US 2016/0196113 A1 · PROGRAMMING DEVICE

Abstract

A programming device creating a program in FBD language describing processes by connecting FBD parts on an editor screen, includes: a part information managing unit managing size information indicating a size of an FBD part; a recommended order determining unit acquiring, when operation to newly arrange an FBD part relative to an already-arranged FBD part on the editor screen is performed, size information on the already-arranged FBD part and size information on the FBD part to be newly arranged, from the part information managing unit, detecting regions where the FBD part to be newly arranged can be arranged based on the acquired size information, and determining a recommended priority order of part arrangement among the regions based on positions of the detected regions; and an editor unit displaying the recommended priority order determined by the recommended order determining unit in the regions.

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Dependent claims

A programming device that creates a program in FBD language that describes processes by connecting a plurality of FBD parts on an editor screen, the programming device comprising:

a part information managing unit that manages size information indicating a size of an FBD part;
a recommended order determining unit that acquires, when an operation to newly arrange an FBD part relative to an already-arranged FBD part on the editor screen is performed, size information on the already-arranged FBD part and size information on the FBD part to be newly arranged, from the part information managing unit, detects a plurality of regions where the FBD part to be newly arranged is capable of being arranged on a basis of the acquired size information, and determines a recommended priority order of part arrangement among the plurality of regions on a basis of positions of the detected regions;
and
an editor unit that displays the recommended priority order determined by the recommended order determining unit in the regions.

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A programming device that creates a program in FBD language that describes processes by connecting FBD parts having a plurality of terminals on an editor screen, the programming device comprising:

a part information managing unit that manages information on a data type given to each of the terminals and information on connection priority for connection of terminals for each of the FBD parts;
a recommended order determining unit that acquires, when a connecting operation is performed by designating one of the FBD parts arranged on the editor screen, information on a data type of terminals included in a first FBD part, information on connection priority for connection included in the first FBD part, and information on a data type of terminals included in a second FBD part that is connected to the first FBD part, from the part information managing unit, performs a comparison between the data type of the terminals of the first FBD part and the data type of the terminals of the second FBD part on a basis of the acquired information on a data type, and determines a recommended priority order for connection work for the terminals of the first FBD part on a basis of a comparison result and the information on the connection priority for connections as acquired;
and
an editor unit that displays the recommended priority order determined by the recommended order determining unit so as to correspond to each of the terminals of the first FBD part.

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A programming device that creates a program in FBD language that describes processes by connecting FBD parts having a plurality of terminals on an editor screen, the programming device comprising:

a part information managing unit that manages information on a data type given to each of the terminals for each of the FBD parts;
a recommended order determining unit that acquires, when a connecting operation is performed by designating one of the terminals of the FBD parts arranged on the editor screen, information on a data type of the designated terminal, and information on a data type of the terminals included in a second FBD part arranged on the editor screen, that is an FBD part other than a first FBD part having the designated terminal, from the part information managing unit, performs a comparison of the data types between the designated terminal and the terminals of the second FBD part on a basis of the acquired information on the data types, and determines a recommended priority order for connection work for the designated terminal on a basis of a comparison result;
and
an editor unit that displays the recommended priority order determined by the recommended order determining unit so as to correspond to each of the terminals of the second FBD part.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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