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US 12,730,432 B2Granted
Operation panel and machine tool
AssigneeDmg Mori Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshinori Ouchi, Sumihiro Kiyota, Makoto Ideue, Yusaku Nishimiya, Kazunari Kakiseko
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Abstract
An operation panel for operating a machine tool includes a first display unit for displaying information related to the machine tool, a keyboard, and a plurality of buttons. The button includes a second display unit and a transparent cover. The second display unit displays a first key image indicating a first function and is able to be switched to display a second key image indicating a second function depending on an application screen displayed on the first display unit.
Claims9
An operation panel for operating a machine tool, comprising:
- a first display displaying information related to the machine tool;
- a keyboard including a first button and a second button which are separately formed in buttonholes of a cover;
- and
- a second display displaying a key image in a region overlapping with each of the buttonholes in a thickness direction of the operation panel, and the key image being visible through each of the buttonholes,
- wherein a transparent cover is disposed between the cover and the second display in each of the first button and the second button, and a mechanical detection switch is provided next to each transparent cover of the first button and the second button and outputs a signal when the transparent cover is pressed down by a finger,
- wherein when a plurality of application screens is displayed on the first display, the second display changes a first key image in a region corresponding to the first button and a second key image in a region corresponding to the second button depending on an active application screen among the plurality of application screens.
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An operation panel for operating a machine tool, comprising:
- a first display displaying information related to the machine tool;
- a keyboard;
- a plurality of buttons including a first button and a second button which are separately formed in buttonholes of a cover;
- and
- a second display displaying a key image in a region overlapping with each of the buttonholes in a thickness direction of the operation panel, and the key image being visible through each of the buttonholes,
- wherein a transparent cover is disposed between the cover and the second display in each of the first button and the second button, and a mechanical detection switch is provided next to each transparent cover of the first button and the second button and outputs a signal when the transparent cover is pressed down by a finger,
- wherein when an application screen is displayed on the first display, the second display changes a first key image in a region corresponding to the first button indicating a first function and a second key image in a region corresponding to the second button indicating a second function depending on the application screen.
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An operation panel for operating a machine tool, comprising:
- a first display displaying information related to the machine tool;
- a keyboard;
- and
- a plurality of buttons including a first button, a second button, and a third button which are separately formed in buttonholes of a cover;
- and
- a second display displaying a key image in a region overlapping with each of the buttonholes in a thickness direction of the operation panel, and the key image being visible through each of the buttonholes,
- wherein a transparent cover is disposed between the cover and the second display, and a mechanical detection switch outputting a signal when pressed down by a finger is provided in each of the first button, the second button, and the third button,
- wherein the second display displays a first key image indicating a first function in a region corresponding to the first button, displays a second key image indicating a second function in a region corresponding to the second button when the machine tool is in an NC automatic mode including a memory mode, a manual data input mode, and a edit mode, and displays a third key image indicating a third function in a region corresponding to the third button when the machine tool is in an NC manual mode including a jog mode, a zero return mode, and a handle mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.