Control device, measurement system, and measurement method
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorShinichirou Itakura
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Abstract
A user manually operates the probe of a machine tool to move toward a workpiece. A movement history of the user's manual operation is recorded. The positional relationship between a workpiece and the probe is estimated based on the history of movement of the probe by the manual operation. The controller presents a candidate for the direction of the probe to be moved in the automatic measurement of the workpiece. The user inputs the movement direction of the probe with reference to content of the presentation.
Claims8
A control device for an industrial machine configured to control a probe to measure the position of a workpiece, the control device comprising:
- a manual operation unit configured to accept a manual operation of the probe from a user;
- a movement history recording unit configured to record the history of movement of the probe by the manual operation;
- a measurement program creation unit configured to create a measurement program for the workpiece;
- a movement direction presentation unit configured to estimate a candidate for the movement direction of the probe based on the history of movement of the probe by the manual operation and present the user with the candidate of the movement direction of the probe to be used in the creation of the measurement program for the workpiece;
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- an input unit configured to accept the user's input including the movement direction,
- the measurement program creation unit being configured to create the measurement program for the workpiece using the user's input including the moving direction.
A measurement system configured to control a probe to measure a workpiece, the measurement system comprising:
- a manual operation unit configured to accept a manual operation of the probe from a user;
- a movement history recording unit configured to record the history of movement of the probe by the manual operation;
- a measurement program creation unit configured to create a measurement program for the workpiece;
- a movement direction presentation unit configured to estimate a candidate for the movement direction of the probe based on the history of movement of the probe by the manual operation and present the user with the candidate of the movement direction of the probe to be used in the creation of the measurement program for the workpiece;
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- an input unit configured to accept the user's input including the movement direction, the measurement program creation unit being configured to create the measurement program for the workpiece using the user's input including the movement direction.
A measurement method for controlling a probe to measure a workpiece, the measurement method comprising:
- accepting a manual operation of the probe from a user;
- recording the history of movement of the probe by the manual operation;
- estimating a candidate for the movement direction of the probe based on the movement history of the probe;
- presenting the user with the candidate of the movement direction of the probe to be used in the creation of the measurement program for the workpiece;
- accepting the user's input including the movement direction;
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- creating the measurement program for the workpiece using the user's input including the movement direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.