Method and unit for changing the configuration of an automatic machine
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsDaniele Bergo, Stefano Pareschi, Mario Spatafora
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Abstract
A method and unit for changing the configuration of an automatic machine, whereby a user selects a desired end configuration by means of a selection device, and a display device then displays an orderly list of all and only the operations to be performed on the machine to convert the machine from a current start configuration to the desired end configuration; the list is arranged according to the sequence in which the operations are performed, and for each operation are displayed the state of at least one respective operating value in the start configuration, and the state of the same operating value in the end configuration.
Claims15
1) A method of changing the configuration (C) of an automatic machine (1) comprising a display device (5) and a selection device (6);
- a user selecting a desired end configuration (C2) by means of the selection device (6);
- and the method being characterized by displaying, by means of the display device (5), an orderly list (14) of the operations to be performed on the automatic machine (1) to convert the automatic machine (1) from a current start configuration (C1) to said desired end configuration (C2).
15) A unit (3) for changing the configuration of an automatic machine (1);
- the unit (3) comprising selection means (6) whereby a user selects a desired end configuration (C2);
- and the unit (3) being characterized by comprising display means (5) for displaying an orderly list (14) of the operations to be performed on the machine (1) to convert the machine (1) from a current start configuration (C1) to the desired end configuration (C2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.