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US 11,061,383 B1Granted
Display control device
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorsMichael Rodgers, Munetaka Wakizaka, Kentaro Miyakawa
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Abstract
A display control device includes a setting unit to set a mode selected by a user from a plurality of modes, and a display unit to display a machine operation panel and a keyboard on an operation screen of a machine operation panel. The modes include at least a machining mode for operating the machine tool to process a workpiece, and an MDI mode. When the mode is changed, the display unit displays a machine operation panel or a keyboard associated with the mode after the change on the operation screen.
Claims7
A display control device comprising:
- a display unit to display a machine operation panel and a keyboard on an operation screen of a machine operation panel;
- and
- a setting unit to set a mode selected by a user from a plurality of modes of the machine tool, wherein
- the modes include at least a machining mode for operating the machine tool to process a workpiece, and a manual data input (MDI) mode,
- when the mode is changed, the display unit displays a machine operation panel or a keyboard associated with the mode after the change on the operation screen,
- the modes are classified into a plurality of groups,
- the groups are each associated with a machine operation panel or a keyboard to be displayed,
- when the mode is changed, the display unit displays a machine operation panel or a keyboard associated with a group to which the mode after the change belongs,
- a first group including the machining mode is associated with a machine operation panel, as a panel to be displayed, including an input interface for transmitting predetermined control instructions to mechanisms of the machine tool, and
- a second group including a mode for creating or modifying a machining program is associated with a keyboard, as a keyboard to be displayed, including an input interface for inputting either or both of characters and numbers.
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A display control device comprising:
- a display unit to display a machine operation panel and a keyboard on an operation screen of a machine operation panel;
- and
- a setting unit to set a mode selected by a user from a plurality of modes of the machine tool, wherein
- when a first mode of the modes is selected, the display unit displays first information associated with the first mode on the operation screen, when a second mode of the modes is selected, the display unit displays second information associated with the second mode on the operation screen, and when the first mode is selected while the second information in the second mode is displayed, the display unit displays the first information in such a manner that the display unit displays a machine operation panel or a keyboard associated with the first mode after the change on the operation screen on a condition that a group to which the first mode belongs and a group to which the second mode belongs are different from each other,
- the modes are classified into a plurality of groups,
- the groups are each associated with a machine operation panel or a keyboard to be displayed,
- when the mode is changed, the display unit displays a machine operation panel or a keyboard associated with a group to which the mode after the change belongs,
- a first group including a machining mode is associated with a machine operation panel, as a panel to be displayed, including an input interface for transmitting predetermined control instructions to mechanisms of the machine tool, and
- a second group including a mode for creating or modifying a machining program is associated with a keyboard, as a keyboard to be displayed, including an input interface for inputting either or both of characters and numbers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.