# US 2019/0317652 A1 · Shaft feeder > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0317652 A1 - Document ID: US20190317652A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/363,222 - Filed: 2019-03-25 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-16 - Assignees: Fanuc Corporation - Applicants: Fanuc Corporation - Inventors: Kouta TAGAMI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190317652A1 ## CPC - G05B 19/427: Teaching successive positions by tracking the position of a joystick or handle to control the positioning servo of the tool head, leader-follower control (G05B19/423 takes precedence) - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G05B 15/02: electric - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract To provide a shaft feeder with which an operation for setting a shaft movement amount can be performed on a touch panel and numerical values for the shaft movement amount can be accurately set. A shaft feeder is used for moving a shaft in an industrial device and includes a display device including a touch panel, an operation detector that detects a left/right swipe operation on the touch panel, a display control unit that displays coordinate values relating to the shaft on the display device and changes the displayed coordinate values on the basis of the swipe operation detected by the operation detector, and a shaft movement unit that moves the shaft to a position indicated by the coordinate values on the basis of the displayed coordinate values. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shaft feeder used for moving a shaft in an industrial device, the shaft feeder comprising: a display device including a touch panel; an operation detector that detects a left/right swipe operation on the touch panel; a display control unit that displays coordinate values relating to the shaft on the display device and changes the displayed coordinate values on the basis of the swipe operation detected by the operation detector; and a shaft movement unit that moves the shaft to a position indicated by the coordinate values on the basis of the displayed coordinate values. ### Claim 2 The shaft feeder according to claim. 1, wherein, when the operation detector detects a rightward swipe operation on the touch panel after one digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, the display control unit rounds off lower numerical values, not including a digit at which touch is detected. ### Claim 3 The shaft feeder according to claim. 1, wherein, when the operation detector detects a leftward swipe operation on the touch panel after an area to the right of the last digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, the display control unit rounds off lower numerical values, not including a digit at a position at which the leftward swipe operation ends. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1, wherein, when the operation detector detects a rightward swipe operation subsequent to an upward swipe operation on the touch panel after one digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, the display control unit increments or decrements a numerical value of a digit for which touch is detected, and then rounds off lower numerical values, not including the digit that was touched. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1, wherein, when the operation detector detects a rightward swipe operation subsequent to a downward swipe operation on the touch panel after one digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, the display control unit decrements or increments a numerical value of a digit for which touch is detected, and then rounds off lower numerical values, not including the digit that was touched. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1, wherein, when the operation detector detects an upward swipe operation subsequent to a leftward swipe operation on the touch panel after an area to the right of the last digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, the display control unit rounds off lower numerical values, not including a digit at which the leftward swipe operation ends, and then increments or decrements the numerical value of the digit that was swiped upward. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1, wherein, when the operation detector detects a downward swipe operation subsequent to a leftward swipe operation on the touch panel after an area to the right of the last digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, the display control unit rounds off lower numerical values, not including a digit at which the leftward swipe operation ends, and then decrements or increments the numerical value of the digit that was swiped downward. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1, wherein the coordinate value is any one of an absolute coordinate value, a relative coordinate value or a mechanical coordinate value. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1, wherein the shaft movement unit moves the shaft when the operation detector detects that the touch panel is no longer being touched. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1, wherein the shaft movement unit moves the shaft when the operation detector detects that a run button displayed on the touch panel has been touched. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1 wherein the display control unit changes displayed coordinate values to coordinate values that correspond to a specific reference point in a coordinate system for the industrial device when the operation detector detects, after an area to the right of the last digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, a leftward swipe operation that ends outside an area to the left of the first digit of the numerical value. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The shaft feeder according to claim 1 wherein the display control unit changes displayed coordinate values to coordinate values that correspond to a specific reference point in a coordinate system for the industrial device when the operation detector detects, after an area to the left of the first digit of the numerical value displayed as the coordinate value is touched, a rightward swipe operation that ends outside an area to the right of the last digit of the numerical value. ### Claim 13 A shaft feeder used for moving a shaft in an industrial device, the shaft feeder comprising: a display device including a touch panel; an operation detector that detects a left/right swipe operation on the touch panel; a display control unit that displays, on the display device, a configuration value for the industrial device including at least one of a work offset amount, an attribute value for a workpiece coordinate system, and a parameter, and changes the displayed configuration value according to the swipe operation detected by the operation detector; and a setting change unit that changes settings of the industrial device on the basis of the displayed configuration value.