out on the product to be assembled;

judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table;

after the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on a product information table;

the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

2. The assembly mistake proofing method for the PCBA board as recited in claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the product model number of the product to be assembled comprises:

and when the products produced in the same day need to be assembled, inputting the product model of the product to be assembled through the interface of the industrial personal computer.

3. The assembly mistake proofing method for the PCBA board as recited in claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the model number of the PCBA board when the PCBA board assembly is performed on the product to be assembled comprises:

when carrying out the assembly of PCBA board, utilize the two-dimensional code on the scanning rifle scanning PCBA board, acquire the model of the PCBA board that contains in the two-dimensional code.

4. The assembly mistake proofing method of the PCBA board of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled based on the product information table further comprises:

and if the corresponding relation between the model of the PCBA and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect, popping up a dialog box with a first color on the interface to prompt that the model of the PCBA is wrong.

5. The PCBA board assembly error-proofing method according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein after the PCBA board and the housing are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to a product model of a product to be assembled based on the product information table comprises:

if the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect, popping up a dialog box with a second color on the interface to prompt that the product model code is wrong;

and if the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is correct, popping up a dialog box with a third color on the interface to prompt whether to save, and correspondingly saving the product model of the assembled product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code in an Excel table.

6. A PCBA board tracing method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when the assembled product has a problem, acquiring a product model code of the assembly with the problem;

and according to the product model code of the assembly with the problem, searching the model of the PCBA corresponding to the product model code from the Excel table of claim 5 so as to perform rework processing on the PCBA.

7. A PCBA board assembly mistake proofing system, comprising:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring the product model of a product to be assembled and acquiring the model of the PCBA when the PCBA is assembled on the product to be assembled;

the judging module is used for judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; when the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on the product information table;

the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

8. The PCBA board assembly error-proofing system of claim 7, further comprising:

the prompting module is used for popping up a dialog box with a second color on an interface to prompt that the product model code is wrong when the judging module judges that the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect; and when the judging module judges that the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is correct, popping up a dialog box with a third color on the interface to prompt whether to save or not;

and the storage module is used for correspondingly storing the product model of the assembled product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code in an Excel table.

9. A PCBA board traceability system, comprising:

the second acquisition module is used for acquiring the product model code of the assembly with the problem when the assembled product has the problem;

and the searching module is used for searching the model of the PCBA corresponding to the product model code from the Excel table according to the product model code of the assembly with the problem so as to perform rework processing on the PCBA.

10. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer management class program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the PCBA assembly error proofing method of any of claims 1-5 and the PCBA board traceability method of claim 6.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of tool assembly, in particular to a method, a tracing method, a system and a storage medium for preventing assembly errors of a PCBA (printed circuit board assembly).

Background

The PCBA is a core part of all electronic products, and all functions of the electronic products can not be realized by the PCBA, so that the quality of the PCBA is also the most direct determinant of the overall quality of the electronic products.

As an electronic product supplier, PCBA assembly is a necessary process. Often every kind of electronic product all can divide into several models, and every kind of product model corresponds a PCBA model, and several PCBAs may be used in the PCBA assembly process of the production line of same product, and the PCBAs of different models probably are exactly the same from the outward appearance, and this leads to the PCBA assembly process to appear the possibility of model misloading, once misloading just probably is the quality accident of batch.

In order to prevent major quality accidents caused by wrong installation of the PCBA, most manufacturers adopt an MES system, and the error installation prevention and batch tracing can be realized through the MES system. However, MES systems are expensive, often millions, and high in capital cost.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the technical problems in the prior art, the invention provides a method, a tracing method, a system and a storage medium for preventing assembly errors of a PCBA (printed circuit board assembly).

According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a PCBA board assembly error-proofing method, comprising: the method comprises the steps of obtaining the product model of a product to be assembled, and obtaining the model of a PCBA board when the PCBA board assembly is carried out on the product to be assembled; judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; after the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on a product information table; the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

On the basis of the technical scheme, the invention can be improved as follows.

Optionally, the obtaining of the product model of the product to be assembled includes: and when the products produced in the same day need to be assembled, inputting the product model of the product to be assembled through the interface of the industrial personal computer.

Optionally, when the product to be assembled is assembled by the PCBA board, the model of the PCBA board is obtained, including: when carrying out the assembly of PCBA board, utilize the two-dimensional code on the scanning rifle scanning PCBA board, acquire the model of the PCBA board that contains in the two-dimensional code.

Optionally, based on the product information table, determining whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled further includes: and if the corresponding relation between the model of the PCBA and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect, popping up a dialog box with a first color on the interface to prompt that the model of the PCBA is wrong.

Optionally, after the PCBA board and the housing are assembled into an assembly, obtaining a product model code of the assembly, and determining whether the product model code corresponds to a product model of a product to be assembled based on the product information table, includes: if the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect, popping up a dialog box with a second color on the interface to prompt that the product model code is wrong; and if the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is correct, popping up a dialog box with a third color on the interface to prompt whether to save, and correspondingly saving the product model of the assembled product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code in an Excel table.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a PCBA board tracing method, comprising: when the assembled product has a problem, acquiring a product model code of the assembly with the problem; and according to the product model code of the assembly with the problem, searching the model of the PCBA corresponding to the product model code from the Excel table of claim 5 so as to perform rework processing on the PCBA.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a PCBA board assembly error proofing system, comprising: the first acquisition module is used for acquiring the product model of a product to be assembled and acquiring the model of the PCBA when the PCBA is assembled on the product to be assembled; the judging module is used for judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; when the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

Optionally, the method further includes: the prompting module is used for popping up a dialog box with a second color on an interface to prompt that the product model code is wrong when the judging module judges that the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect; and when the judging module judges that the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is correct, popping up a dialog box with a third color on the interface to prompt whether to save or not; and the storage module is used for correspondingly storing the product model of the assembled product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code in an Excel table.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a PCBA board traceability system, comprising: the second acquisition module is used for acquiring the product model code of the assembly with the problem when the assembled product has the problem; and the searching module is used for searching the model of the PCBA corresponding to the product model code from the Excel table according to the product model code of the assembly with the problem so as to perform rework processing on the PCBA.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device comprising a memory, and a processor for implementing the steps of the PCBA board assembly error-proofing method and the PCBA board tracing method when executing a computer management-like program stored in the memory.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer management-like program that, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of a PCBA board assembly error-proofing method and a PCBA board tracing-back method.

The invention provides a method, a system and a storage medium for preventing assembly errors of a PCBA (printed circuit board assembly) board, which are used for acquiring the product model of a product to be assembled and the model of the PCBA board; judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; after the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, the product model code of the assembly is obtained, whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled is judged based on the product information table, the product model, the model of the PCBA board and the product model code are respectively obtained in the product assembling process, whether the product model, the model of the PCBA board and the product model code have correct corresponding relations is judged, and error prevention and tracing in the PCBA board assembling process can be achieved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a PCBA assembly error-proofing method provided by the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a PCBA board tracing method provided by the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a PCBA assembly error-proofing system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a PCBA assembly error-proofing system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a PCBA board tracing system provided by the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a possible electronic device according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a possible computer-readable storage medium according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a PCBA board assembly error-proofing method provided by the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the method includes: 101. the method comprises the steps of obtaining the product model of a product to be assembled, and obtaining the model of a PCBA board when the PCBA board assembly is carried out on the product to be assembled; 102. judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; 103. after the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on a product information table; the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

It can be understood that, based on the defects in the background art, the embodiment of the invention provides a method for preventing errors in assembly of a PCBA board. The method comprises the steps of obtaining the product model of a product to be assembled and the model of the PCBA, judging whether the corresponding relation between the product model of the product to be assembled and the model of the PCBA is correct or not during assembly based on a preset product information table, assembling the PCBA and a shell into an assembly if the corresponding relation is correct, obtaining the product model code of the assembly after assembly is completed, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled based on the product information table. The product information table stores the preset corresponding relation among the product model, the model of the PCBA board and the product model code.

In the process of assembling the product, the product model, the model of the PCBA and the product model code are respectively obtained, whether the three have correct corresponding relation is judged, and error prevention and tracing in the process of assembling the PCBA can be realized.

In a possible embodiment, the obtaining the product model number of the product to be assembled includes: and when the products produced in the same day need to be assembled, inputting the product model of the product to be assembled through the interface of the industrial personal computer.

It can be understood that when a product is assembled, an industrial personal computer and a scanning gun are needed to be configured, and when the product produced in the day needs to be assembled, the product model of the product is input through an interface of the industrial personal computer. When carrying out PCBA board assembly to a certain product, utilize the two-dimensional code on the scanning rifle scanning PCBA board, obtain the model of the PCBA board that contains in the two-dimensional code.

In a possible embodiment, the determining whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled based on the product information table further includes: and if the corresponding relation between the model of the PCBA and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect, popping up a dialog box with a first color on the interface to prompt that the model of the PCBA is wrong.

Similarly, after the PCBA board and the housing are assembled into an assembly, the product model code of the assembly is obtained, and based on the product information table, whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled is determined, including: if the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect, popping up a dialog box with a second color on the interface to prompt that the product model code is wrong; and if the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is correct, popping up a dialog box with a third color on the interface to prompt whether to save, and correspondingly saving the product model of the assembled product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code in an Excel table.

It can be understood that if the corresponding relationship between the product model and the PCBA board is judged to be incorrect, or the corresponding relationship between the product model code and the product model is judged to be incorrect, a prompt is given. If the corresponding relations are correct, the corresponding relations of the three are stored, for example, the corresponding relations are stored in an Excel table, and the instrument is inquired subsequently.

Referring to fig. 2, the PCBA board tracing method provided by the present invention includes: 201. when the assembled product has a problem, acquiring a product model code of the assembly with the problem; 202. and according to the product model code of the assembly with the problem, searching the model of the PCBA corresponding to the product model code from the Excel table so as to perform rework treatment on the PCBA.

It can be understood that when the assembled product has a problem, the product model code of the assembly with the problem is obtained, and then the model of the corresponding PCBA is searched according to the Excel table, so that the PCBA is conveniently reworked, and the tracing to the PCBA is achieved.

The error-proofing and tracing method for assembling the PCBA board according to the embodiment of the present invention is described below by using a specific example.

Taking car networking communication terminal series products as an example, 12 product models, 4 PCBA models, product information table is shown in table 1:

when assembling the product, the upper cover, the PCBA and the lower cover are assembled together and fixed by screws. When the product is assembled, one industrial personal computer and one scanning gun are required to be configured. The assembly operation flow of the product is as follows:

a. opening a software interface in an industrial personal computer, and manually selecting the product model produced on the day, wherein the examples are as follows: 38500090120, then the cursor automatically jumps to the next column;

b. take the PCBA board, scan the two-dimensional code on the PCBA board with the scanning rifle, in the text box that content entry software "PCBA two-dimensional code" in the two-dimensional code corresponds, the example: DD01129 HW-V15 50007160105 a 2019090401221. At this time, the software will determine whether the model "50007160105" in the PCBA two-dimensional code corresponds to the product model "38500090120" (see table 1: product information table). If not, the software pops up a red dialog box to prompt that the PCBA model is wrong; if the cursor is correct, the cursor automatically jumps to the next column.

C. After the assembly is assembled by the operator between the PCBA and the shell, the assembly nameplate two-dimensional code is scanned by the scanning gun, and the content in the two-dimensional code is recorded into a text box corresponding to the software 'assembly nameplate two-dimensional code', which is exemplified as follows: R792A × 7920810-C3300 × 01 × 202009073b00605 × 000605. At this time, the software will determine whether the product model code "b" in the assembly nameplate two-dimensional code is correctly corresponding to the product model "38500090120" (see table 1: product information table). If not, the software pops up a red dialog box to prompt that the product model code is wrong; if the answer is correct, a white dialog box is automatically popped up to prompt whether to save or not.

d. The operator clicks the "ENTER" button on the keyboard to complete the information storage. The stored EXCEL record form is in the following table 2:

product type	PCBA two-dimensional code	Assembly nameplate two-dimensional code	Time of manufacture
				38500090120	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12:00AM
38500090220	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12:00AM
				38500090320	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12:00AM
38500090420	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12:00AM
				38500090520	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12:00AM
38500090620	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12：00AM
				38500090720	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12:00AM
38500090820	DD01129*HW-V15*50007160105*A2019090401221	R792A**7920810-C3300*01*202009073b00605**000605	2020-9-7 12:00AM

The significance of storing the production record is that when the PCBA software of the product has bug or has batch bad accidents such as device failure and the like, the batch of the PCBA with problems can be screened according to the record, and then the assembly batch corresponding to the batch is selected for rework processing (the PCBA batch number cannot be seen from the appearance of the product assembly, and only the assembly batch number can be seen). And controlling the reworking workload to be in a minimum range.

Referring to fig. 3, there is provided a PCBA board assembly error-proofing system, including a first obtaining module 301 and a judging module 302, wherein:

the first obtaining module 301 is configured to obtain a product model of a product to be assembled, and obtain a model of a PCBA board when the product to be assembled is subjected to PCBA board assembly; a judging module 302, configured to judge whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled based on the product information table; when the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

Referring to fig. 4, the PCBA board assembly error-proofing system further includes a prompt module 303 and a save module 304, wherein:

a prompt module 303, configured to pop up a dialog box of a second color on the interface to prompt that the product model code is wrong when the determination module determines that the correspondence between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is incorrect; and when the judging module judges that the corresponding relation between the product model code and the product model of the product to be assembled is correct, popping up a dialog box with a third color on the interface to prompt whether to save or not; and the storage module 304 is used for correspondingly storing the product model of the assembled product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code in an Excel table.

It can be understood that the PCBA assembly error-proofing system provided by the present invention corresponds to the PCBA assembly error-proofing method provided by the foregoing embodiments, and the related technical features of the PCBA assembly error-proofing system may refer to the related technical features of the PCBA assembly error-proofing method, and are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 5, a PCBA board tracing system of the present invention is provided, which includes a second obtaining module 501 and a searching module 502, wherein:

a second obtaining module 501, configured to obtain a product model code of an assembly with a problem when the assembled product has a problem; the searching module 502 is configured to search, according to the product model code of the problematic assembly, a model of the PCBA board corresponding to the product model code from the Excel table, so as to perform rework processing on the PCBA board.

It can be understood that the PCBA board tracing system provided by the present invention corresponds to the PCBA board tracing method provided by the foregoing embodiments, and the relevant technical features of the PCBA board tracing system may refer to the relevant technical features of the PCBA board tracing method, and are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic view of an embodiment of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which includes a memory 610, a processor 620, and a computer program 611 stored in the memory 610 and operable on the processor 620, wherein the processor 620 implements the following steps when executing the computer program 611: the method comprises the steps of obtaining the product model of a product to be assembled, and obtaining the model of a PCBA board when the PCBA board assembly is carried out on the product to be assembled; judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; after the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on a product information table; the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a computer-readable storage medium according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, the present embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium 700 having a computer program 711 stored thereon, the computer program 711, when executed by a processor, implementing the steps of: the method comprises the steps of obtaining the product model of a product to be assembled, and obtaining the model of a PCBA board when the PCBA board assembly is carried out on the product to be assembled; judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; after the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, acquiring a product model code of the assembly, and judging whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled or not based on a product information table; the product information table comprises the corresponding relation among the product model of each product, the model of the PCBA and the product model code.

The PCBA assembly error-proofing method, the PCBA assembly error-proofing system and the PCBA assembly error-proofing storage medium provided by the embodiment of the invention are used for acquiring the product model of a product to be assembled and the model of the PCBA; judging whether the model of the PCBA board corresponds to the product model of the product to be assembled or not based on the product information table; after the PCBA board and the shell are assembled into an assembly, the product model code of the assembly is obtained, whether the product model code corresponds to the product model of a product to be assembled is judged based on the product information table, the product model, the model of the PCBA board and the product model code are respectively obtained in the product assembling process, whether the product model, the model of the PCBA board and the product model code have correct corresponding relations is judged, and error prevention and tracing in the PCBA board assembling process can be achieved.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and reference may be made to relevant descriptions of other embodiments for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.