Controller
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorMasafumi OOBA
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Abstract
The controller includes a program storage that stores programs specifying a plurality of operations associated with at least one operable unit; a program executor that executes the programs; an operation executor that causes the operable unit to operate according to the programs; and an operable unit manager that manages control of the programs. When a program is called from one of the programs, the operable unit manager obtains control of a group associated with the operable unit and specified in the called program, and releases control of a group other than the group associated with the operable unit and specified in the called program.
Claims3
A controller comprising:
- at least one operable unit;
- a program storage that stores programs specifying a plurality of operations associated with the at least one operable unit;
- a program executor that executes the programs;
- an operation executor that causes the at least one operable unit to operate according to the programs;
- and
- an operable unit manager that manages control of the programs, wherein when a program is called from one of the programs, the operable unit manager obtains control of a group associated with the operable unit and specified in the called program, and releases control of a group other than the group associated. with the operable unit and specified is the called program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.