Control panel for machine tools and management system for machine tools
AssigneeJtekt Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Tsujimura, Tomokazu Takayama, Takahito Umeki, Masanori Ando, Hiroyuki Tsusaka
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Abstract
To provide a control panel for machine tools that improves operability and enables even an unskilled person to easily grasp a procedure for moving a screen to a target screen. A plurality of screen data are classified into a plurality of groups and classified into main screen data and sub-screen data associated with the main screen data in each of the groups. A control section displays the main screen data and displays the sub-screen data on a display section according to a type of an input to a plurality of main screen corresponding buttons.
Claims8
A control panel for machine tools comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of screen data for displaying machine data of a machine tool including operation buttons;
- a display configured to display screen data including at least one of the plurality of screen data;
- an input interface configured to receive an input to the operations buttons of the screen data displayed on the display;
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- a controller configured to change, on the basis of the input to the operation buttons displayed on the display, the screen data displayed on the display, wherein
- the plurality of screen data are classified into a plurality of groups and classified into main screen data and sub-screen data associated with the main screen data in each of the groups,
- the memory further stores list display data in which the sub-screen data in the groups are displayed as a list,
- all of the plurality of screen data include, in a constant display region, as the operation buttons, a plurality of first main screen buttons each associated with a respective main screen data,
- when receiving a first input on one of the plurality of first main screen buttons, the controller displays the main screen data corresponding to the first main screen button which received the first input on the display,
- when receiving a second input different from the first input on one of the plurality of first main screen buttons, the controller displays the list display data of the sub-screen data related to the main screen data corresponding to the first main screen button which received the second input on the display,
- when receiving input to the list display data, the controller displays the sub-screen data corresponding to the list display data which received the input on the display,
- the memory further stores menu screen data including the plurality of first main screen buttons in the constant display region and including, in a variable display region, a plurality of second main screen buttons each associated with the respective main screen data as the operation buttons, and
- when the menu screen data is displayed on the display and when receiving the first input on one of the plurality of second main screen buttons, the controller displays the main screen data corresponding to the second main screen button which received the first input on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.