Control system, control device, image processing device, and control method

A control device configured to communicate with an external storage device and an image processing device, the control device comprising:

• a controller;
• a storage unit used to store a user program;
• the controller executing the user program to control processes executed on an object;
• and
• the controller configured to execute:
• a process to store machining data related to the control associated with the object in the storage unit;
• a process to send the image processing device designation information specifying a storage destination in the external storage device where the image processing device is to store image data;
• and
• a process to send the external storage device the machining data and the designation information for the object corresponding to the machining data.

An image processing device configured to communicate with an external storage device and a control device, the image processing device comprising:

• a controller;
• an interface for acquiring image data by taking an image of an object;
• a storage unit used for storing the image data;
• the controller configured to execute:
• a process initiating image processing of the image data;
• a process sending the control device results generated from the image processing;
• and a process sending the external storage device the acquired image data in accordance with designation information from the control device specifying the storage destination of the image data on the external storage device.

A control method for a control system configured to use a database and a data storage area, the control method comprising steps of:

• controlling a process a control device executes on an object;
• executing a process on image data acquired from an image processing device arranged in association with the control device taking an image of the object;
• storing the image data acquired by the image processing device in the data storage area;
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• causing the control device and the image processing device to work independently or collaboratively to send the database at least one of an attribute value or results information, and designation information in association with each other for the same object, the attribute value managed by the control device and corresponding to any attribute defined in the database, the results information representing a process result from the image processing device, and the designation information specifying a storage destination in the data storage area for the image data acquired from taking an image of the object.