US 10,209,703 B2Granted

Communication system and mobile terminal

AssigneeFanuc Corporation

InventorsYasuaki Koyama, Yoshinori Hoshino, Tetsushi Takahara

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Abstract

A communication system is equipped with a mobile terminal and a controller of an industrial machine for forming a shaped product. Mutual communications are carried out between the controller and the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of an object to be imaged, an image conversion unit which converts the captured image data captured by the image capturing unit and generates converted image data according to an image format rule corresponding to the controller, a setting data creation unit which creates setting data for the converted image data, so that the converted image data can be used by the controller, and a data transmission and reception unit which carries out communications with the controller and transmits the converted image data and the setting data to the controller.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A communication system equipped with a mobile terminal and a controller of an industrial machine that is configured to form a shaped product, wherein the communication system carries out mutual communications between the mobile terminal and the controller;

the mobile terminal comprising:
an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object to be imaged;
an image conversion unit configured to convert captured image data captured by the image capturing unit, and generate converted image data according to an image format rule corresponding to the controller;
a setting data creation unit configured to create setting data for the converted image data, so that the converted image data can be used by the controller;
and
a terminal side data transmission and reception unit configured to carry out communications with the controller and transmit the converted image data and the setting data to the controller;
and the controller comprising:
a control side data transmission and reception unit configured to carry out communications with the mobile terminal, and receive the converted image data and the setting data from the mobile terminal;
a setting data storage unit configured to store the setting data;
an image storage unit configured to store the converted image data;
and
a control side display unit configured to display an image of the converted image data, which is read out from the image storage unit with reference to the setting data.

9 more elements

A mobile terminal configured to carry out communications with controllers of a plurality of industrial machines that are configured to form a shaped product, comprising:

an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object to be imaged;
a usage destination selecting unit configured to select a controller as a usage destination of captured image data captured by the image capturing unit, responsive to an operation from an operator;
an information acquisition unit configured to acquire an image format rule and a setting data format rule corresponding to the controller of the selected usage destination;
an image conversion unit configured to convert the captured image data, and generate converted image data according to the image format rule;
a setting data creation unit configured to create setting data according to the setting data format rule, so that the converted image data can be used by the controller;
and
a data transmission and reception unit configured to carry out communications with the controller and transmit the converted image data and the setting data to the controller.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/808,170Filed 9 Nov 2017
Priority: JP 2016-22195414 Nov 2016
Published: US 2018/0136634 A117 May 2018
Granted: 19 Feb 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G05B 19/40932
Concerning programming of geometry: shape input
G05B 19/4083
Characterised by data handling or data format, e.g. reading, buffering or conversion of data: adapting program, configuration
G05B 19/4099
Characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM: surface or curve machining, making three-dimensional [3D] objects, e.g.…
G06T 7/0004
Inspection of images, e.g. flaw detection: industrial image inspection