Teaching device and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program

A teaching device provided with a touch-panel-type display screen configured to be an input interface for an industrial machine, the teaching device comprising a processor, the processor being configured to:

• display a rotary dial on the touch-panel-type display screen, the rotary dial being able to be rotationally manipulated by an operator and having graduations corresponding to a rotational manipulation amount;
• obtain a rotational manipulation amount by which the operator rotationally manipulated the rotary dial;
• designate an operation amount for the industrial machine in accordance with the rotational manipulation amount for the rotary dial;
• emit a sound effect or vibration each time the rotary dial is rotationally manipulated by a rotational manipulation amount corresponding to one graduation;
• and
• set a manipulation amount corresponding to one graduation of the rotary dial,
• wherein the processor obtains a rotational manipulation amount corresponding to a distance or angle in excess of an operation range for the industrial machine, and
• the processor automatically changes, in accordance with a difference between a distance or angle for an upper limit for the operation range and the operation amount designated by the processor, the rotational manipulation amount for one graduation of the rotary dial, and
• sets the manipulation amount for one graduation to a lower amount if a manipulation direction is a direction toward an upper limit for an operation range for an operation axis, and sets the manipulation amount for one graduation to be a higher amount if the manipulation direction is a direction for returning from the upper limit for the operation range to an initial operation value.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for teaching teaching content inputted from a touch-panel-type display screen to an industrial machine,

• the computer program causing a computer to execute:
• a rotary dial display process for displaying a rotary dial on the touch-panel-type display screen, the rotary dial being able to be rotationally manipulated by an operator and having graduations corresponding to a rotational manipulation amount;
• a rotational manipulation amount obtainment process for obtaining a rotational manipulation amount by which the operator rotationally manipulated the rotary dial;
• an operation amount designation process for designating an operation amount for the industrial machine in accordance with the rotational manipulation amount for the rotary dial;
• and
• a sound effect or vibration emitting process for emitting a sound effect or vibration each time the rotary dial is rotationally manipulated by a rotational manipulation amount corresponding to one graduation,
• wherein
• the computer program causes the computer to execute a selection process for selecting, on the touch-panel-type display screen, an operation coordinate system and an operation axis for the industrial machine, the industrial machine being a control target for the rotary dial, and
• a sound effect or a vibration pattern presented in the sound effect or vibration emitting process differs between an orthogonal operation and a rotational operation according to linear movement axes of an orthogonal coordinate system or rotation axes of a rotational coordinate system selected in the selection process.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for teaching teaching content inputted from a touch-panel-type display screen to an industrial machine,

• the computer program causing a computer to execute:
• a rotary dial display process for displaying a rotary dial on the touch-panel-type display screen, the rotary dial being able to be rotationally manipulated by an operator and having graduations corresponding to a rotational manipulation amount;
• a rotational manipulation amount obtainment process for obtaining a rotational manipulation amount by which the operator rotationally manipulated the rotary dial;
• an operation amount designation process for designating an operation amount for the industrial machine in accordance with the rotational manipulation amount for the rotary dial;
• and
• a sound effect or vibration emitting process for emitting a sound effect or vibration each time the rotary dial is rotationally manipulated by a rotational manipulation amount corresponding to one graduation,
• wherein
• the computer program causes the computer to execute a single-graduation manipulation amount setting process that can set a manipulation amount corresponding to one graduation of the rotary dial,
• the rotational manipulation amount obtainment process obtains a rotational manipulation amount corresponding to a distance or angle in excess of an operation range for the industrial machine, and
• the single-graduation manipulation amount setting process changes, in accordance with a difference between a distance or angle for an upper limit for the operation range and a distance or angle for the operation amount designated in the operation amount designation process, the rotational manipulation amount for one graduation of the rotary dial, and
• sets the manipulation amount for one graduation to a lower amount if a manipulation direction is a direction toward an upper limit for the operation range for an operation axis, and sets the manipulation amount for one graduation to be a higher amount if the manipulation direction is a direction for returning from the upper limit for the operation range to an initial operation value.