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US 2002/0163485 A1Published application
Photoelectric switch
AssigneeKeyence Corporation
InventorKazutoshi Sugiyama
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Abstract
In a first display mode, a threshold value is numerically displayed on a first display section and the current light reception amount (current value) is numerically displayed on a second display section. In a second display mode, the tolerance value is numerically displayed on the first display section and the current light reception amount is numerically displayed on the second display section. To switch from the first display mode to the second display mode, a display mode change key can be operated.
Claims34
A photoelectric switch comprising:
- a first display section and a second display section, the first display section and the second display section displaying at least one of a first display information and a second display information,
- wherein the first display information has a threshold value displayed on the first display section and a current light reception amount displayed on the second display section, and
- the second display information has a tolerance value displayed on the first display section and the current light reception amount displayed on the second display section.
A method of operating a photoelectric switch comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first display information on a first display section and a second display section of the photoelectric switch, including displaying a threshold value on the first display section and displaying a current light amount on the second display section;
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- displaying a second display information on the first display section and the second display section, including displaying a tolerance value on the first display section and the current light amount on the second display section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.