Safety switch and storage control method
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorKoji Ito
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Abstract
A safety switch includes a sensor body. The sensor body includes: a setting unit configured to set an operation mode of the safety switch; a detection unit configured to detect an actuator; a storage unit; and a control unit configured to control storage operation of the storage unit for identification information of the actuator. In response to satisfaction of conditions where: the operation mode is set by the setting unit to a pairing mode for associating the sensor body and the actuator with each other; the identification information of the actuator is not stored in the storage unit; and a first actuator is detected by the detection unit, the control unit allows the detection unit to acquire identification information of the first actuator and the storage unit to store the identification information.
Claims3
A safety switch comprising:
- a sensor body,
- wherein the sensor body comprises:
- a setting unit configured to set an operation mode of the safety switch;
- a detection unit configured to detect a first actuator;
- a storage unit;
- and
- a control unit configured to control storage operation of the storage unit for identification information of the first actuator, and
- wherein in response to satisfaction of conditions where:
- the operation mode is set by the setting unit to a pairing mode for associating the sensor body and the first actuator with each other;
- the identification information of the first actuator is not stored in the storage unit;
- and
- the first actuator is detected by the detection unit,
- the control unit allows the detection unit to acquire identification information of the first actuator and the storage unit to store the identification information of the first actuator,
- wherein in response to satisfaction of conditions where:
- the operation mode is set by the setting unit to the pairing mode;
- the identification information of the first actuator is stored in the storage unit;
- and
- identification information of a second actuator is detected by the detection unit,
- the control unit prohibits the storage unit from storing the identification information of the second actuator.
A safety switch comprising:
- a sensor body,
- wherein the sensor body comprises:
- a setting unit configured to set an operation mode of the safety switch;
- a detection unit configured to detect a first actuator;
- a storage unit;
- and
- a control unit configured to control storage operation of the storage unit for identification information of the first actuator, and
- wherein in response to satisfaction of conditions where:
- the operation mode is set by the setting unit to a pairing mode for associating the sensor body and the first actuator with each other;
- the identification information of the first actuator is not stored in the storage unit;
- and
- the first actuator is detected by the detection unit,
- the control unit allows the detection unit to acquire identification information of the first actuator and the storage unit to store the identification information of the first actuator,
- wherein in response to satisfaction of conditions where:
- the operation mode is set by the setting unit to the pairing mode;
- and
- the identification information of the first actuator is stored in the storage unit,
- the control unit performs a resetting process in which the sensor body overwrites the identification information of the first actuator which is stored in the storage unit with an identification information of a third actuator, and stores the identification information of the third actuator in the storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.