Control program generation apparatus, control program generation method, and program

A control program generation method for generating, with a computer, a control program for an automated manufacturing machine including a plurality of actuators, the method comprising:

• reading an action chart describing an operation of the automated manufacturing machine, the action chart including a plurality of subperiods into which an operation period from a start to an end of the operation of the automated manufacturing machine is divided, the action chart including a plurality of element actions included in the operation of the automated manufacturing machine, each of the plurality of element actions indicating an action with an inherent degree of freedom of a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators, the plurality of element actions being assigned to the plurality of subperiods;
• analyzing the action chart to extract, from the action chart, the plurality of element actions and the plurality of subperiods assigned with the plurality of element actions;
• and
• generating the control program to cause the automated manufacturing machine to operate by combining together, in an order of the plurality of subperiods assigned with the plurality of element actions on the action chart, a plurality of program elements to perform the plurality of element actions,
• wherein the reading the action chart includes reading the action chart describing the plurality of element actions each including an action identifier and a numerical table or a plurality of numerical parameters, the action identifier includes qualitative information about the element action without numerical quantitative information about the element action, and the numerical table or the plurality of numerical parameters include numerical quantitative information about the element action, and
• the generating the control program includes referring to a stored correspondence between the action identifier of each of the plurality of element actions and a program element of the plurality of program elements to perform the action identifier, converting the action identifier into the program element, setting a numerical value for each of the plurality of program elements in accordance with the numerical table or the plurality of numerical parameters described with the action identifier, and combining together the plurality of program elements in an order of the plurality of subperiods.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to implement a method for generating a control program for an automated manufacturing machine including a plurality of actuators, the program causing the computer to perform operations comprising:

• reading an action chart describing an operation of the automated manufacturing machine, the action chart including a plurality of subperiods into which an operation period from a start to an end of the operation of the automated manufacturing machine is divided, the action chart including a plurality of element actions included in the operation of the automated manufacturing machine, each of the plurality of element actions indicating an action with an inherent degree of freedom of a corresponding actuator of the plurality of actuators, the plurality of element actions being assigned to the plurality of subperiods;
• analyzing the action chart to extract, from the action chart, the plurality of element actions and the plurality of subperiods assigned with the plurality of element actions;
• and
• generating the control program to cause the automated manufacturing machine to operate by combining together, in an order of the plurality of subperiods assigned with the plurality of element actions on the action chart, a plurality of program elements to perform the plurality of element actions,
• wherein the reading the action chart includes reading the action chart describing the plurality of element actions each including an action identifier and a numerical table or a plurality of numerical parameters, the action identifier includes qualitative information about the element action without numerical quantitative information about the element action, and the numerical table or the plurality of numerical parameters include numerical quantitative information about the element action, and
• the generating the control program includes referring to a stored correspondence between the action identifier of each of the plurality of element actions and a program element of the plurality of program elements to perform the action identifier, converting the action identifier into the program element, setting a numerical value for each of the plurality of program elements in accordance with the numerical table or the plurality of numerical parameters described with the action identifier, and combining together the plurality of program elements in an order of the plurality of subperiods.